Open the barrier! Hurry!
The light was so blinding that he had to squint.
Just as he narrowed his eyes, Lu Yuan leaned out of the truck window and spoke.
"Take it up with your insurance."
Wesley froze, baffled.
"What?"
The next instant, an indescribably terrifying surge of soul power erupted from within Big Luck!
Boom!!!
Lu Yuan pulled his head back inside. His gaze turned cold, and he floored the accelerator!
Big Luck's engine let out a thunderous roar!
The load indicator on the dashboard jumped wildly.
[Overload Mechanism activated!] [Current load: 100,000 tons!]
Vroom!
In an instant, Big Luck became a true prehistoric steel beast!
Its wheels rolled over a stone in the dirt, grinding it straight to dust!
"Hm? No!"
Wesley's pupils contracted, and he roared.
"Open the barrier! Hurry, open the barrier!"
At the same time, soul power poured wildly from his body, and he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar!
Layers of soul power barriers sprang up before him, stacking one over another like eggshells!
The twenty Soul Kings and three Soul Emperors behind him reacted just as quickly, pouring out their soul power.
They tried to stop what they thought was an out-of-control steel beast!
But it did no good.
Crash!!!!!!
An earth-shaking impact rang out.
Big Luck slammed into the formation of Soul Emperors and Soul Kings!
The layers of soul power barriers shattered on contact as though they were made of paper!
They did not even last a second!
The three Soul Emperors' Martial Soul Avatars shattered too. A shock wave hurled them into the forest, where they broke through several trees before coming to a stop.
The twenty Soul Kings fared even worse. Like bowling pins struck by a ball, they were all sent flying even farther, tumbling into a lake...
As for Wesley, he was a level eighty-one Soul Douluo. He had unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar at full strength and stacked a full nine barriers.
Before Big Luck,
those nine barriers
did not leave a single layer standing.
Every one shattered.
"No!!!"
Horror filled Wesley's eyes and face. His terrified scream rose into a shriek.
Bang!
The next moment, his feet left the ground. He flew away like a boulder launched from a catapult!
He sailed out over the lake as well.
Finally, with a splash!
he fell in.
The entire official road went silent.
The Soul Masters watching stood frozen, their mouths hanging open in disbelief.
Big Luck did not stop. It kept driving away.
Only when it had dwindled to a distant silhouette did the Soul Masters let out a breath and pat their chests, grateful they had not joined the blockade and been sent flying too...
Just then, Big Luck's horn blared in the distance.
It was so loud it echoed across the entire exit of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"When Big Luck sounds, it's time to start life over!"
The Soul Masters looked at one another. Not one dared give chase.
After sending Wesley and the others flying, Lu Yuan did not stop. He drove to Cangshi Town, where he had bought a residence, planning to get something to eat and tidy up his place a little.
When he returned home, he found that everything inside had been turned over, as though the place had been plowed like a field.
"These people..." Lu Yuan looked at the mess in his home, shook his head, and sighed.
Then he decided not to bother cleaning up. He would get something to eat in town first.
Lately, all he had eaten was barbecue and dried roast pork and beef. It was far too dry. He wanted a drink or a bowl of noodles to soothe his stomach.
After eating, Lu Yuan drove Big Luck back into the Star Dou Great Forest.
He intended to find his Fourth Soul Ring.
And his Fourth Soul Ring would, without question, be a hundred-thousand-year ring.
"First ring, ten thousand years. Second ring, a hundred thousand. Third ring, ninety thousand..."
Lu Yuan rested one hand on the steering wheel and picked his teeth with a toothpick in the other, muttering to himself.
"For the Fourth Soul Ring, I still need to find something with the toughest defense to ram."
"Otherwise, there's no satisfaction in the impact..."
A wild glint entered his eyes, and he grinned.
Before long, Lu Yuan had gathered information from other Soul Masters and settled on a target.
Deep in the Star Dou Depths lay a sealed canyon surrounded by rock walls.
A Spirit Beast lurked there:
the Black-Armored Rock Lizard.
A hundred thousand years old.
At the pinnacle of earth-element defense, it wore rocky armor as heavy as a mountain.
They said, "Even a Soul Douluo's full-force strike can't leave a mark on it!"
Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, this creature was notorious for being a hard nut to crack and stubborn as a mule.
Provoke the Black-Armored Rock Lizard, and it would chase you for hundreds of miles. It would not rest until you were dead.
That was why even many Titled Douluo did not dare provoke it lightly.
Lu Yuan had barely entered the Star Dou Great Forest when another group arrived.
They entered the forest too, trailing behind Lu Yuan...
Spirit Hall still refused to give up. It had sent another team after him.
A Titled Douluo led them.
"He's really going to fight the Black-Armored Rock Lizard?"
"That thing is the pinnacle of defensive Spirit Beasts! Its rocky armor is harder than refined steel. What's he going to ram it with? That broken Handcart? Or his own head?"
"Hahaha! He only ran over the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound last time because he got lucky. Against a defensive hundred-thousand-year beast like this, he won't even break its skin. The Black-Armored Rock Lizard will tear him apart first!"
"If he dares ram it, I'll eat that Martial Soul Flatbed Truck!"
The members of the pursuing team kept up a stream of jeers. None believed Lu Yuan could run over the Black-Armored Rock Lizard, much less defeat it.
True, Lu Yuan had sent Spirit Hall's Soul Douluo flying.
But that did not mean the Black-Armored Rock Lizard was weaker than a Soul Douluo. Even Titled Douluo were reluctant to provoke it, let alone a boy with only three Spirit Rings.
Everyone was waiting to see Lu Yuan make a fool of himself.
As far as they were concerned, if the boy went looking for the Black-Armored Rock Lizard, he was as good as dead.
Deep in the canyon,
the Black-Armored Rock Lizard slowly opened its eyes, sensing an intruder in its territory.
Roar!
Its roar shook heaven and earth.
The Black-Armored Rock Lizard emerged from the depths of the rock wall, one step at a time. Each step made the ground tremble.
Heavy rocky armor covered its body, its shell etched with ancient patterns.
As Big Luck approached,
the lizard's crimson eyes locked onto the iron vehicle, which looked pitifully small beside it.
"Finally found you!"
Sitting in the cab, Lu Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw the Black-Armored Rock Lizard come out on its own.
Far from backing Big Luck away, he shifted gears again.
Second gear.
Third gear.
Fifth gear!
"My Big Luck doesn't need brakes!!!"