A Quasi-God's Strike: The God-Level Golden Crow Mecha, Falling Sun!

"Powerful enemies incoming! Everyone, maximum alert! Prepare for battle!"

Atop the walls of Shrek City.

Time Douluo Shi Xing's face was grave. Panic and despair had even crept into his eyes.

Because the sky above Shrek City had gone dark!

Countless massive Soul Tool Aircraft stretched beyond sight, surrounding Shrek Academy completely.

They blotted out the sunlight itself, as though a pitch-black sky had swallowed all of Shrek City.

Only the exhaust flames streaming behind the aircraft lit up one by one across the heavens, like a field of stars.

From Shi Xing's vantage point, Shrek Academy seemed to lie at the heart of an encircling river of stars.

It was a beauty beyond the mortal world, yet it held boundless danger!

According to the Soul Masters of Phoenix God Continent on the Sky Screen, these were all new Soul Tool Warships recently developed by the Spirit Hall Empire.

But to the people of Douluo Continent, these so-called Soul Tool Warships were little different from miracles.

After all, even the Sun Moon Empire, which had built its power on Soul Tool Technology and always looked down on everyone else,

could currently make only Flying Soul Tools for one or two people, and those still had to burn a Soul Master's own Soul Power to function.

Yet as Shi Xing gazed at the Flagship at the center of the Spirit Hall Empire's Iron Flood, a vessel like a flying mountain, helplessness filled him.

How much power would it take to run a Flying Soul Tool of that size?

Or had the Soul Engineers of Phoenix God Continent mastered a way to use Soul Tools without Soul Masters?

Whatever the answer, the Sea God Pavilion had ordered Shi Xing, as City Defense Commander, to defend the city with all his might—not sit and wait for death.

"Close every city gate!"

"Charge all Defensive Soul Tools! Warm up the Soul Cannons and aim east!"

The City Defense Army had nearly been frightened out of its wits.

But under Shi Xing's command, its soldiers instinctively sprang into action.

"Creeeak..."

Dozens of City Defense Army Soldiers heaved at the enormous winch together. The heavy gate slowly swung shut with a deep rumble.

Along the walls of Shrek City, the Soul Masters of the Shrek Inspection Corps poured Soul Power into the Defensive Soul Tools.

One Soul Tool Shield after another flared to life, enclosing the city walls in a firm defense.

But the section of wall around Shrek Academy's east gate had already been smashed flat by a single blow from the Battle Saint Ape.

The Defensive Soul Tools concealed inside it and the Soul Cannons mounted on it had been reduced to useless slabs of iron.

Soul Masters with earth- and wood-attribute Martial Souls had rushed to repair the wall, but its defenses were far weaker than before.

Atop the Spirit Hall Empire's Flagship.

Golden Crocodile Douluo, Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall; Feng Jiuxiao, Grand Marshal of the Army; and Xu Yi, President of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The three Quasi-God powerhouses stood high in the sky, their robes snapping in the fierce wind.

They looked down at the Soul Tool Turrets on Shrek City's walls, where ghostly blue light was beginning to glow.

"Heh. This is a battle between gods and ants!"

Feng Jiuxiao folded his arms, a scornful smile crossing his face.

"Shrek Academy is far too weak. Today, they'll repay the blood debt they incurred when they destroyed Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago!"

Golden light blazed from Golden Crocodile Douluo's Four-Word Battle Armor, and his fighting spirit surged into the heavens!

Xu Yi looked down at the Soul Tools Shrek Academy was using—devices that could practically be called antiques—and could not help laughing.

"Stand by and cover me, you two. I'd like to show these ants of Shrek Academy what a gap in technology truly means!"

Feng Jiuxiao and Golden Crocodile Douluo exchanged a glance and smiled faintly.

"In that case, sorry for the trouble, President Xu!"

Xu Yi sprang from the top of the Flagship.

At that same moment, a clear cry rang out from the great sun above his head.

Its radiance drew inward, finally revealing what had been hidden within.

The God-Level Mecha, Golden Crow!

The golden Mecha had little mechanical about it. It was fully humanoid,

with a narrow waist, broad back, long arms and a streamlined form. It looked more like an enlarged human clad in armor.

A pair of golden wings rose from its back.

From the outside, the God-Level Mecha looked like a work of art. Even the harshest critic could not find the slightest flaw.

Yet in its right hand it gripped a Golden Battle Halberd that radiated murderous intent powerful enough to flood the heavens!

Xu Yi dropped into the round blue crystal at the God-Level Mecha's center and merged with it completely.

In the next instant, the God-Level Mecha strode through the sky, golden divine flames roaring to life along the Golden Battle Halberd in his hand.

"Golden Crow, Falling Sun!"

That clear cry rang out again.

High above, the God-Level Mecha abruptly twisted at the waist and extended its right arm.

The halberd blazing with golden divine flames seemed to become a radiant golden sun, lighting up the blackened sky!

In the next instant, Xu Yi hurled the Golden Battle Halberd. The sun plunged toward Shrek City!

At the heart of the golden sun, a phantom Golden Crow spread its wings and flew!

"Holy shit!!!"

Shi Xing's eyes widened, and he hurriedly summoned his Time-Space Silver Disc.

This was the Martial Soul that had made him famous. Its power over time had earned him the title of "Time Mage" across Douluo Continent.

But as he watched that radiant sun fall from the heavens, all Shi Xing felt was crushing helplessness.

Could human strength really stand against an enemy like this?

"Ninth Soul Skill: Time-Space Reversal!"

Shi Xing struck his chest, spilling crimson blood across the Time-Space Silver Disc. He was offering his Martial Soul in a blood sacrifice!

His Ninth Soul Skill could forcibly reverse the state of anything in time and space over the preceding three seconds. Sacrificing his Martial Soul with blood made it even stronger.

But afterward, Shi Xing would have to spend an entire year in bed before he could barely recover.

To carry out the Sea God Pavilion's orders and hold Shrek City, Shi Xing had unleashed a strike that staked his life!

Waves of gold and silver light, representing time and space, spread toward the sun falling from above.

Yet even though Shi Xing's Ninth Soul Skill had drawn on nearly all his strength, that was all it could do.

A Quasi-God's strike was enough to shatter heaven and earth!

How could an ordinary Titled Douluo possibly withstand such power?

The instant the gold-and-silver waves touched the golden divine flames, they burned away.

Not even the unrivaled power of time and space could halt the Great Sun True Fire that burned all things!

"Boom!"

A terrifying explosion of Soul Power erupted at Shrek Academy's east gate, destroying the entire eastern stretch of Shrek City's walls.

Only when the blast spread into Shrek Academy itself did a mysterious force stop it.

The Golden Battle Halberd pierced Shi Xing's chest and pinned him among the shattered walls of Shrek City.

Xu Yi piloted the God-Level Battle Armor above Shrek Academy and spoke calmly.

"By order of His Majesty of the Spirit Hall Empire, I will raze Shrek Academy, destroy Shrek City and cut down the Golden Ancient Tree!"

"But first, I have one question. Where is Huo Yuhao?"