Crushing the Sun Moon Continent's Spirit! A Showdown Between the Strong!

A Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, fired from a Level 9 Soul Cannon.

It was a weapon this continent had never seen before. Now it unleashed a roar that shook heaven and earth.

Two Limit Douluo stood at the pinnacle of combat power in this world.

Yet they poured all their strength into defense.

The phantom of a colossal purple-black dragon stretched across the sky. Its runic scales overlapped in layers as it coiled into a bell, forming the ultimate defense!

Zhongli Bai manifested his Death God Demon Puppet avatar, using his Martial Soul's special ability to summon the Earth Element and reinforce their defenses outside the Dark Demon Dragon bell.

BOOM!

Amid the smoke and dust, nearly every layer of defense was destroyed in an instant.

These were Fixed Soul Cannon Shells specially made by the Blue Silver Empire. Its researchers knew how formidable an enemy would have to be before a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell was needed.

So they had tempered the shells' metal with a special technique, giving them the power to shatter defenses made of pure Soul Power.

If the target defended with nothing but Soul Power, that defense would be like scraps of paper before these shells.

Against them, the only option was to detonate them before they struck. There was no other way.

The disastrous consequences of unequal information had arrived.

Zhongli Bai's Earth Element Soul Power defense was almost useless. The full force of the attack struck Heaven Dragon Douluo's Dark Demon Dragon bell.

But four shells carried the equivalent of four Limit Douluo attacking at full strength. He could not withstand them alone.

The giant bell lasted only a few breaths before its purple-black dragon scales cracked and shattered, inch by inch.

So when the smoke cleared, everyone was stunned.

Two soot-blackened figures stood before them, their eyes somewhat vacant.

Their clothes hung in tatters, nearly torn away by the blasts. Black soot coated their exposed skin, their hair flew wild, and they looked as though they had just climbed out of a coal mine.

Those four shells had blasted them straight out of their Martial Soul Avatar states.

Everyone froze at the sight. Some even rubbed their eyes in disbelief, afraid they were seeing things.

[Douluo Continent · Evil-Eyed Lecherous Tiger Dai Mubai]:

"I'm dumbfounded!

Two Limit Douluo defended with everything they had, and they still got blasted into beggars!

Who could withstand that?"

[Douluo Continent · Theory Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang]:

"Is this still the damn Douluo Continent?

This makes no scientific sense!!"

[Douluo Continent · Thousand-Handed Buddha Tang San]:

"That power isn't bad. It rivals the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon I created!"

[Sun Moon Continent · Soul Guidance Academy Teacher Zhang]:

"That power is definitely beyond the Level 8 Soul Tools we're researching now. That's a Level 9 Soul Tool!!"

[Blue Silver Continent · Military Department Strategist Xu Asan]:

"This is my first time seeing the Wanderer fire at full power. With a weapon like this guarding our nation, the Blue Silver Empire has nothing to fear!"

[Blue Silver Continent · Admiral Zhang Shun]:

"That's nothing. It was only the power of two secondary cannons. If the Wanderer's main cannon fired, no one would even be able to find the bodies of those so-called Limit Douluo!

It could scatter their ashes on the spot."

On the battlefield, deathly silence fell. Despair slowly spread through the heart of every Sun Moon Empire soldier.

Their earlier arrogance, their conceit, even their belief that they could capture the giant ship by sacrificing a few men—all of it vanished.

What more was there to say? One volley had struck down both Limit Douluo. The soldiers would only be throwing their lives away.

All they had left now was regret, resentment, and helplessness.

They regretted how they had treated the Blue Silver Empire's Swift No. 1. They had even wanted to capture its Mecha and take them back for study. The Blue Silver Empire had warned them again and again, but the empire had paid no heed. Well, look what had happened.

Everyone had learned to behave.

Just look at the Imperial Family. Not one of them had a word to say.

Those officials never used their heads. Would these people have dared come to observe our border if they had nothing to back them up?

Heaven Dragon Douluo suppressed the churning blood in his chest and gradually recovered. But the arrogance had vanished from his eyes, leaving them far clearer than before.

He had backed down.

He had not lost to a stronger fighter, though. He had lost to the Blue Silver Empire's unfathomable Soul Guidance Technology, which was powerful enough to overturn the continent's entire system of combat power!!

As far as he was concerned, anyone would be brought to their knees by technology so far beyond this era!

Crimson Typhoon stepped forward. Its scarlet Mecha eyes were cold and sharp, piercing the smoke that filled the sky.

"How did those two shots feel?"

No one answered.

Only the heavenly screen kept scrolling.

[Blue Silver Continent · Imperial Princess Ye Qingqiu]:

"Ahhh, I won't accept this!

Third Brother stole my chance to show off!

That show-off~"

Heaven Dragon Douluo glanced at the behemoth floating out at sea. Humiliation and resentment surged in his chest, but he no longer dared attack rashly.

He had lived nearly a century and presided over the Sun Moon Empire's Worship Hall for half his life. Never had he suffered such a stifling defeat. He drew a deep breath and spoke hoarsely:

"The Blue Silver Empire... does possess powerful Soul Guidance Technology."

"I admit the Sun Moon Empire is no match for you."

"But I refuse to accept it!"

"If you have what it takes, send a Soul Master at my level to fight me without those Soul Tools or that armor!"

Every Limit Douluo had their pride. He acknowledged the Blue Silver Empire's Soul Guidance Technology, but he still did not believe he had truly lost.

"If you can make the Sun Moon Empire accept defeat wholeheartedly, we are willing to open our gates!"

Ye Gucheng piloted Crimson Typhoon a step forward and quietly regarded the battered yet still proud Heaven Dragon Douluo.

"Do I need that?"

"Do I need you to accept defeat wholeheartedly?!"

"If the Blue Silver Empire wanted to wage war on your so-called empire, you wouldn't have a moment to react."

"Those four shells just now—do you know their range?"

"They can strike anywhere on this continent!!"

"I can open your gates and enter whenever I please. What could you do about it?!"

"An incompetent emperor, an incompetent empire..."

Ye Gucheng's words were so bluntly true that the faces of those watching from the Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent flushed red.

What was that supposed to mean? How could he say that?!

That was damn crude.

But it was true.

At that moment, Red Dragon Douluo stepped forward, clad in his four-word Blazing Ashes Battle Armor. Dragonfire still blazed around him.

This time, he was the one playing the gentler role.

"So why do you think the Blue Silver Empire, despite possessing the power to crush everything, hasn't simply marched on your imperial capital?"

"Because the people of the Blue Silver Empire do not delight in killing."

"If every Fixed Soul Cannon aboard the Wanderer fired at once, it would be enough to wipe out all your soldiers. And these so-called Limit Douluo and Titled Douluo you brought would not change the outcome.

But that would be slaughter without purpose."

"The Blue Silver Empire esteems martial strength, but we take no pleasure in killing.

We do not commit atrocities to root out and destroy every last one of our enemies. If others do not attack us, we do not attack them. If they do, we will destroy them!

That is the measure of the Blue Silver Empire, and the line we will not cross."

Red Dragon Douluo's gaze swept over the Sun Moon Empire's leaders and their varying expressions before settling on Heaven Dragon Douluo.

"But since you refuse to accept defeat, tell me what it would take."

"Settle it in the arena. A showdown between the strong!"