Overdrive Mecha! Ma Hongjun: Flender? Nothing to Do with Him! I Came Alone.

Facing the threads of moonlight Silver Moon Douluo had sent to bind him, Ye Gucheng sat calmly in Crimson Typhoon's cockpit and controlled the mecha's movements with his spirit.

Vmmm!

Crimson Typhoon's propulsion system roared to life. Amplified by layer upon layer of soul-guidance circuits, it erupted with a surge of Soul Power no weaker than Heaven-Destroying Douluo's!

Red-gold exhaust flames blasted from its thrusters. Crimson Typhoon accelerated past the sound barrier!

The blazing saber in its hand came down in a strike that could cleave Mount Hua!

Space warped in the blade's path, and the air burned away into a vacuum!

Hundred Burning Strikes!

The silvery threads of moonlight began to burn before the blade even touched them. Thread linked to thread, strand pulled strand; the flames raced along them to the edge of the sky.

In an instant, the entire sky above the coast became a sea of fire!

Crimson Typhoon vanished into the exploding flames.

All that remained was a blazing slash hurtling toward Heaven-Destroying Douluo!

Not far away, Silver Moon Douluo gave a cold snort. Knowing this enemy would be difficult to handle, he unleashed his Silver Moon Domain again. It spread instantly, covering the stretch of sky around both combatants.

Now, the moment that so-called mecha entered his domain, he would sense it and slow it down!

His Sixth Soul Ring flashed. A crescent blade, gentle as water, formed from thin air and flew toward the fiery slash.

The two attacks collided with a hiss like water splashing onto hot iron.

The crescent blade of moonlight sliced straight through the slash, like a hot knife through butter!

"Ultimate Fire?!"

Silver Moon Douluo stared in a daze. His Silver Moon Martial Soul was exceptionally unusual, carrying a trace of stubborn ice power!

Once its silver threads ensnared someone, cold would seep into their meridians and Soul Power, suppressing its circulation and recovery.

Yet that mecha's fierce strike had burned through his ice power!

Only a true Ultimate Attribute could do that!

There was no shortage of sharp-eyed Soul Masters watching the broadcast. The live chat erupted.

[Sun Moon Continent · Blazing Sun Douluo Xu Ming]:

"That was an Ultimate Fire attack?!"

"It must be. I've fought Silver Moon before. His Cold Moon Power is fiendishly hard to deal with. Even my Blazing Sun Martial Soul, which comes infinitely close to Ultimate Fire, couldn't destroy his silver threads so easily."

[Douluo Continent · Sputtering Phoenix Ma Hongjun]:

"Ultimate Fire? You mean the pinnacle of fire?

From what I can see, that's a tiny spark at best. Before my phoenix flames, he'd have no choice but to submit!"

[Sun Moon Continent · Phoenix Douluo Yan Shaozhe]:

"Young man called Ma Hongjun, is your Martial Soul a pure-blooded phoenix? Do you have a master?!"

[Sun Moon Continent · All-Knowing Lu Renjia]:

"Even Senior Yan has appeared! He's the son of Senior Ye Xishui, a Limit Douluo, and possesses a top-tier Beast Martial Soul: the Phoenix Martial Soul!

They say this Super Douluo has been looking for a suitable successor, but no one has met his requirements."

Ma Hongjun, who was watching the chat closely, naturally spotted the message.

He gazed at the screen, his eyes shining.

Shrek Academy had just defeated the other academies in the Heaven Dou Empire, becoming champions of the Heaven Dou Division. They were preparing to head to Spirit Hall.

Yet everyone else had shone in the competition, while his brilliance had been completely eclipsed.

He couldn't accept it.

Disheartened, he had been spouting nonsense in the live chat just to vent his feelings.

Who would have thought he would stumble upon an opportunity!

A level-ninety-five Phoenix Douluo was looking for a suitable disciple. Ma Hongjun sat up in bed and threw back his head with three loud laughs!

The man might as well have read out his ID Number!

Who could be better suited to become his disciple than someone with the Evil Fire Phoenix?

Flender? What did he have to do with anything?

He quickly sent a message.

[Douluo Continent · Sputtering Phoenix Ma Hongjun]:

"Your Excellency Phoenix Douluo, I'm Ma Hongjun. I was born with a Phoenix Martial Soul, and its flames are even stronger than ordinary phoenix fire!

As for my master... I've been cultivating on my own~"

The message was soon buried beneath a flood of comments, but certain people noticed this attempt to "clear things up."

Flender, for example.

On the battlefield, Silver Moon Douluo's gaze sharpened. So the mecha possessed the attack power of Ultimate Fire?

In the end, it was only a lifeless machine!

Silver Moon Douluo activated Martial Soul Possession. A bright moon rose behind him, and moonlight flooded the battlefield—

"Seventh Soul Skill: Silver Moon Avatar!"

"Eighth Soul Skill: Bright Moon Crushes the Celestial Mountain!"

Beneath its light, the Full Moon, condensed from tremendous Soul Power, came crashing down like a real mountain.

The Ultimate Fire-wreathed slash struck it. Soul Power surged, and flames ate through the enormous moon, burning black holes into it.

But the unstoppable slash had been blocked.

The two masses of Soul Power clashed and wore each other away, until both vanished into the air.

It all happened in the blink of an eye!

Using the rising steam to conceal itself, a towering crimson figure burst in from the side. Right at the boundary of the Silver Moon Domain, its blazing saber swept across. The blade flashed, about to strike Silver Moon Douluo!

"Hmph. I found you long ago!"

Instead of growing angry, Silver Moon Douluo smiled. The boundary of the Silver Moon Domain that Ye Gucheng had observed expanded dozens of meters with lightning speed, enveloping Crimson Typhoon!

Trapped inside the domain, even Soul Power circulated more slowly. Crimson Typhoon's propulsion system grew sluggish, and Ye Gucheng felt his thoughts slowing down.

"My speed's been suppressed..."

In the cockpit, Ye Gucheng's mouth twitched. What a sneaky old bastard!

Heaven-Destroying Douluo, already in his Heavenly Dragon Avatar state, flickered into place before Crimson Typhoon.

Silver Moon Douluo's domain restricted him too, but he was a Titled Douluo who specialized in direct attacks. As long as the domain slowed Crimson Typhoon, that was enough.

The Destruction Dragon Breath he had been gathering in his mouth finally erupted!

"Let's see you dodge this, brat!!"

Bolstered by his Heavenly Dragon Avatar, Heaven-Destroying Douluo's combat strength rose another level. His Destruction Dragon Breath was powerful enough to grievously wound a Titled Douluo in an instant!

With its speed restricted by the Silver Moon Domain, Crimson Typhoon couldn't evade the attack!

Victory was assured!

[Sun Moon Continent · Professional Mockery Lu Renyi]:

"Hahaha! What kind of bullshit mecha is that? Under a Titled Douluo's domain, it's worthless!

It's like a turtle shell. It can't even move! Hahaha!"

[Blue Silver Continent · Academy Teacher Han Duidui]:

"Heh. Did you really think we wouldn't account for domains when developing a mecha to withstand Titled Douluos?"

"Keep your eyes wide open, you bumpkins!"

In Crimson Typhoon's cockpit, Ye Gucheng sneered and activated Overdrive Mode.