Netizens Set a Trap, and Taotie Walks Right Up to the Chopping Block! The Blue Silver Continent's Deep Reserves!

The development of Soul Guidance Technology on the Blue Silver Continent had followed Ye Qing's guidance all along.

After founding the Blue Silver Empire, he had recorded his ideas for developing Soul Tools, along with glimpses of future technology, in a handbook.

Now that little handbook had become the Blue Silver Empire's most closely guarded secret!

It contained notes on mechas, Battle Armor, Soul Spirits, Soul Core formation...

Ye Qing had not known exactly how to make those new technologies work. He had merely written down their effects and a few fragmentary guesses, trusting in the research skills and creativity of later generations.

If he had to invent everything himself, there was little point in this continent existing at all.

Fortunately, his descendants had not disappointed him.

As he drifted through the ocean, his soul often fell dormant. Each time he woke, he found that the Blue Silver Continent's technology had advanced again, and the sight heartened him.

Battle Armor and mechas had both emerged from the empire's research over the past twenty thousand years.

By now, Battle Armor had become common among civilian Soul Masters. Most used One-Word or Two-Word Battle Armor, though. Three-Word Battle Armor was uncommon, while Four-Word Battle Armor was rarer still. Only a handful of peak Titled Douluo possessed it.

So when Red Dragon Douluo named his Four-Word Battle Armor, Blazing Ashes, the comments from the Blue Silver Continent erupted!

[Blue Silver Continent · Imperial Academy]:

"Four-Word Battle Armor! Senior Red Dragon really does have deep reserves!

Three-Word Battle Armor can let a Soul Saint stand shoulder to shoulder with a Titled Douluo. Four-Word Battle Armor is the ultimate weapon of war—it can let an ordinary Titled Douluo withstand a Limit Douluo.

Let's see how tough that old geezer Xuan Fan is now!"

[Douluo Continent · Papal Disciple Hu Liena]:

"How could such a thing exist?!

If this so-called Battle Armor can boost someone's strength that much, what's the point of us training so hard?!"

[Douluo Continent · Flameout Phoenix Ma Hongjun]:

"My lady, I beg to differ. A Soul Master's training should focus on raising their own Soul Power Level. Battle Armor and the like are merely external aids.

We must stay true to our convictions.

Still, this Battle Armor looks rather fine. It would suit His Majesty Phoenix Douluo!

If I were Red Dragon, I'd take it off at once and present it to His Majesty Phoenix Douluo!"

On the battlefield, once the Four-Word Battle Armor, Blazing Ashes, had fully enveloped Red Dragon Douluo, Taotie Douluo Xuan Fan stopped eating his chicken leg. His once-lazy gaze turned grave.

His cultivation stood at the peak of Level 98, just one step from becoming a Limit Douluo. Yet that single step could bar his path for the rest of his life!

Without some extraordinary opportunity, he would struggle to cross it within ten years.

But Red Dragon's aura had clearly been only Level 97 a moment ago. The instant that liquid-metal armor covered him, his whole presence changed!

Xuan Fan: "Cheat! This guy's cheating!"

Red Dragon Douluo's temper matched his Martial Soul: fierce and quick to ignite.

So once he donned the Four-Word Battle Armor, he wasted no words. Red light flashed, and he appeared before Taotie Douluo.

He looked down at Xuan Fan from above!

"What, you thought your level gave you the upper hand?"

"Or are you planning to keep me here too?!"

Red Dragon Douluo barked coldly. Without another word, he drove both Battle Armor-clad fists forward, their crimson dragon patterns blazing. Ultimate Fire coiled into solid, dragon-shaped force. There were no fancy moves—only a crushing eruption of Level 99 Soul Power.

"You brute!!"

Old Xuan's pupils contracted. Before he could finish speaking, the phantom of the Godly Taotie Bull spread a Soul Power defense behind him!

Yet it was all in vain!

A punch backed by a Limit Douluo's strength needed no tricks. It was all raw power!

Sizzle—!!

The black-and-yellow Taotie Soul Power burned away in an instant beneath the scarlet-gold dragon flames. Cracks spread across the Godly Taotie Bull's protective phantom.

And Red Dragon Douluo had no intention of settling for a stalemate. He meant to crush him completely!!

A second punch followed, then a third. Each blow piled more raw power onto the last, bearing the pressure of a Limit Douluo's Soul Power and giving Old Xuan no chance to breathe.

In a few swift blows, under an assault like a raging storm, the earth-attribute Soul Power Xuan Fan had trusted to protect him shattered completely.

"Pfft—!"

Taotie Douluo Xuan Fan's clothes caught fire. Blackened from head to toe, he shot backward.

"Old bastard, don't think you've got me beaten!"

Xuan Fan flew into a rage and immediately unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Taotie True Body.

His enormous body towered in the air, a string of Soul Rings hanging from his horns as he glared fiercely at Red Dragon Douluo.

"That strange armor of yours has a time limit, doesn't it? If I hold out until it runs out, you'll still lose!"

"If I were you, I'd leave quietly."

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

"Old Xuan, why waste your breath on him?!

They're only pushing you around because you're an intellectual. Why won't you get in there and fight him?!

If I were you, I wouldn't swallow that insult. Even if I had to use my teeth, I'd tear a chunk of flesh off him!"

[Douluo Continent · Theoretical Master Yu Xiaogang]:

"Mubai has a point.

I may not know how this so-called Battle Armor works, but facts aside, such a thing cannot exist in theory!

Even if it does, its side effects must be enormous. As long as Taotie Douluo doesn't lose his nerve, he can follow my advice and keep moving as he fights. If he holds out long enough, he can turn defense into offense!

That's the confidence of a theoretical master!"

[Sun Moon Continent · Holy Spirit Cult Disciple]:

"Supreme Elder, those two may have ill intentions, but what they're saying does make sense!

To be safe, though, you should retreat.

You've roamed the continent for so many years. There's no need to clash with him. If you lose, your reputation in your later years will be ruined."

Taotie Douluo read the comments scrolling across the sky. Most argued that the armor must have serious flaws in its side effects or duration. Otherwise, the Blue Silver Continent would have conquered the world long ago.

The more he read, the more confident he grew. He felt ready to fight again!

With a lifetime of fame behind him, how could he flee without a fight? He would lose all face!

Worse, the sky was broadcasting everything. If he ran, the whole world would know. Xuan Fan could not bear that shame!

The steady stream of comments bolstered his confidence, and his gaze grew sharper.

But he seemed to have overlooked one thing.

Why had he seen so few comments from the Blue Silver Continent this time?

Meanwhile, the viewers on the Blue Silver Continent watched Xuan Fan grow more and more full of himself, sly smiles playing on their lips.

"Hahaha! That fool really is going to attack Senior Red Dragon while he's wearing Four-Word Battle Armor. What a bumpkin—I'm dying!"

"Don't laugh so hard you accidentally post it in the sky and make them suspicious. Then we won't get to see what happens next."

"Everyone, let's play along and give our esteemed Taotie Douluo some encouragement~~"

[Blue Silver Continent · Royal Student Zhang Shanfeng]:

"You ignorant natives! You monkeys who haven't even shed your skins! You Soul Beasts walking upright! If you dare make a move, the empire's armies will sweep the lot of you away!"

[Sun Moon Continent · Holy Spirit Cult Disciple]:

"All bark and no bite. You're scared!! Hahaha!"

Taotie Douluo made up his mind.

Taotie Douluo attacked.

Taotie Douluo let out a mighty roar.

Taotie Douluo went flying from a kick.

The sky fell silent. So did the battlefield.

Then a flood of "hahaha" filled the sky.

[Blue Silver Continent · Someone]: "Hahaha! That fool actually believed it!"

[Blue Silver Continent · Someone]: "I'm dying laughing. These natives are so stupid it's almost adorable!"

[Blue Silver Continent · Someone]: "I can't—my stomach hurts from laughing~

He went flying in a flash!

Was he pretending to be a flying chicken?!"