A glimmer flashed almost imperceptibly through Huo Yuhao's eyes. Immediately afterward, a scream came from Xiao Hongchen inside the artillery fortress.
"Aah!"
At that moment, Xiao Hongchen felt as though someone had suddenly rammed a chopstick roughly into his brain. He screamed at once, clutching his head in agony.
This was precisely Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock-a million-year soul skill that needed no eye contact and could strike whenever he wanted. That single blow momentarily robbed Xiao Hongchen of his ability to control the gun emplacements.
After all, who could have imagined that a soul master with an Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul would also have goddamn spiritual attacks?
Coupled with Huo Yuhao's all-but-impossible-to-guard-against method of launching it, never mind Xiao Hongchen-even Chen Ping would have had a hard time defending against it!
Why else would Chen Ping have set his sights on the Awakening Necklace belonging to Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin? Wasn't it because spiritual soul masters' attacks were each harder to guard against than the last?
Seizing those precious moments when Soul Shock had robbed Xiao Hongchen of the ability to resist, Huo Yuhao unhesitatingly activated the other two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills the Ice Empress had given him-his soul bone skills-at the same time.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao, whose strength had already soared under his battle armor's enhancement, followed through by activating Ice Empress's Pincer. His gauntlets, along with the armor covering his arms, actually became as hard as ten-thousand-year mystic ice. Diamond ice crystals covered them, and his strength surged once more.
At the same time, Ice Emperor's Wrath, the Ice Empress's finishing move, erupted from Huo Yuhao's chest.
In the original story, the Ice Empress had once said that after obtaining Ice Explosion, she was even qualified to compete with the Snow Empress