The Third Laboratory was spacious, but with over a hundred thick soul cannon barrels appearing out of thin air, it suddenly seemed rather cramped.
The instant their soul cannons appeared, a barrage of soul guidance rays and soul cannon shells shot toward each other.
Huo Yuhao did not believe for a moment that Wang Shaojie could match Xiao Hongchen. Both were Five-Ring Soul Kings and Level 5 Soul Engineers, but the gulf between them in every respect was enormous.
Wang Shaojie's soul power felt flimsy and insubstantial. By comparison, Xiao Hongchen's was far more robust, though its purity was still nowhere near Huo Yuhao's.
He had heard Xuan Ziwen say that the Sun Moon Empire used a method called Seedling-Pulling Growth to cultivate soul engineers' soul power. It seemed Wang Shaojie was one of those subjected to it.
Sitting in the corner, Huo Yuhao merely glanced at Wang Shaojie before focusing all his attention on Xiao Hongchen.
He had defeated them in the finals of the Soul Fighting Tournament a year ago without even seeing Xiao Hongchen make a move. Now, Huo Yuhao intended to take a good, close look.
When he saw Xiao Hongchen under Martial Soul Possession, his expression instantly turned exceedingly strange.
A golden leg had sprouted behind Xiao Hongchen's backside, while golden bumps covered his upper body, radiating a golden halo.
This was his martial soul, the Three-Legged Golden Toad, whose ability was to control metal.
"So you're the legendary three-legged toad..."
Huo Yuhao continued watching the battle.
Xiao Hongchen had a full hundred and twenty-eight soul cannons, all of them Level 5 soul tools. The soul cannons surrounding Wang Shaojie could not begin to compare.
Wang Shaojie's soul cannon shells and rays were all annihilated under the successive bombardment of Xiao Hongchen's hundred and twenty-eight