As the mechanical voice sounded, several illusory cards suddenly appeared around Wang Xiaoming.
They bore the image of a sword!
At that moment, the Iron Armored Rhinoceros charged at Wang Xiaoming again.
This time, however, its momentum was nowhere near as fierce as before.
After the Kabuto Zecter had led it on a wild goose chase for so long, it had charged again and again. The little stamina it had recovered was nowhere near enough to unleash its skill at full power.
"Xiaoming, get out of the way!"
Behind the tree, Ning Rongrong could hardly bear to keep watching.
She could almost see Wang Xiaoming being crushed into a pulp by the rhinoceros...
Ning Rongrong's voice caught the attention of someone who had come looking for her.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
"That's Rongrong's voice!"
Chen Xin had flown over from the other side of the Soul Hunting Forest, searching for his little princess along the way. When he had heard back at the sect that she had asked someone for a Soul Hunting Forest token and might be going into the forest, he had instantly been unable to sit still and had rushed here on his flying sword.
As soon as he heard her voice, he sped toward it.
The moment he arrived, he saw the scene below.
Ning Rongrong was hiding behind a tree, while a boy stood opposite an Iron Armored Rhinoceros below.
This boy must be the friend with Innate Full Soul Power whom Fengzhi and the others mentioned, the one Rongrong met in Heaven Dou City... To think he'd be so reckless. He doesn't even have a Soul Ring, yet he dares provoke a seven-hundred-year-old Iron Armored Rhinoceros!?
Chen Xin labeled Wang Xiaoming arrogant in his heart.
He had made Ning Rongrong help him find a token and even brought her into the Soul Hunting Forest...
Either one of those was enough for Chen Xin to string the brat up and beat him for three days and three nights!
It would do the boy good to be seriously injured by the Soul Beast. That would teach him a lesson, so he wouldn't grow arrogant and conceited and bring harm to Rongrong later!
Even so, Chen Xin was ready to step in at any moment. He couldn't let the boy actually die here.
Wang Xiaoming naturally heard Ning Rongrong's voice too, but he wasn't panicking in the slightest. The corners of his mouth even curved upward.
Who could hurt him during his transformation's invincibility frames?
As the Iron Armored Rhinoceros charged toward him, the cards around Wang Xiaoming began moving erratically with him at their center, even forming a barrier as they moved.
Bang!
The cards collided with the Iron Armored Rhinoceros with a heavy crash, sending the charging beast flying!
The sight left Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin dumbstruck.
Was this a joke? The boy had sent the Iron Armored Rhinoceros flying without doing anything?
Even the Iron Armored Rhinoceros, sent flying sideways, had a clear look in its eyes as it stared at the little thing before it in disbelief.
It was already the strongest Soul Beast in this area.
Its hard iron armor brought its weight to four tons. The force of its charge alone was enough to smash some weaker thousand-year Soul Beasts to pieces.
This was the first time in its rhinoceros life that it had been sent flying.
After that, it was almost afraid to attack again.
But just because it didn't move didn't mean Wang Xiaoming wouldn't.
Once the cards stopped moving, they all returned to Wang Xiaoming's body.
As the illusory cards overlapped, a figure clad in silver-white armor appeared in his place the next moment.
With the armor on, Wang Xiaoming stood a full 1.9 meters tall, shedding his little shorty appearance for the time being.
His large red compound eyes radiated an overwhelming pressure.
Feeling power surging endlessly through his body, he was grinning from ear to ear beneath his armor.
"Not bad. The top of my head is a little pointy, though. Here I go!"
Facing the wary Iron Armored Rhinoceros, he charged straight at it and threw a heavy punch at its flank.
The punch landed squarely on its flank, forcibly knocking its enormous body two meters sideways. Its four hooves plowed four long furrows in the ground.
"What a powerful punch!"
Chen Xin couldn't help marveling inwardly at the sight.
Even a purely strength-type Soul Master couldn't possibly do something like that before absorbing a Soul Ring-sending an Iron Armored Rhinoceros flying when its defense could rival that of a thousand-year Soul Beast...
What kind of monster is this boy?
The Iron Armored Rhinoceros bellowed in pain, the sound low and muffled. It shook its head, and its eyes turned scarlet once more.
It had been enraged again!
Facing the furious Iron Armored Rhinoceros, Wang Xiaoming flexed his armored wrists without a trace of fear.
This was the confidence that came with power.
Ning Rongrong's little mouth fell open in shock at the punch, but she quickly grew excited and waved her little fists, cheering Wang Xiaoming on.
"Xiaoming, get it! Flatten it!"
Hearing her, Wang Xiaoming chuckled softly.
"That's exactly what I had in mind."
He immediately pulled out the Blay Rouzer and held it in a reverse grip, preparing to finish the rhinoceros off with a Rider Kick.
But... the moment he turned the card slot out, Wang Xiaoming was dumbfounded.
Every card in the slot was blank white.
He instantly felt like cursing.
"What the hell? There isn't a single usable card in this slot!?"
It was bad enough that Decade only had his base transformation card, but now even Blade, whom he had just recovered, was like this too!?
Could it be that he had to find Soul Beasts and seal them inside?
He had meant to put on one hell of a show, only to take one hell of a dump instead.
But there was no time to dwell on it. The rhinoceros had charged at him again!
"No cards? It's not like I can't fight without them."
As the Iron Armored Rhinoceros charged, Wang Xiaoming brought his legs together and leaped into the sky!
His terrifying jumping power sent him ten meters into the air. Facing the Iron Armored Rhinoceros below, he brought the Blay Rouzer down in a heavy slash!
No Rider Kick? Then it could take his flashy jumping slash instead!
Facing Wang Xiaoming as he descended from the sky, the Iron Armored Rhinoceros fearlessly thrust its horn upward!
Bang!
In an instant, the piercing clash of metal rang out across a hundred meters.
The sound jolted Ning Rongrong, and she hurriedly covered her ears.
But she forced herself to endure the discomfort and looked toward the battlefield.
The Iron Armored Rhinoceros's horn had snapped, and Wang Xiaoming swiftly changed moves, driving a straight thrust through its eye and into its brain.
The Iron Armored Rhinoceros was dead.
Its enormous body crashed to the ground, kicking up a great cloud of dust.
Amid the dust, the armor on Wang Xiaoming's body shone all the more brilliantly.
He picked up the enormous horn at his feet and contemptuously flung it into the forest beside him.
A mere Iron Armored Rhinoceros, easily handled!
As Ning Rongrong watched the knight undo his transformation amid the dust, her cheeks grew slightly hot for some reason.
"He looked a little ugly at first... but somehow he's suddenly become a bit easier on the eyes."