Sun Moon's Twin Red Poles
Before Xuan Zi's sarcastic remark, "Even an insect dares to interrupt," had even finished, a dazzling beam of gold and silver light pierced down from the heavens like a celestial sword, heading straight for Xuan Zi's old face.
Level 9 Soul Tool - Sun Moon Divine Needle!
This terrifying weapon, forged by Ye Yulin over decades of painstaking effort, has finally revealed its ferocious fangs.
Before the beam of light even reached him, Xuan Zi felt an aura of earth-shattering terror lock onto him.
That was not simply the pressure of Soul Power, but a Destruction power from the pinnacle of Soul Guidance Technology, enough to make any Titled Douluo tremble with fear.
What terrified Xuan Zi even more was that, almost at the same instant the Sun Moon Divine Needle appeared, a torrent of metal poured down from the sky above.
Level 9 Array Soul Tool Floating Cannons - Fire in a Barrage!
All 360 floating cannons suspended in the clouds fired simultaneously, each unleashing a dark red soul-guided beam that was hundreds of feet long.
These beams of light intertwined in mid-air to form an impenetrable net of death, enveloping the entire street.
Each beam of light contained terrifying energy powerful enough to shatter Soul Douluo's defenses, yet it poured down like a torrential downpour.
"Damn it, there really was an ambush!"
Xuan Zi's expression changed drastically; all traces of his previous condescending attitude vanished.
After all, he was Taotie Douluo who had made his name in life-or-death battles, and his reaction in critical moments was extremely fast.
Nine Soul Ring instantly rose from beneath his feet: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—the standard configuration for a Titled Douluo Soul Master.
The seventh-ranked black Soul Ring suddenly erupted with a deep, abyss-like earthy yellow light, and the Martial Soul Avatar was instantly completed.
A massive, mountain-like phantom of a Taotie appeared behind him, and an earthen-yellow Soul Power barrier instantly formed, firmly protecting him within it.
"Boom--!"
The golden and silver beams of Sun Moon Divine Needle slammed into the Soul Power barrier.
Xuan Zi felt a tremendous force, enough to split mountains and cleave seas, and his body was instantly slammed into the ground.
That seemingly indestructible, earthen-yellow barrier, under the peak attack of Level 9 Soul Tool, actually developed countless cracks like an eggshell.
He felt a sweet taste in his throat, a metallic sweetness that surged up, but he forced it back down.
Never show weakness!
If these petty villains were to see him injured, would he still retain his title as the Taotie Douluo?
However, before he could catch his breath, intense artillery fire had already covered the entire street.
"Boom boom boom boom boom--!"
Deafening explosions echoed one after another, and flames illuminated half the night sky.
The scorching heatwave, carrying debris and dust, swept wildly in all directions.
The shops on both sides of the street were instantly razed to the ground, and the bluestone pavement was melted into lava by the high temperature, making a sizzling sound.
Cheng Gang was the first to be affected.
He was already standing at the very front, closest to Bao Liang, and now he became the target of concentrated artillery fire.
The aftershocks of the Sun Moon Divine Needle swept over him, instantly tearing his black robe to shreds and revealing his disheveled body underneath.
He desperately channeled his Soul Power, and his Ninth Soul Ring lit up as he tried to condense a defense.
But the dense barrage of artillery fire formed a tight, impenetrable net, locking him firmly in place.
"No--!"
Cheng Gang let out a furious roar of resentment.
The next second, he was violently thrown away by the shockwave of the explosion, flying backward like a cannonball, crashing into three buildings before finally slamming heavily into the ruins, his fate unknown.
It must be said, he truly lives up to his Titled Douluo.
The buildings that were bombed were far more massive than those of the Lang Ya brothers.
As for Bao Liang, he was grabbed by the collar and taken away by Jing Hongchen.
Where it was, only a giant egg made of rocks and soil remained, along with a huge crater tens of meters in diameter.
That was a defense that Xuan Zi condensed using his eighth Soul Skill.
It is slowly cracking at this moment, making a cracking sound.
"Click--!"
The giant rock egg suddenly exploded.
Countless pebbles flew like bullets, and amidst the billowing dust, a figure staggered out.
It was Xuan Zi.
He looked extremely disheveled at that moment.
His signature tattered hemp robe was blown to shreds, with sparks still flying from the edges.
His hair stood on end, as if struck by lightning, and was covered with bits of grass and dust.
His face was streaked with black and white, completely marked by smoke and fire. His already somewhat dim old eyes were now wide open, as if there were real flames burning inside.
He stared intently at Bao Liang, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin, who stood unharmed at the other end of the street, with eyes that seemed to devour them.
"Shameless scoundrels of the Sun Moon Empire!"
"How dare they resort to such a despicable trick as a sneak attack!"
"Luckily, I am more skilled, otherwise I would have fallen for the tricks of you shameless scoundrels!"
Jing Hongchen smiled and touched her nose, her calm and composed demeanor a stark contrast to Xuan Zi's disheveled state.
"Heh, when it comes to shamelessness, we can only admit defeat to the Taotie Douluo."
"After all, we wouldn't say such high-sounding things when we're robbing someone."
Ye Yulin glanced at Jing Hongchen with some displeasure, her eyes seeming to say, "How could you tell the truth like that?"
"Hey, Old Toad, how dare you talk like that?"
"What do you mean we're robbing? Do we even need to rob anyone?"
"Isn't robbery a way for the poor to get rich? Do we need to rob to get what we want?"
Jing Hongchen slapped his head as if suddenly realizing something, a look of sudden understanding on his face.
"Oh, right! Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue! We're not poor bastards, we don't need to rob anyone!"
"After all, we're not short of money."
This back-and-forth act immediately made Xuan Zi's old face look as uncomfortable as if he had eaten shit.
His face turned pale and then purple.
The red heat was so intense that steam was rising from the top of his head, billowing up and drifting in the night breeze, making him look particularly comical.
"How dare you!"
"How dare you insult Shrek!"
"I think you've eaten too many red beans—you're dying!"
Xuan Zi was so angry that he trembled all over.
In all his years, he had never been so publicly humiliated.
More importantly, he really was robbing—no, he was "rationally allocating resources for the peace of the mainland."
In short, how could Xuan Zi possibly be like those petty scoundrels?
"Enough talk, let's fight in the sky!"
Jing Hongchen curled her lip, pointed to the sky, and her arrogant demeanor was exactly the same as Xuan Zi's just now.
"You Immortality, you dare to try and make a move on my granddaughter's husband?"
"I'll blow you to a pulp, so badly your own mother wouldn't recognize you, or I'll change my name to Jing Hongchen backwards!"
If he were alone, he would still be somewhat wary of Xuan Zi.
But with Ye Yulin joining the fight, he was confident that together with Old Ye, they could whip Xuan Zi like a spinning top!
No, with all his Soul Tool upgraded through the Thousand Refinement Metal, he was confident he could whip Xuan Zi like a spinning top all by himself.
The two of them went up side by side, just so they could enjoy the smoke even more!
We, the Twin Heroes of the Sun Moon, will not hesitate to beat up that old bastard Deng from Shrek!
Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin exchanged a glance, both seeing eagerness in each other's eyes.
It was the excitement a hunter feels when he sees his prey, a long-lost, exhilarating feeling of being able to unleash his fighting spirit.
Xuan Zi understood that if he didn't defeat Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin, he feared he wouldn't be able to bring either the embryo or that kid back to Shrek.
Actually, there's a better option now: just leave and stop thinking about stealing the embryos and the people.
After all, now that the opponent's powerful figure has appeared, it's basically impossible to seize the embryo and the person; there's no point in continuing the struggle.
but...
Xuan Zi was insulted and vilified by them!
Having already had a few drinks, he arrogantly overwhelmed Cheng Gang, Lang Ya, and Yu Tao, displaying an air of self-importance and superiority, as if the entire Star Luo City was under his control.
But then Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin completely humiliated him.
They even insulted Shrek!
That's right, I only took action to defend Shrek's reputation, not because I acted impulsively!
"Come on, I'll show you today how utterly vulnerable you are when you rely on external forces!"
Xuan Zi shouted loudly, his Soul Power erupted, and an earthy yellow light enveloped his entire body.
In the next instant, he shot into the sky like a cannonball, soaring thousands of meters into the air.
Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin followed closely behind.
Three figures streaked across the night sky in three distinct trajectories, rising above the clouds in the blink of an eye.
Before long, three strange phenomena appeared thousands of meters in the sky.
One was a yellowish-brown light that occupied half of the sky; that was Xuan Zi's Martial Soul Avatar, a gluttonous phantom with bared fangs and claws, as if it wanted to devour everything.
One was a massive, overwhelming torrent of metal, with countless Soul Tool arranged and combined behind Jing Hongchen, resembling an iron legion.
Finally, there was a dazzling starry sky, with Ye Yulin's Sun Moon Divine Needle suspended in the starry sky, their golden and silver lights flashing alternately, as if two stars were shining at the same time.
"Come on, Xuan Zi, let's see what you call Shrek's glory."