Second Seal Fully Unsealed

After taking a deep drag on the cigar clenched between his teeth, Tang Wulin and the others' expressions immediately turned delighted.

He Caitou's four soul skills respectively enhanced Spiritual Power, strength, defense, and Soul Power, making for an exceptionally well-rounded set of support abilities.

His First Soul Skill alone gave Huo Yutong an enormous boost. Not only did the range of Spiritual Detection expand by a full twenty percent, but its precision also improved considerably.

And that was only the effect of his lowest-year First Soul Skill. His other soul skills brought Tang Wulin and Wang Dong even greater improvements.

As expected, anyone chosen by the Soul Engineering Department's Third-in-Command would not have poor talent.

Tang Wulin marveled inwardly as he kept watch on the enemies' movements through the shared Spiritual Detection images in his mind.

He Caitou had been right. Although his firepower was terrifying, it was clearly impossible for him to completely suppress several enemies. While those enemies had all suffered injuries of varying severity, they had already adjusted themselves and begun advancing toward Tang Wulin's group through the artillery fire.

As a Soul Engineer specializing in Soul Guided Cannon Platforms, He Caitou's merits and shortcomings were extremely obvious. His merit was his overwhelming firepower suppression, while his shortcoming was close combat. After all, Soul Tools did not distinguish friend from foe. The enemy would take damage, but he and his teammates would also suffer the full blast if they were caught in the explosions.

Thus, the deciding factor of this defensive battle was whether Tang Wulin and the others could help He Caitou drive back the enemies who got close.

Everyone present had clearly realized this. Dragon scales emerged over the leading Soul Emperor's body, and his third yellow soul ring lit up. He endured the barrage of artillery fire and forcefully closed the distance to Tang Wulin's group.

Seeing this, Tang Wulin and Wang Dong took the lead and stepped forward, blocking his path.

The Soul Emperor snorted, his voice brimming with disdain.

"You little brats, move aside!"

Even though he had been caught off guard and struck by several Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells, suffering some injuries, he was still not someone two brats without even Three Rings could Contend against.

He did not even spare Tang Wulin and Wang Dong a glance. He slapped out with one hand while extending the other toward He Caitou from afar. His fourth purple soul ring lit up, and Black Light began gathering in his palm.

At that moment, a powerful shudder of terror suddenly rose from the depths of his heart.

The fear even affected his movements. His hand slowed, allowing Tang Wulin to narrowly evade his palm at the last moment.

Tang Wulin clenched his right fist, which had transformed into a Golden Dragon Claw, and drove it into the Soul Emperor's abdomen with all his strength.

The shattering effect activated. The Soul Emperor actually let out a muffled groan and staggered back two steps, his charged Fourth Soul Skill forcibly interrupted.

"Bastard!"

The Soul Emperor flew into a rage.

He was a Six-Ring Soul Master, yet he had been forced back by a brat with one ring. If word of this got out, he would never be able to show his face in the Soul Master World again.

In his fury, he stopped holding back. Black Flame curled around his fingertips as he clawed at Tang Wulin.

Damn it...

His speed far surpassed Tang Wulin's. Even though Tang Wulin had predicted his movements through Spiritual Detection, he could not dodge.

He was still too weak. If he had another twenty levels, he definitely would not be struggling so much!

At the critical moment, golden light flared in Huo Yutong's eyes, and an invisible wave of Spiritual Power shot toward the Soul Emperor.

Caught completely unprepared by this Soul Impact strengthened by He Caitou, the Soul Emperor's eyes went blank, and he lost control of his body for an instant once more.

At the last possible moment, Wang Dong wrapped her arms around Tang Wulin from behind and pulled him out of the Soul Emperor's attack range.

At the same time, He Caitou turned his cannon muzzles toward the Soul Emperor. Terrifying Soul Power Fluctuations surged once more, engulfing him.

In the distance, several figures soared into the sky from Shrek City and rushed this way at tremendous speed.

At their pace, they would arrive in less than half a minute.

The battle immediately became a countdown.

Realizing that the situation had turned unfavorable, the assassins became completely desperate.

Some used soul skills, while others charged forward recklessly despite their injuries, striving to end the battle within half a minute.

Yet what greeted them was He Caitou's full-strength eruption.

Now that he had confirmed reinforcements would reach the battlefield in less than half a minute, He Caitou naturally had no reason to hold back at all.

He loaded every remaining Soul Tool Cannon Shell with the greatest Attack Power into his Cannon Barrels and fired them at the assassins with chilling killing intent.

After this battle, he would be back to square one. Every Soul Tool in his storage pouch would be gone, including not only those he had made himself, but also the gifts Fan Yu had given him.

But he felt no regret whatsoever. If he died here because of hesitation, he would never have another chance for revenge.

Facing He Caitou's Full Firepower, the leading Soul Emperor gritted his teeth. The Black Soul Ring at the end of his ring lineup finally lit up.

He had actually been showing mercy throughout this battle.

Dai Huabin's arrogant tone had truly displeased him, so he had naturally never intended to put much effort into completing the task of that Profligate Young Master who looked down on everyone.

But this was no time to hesitate any longer. He Caitou was clearly planning to expend all his Soul Power within ten seconds. He had already been injured in the first wave of shells due to being caught off guard. If he continued to hold back now, he might truly fall here.

Black flames surged upward and transformed into a black saber, instantly sweeping aside every shell He Caitou had fired.

Not only that, he slashed through the air at He Caitou. Although He Caitou activated his Soul Guided Shield in time to protect himself, the shield did not even last a second before it burned away completely.

At this perilous moment, He Caitou felt a powerful tug around his waist. Looking down, he discovered that a strand of Bluesilver Grass had somehow wrapped around him.

Tang Wulin pulled with both hands, dragging He Caitou out of the area covered by the Black Flame at the last moment.

Even so, quite a few Cannon Barrels were scorched by the residual heat of the Black Flame until they nearly melted.

Because He Caitou had to deal with the Soul Emperor's attack, a gap appeared in his artillery coverage. The Soul Kings finally seized the opportunity, greatly closing the distance to Tang Wulin's group and arriving before them.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse and became incomparably dire.

As Tang Wulin looked at the Soul Kings and Soul Emperor before him, he felt an unprecedented Death Aura rush toward him.

Clearly, the few of them could not hold out for the next ten seconds.

Tang Wulin clenched his teeth, determination filling his eyes.

He Caitou had already handed over all his Soul Tools. He had done everything he could.

That meant the only person present who could unleash even greater power was Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath and controlled all the Soul Power in his body, driving it toward the remaining half of the Second Seal within him.

Since death awaited him either way, he might as well risk everything.

As the remaining half of the seal loosened under the impact, a faint yet resonant Dragon Roar echoed throughout the battlefield.