Douluo: I, the Sun God

Chapter 171 Battle Against the Golden Crocodile
"Don't be so loud, I'm not afraid of you!"

Xu Yang's voice was full of disdain, and a golden light flashed in his eyes. The two balls of true solar fire that were still burning in the distance were instantly extinguished. He slowly fell from the sky and landed in front of the three education committee members, Meng Shenji, without turning his head.

"Three members of the Education Committee, please take the teachers and students to a safe place to hide. I need some time to deal with the golden crocodile offering!"

"Xu Yang, be careful!"

Meng Shenji nodded and quickly led Bai Baoshan and Zhilin, along with the teachers and students, toward the mountainside. There was an underground cave there, which, thanks to the reinforcement and protection efforts of dozens of academic committees of the Tian Dou Royal Academy, was currently the safest place in the entire Tian Dou Royal Academy.

There was also a large amount of food and water inside, enough for them for at least a month.

All the teachers and students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy were Soul Masters, so they evacuated very quickly. In less than two or three minutes, they were far away from the square, leaving the battlefield to Xu Yang and Jin E.

The three men, Meng Shenji, retreated with peace of mind. From the brief exchange just now, they could tell that Xu Yang's strength was no weaker than Jin E's, and was even much stronger, so they were not worried.

"Seventh Soul Skill: Golden Crocodile True Form!"

The golden crocodile roared to the sky, its muscles and meridians swelled instantly, its skin covered in scales, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into a giant crocodile over twenty meters long, exuding an extremely violent aura. Then it charged towards Xu Yang like a speeding truck.

Golden soul power, seemingly tangible, erupted from the thick crocodile tail, and its muscles began to contract, the scales rubbing against each other and making a "crack! crack!" sound.

The crocodile's tail was at least half the size of its former size, becoming incredibly thin, which looked so comical and incongruous compared to the Golden Crocodile King's massive body.

But the cold glint on it made it clear how dangerous this crocodile tail was.

Just as it was about to reach Xu Yang, the slender crocodile tail pierced straight towards Xu Yang's throat like a spear piercing the sky.

"Seventh Soul Skill: True Form of the Sun!"

Xu Yang reacted very quickly. His seventh spirit ring lit up, and golden flames began to burn around him. The temperature around him also began to rise sharply, and everything around him began to burn. The blue bricks under his feet began to turn into lava with Xu Yang as the center.

At the same time, Xu Yang's body temperature also rose sharply, quickly reaching the limit that his body could withstand. Looking at the giant golden crocodile king rushing towards him from afar, there was no fear in his eyes. He put a little force into his feet and instead of retreating, he charged forward.

Xu Yang chose to confront it head-on, and his fist, radiating intense heat like a branding iron, struck the crocodile's tail.

"boom!"

The fist collided with the crocodile's tail, and a 'crack' sound rang out. Despite their disproportionate sizes, Xu Yang's fist was the one that crushed everything in its path. The enormous crocodile tail, which was over seven meters long, broke off inch by inch, and the fragments turned into soul power and dissipated in the air.

The impact of the fists colliding instantly destroyed the entire plaza.

"I don't believe that a Soul Saint can be this strong."

The golden crocodile roared, unleashing terrifying sonic waves mixed with mental energy that relentlessly attacked Xu Yang, but to no avail. Xu Yang's body seemed to be the most resilient thing in the world; his sonic waves, capable of shattering even diamonds, couldn't even break through his defenses, and the mental attacks contained within couldn't shake Xu Yang's spirit at all.

Jin'e couldn't understand why this was happening. He had already used his Martial Soul True Body, so why was he losing to Xu Yang, an elemental Martial Soul Master, in terms of strength?

As for his soul skills, given his age and cultivation level, his martial soul and himself had long since become one, and his soul skills had become instinctive. The power of each move was in no way inferior to his soul skills. "Ninth Soul Skill - Ouroboros!"

The golden crocodile exerted force with its limbs, its body leaping backward into the air, then bending forward, and the scales on its back burst open like sharp blades. Its huge jaws opened and bit its own tail, and the entire crocodile transformed into a circle, spinning rapidly like a whirlwind, creating a layer of illusory golden light and shadow.

The spilled light and shadow left several bottomless ravines on the ground.

Xu Yang had no doubt about the sharpness of these lights and shadows.

"What a powerful soul skill!"

Xu Yang dispersed all the light and shadow attacks directed at him with his hand, and was also shocked. In the eyes of the Golden Sun Eyes, this soul skill was far more than it appeared. The sharp light and shadow were just the surface; the soul power within his body was hardly consumed, but was instead constantly increasing.

The tail-to-tail symbol represents cycles and infinity. If Golden Crocodile Douluo were allowed to unleash his full power, the power of this soul skill would be unimaginable.

Of course, due to the strength of the Golden Crocodile's body and soul, this soul skill cannot grow indefinitely. It will naturally stop once the Golden Crocodile's body reaches its limit.

Even so, this fully charged attack is still quite terrifying.

"How could I possibly let you have your way!"

Now that he knew the principle behind this soul skill, Xu Yang naturally wouldn't let the Golden Crocodile complete its charge, especially since his current moves were no less powerful than this soul skill.

During his sea voyage from Jinwu back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Xu Yang studied the characteristics granted by his Martial Soul True Body quite a bit, and thus gained a good understanding of his own characteristics, such as the ability to accelerate and manipulate heat, which is essentially the manipulation of kinetic energy.

This is a kind of ability to freely manipulate the energy within the bodies of all things; it's actually a microwave oven.

However, Xu Yang can only use it on himself now, but even so, it still grants him the fastest speed in the current Soul Master world, unmatched by anyone. Xu Yang was enveloped in golden-red soul power, instantly appearing above the Golden Crocodile Douluo. His hands, wrapped in golden-red Solar True Fire, reached out to grab the Golden Crocodile Douluo, who was like a wheel of fire.

"Bah!"

As his hands approached the golden light and shadow, countless sparks flew out, but Xu Yang only felt a slight sting. The Great Sun Golden Body, which was derived from the Xuan Yu Hand, had long been cultivated to perfection by Xu Yang, and his body's toughness was unmatched by anyone in the Douluo Continent.

"what!"

Xu Yang shouted, and at that moment, every cell in his body writhed, greedily absorbing the soul power in his dantian. Under his meticulous control, an indescribable force erupted from his hands.

"Crack!"

The tough, silvery scales on the Golden Crocodile King's back shattered instantly, and its rapidly spinning body came to an abrupt halt. Xu Yang had actually stopped the Golden Crocodile's massive body with his bare hands.

Not only that, the golden crocodile felt that its spine had been broken by Xu Yang's hands. Compared to its huge body, Xu Yang's hands were pitifully small, even smaller than the scales on its body. But with the force of those hands, it felt as if its fate had been gripped by the throat. Its entire spine was affected by the power of those hands, and it could not muster any strength at all.

(End of this chapter)