Douluo: The Dragon King - I Planted the Divine Tree in Douluo.

"How dare you address the Holy Church by its name!"

The man in black spread his five fingers, and a jet-black banner exuding a strong evil aura suddenly appeared in his palm.

The banners fluttered in the wind, and the lingering images of countless wronged souls surged, struggled, and roared upon them.

A heart-wrenching, chilling wail rang out, and a cold aura spread, making the surrounding air feel frigid.

Protected by Wu Changkong, Tang Wulin looked at the men in black with an evil aura and felt a tightness in his heart, so he couldn't help but shrink back.

"Contra!!!"

Sensing the aura emanating from the man in black, Wu Changkong's expression turned somewhat grim.

He never expected that the Dark Hummingbird would send a Soul Douluo to kill him.

"Wu Changkong, now that you know my cultivation level, why don't you surrender?"

The man in black spoke in a low, cold voice, and the banner in his hand fluttered loudly.

"Perhaps I am kind-hearted and can grant you and your student a quick death."

"dream!"

Wu Changkong responded in an icy tone.

"Since you refuse to listen to reason and are forced to drink the penalty shot, then don't blame me for being impolite!"

The man in black gently shook the Soul-Slaying Banner in his hand, and a chilling wind suddenly swept across the field, with mournful wails coming from all directions like demonic chants.

While these sounds had no effect on Wu Changkong, Tang Wulin, who was standing behind him, was in big trouble.

With Tang Wulin's current cultivation level, he was simply unable to withstand the sound waves that carried a mental attack.

Amidst the wailing, Tang Wulin felt as if his head was about to explode, and he covered his ears in pain.

Hehe~

"Wu Changkong, if you don't surrender soon, your student will probably bleed from all seven orifices and die."

The man in black did not rush to make a move, but instead used Tang Wulin's safety to threaten Wu Changkong.

"mean!"

Seeing that the other party was actually using Tang Wulin's safety to threaten him, Wu Changkong's face was so cold it was terrifying.

"Teacher Wu...don't agree to his request!"

Before Wu Changkong could speak, Tang Wulin's weak voice came from behind him.

Although Tang Wulin's voice was very weak, his tone was filled with unprecedented determination.

"Wu Lin, just bear with it. Everything will be fine once I've dealt with him!"

Wu Changkong gently comforted Tang Wulin, then suddenly took a step forward and said in an icy tone, "Heavenly Ice."

As if sensing something, the Heavenly Frost Sword in Wu Changkong's hand transformed into a dazzling stream of light and entered Wu Changkong's body.

At the same time, Wu Changkong's aura spread out like a monstrous wave.

Despite being merely a Soul Emperor, Wu Changkong's aura was on par with that of his opponent.

Then Wu Changkong's entire body lit up, with white light spots appearing on his forehead, shoulders, chest, elbows, wrists, palms, waist, hips, knees, and soles of his feet.

Streaks of light, like silver threads, rapidly intertwined from these white specks, eventually converging into magnificent silver-white patterns.

When the light burst out, a fully armed, azure armor covered Wu Changkong's body.

The armor's lines were cold and sharp, with silver and ice blue intertwined and reflected each other. Behind it, there were even faint phantoms of frost and snow. The whole person was like an ice and snow overlord who came out from the depths of the far north ice plains, coldly looking down on all things in the world.

Under the influence of Wu Changkong's terrifying aura, the demonic sounds that had been swirling around Tang Wulin's ears seemed to be frozen and disappeared instantly.

Before Tang Wulin could even catch his breath, a new crisis was looming ahead.

The chill emanating from Wu Changkong's body was astonishingly cold. Tang Wulin had only gotten a little closer when his arm instantly froze, and a thin layer of frost covered his hair and eyebrows.

I was almost frozen solid!

If Tang San hadn't seen the situation was bad and used his power to protect Tang Wulin in time, Tang Wulin might have really been frozen into an ice sculpture.

Tang Wulin's jaw was chattering from the cold, but he gritted his teeth and endured the chill, calling out to Tang San in a trembling voice.

"Old...Old Tang, come out and take a look!"

"Battle armor? Your teacher is wearing a complete two-word battle armor!"

"It seems that you, as a teacher, hold a very special position in Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect."

Tang San, hiding in Tang Wulin's sea of ​​consciousness, looked at Wu Changkong's battle armor that gleamed with cold light and spoke with a slight sigh.

To be honest, Tang San was already prepared to make a move from the very beginning.

But he didn't expect that Wu Changkong actually had a complete set of two-word battle armor.

Upon hearing the words "Battle Armor," Tang Wulin's eyes widened, and he uttered a hoarse whisper, "Two words... Battle Armor?"

Tang Wulin was no stranger to the concept of battle armor.

Back in Class Zero, Wu Changkong had already told Tang Wulin about the power of the Battle Armor.

For Soul Masters, Battle Armor is far more valuable than Soul Bones and Soul Guidance Mechs.

Before the development of battle armor, the emergence of soul-guided mechs once made the status of soul masters precarious.

The Soul Guidance Mechs suppressed traditional Soul Masters with overwhelming firepower, shaking the status that Soul Masters had originally established based on their Martial Souls and cultivation.

At that time, no matter what kind of martial soul one possessed, as long as their soul power was roughly the same, even the most talented soul master could not easily suppress an ordinary person who controlled a mecha on the battlefield.

The combat power of Soul Masters and ordinary people was almost leveled off by the power of the mecha, and the boundary between Soul Masters and ordinary people began to become blurred under the interference of Soul Guidance Mecha.

It wasn't until the appearance of battle armor that everything returned to the original principle of "the strong are always strong".

Battle armor provides an extremely powerful boost to Soul Masters, making them more than twenty levels stronger than other Soul Masters of the same level.

It is precisely because the battle armor is so powerful that the Sun Moon Federation refers to Soul Masters who possess battle armor as Battle Armor Masters.

Shrek Academy holds a superior position in the Sun and Moon Federation because it has the most Battle Armor Masters on the entire continent.

Battle armor, like mechs, also has its own level classification.

However, the levels of battle armor are not divided into yellow, purple, black, and red like mecha, but are replaced by the number of characters.

The two-word battle armor "Heavenly Ice" worn by Wu Changkong is an upgrade from the one-word battle armor "Ice".

Each time the battle armor is upgraded, the number of characters in the name can increase by one.

As for why it's divided this way?

Because the first person to invent battle armor named it that way, later people followed suit and it eventually became an unwritten rule.

Upon seeing Wu Changkong don the two-word battle armor, the man in black's smile vanished, and his expression became extremely serious.

As a villainous Soul Master hated by everyone, he was nothing like Wu Changkong, who was wealthy and had battle armor.

In other words, the difference in cultivation level between him and Wu Changkong has been erased by the battle armor worn by Wu Changkong.

However, he was not flustered. He already knew that Wu Changkong possessed a two-word battle armor on his way here.

The reason he dared to swagger in front of Wu Changkong was, of course, because Wu Changkong had a burden with him.

As long as we can win over Tang Wulin, everything will be fine.

"The Eighth Soul Skill - Thousand Souls of Evil Thoughts"

The man in black gave a low shout and used his full strength right from the start.

A black soul ring suddenly lit up beneath his feet, and the Soul-Slaying Banner in his hand shone with an evil light.

A vast number of souls emerged from it, transforming into wisps of dark ghostly mist that rushed towards Wu Changkong with a thick aura of evil and mournful howls.

The terrifying aura emanating from the ghostly mist caused the welcoming pines on both sides of the cemetery to wither instantly, their branches and leaves turning to ashes and scattering away. In an instant, the entire world seemed to be dragged into an endless purgatory.

Seeing this, Wu Changkong dared not delay and immediately summoned his Heavenly Frost Sword to meet the attack.

With the blessing of the Heavenly Ice Battle Armor, the Heavenly Frost Sword not only changed in appearance and length, becoming more slender and transparent, but also became more solid.

What Wu Changkong didn't expect was that the souls released by the other party seemed endless.

Even though he could freeze and shatter large swathes of ghostly mist with each swing of his sword, his opponent could quickly replenish his strength.

Moreover, these wandering souls are mixed with intense resentment and curses. Even if they are annihilated, they will still turn into wispy shadows that entwine around him and erode his spirit.