Douluo Continent: Xiao Xiao, I'm going to control you fiercely!

Chapter 115 The strong always land vertically.

Following the information provided by Dai Hao, the Shrek team ventured deeper into the Mingdou Mountains, as the sky above them gradually darkened.

This is not because of how much time has passed, but because of the large number of Wenlan trees in this mountain range.

"Everyone, come here for a moment."

Wang Yan waved to the people around him, signaling them to come to his side.

At this moment, everyone from the outer courtyard immediately took action, while the six people from the inner courtyard seemed somewhat impatient, only approaching out of respect for Wang Yan being their teacher.

These inner court students only value strength. They don't show much respect for teachers whose cultivation levels aren't necessarily higher than theirs.

Honestly, looking down on Soul Kings of the same level—to put it bluntly, having this mentality means that the Shrek Academy inner court disciples never took the Grim Reaper seriously from the very beginning.

Yao Haoxuan's death buff +1

"I just checked the surrounding area, and there are already Wenlan trees around here."

"The Wenlan Tree can only be found at least fifty miles deep in the dense forest. At the same time, the Wenlan Tree prefers shady and cold environments, and its heartwood has a very good auxiliary effect on soul masters who cultivate shady and cold-type martial souls."

"The sheer number of Wenlan trees around us, to the point that they can even influence celestial phenomena, means that we may have already ventured deep into the Mingdou Mountains and are not far from those evil soul masters."

Wang Yan analyzed the situation carefully, demonstrating his knowledge and earning the respect of some of the inner court disciples.

Afterwards, Wang Yan had Huo Yuhao activate the shared mental detection, which revealed the whereabouts of the Death Hand group, thus finally earning the respect of the inner court disciples.

"Very good, it seems the enemy is in the cave at the foot of that hillside 500 meters away. Yueheng, you inner court disciples will lead the main attack, and I will lead the outer court disciples to provide support."

"Remember, the cave terrain is very complex, so everyone must wear the inner armor issued by Shrek."

"This inner armor is made from the scales of a 3-year-old earth dragon beast. Its defensive capabilities are extremely strong, and it can protect you from sneak attacks from at least the Soul Emperor level."

The moment these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent, and everyone looked at Wang Yan with strange expressions.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Wang Yan was somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Shrek team did not say anything, but silently took out their respective preparations from their soul tools.

Instantly, the entire dark forest transformed into a kaleidoscope of colors.

"Is this a soul-guided armor?"

Wang Yan seemed to understand something and spoke with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to be so well-prepared. Being cautious is a good thing; you should learn from your seniors in the future."

Now, the Tang Clan members looked at Wang Yan with even stranger expressions.

As Xuanzi's grand-disciple, Wang Yan didn't even know about battle armor. The outer court teachers are really pitiful.

"Teacher Wang Yan, this is the Soul Guidance Armor One Battle Armor developed by Xiao Xiao and made by Teacher Fan Yu. It can instantly elevate all data of a Soul King, including Soul Power, to the Soul Saint realm."

Jiang Nannan, who was standing nearby, kindly spoke up to explain for Wang Yan.

Clang clang clang—

A series of metallic clasps clicked as the inner court students changed into their battle armor. Dai Yueheng silently nodded to Wang Yan and led the group off first.

When fighting the Soul King, there's no need to activate the Battle Armor; simply let the Battle Armor serve as your protective armor.

After all, the duration of a purple-grade one-word battle armor is only one hour.

Soon, a muffled explosion rang out from the distant cave, followed by various muffled sounds and fluctuations of soul power.

The battle has begun.

At this moment, the members of the Tang Clan also changed into their ugly green uniforms and fastened the invincible shields issued by the Tang Clan to their waists.

"Sister Nan, Dong'er, and... junior brothers. Remember, when you try anything risky, make sure to keep your invincible shield within easy reach."

"You have to understand, only those who grow up to be geniuses are true geniuses. Those who die halfway through are just good-for-nothings."

"The lives of us Tang Clan members are incredibly precious, far more so than those of the Soul Masters outside the sect."

"If I ever find any of you unprepared when facing danger, I won't mind being your sparring partner for a month."

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The image of "Xiao Xiao, old-fashioned and arrogant, pointing out the flaws in the world" was still vivid in the minds of the Tang Clan members.

Just thinking about that scene made everyone break out in a cold sweat.

With entry into the cave imminent, no one wanted to be subjected to military training by the senior sister upon returning. Especially those two cunning old foxes, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who subtly glanced around at the invincible protective shields around everyone's waists.

It was obvious to everyone that if anyone wasn't fully prepared, these two naive kids would definitely go and tattle.

"Yuhao, activate all mental detection sharing."

Under Beibei's guidance, the group carefully entered the cave.

Then, they were fascinated by the hanging objects and decorations in the cave.

Shrek Academy's brainwashing was indeed very successful, which made every Shrek student boast of having an extremely high sense of morality and honor.

However, this sense of morality and honor can easily cause people to experience great emotional fluctuations when faced with such extremely cruel situations.

This anger led the Tang Clan members to begin slaughtering a large number of ordinary evil spirit masters who had slipped past the inner court students shortly after entering the cave.

In an instant, the entire passageway was filled with corpses.

Stepping over the corpses, the Tang Clan members soon came across the inner court students fighting fiercely ahead.

At this moment, Dai Yueheng was at the forefront, Yao Haoxuan was in the middle, Xi Xi was supporting Yao Haoxuan from the side, and Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo were at the rear of the team, releasing control and support skills.

With clear division of labor, the entire team cooperated smoothly and appeared very relaxed.

But just as the Tang Clan members stepped into the cave, a sharp, long howl rang out from the depths of the cave.

"Who dares to oppose the messenger of death? You will all die, and become my corpse slaves."

Instantly, the corpses that had already fallen to the ground began to swell and turn red at an alarming rate.

"Be careful!"

Huo Yuhao, who was using the shared mental detection feature, shouted.

With Huo Yuhao's shout, everyone activated their invincible shields, while the inner court students instantly activated their battle armor and released their protective soul skills.

The loud explosion echoed throughout the cave and lasted for more than ten seconds.

Although the corpses on the ground included many high-level Soul Masters such as Soul Kings, Yao Haoxuan ultimately escaped death thanks to the protection of his battle armor.

Together with Dai Yueheng, they were violently pushed back by the powerful explosion and embedded in the cave wall.

Crackling sounds echoed through the stone wall as Yao Haoxuan and Dai Yueheng's battle armor gradually developed cracks, revealing their mangled, bloody bodies beneath.

Dai Yueheng was stronger; his protective soul skill barely managed to shield him and his battle armor, but he only suffered minor injuries and needed to rest for a week.

Yao Haoxuan was in a bad situation. Although the battle armor raised his cultivation level to Soul Saint, the strength of his soul skills was obviously average.

Moreover, his body grows larger after he possesses a martial soul and uses soul skills, which causes him to suffer more damage.

This caused Yao Haoxuan's battle armor to be completely destroyed, and some of the explosive force even penetrated the armor, causing him serious internal injuries.

As for the others, because they were positioned further back and protected by their battle armor, although many corpses exploded around them, they only suffered internal injuries, their battle armor shattered, and they coughed up blood.

"Hehehe. How does my corpse explosion smell? No matter how strong you are, you're all doomed before my chain of corpse explosions. If you don't die from the explosions, you'll be poisoned!"

In the center of the cave, the messenger of death laughed loudly and sinisterly.

The cave was now a bloody mess, filled with the blood from the explosion of hundreds of corpses. Even the invincible shields of the Tang Clan members had turned into red spheres.

Sizzle sizzle—

From the cave ceiling to the cave walls, from the inner disciples to the soul-guiding shields of the Tang Clan members, the hissing sound of corrosion echoed everywhere.

Besides the powerful explosion, the Corpse Explosion Soul Skill can also make the exploding blood plasma corrosive, and even produce a highly penetrating corpse poison to Soul Masters.

Now, the already fragile cave is even more vulnerable.

This time, the cracking sound wasn't coming from Yao Haoxuan and the others' battle armor, but from the slight noise coming from the cave walls.

However, none of the people present noticed this, because their attention was drawn to the bandits who ran out again.

There are many recessed tunnels along the rock walls of the cave at the Death Hand's stronghold. They dug these out specifically to avoid danger, knowing the effects of their leader's Corpse Explosion Soul Skill.

The corpse explosion just now only killed a few hundred people, leaving about a hundred alive.

"However, I think it's better to blow you up than to poison you! Hehehe!"

The messenger of death laughed wildly.

He used his fourth soul skill, summoning a large group of corpses hidden in the escape tunnel, urging the bandits to rush towards the Shrek group.

Again?

Bei Bei casually dispelled her invincible shield, her expression changing slightly. She turned to Wang Yan beside her and said, "Teacher Wang Yan, the Corpse Explosion Soul Skill on the other side is definitely not something a Soul King should possess. This time, our intelligence was flawed."

"But things have already come to this. Our seniors are not in good condition. We might as well fight and retreat, first withdrawing from the cave to an open, flat area that is advantageous for our battle."

"Trying to leave? Hahaha, why don't you take a look behind you?"

Upon hearing Beibei's words, the Grim Reaper spoke with sarcasm.

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly looked behind them and saw that the passage they had entered through had collapsed during the violent explosion that had occurred just a few seconds earlier.

The explosion was so loud that they didn't notice it until now.

This is also why Xuanzi didn't come in for a long time.

Thump thump thump—

At this moment, a series of muffled booming sounds echoed from inside the cave. Clearly, Xuanzi, having recovered from the earlier attack, was frantically bombarding the mountainside in an attempt to carve out a new path.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have help. Looks like I'll have to speed things up."

As he spoke, the Grim Reaper was about to wave his hand to summon his 12 long-treasured corpse slaves.

These corpse slaves were all created by high-level soul masters, and their power was unparalleled, far surpassing that of the hundreds of trash bandits from before.

Suddenly, he shuddered involuntarily, his movements freezing on the spot.

He had felt before that something was watching him, and now that feeling was even stronger.

Outside, "Marshal, scouts have spotted a bluish-gold meteor rapidly approaching us from over 3000 meters in the direction of Tianhun."

In Dai Hao's military camp, his adjutant, Du Leisi, strode into the tent to report.

"meteor?"

Dai Hao raised his head, his expression showing a mixture of doubt and seriousness.

He was familiar with the adjutant Durex's description: on this continent, there was only one person whose speed was so fast that he appeared as a streak of light to others.

That was Elder Song of the Sea God Pavilion, but it was rare to see Elder Song display such rapid speed.

Could it be that there's some unusual activity on the side of the sun and moon?

not good.

Dai Hao immediately thought of Dai Yueheng and the others who were still in the Mingdou Mountains, and quickly walked out of the camp.

Boom—

The dazzling blue-gold star, trailing a tail of seven-colored pearls, continued its journey into the distance, leaving behind only sonic boom clouds in the sky and a thunderous roar that reverberated to the ground.

In an instant, the entire camp was shaken to its core by the sudden loud noise, causing chaos and disarray.

"Silence! Rearrange the ranks!"

Seeing the chaos in the camp, the adjutant Durex began to restore order.

Dai Hao recognized that the direction in which the cyan-gold meteor fell was the same as the location of the Hand of Death.

The fact that it could attract the attention of a titled expert means something big must have happened.

Immediately, Dai Hao summoned his personal guards and rushed to the location where the meteor had fallen.

Deep within the Mingdou Mountains, the atmosphere was so heavy it was almost palpable.

Suddenly, without warning, a huge crack appeared in the previously dark and heavy cumulus clouds in the sky.

There was no thunder, no lightning, only an overwhelming, soul-freezing pressure, like the gaze of a god descending from the heavens, piercing vertically and enveloping the entire area.

A sliver of bluish-gold light shone through the crack in the clouds. At first, it was as tiny as a distant star, then it rapidly expanded...

Zoom in, and a dazzling, colorful trail stretches for hundreds of feet, illuminating the dim mountains!

"boom--!"

The air was compressed at an extremely high speed, forming terrifying sonic boom cones that were visible to the naked eye and spread outwards in concentric circles.

The piercing shriek was weakened by the mountain and formed a low rumble of thunder in the cave, directly overpowering the explosions and roars inside, causing everyone to be shaken to their core.

Xuanzi, who was vigorously bombarding the mountain, suddenly looked up, his cloudy old eyes narrowing sharply at that moment.

Within that ever-enlarging, cyan-gold falling star that filled his entire field of vision, he clearly saw—

A figure.

A figure completely covered in streamlined armor of cyan-gold color, shimmering with starlight.

Her long hair flew backward at high speed, blending into the dazzling seven-colored trailing tail behind the three-meter wingspan wing nozzles.

She crossed her arms over her chest, looking down at all living beings, and plummeted vertically!

Xuanzi was very familiar with that armor, especially the unique mountain and sun and moon patterns on it. Anyone who had seen it would never forget it—that was Xiao Xiao!

"Xiao Xiao?!"

Xuanzi cried out in shock, his shock and astonishment causing his soul power to momentarily become disordered.

"Ten Thousand Year Right Leg Bone Soul Skill - Falling Star - Celestial Meteor Strike!"

"Ten Thousand Year Right Leg Bone Soul Skill - Power of the Earth!"

"Ten Thousand Year Skull Soul Skill - Eye of Truth!"

"Ten Thousand Year Skull Soul Skill - Law Mark!"

As if it were a divine decree of punishment issued by the gods, a majestic voice came from the sky and echoed continuously throughout the mountains.

The next moment, the large, azure-gold star, carrying the power to destroy everything, struck the hillside not far from Xuanzi with perfect accuracy.

"BOOM!!!"

A terrifying, indescribable roar erupted instantly. It wasn't an explosion; it was more like two worlds colliding.

A towering column of dust, hundreds of meters high, shot into the sky, mixing with rubble, broken wood, and the scorching heat of magma, forming a menacing mushroom cloud of death.

The entire Mingdou Mountain Range seemed to tremble and groan under this attack.

The violent shockwave spread out in a ring shape.

Xuanzi, who was directly hit, didn't even have time to react defensively. He was violently thrown out like a withered leaf, landing nearly half a meter high and tumbling twice before barely regaining his balance. He really hadn't expected that Xiao Xiao wouldn't slow down at all.

In the distance, the ground, which had been directly pierced by Xiao Xiao, shattered inch by inch like a broken mirror.

Along with the surrounding mountains and cave structures, large-scale and irreversible collapses began.

Before the dust settled, a cold, authoritative, and unquestionable voice echoed for a long time in the sky above this mountain range.

The voice wasn't a roar, yet it was a thousand times more powerful, clearly overwhelming all the noise and resounding deep within everyone's soul: "Insolence!"

"How dare you, a mere evil spirit master, harm a member of my Tang Sect?!"