Douluo Continent: The Peerless Sun and Moon Traverse the Heavens

Xu Cheng took a deep breath, suppressing the tension in his heart, and shouldered a huge cannon barrel.

Dense soul power continuously flowed into the cannon, and violent energy rapidly gathered at the muzzle.

"boom!"

A pale, cracking ray shot through the air, heading straight for the giant wolf's head.

The giant wolf glanced at Xu Cheng, neither dodging nor avoiding, and took the blow head-on.

There was no deafening explosion as expected. The blinding white light made the giant wolf close its eyes, and only a piercing "squeak" could be heard.

The next second, the giant wolf let out a shrill howl. It hurriedly dodged and jumped away. When the bright light faded and it opened its eyes again, a hideous blood hole appeared on its left eyebrow bone, and blood gushed out, obscuring its vision.

The giant wolf's fur showed a hint of scarlet, and its body swelled up.

With its four legs pushing off the ground and accompanied by a whooshing sound as it tore through the air, it charged wildly toward the crowd.

Its speed and explosiveness were much faster. When it was still five meters away from its senior brother, it suddenly leaped up, its huge body soaring into the air, its target Xu Cheng in mid-air, its blood-red mouth wide open.

Golden orbs of light expanded around him, and an invincible shield was hastily activated. However, under the giant wolf's massive jaws, the shield was immediately covered in cracks upon contact, and it groaned as if it could not bear the weight.

At the critical moment, a phantom image of the sun appeared in Xu Cheng's chest.

Radiant with light.

The sun burst forth with dazzling light, bathing the entire ground in a golden glow.

The sun's reflection.

Just before the protective shield shattered completely, Xu Cheng's figure disappeared in mid-air.

The giant wolf missed its bite, and as it recovered from the brief dizziness brought on by the bright light, before it could even react, it was met with a powerful stab to its abdomen.

With a muffled thud, its abdomen caved in half a meter deep, and its skin, unable to withstand the terrifying force, instantly ruptured.

"Sizzle—"

Scalding blood gushed out, drenching the senior brother's body.

Eighth Soul Skill: One Strike to the Sky!

The giant wolf was blasted into the air by the immense force, its body curling up into a ball.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The next second, it suddenly opened its mouth, and a scarlet ray condensed in its mouth before shooting out with a whoosh.

Their target was none other than the Shrek Academy students gathered together.

"Ruoruo, be careful—"

Using the remaining sunlight on the ground, Xu Cheng teleported again, appearing in front of Han Ruoruo, and activated his second invincible shield.

But the crimson ray only paused for a moment before shattering the barrier and exploding in the crowd.

The surging shockwave sent mud and rocks flying everywhere, and also blew the Shrek disciples away. A crater three meters in diameter was blasted into the ground, filled with smoke and dust.

Xu Cheng felt unbearable soreness all over his body, and his consciousness became blurred.

He endured the discomfort and coughed up a mouthful of blood before he could barely recover.

He immediately staggered towards the direction where Han Ruoruo had fallen, checked her breathing, and only breathed a heavy sigh of relief when he felt her weak but steady breathing.

Fortunately, Han Ruoruo was only unconscious.

Xu Cheng looked up in the direction of the giant wolf and saw that it was already locked in combat with his senior brother again.

At this moment, the eldest brother's eyes were also bloodshot. As if he had lost his mind, he disregarded his own injuries and engaged in the most primitive and brutal head-on collision with the giant wolf.

Centered on the position where the eldest brother was standing, dust was constantly being shaken more than a meter high from three meters away.

This is a characteristic of his Rock Staff martial spirit, which allows him to use the power of the earth to share the damage he suffers. Even so, one can still see the blood vessels on his body bursting open.

Xu Cheng looked down to check his body. He had multiple torn and bleeding wounds, but fortunately, his lungs and internal organs were not damaged.

But he knew that this battle had to end as soon as possible, as his senior brother clearly couldn't hold out for much longer.

Why hasn't Elder Xuan arrived yet?

Zhang Lexuan from the group quickly stepped forward, took out a healing pill, and put it into Xu Cheng's mouth. Then she was about to squat down to check on Han Ruoruo's condition.

Xu Cheng quickly stopped her, his tone urgent:

"Ruoruo is alright, she just fainted. Lexuan, you have to help me, together with Senior Brother, to control the giant wolf."

"I only need three seconds."

He took off the star sapphire ring on his right hand and clenched it tightly in his palm; it was his last chance.

With a loud "bang," the eldest brother flew backwards along with his staff, and Xu Cheng caught him.

At this moment, the eldest brother was covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell how many wounds he had. His arms were trembling uncontrollably.

He looked at Xu Cheng, as if giving his final words:

"It's my fault. I failed to protect everyone. We might all be..."

Xu Cheng quickly interrupted, "No, Senior Brother, we still have a chance. Help me control it for three seconds."

A questioning look came his way, but Xu Cheng nodded firmly, his face devoid of its usual frivolity, replaced by absolute confidence.

The eldest brother took a deep breath and looked at the rock staff he was holding tightly in his hand.

"Old brother, it's up to you this time."

His aura grew increasingly solemn as he dragged the long staff behind him.

One step, two steps.

The long staff was swung in a semi-circle, creating a low sonic boom, and smashed towards the head of the Blood Moon Giant Wolf that was lunging at it.

The man and the beast seemed to stand still in mid-air. A burst of blood erupted from the senior brother's back, and the ground he stood on cracked open like a spider web.

A beam of moonlight shone down, forming a ring that imprisoned the giant wolf's body within it—this was Zhang Lexuan's sixth soul skill.

The senior disciple quickly withdrew the long staff in his hand.

Lower your shoulders and assume a horse stance to gather strength.

With a single thrust, the stick struck the open upper jaw of the wolf.

"Now."

Xu Cheng teleported away, tossing the starlight sapphire storage ring into the giant wolf's mouth. He gripped the rock staff with both hands, veins bulging, and together with his senior brother, they exerted force to restrict the giant wolf's movements.

"Three." The giant wolf, in pain, felt dizzy and, sensing a tiny foreign object in its mouth, instinctively swallowed it.

"Two." Seemingly sensing something ominous, he quickly used his soul power to protect his internal organs.

"One." The level seven fixed-position soul-guided cannonball placed in the ring detonated, and a huge wave of flames quickly filled all the space in the ring, causing the starlight sapphire facet to shatter.

The space bound by the soul-guiding array expanded rapidly, trying to return to its original size. The giant wolf's neck was like an inflating balloon being pushed up.

The balloon burst the next instant.

The skin on his neck was severed as if by the sharpest blade, blood splattering everywhere, leaving only the spine connected to the enormous head, which was then violently thrown back down onto his body.

This is a simple space expansion bomb made by Xu Cheng, which uses the properties of space itself to precisely destroy the enemy.

Seeing that the 100,000-year-old soul beast had finally been killed, Xu Cheng didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief, because what appeared before him was a huge ball of fire, with waves of flame rapidly sweeping outwards.

The shockwave and intense heat slammed into Xu Cheng and his senior brother, who were closest to the giant wolf, sending them flying.

Holy crap, I almost forgot about the aftershocks of the soul-guided cannonballs. That power...

Xu Cheng had no time to think; he landed heavily, his vision gradually blurring.

He turned his attention back to his body, feeling utterly weak and his life force slowly draining away.

Is he going to die?

It seems... there's still a chance to save it...

Xu Cheng raised his hand with difficulty and took out the dark green carving knife that was still emitting black energy from his storage soul tool. His fingers trembled uncontrollably as he finally pointed the tip of the knife at his brow.

Through spiritual communication, a surge of life energy instantly swept through the body, then transformed into a gentle stream.

Xu Cheng finally mustered the strength, pinched the carving knife between his thumb and middle finger, and slowly pushed it into the space between his eyebrows with his index finger.

A tearing pain shot through his brow, as if countless sharp steel knives were churning in his mind, and his consciousness returned to darkness.

……

Various lights gradually appeared in the darkness, displaying a dazzling array of colors.

Xu Cheng felt as if he were floating inside a cube-shaped box, with the light rays resembling cage bars that divided the space into lattices.

What did you do to me?

He floated to the fence and looked closely. It contained all his experiences from his past life, and he could relive everything here.

During the summer after graduating from high school, he was holding "Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect" in his hands.

Pulling his attention away from the novel, Xu Cheng reflected on his academic career, with a monitor at his familiar workstation.

An open project file is currently displayed above; this is his advisor's latest research project.

An artificial intelligence chip.

However, due to process limitations, tape-out was not carried out.

A bold idea arises: perhaps the knowledge learned in my previous life can still be put to use.