Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

The next instant, several cigars of varying thicknesses, lengths, and colors suddenly appeared in He Caitou's mouth. He lit them all at once, took a deep drag, and his spirit rings flashed brightly.

Behind the wheelchair, a huge turret module unfolded simultaneously, revealing a dense array of twenty or thirty dark cannon muzzles.

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"

Endless flames erupted instantly! Shells rained down on the Snow Demon Sect's position like a storm.

Long Aotian, who was at the forefront, snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hands, a layer of incandescent air surged out and swept towards the soul-guided light cannon in front of him.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The shells paused suddenly in mid-air, and the moment they were struck by the white shockwave, a blinding flash of light erupted.

Flashbang?

The six Shrek students had already turned around instantly, using their backs to shield themselves from the flashbang's power. The Snow Demon Sect members, caught completely off guard, found their vision completely obscured by white light.

Those were thirty-two concealed flashbangs exploding simultaneously, leaving no blind spots in front of them. The blinding white light instantly halted the momentum of the Body Sect's advance.

The flashbang didn't last long. The Shrek Six, having turned to defend themselves, immediately turned back with their eyes closed and charged at their opponents.

They don't need to use their eyes to see; with the existence of shared mental detection, they would never mistake someone even with their eyes closed.

"This is a wheelchair-mounted artillery tactic specially designed for me by Teacher Ke Fanyu." He Caitou grinned, a cigar dangling from his lips. "Today, I'll show you all what it's like."

However, He Caitou's smile soon faded.

In the bright light, several figures belonging to Shrek Academy were sent flying backwards at the same time, while only the radiance belonging to Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er continued to shine stubbornly.

Weren't they supposed to be attacking the weaker members of the Body Sect? How could that be!

He Caitou looked completely surprised.

Yes, Shrek Academy's first tactic in this team battle was not to defeat Long Aotian first.

In the individual elimination rounds, Long Aotian's explosive power was simply too strong. None of them were confident that they could defeat Long Aotian in a short time, given the possibility of interference later on.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's tactic was—the Trident!

Led by Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and Huo Yuhao, they split into three groups and focused their efforts on defeating several members of the Body Sect in the second tier. This was their primary objective.

Look at the Shrek Academy team's lineup for this tournament—five Soul Emperors and two Soul Kings! They also have two players with Ultimate Martial Souls and one high-level Soul Emperor with twin Martial Souls.

In fact, if we don't consider Long Aotian's second awakening of his original martial soul, he might not have been able to reliably defeat Huo Yuhao, who now possesses two martial souls at the sixth ring level. Regardless of how much potential Huo Yuhao has overdrawn, with his ultimate martial soul of six rings and six bones, he is already a powerhouse comparable to the Soul Douluo realm.

Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er are not much less impressive.

Even the Body Sect only has three Soul Emperors and three Soul Kings; it's just that Long Aotian is exceptionally outstanding. Therefore, in terms of overall strength, Shrek Academy still surpasses the Body Sect.

With such formidable average abilities, Huo Yuhao's plan was to quickly reduce the number of members in the Body Sect and ultimately unite the team to deal with Long Aotian.

But why were they able to retaliate so quickly despite the flashbangs and actually manage to repel Yuhao and his group?

He Caitou gritted his teeth and filled the Soul Guidance Cannon again.

As the smoke cleared, the figures of the Body Sect members finally reappeared.

Long Aotian took the lead, his body gleaming with incandescent light. He changed positions several times and used powerful attacks to knock away Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, who were rushing towards him again.

He wore something like goggles on his head, and his aura of oneness with heaven and man soared to the sky.

But what's most striking are the parts of the other people's bodies that are connected to their soul tools.

Wang Yanfeng waved his arms, his thick arms now fitted with a pair of dark silver metal mechanical arms, the streamlined plates closely conforming to his muscle lines.

As he and Wang Qiu'er clashed fiercely, the mechanical arm emitted a low, grating sound, only slightly suppressed and unable to retreat even a step!

Jiang Yixi also had a pair of claws on her hands, with half-foot-long dark golden blades extending from the tips of her five fingers. Together with Chen Yu's metal feathers in the sky, she grabbed Wang Dong'er, who was retreating and maneuvering with her butterfly wings, causing her to change color repeatedly and be in grave danger.

Chen Yu's martial soul is actually wings, a limb that should never appear on a human body!

Chen Lu was the most ruthless. On his already extremely thick calves, he wore an even more powerful pair of metal mechanical legs. The mechanical legs were dark blue in color, with intricate hinge structures at the joints. When his feet landed, one could clearly see the powerful liquid soul force on the soul guidance structure being compressed to the extreme, and then suddenly rebounding, giving him even greater speed and strength.

Just now, it was these metal legs that sent Huo Yuhao flying.

At this moment, Chen Lu exerted force with both legs again, kicking towards Wang Qiu'er. Wang Qiu'er had just forced Wang Yanfeng back with a thrust of her spear, and could only use her Golden Dragon Spear to block.

With a "thud," the martial soul possessor of ultimate power was kicked and forced to take a step back!

Goggles? Are those some kind of soul-guided devices? No wonder they were able to retaliate so quickly against the flashbangs.

But what exactly is this soul-guided weapon? How can it unleash such immense power?

Huo Yuhao's pupils suddenly contracted. He finally understood why his mental detection couldn't penetrate the other party's defenses; those soul tools must have a mental shielding function, specifically designed to counter him!

But what shocked him even more was that the people of the Body Sect could actually use soul tools.

The Body Sect, which has always prioritized martial spirits, is actually secretly researching soul tools? And judging from the current situation, their application of soul tools has reached a fairly high level!

Although shocked, Huo Yuhao reacted swiftly, immediately shouting:

"Execute the second tactic: fight independently!"

If everyone is fighting their own battle, then there's only one target—Long Aotian!

Having said that, he once again strode towards the battlefield!

……

"These are... partial humanoid soul tools?!" On the platform, Jing Hongchen, like all the audience members, exclaimed in surprise, "But how can they withstand such powerful soul tool pressure?"

It's worth noting that in previous matches, Wang Qiu'er's physical strength was so terrifying that even an eight-ring Soul Douluo wouldn't dare to take her full force head-on.

In other words, although the soul tool that Chen Lu is currently wearing looks very simple, its instantaneous explosive power is at least at the level of a top-tier level seven or even a level eight soul tool.

But all that was flashing on his body were five spirit rings!

On the platform, Xu Tianran stared at everything with a strange expression. He turned to Jing Hongchen and said in a deep voice:

"Master Hongchen, what's going on?"

The fact that the Body Sect has joined the Sun Moon Empire is now public knowledge, and they have officially declared their allegiance to the Sun Moon Royal Family. Apart from the former sect leader, Poison Undying, who defected, the entire sect has been reorganized into the Sixth Great Guardian Soul Master Legion—the Snow Demon Legion—but only to guard Mingdu.

Xu Tianran dared not trust the number one sect in the world so easily. He was extremely wary of them while simultaneously trying to win them over with various resources.

Surprisingly, they actually managed to come up with such a thing.

Instantly, his heart burned with passion.

To this, Jing Hongchen could only shake his head blankly.

While everyone was still in shock, Poison Undying, who had appeared in the Holy Spirit Cult's waiting area at some point, watched this scene, patted Kong Tianxu on the shoulder with satisfaction, and felt a lot of emotions.

"As expected, in your hands, the true divine favor is the original martial soul."

He didn't lower his voice, but the others seemed oblivious, except for Cain, who seemed to sense something but remained silent.

"This is the inherent advantage of the original martial soul; I simply brought it to its full potential."

Kong Tianxu shook his head and moved away from the sect traitor, Du Busi, with disdain.

The Body Martial Soul possesses a comprehension ability far exceeding that of ordinary Martial Souls. More importantly, the parts of the Body Martial Soul are also the parts of the Body Soul Master's body that are far superior to those of ordinary people.

Simply put, if a Soul Master's Martial Soul is a hand, then the load that his hand can withstand from the Soul Guidance Device must be much, much greater than that of an ordinary Soul Master.

This is an advantage brought about by the essence of martial soul, a natural fit.

But why does it feel like both sides are hiding something? Kong Tianxu looked at the stage with a half-smile.

……

On the competition stage, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.

To intercept Long Aotian, Shrek Academy dispatched three people: Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Sanshi, who had transformed into the Xuanwu Domain. Only then were they able to barely limit the powerful man's advance and the rescue efforts of the other powerful members of the Body Sect.

The price to pay is that the rest of the Shrek team are under tremendous pressure.

With the cover of Jun Linliang and He Caitou, Huo Yuhao led Wang Dong'er to infiltrate the rear of the Body Sect's formation, keeping Vina, Gu Tong, and Jiang Yixi occupied.

However, Gu Tong's ranged attacks are extremely powerful. Although both he and Huo Yuhao use their eyes as their martial soul, their paths are completely different. His eyes are his strongest weapon.

Each ray of light shot out from his eyes was accompanied by the shimmering of different soul rings. The pure spiritual power brought about a powerful elemental transformation, and also brought special effects such as paralysis and stun.

With the added interference of Vina's mental energy and Jiang Yixi's claw attacks, Wang Dong'er could still withstand the onslaught with her powerful strength and soul power, while Huo Yuhao could only try his best to maneuver around.

Wang Qiu'er was the most formidable, fighting two opponents at once, and she had a great time battling Chen Lu and Wang Yanfeng.

The Golden Dragon Spear in her hand transformed into a golden lightning bolt, sometimes sweeping horizontally, sometimes thrusting. Although the two of them possessed extremely powerful explosive force, their use of the soul tool was not yet very proficient, and for a moment they were somewhat flustered.

He Caitou wanted to suppress them with artillery fire, but Chen Yu unfolded the dark golden metal wings on his back and circled around from the side, and the two were clearly in a state of attrition.

Just when the situation seemed to be at a stalemate, a bright light flashed!

Despite facing three opponents alone, Long Aotian seized the opportunity when Xu Sanshi helped Jiang Nannan adjust her position and broke through the domain once again!

At this moment, they were only a dozen meters away from the stationary He Caitou.

Long Aotian suddenly turned around. It's better to break one finger than to injure all ten. The disabled He Caitou is undoubtedly the easiest target to bully.

His muscles swelled again, and he charged forward. As his whole body flashed with intense light, the dark golden giant axe was already raised high—it was the Mad God Slash.

He Caitou laughed.

With a flick of his wrist, his fifth spirit ring flashed, and a pale gold cigar appeared in his mouth. He even calmly turned his head to catch a light from the spirit guide ray shooting from his shoulder, taking a deep drag.

The Mad God's Slash abruptly stopped.

A layer of white light also lit up from He Caitou's body; it was a level six soul-guided shield.

At the same time, a bright red light shone from He Caitou's chest. A cannon muzzle, about half a foot in diameter, opened at the chest of his armor.

"boom!"

Long Aotian's attack was indeed powerful; even the level six soul-guided shield couldn't slow down his giant axe for long before shattering.

However, the next moment, He Caitou took a deep drag on the pale gold cigar in his mouth. A layer of golden light suddenly rose from his body, forcefully repelling the Mad God's Slash.

It could be seen that the moment the golden light shield was hit, the pale gold cigar in his mouth began to burn at an astonishing speed. After the Mad God Slash deflected, the cigar had completely burned out.

He Caitou's fifth soul skill: Invincible shield, Golden Cigar.

The existence of this invincible protective shield, the Golden Cigar, is too precious for food-type Soul Masters, and Shrek Academy has kept it a secret all along.

until now.

Currently, with He Caitou's cultivation level, his fifth soul skill can provide an invincible shield for seven seconds when attacked. Moreover, during these seven seconds, it consumes the soul power he previously used to unleash the soul skill, without consuming his own soul power. This is even better than the invincible shields created by soul tools.

The only downside is that this invincible protective golden cigar can only be preserved for one hour after it's made. Furthermore, its creation consumes a great deal of soul power. Therefore, only He Caitou himself uses it in battle.