The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

The storage soul tools on his wrists flashed, and he tossed a series of dazzling dark red crystal balls high into the air.

Strange dark red ripples swept by, and behind Xu Zihuang, a soul-guided artillery position was constructed with dark red crystals, ready for battle.

Just as Xiao Hongchen's pupils contracted, countless cannon shots erupted from the soul-guided artillery positions on both sides.

Back in the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, Xu Zihuang had been inspired by Xiao Hongchen. He didn't have Xiao Hongchen's ability to control metal, but the dark red crystal he formed using his second soul skill, Mirror Annihilation, possessed the excellent properties of all rare metals.

It possesses high hardness, high temperature resistance, and almost no loss in soul power conductivity. The dark red crystal he condensed from soul power is itself an excellent material for making soul tools.

Moreover, these dark red crystals can be converted into pure soul power according to his will, which is equivalent to Xiao Hongchen's fourth soul skill, Sacrifice of Gold, which charges the soul tool.

In preparation for future wars, Xu Zihuang would use dark red crystals to create such core magic array aggregates during his free time while traveling for training and before the start of this competition.

Now it has come in handy in this confrontation with Xiao Hongchen.

With so many soul-guided cannons firing simultaneously, the arena seemed cramped. Countless soul-guided cannons exploded in this space, and the intense energy fluctuations caused ripples to spread across the pale yellow soul-guided shield surrounding the arena.

The arena was filled with the dazzling light from the exploding soul-guided cannons, shining like suns descending upon the earth.

On the podium, Jing Hongchen's slightly cleared face suddenly turned ashen.

With just one soul skill, Yu Tianhuang perfectly replicated his grandson's abilities?! Even though he considered his grandson to be excellent enough, he couldn't help but once again personally feel the huge gap between himself and Yu Tianhuang.

Moreover, the soul-guided cannon constructed with the dark red crystal balls thrown out by Yu Tianhuang as its core is clearly also level six.

Doesn't this mean that Yu Tianhuang's ability at the Soul Master level has reached level six? Or even more?

A hint of coldness appeared in Xu Tianran's eyes. He had already learned from Ju Zi that Yu Tianhuang had been studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for two years.

He didn't believe Shrek Academy had the ability to teach a genius Soul Master of this caliber. Yu Tianhuang's Soul Master abilities, of course, were learned from their Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

However, he did not react at this moment, but patiently continued to observe the changes in the arena.

Zhongli Wu chuckled coldly, pleased with the outcome. The more astonishing Yu Tianhuang's talent became, the more wary Xu Tianran would grow. Eventually, things would unfold as they hoped.

A hint of worry flickered in the depths of Ju Zi's eyes, but her expression remained unchanged as she sat beside Xu Tianran with an upright posture and a smile on her face.

The simultaneous firing of over five hundred level-six soul-guided cannons was enough to overwhelm even the formidable soul-guided shield surrounding the arena. This level of energy impact was equivalent to that of an eight-ring Soul Douluo.

To avoid any accidents, Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo who was acting as the referee, had no choice but to intervene once again. He rose into the air, circled his hands in front of his chest, and a pure white jade shield appeared out of thin air in front of him.

Centered on this shield, a large area of ​​distorted light rapidly boiled and expanded, transforming into a huge white light shield that covered the entire arena.

A level nine defensive soul tool cannot break the divine shield. This is the soul tool that made Zheng Zhan famous.

About fifteen minutes later, the roaring sounds in the arena gradually subsided. As the dazzling light and dust dissipated, Xu Zihuang and Xiao Hongchen's figures appeared on either side.

The crystal turret behind Xu Zihuang was intact, while the metal cannon behind Xiao Hongchen melted due to the intense heat. The crimson liquid metal, like magma, flowed on the metal floor, leaving irregular marks.

Xu Zihuang not only perfectly replicated Xiao Hongchen's abilities, but surpassed them. This was thanks to the special properties of the dark red crystal.

Realizing this, Xiao Hongchen felt a strong sense of defeat. His pride and joy in his abilities had been suppressed by his rival, Yu Tianhuang; this was a bitter pill to swallow.

However, he never thought he could defeat Yu Tianhuang so easily. With undiminished fighting spirit in his eyes, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Xu Zihuang. As he put away the core array aggregates, the black soul ring ranked sixth beside him slowly rose, and a deep black light suddenly spread out.

"Ah-"

A gigantic, three-legged golden toad phantom materialized behind Xiao Hongchen, its golden light so radiant it seemed almost tangible, enveloping his entire body. With a flash of golden light, another leg emerged from his rear, this leg entirely golden, possessing a metallic sheen. Even his slightly arched back was adorned with golden bulges, protruding from within his clothing and radiating a soft golden glow.

His entire being is undergoing a transformation that is similar to that of his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.

Such abilities are quite common. Soul Masters with Beast Martial Souls are more likely to unleash the power of their Martial Souls the closer their physical body is to their Martial Soul.

Xiao Hongchen didn't need to change his body when using the first four soul skills, but he can only use the sixth soul skill when he has perfected the martial soul possession.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Metal Storm."

Xiao Hongchen murmured to himself, his gaze suddenly sharpening, his eyes gleaming with a golden light, like incredibly sharp metal. He bent over and reached out his left hand to touch the ground.

The cannon barrels that had lost their core magic array aggregates, the broken metal floor, and even the flowing crimson liquid metal—the metal elements within them were forcibly stripped away, turning into countless gold dust particles that floated in the air.

As a titled Douluo-level powerhouse and a level nine Soul Master, Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo, instinctively felt threatened.

He quickly released a layer of golden light to protect his body. Although this defensive soul tool was not as good as the Indestructible Divine Shield, it was still a powerful level eight soul tool.

The moment the golden light shield came into contact with the gold powder, the shield burst forth with dazzling golden light, and the rate at which the soul power in the body was consumed increased dramatically.

"This is..." Zheng Zhan vaguely heard a sound similar to the vibration and friction of metallic powder. When his gaze focused on a single point, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"boom--"

The entire metal competition platform collapsed with a deafening roar, as if weathering rock. It turned into more and more metal dust, merging into the gold dust floating in the air.

The sound of metal rubbing and vibrating became increasingly sharp and piercing.

Metal Storm Soul Skill Effect: Allows the user to utilize all metal in an area, maintaining a high-frequency vibration. This extremely subtle attack is virtually impossible to withstand with ordinary defensive soul skills and defensive soul tools, and can easily break through protective soul power.

This soul skill originated from a powerful mutated soul beast with a cultivation level of nearly 50,000 years. It took Jing Hongchen personally leading a team of five level-eight soul masters to help Xiao Hongchen complete the hunt. Furthermore, Xiao Hongchen used special medicine to assist him in successfully absorbing this soul ring.

When Xiao Hongchen was training in the Jingyang Mountains, he used this soul skill to easily kill a golden wolf with a cultivation level of over 30,000 years. Metal-type soul beasts are known for their strong defense, but they were powerless against the attack of the metal storm and melted into the world.

With his pupils focused, watching the rapidly vibrating metal powder in the air, Xu Zihuang's expression became somewhat strange.

It's true that Xiao Hongchen's sixth soul skill is too similar to his fifth soul skill, Mental Storm. Both are subtle attacks that originate from the inside out.

However, metal particles are ultimately physical entities, and their minuteness is far less than that of spiritual energy as an energy body.

Xu Zihuang's gaze sharpened, and his deep fifth soul ring immediately emitted a profound light.

Behind him, a phantom silver eyeball appeared out of thin air. It was the very form of the pure mental-type Evil Eye Tyrant that had become his fifth spirit ring. The pupil in this eyeball also contracted slightly, and the silver light instantly enveloped the entire arena. The air distorted violently, and everything seemed unreal.

The silver light transformed into wave-like silver patterns, resembling a bright silver ocean suspended in the air. Xu Zihuang was at the center of this ocean.

Immediately afterwards, the wavy silver light patterns suddenly trembled. The tremor was very slight, and it did not cause any damage in its path. But when this tremor passed by, the trembling metal particles suddenly stopped.

Xiao Hongchen was completely defeated once again.

Xiao Hongchen stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Zhongli Wu, Xu Tianran, and Jing Hongchen on the platform all recognized the origin of the silver eyeball behind Xu Zihuang.

"A pure mental-type Evil Eye Tyrant?!"

Zhongli Wu, in particular, stared intently at Xu Zihuang as if he had discovered a shocking secret.

Chapter 388 Crushing Xiao Hongchen and Shocking the Entire Audience

Unlike ordinary Soul Masters, Xiao Hongchen's Martial Soul and Soul Skills are extremely powerful. He is not a Soul Master in the traditional sense, but rather a dual cultivator of Soul Master and Soul Master.

With the quality of his three-legged golden toad martial soul, even without cultivating abilities at the level of a soul master, his martial soul and soul skills alone would be enough to support him to become a top-tier powerhouse.

Despite suffering a setback at the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, Xiao Hongchen did not succumb to despair. Instead, through five years of arduous training, he thoroughly solidified his foundation.

Despite his current soul power cultivation level of only 65, his soul power foundation is comparable to that of an elite disciple of Shrek Academy's inner court.

However, over the years, what he has grown the most in is his mindset. His strengths have been repeatedly suppressed by Xu Zihuang, which has indeed caused him a sense of frustration, but the fighting spirit in his eyes has only grown stronger.

Moreover, although his sixth soul skill, Metal Storm, is powerful, it is not his final killing move.

Xiao Hongchen, in the state of being possessed by the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul, slowly straightened up and raised his left hand high.

The scattered metallic powder suddenly coalesced, coalescing into a massive metal sphere, its entire surface a brilliant gold, as if forged from pure gold. The sphere, exceeding fifty meters in diameter, hovered above the long-collapsed arena. Bathed in the morning sun, it radiated dazzling golden light.

Being in the shadow beneath the metal sphere creates an even more oppressive atmosphere.

A subtle smile appeared on Xiao Hongchen's lips. The reason he had done those things earlier was actually to prepare for this attack.

He knew his chances of defeating Yu Tianhuang were slim, but he would at least give it his all and leave no regrets.

Strange soul power fluctuations lingered on Xiao Hongchen's left arm, which was completely dyed a dark gold color.

As he raised his left hand above his head and made a grasping motion, the metal ball suddenly exploded.

Spikes made of metal particles extend outwards from the metal sphere, resembling a giant metal sea urchin. Above these sharp spikes, like thorns branching out, smaller spikes continuously emerge.

In the blink of an eye, the entire competition stage was filled with dense metal thorns.

Gold-plating tactics, thorny thickets.

This is a fighting style created by Xiao Hongchen, combining his martial soul's ability to perfectly control metal. In a sense, it's already equivalent to a self-created soul skill. Moreover, after combining the Thorn Forest with the skills of his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear left arm soul bone, its attack range and power are actually superior to his sixth soul skill, Metal Storm.

The countless metallic thorns shimmered with a dark golden aura. An extremely sharp aura was contained within them, and the air seemed to be torn apart at the tip of each thorn.

The upper level of the metal arena had collapsed, while the material beneath was titanium, which was much harder. Even with Xiao Hongchen's current cultivation level, using his sixth soul skill, Metal Storm, to extract the metallic elements would require considerable effort. Yet now, he was deeply pierced by metal spikes shrouded in a dark golden light.

Even when these metal spikes touched the white shield formed by Zheng Zhan's indestructible divine shield, they emitted an even stronger halo.

That layer of dark golden halo was the skill of the Dark Golden Terror Claw Bear's left arm soul bone, Dark Golden Edge.

Normally, the most complete Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Skills only appear in the external Soul Bones of both hands. Even the Dark Gold Terror Claw Soul Skills recorded in the left and right arm bones will be somewhat lacking in ability.

The Dark Gold Claw Bear's left arm soul bone, belonging to Xiao Hongchen, is a prime example of this. While Dark Gold Sharpness inherits the sharpness of the Dark Gold Claw soul skill, it lacks the terrifying power of the Dark Gold Claw.

However, this dark gold sharpness also has an advantage. That is, it can be attached to the user's left arm and left hand according to the user's wishes, or transmitted to objects to make them sharper.

The objects here can be ordinary weapons or soul tools made of rare metals.

For Soul Masters with weapon spirits like guns or swords, this Soul Bone skill is a perfect match, as the Dark Gold Sharpness can also be transferred to the weapon spirit.

The Sand Gold Battle Technique - Thorn Forest, a self-created soul skill, was actually conceived by Xiao Hongchen to complement the Dark Gold Edge soul bone skill, and was gradually improved by him to its current form.

Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan had already left the area protected by the Unbreakable Divine Shield at some point. Now, within the light barrier covering the foundation of the arena, there was no room left to hide. The dense forest of metallic thorns blocked out all sight.

The noise from the entire arena suddenly ceased, as everyone was clearly focused on the situation on the playing field.

Although the members of the Shrek Academy team and the Tang Sect team were astonished by Xiao Hongchen's formidable strength, they remained calm. They never believed that an attack of this caliber could harm Yu Tianhuang.

Are young people these days all so fierce?

Zheng Zhan, the referee for this match, couldn't help but sigh.

Only a few decades have passed, and the world of Soul Masters has seen the emergence of so many young geniuses. From Tang Wutong at the beginning, to Yu Tianlong and Yu Tianhuang later, and now Xiao Hongchen.

Having lived a life of seclusion, he was not very familiar with Xiao Hongchen, but he knew that Xiao Hongchen was the grandson of Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, who was very proud of him.

Regardless of the outcome of this match, Xiao Hongchen's talent and strength are undoubtedly a blessing for their Sun Moon Empire.

On the podium, seeing this scene on the competition stage, Xu Tianran's gloomy expression softened considerably, and he smiled again.

"Master Hongchen, your grandson has been hiding his talent well. Although this isn't a truly original soul skill, it's almost there. While the Empire holds an absolute advantage in soul guidance technology, it has never seen such a genius at the soul master level. He will undoubtedly be a pillar of the nation in the future."

Xiao Hongchen's round, chubby face flushed with pride at receiving such praise from Xu Tianran.

He didn't expect his grandson to defeat Yu Tianhuang; he only hoped that his grandson would demonstrate his abilities and value in front of Xu Tianran. He knew the current Crown Prince's character all too well.

Zhongli Wu said indifferently.

"A ten-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur claw bear soul bone. The Red Dust Hall Master certainly has a grand scheme to make; he must have paid a considerable price for this soul bone."