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Looking at Dang Hongchen's serious expression, Lu Fa sighed helplessly and thought to himself, "Teacher Dang, it's a bit late for you to make this call now. The other side has already gotten close to us."
Then, Lu Fa's gaze sharpened, and five black spirit rings appeared beneath his feet. Having cultivated at the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Master Academy for more than half a year, he was already a Spirit King.
A platinum-gold light appeared on his right claw, and Lu Fa swung it backward while shouting, "Teacher Dang, be careful!"
"Huh?" A cold voice suddenly rang out behind them, followed by a scarlet light that directly neutralized the platinum light.
"Such sharp claws, such abundant blood and qi power. It was definitely the right choice to ambush them here."
The owner of the voice appeared, completely covered up in a gray outfit and a hood, revealing only his eyes. His eyes were also gray, but his pupils were red, making him look extremely eerie.
"This is the headquarters of the Blacksmiths' Association. If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave now."
The moment Lu Fa spoke, Dang Hongchen instinctively activated his Martial Soul, manifesting eight Soul Rings: four purple and four black. He then donned his Three-Word Battle Armor, shielding Lu Fa behind him and watching him warily.
Dang Hongchen had no intention of fighting the other party, who was a Super Douluo-level powerhouse, and he didn't think he could defeat him.
However, this is the Blacksmiths' Association. He only needs to hold off the opponent for a moment until Makino above reacts. Right now, the priority is to keep the opponent calm.
"You're right, this isn't a good place to talk. Let's find another place." A crimson light shone brightly, a thick smell of blood appeared, and then a powerful pressure emerged, pressing heavily on Dang Hongchen.
The evil spirit master had no intention of wasting time with Dang Hongchen; his only target was Lu Fa.
"Domain!" Dang Hongchen was stunned by the powerful pressure, and a chill ran through his heart. This pressure that held him back was not only the suppression of the opponent's soul power, but also a domain.
"Damn it, don't underestimate me!"
Dang Hongchen roared angrily. He would never let the other party take Lu Fa away. Lu Fa was the future star of their Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
If they really let the other party take Lu Fa away, not to mention whether his father would let him off, he himself would not forgive himself. That was his student!
The seventh soul ring on Dang Hongchen's body lit up, followed by a golden light that also emerged from his body, forcing the scarlet light back a bit. Three-word battle armor domain aura: Floating Life Ten Thousand Blades.
This is an ability unique to three-word battle armor: Domain Aura.
Dang Hongchen's martial soul is one of the two top-tier beast martial souls inherited by the Hongchen family: the Three-Legged Golden Toad. With the enhancement of his martial soul true form and the three-word battle armor, Dang Hongchen was even able to briefly fight against a Super Douluo.
The evil spirit master snorted coldly, his scarlet eyes suddenly blazing with light, and a burst of intense blood-red light erupted from his body. With a wave of his right hand, a blood sword appeared out of thin air in his grasp.
"It sure is him!"
Dang Hongchen's pupils contracted; it was the very sword that had just ambushed Zhenhua. If that's the case, then the opponent must be a Super Douluo.
"Second Soul Skill: Boiling Gold".
"Fourth Soul Ring: Sacrifice of Gold".
Without the slightest hesitation, Dang Hongchen immediately activated his first two soul skills. Although these two soul skills were both thousand-year-old soul skills, they were the core soul skills of the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.
Boiling Metal: Allows the user's soul power to boil, increasing the power of the soul power used in this state, accelerating the use of other soul skills, greatly increasing the ability to control metal in a short period of time, and absorbing, controlling, and utilizing the metal element in the air.
Sacrifice of Gold: Burns one's own soul power to greatly increase the power of soul tools/soul skills. The degree of increase is related to the amount of soul power sacrificed; burns controlled metal/metal elements to cause a lot of damage/restore one's own soul power.
This is the power of the top-tier martial soul: the Three-Legged Golden Toad. In the blink of an eye, Dang Hongchen transformed into a soul-guided turret, his body surging with golden light, and beams of soul-guided rays continuously erupted from his body, shooting towards the evil soul master.
"Tsk, what a troublesome guy."
The evil spirit master never expected that Dang Hongchen would be so crazy. They were right there on the street, and the other party still dared to attack like this! Weren't they afraid of accidentally hurting other people?
"However, the more you do this, the more it shows that you value that kid. If you arrest him, you won't have to worry about Zhenhua not listening to us."
Centered on the evil spirit master's body, countless red dots appeared in the sky. At first, they were just dots, but soon they enlarged, looking like cold and merciless blood-red eyes.
A surge of intense and dense blood energy erupted wildly. Immediately afterwards, thousands of beams of blood-red light shot out from those blood-red eyes, directly suppressing the soul-guiding rays of the Red Dust Sect.
"Come here, kid!"
One of the blood-red rays transformed into the figure of an evil soul master as it approached the Red Dust Realm, and then its left hand reached out directly to grab Lu Fa.
He didn't want to waste time here with Dang Hongchen, otherwise it would be troublesome once the higher-ups realized what was happening.
"Om-"
"what!"
As the evil spirit master's left hand approached Lu Fa, a golden light rose from his body, directly repelling his hand.
"A level nine defensive soul tool!"
The evil spirit master gritted his teeth and spat out those words. Yes, what was glowing on Lu Fa's body was a defensive soul tool, and a level nine one at that.
Although the emergence of battle armor has greatly diminished the status of soul tools, no one can deny their power.
Chapter 303 Heavy Ion Rays
"The sun and moon shine brightly."
This is the name of the soul tool on Lu Fa's body, and it is also one of the reasons why Ao Hongchen dared to let Lu Fa go out.
The Radiance of the Sun and Moon is Ao Hongchen's most prized work. Since becoming a Limit Douluo, Ao Hongchen has been able to feel more and more clearly the limitations imposed on Limit Douluos by the world.
He also felt that he was too old and his potential had been exhausted. On the path of a Soul Master, he was almost in a state of semi-giving up. After all, he felt that it would be difficult to make any further breakthroughs in his lifetime, so he turned his research focus to other directions.
Soul guidance technology research, the manufacture of black-level mechs, and the nurturing of the next generation are what Ao Hongchen finds most meaningful right now.
When a Soul Master feels they've reached a bottleneck and can no longer break through, they'll turn to other areas of study to improve their overall strength. However, Soul Masters who do this are generally those with mediocre talent.
Ao Hongchen was already a top expert in his time, ranking first in both spiritual power and soul master cultivation. Therefore, when he wanted to explore other areas, it would naturally be much easier for him than for others.
Not to mention, the Hongchen family originally made its fortune by researching soul tools.
This defensive soul tool, which is said to "shine like the sun and moon," is actually a level 10 defensive soul tool with both active and automatic triggering options.
Considering Lu Fa's own lack of strength, when Ao Hongchen handed over the Sun and Moon Shining Brightly, he had already filled it with energy. Once triggered, it would release a soul-guided shield to protect Lu Fa.
This shield can defend against attacks from Limit Douluo level experts (those who are not wearing battle armor). The shield lasts for three minutes and can only be triggered a maximum of three times. After that, the energy will be depleted and needs to be recharged before it can be used again.
This is a purely defensive soul tool. Although it also has offensive capabilities, those are not things that Lu Fa can trigger right now, since Lu Fa is only a Soul King at the moment.
In the hands of a Super Douluo, this soul tool could truly unleash the power of a level ten soul tool and threaten a Limit Douluo. But in Lu Fa's hands now, it's at most used as a peak level nine defensive soul tool.
Even so, it's still enough to block a Super Douluo.
"Troublesome brat."
A river of blood emerged from the evil soul master and swept towards Lu Fa. As a super Douluo-level powerhouse, his reaction was incredibly fast. Since he couldn't capture Lu Fa for the time being, he would simply sweep him up along with the soul guide shield and take him away.
However, to his surprise, as soon as Blood River approached Lu Fa, it stopped there instantly, unable to get close to the shield, let alone roll it up.
"A spatial barrier!" the evil spirit master exclaimed in astonishment.
Yes, a soul power shield capable of withstanding attacks from a Limit Douluo-level expert couldn't possibly be just a pure energy shield. This was Ao Hongchen's confident creation, painstakingly crafted with the understanding of space that a Limit Douluo possessed.
This soul power shield, generated by the radiance of the sun and moon, utilizes spatial power. Unless Lu Fa himself moves, this shield cannot be moved by anyone else.
"Bastard!"
Meanwhile, upon seeing that the evil spirit master had bypassed him and launched a direct attack on Lu Fa, Dang Hongchen roared in anger.
Upon seeing the soul power shield that lit up on Lu Fa's body, Dang Hongchen's eyes flashed, and he quickly made a judgment.
A huge gun appeared out of thin air on his Martial Soul True Body. Dang Hongchen's second and fourth Soul Rings lit up again, and all the Soul Power in his body surged wildly toward the gun.
"Buzz!" A slight buzzing sound came from the huge gun, dark blue light flowed, and the gun was directly aimed at the evil soul master. Then the huge gun trembled slightly, and a blue lightning bolt seemed to flash in the air.
The whole process was very fast. There was no roar like most soul-guided cannons; just a buzzing sound and the firing was over.
"Danger!!!"
When Dang Hongchen aimed that massive gun at him, a chilling feeling rose from the depths of the evil spirit master's heart. He couldn't be hit by that gun! This was the evil spirit master's instinctive reaction.
"run!"
They already lived on the edge of a knife, so the evil spirit master had great faith in his instincts. His body was wrapped in blood light, and in the next instant, his whole body suddenly turned into streaks of blood light that scattered and flew away.
The next moment, the ground in front of Lu Fa melted. Yes, it melted completely, leaving a large crater, and a plume of smoke spread from the ground, emitting a slightly burnt smell.
"Ok?"
Blood-red light gathered in the distance, and the figure of the evil soul master reappeared, his blood-red eyes looking at Dang Hongchen with suspicion and uncertainty, as well as the large pit not far away.
He wasn't surprised by the power of the attack from "Sweeping the Mortal World." On the contrary, in his opinion, the attack from "Sweeping the Mortal World" wasn't particularly powerful.
When it hit the ground, it merely melted a large crater. Why did this attack give him such a terrifying feeling?
"No matter what, we can't take that kid with us now, so let's run."
The evil spirit master quickly made a judgment. Although their series of exchanges had been brief, it was enough for Zhenhua and the others above to react. If they didn't leave now, they might really be left behind.
The evil spirit master acted decisively; in the next instant, he transformed into streaks of blood-red light and scattered in all directions. Instead of fleeing in one direction, he dispersed and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
"How brave!"
The instant the evil spirit master vanished, two terrifying auras rose simultaneously from the top of the Blacksmith's Guild.
The next moment, the top of the Blacksmith Association shone brightly with red and gold light, and a red figure appeared in front of Lu Fa and Dang Hongchen as if by teleportation.
"Is everything okay?"
As the red light faded, Zhenhua, clad in a four-character battle armor, appeared before the two. Zhenhua's face was ashen; he never expected that someone would dare to ambush him at the entrance of the Blacksmith Association.
"We're alright, Guild Master! That man was the one who attacked you not long ago. I had a brief exchange with him just now. His aura was extremely cold and bloody; he was definitely an evil spirit master!"
Upon seeing Zhenhua's arrival, Dang Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief, then dispelled his Martial Soul True Body and spoke to him with a pale face.
Zhenhua nodded, then looked at the dark golden figure in the sky. The figure shook its head at him and then fell to the ground.