Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 103 Molten Knight vs. Three-legged Golden Toad (4K)

The reason why Jing Hongchen went to great lengths to make Xiao Hongchen and Liuxing face off was probably to make Xiao Hongchen see the reality clearly.

It is impossible to surpass his grandfather if he lives in his own world. Instead of suffering attacks from others later, it is better to let Liuxing beat him up first to wake Xiao Hongchen up.

At this time, as the match list appeared, the students in the stands were also talking about it.

"Who do you think will win, Xiao Hongchen or Liu Xing?"

"Of course it's Meteor. He defeated that sword maniac before."

"Xiao Hongchen doesn't seem to be weak either. He is not only a fifth-level soul mentor, but also the grandson of the Hongchen Hall Master. I heard that his martial soul possesses the bloodline of a divine beast and is incredibly powerful."

Jing Ziyan listened to the discussion of the students next to her, looked at Ji Juechen beside her and asked, "What do you think?"

Ji Juechen clasped his sword in both hands, closed his eyes, and said calmly, "He will win."

Jing Ziyan rolled her eyes. Of course she knew who Ji Juechen was talking about.

However, Ji Juechen's concern for Liu Xing and his undisguised trust in her made her a little jealous.

Of course, she also knew that Ji Juechen would behave like this when facing any strong opponent.

……

At the same time, the Soul Guidance Trial Field.

Six trial platforms slowly rose up, and the golden arena was like a golden sun, flashing with dazzling golden light.

Soon, the teacher presiding over the competition walked onto the stage, holding a loudspeaker and announcing loudly, "The final round of the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy's reserve team selection begins now. Twelve contestants, please take the stage."

As soon as he finished speaking, twelve students took the stage one by one under the expectant gazes of thousands of students.

There are six arenas, two by two facing each other.

Liuxing walked onto the first stage, facing his opponent this time, Xiao Hongchen.

"I've always had a slight doubt about whether you are truly stronger than me."

Xiao Hongchen crossed his arms, raised his hat, and had a serious look in his eyes.

"Really? It just so happens that I also have a little doubt about whether you really deserve the title of the number one genius."

Meteor curled his lips and said unwillingly.

"Here we go again, these two people, always at loggerheads!"

On another stage, Meng Hongchen rolled his eyes, looked at the Soul Sect student opposite him, and said apologetically, "Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Hongchen, holding two ice-blue swords in his hands, quickly approached the Soul Sect student opposite him.

The student had a serious expression on his face, and thick metal gun barrels emerged from behind him, aimed at Meng Hongchen who was rushing towards him.

Facing the standard soul guide artillery tactics, Meng Hongchen strolled gracefully in the soul guide artillery fire, with the two swords in his hands flying, cutting the unavoidable soul guide shells into two halves.

Spinning, jumping, and rolling, Meng Hongchen easily approached within ten meters of the Soul Sect student.

Meng Hongchen's wine-red long hair had changed and turned snow-white, and her eyes, which were originally ice-blue, turned blood red in an instant, as if they were about to drip blood.

Looking at her, the Soul Sect student couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in his heart.

Meng Hongchen leaned forward and raised her two swords. It could be seen that all the exposed skin, including her face and palms, had turned snow-white at this moment, as white as jade and crystal clear.

Only those bloodshot eyes looked so terrifying, with a strange beauty.

It was not until this moment that the brilliance of her soul rings began to flash on her body: two yellow, two purple, and one black, the standard optimal soul ring ratio.

At the same time, behind her, a light and shadow slowly emerged.

It was a toad as white as jade, with eyes as blood-red as hers at this moment.

A white airflow wrapped around Meng Hongchen's ice-blue swords. As she slashed, the white airflow passed by the Soul Sect student.

The Soul Sect student had no time to wonder, he took out a purple metal ball and threw it at Meng Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen tapped her toes lightly and flew back. As a fifth-level soul engineer, she could of course recognize what the purple metal sphere was. It was a thunder bomb, a fourth-level soul guide device.

"boom--!"

A dazzling flash of lightning suddenly appeared, and violent lightning surged, forming a huge thunder ball with a diameter of three meters between the two people.

It lasted for several seconds before slowly disappearing.

However, Meng Hongchen, who had landed, had no intention of continuing to fight. Instead, he put away the two ice-blue swords in his hands.

The Soul Sect student also stood there with a dull look in his eyes, which contained a hint of disbelief and then became dim.

"Plop." His body shook and he fell straight onto the ring.

Even when his body bounced back after hitting the stage, he did not make any further movement.

The students who were watching were stunned. The battle was over before they could even react.

The referee jumped onto the ring, took a look at the student who fell to the ground, then turned to look at Meng Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen nodded, walked to the student and detoxified him.

That’s right, Meng Hongchen’s sword, which seemed to be swinging in the air, actually contained the poison of her ice toad.

This student was also caught off guard and fell to the ground due to poisoning.

After detoxification, Meng Hongchen jumped off the ring and looked at the competition stage where Liuxing and Xiao Hongchen were competing.

As the referee announced the start of the game, Meteor immediately released his martial spirit and entered the Molten Knight state.

Although he didn't think he would lose, Xiao Hongchen was a Soul King after all, and a Soul King who was both a Soul Instructor and a Soul Master. His strength was not comparable to those students he had fought before.

I'm afraid that even if Ji Juechen fights with the fully armed Xiao Hongchen, he may not be able to gain the upper hand.

Liuxing values ​​Xiao Hongchen, and so does Xiao Hongchen. Compared to Liuxing, his expression is more solemn.

Although he was conceited, he could see how powerful Meteor was, so he used all his strength at the first moment.

A golden light flashed on Xiao Hongchen's body, and five soul rings, two yellow, two purple and one black, appeared on his body one by one.

"The first soul skill, metal control."

"The third soul skill, Golden Condensation."

Xiao Hongchen let out a low roar, and metallic light balls condensed from the void and hovered around him.

Xiao Hongchen waved his hands, and the metal light balls in the air began to deform and reorganize. Hundreds of metal turrets, under Xiao Hongchen's control, floated in the air, densely packed, leaving the students watching the battle stunned.

For an ordinary soul engineer, it is already the limit for him to control ten soul guide turrets at a time, but Xiao Hongchen can control hundreds of soul guide turrets with just a wave of his hand.

Furthermore, these soul guide turrets were clearly Xiao Hongchen's creations, not pre-made ones. This caused many students to look at Xiao Hongchen with amazement. He was indeed the academy's top genius; his single move of Void Formation had already astonished the entire audience.

Xiao Hongchen held down the brim of his hat with one hand, and with his other hand, he faced the meteor with his palm facing up, gave it a firm grip, and said confidently, "Meteor, accept the baptism of fire."

The next moment, hundreds of golden light balls were ejected from hundreds of soul guide cannons, densely swarming towards the meteor.

Meteor's mouth twitched. What kind of fear of insufficient firepower is this?

"boom--!"

Flames spurted out from behind the meteor, driving his body into the air, and he moved at high speed in the air to avoid the bombardment of dense golden light balls.

The tip of the Flame Spear was covered with a crimson spear light, which exploded the golden light balls one by one, leaving him no room to dodge.

Xiao Hongchen laughed loudly, using his second soul skill, Boiling Gold, and his fourth soul skill, Sacrifice of Gold at the same time.

The power of the soul guide artillery behind him increased by another three points, and its speed and number also increased accordingly. The entire arena was covered by golden soul guide shells, carrying out an all-round bombardment.

The referee activated the soul guide shield the moment Xiao Hongchen condensed the artillery, otherwise even the stands would not be spared and would be affected by the artillery fire.

Under the effect of the boiling of gold, his soul power burned in large quantities, increasing the power of the soul guide cannon. At the same time, under the effect of the sacrifice of gold, the metal elements in the air were also burning, increasing the power of the soul guide cannon while restoring his soul power and making him stronger.

Meteor had already used his third soul skill at this time, completely burning. Flame patterns covered the silver-white mecha, increasing its defense.

Even he could not dodge all the overwhelming artillery bombardment because there was no room to dodge, as they were all soul-guided cannons.

“BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!”

The sound of explosions was endless, mixed with Xiao Hongchen's crazy laughter.

He was very happy with the explosion, but Meteor was a little unhappy. Although he did not suffer much damage due to the defensive power of his mecha, it was not his character to take a beating unilaterally.

This was the first time he witnessed the power of a soul guide. With the help of firepower suppression, even he could not get close to Xiao Hongchen for a while.

Without the ability to charge, Meteor could only dodge the bombardment while trying to get closer to Xiao Hongchen.

But now, he was also a little angry.

The first soul skill is secondary burning, and the second soul skill is sky fire.

Using soul skills continuously is the same as anyone else.

Xiao Hongchen's face was full of smug smile at this time. In terms of close combat, he was indeed no match for Liu Xing. It was very likely that he would be knocked off the ring by Liu Xing after not being able to block a few shots.

But the soul guide would not give anyone a chance to fight in close combat. From the very beginning, he deliberately kept a distance and did not give Meteor any chance. He immediately opened fire at full power and used four soul skills in a row.

The artillery tactics, fire coverage, and continuous bombardment brought out his advantages to the fullest extent.

He wanted to let Liuxing know that the title of the academy's number one genius was not undeserved.

Xiao Hongchen was thinking at this moment, now this crazy sister Meng will never say that I can't compare to Liuxing again, right?

However, the smile on his face soon turned into horror. He watched helplessly as a ball of red light, braving his artillery bombardment, flew towards him rapidly as if riding the wind and waves.

Xiao Hongchen only felt the air becoming scorching hot, and the metal turret in the air was actually flowing out golden liquid under the high temperature.

Although he could control metal, he was helpless for a while in the face of the high temperature that could melt metal.

He could only watch helplessly as his turret melted into a pool of liquid metal.

The next moment, a red figure came in front of him and kicked him in the chest.

"Oh!"

Xiao Hongchen's pupils widened suddenly, and he watched the kick fall on him.

He widened his eyes, totally unable to believe that the meteor was approaching him in such an unreasonable manner despite the bombardment of his soul guide cannon.

What the hell is this! Am I tickling him?
Xiao Hongchen had used up most of his soul power by using four soul skills in a row, so he was kicked backward by Meteor and couldn't even dodge.

Xiao Hongchen only felt a pain in his chest, and then he seemed to be flying on the clouds.

Then, he saw a crimson spear stabbing towards him with unstoppable force.

Xiao Hongchen really wanted to curse, do you really want to kill me?
He forgot that he had just been merciless to Meteor and attacked him with full force.

The dazzling gun light cut through the air, leaving a twisted mark in the air with terrifying power.

The referee has taken out a soul guide and is ready to rescue Xiao Hongchen at any time.

Just as the spear was about to pierce Xiao Hongchen, at this moment, the fifth soul ring on Xiao Hongchen's body shone.

The spear flashed past, and Xiao Hongchen's body seemed to melt, turning into a pool of golden liquid and falling to the ground.

Liuxing paused and stopped shooting. He could see that Xiao Hongchen was almost at the end of his rope, and that must have been his last trump card.

He didn't really want to kill Xiao Hongchen, he was just a little angry because of Xiao Hongchen.

Not to mention him, anyone would be furious if they were bombarded continuously by countless artillery shells.

The metal liquid gathered on the ground, slowly condensing into a human shape, and finally turned into Xiao Hongchen himself.

He covered his chest, looked at Liuxing with a pale face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"elder brother!"

In the stands, Meng Hongchen's worried voice was heard.

Xiao Hongchen's body trembled, and he looked at Liu Xing with a complicated expression, and said in a deep voice: "I lost!"

After saying this, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, turned around and walked towards the bottom of the ring dejectedly.

The fifth soul skill, Golden Attachment, was his last life-saving trump card. His soul power was almost exhausted, and Meteor didn't use his fourth soul skill, nor even his self-created extinction shot.

Compared to his full effort and all the means he used, Meteor still retained most of his strength.

How could he not see the difference between them?

Looking at Xiao Hongchen's dejected back, the flames around Liu Xing dissipated, revealing his true form. He wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Not bad, Xiao Hongchen. You can hurt me, you are worthy of being the number one genius in the academy."

Although protected by a mecha, Meteor was still injured by the violent shock wave of the explosion.

If any other Soul Sect was subjected to that level of firepower bombardment, they would have been blown to ashes long ago.

This is also the reason why Liuxing was angry. He was not angry at Xiao Hongchen for not following martial ethics, but was angry at himself for being arrogant.

I clearly know that Xiao Hongchen is a soul engineer, and I clearly know what kind of martial soul he has and what level he can achieve.

But it still gave Xiao Hongchen the opportunity and put himself in that embarrassing situation.

(End of this chapter)