Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 595: Using Soul Tools to Defeat Soul Tools
In almost a split second, a barrage of soul-guided energy projectiles rained down on Huo Yuhao like water breaking through the sky. Such a scale of coverage was impossible to dodge with mere skill.

Even if Bei Bei, or even Tang San himself, came, and their Ghost Shadow Steps were smoking under their feet, they still couldn't escape the barrage of firepower that felt like a wall slamming down on them.

Huo Yuhao was of course unable to dodge this attack, but thanks to the mental detection provided by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, he realized this at least moment the instant Xiao Hongchen launched this move.

Immediately afterwards, the 100,000-year soul ring beneath his feet lit up with a red light, and the Ice Emperor Protection immediately covered his body with a thick layer of ice crystals with extremely high defensive power. Then, he pounced and rolled towards the weakest point in the range of firepower.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang."

In an instant, a series of energy bullets poured out like an explosive torrent, and even though Huo Yuhao dodged quickly enough, he was still hit by several near-level seven soul-guided cannons. His ice armor was covered in cracks after withstanding more than a dozen energy bullets.

Don't think this number is a lot. In one second of full-power bursting, the 256 soul-guided cannons will fire not just 256 energy bullets, but possibly 500, 1,000 or even 2,000 energy bullets.

It is absolutely incredible that Huo Yuhao was able to find the correct evasion direction in an instant and was only hit by a dozen or so energy bullets.

Such an act of squandering one's own soul power reserves would be considered extravagant even by Xiao Hongchen, and the spot where Huo Yuhao had been standing was already ravaged by the energy blast that surged in at an instant.

Even a battle arena made of rare alloys couldn't withstand the bombardment of more than two hundred quasi-level seven soul-guided cannons!
Even without turning around, under the extreme magnification of Huo Yuhao's spiritual eye detection, the area behind him was clearly reflected—the place where he had been standing just a moment ago was now witnessing a scene of purgatory.

What Xiao Hongchen unleashed was not a barrage of firepower in the ordinary sense, but a torrent of metal composed of pure, violent, and destructive energy!

Imagine two hundred and fifty-six dazzling snakes of light breaking free from the cannon's restraints in the same instant, tearing through the air with a shrill cry, converging at a speed beyond human perception to form a colossal wall composed purely of destructive energy, crushing everything in its path.

This wall was not static; rather, it devoured the space where Huo Yuhao had just been in an instant with overwhelming force!

Rumble, rumble——

The deafening explosions were no longer monotonous bangs, but terrifying sonic waves generated by hundreds or thousands of explosions stacking, resonating, and vibrating.

The violent metal storm crashed onto the protective shield, causing its surface to ripple wildly and emit a humming sound as if it were about to collapse under the strain. Countless soul masters responsible for supplying energy paled in shock as their soul power was completely drained.

The violent metal storm crashed down on the Soul Arena, which was forged from rare alloys and was said to be able to withstand the impact of a Soul Douluo. The hard ground was instantly shattered as if it were made of paper, leaving it riddled with holes and devastated.

Generally speaking, once a Soul Saint reaches the seventh ring, no matter how Soul Masters use their Soul Guidance Devices, they are ultimately not as destructive as a Soul Saint who immediately engages in a bloody battle upon activating their Martial Soul True Body. They will also appear relatively weak overall. However, it is clear that this rule is almost completely inapplicable to Xiao Hongchen, who possesses the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul.

The most explosive metal storm failed to hit Huo Yuhao, so Xiao Hongchen immediately changed tactics. Eighteen anti-aircraft cannons on each side unleashed thirty-six fire serpents to pursue Huo Yuhao, while six large-caliber howitzer flamethrowers began to slowly gather their power. The thirty-six fire serpents danced in mid-air, forming thirty-six intersecting fire lines that bombarded Huo Yuhao relentlessly, giving him no room to maneuver. At this moment, Huo Yuhao could even smell the burning odor brought by the intense heat.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao's Ice Emperor Protection had shattered, and he was no match for the terrifying barrage of firepower.

Meanwhile, fire grenades shot into the air from Xiao Hongchen's body, which had already transformed into a metal hedgehog, emitting sharp whistling sounds as they accurately blasted towards Huo Yuhao.

This is the fully developed and unleashed form of a Soul Master. The overwhelming and continuous attacks give the enemy no chance to breathe. Before the enemy gets close, the only thing the Soul Master needs to do is keep firing and overwhelm the enemy with absolute damage.

For a dual-spirit master who excels in both control and offense, Huo Yuhao's development path is perfect. He has both control and offense, and when he occasionally faces enemy damage, activating Ice Emperor's Protection is usually enough.

However, his attributes were simply insufficient when facing artillery fortresses that were even more extreme than He Caitou's.

Yes, if He Caitou is an aerospace fortress, capable of flying and fighting, roaming freely on the battlefield, then Xiao Hongchen is a pure artillery fortress, fixed in one place with no chance of escape, but any enemy who wants to eliminate it will have to pay a bloody price.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had the good fortune to hear a philosophical proverb from Chen Ping: "Use a soul tool to defeat another soul tool."

Well, if it were just based on this one proverb, Huo Yuhao might still not have a good way to deal with Xiao Hongchen in front of him. But fortunately, Chen Ping is not only a man of great principles, but he has also never been lenient when it comes to distributing profits to others.

The next moment, a delicate silver shield appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand. The instant the silver shield with its intricate patterns appeared, Jing Hongchen's expression on the platform changed drastically.

Isn't this the very work that won him the championship in the defense group at the National Soul Master Competition back then?

Yes, Jing Hongchen has a good eye. The small shield in Huo Yuhao's hand is indeed one of the two championship works he won back then. It is an eighth-level defensive soul tool that is impervious to wind and thunder, and has the same excellent characteristics as Hongchen's Blessing that any level of soul master can use.

Back then, he won the defense group championship of that competition by relying on this Wind and Thunder Impervious and another level-eight soul tool, Vajra Indestructible. Later, he used these two soul tools as inspiration to create the masterpiece, Red Dust Protection.

However, later on, Chen Ping extorted all three of his soul tools from him.

The Red Dust Protection was kept by Chen Ping as a life-saving artifact and made great contributions. The Vajra Indestructible and Wind and Thunder Invulnerable were given to Huo Yuhao by Chen Ping, and then Huo Yuhao used them as good treasures to deal with Jing Hongchen's grandson.

(End of this chapter)