Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

The heavy alloy gate of the Xu residence was not closed, but rather opened like the throat of a silent behemoth.

Lu Jun's steps were not slowed down in the slightest by the imposing scene at the gate, nor was his pace quickened at all. He simply and normally stepped onto the path leading into the depths of the mansion.

Outside the Xu family compound, all the hidden soul-guided monitoring arrays had already raised the alarm to the highest level the moment Lu Jun appeared.

Like a startled swarm of bees, invisible energy ripples, with efficiency far exceeding the speed of light, frantically transmitted all information about the intruders—including their images, energy readings, and movement trajectories—to the core processors and decision-makers of the mansion.

The Imperial Guards, who used to patrol the gardens and corridors regularly, transformed from normal to highest level of combat readiness in the blink of an eye.

Dozens of elite Imperial Guards, clad in pure black, streamlined, fully covered soul-guided battle armor, emerged from all directions with astonishing efficiency, rapidly assembling and forming an impenetrable human wall and firepower network, blocking Lu Jun's path.

The soul-guided guns in their hands and the heavy soul-guided cannons on their shoulders gleamed with a ghostly blue light of energy. The cold metal reflected the sunlight and intertwined with the various soul rings that lit up one after another, spreading out a chilling and dangerous energy curtain in front of Lu Jun.

"Halt! This is the forbidden area of ​​the Xu residence. Trespassers will be killed!"

The leading Imperial Guard shouted fiercely, his voice amplified by the amplifying soul guide device inside his armor, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, causing the air to distort slightly and the sound waves to spread out visibly.

The massive soul-guided cannon in his hand, with its terrifying diameter, had already formed a destructive energy sphere at its muzzle, precisely locking onto Lu Jun's brow, ready to fire.

Lu Jun's expression remained unchanged. His gaze didn't even linger on the captain's face, but calmly swept over the barrier of steel soul power and killing intent before him, as if he saw not a life-or-death obstacle, but merely some dust that needed to be brushed away on the way forward.

At his waist, the scabbard of the Ice Abyss Sword was slightly warm, not because the temperature had increased, but because a restrained chill had gathered to a certain critical point.

The longsword in its sheath emitted an increasingly clear, dragon-like hum, and a cold, pure sword intent, seemingly capable of freezing the soul and time, quietly spread out along Lu Jun's gaze.

"call……"

The temperature within a radius of 100 meters centered on Lu Jun suddenly dropped.

Countless tiny, hexagonal ice crystals condensed in the air, creating a miniature snowfall.

Even through their insulated combat gloves, the elite Imperial Guards holding their soul-guided weapons felt a chill creeping up their fingers, almost freezing them. Their breath instantly turned into white mist.

"Step aside."

Lu Jun spoke, his voice still not loud, and not even stern.

Yet it carried an undeniable pressure originating from the level of life and absolute power, like a cold wind sweeping across an icy plain, directly penetrating the armor's protection and seeping into everyone's eardrums and hearts.

The moment the words fell—

A clear and resonant sword cry, seemingly capable of tearing the sky apart, suddenly rang out.

The Ice Abyss Sword leaped half a foot out of its sheath on its own, and a pure, ice-blue sword light, like an ice dragon breaking free from its restraints, soared into the sky.

The sword light did not directly attack any person or object, but the moment it appeared, the sky and shadows seemed to be pulled and twisted by an invisible force, turning into countless tiny yet extremely condensed ice-blue sword shadows, like the Milky Way hanging upside down in the sky, or like the sudden dense ice shards before a blizzard, silently enveloping the entire area and covering the minds of every Imperial Guard.

That was not a physical attack, but an absolute suppression on the level of mind and will.

All the elite Imperial Guards blocking their way felt a sudden heaviness in their hearts, as if an invisible iceberg had crashed down upon them.

Breathing suddenly became difficult; the surging soul power within their bodies seemed to have crashed against an invisible dam, its circulation instantly halting. Even the glow of the soul rings on their bodies dimmed, flickering like candles in the wind. An overwhelming chill and a sense of insignificance, an inescapable feeling of being in the face of a higher being, gripped their hearts.

The Imperial Guards' faces turned deathly pale instantly, and cold sweat beaded on their foreheads.

He sensed it more clearly than his subordinates.

That was far more than just the ultimate ice-attribute soul power.

That was a power pressure far exceeding any Limit Douluo level he had ever known, and it even contained a trace of sacred aura belonging to true gods, described only in ancient legends and top-secret files.
The hand gripping the soul-guided cannon trembled slightly uncontrollably, the trigger feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds.

He forced back the trembling in his soul and roared hoarsely, trying to dispel the fear with loyalty and duty:
"Your Excellency, do not be arrogant! This is a vital area of ​​the Federation, the Xu family residence! This is not a place where you can run wild! Leave immediately, or else..."

"I don't want to kill anyone right now."

"Step aside."

Lu Jun interrupted him, his tone as calm as if stating a given fact.

His right hand gently rested on the cool hilt of the Ice Abyss Sword, which was already half-drawn from its sheath.

It's just such a simple action.

Centered on the point where his palm touched the sword hilt, an invisible icy blue ripple, like the ripples stirred up by a stone thrown into a still lake, instantly spread to the entire Xu family compound within sight.

next moment--

"Click, click, click..."

The continuous, fine, and crisp freezing sounds, like a concerto of death, resounded in every corner.

The sky seemed to have been instantly painted with an icy blue base by an invisible paintbrush, and fine ice crystals and snowflakes froze out of thin air, drifting down in a graceful and scattering manner.

The ground, buildings, flowers, and even the moisture in the air were instantly covered with a layer of crystal-clear, hard ice.

The temperature plummeted to an extreme cold where breath would freeze instantly.

Most despairingly, all the soul-guided devices carried by the Imperial Guards, whether in an active or standby state, whether the most ordinary soul-guided ray gun or the powerful heavy soul-guided cannon, suddenly lost their light on the surface of their energy circuits. The core of the intricate magic array inside emitted a series of strained "buzzing" sounds, and then fell completely silent, with winding frost patterns rapidly spreading across its surface.

It's invalid!

All are invalid!

These weapons, representing the pinnacle of the Federation's highest soul-guided technology and theoretically capable of threatening or even killing gods, were transformed into piles of useless, cold metal blocks by Lu Jun's mere thought, like toys stripped of their souls.

Without soul tools, who can these Imperial Guards threaten?

With their soul-guided devices, they form a legion that even the gods would fear.

Without soul tools, even a random Quasi-God Limit Douluo could easily slaughter them. (End of Chapter)