Battle Through the Heavens II: Three Phases of Peerless Power, One Soul and Four Bodies

A battle of shadows and artillery fire erupted in an instant!

Upon seeing this, Xiao Hongchen suddenly awoke, his expression hardening. He immediately raised his hand and directed all the metal cannons to turn around and fire wildly at the approaching Shadow Fang monsters.

In an instant, the arena was filled with booming sounds and bursts of fire, as scorching shells roared out and accurately struck the dark figures.

It must be said that Xiao Hongchen's soul-guided cannonballs were indeed powerful. In a short while, they shattered most of the Shadow Fangs into a sky full of dark shadows. However, he also paid a considerable price. More than a dozen precious gun and cannon soul-guided devices were bitten and damaged by the shadows, rendering them completely useless.

Having finally dealt with the attack from the Shadow Fang, Xiao Hongchen dared not delay for a moment and immediately ordered the remaining metal cannons to be aimed at Luo Ranyu again, charging up in preparation for a fatal blow.

Ke Luo Ranyu's speed in connecting soul skills was far faster and smoother than he had imagined. As soon as the first soul skill of the Shadow Phase, Shadow Fang, dissipated, the second black soul ring around his body suddenly lit up. Without the slightest pause, dozens of dark ghost flames slowly rose, carrying a bone-chilling cold, and leisurely drifted towards Xiao Hongchen.

Luo Ranyu's second soul skill, Netherworld Ghost Fire, has a similar effect to Luo Jiuxiao's Profound Netherworld Ghost Fire. This kind of ghost fire is not hindered by any physical attacks and can only be blocked by energy attacks. The physical projectiles fired by those soul tools cannot be negated by it, so the only way to resist is to release a soul power shield. Luo Jiuxiao's Profound Netherworld Ghost Fire might be able to be dodged, but Luo Ranyu's Netherworld Ghost Fire has a more flexible pursuit characteristic.

But Xiao Hongchen, as expected of a genius of the Sun Moon Empire, had witnessed the battle between Luo Jiuxiao and Miga and understood the characteristics of the ghost fire. He immediately touched the unknown mechanism on the armor, and a golden shield instantly unfolded around him, enveloping him. At the same time, the hundreds of soul-guided cannons around him finally launched an attack on Luo Ranyu, and sparks flew everywhere, forming a hail of bullets that covered Luo Ranyu with firepower.

Seeing this, Luo Ranyu also activated the Blazing Sky Wings behind her to dodge, forming a dark shield around her body. In addition, the purple lightning shield surrounding her constantly shot down the cannonballs flying around her. Luo Ranyu seemed to be suppressed, constantly dodging, and did not try to get closer to her opponent while dodging.

At this moment, Luo Ranyu's hands were fixed in a strange posture, and her eyes burned with a deep fire.

Offstage, Xi'er was muttering to herself again: "That young man from the mortal realm is amazing! He can control hundreds of soul tools at the same time!"

Xue Qianlu explained, "It's mainly because of his martial soul, the Golden Toad Martial Soul. It's also a divine beast bloodline, which grants soul masters extremely strong metal control abilities. Of course, this also consumes a lot of soul power, so he can't maintain it for long!"

Xi'er looked at Xue Qianluo, puzzled, and asked, "Why do Brother Luo Ranyu's movements look so stiff?"

The yellow butterfly on her head left her shoulder, fluttered its wings, and flew to Xue Qianluo's head, blending into her golden hair.

Xue Qianlu ignored the butterflies fluttering around and explained, "He must be releasing a soul skill. The preparation time is so long, and it can't be interrupted. But I've never seen any of his soul skills require such a long preparation time. Could it be a new soul skill?"

Upon hearing this, Xi'er's expression suddenly dawned on her: "That's right! Didn't Brother Ran Yu release his second soul skills from his three elemental martial souls today? After he obtained his second soul ring, he released those soul skills, but he only used them once each, and then for some reason, he couldn't use them anymore. But today he actually used them again! Could it be...?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Qianluo turned her gaze to the arena and said intently, "Could it be? His third spirit ring of the three elemental martial soul is also about to be unsealed?"

Immediately afterward, Xue Qianluo seemed to notice something and pointed to the arena, saying, "Oh~ Xi'er, look, that formation, you've seen it before, haven't you!"

Hua Xi'er also looked curiously into the arena: "Oh, I've seen it before, but wasn't it unable to be released before?"

Inside the arena, shortly after Xiao Hongchen's shield was deployed, dozens of Netherworld Ghost Fires struck his shield one after another, producing a series of bombardments. The power of the exploding ghost fires grew stronger with each strike. When Xiao Hongchen noticed this, it was still in time. Although he was very unwilling, he still released an invincible shield, which fortunately prevented him from being injured.

Taking advantage of the gap in his defense against the ghost fire, Luo Ranyu used his third soul skill. The three elemental martial souls behind him slowly rotated, and at the same time, three soul rings on his body suddenly rose up. The three soul rings belonging to the three elemental martial souls were also one purple and two black, but the third soul ring seemed to be somewhat illusory and indistinct.

In an instant, everyone on the field could no longer sit still and stood up to watch this novel and astonishing scene. On Shrek Academy's side, Zhou Yi exclaimed, "Twin martial souls! And both are purple and black spirit rings! That means he now has six spirit rings—two purple and four black!"

Huo Yuhao: "I didn't expect him to actually have twin martial souls!"

Wang Dong: "Tch! What's so great about it!"

On the Sun and Moon side, Old Ma said, "Is this why Xiao Meng lost? Haha! She's met her match!"

Meng Hongchen looked at the ice and fire swords in her hand and said quietly, "His second martial soul actually has a spirit ring! Could it be that he's been letting me win all along? But if that's the case, why did he ask to borrow these ice and fire swords from me? Come to think of it, what skill did he use when he was holding my sword?"

At Zhengtian Academy, Jin Zhongyue exclaimed in surprise, "The seal! It's broken!"

Xue Qianluo's gaze burned: "We should thank that girl! Right!"

Jin Zhongyue: "Yes, but that's only an indirect reason. I suspect that her potent poison indirectly stimulated Luo Ranyu's body and transformed into extremely powerful soul power. Only when Luo Ranyu's soul power reaches a certain level can he use all his soul skills normally!"

Xue Qianlu frowned slightly and continued to ask, "So, after this match, he will return to his original state and be unable to use these soul skills?"

Jin Zhongyue sighed softly: "That's possible. Just like when he first absorbed his third soul ring, his cultivation level increased greatly, which allowed him to briefly unleash his third soul skill. But later, as his body's energy stabilized, he was unable to use it again."

Ultimately, it was because the spirit rings he absorbed weren't old enough. However, the main reason he was able to use his second spirit skill again was due to the fortuitous encounters of the past two days.

He absorbed a large amount of evil fire energy from that Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Master, and today he also absorbed Meng Hongchen's ice and fire poison, causing his soul power and cultivation to suddenly surge. I estimate that his cultivation has now reached level 29. Only when his cultivation or soul ring configuration reaches a critical point can he unlock and use these soul skills.

Upon hearing this, Xue Qianluo looked at Jin Zhongyue with even greater insight. He seemed to know more than she did, so she continued to ask, "Then why is his third spirit ring flashing?"

Jin Zhongyue: "As I just said, his current spirit ring configuration is not high enough, and his cultivation level is not up to standard. He cannot fully control the power of the third spirit ring. Perhaps he can only use one of the spirit skills of the third spirit ring right now."