Douluo Dragon King: I'm creating a golden age behind the scenes!

Donghai City, Soul Guidance Train Station

The day finally arrived for Li Ziming to travel to Tiandou City. Mu Chen brought Mu Xi to the Soul Guidance Station to see Li Ziming off on the train to Tiandou City.

"Senior brother, you must cultivate diligently when you arrive in Tiandou City. Don't let others surpass you!" Mu Xi said, looking at the young man in front of her with longing.

"Alright, alright, I will definitely cultivate diligently and live up to your expectations, junior sister."

"Master, this is enough. I will definitely learn the forging techniques from my senior master. I will definitely surprise you next time we meet." A blond young man with a powerful and fervent aura, like the blazing sun, said to the father and daughter in front of him.

"Ziming, I know your talent. Even an eight-star master craftsman can't stop you."

But that's not what I'm worried about. The journey to Tiandou City might not be safe, so please be careful.

After saying that, Mu Chen turned to the old man with blue hair next to Li Ziming, cupped his fists, and said respectfully, "Elder Ye, I'm troubling you with the safety of my unworthy disciple this time."

This old man was a high-ranking member of the Blacksmiths Association headquarters, sent to escort Li Ziming to Tiandou City. He came from the Blacksmiths Association's guardian family.

According to Mu Chen, he is a rare Super Douluo in the association, with formidable combat power and is trustworthy.

"Oh, no need for that. It's my duty. It's a blessing to see so many outstanding young people emerge from the association. How can it be a trouble?"

Old Ye shook his head, checked the time again, and said to Li Ziming, "Alright, the car is about to leave, let's go."

"Master, Junior Sister, I'm leaving now. I'll be back during the New Year." After saying this, Li Ziming hurried to catch up with Elder Ye.

"Goodbye, senior brother!" Mu Xi waved and said.

"Bon Voyage!"

As Mu Chen watched the blond youth's receding figure, he gradually felt as if he had released a blazing sun from a frog's dry well into the boundless starry sky.

"It's time for you to go to the stage that truly belongs to you."

Mu Chen murmured softly.

"Dad, what did you say?" Mu Xi asked curiously.

"It's nothing."

.........

At this moment, Li Ziming was riding the Soul Guidance Train from Donghai City to Tiandou City. He was sitting near the window, and the train was traveling at high speed. Every now and then, staff members would push carts around, asking people if they needed a meal.

"The view from here is quite unique." Li Ziming looked out the window at the scenery that had become somewhat blurry due to the high speed of the Soul Guidance Train.

However, even the best scenery can become boring after a while, let alone the blurry view outside the window. Li Ziming soon closed his eyes to rest.

The Soul-Guided Train was traveling quite a distance towards Tiandou City. With Elder Ye by his side, Li Ziming began studying the forging notes that Mu Chen had given him on the train.

Suddenly, a chilling feeling jolted him awake. Li Ziming snapped out of his study mode and looked around.

There were quite a few passengers in the carriage, and many children were curiously looking out the windows, with nothing unusual about them.

But Li Ziming's unease did not subside at all; in fact, goosebumps began to appear on his skin. This was his spiritual warning that there was danger, and it was no small danger.

Following Elder Ye's gaze, Li Ziming wondered if the threat was coming from outside the car.

Li Ziming looked out the window, the scenery was still blurry, but because the Soul Guidance Train had left the city, the surrounding scenery was less noisy and more like a rural pastoral scene.

There was nothing unusual about it, except that a few beams of light in the distance were a bit dazzling.

Wait, a beam of light? Li Ziming stared intently, but what he saw was not a beam of light at all; it was clearly several high-grade fixed-position soul-guided cannons.

With blinding sparks flying from its tail, it hurtled straight toward the carriage. If it hit him directly, he and Old Ye would be fine, but the others in the carriage might not survive.

Suddenly, a figure appeared, with flowing black hair and nine soul rings—four purple, four black, and one red—surrounding his body. With a casual wave of his sword, several cannonballs exploded out of thin air. When the bright light dissipated, Li Ziming could see that it was Elder Ye who had stopped him.

Li Ziming turned around and realized that Old Ye had left his seat at some point.

Suddenly, Old Master Ye's gaze sharpened, and Li Ziming clearly noticed his unusual expression as well, turning his gaze to a more distant spot outside the window.

Outside the car window, a black dot could be seen moving rapidly through the distant sky.

"Mecha?"

Li Ziming used his spiritual power to sense the objects and discovered that they were mechs, and the designs of these mechs were significantly different from those of the military.

In the Douluo Continent, the soul-guided mechs are mostly humanoid, but the mechs that appeared before the two of them had a strange aura, exuding a damp and cold feeling that made them very uncomfortable.

"The enemy?"

Li Ziming's spiritual power was only one step away from the Spirit Abyss Realm, so he could sense more things. For example, the mechs were emanating a strong sense of malice, and the soul-guided cannons on the mechs were ready to fire at this moment.

However, Li Ziming remained calm, seemingly not worried at all.

The next moment, points of light lit up on the mechs, and the soul-guided cannons were fired.

"snort!"

But just then, a cold snort rang out. Then, a cyan sword light rapidly expanded in all directions, and the incoming soul-guided cannonballs abruptly stopped some distance from the train.

The light on the soul-guided cannonball began to dim, and finally went out like a dud.

At the same time, they also clearly saw where the attacking enemy was! It was an assassination squad composed of mechs.

There were as many as thirty mechs attacking, and the three leading mechs were all black!

However, the leading black-level mech was different from ordinary black mechs. This black mech had a pair of bone wings hanging on its back. When the wings were spread, it was incredibly fast.

Almost at the same time as the soul-guided cannonballs were about to hit, it had already appeared above the soul-guided train.

However, when they saw the soul-guided train emitting a golden light, and then the soul-guided cannonballs seemed to go silent.

The black mech froze. It had been ready to attack, but when it saw the red spirit rings surrounding the old man, its bone wings shone brightly. It shook violently and tried to get away from the spirit-guided train as quickly as possible.

"Although I knew this trip wouldn't be peaceful, sending only three Black-level mechs to deal with me is really underestimating me."

Old Master Ye's icy voice came from the Soul Guidance Train. Although he had a premonition that their whereabouts would be exposed and they might be attacked, he did not expect the other party to act so quickly.

They were attacked as soon as they left the territory of the Skysea Alliance, and the fact that so many mechs could be gathered in the heart of the Federation shows that the enemy had been preparing for quite some time.

The attackers were able to launch such a precise attack, indicating that they had been planning this for a long time.

Unfortunately, their information seemed to be somewhat blocked. They didn't even know the details of his journey as a Super Douluo, yet they dared to send this group of people to their deaths.

"Three Black-level mechs. It must have taken you poor evil soul masters quite a while to put together this lineup."

Golden light appeared on Elder Ye's body, and the four-word battle armor—"Azure Wind God"—appeared. This time, he was no longer in the city, so he didn't need to worry about harming innocent people.

"Perfect timing for me to try out this newly upgraded four-word battle armor!"

With a flick of his sword, the fifth black spirit ring shone brightly, and the sword blades around him surged like a whirlwind and a torrential downpour, suddenly heading towards the enemy in front of him.

"Fifth Soul Skill - Azure Wind Turns into Rain!"

Instantly, sword energy burst forth from all directions, raging wildly. The soul-guided shields erected by the mechs on the other side were easily pierced like paper, revealing the operators inside.

When the storm subsided, all that could be seen were severed limbs and broken pieces. The only survivor was the leader, who had survived thanks to a level nine soul-guided defensive shield, but he was barely clinging to life.

"Blacksmith Association... Wind God Sword... Ye... Qing... Ming!"

"Oh? You're still breathing? But that's all."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sword light flashed, the wind and rain subsided, and an old man with blue hair stood among a pile of mecha wreckage.