Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 173 The Ice Dragon Emperor Reappears

Xiao Hongchen, with three legs, crouched slightly, his three spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—shining brightly. Golden protrusions emanated from his slightly hunched back, radiating a soft golden glow. His first and third spirit rings lit up simultaneously. Then, with a wave of his hands, he scattered at least a hundred metal spheres.

These metal spheres instantly floated in mid-air, completely enveloping him.

With those metal spheres as the core, thick metal cannon barrels actually grew out.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into something resembling a giant hedgehog.

Xiao Hongchen's martial soul, like Xu Sanshi's, is a three-legged golden toad with a portion of divine beast bloodline. It is born with the ability to control metal and absorb the energy from rare metals to enhance its cultivation.

His first soul skill is metal control, which is the same type as Ji Lin's second soul skill. It can increase his control over metal, enhance the quantity and compatibility of the metal he controls, and increase his affinity with the metal element.

The third soul skill is Metal Condensation, which can temporarily condense the controlled metal and metal elements into metal. It can even use mental power to carve the soul guide core to create a temporary soul guide device from the controlled metal and metal elements.

Therefore, Xiao Hongchen's release of the soul tool is different from others. It is as if it grows out of his body. In fact, it is a temporary soul tool that he controls metal to temporarily create.

After using his first and third soul skills to condense the soul tool, Xiao Hongchen immediately used his second and fourth soul skills. The second and fourth soul rings took over the brilliance of the first and third soul rings. Countless golden light spots suddenly appeared in the air, surging wildly towards Xiao Hongchen with the force of a vast ocean. Each of these light spots, upon approaching his body, emitted a faint golden halo, as if it were burning. A rich metallic aura instantly surged.

The second soul skill, Boiling Gold, puts one's soul power into a boiling state, increasing the power of soul power, speeding up the use of soul skills, and reducing the consumption of soul power when using soul tools.

The fourth soul skill, Sacrifice of Gold, burns soul power, greatly increasing the power of soul tools and soul skills, burning the controlled metal, causing massive damage and restoring the user's own soul power.

As these golden light spots merged in, each metal cannon barrel began to emit a dazzling light. The number of soul-guided cannons on Xiao Hongchen's body was one hundred and twenty-eight, and all of them were composed of level five soul-guided devices.

Xiao Hongchen controlled the soul tool to turn on its own, aiming at Shrek Academy.

The next instant, a terrifying storm of soul power erupted.

Golden orbs of light rained down on Shrek's forces, their terrifying brilliance transforming into a meteor shower, an unstoppable force.

Dai Yueheng immediately stepped to the front, knowing that Xu Sanshi alone couldn't stop him. He simultaneously used three amplifying soul skills: White Tiger Protective Barrier, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and White Tiger Demon God Transformation, maximizing his defense. As a Soul Emperor, and with everyone watching and his father under his watchful eyes, he couldn't afford to retreat.

Ling Luochen did his best, using his ice staff to create ice walls in front of him.

Xu Sanshi released the Xuanming Shield Formation, which stood firmly in front, blocking part of the bombardment from the soul-guided cannons. Bei Bei's martial soul was attached to him, and he did his best to intercept the soul-guided cannons flying towards Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er.

On the field, one side was attacking with all its might, while the other side was defending with all its might. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wanted to interrupt Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Shrek Academy was defending with all its might, waiting for the two to complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Although the offense and defense were intense, only a few seconds had passed. From the moment Ji Lin released his second spirit and merged with Wang Qiu'er's spirit, to the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Master Academy's all-out attack, and then to Shrek Academy's all-out defense, only a few seconds had passed. But for Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er, a few seconds was enough.

The white light emanating from Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er shot into the sky, transforming into a pillar of light that reached the heavens and the earth, attracting the attention of everyone in Xingluo Square.

The already overcast sky became even more gloomy due to the rain, and the drizzle turned into a heavy snowfall, with a chill enveloping the entire Xingluo Square.

The snowflakes in the sky danced and fluttered like fairies.

Suddenly, a deafening dragon's roar echoed from the depths of the clouds. The sound was deep and resonant, and as it resounded, snowflakes began to rapidly gather in the sky, swirling and dancing until they formed a colossal dragon silhouette. This silhouette was incredibly lifelike; its scales shimmered with a cold light, and its eyes gleamed with a deep, eerie light. It was a colossal ice dragon nearly a thousand meters long, slowly emerging from the clouds, its star-like eyes fixed intently on the arena below.

Everyone in Xingluo Square below stared wide-eyed at the giant ice dragon swirling in the sky, and fell completely silent.

Its enormous body almost covered the entire sky, and a cold aura permeated the air, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

As everyone fell silent, Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er, who were enveloped in a white pillar of light on the arena, rang out, "Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Azure Emperor Dragon."

As soon as the words were spoken, the giant ice dragon that had been circling and flying in the sky suddenly swooped down to the ground, letting out a deafening roar. As the ice dragon approached the arena, Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er controlled it to stop in mid-air. It opened its mouth, and white light gathered in its mouth. In an instant, a white beam of light shot out from its mouth. The beam of light streaked across the sky like a meteor and headed straight for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team.

Upon seeing this, the members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team all showed expressions of horror.

Upon seeing this, Ma Rulong roared, "Invincible Shield!"

At the same time, a golden light flashed across his body, and a golden protective shield enveloped him.

Startled awake by Ma Rulong's roar, the members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team activated their invincible shields, and golden light shields appeared on the arena.

At the same time, as Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er's voices rang out, Ma Xiaotao and the others began to retreat, moving closer to Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er's position.

A flash of white light arrived in an instant, like a bolt of lightning tearing through the void, and landed on the arena in a flash. Extreme cold covered the entire arena. Seeing this, the soul masters responsible for maintaining the arena's protective shield desperately poured soul power into their soul tools to barely maintain the shield and confine the cold within the arena's area.

The 108 Soul Masters had beads of sweat on their foreheads, and their faces were pale and haggard, clearly indicating that their soul power was severely depleted.

(End of this chapter)