Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Although Guo Nu was heartbroken, his survival instinct made him react immediately. He turned and ran. At that moment, he only wished that his parents had given him a pair of legs. He fled frantically.

However, in the next instant, Guo Nu suddenly felt the world around him become calm, and everything seemed like an illusion, with the surrounding scenery becoming unreal.

At that moment, the entire space seemed to be torn to pieces in an instant, including his level eight soul guide shield, and even the invincible shield that he had just released, which gave him a sense of security.

Guo Nu's eyes went blank for a moment. He felt as if his body and soul were flying up, higher and higher, and everything around him became unreal. Right below him, an incredibly bright light made this unreality even more illusory. Then, he could feel nothing at all, and his thoughts fell into eternal nothingness.

The Level 9 Fixed-Mount Soul-Guided Cannonball is hailed as the most destructive Level 9 soul tool. Its manufacturing difficulty is no less than that of a typical Level 9 soul tool, and it is designed for single use only. During its production, the ability of the soul tool itself to withstand the explosive force must not be considered. Therefore, the Level 9 Fixed-Mount Soul-Guided Cannonball is a symbol of extreme destructive power.

Only Ji Lin's Heavenly Fire Judgment, a martial soul symbolizing destruction, can unleash destructive power comparable to a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball under the power of a god. Other Limit Douluo, including Di Tian, ​​cannot match the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball in terms of destructive power alone.

However, destructive power is destructive power and offensive power is offensive power, and the two cannot be generalized. Although the level nine fixed-position soul guide cannonball has the most destructive power on the continent, its offensive power is only equivalent to the full-force attack of an ordinary Limit Douluo. Limit Douluo can protect themselves from the attack of level nine fixed-position soul guide cannonball, but that is only if there are not many level nine fixed-position soul guide cannonballs.

Simply put, the power generated when a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball explodes is equivalent to the attack power of a Limit Douluo at full strength, but the attack range and distance far exceed those of a Limit Douluo, and the damage to the environment is far greater than that of a Limit Douluo.

Such weapons of mass destruction are virtually invincible in warfare.

Guo Nu was no weakling, an eighth-level Soul Master, but even facing the explosion of a ninth-level fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannon at such close range, he still had absolutely no chance. Not even the slightest chance.

Destructive storm!

At this moment, the fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell that Nangong Wan had spent a lot of effort to obtain was now fully unleashing its power.

The terrifying explosion, high temperature, and high pressure were only the first step. In that terrifying explosion, countless tiny particles were scattered from the fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell. Each of these tiny particles was only the size of a fingernail. In the explosion, they spread extremely fast and had super penetrating power. However, once they came into contact with metal, they would immediately adhere to it.

This thing has a name, called a metal bomb. It is a level three soul tool, but it is a type of fixed soul tool, meaning it is a single-use item.

This metal bomb is also known as the Soul Tool Destroyer. It is made of a special rare metal called Financial Crystal. The most significant characteristic of this rare metal is its ability to assimilate with most other metals. The Soul Tool Master utilized this characteristic to inscribe a high-explosive core array on the Financial Crystal.

Once the financial crystal comes into contact with other metals and fuses with them, the high-explosive core array inside will activate. Because the financial crystal has already integrated into the metal, an explosion will occur inside the metal, causing it to shatter into fragments that fly outwards, creating even more terrifying destruction.

The name "Destruction Storm" for the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell used by Ji Lin comes from this.

To create this destructive storm, one must first make 1,180 metal bombs from financial crystals. Then, inside the destructive storm, a protective layer is forged from financial crystals to prevent the internal metal bombs from contacting the external metal. Outside the financial crystal protective layer is a vacuum layer with spatial capabilities, which requires several very complex core arrays. Outside that is a core array with extremely strong defensive capabilities, followed by various core arrays that amplify the explosive impact of level nine soul-guided cannonballs, and some other complex core arrays working together to finally create this destructive storm.

Once it explodes, it will first produce an explosive force similar to that of a regular high-explosive level 9 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell. Then, the metal bombs inside will scatter and fly out in all directions, within a radius of one square kilometer. Once these metal bombs touch any metal, they will cause a secondary explosion, creating a terrifying metal storm.

Therefore, the power of this level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball of Destruction Storm will be greatly increased when released in areas with a lot of metal, but its actual explosive power is still somewhat different from the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs that the Sun Moon Empire used to bomb the Mingdou Mountain Range.

Although Ji Lin did not know the true power of the Destruction Storm, he knew from close contact that this fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shell was related to metal, and his target this time would definitely be the soul-guided device position. Moreover, there was no other better choice, so he used the Destruction Storm here.

Even Ji Lin himself didn't expect that he would choose a detonation point that could unleash the full power of the destructive storm.

One tenth of a second after the devastating storm exploded, time seemed to freeze at that moment. An ominous silence filled the air. In the camp of the Second Soul Master Corps, a tiny point of light began to flicker. It rapidly expanded, like the rising sun, but its light was more dazzling than any dawn and more intense than any blazing sun. This was the embodiment of the wisdom and creativity of the Soul Masters: a Level 9 Fixed-Position Soul Guidance Cannonball, releasing its long-accumulated energy.

The light instantly illuminated the entire world, turning the night sky into daylight. Immediately afterward, a massive fireball rose from the Second Soul Master Corps camp. It rapidly expanded, drawing in the surrounding air to form a terrifying vortex. The center of the fireball reached a stable temperature of millions of degrees, enough to instantly vaporize any matter. The surrounding metal, buildings, trees, and even the ground were reduced to ashes under this irresistible force.

Following the fireball was a powerful shockwave, carrying countless tiny metal particles. It spread outwards at supersonic speed, destroying everything in its path. Amidst the deafening roar, almost all the soul tool positions were affected.

That's a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell; its terrifying power is enough to make anyone tremble with fear.

Before his death, Guo Nu did the most correct thing: he immediately ordered the activation of the linked defense array, which covered the entire soul tool position of the Second Soul Master Legion.

When this linked defensive formation is used suddenly, it first absorbs the soul power of the milk bottle. If the duration is longer, then the soul master will continuously inject it.

The explosion of the Destruction Storm was essentially a massive explosion occurring inside the linked defense array. The linked defense array was extremely powerful. Although it reached its maximum load and gradually collapsed in an instant, it ultimately managed to withstand the strongest explosive impact of the Destruction Storm.

However, this internal explosion also has its drawbacks. All the explosive force was not released and naturally all of it was applied to the internal linkage defense array.

Almost all the Soul Masters of the Second Soul Master Corps inside were instantly vaporized by the extreme heat. How could these Soul Masters, whose cultivation level was only around three rings on average, withstand the power of the destructive storm? The metal bombs that were thrown out also fell back inside under the obstruction of the linked defensive array.

But don't forget, this soul tool field is full of soul tools! What are soul tools made of? Metal!

The most significant characteristic of metal bombs is that the greater the density of the metals they contain, the greater their explosive power. Only a very few extremely rare metals are immune to their penetration.

However, the soul tools used by the Second Soul Guild are not even top-tier soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire, so how could they possibly use those extremely rare metals?

The five guardians of the nation, not ordinary soul master regiments like theirs, are equipped with top-tier soul tools!

In an instant, almost all the rebounding metal bombs found their carriers.

The next moment, a second round of explosions occurred.

The linked defensive array collapsed almost instantly, and countless metal storms spewed out wildly from the Second Soul Master Corps' base.

The linked defense array should have been stronger, but don't forget, all defenses are outward-facing; there's no inward-facing defense. The fact that this linked defense array could maintain its internal protective capabilities to this extent is already quite remarkable. However, with all the internal soul tools destroyed, the linked defense array naturally collapsed on its own, utterly powerless to prevent the massive explosion of the second wave of the metal storm.

A mushroom cloud slowly rose from the Second Soul Master's position, carrying smoke and dust into the sky and spreading outwards.

The tents near the Second Soul Master's position were all instantly torn to shreds by the metal storm, which spread outwards like a meat grinder, continuing for over a kilometer before gradually weakening.

Within this area, no soldier could survive the metal storm. The rampaging metal fragments, the terrifying explosive force, and the high-temperature flames blasted a huge gap in the Sun Moon Empire's military camp in just a few seconds.

(End of this chapter)