Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 16 The Power of Firearms

"Soul Fusion Skill: Monkey Steals the Moon!"

The skinny monkey's voice rang out, and a gigantic ape of mysterious height appeared. Its long brown fur stood up like sharp thorns, and its scarlet eyes were full of murderous intent, exuding a crazy aura. A giant hand stretched out, as if grasping the bright moon in its palm, and directly grabbed all three thousand sword shadows in its hand.

With a squeeze, the blade's shadow dissipated into energy fragments in the air, and the giant ape clenched its fist and smashed it towards the ironwork.

Wu Tie twisted his body, spun around in the air, and slashed at the giant ape's arm with his sword. The giant ape trembled, and Wu Tie used the reaction force to increase the distance between himself and the giant ape.

"Wu Tie, your opponent knows me well!"

The giant ape spread its arms and blocked Wu Tie's path, exuding a terrifying aura, and spoke in the voice of a skinny monkey, ready to attack at any moment.

"Skinny Monkey, well done! You'll get extra pay after this operation!"

Upon seeing this, Boss Wang was overjoyed and immediately made a promise. He sped up and charged towards Li Ming, his whole body like a rampaging Tibetan mastiff, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust, making him appear incredibly terrifying.

Li Fan subconsciously closed his eyes. Seeing this, Li Fei hugged him tightly, his eyes wide open, afraid of missing any details.

"Is this what battles between Soul Masters are like?! It's terrifying!"

Li Fei's body began to tremble slightly, his expression one of intense excitement. He completely ignored the approaching Boss Wang. This extraordinary power was what he had always longed for. Even though Douluo Continent was considered a low-tier fantasy, this kind of extraordinary power was the initial fantasy in every man's heart.

"not good!"

Sixth Soul Skill: Sweeping Through a Thousand Armies

Wu Tie's face turned ugly. He shouted loudly, and his last black soul ring shone with dark light. The Wu Tie sword in his hand transformed into a forty-meter-long sword. He raised his right foot and stomped down hard, and the huge forty-meter-long energy blade slashed directly at the giant ape in front of him.

"It's too late. Li Ming can't stop our boss with his strength. He'll just be killed by him. Soon those 30 million gold soul coins will be ours."

The skinny monkey shouted, his voice laced with sharp laughter, and then manipulated the giant ape to stretch its hands forward.

boom!

The giant hand precisely clamped down on Wu Tie's forty-meter-long sword, causing the air to tremble. An invisible shockwave stirred up sand and dust, blinding Wu Tie and making it impossible for him to see what was happening on Boss Wang's side.

He could only continuously unleash his soul power to break free from the giant ape's control, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake those giant hands.

A spirit fusion skill is still just a spirit fusion skill. Even if the skinny monkey and his companions have relatively weak spirit power, their combined strength is still beyond what Wu Tie can defeat with a single strike.

The remaining members of both sides also began to engage in combat. They were unable to provide support either side, and they unleashed a barrage of soul skills, primarily targeting the support-type soul masters on both sides.

However, these people are all Soul Masters who have lived on the edge of death, and each of them has extremely rich combat experience. In particular, the support type is well-versed in the skills of escaping and hiding, and has long since hidden in a safe place.

"Brother Li Ming, I'm sorry!" A hint of guilt appeared in Wu Tie's eyes as he apologized and then focused on the battle at hand.

Fifth Soul Skill: Vajra Transformation

"Sixth Soul Skill: Wind-Tearing Claw!"

As two black spirit rings lit up, the charging Boss Wang's body instantly became a circle, with ten sharp fingers extending from his two huge front paws, gleaming with cold light. The power of the hurricane wrapped around them, tearing the surrounding air in two.

"That soul skill... so it was obtained by hunting the Vajra Tiger, just like Dai Mubai! This is dangerous!"

Li Fei immediately recognized the previous soul skill used by Boss Wang. As a signature soul skill for hunting the Vajra Tiger, he had seen it in books. Tiger-type martial souls are most suitable for this type of soul beast, but it can also amplify other beast-type martial souls. After activating this soul skill, Wang Ao's aura doubled.

"Mom, get ready, we're going to shove it right into that dog's mouth at full speed!"

Li Fei said solemnly, then took out a grenade the size of a baby's fist and put it into Jiang Xin's hand.

Jiang Xin nodded, gripping the grenade tightly in her hand. Her Black Wild Sparrow Martial Soul instantly manifested, with three soul rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—surrounding her body as she prepared.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Thick Fat!"

Seeing that Boss Wang was about to reach him, Li Ming did not hesitate at all and directly activated his fifth soul skill. His body fat began to multiply and increase in density, causing his body to swell up to twice its size. With short arms and legs, he looked like a ball, which was quite comical.

Boss Wang pounced on Li Ming, crossed his arms in front of him, unleashed his full soul power, and with a powerful tear, ten incredibly sharp wind blades ripped open Li Ming's chest, leaving ten wounds more than ten centimeters deep, from which blood gushed out in droves.

But a smile did appear on Li Ming's lips. His body, which was like a ball, rotated slightly, and his right hand was aimed at Boss Wang in front of him. He had already taken out a flintlock pistol from his hand.

"not good!"

Upon seeing Li Ming's smile, Boss Wang instinctively sensed danger and used his third soul skill again, trying to get away from Li Ming.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and flames shot from the muzzle of the flintlock pistol. A specially made lead bullet struck Boss Wang directly between the eyebrows, penetrating most of the way in. It didn't kill Boss Wang, but the bullet's immense kinetic energy temporarily stunned him, sending him flying backward with his mouth agape.

"Just as I expected!" Li Fei wasn't surprised at all; he had guessed this outcome when he saw the Vajra Transformation soul skill.

Without needing any prompting, Jiang Xin's three spirit rings lit up, and she transformed into a black lightning bolt, instantly flying to Wang Laoda's side in the air and stuffing a grenade into his mouth.

None of Jiang Xin's three soul skills are attack skills; they are all speed-enhancing soul skills. When combined, her speed is much stronger than that of an average Soul King.

boom!

With the sound of an explosion, Boss Wang's upper body was blown to pieces, flying everywhere.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Boss Wang's henchmen didn't even have time to react. One second they were in the lead, and the next they were turned into a pile of minced meat and fell to the ground.

Wu Tie stared in disbelief at the blood-covered Li Ming and his wife, his mind blank for a moment. He instinctively defended himself against the giant ape's attacks, unsure of what to say.

"Run!"

The skinny monkey, fully conscious, knew that the operation had failed. He shouted and turned to steer the giant ape into the forest.

Seeing this, the other Soul Masters unleashed their strongest moves, repelling the enemies in front of them and fleeing after the giant ape.

Seeing this, Wu Tie and the others also withdrew their martial spirits. Their mission was to protect Li Ming's family. If they pursued them and more people came, it would be really dangerous.

(End of this chapter)