Douluo: Dragon King's Tai Chi Mystery

However, the moment the mental shock landed in Zhao Xuanzhen's mind, the Evil Soul Emperor felt as if the long-planned mental attack was like an ant trying to shake a tree. An incomparably powerful mental force crushed the sharp cone inch by inch, and the backlash was like an invisible heavy hammer, fiercely chiseling into his sea of ​​consciousness!

The sea of ​​spirit surged violently, like a small boat adrift on a stormy sea. Strange black blood gushed from its seven orifices. The pain of the spiritual backlash caused the Evil Soul Emperor to have a splitting headache. He staggered backward, and his drooping bone claws scraped against the ground, sending dazzling sparks flying.

"Spirit Abyss Realm!?"

The Evil Soul Emperor raised his blood-stained head and stared in shock at Zhao Xuanzhen, whose eyelashes did not even tremble.

He was a malevolent soul master specializing in spiritual power, who used the evil method of refining souls with phosphorescent fire to leap to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm. An enemy capable of severely damaging his spiritual sea must be at least at the Spirit Abyss Realm!

Zhao Xuanzhen had no interest in answering the evil soul master's questions. The red dot on the soul guide communicator screen flashed. In recording mode, that tall and slender body transformed into a stream of light. It only took a moment to change from extreme stillness to extreme movement. Black, black, black, gold, black, five terrifying soul rings descended in an instant!

The golden soul ring lit up, and the black and white energies surged like a dragon, covering the entire No. 7 carriage. The domain was dominated by the Yin and Yang energies, and the ghost fire surging around the evil soul master was like frost and snow exposed to the scorching sun, steaming and dissipating.

His wisps of hair fluttered lightly across his forehead, the thunderous heartbeat of war drums resounded fiercely, and golden flames surged. Zhao Xuanzhen's presence was as scorching and dazzling as the sunrise in the east!

Golden runes danced across his bare skin; as each line lit up, his muscles and bones exploded with a series of loud bangs, and his strength, speed, and perception all surged wildly!

Those blazing golden eyes swept across, and the Evil Soul Emperor felt a chill run down his spine. The intense killing intent opposite him, so dense it was suffocating, along with the majestic golden hue, completely engulfed him.

The magnificent aura unleashed by the Golden Awakening made up for the ten-level difference in soul power between the two sides. Incredibly, the evil soul master actually showed a horrified expression, like an innocent little lamb encountering a cruel hunter!

The suffocating feeling of death was like an invisible hand, coldly gripping the Evil Soul Emperor's throat. A golden streak of light arrived in an instant. The Evil Soul Emperor roared, and pieces of jagged armor covered his body, revealing a complete one-piece battle armor. The joints of his limbs were inlaid with wailing human face reliefs, and the demon totem in the center of his chest armor spewed a foul, poisonous mist!

One-word battle armor, Ghost!

Only after the Holy Spirit Cult felt comfortable sending someone to kidnap Mo Lan, given that Mo Lan possessed the cultivation of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and the power of a One-Word Battle Armor Master.

The single-word battle armor offered some solace to the Evil Soul Emperor. His six surrounding soul rings bloomed in succession, and eerie green ghost flames spewed from the gaps in the armor, condensing into a gigantic skeletal shadow above his head. His two bone spikes fused into a large white bone blade, its blade burning with the resentful soul flames that incinerated his spiritual sea, and he slashed fiercely at the oncoming golden light.

Zhao Xuanzhen's lips curled into a cold smile. Beneath the golden skin, ink lines and silver threads intertwined, and five pieces of two-character battle armor covered his body, covering his hands, shoulders, and chest.

Black and white are like a swirling chaotic vortex. The two-character battle armor Tai Chi has flowing patterns on every plate. The black armor is crisscrossed with silver-white runes, and the pure white palm area is adorned with luxurious gold patterns.

At the core of his chest, the yin and yang fish are joined head to tail, their soul power surging and turbulent. Mysterious patterns spread along his chest, upper arms, forearms, and gauntlets. Fine protrusions resembling dragon scales rise on the surface of the Tai Chi Battle Armor, as if a living creature is breathing under the spiritual alloy.

There are also differences between battle armors. The Evil Soul Emperor's one-word battle armor Ghost is not as good as Li Qiankun Mo Jue's meticulously crafted Yue/Tian, ​​and its quality is far inferior to Zhao Xuanzhen's exquisite two-word battle armor Taiji.

As the light and shadow flashed by, a mournful whistling sound filled the air. Zhao Xuanzhen rushed to the front of the giant skeleton. The onlookers vaguely saw the dark gold claw blade dragging a black and white afterimage. Ten incomparably sharp arcs of light intersected into a net, tearing the resentful soul flames and the skeleton into scattered sparks!

The Evil Soul Emperor was terrified and lost all will to fight. He wanted to turn around and rush out of the carriage to escape, but he found that his weight suddenly doubled and that huge hands made of earth element emerged from the ground and tightly gripped his ankles!

The sharp sound of the dark gold blade cutting through the air and the booming sound of the battle armor exploding exploded at the same time, and a crescent moon-shaped blood droplet fell down.

The Evil Soul Emperor stood motionless, his eyes filled with a contradictory mix of ferocity and terror.

The two passed each other, and Zhao Xuanzhen extended his dark golden claw and gently touched the Evil Soul Emperor's shoulder. A wisp of dark golden light flashed, and the ugly head fell to the ground like a fragile building block.

The decapitation was like turning on a valve to unleash a torrent of blood. The Evil Soul Emperor's limbs were smoothly severed, and the residual nerves that had not yet reacted received the signal, causing crimson hot blood to gush out!

The Chaos Lotus is incredibly destructive, currently Zhao Xuanzhen's strongest explosive technique. Once unleashed, the Soul Guiding Train, which the Evil Soul Emperor struggled to destroy, might be blown to smithereens by Zhao Xuanzhen's sudden inspiration, and then things will get really messy.

To kill instantly without harming the innocent, you have to look at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's signature soul skill that has been renowned for thousands of years - Dark Gold Terrorclaw!

With a clang, the dark gold claws retracted their palms, and the two-word battle armor Tai Chi slowly merged into his body. His strikingly handsome face now appeared exceptionally cold and gloomy, exuding killing intent!

Instantly killing the One-Word Battle Armor Master Evil Soul Emperor, Mo Lan, an ordinary person, was somewhat stunned. Four years had passed, and Zhao Xuanzhen had undoubtedly become even more powerful than before!

Tang Wulin clutched his shoulder, pierced by the bone spike of the Evil Soul Emperor, and witnessed the formidable power of the Two-Word Battle Armor Tai Chi. His black eyes were immediately filled with envy.

After a year of learning and living at Shrek Academy, to be honest, Xu Xiaoyan, who was in charge of designing the battle armor for the team, had already worked very hard. The girl was exceptionally intelligent and had an outstanding talent for mecha design, but unfortunately, she hadn't laid a good foundation when she was young. Even though she worked hard to catch up, her secondary profession level was still insufficient to design a complete Spirit Forged One-Word Battle Armor.

Therefore, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi took a different approach to their battle armor designs. Instead of designing the entire battle armor first and then manufacturing it sequentially like Xuan Na and Yue Xingye, they planned to design one part, manufacture that part of the battle armor, and then design the second part, in a way similar to piecing together and assembling.

Although he barely managed to get the battle armor design blueprints sorted out, a second problem arose immediately. Xie Xie hadn't broken through to the fourth-ring Soul Master level, and his soul power wasn't enough to support the creation of a spirit-infused one-word battle armor. Later, Xie Xie secretly paid an extremely heavy price to help Tang Wulin create a right-hand armor.

In contrast, Zhao Xuanzhen not only completed four arm armors—two gauntlets and forearm armor, two shoulder armors and upper arm armor—in a year, but also successfully challenged the most difficult core part of the armor, the chest armor.

A standard one-word battle armor consists of eleven pieces, while a two-word battle armor requires the addition of a pair of wings. As the secondary profession skills continue to improve, the success rate of Nine Heavens Forging is getting higher and higher, and the remaining eight pieces of battle armor will most likely be completed within a year.

The crisis involving the evil spirit master was averted, and the soul-guided train resumed normal operation. Train conductor Mo Lan expressed his sincere gratitude to Zhao Xuanzhen and Tang Wulin for stepping forward.

Zhao Xuanzhen was undoubtedly the greatest contributor to the slaying of the Evil Soul Emperor, while Tang Wulin's act of disregarding his own safety to entangle the Evil Soul Emperor and buy time for the passengers in carriage seven to escape was also a great achievement.

Seeing that Tang Wulin's shoulder was injured, Mo Lan quickly asked the train doctor to disinfect and bandage it. Mo Wu, the governor of Tiandou City, learned of the situation through his daughter and urgently dispatched healing-type soul masters to the Tiandou City train station to prepare for deep cleaning to prevent evil attributes from damaging Tang Wulin's soul master foundation.

With the cleanup work mostly done, Mo Lan walked wearily to Zhao Xuanzhen's side, handed him a steaming cup of black coffee, and said gratefully again, "Xuanzhen, thank you for your help. Without you, all the passengers on this soul-guided train would have become innocent victims of evil soul masters."

"It is everyone's responsibility to eliminate evil and wickedness." Zhao Xuanzhen chuckled. "Slaying evil soul masters is the duty of every citizen of Douluo."

Those who know about evil spirit masters understand what they are: pure anti-human terrorists, deserving of death as trash.

In other words, the Soul Guidance Train could not afford to fail. The lessons of the past were still fresh in everyone's mind. Zhao Xuanzhen was unwilling to be careless and follow in the footsteps of a certain elder of Shrek Academy ten thousand years ago. Therefore, he went all out to behead the Evil Soul Emperor.

If Zhao Xuanzhen encounters evil spirit masters in the wild, he will capture them alive and sell them to Le Zhengyu!

The Holy Angels family is the perfect fit for this job. Before you kill the evil soul masters to increase your soul power, we guarantee to make these vermin suffer terribly!

Mo Lan sighed, "Both of the evil soul masters' attacks were aimed at me. Now it seems that my good intentions have harmed innocent passengers... I'm not suited to continue being a train conductor."

"Actually, it doesn't matter what you do. Whether you're a train conductor, a businessman, or a politician, as long as you have something to believe in, you can work for the happiness of the people of mainland China."

“My father said the same thing. He always hoped that I would enter politics. After all, the influence of politicians far exceeds that of a mere train conductor. My vision should not be so narrow.”

Zhao Xuanzhen glanced at Mo Lan meaningfully. This train conductor seemed to have awakened ahead of time and embarked on the path of a politician.

Although she relied on the remaining influence of Tang Wulin from the original timeline, as well as the strong support of super forces such as Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, an ordinary person who went from being a train conductor to the position of Speaker of the Federal Council could not possibly be a pretty but useless vase. Mo Lan has first-class political skills.

Thinking about the federal structure, Zhao Xuanzhen felt a headache coming on. The Sun and Moon Federation was in complete chaos, with hawks, doves, and neutrals fighting tooth and nail every day.

Shrek Academy claims to be neutral, but in reality, it leans towards the doves. The Tang Sect and Shrek are in cahoots, and their underhanded tactics are even more egregious than Shrek's, daring to supply massive quantities of weapons of war to a strategic rival despite strict federal prohibitions.

The Spirit Pagoda is a true ruthless hawk, the kind who doesn't even pretend. Qian Gu Dong Feng is doing his utmost to urge the federal government to launch a foreign war and conquer the other continents.

The War God Temple is the sharpest weapon in the Federation's hands, and should be able to attack whomever the Sun and Moon Federation points at. What's absurd is that the current War God Temple Master is close to Shrek Academy. As long as Shrek Academy's interests are harmed in the slightest, the War God Temple Master will resolutely refuse.

The journey was smooth and uneventful, and the Soul Guidance Train arrived safely in Tiandou City.

Zhao Xuanzhen declined the award ceremony for the Heroic Citizen Award and went straight to the headquarters of the Forging Masters Association. On the way, he bought a soul-guided communicator and sent a message to his original body, Douluo Muye, in advance.

They entered the small kitchen without any hindrance. It was lunchtime, and Mu Ye had already prepared a table full of delicious-looking dishes. He and the master craftsman Zhen Hua were waiting for Zhao Xuanzhen to start the meal.

"Senior Body, Senior Divine Craftsman."

"Coming."

Mu Ye squinted and said, still feeling lingering fear about the trap set by Tianfeng Douluo.

After a seemingly peaceful exchange, Leng Yao suddenly revealed his true intentions and proposed a sparring match, an offer that was impossible to refuse. Both were four-word battle armor masters, and their Heavenly Forged Metal was entirely crafted by Zhen Hua himself; the difference between their battle armors was negligible.

However, Leng Yaozhu and Mu Ye's soul power cultivation levels were worlds apart. A level 99 Limit Douluo was fighting a level 94 Title Douluo. Mu Ye was slightly nervous in front of his real teacher and was eventually burned to three-tenths done by the Heavenly Phoenix True Fire.

With the powerful recovery ability of his original martial soul, being three-tenths cooked was not a serious injury. However, Mu Ye was left with psychological trauma. He dared not squat at the gate of Shrek Academy as before, and was even reluctant to go to Shrek City. Instead, he asked Zhao Xuanzhen to come to Tiandou City when he had time.

Chef Makino's culinary skills were as impressive as ever. The thousand-year-old sea dragon tendon was stewed until tender and fragrant, and the moonlight rice from the far north had a refreshing aroma. One bite warmed my stomach and greatly replenished the energy consumed by using the Golden Awakening.

With the food almost gone, Zhao Xuanzhen spoke up: "Senior Divine Craftsman, could you please find a six-ring Soul Emperor in the Forging Master Association to fight me and complete the trial task assigned by the academy?"

Zhao Xuanzhen's soul power is level 54. According to the final exam rules, he needs to challenge a Soul Emperor who is above his level. The Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association has many Soul Emperor-level blacksmiths, which is just enough to make up one person.

Zhao Xuanzhen had already made his plans. His first stop, Heaven Dou City, was to conveniently challenge a Soul Emperor Blacksmith. In the next city, a certain power would be in for a treat. As a close friend and family member of Shrek Academy, helping a student pass their final exams wasn't unreasonable, was it?

Just as the master craftsman Zhenhua was about to nod in agreement, Mu Ye couldn't hold back any longer. He eagerly got up, grabbed Zhao Xuanzhen's sleeve, and rushed upstairs.

"The secret techniques of the main body need to be practiced in battle. Zhenhua, quickly find a Soul Emperor who can fight! You brat, come with me. This sect master will test your mecha-making skills first!"

Chapter 83 Distraction Control, Black-Level Mech Core and Level 6 Mech Maker, Forger Yuan Zhong (4K)

Tian Dou City Blacksmith Association, Studio.

Mu Ye led Zhao Xuanzhen to his private studio. Upon entering, a clean and tidy white space came into view.

The studio is simply and brightly decorated, with a round metal table in the center that covers more than ten square meters. Various kinds of forged metals are neatly stacked on it, including thousand-forged, spirit-forged, and soul-forged metals.

The amount of metal piled up in one workshop was truly astonishing, enough to create more than one three-word battle armor.

Among the various shapes of forged metal, Zhao Xuanzhen even sensed a piece of metal that had been tempered by the power of heaven and earth. It must be the legendary Heavenly Forged Metal that had survived the tribulation of lightning, forged personally by the divine craftsman Zhenhua.

With the backing of his good brother Zhenhua and the Blacksmith Association, Mu Ye's metal resources were virtually inexhaustible. He stepped forward, stroked the surface of the metal with his large hand, pondered for a moment, and then took out two pieces of silvery-white metal from the Spirit Forging Zone, placing them in front of Zhao Xuanzhen, and said:

"These are the two pieces of divine base alloy that I had left over from making Little Red when I was young. They are 95% fused with spirit-forged cloud silver, taking into account both the ductility of heavy silver and the soul power conduction of blue-infused copper."

"I don't care what you do, it's your decision, but you must show some real skill and not waste this rare divine-based alloy. Otherwise, you'll stay in Heaven Dou City during the holiday and obediently learn mecha manufacturing from me."

"I don't mind, but Senior, please remember to say hello to my teacher," Zhao Xuanzhen joked.

"I've discussed it with your teacher, and we'll have joint training! Joint training!"

He spoke with such confidence, repeating the joint training twice, yet surprisingly lacking in conviction. Clearly, facing Leng Yaozhu, who had the advantage in both strength and status, the sect leader had fallen into a vulnerable position.

The chat ended there. Zhao Xuanzhen carefully examined the two pieces of spirit-forged cloud silver, and flicked out ten gleaming dark gold blades from his fingertips.

As soon as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's soul bones appeared on its palms, its unique sharp aura immediately emanated, sending chills down one's spine.

Mu Ye crossed his arms and stared intently at the preparatory pose sculpted by Zhao Xuanzhen. To be honest, he really liked this junior of the Body Martial Soul. He was exceptionally talented and had an excellent temperament, truly a top-notch successor of the Body Sect.

Unfortunately, Zhao Xuanzhen was born into a collateral branch of the Phoenix Clan of the Spirit Pagoda, and was taken in as a direct disciple by the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu at a young age.

Three months ago, at the Feast at the Spirit Pagoda, Mu Ye saw a teacher with such a strong possessive desire for his disciples for the first time in his life.

After communicating with his uncle, the Illusionary Brain Douluo Han Tianyi, Mu Ye vaguely realized that Zhao Xuanzhen carried Leng Yaozhu's remaining emotions. Therefore, he completely gave up on abducting Zhao Xuanzhen and only hoped that she would help the Body Sect return to the top-tier sects of the continent in the future.

As Mu Ye was experiencing mixed feelings, Zhao Xuanzhen began carving. The dark gold claw trembled slightly, and a layer of dark gold water rippled on the metal table.

A pair of dark gold claws were carved from the same piece of spirit-forged cloud silver. The ten fingertips vibrated at completely different frequencies. One claw carved out a circular groove, another connected to an energy circuit, and yet the third wandered along the edge of the metal. The sharp blade spun lightly like a dragon in a brush, cutting the metal's texture and carving it into an amplification array.

Metal fragments fell like fine snowflakes, not scattering randomly, but spreading out in a regular pattern, condensing into two shimmering silver-white mists as Zhao Xuanzhen's soul power surged.

"Level 6 Mecha Maker..."

As a level nine mecha manufacturer and a god-level mecha pilot, Mu Ye instantly judged that Zhao Xuanzhen's mecha manufacturing level was definitely at the level six.

For most mecha makers, breaking through to level five is a threshold that many Soul Masters cannot achieve even after a lifetime of effort. After level five, each level up represents a sublimation and transformation.

The two-word Tai Chi Armor enabled Zhao Xuanzhen's manufacturing skills to advance by leaps and bounds within a short year. The moment he completed the core chest armor, his professional level in mecha manufacturing surpassed that of mecha design and mecha repair, reaching level six first.

Zhao Xuanzhen's movements were as fluid as flowing water, his elegant and unrestrained demeanor no less impressive than that of high-level mecha manufacturers. His movements were smooth and fast, even unbelievably so.

Mu Ye stared intently at Zhao Xuanzhen's rhythmic hands. The dark gold claws were like ten flying carving knives. The square piece of cloud silver gradually transformed into an irregular shape, and strange soul-guiding array patterns began to appear on it, which was then further disassembled and engraved.

The next second, Mu Ye's eyes widened suddenly, almost popping out of their sockets, because Zhao Xuanzhen had actually managed to climb up the second piece of cloud silver with his left hand while maintaining the carving frequency with his right hand, even before completing the creation of the first piece of spirit-forged cloud silver!

Sinking silver is a medium-rare metal, while blue-coated copper is a medium-to-high grade metal. The combination of the two, cloud silver, is a spirit-forging alloy that is relatively easy to engrave. The difficulty of engraving it is not as great as that of Chaos Divine Gold. It is still an incredible thing that it can be made so quickly and that one can do two things at the same time!

This scene somewhat shocked Mu Ye's worldview. He asked himself if he could have done it when he was a level six mecha engineer, but Zhao Xuanzhen did it so casually, as if it were effortless and easy.

"No...no..."

Mu Ye suddenly discovered the key point and exclaimed in a loud voice: "Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School Secret Technique, Distraction Control!"

You actually know how to do that too?!

Zhao Xuanzhen said calmly, "A support-type sect with a fatal flaw has split into two factions under the wave of the new era. The sect's secret techniques can no longer be called secret techniques."

The Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong left no offspring, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was not worthy of its name. It was not much different from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School 20,000 years ago. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters were stuck at the level 79 Soul Saint for life, reaping all the benefits of the Battle Armor Era.

Thousands of years ago, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School erupted in internal strife, causing the once second-best sect in the world to split. One branch remained on the Douluo Continent, while the other followed the Star Luo Royal Family and relocated there. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Spirit Pagoda plundered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's secret techniques. Against weaker support-type sects, the Pagoda Master had plenty of methods, both overt and covert!

"Are you the Three Apertures Controlling Heart?" Makino pressed.

"The four orifices of the constant heart."

There are five levels of distraction control, from the Three-Aperture Mind that can control three things at once, to the Seven-Aperture Mind that can control seven things at once.

Besides training mental strength, the biggest benefit of distraction control is that it prevents Zhao Xuanzhen from chatting with Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui at the same time, thus avoiding memory confusion that could lead to sending incorrect messages. The purely incidental value of carving two pieces of spirit-forged metal is also quite significant.

Carving two pieces of spirit-forged metal was undoubtedly a difficult task. The Dark Gold Terror Claw continued to cut, drill, and grind. To Mu Ye, Zhao Xuanzhen's carving technique didn't seem like making battle armor or a soul tool; it was more like watching a performance, an incredibly dazzling mecha manufacturing show.

Yun Yin's brand-new appearance slowly took shape, with a nested six-pointed star core magic array emerging from the metal, and the dark gold engravings were intricate and exquisite.

"Click——"

Zhao Xuanzhen flipped his wrists, his dark gold claws grazing the edge of the cloud silver and cutting into its core. Just before the cloud silver collapsed, the sharpness melted the cracks into energy conduits. The silver-white spirit-forged alloy hummed and floated upwards, its core array bursting with dark gold light threads, weaving together a soul force field that enveloped and protected the two pieces of metal.

The metals unleashed magnificent patterns as their energy clashed, only to be forcibly mended by the halo emanating from their core. The two pieces of metal eventually merged into a fist-sized spherical crystal, its surface shrouded in overlapping dark gold soul-guiding magic array runes.

The rich soul power transformed into a gentle stream, and a beautiful light film condensed on the surface of the crystal. Zhao Xuanzhen withdrew the dark gold claw and handed the spherical crystal to Mu Ye.

Makino observed the two artifacts made of divine base alloy, occasionally marveling at them. It was a composite soul guide core. He released a wisp of soul power into it, and the spherical crystal shone brightly as the soul power was intensely absorbed.

The engraved core array for compressing soul power and the core array for charging soul power inside were activated, and the entire silver-white metal shone brightly, releasing strong soul power fluctuations.

"The composite mecha core contains three effects: soul power charging, soul power compression, and soul power conversion. It is more than enough to be a regular black-grade mecha core."

Makino explained the characteristics one by one, put down the spherical crystal, and said with a strange expression, "What's wrong with you, kid? You're not sticking to your research on battle armor anymore, and you've dabbled in the mecha track?"

Zhao Xuanzhen sighed softly: "It's a long story. I've taken the Soul Guidance Train twice, and I encountered evil soul masters on both occasions."