On the rostrum, Xu Tianhe frowned and said: "After this match ends, strip that referee of his qualification. Showing partiality should also depend on the situation. Under such public attention, it will only make the empire lose face. Truly stupid!"
Ye Yulin beside him nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"This Earth Dragon Gate is quite interesting. That set of soul tools on the Soul Emperor with the Rouge Dragon martial soul who appeared before is already far ahead of our country's soul tool technology. Probably only when Elder Kong was alive could he barely make it." Xu Tianhe cast his gaze towards Nan Qiuqiu in the Earth Dragon Gate's rest area, his tone full of praise.
"Indeed. We plan to recruit this Earth Dragon Gate after the competition ends. If we can get this technology, why worry about our Sun Moon army not conquering the continent?" Ye Yulin echoed.
"This Soul Emperor who appeared for the first time is also quite interesting. It should be an assault-type dragon martial soul." Xu Tianhe looked back at the field, "I just wonder how these dragon martial souls of the Earth Dragon Gate compare to the Purple Sun Destroying Heaven Dragon inherited by my Sun Moon royal family."
"Hehe, in today's world, except for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the Golden Holy Dragon, no dragon martial soul can be compared with Your Majesty's Purple Sun Destroying Heaven Dragon." Ye Yulin flattered him calmly. This newly enthroned Emperor Majesty wasn't very shrewd and couldn't be compared with the deceased Xu Tianran for now. As long as this master was coaxed well, everything would be easy to discuss.
"Sigh, it's just a pity that I have passed the age, otherwise I really want to go down and compete with these prodigies with dragon martial souls." Xu Tianhe didn't know Ye Yulin was criticizing him in his heart, so he had to pretend to sigh.
At this time, a minister next to him came forward and handed over the information about the Earth Dragon Gate, respectfully saying: "Your Majesty, the attribute of the Rouge Dragon inherited by this Earth Dragon Gate is annihilation, while the attribute of Your Majesty's Purple Sun Destroying Heaven Dragon is destruction, more domineering than the Rouge Dragon. However, the Rouge Dragon has always only appeared on female soul masters. This old minister observed that the Earth Dragon Gate captain Nan Qiuqiu has also reached the age of marriage. Why don't Your Majesty give benefits and take her as a concubine? It might be a good thing."
Hearing this, Xu Tianhe picked up the booklet of information and flipped through it. Seeming to notice something, he immediately laughed loudly: "What my dear subject said is reasonable! But in my opinion, her mother Nan Shuishui fits my appetite better. Not only does she still have charm, but she could also charm that Nether Thunder Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult back then. This makes me look forward to it very much!"
Ye Yulin was somewhat speechless. Recommending a concubine to you, but you targeted her mother...
However, that Nan Shuishui was now a Titled Douluo powerhouse. If she could be incorporated into the Sun Moon Empire, it might be a great help—
While they were talking, changes suddenly appeared in the competition venue. Shi Xing barely escaped disaster by relying on the Invincible Barrier, but his whole person was blasted away along with the Invincible Barrier by Die Qiu's punch.
Seeing the High-Explosive Shells thrown away by Die Qiu about to reach the ground, that referee turned around and ran. The strength of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage was still very strong. Even in flight, with Die Qiu hiding her strength, it was not easy to catch up with him.
Seeing the referee about to flee, Die Qiu turned around, tapped her slender legs lightly on the ground. Just at the moment the three High-Explosive Shells were about to approach the referee, she threw the spear suddenly, flying towards the air like lightning.
"Boom, boom, boom—" Three violent roars sounded almost at the same time. Although the competition stage ground was reinforced with soul tools, it couldn't withstand such intense bombardment. Metal fragments flew in all directions instantly. The strong shock wave almost permeated the entire competition stage.
That shock wave seemed to push Die Qiu reversely, making her rush towards Shi Xing again at a faster speed. Her whole person was covered with a layer of golden light, not hurt by these explosion aftermaths at all.
Shi Xing naturally wouldn't let her have her way. His previous attacks were just intended to contain Die Qiu. Nan Qiuqiu was the strong one they paid attention to from the beginning. For her set of powerful battle armor, Shi Xing sent by them this time was exactly the one best at tackling tough problems in the team.
Now that Die Qiu abandoned her weapon, it played right into his hands.
Shi Xing made a prompt decision and immediately withdrew other soul tools he originally wanted to use to continue suppressing Die Qiu. A fiery red heavy cannon was shouldered by him.
This heavy cannon was about two meters long, with a caliber of thirty centimeters. As soon as it appeared, it emitted a strong scorching aura.
This thing was forged with Red Sun Iron as a whole, and the core array was carved with Red Fire Crystal. Using crystal as the core array, the most important point was that there couldn't be any mistakes. It must be completed in one go. Otherwise, it was impossible to modify because crystal didn't have as good ductility as metal.
Accompanied by the full injection of Shi Xing's soul power, this Red Fire Heavy Cannon, which clearly reached Level 6, began to charge fully. When Die Qiu approached, it was already close to the stage of completing charging.
At this time, cruel light revealed in Shi Xing's eyes.
So what if you are a Soul Emperor? Even an ordinary Soul Sage wouldn't dare to take the attack power of my Red Fire Heavy Cannon head-on. I'll see how you dodge?
At the same time, a small metal tube rose quietly from his left shoulder. A beam of red light shot out and landed directly on Die Qiu.
This is... positioning soul tool? Zhongli Yu, who hid her aura in the waiting area, focused her eyes. She grew up in the Sun Moon Empire and was a Level 7 Soul Engineer herself, so she knew a bit about positioning soul tools. This thing was mostly used for assisting fixed-installed soul tools. Equivalent to the sight of fixed-installed soul tools.
And the positioning soul tool used by Shi Xing at this time was obviously not that simple. As that beam of red light shot out, a cluster of red also lit up in the middle section of his Level 6 Red Fire Cannon.
Controlling a Level 6 soul tool with the strength of a Level 5 Soul Engineer was extremely strenuous in itself, even if Shi Xing's cultivation was close to six rings. Normally speaking, it was naturally impossible to attach a tracking device to the Level 6 Red Fire Cannon.
But this guy used a trick, combining a Level 4 positioning soul tool with his soul guide cannon, which could also achieve the tracking effect to a certain extent. Plus the Red Fire Cannon itself had certain locking and aiming error correction capabilities. With this shot, he obviously intended to bombard Die Qiu without fancy tricks, thereby establishing victory in one fell swoop!
"Die for me." Shi Xing shouted loudly and fired the heavy cannon in his hand brazenly.
A terrifying crimson fire pillar suddenly sprayed out from his Red Fire Heavy Cannon. After condensing slightly in the air, the fire light immediately turned into a huge fireball carrying strong distorted water ripples, arriving in front of Die Qiu in an instant.
At this time, everyone watching the battle held their breath. Could this seemingly delicate girl withstand that huge fireball expanded to half the size of Die Qiu's body?
However, under everyone's gaze, Die Qiu suddenly paused her figure, bent her waist into a horse stance on the spot, clenched her right fist and swung it back. The sixth soul ring on her body lit up immediately—
Sixth Soul Skill, Golden Dragon Domineering Body! This was the soul skill obtained after refining a trace of Golden Dragon King bloodline in her body completely before the Auspicious Beast transformed into a human. It could increase her defense by more than three times in a short time. If successfully absorbing the opponent's attack power, she could convert it into her own power and burst out a stronger blow instantly.
The stronger the opponent's attack, the more power she absorbed. Of course, if the defense was broken, she would suffer heavy injuries directly.
For an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul, after the defense increased three times, being injured by a Five-Ring Soul King with a soul tool was ridiculous just thinking about it.
Boom—
Die Qiu's delicate body was instantly submerged by the monstrous fire waves, causing the watching crowd to exclaim repeatedly.
The referee just saw Die Qiu making a counterattack movement and thought she could withstand it, so he didn't intervene to rescue.
Moreover, even he didn't dare to easily take this blow from Shi Xing.
"What a pity..." Even Emperor Xu Tianhe on the rostrum couldn't help but sigh low, "Later after the competition ends, send someone to give the Earth Dragon Gate team some compensation..."
But before he finished speaking, the smoke dispersed suddenly, revealing Die Qiu's delicate body shrouded in crimson energy, just like the posture before being swallowed by the fire waves.
Only the veil covering her peerless face disappeared without a trace, revealing that stunningly beautiful face.
The girl's eyebrows were like willow leaves, slightly raised, revealing a trace of uninhibited aura; the bridge of her nose was straight, cheekbones distinct, endowing her with cold beauty; thin lips slightly parted, revealing inadvertent stubbornness and firmness.
Her face was like a finely crafted artwork of heaven. Every line revealed a perfect combination of elegance and strength. Sunlight shone through the sparse morning mist on her face, adding a few points of soft luster to the already moving face.
Those vertical eyes already turned into the Dragon Clan's looked at the opponent high in the sky with a bit of ridicule. Red lips parted lightly, saying indifferently: "Return to you."
In the next moment, that swung-back right fist punched out fiercely. The crimson energy entwined all over her body poured out like a waterfall.
Seeing that crimson waterfall arriving instantly, Shi Xing reacted immediately, gritting his teeth and raising his hand to pat on his chest. A golden light shield rose suddenly from his body, wrapping his whole person inside.
This time, the one activating the Invincible Barrier was not Die Qiu, but him.
"Boom—" A terrifying explosion sounded in the air, dazzling like a huge crimson firework blooming.
Shi Xing, at the center of the explosion, only felt the soul power in his body consuming at a terrifying speed. That disposable Invincible Barrier quickly made "cracking" sounds, almost unable to bear this terrifying explosive force.
In just a few breaths, his own soul power plus the previous consumption of using soul tools had reduced to less than ten percent. What made Shi Xing even more horrified was that in his sight, Die Qiu had disappeared.
"Idiot, chrysanthemum!" Ma Ruhu shouted angrily. Unfortunately, Shi Xing inside the competition protective shield couldn't hear his voice at all.
"Boom—" A pair of seemingly delicate fists fiercely pierced through the Invincible Barrier and bombarded his back.
The Invincible Barrier wasn't really invincible. It required the user to consume soul power continuously. Using it to save life in desperate situations was naturally excellent, but using it for defense, sometimes it was even inferior to the soul guide shield.
"I surren—"
Shi Xing failed to shout out the last word after all. Even if the referee intended to be partial, he was blown dusty-faced by those few High-Explosive Shells earlier, and his clothes were pinned to the shield at the edge of the venue by Gungnir. Even if he reacted, it was too late.
Shi Xing's whole person turned into a pile of rotten meat, breaking through the Invincible Barrier in front, spilling on the shield at the edge of the competition venue.
From the heart, everyone extremely appreciated Die Qiu's violent fighting style. That was refreshing! Beating the opponent senseless as soon as she came up. Unfortunately, her opponent was the representative of the Sun Moon Empire—
"You, you killed him." The referee looked at Die Qiu with shock and anger. But Die Qiu didn't even look at him, turning around and walking towards the center of the competition stage.
A match ended. The soul guide shield outside the competition stage naturally converged and disappeared. On the Sun Moon Team side, Ma Ruhu almost took people onto the stage at the same time, rushing over quickly.
Ma Ruhu roared with shock and anger: "Die Qiu, you dare to kill my man?"
"Sorry, I couldn't hold back." Die Qiu responded coldly.
"This contestant, this is just a competition. If..." Just as the referee wanted to scold a few words, he met Die Qiu's dragon eyes completely turned into vertical pupils.
That look seemed to say, whoever is partial again, she will continue killing.
That unfair treatment was once the hatred of Die Zi in Huo Yuhao's memory. Back then, when Gou Luanshi launched public opinion in the community to target Die Zi, if not for Cheng Chang'an investing to be partial...
Zhang Lexuan below the stage was also stunned at this time. She never expected that this usually seemingly dull emotionless girl would be so fierce when ruthless!
The one coming up from the Sun Moon Team this time changed to a short and sturdy young man. As soon as he came onto the stage, he looked like a square object.
This person had a very wide body, but his height was only about 1.6 meters. His thick arms were thicker than many people's thighs. Short hair like steel needles exuded a sturdy aura. His eyes seemed about to spew fire. Every step forward made the ground emit a "thump" sound.
"Both sides pay attention to holding back, try to avoid unnecessary casualties." The referee's face was livid. Under the circumstance that he intended to be partial, a member of the Sun Moon Team still died in battle, and he was threatened by the Earth Dragon Gate contestant. It would be strange if his mood could be good...
The short and sturdy young man met Die Qiu's delicate and pretty face. Unknown why, most of his full anger dissipated: "Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Zhou Xinghao."
"Die Qiu." The girl's words were always so few.
At this time, Die Qiu showing her true face had also been noticed by Xu Tianhe and the Sun Moon ministers on the rostrum.
She was really too beautiful. Her whole body exuded a heroic spirit rare in women. Even Nan Qiuqiu, who was equally stunning, was inferior compared to her.
Xu Tianhe smacked his lips subconsciously. A finger rubbed his temple subconsciously. His eyes were full of fervor: "Mmhmm~ This Earth Dragon Gate is really a treasure. I can't wait to accept them. It's simply going to be extremely enjoyable!"