Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 603 Showing power in open combat
The moment the first member of the Mingdou team stepped onto the stage, he caused a stir among the audience. While they were momentarily stunned, the match continued.

Zhou Wu was completely enveloped in a humanoid soul tool, using a facial scanning soul tool to carefully detect the movements of the other party beneath the smoke and dust.

A wave of heat swept through, and Yan Xiang's body suddenly burst out of the smoke and dust, his right hand claws reaching straight for Zhou Wu's head and chest.

Zhou Wu remained calm while manipulating the humanoid soul tool. He quickly turned around, and the thrusters on his back flashed as he rapidly increased the distance between them. While retreating, he continuously bombarded Yan Xiang, who was pursuing him, with his hand cannon.

The competition has rules that prohibit both Soul Masters and Soul Instructors from flying for extended periods to evade enemy attacks. Intentionally delaying an escape attempt will also be considered passive play. Therefore, the two did not maintain a significant distance during their chase.

Yan Xiang chased after him at great speed, adjusting his posture to dodge the bombardment, but the beams were dense and chaotic, and he could only barely maintain his speed.

To outsiders, it appears that Yan Xiang is pursuing Zhou Wu, but the initiative is actually completely reversed.

Yan Xiang lost patience after a short chase, but still hesitated to act rashly due to concerns about the power of the radiation.

Another series of shots followed. This time, Yan Xiang made a slight mistake and failed to dodge them all. The scorching beams hit his arm, causing a sharp pain.

Although he was hit, Yan Xiang was overjoyed. He realized that the dense fire meant that the power of a single ray was not actually that great, and was well within his tolerance range. He could give up dodging and accelerate at full speed. As long as he could get close, the advantage would be on his side.

Having finished his consideration, Yan Xiang's four or five spirit rings flashed simultaneously, his entire body enveloped in raging flames, transforming into a fiery meteor as he charged towards the group of spirit guiding rays.

The dense rays were no match for the impact of the fireball; they were instantly dissipated by the flames.

In the blink of an eye, Huo Liuxing caught up with Zhou Wu, who was fifteen steps away.

When a powerful offensive Soul Master gets close, it seems like defeat is inevitable for a Soul Master.

However, the ability configuration of a Soul Master is much harder to predict than that of a Soul Master.

Just as Yan Xiang was about to bring his right arm down, Zhou Wu suddenly turned around, and a huge repulsive force accompanied by scorching energy emanated from his body.

Yan Xiang's right claw struck a transparent, light blue circular shield, unable to advance an inch. At the same time, a dazzling white light was continuously converging towards Zhou Wu's chest.

"A defensive soul tool?" Yan Xiang's eyes widened in surprise. He had expected his attack to be blocked, but the counterattack triggered by the other party sent chills down his spine.

He then discovered that there was a huge hole in the center of the chest of the strange armor, from which the blinding white light was emanating. The terrifying energy contained within was fully charged and far more powerful than the interfering rays, definitely enough to severely injure him.

Yan Xiang had no time to dodge. A blinding white light burst forth in front of him, completely engulfing him.

This is a strike that rivals a level six soul-guided pulse cannon, and its destructive power is the highest among fixed-position soul-guided projectiles. Its drawback is that it requires a large amount of soul power and has a considerable charging time.

But at this moment, the pulse cannon has completed its charge, enough to render a Soul King incapable of fighting.

However, Dou Ling was not unprepared. Before the white light could touch Yan Xiang's body, it was blocked by a light red shield, which was his defensive soul tool.

This protective shield only slightly weakened the power of the pulse cannon, and it quickly emitted a crisp cracking sound, but it was enough to ensure Yan Xiang's safety.

The referee from Douling had already pulled Yan Xiang away in time and announced loudly, "Mingdou Academy wins. Please have the next contestant from Douling Royal Academy prepare."

Zhou Wu stood on the stage, without removing his humanoid soul tool, motionless, seemingly trying to recover as quickly as possible.

Yan Xiang returned to the preparation area, panting heavily, and looked at Xue Lan with some annoyance: "I'm sorry, I was careless." Xue Lan shook her head and said: "It's okay. You were just testing the waters. No one expected Ming Dou to take out such an unknown soul tool. Maybe this is their trump card that they have been hiding for a long time."

"Hurry up and recover so you can prepare for the team fight later."

Yan Xiang nodded and immediately sat down to meditate, recovering his soul power with the help of his support-type teammates.

He lost miserably, but he only consumed some of his soul power and was not seriously injured. He can still perform at his best in the next team battle.

The referee is a Fighting Spirit, so naturally he will favor the Fighting Spirit team and keep a close eye on the Fighting Spirit members' battle situation. If they are at a clear disadvantage, he will ensure their safety immediately.

However, even this titled Douluo-level referee did not expect that Yan Xiang, a Soul King-level player, would be defeated so quickly by the Ming Dou team members.

Nowadays, the use of soul tools has become standard equipment in soul master teams. Everyone is equipped with one or two defensive soul tools, but they can be easily broken by Ming Dou team members.

What exactly is this humanoid soul tool, and why does it have so many complex functions? Just from the brief battle just now, it was clear that it combined a propulsion soul tool, a soul ray, a pulse cannon, and a defensive soul tool, and even had detectors and other functions installed inside.

No one knows anything about the abilities of this member of the Mingdou team. His martial spirit and spirit rings are hidden under a humanoid spirit tool.

Xue Lan quickly analyzed, "Don't worry, everyone. Using such a powerful soul tool will inevitably consume a lot of soul power. He is currently motionless on the field, probably because he is using a milk bottle to recover. Li Ming, go on the field and stop him quickly to force out their next contestant."

A player named Li Ming responded and immediately went onto the field. As soon as the referee announced the start, he transformed into a streak of light and shot towards Yan Xiang.

On the imperial city wall, Xue Lingzhao asked in confusion, "Dean Yan, what is this humanoid soul tool you mentioned?"

Yan Shaozhe stared at the stage and said in a deep voice, "This is the absolute cutting-edge work in the field of soul tools. It can give a soul master all-round enhancement. It is not just about bringing together the functions of various soul tools on a soul tool armor. The linkage and research involved are beyond simple imagination."

His eyes were filled with shock. This was a concept that Qian Duoduo had only mentioned, but he never expected that the Sun Moon Empire had made it a reality.

"Is a Ming Dou student already able to use such a powerful soul tool?"

His conjecture has a slight flaw: the humanoid soul tool that Zhou Wu is currently using is not "powerful".

The more powerful the humanoid soul tool, the higher the requirements for the operator. Zhou Wu's soul tool mecha was only at the entry level, and in Huo Yuhao's eyes it was just a simple patchwork of various functions.

However, even with such a simple assembly, Huo Yuhao had already figured out and solved most of the barriers in the manipulation process, only the user's own soul power and mental power were limiting.

Soon, the referee's voice came from the field again: "Mingdou Academy wins. Please have the next member of Douling Royal Academy get ready."

Xue Lan stared in shock at Li Ming, who had been saved by the referee, unable to believe the outcome.

"Even a Soul Emperor couldn't possibly unleash a second attack of that caliber in such a short time. How could he possibly do it?"

He originally thought that Zhou Wu was at his limit after killing Yan Xiang, but he never expected that his teammate who was sent to finish off the enemy would also be defeated by the same pulse cannon.

On the field, Zhou Wu, wearing a humanoid soul tool, remained motionless, showing no expression whatsoever.

He couldn't sustain the soul power required to fire the pulse cannon continuously on his own, but he never used his own soul power from the beginning; instead, he used a sealed milk bottle fitted into the humanoid soul tool.

Now that all the soul power in the sealed baby bottle has been used up, he can use his soul power one last time.