The Legend of the Dragon King

Tang Wulin smiled wryly. “I don’t know what happened either. It looks like your martial soul and my bloodline are closely related.”

Sima Jinchi said, “I’ve felt that inside the Battle Network last time. After colliding with you I felt like I was about to become a Title Douluo. However, I turned normal after I disconnected from the network. I came to find you because I had hoped that I could fight you again and see if I can have the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough. But I never expect things to turn out the way they did. What was that just now? Did you control it on purpose?”

Tang Wulin shook his head. “I don’t know, but when your Dragon Slaying Saber evolved I instinctively felt that I should enter my martial soul avatar state. Your Dragon Slaying Saber felt like a part of my body as well. Then I used it to attack as if it was only natural for me.”

Sima Jinchi’s lips twitched. Even if he thought about it with his feet, he could arrive at the same conclusion. All this while he had thought that his Dragon Slaying Saber was the most powerful martial soul in the world. He also knew that his martial soul was closely related to Tang Wulin’s martial soul, but he never expected it to be a subordinate kind of relationship! With his pride, he would have a hard time trying to come to terms with this. However, he could not deny that at Tang Wulin’s side his cultivation showed obvious signs of achieving a breakthrough.

When he saw Sima Jinchi’s sour expression, Tang Wulin helplessly shrugged. “I don’t think it’s a completely bad thing. We’re friends after all.”

Sima Jinchi opened his mouth as he wanted to retort about being friends with him. However, there was no way he could bring himself to say it. After all, Tang Wulin did save his life. If he did say those words it would have been too hurtful.

A Ruheng chuckled. “Accept it. I don’t think being a saber of my junior disciple brother is a bad prospect. That’s just the way things are.”

Sima Jinchi threw him a spiteful look to him. “Keep your sarcasm to yourself, we aren’t done yet. You’d be lucky if I didn’t cut you to pieces right now.”

“Come at me! Come!” A Ruheng raised his eyebrows with a provoking expression.

“Yuxue, what is that rifle of yours?” Tang Wulin acted as if he heard nothing. He looked directly at Long Yuxue who was resting nearby.

She came out from her black mecha under Tang Wulin’s request.

His question immediately diverted Sima Jinchi and A Ruheng’s attention. Their gazes fell onto Long Yuxue without prior agreement.

If it was an attack that even Bear Lord could not defend against, then they would not be able to block it no matter how highly they thought of themselves. Their gazes fell onto Long Yuxue. Had the current state of technology improved to such a level already? If a Limit Douluo could be easily killed by modern weapons, what would be the meaning behind the cultivation of soul masters such as themselves?

Long Yuxue expressionlessly said, “This is the latest technology developed by the army’s research team. The rifle I’m using fires a heavy ion beam.”

“Heavy ion beam?” This was their first time hearing such name.

Long Yuxue glanced at A Ruheng and Sima Jinchi. Then she dryly said, “This is a military secret. Outsiders aren’t allowed to hear it.”

Sima Jinchi and A Ruheng’s expression stiffened at the same time.

Tang Wulin glanced at them and said, “They’re now members of the Blood Dragon Unit. They should be regarded as a member of our army. If it’s not a top secret, maybe we can be lenient in this case.”

“Yeah! Beautiful lady, please go on.” A Ruheng nodded his head. Although Sima Jinchi had cool-looking features, he could not mask the hope in his eyes.

None of them wished that they would face such a terrifying attack that they could not block!

Long Yuxue considered it and said, “Alright, you guys don’t have to know the theory behind it anyway. The red beams my comrades used are called proton beam rifles. Proton beams are special beams. They have very high penetrative strength. They can virtually penetrate all kinds of energy defenses and physical defenses. However, the proton beam itself does not pack much of strength. They’re just like light rays. There’s no danger to humans. However, after we researched and developed them, the proton beam can act as a bridge at a certain distance. When it penetrates the body, the proton beam itself will be ignited within the individual’s body through this bridge after it has gone deep enough. Hence, their destructive power can be magnified. It creates a vacuum in the body and directly destroys the internal organs. Currently, this technology has been in the army for some time. But because of its very powerful destructive power, it’s currently owned by the army only.”

“As for the heavy ion beam that I’m using is still in the experimental stage. Simply put, it’s a strengthened version of the proton beam. If you think of the proton beam as being ignited within the body, then the heavy ion beam will be equivalent to detonating a fixed soul ammunition directly within the body. The problem with heavy ion beam and proton beams is that they have a shorter effective range. With the current technology, they’re only effective within a three hundred meters radius. Beyond that, we can’t accurately control the point of detonation within our opponent’s body.”

Long Yuxue’s introduction was slightly complicated. A Ruheng and Sima Jinchi were still befuddled after she finished. Tang Wulin made a simple conclusion. “In other words, these long-range weapons of yours can penetrate any defense and detonate inside the enemy’s body?”

Long Yuxue nodded. “That’s a simple way to put it. It’s actually much more complicated, but you can think of it that way.”

Penetrate every defense…

This was too cruel!

Sima Jinchi could not help but ask. “It can’t even be blocked by mechas or battle armors?”

Long Yuxue replied, “For proton beams, battle armors of rank-3 and above or a red mecha can block them. However, there’s still a possibility of them being penetrated after being shot for a long time. As for my heavy ion beam, of all the known defenses only four-word battle armors could block them. Of course, low-ranking battle armors can still weaken them, but the fellow just now didn’t have any defensive equipment. Naturally, our weapons directly took effect within its body. However, its body must’ve been very powerful. Otherwise, its insides should’ve exploded right after it was hit by my heavy ion beam.”

A Ruheng loudly gulped. He had a bad feeling about their situation.

His body was what he was the most confident about! As the future successor of Body Sect, he did not have the habit of using a battle armor. However, this heavy ion beam seemed to have been designed to specifically deal with him. He had thought that he would be impenetrable by blades or guns after he cultivated the Innate Secret Technique and it would be difficult for him to die even if he wanted to, but now it seemed that he was not safe after all.

Tang Wulin could not help but exclaim. “Modern technology is really progressing at a fast pace. Were these proton beams and heavy ion beams designed to be used against the abyssal plane?”

Long Yuxue nodded. “Proton beams are already developed. If the abyssal creatures had really charged out of the passage the other day, the proton beam attacks would have been fired at them. Proton beams consumed a lot of energy and are the most destructive against living beings without any armor. They were developed to be used against abyssal creatures. If they were used against mechas, they won’t pack much power unless they were aimed directly at the weak points inside the mecha. This problem was only settled when the heavy ion beam was developed. However, heavy ion weapons aren’t well developed yet. Of those that can be fired stably, this one in my hands is the smallest.”

So that’s how it was. After they listened to her explanation, Tang Wulin, A Ruheng, and Sima Jinchi felt better.

However, no matter how they put it since mankind had developed weapons such as these, they would eventually end up with the military in the future. It seemed that the future prospects of soul masters would be to better control these modern pieces of equipment.

Was this a good thing or a bad thing?

After he understood his companion’s abilities, Tang Wulin felt more at ease. Although the situation before this was very dangerous, they had repelled a Limit Douluo-ranked expert without its battle armor! This meant that they stood a chance against top-ranked experts.

“Where are we going next?” asked A Ruheng.

Tang Wulin opened the electronic map. He checked their current location with the positioning system and then pointed at one direction. “Let’s go to Mingdu City first. We’ll take the soul express train from there to the continent.”

Although they had identities within the Blood God Army, it was stationed on the snowy mountain guarding the abyssal plane. If this many black mechas entered the vicinity of a city, they would certainly be detected by the radars and many unnecessary problems would arise.

Of course, when he mentioned the soul express train, Tang Wulin could not help but feel some fear in his heart. He had lost count of how many times he had met incidents on a soul express train. It seemed that he and the express train were a jinx to each other.

Mingdu city was the capital of Douluo Federation. After Shrek City fell, it became the largest city on the continent. Situated on the western parts of the continent, it was a city that was like a forest of steel.