This soul tool was a laser cannon. Its main body resembled a regular hexagonal lid, with a barrel over three meters long and a caliber close to half a meter.
"This is the one," Gu Yuena said as she seized the opportunity and pressed the attack button.
A piercing sound rang out from the muzzle of the soul cannon. In less than half a second, the sound abruptly ended, and a pale blue laser shot forth.
Boom!
The laser was like a blue torrent, shooting straight toward the distance and arriving almost instantaneously.
"Ah—!"
A Level 95 soul master was struck in the waist by the laser. With a diameter of nearly half a meter, the beam was even wider than his waist.
The laser's power was terrifying, as if it could decompose everything. His three-character battle armor was broken down into countless metallic particles.
Next to be decomposed was the soul master's flesh and blood body. A Super Douluo's defense was simply not enough in front of the laser.
His expression froze. His soul power rapidly dissipated, his breath growing faint, and he soon died.
The dozens-of-meters-long laser beam fully penetrated his body. His entire form turned pale blue as metal and flesh alike decomposed into dust-like particles.
In less than thirty seconds, this Super Douluo died without even leaving behind a corpse—everything turned into drifting particles.
"This power…" Gu Yuena was momentarily stunned. The way she looked at the soul tool had completely changed. Its might was terrifying.
With just a single strike, a Super Douluo was annihilated without leaving a trace. This level of power had already reached the extreme.
At this moment, she felt both shock and relief. Fortunately, Yun Ze had the foresight to have Lin San bring these soul tools over.
Otherwise, if the enemy had used them instead, they would have suffered devastating losses—possibly losing fifteen people outright.
The reason for that number was simple: the soul tool required advance charging. When fully charged, it could fire five times.
Each of the three aircraft was equipped with one of these weapons. Five shots each meant fifteen shots total.
This soul tool was called Death Ray. It was the pinnacle of Tang Sect's research into energy-storage soul tools and could also be considered the strongest such weapon in the entire Federation.
Its power was sufficient to kill even an Extreme Douluo—provided it hit. If it missed, everything was meaningless.
That was one of its two main drawbacks: it was extremely difficult to hit extreme-level powerhouses.
The second drawback was its long charging time. Charging from zero to full took five years, which could only be described as exceedingly long.
The Death Ray was expensive to produce and extremely difficult to manufacture. Over so many years, the Tang Sect had only managed to create five units.
Now, three were lost at once—a devastating loss for them. Seeing this, Zang Xin was so furious he nearly spat blood.
Weapons that were meant to kill the enemy had now become tools in the enemy's hands, used to slaughter their own people.
His heart, liver, and spleen felt like they were all trembling. He truly understood the meaning of trying to steal a chicken and losing the rice instead.
Gu Yuena began searching for another target, a cheerful smile appearing on her face. Using this weapon felt really good.
Gu Ming, Xu Lin, and the others also noticed the Death Ray, all of them showing expressions of shock.
"It seems we underestimated Tang Sect's research department," Gu Ming said solemnly, realizing his mistake.
In the past, he had never taken Tang Sect's scientific research division seriously. Now, it seemed he had been far too confident.
Just as Yun Ze was searching for a new target, he suddenly looked toward the west. Mecha were rapidly flying in from that direction.
Many people noticed the incoming soul tools: two red-grade mecha and eighteen black-grade mecha.
Seeing this, Yun Ze's expression remained unchanged. He took out the aircraft stored in his ring and placed it on the back of the Emerald Dragon King soul spirit.
"Use ice to fix the aircraft onto it," Yun Ze said to Gu Yuena as he put away the three circular soul tools.
"Alright," Gu Yuena replied immediately, activating her control over water elements. She absorbed the heat from the water, causing it to freeze.
Very quickly, the aircraft was fixed in place, temporarily merging with the Emerald Dragon King soul spirit as one.
During this process, Yun Ze was already studying how to use the Death Ray and soon figured it out.
Under Yun Ze's mental command, the Emerald Dragon King used its spatial ability, carrying him away as they vanished from the spot.
The two red-grade mecha flew the fastest. Massive cannon barrels appeared on their shoulders, looking extremely heavy.
These were their high-destructive weapons, powerful enough to threaten the lives of Level 98 Super Douluo.
Tang Sect had a secret base in the western suburbs of Mingdu—one of its five core research bases.
These mecha came from that base, and the weapons they carried were Tang Sect's latest research成果, possessing tremendous destructive power.
As they flew at high speed, they prepared their attacks. Their weapons were already primed, just waiting to lock onto targets.
"What's that?" A shocked cry rang out from inside one of the mecha.
Several hundred meters away, space distorted, and a giant dragon suddenly appeared.
Immediately after, a streak of blue light shot forth, rapidly enlarging in his pupils. A strong sense of danger surged through him, prompting an instinctive attempt to evade.
The red-grade mecha operator was only a Level 93 Title Douluo. His perception was not sharp enough, and he failed to sense the danger early enough, making evasion impossible.
"Death Ray!" the operator cried out in utter horror. By the time he realized what it was, it was already too late.
The dozens-of-meters-long laser struck the mecha squarely in the chest. The red-grade mecha's materials were fairly sturdy, so they decomposed more slowly than three-character battle armor.
The mecha was forced backward by the laser's impact. As this happened, the metal of the mecha continuously decomposed, unable to withstand the Death Ray's power.
The operator struggled with all his might, pushing the mecha's defenses to their limit while trying to break free from the laser's assault.
His efforts were doomed to fail.
Within Tang Sect, the Death Ray was known as the reaper beneath the extreme.
In simple terms: anyone below the extreme level who encountered the Death Ray had only one fate—death, with no chance of survival.
From the moment he was struck by the laser, his death was already sealed.
When the laser's energy was only halfway expended, it shattered the mecha's defenses.
The mecha was breached, and the pilot inside was hit as well. Both man and machine began to decompose.
In the end, the pilot left no remains behind, while the red-grade mecha was left badly damaged, losing control and falling from the sky.
"Chen Biao!" A sorrowful cry came from inside the other red-grade mecha.
Consumed by rage, it activated the soul weapons on its shoulders, firing two shells toward the dragon.
Yun Ze's danger perception was sharper than even that of an Extreme Douluo. The moment the shells were fired, he vanished from the spot.
The two shells missed completely, striking nothing.
The dragon reappeared on the left side of the red-grade mecha, and another streak of blue light shot out.
The result was identical to before: the operator died, the mecha was destroyed and fell from the sky—only this time, the laser struck the mecha's head.
It all seemed very simple—just two beams of light, and two red-grade mecha were gone.
But in reality, this was not something just anyone could accomplish.
Yun Ze could do it—but others, not necessarily.
(End of Chapter)