I have added this story to my Patreon. You can support me and read the 40 latest and advanced chapters there. It also fed and motivate me to write more chapters!
Link: Patreon.com/AVRKingsTL
—------------------—
There is a Black Dragon City near the sea in the north of the Douling Empire.
Du Bu Si, Chen Ming and Tian Meng appeared outside the city.
Black Dragon Hotel.
The three of them came to a luxurious presidential suite.
"Jing Hongchen, long time no see."
Du Bu Si looked at Jing Hongchen, who was protecting Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen behind him, with a cold tone.
Jing Hongchen looked at Chen Ming standing next to Du Bu Si, and his pupils contracted.
Still alive!
This guy is still alive!
How is that possible?
Jing Hongchen was very sure that he had locked all eight level nine fixed-type soul guide shells on Chen Ming.
Chen Ming cannot move and is still in the critical period of condensing his soul core. Even if the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells cannot kill him, his efforts in condensing his soul core will be wasted if he is disturbed. He may even suffer backlash and his meridians will be severed.
How is it possible to still be alive?
What's even more weird is that Chen Ming's soul power aura has become even more terrifying. The quality is exactly the performance after successfully condensing the soul core.
"Master Jing, you were so cruel back then that you actually aimed eight level nine fixed-type soul guide shells at me." Chen Ming smiled.
He had just broken through level 60 and did not yet have his sixth soul ring, but he was already on the threshold of becoming a Soul Emperor.
By using the Three Mysterious Transformations of Ice and Fire, he could reduce his strength by one level. Combined with his own breakthrough level, he could directly increase his strength to level seventy-six.
It is two levels higher than the original competition.
The key is that his soul power has undergone a qualitative change at this moment, and his strength is far beyond what it was before.
At this moment, he even has the confidence and skills to match Jing Hongchen.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Jing Hongchen cannot use soul guides.
Otherwise, Chen Ming would have no choice but to use a teacher.
"Du Bu Si, how about giving me a chance?" Jing Hongchen looked at Du Bu Si and said in a heavy voice.
He didn't expect that he could be found even if he was hiding in the Douling Empire.
"Opportunity? You didn't give us a chance back then." Du Bu Si said in a cold tone.
"I was forced to do so. We have a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo in our hands. Even if I didn't detonate those eight fixed-type soul guide shells, you would still attack us, right?" Jing Hongchen sighed, "The reason you were able to find my location should be due to the embryo."
He already knew what the problem was.
"As expected of you, you are the leader of Mingde Hall. You figured out how we found you so quickly." Chen Ming was also surprised.
"Chen Ming, since you didn't take direct action, you probably want to negotiate with me, right?" Jing Hongchen said.
Chen Ming shook his head.
"Why do you think I can let you go?"
Jing Hongchen smiled bitterly.
"I'm being plotted against by that bastard Xu Tianran, and I can't even go back to Mingde Hall. Don't you want to use me to learn more about the internal intelligence of the Sun Moon Empire?"
"Oh? You yourself have been tricked, how much can you understand?" Chen Ming asked back.
Jing Hongchen was silent.
He understood it before, but now he really can't see it clearly.
The changes in the Sun-Moon Empire have been too fast recently, and he cannot react.
"The Sun-Moon Empire has three-digit ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells. Without me, you, the Three Douluo Kingdoms, will not be able to contend with the Sun-Moon army." Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice.
Although he didn't know the current arrangements of the Sun-Moon Empire, he knew the details of the Sun-Moon Empire.
He believed that this little information alone was enough to shock Chen Ming and the others.
However, Chen Ming was not surprised.
Only Du Bu Si was surprised, but he looked at Chen Ming in surprise.
"You really guessed it right."
"If they can easily produce nine, the Sun-Moon Empire must have more, and they are very confident that we can't crack their ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells because the technology is already quite mature." Chen Ming whispered.
Listening to Chen Ming's analysis, Jing Hongchen's heart sank.
Can this be analyzed in advance?
"I am willing to sacrifice my life, but I beg you to let those two children go. They know nothing and have no involvement."
Jing Hongchen said, "If you really want to fight me to the death, I will die, but you will not be happy either. If I am not killed by the poison and you get close to me, I will die, but my soul guide will explode."
"In order to show your sincerity, you should at least hand over the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo, right?" Du Bu Si sneered.
Jing Hongchen sighed.
"As expected, you are still afraid of losses. This is the only request I have, to let these two brothers and sisters go."
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Du Bu Si became impatient and took action directly.
His soul power surged instantly, and in the blink of an eye he appeared in front of Jing Hongchen and punched him out.
Jing Hongchen sighed helplessly.
So strong, I can't react at all.
However, the defensive soul guide on him is a trigger type.
When Du Bu Si's fist approached him, a red-gold light shield emerged.
Du Bu Si's punch shattered the light shield, but this punch was also resolved by Jing Hongchen. Jing Hongchen flew out of the hotel. Although blood was oozing from the corner of his mouth, it seemed that his injury was not serious.
His eyes were solemn.
"What a terrifying punch! The shield activated by the passive ability of my Hongchen Blessing should be able to at least withstand a full-strength attack from a level 97 Super Douluo."
Hongchen Blessing is Jing Hongchen's most proud ninth-level soul guide. All of its design concepts were independently developed by him, as well as the structural logic.
There are two ways to use the Hongchen Blessing. The crimson shield just now is one of them. It is a passive trigger. The shield generated consumes the user's soul power and can withstand the full-strength attack of soul masters of the same level.
The Hongchen Blessing that Jing Hongchen uses on himself has been increased in proportion, consuming more soul power to form a stronger shield. He has adjusted it to the upper limit, and this shield can withstand the full-strength attack of a level 97 Super Douluo.
The attack was so instantaneous that he couldn't even react to it. If it exceeded this limit, even if he survived with the protection of the Hongchen, he would be in great danger afterwards.
Obviously, this is the kind of poison that can't be killed.
Although it was still blocked, this instantaneous attack was already better than the full-strength attack of a level 97 Super Douluo.
"Your strength can't be only level 98." Jing Hongchen coughed and said.
"Who told you that your soul power is at level ninety-eight? Your strength can only be at level ninety-eight."
Du Bu Si was stuck at a bottleneck, which didn't mean he couldn't make progress. It was just that he couldn't make progress under normal circumstances. However, he made two abnormal progresses in a row, which were the immortal grass and three hundred thousand year old true dragon soul bones.
These two improvements allowed him to reach the level of Extreme Douluo in all aspects, except for his soul power which had not yet broken through.
"Too many people have died in Xingluo City. I don't have any psychological burden. But Du Bu Si, do you really want to continue to force me?"
Jing Hongchen spoke again, "I can commit suicide, as long as you promise to let the two children go."
Du Bu Si simply didn't listen.
He rushed out and appeared in front of Jing Hongchen in an instant.
"Do you really think you can react?"
boom!
Another punch was thrown out, and a red shield appeared on Jing Hongchen's body again, but he was still blown away.
Even though he was blown away by Du Bu Si, Jing Hongchen still had a hint of confidence.
"You are indeed very strong, but compared to my defensive soul guide, your punches are too slow!"