As a black silhouette appeared on the distant horizon, cheers erupted from the Xingluo Continent's people.
After a year away, they had finally returned to their homeland.
Viewed from afar, the beaches of the Xingluo Continent seemed almost identical to those of the Douluo Continent at first glance. Even the architectural styles of the distant dock only had minor differences.
After all, it was built by people who had left the Douluo Continent. Many customs and practices were shared between both sides.
For the members of the Xingluo delegation, the grand welcome ceremony was merely a routine formality.
After the ceremony ended, the two countries' delegations, after the long voyage, finally parted ways. The Xingluo Continent delegation disbanded on the spot, and its members were granted a rare holiday. The Douluo Continent delegation was different. Their diplomatic mission had only just begun.
At this point, the Federation delegation would also temporarily separate. Federation personnel from various fields would go to different places in Xingluo to understand the Xingluo Federation's situation from different perspectives. Their safety would be handled by the accompanying Dark Department members.
As for the younger generation like Xie Xie...
"This is our next itinerary. First, we will arrive at Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Federation on the Xingluo Continent. There, we will conduct a series of exchange matches with the Xingluo Federation's soul master academies. After that, we will also go to..."
As the only openly acknowledged Limit Douluo in the group, Duoqing Douluo announced the team's subsequent itinerary.
Under the Xingluo Federation's careful arrangements, everyone first rested for a night in the coastal city. The next day, they boarded a soul powered train directly to the capital, Xingluo City.
Yes, a soul powered train.
Sitting on the luxurious soul powered train, Huo Yuhao looked toward Tang Wulin. His expression was somewhat peculiar.
Riding a soul powered train with Wulin, and in a place like Xingluo... Well, it should happen, right?
Thinking this, not long after, Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly turned into the distance. He quietly marveled.
Sometimes, one had to believe in metaphysics.
"Hey, are those mechas?"
Dai Yun'er, who was on the same train as Huo Yuhao and the others, was also drawn to a group of black dots outside the window. Those black dots were moving through the air at extremely high speeds.
"Is there a mecha unit stationed here?"
Just then, Dai Yun'er suddenly noticed that those mechas began to flash with small points of light. She instinctively said in a deep voice, "Enemy attack!"
She was not the only one who reacted. But compared to Dai Yun'er's agitation, although Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie and the others also prepared to deal with the enemy, their expressions were calm.
Dai Yun'er was first startled, then quickly understood, and could not help but laugh at herself.
What was she worried about?
This was a soul powered train carrying a Limit Douluo. How could anything happen?
But... to be attacked so soon after entering the country, their Xingluo would have a hard time explaining this to the Douluo Federation.
Dai Yun'er's thoughts turned. The smile on her face gradually disappeared.
These damned Resistance Army organizations. Now that the country was prosperous and the people were at peace, why could they not just calm down?
A violent fluctuation of spirit power suddenly came from outside the train. Those mecha units actually launched an attack. Dozens of soul tool beams cut through the sky, heading straight for the train.
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow slightly. He stood up from his seat. White points of light gradually appeared on the surface of his body, distributed on his forehead, shoulders, chest, elbows, wrists, palms, abdomen lower, hips, knees, and soles of his feet.
With the appearance of these points of light, a silvery thread like radiance quickly extended outward, intertwining into magnificent silver patterns. At the same time, Huo Yuhao's aura suddenly surged, erupting with a powerful force that was astonishing.
Simultaneously, his right wrist suddenly pressed downward. Five claw marks in gold and silver tore through space. The dark gold main blade's edge flickered with crescent shaped silver radiance.
Silently, the solid soul powered alloy roof was torn open like thin paper. Sunlight streamed through the hole, illuminating the stunned faces of everyone in the carriage.
In the instant everyone looked up, the remaining force of that claw mark did not diminish. It drew a perfect arc through the air and precisely intercepted all the incoming soul tool beams. The dazzling explosion blossomed above the train but was directly annihilated into nothingness.
Dai Yun'er's eyes widened. The communicator in her hand, which she had been about to use to contact the mecha unit, nearly slipped from her grasp. The other Xingluo delegation members heading to Xingluo City also showed looks of shock.
Although they had long heard of Huo Yuhao's power, witnessing him resolve the crisis so effortlessly still shocked them greatly.
Among the attacking mechas, there was a Red Grade Mecha.
And although Huo Yuhao was now wearing his Two-Word Battle Armor, at his cultivation level of Soul Emperor, the battle armor could at most amplify him to the realm of an eight ring Soul Douluo. In other words, with the cultivation of a Soul Douluo, he had blocked the probing attacks of a Red Grade Mecha and numerous Black Grade Mechas and Purple Grade Mechas.
This seemed simply inconceivable to Dai Yun'er. After all, a Red Grade Mecha alone was a combat power not inferior to a Super Douluo. Yet someone her age seemed to already have the strength to rival a Super Douluo. It completely overturned her understanding.
"So it is the Heaven Tearing Claw. Tower Master Bear Lord also thinks highly of Yuhao."
In the frontmost compartment of the train, Duoqing Douluo, who had been about to act, stopped. He was also somewhat surprised by Huo Yuhao's methods and strength.
He had already reached such a level?
Truly is intimidating.
"I am afraid it was not taught by Tower Master Bear Lord. He probably... taught himself."
Soul Calming Douluo said with a subtle expression.
He had witnessed Bear Lord's Heaven Tearing Claw before. The aura was completely different from what Huo Yuhao had just displayed. Although Huo Yuhao's claw marks were equally sharp and unmatched, they had a bit more restraint and blended more seamlessly with spatial power.
Perhaps its current power could not compare to Bear Lord's Heaven Tearing Claw, but its future growth potential was even greater.
"It seems we do not need to act."
Seeing that the Xingluo mecha unit responsible for protecting the delegation members had also begun to mobilize, Dark Phoenix Douluo abandoned the idea of acting and watched the battle between Huo Yuhao and the Red Grade Mecha with interest.
The attackers' mecha unit consisted of one Red Grade Mecha, five Black Grade Mechas, and about twenty Purple Grade Mechas. The mecha unit protecting them was roughly the same size. The two sides were momentarily locked in a stalemate.
If they acted now, they could certainly eliminate the attacking mecha unit. But after learning about the "Human Pill," Dark Phoenix Douluo had no goodwill toward Xingluo at all. Before knowing the specific situation of these attackers, she had no interest in cleaning up Xingluo's mess for them.
"It is those Dawn Society Resistance Army members again. They dare to openly attack a soul powered train now? Why can't His Majesty and the Speaker be ruthless and annihilate them..."
Faintly hearing the discussions around her, Dark Phoenix Douluo raised an eyebrow.
Dawn Society? Resistance Army?
Xingluo's situation seemed very complicated.
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