Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

676 – Rank 8 Proto Dragon

Why was Lan Xuanyu able to warn her in time? That was because when cracks started appearing on the rank 7 Proto Dragon’s body, he suddenly felt an unprecedentedly large amount of life energy rapidly rising within its body. This was definitely not something that would happen to a dying Proto Dragon.

As expected, the gigantic body of the rank 7 Proto Dragon exploded. At the core of the explosion, a glaring white light soared into the sky and transformed into a gigantic pillar of light that shot 50 meters into the sky. The area covered by the white light also spread outwards.

“Di di di, di di di!” An ear-piercing alarm sounded.

“There is a Proto Dragon evolving, all warriors, be careful.” The warning resounded throughout the entire place.

Evolve? A rank 7 Proto Dragon evolved? What would it become after evolution? A rank 8 Proto Dragon?

“Xuanyu, what should we do?” Bing Tianliang turned to Lan Xuanyu.

At this moment, they could either stay and continue fighting or retreat immediately.

From a safety point of view, it was obviously the smartest choice to retreat immediately, but behind them were their other classmates. Not everyone could retreat to a safe distance immediately. If they retreated recklessly, it might lead to casualties. That was a rank 8 Proto Dragon, a real battlefield.

Lan Xuanyu didn’t think too much and made a prompt decision. He shouted in a deep voice, “I, Yu Ge, Xiuxixu, Frenzie, Mengqin, Huihui, will cover you guys. The rest of you, retreat.”

Bing Tianliang glared at him. “I’ll stay too.”

“Obey my orders. Yutian, Dong Hui, bring everyone back and return to the fortress as fast as you can. Without you guys, they won’t be able to return fast enough,” Lan Xuanyu bellowed.

Bing Tianliang still wanted to say something, but he held himself back in the end. He took a deep breath, nodded his head heavily, turned into a bolt of lightning, and left, shouting, “Yutian, open the way.”

The Tree Snake turned around, and Yutian, who had already accumulated his aura for half a day, turned around and charged towards the fortress under the Tree Snake’s support. Lan Xuanyu leaped down and looked at the white light in front of him with a grave expression as it gradually converged, revealing a gigantic body that was over 20 meters tall.

Rank 8 Proto Dragon! On the battlefield, this rank 7 Proto Dragon had truly evolved under the pressure of the Chaos Divine Light.

“Sky Wings, take off!” Lan Xuanyu shouted. With a flash of light, his dark purple Sky Wing mecha was released.

The reason why he and his other five partners stayed wasn’t because he only trusted these few partners, nor was it because they were the strongest. The most important thing was their mobility. With mechas, their mobility was the strongest.

The reason why they didn’t use mechas before was because high rank Proto Dragons almost all had the ability of space magnetism, which had a great restraining effect on mechas. But now, they couldn’t care less. He had a way to restrain the power of space magnetism, and the combat power of a mecha definitely surpassed their own.

The six of them released their mechas and merged into them. The six dark purple mechas rose into the air and emitted their own light.

A One-Word Battle Armor and a mecha combined was the true essence of a Duo Mecha Master.

The mecha floated in the air and circled around the rank 8 Proto Dragon. The moment the rank 8 Proto Dragon appeared, its pair of ferocious eyes looked in Tang Yuge’s direction.

Although Tang Yuge was now wearing her Battle Armor, her aura would not change. The damage she caused to this Proto Dragon was still fresh in its memory.

With a loud roar, the rank 8 Proto Dragon opened its mouth and shot out a gigantic metal pillar straight at Tang Yuge.

“Together.” Lan Xuanyu gave the order through the communication device. The six mechas were arranged neatly and gathered next to him in an instant. A four-colored halo rippled out and when the gigantic light pillar charged over, it immediately weakened. But the powerful impact still came.

This was the disparity in cultivation. Although Elemental Stripping was strong, it was impossible to deal with such a powerful attack in an instant, unless Lan Xuanyu was a seven-ring Soul Sage.

Even so, the weakening was completed in an instant. At the same time, a golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Tang Yuge’s mecha.

Her mecha raised both hands and the Chaos Divine Light surged out. With a loud bang, the six mechas flew in all directions as though they were blown apart, but the formation wasn’t broken.

The air was filled with strong metal element fluctuations and actually broke through Lan Xuanyu’s Elemental Stripping.

The rank 8 Proto Dragon opened its eyes wide and unleashed its magnetic power.

Right at this moment, a glaring light shot out from the top of the fortress and struck its gigantic body.

A huge body could indeed increase the strength of a Proto Dragon, but at the same time, it made it easier to become a target.

The rank 8 Proto Dragon let out a furious roar and suddenly puffed out its chest. A ball of gold and white light condensed on its chest and brazenly unleashed a ball of light. It actually collided with the heavy soul cannon’s attack on the fortress.

“Rumble!” The terrifying airflow exploded instantly, sending the six Sky Wing mechas flying in all directions.

The rank 8 Proto Dragon took a few steps back and roared towards the sky. It wasn’t injured at all, which showed how much its offensive and defensive capabilities had improved after evolving.

At this moment, the students from the Star War Experiment class had already retreated towards the fortress under Bing Tianliang, Yutian, and Lin Donghui’s lead. With the obstruction and delay from before, the distance between them had widened.

Lan Xuanyu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and shouted, “All of you retreat too, I will continue to restrain it. I have my Elemental Stripping skill and can counteract its magnetic force. But the rest of you can’t do it, once we split up, I won’t be able to help you anymore. Quickly retreat.”

As he spoke, his Sky Wing mecha transformed rapidly in the air and became a space fighter in the blink of an eye. He also became a space fighter pilot.

Unlike Bing Tianliang who had questioned him previously, Bai Xiuxiu’s team didn’t have any doubts. Under Lan Xuanyu’s command, they immediately turned around and flew towards the fortress.

This was absolute trust. They trusted everything Lan Xuanyu said.

Mechas and Battle Armors could definitely provide them with strong protection, but in the face of a rank 8 Proto Dragon’s magnetic field, they would be a burden. However, without the protection of a mecha, they were worried that they would be harmed by the terrifying attacks that could appear at any time. This was the best time to retreat, and the other companions had also retreated to a place near the fortress.

Lan Xuanyu had the Elemental Stripping skill and when his teammates saw that his Sky Wing mecha had transformed into the form of a space fighter, they felt an inexplicable sense of trust. This was their trust in Lan Xuanyu’s piloting skills.

Tang Zhenhua had previously evaluated Lan Xuanyu’s piloting skills in the previous semester. His first evaluation was that he had been surpassed by Lan Xuanyu, and his second evaluation was that he was most likely the number one genius in Shrek Academy’s history.

Just these two comments were enough to show Lan Xuanyu’s standard in space warship piloting.

There was a huge disparity between each level of space fighter piloting. If a person had a certain degree of talent and was extremely hardworking, with the guidance of an extremely strong teacher, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to enter the top 100,000 in the Federation. But if he wanted to enter the top 10,000, he would have to be extremely talented and willing to work hard.

The top 10,000 in the Federation was a hurdle for all space fighters pilots, an important threshold. And after entering the top 10,000, it was a threshold for almost every hundred rank. It was extremely difficult. This sort of bottleneck was something that many people would never be able to break through.

Being able to get into the top 10,000 for a large majority of space fighter pilots was already enough, and it would also be the pinnacle of their life.

But Lan Xuanyu didn’t stop here.

Back then, the first time he piloted a space fighter was when Yin Tianfan brought him into the simulator. From then on, he had always liked the feeling of flying freely.