Chapter 255 Wow, Jeanne d'Arc is a mud duck!
Chapter 255 Wow, Jeanne d'Arc is a mud duck!
Chapter 255 Wow, Jeanne d'Arc is a mud duck!
There are countless sects that are preparing for or have already set off for Mingdu, just like the Body Sect.
On his way back to Mingdu, Lin Nuo encountered more than ten teams heading towards Mingdu.
With the start of the competition fast approaching, forces like the Body Sect, which are powerful enough to have a Title Douluo to guide them on their journey, naturally have to set off early to avoid missing the competition date.
Lin Nuo wasn't particularly interested in the sects and academies participating in the competition, and since he hadn't encountered any interesting forces, he didn't linger to observe.
However, he did spot a rather interesting little sect.
As we all know, there are also some underhanded deals among fourth-party narrators, and Douluo Continent is no exception. I won't go into detail about the classic names of Shrek Academy, as most people who haven't studied it have already heard of them.
However, there is one that is relatively obscure, namely a small sect called Chongtianmen that Lin Nuo saw when he passed by.
If he remembered correctly, there was a lewd fat guy named Feng Ling in this small sect in the original story. When he encountered the Tang Sect group, he was taught a lesson by Ji Juechen because of his rude behavior.
The prototype of Feng Ling is the author of another book that Lin Nuo read in his previous life. In the end, he was cut off by a crazy woman from the Holy Spirit Cult and arranged to work as a madam in a brothel. It can only be said that he is very abstract.
Lin Nuo remembered this small detail in the original work quite clearly because he had read both authors' books.
He happened to encounter this Chongtian Gate on his way back, and the memories of his dead body suddenly resurfaced and attacked him fiercely.
However, he had no interest in going down to take a look.
After all, in the mutual bashing between these two authors, both were portrayed as lewd, obscene, and...
A foul-smelling, walking biological weapon—
Without lingering, Lin Nuo continued into the space, each step covering dozens of miles, leisurely "traveling" along the way, and arrived at the Mingdou Mountains in just a few minutes.
With the start of the tournament and the increasingly oppressive atmosphere of impending storm, the Douluo Continent has strengthened the defenses of its border troops.
The Star Luo Empire, which borders the Sun Moon Empire directly, is undoubtedly under the greatest pressure. From a high altitude, it can be seen that the military strength of the Mingdou Mountains has increased by nearly three times.
I still remember when Lin Nuo first came to the Mingdou Mountains, there was only Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger and the Northwest Army Group of the Star Luo Empire.
However, the Star Luo Empire has now gathered back many of its border troops from the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire, and the troops along the coastal border have also converged on the Mingdou Mountain Range.
Military camps were set up in various parts of the Mingdou Mountains, guarding every inch of the Xingluo Empire's border.
The number of lower-level soldiers has increased several times, and the number of high-level powerhouses has also increased considerably.
Besides Dai Hao, Lin Nuo could sense that there were two other Title Douluo-level auras in the army, as well as more than two palms' worth of Soul Douluos.
Moreover, it wasn't just the Star Luo Empire; the Heavenly Soul Empire, which faced the Sun Moon Empire across the sea, also exuded a heavy and oppressive atmosphere on its border, clearly indicating the imminent arrival of a large army.
The strong have their own imposing presence, and the army has its own military spirit.
Apart from the incompetent Douling Empire, the Xingluo Empire and Tianhun Empire are clearly full of martial spirit. The Xingluo Emperor and the Tianhun Emperor are not fools either. The Sun Moon Empire has almost openly released the signal to start a war, so how could they passively take a beating?
"But if I may be so bold, what's the point?" Lin Nuo shrugged.
Putting aside everything else, the border defenses of the Star Luo Empire might seem as solid as city walls and as impregnable as iron barrels to them, but in Lin Nuo's eyes, they were as easy as child's play. He didn't even need to use his Soul Master abilities; he could simply take out the Four Knights of Apocalypse and bomb them twice in turn. If even one-tenth of his million-strong army survived, he would consider it a loss.
Times have changed. This is no longer the era ten thousand years ago when there weren't many titled Douluo and the lower-level armies still had a certain deterrent effect.
Just as Lin Nuo was about to leave, he suddenly realized that a certain aura below seemed somewhat familiar.
"Wait, what's that aura?"
"Alright, alright, I didn't expect it to be you, you little bastard. Since you're already here, I'll just give you a gift." After pondering for a while, a magnificent ice longsword appeared in Lin Nuo's hand. After locking onto Dai Hao's location, he casually swung the ice longsword.
Emperor Sword - Ice Extreme Unparalleled.
The icy white sword energy shot out from the space without warning after leaving him three meters away, slashing diagonally towards the top of the Mingdou Mountain Range.
At this moment, he was five thousand meters in the air. After the sword light left his hand, it rapidly expanded from a thickness as thin as a cicada's wing and a length of less than one meter to a length of nearly one hundred meters. From a distance, it looked as if a second moon had appeared in the sky.
As Ice Extreme Warrior approached the summit, the length of the sword beam tripled again, reaching 300 meters. The chilling aura even froze the air, and goose-feather snowflakes continuously fell along the path of the sword beam.
Such a commotion was naturally sensed by Dai Hao and the other two Title Douluos guarding the Mingdou Mountain Range.
In the blink of an eye, the three appeared outside the tent, each with twenty-seven soul rings on their bodies. The expressions on their faces were exactly the same, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, watching the sword light that was about to strike their faces.
Besides Dai Hao, the other two are the level 94 Giant Hammer Douluo and the level 91 Giant Strength Douluo.
That's right, it's that bastard Cheng Gang.
Lin Nuo originally had no interest in taking action. People don't randomly step on ants while walking on the street, especially when there's an ant nest underneath. Who knows, one or two ants might jump up and bite you if you step on it.
The physical damage wasn't significant, but the insult was extremely strong.
Wrong, but guess what? That bastard Cheng Gang is actually here. Lin Nuo hasn't forgotten that this bastard tried to steal his Snow Emperor Embryo back then. Although he couldn't even withstand the aftershock of Ye Yulin's casual needle and was blown away, Lin Nuo was too lazy to bother with that old guy afterwards.
But you've practically offered yourself up, so if I don't give you a taste of your own medicine, it would seem like I'm being too generous.
"Obviously, I'm not a generous person, and you're not exactly a hard-working one either," Lin Nuo said with a slight smile.
Let's settle both old and new scores together, you chose this idol, didn't you?
Although Lin Nuo's casual Ice Extreme Unparalleled Sword strike didn't use much power, it was still a casual attack from a Limit Douluo. Dai Hao, Cheng Gang, and Giant Hammer Douluo below fought with all their might, even using their Martial Soul True Body, and barely managed to block it, preventing the destructive power of Ice Extreme Unparalleled Sword from spreading to the ordinary army.
But they themselves were cleaved into the ground by a sword, each creating a crater more than ten meters deep. The intense cold almost froze them, and a thick layer of frost covered the area around the craters.
The whole process took less than three seconds. By the time the surrounding soldiers realized there was an enemy attack, their own marshal and two commanders had already been cleaved in two by a single sword strike and were eating dirt.
"Who!" Dai Hao jumped out of the pit, looking quite disheveled.
That once majestic and magnificent military uniform is now basically reduced to shreds, his body covered in ice and frost, his face pale and lips bluish-purple, making him look no different from a homeless person begging in the dead of winter.
Even more serious than his disheveled appearance was the condition inside his body.
Not only Dai Hao, but also Cheng Gang and Giant Hammer Douluo, who jumped out of the pit right after him, had extremely gloomy faces, and a trace of barely perceptible fear could be seen in their eyes.
Only the three of them understood that the sword strike did more than just cleave them into the ground; the terrifying chill contained within the sword energy froze almost all the meridians in their bodies, slowing the flow of their soul power by 70% and even stagnating the rotation of their soul cores.
The frostbitten skin and limbs are secondary.
This sword strike nearly brought them to the point of serious injury.
But they didn't even know who launched the attack, which is horrifying.
"Hey, you're pretty lucky!" Lin Nuo's leisurely voice, tinged with a hint of amusement, suddenly rang out, and his figure slowly emerged from the space.
He simply stood in front of Dai Hao and the other two, but to the three opposite him, it felt as if they were facing not just one person, but an entire world.
The terrifying sense of oppression made their rapid breathing, already frozen by the cold, instantly become suffocated, and their pale faces gradually turned red.
"Who are you, Your Excellency?!" Dai Hao opened his mouth wide, trying to catch his breath, but under Lin Nuo's overwhelming aura, he could only force out these words from his throat.
Giant Hammer Douluo also struggled to raise his head, his eyes filled with not only fear of Lin Nuo's absolute strength but also deep incomprehension as he looked at Lin Nuo.
If you're not a buddy, who are you messing with?
Why did you suddenly appear and strike us with a sword? Did we offend you or something?
Both Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo had the same question in their eyes, but Cheng Gang's eyes widened in terror when he saw Lin Nuo's face, to the point that his pupils became slightly dilated.
Cheng Gang: Brothers, I think I'm a little bit dead.
Yes, how could he possibly forget Lin Nuo's face?
Since that night, he has always been filled with intense fear and resentment. He was afraid of Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin's powerful strength, afraid of the danger that they might settle scores with him later, resentful that he could not obtain the 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo that was so close, and resentful that he could not get the chance to defy fate.
After that day, fearing retribution, he went into hiding and never returned to Xingluo City, spending two or three years in the mountains.
During his seclusion in the deep mountains, he inquired about the outside world through his own secret channels no less than ten times. Several years passed without hearing any news of Jing Hongchen seeking revenge against him, and only then did he slowly begin to re-emerge into the world.
This bastard may be greedy, but he's also genuinely afraid of death. He's the epitome of being able to bend and stretch; if there's even the slightest risk to his life, he'll run away without a second thought.
But it wasn't so firm; it still couldn't forget the worldly pleasures.
To put it simply, what could one possibly enjoy in the deep mountains and forests? His mouth was practically parched with boredom. As a Title Douluo, he couldn't possibly stay in the dark and gloomy mountains forever, could he?
So he came out again.
However, before he could enjoy it for long, Emperor Xu Jiawei appointed him to oversee the Mingdou Mountains.
And as the one who caused his current situation, how could he forget Lin Nuo's face?
Frankly speaking, Cheng Gang has definitely dreamed about Lin Nuo the most in the past few years. Even Meng Hongchen has dreamed about Lin Nuo more times than Cheng Gang. If this isn't love...
Of course, Cheng Gang's dream about Lin Nuo was just a dream about what happened that night. In the dream, he imagined that he had successfully obtained a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo that night, and then successfully obtained his second martial soul through the embryo, and reached the pinnacle of life to become the Limit Douluo.
It's just pure daydreaming.
Therefore, Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo, who had also watched the Soul Fighting Tournament five years ago and had also seen Lin Nuo, had already forgotten Lin Nuo's face. After all, Lin Nuo was just a talented junior from the Sun Moon Empire. Before he truly grew up, he was ultimately not worth caring about.
Cheng Gang, who thinks about Lin Nuo almost day and night, has Lin Nuo's face practically etched into his DNA.
Seeing Lin Nuo's face again, Cheng Gang didn't know how he felt, but he knew he was kind of dead, and this person was probably here to send him back to start over.
As Cheng Gang expected, Lin Nuo smiled and shifted her gaze from Dai Hao's face to Cheng Gang, who was desperately trying to make himself inconspicuous.
"Who am I? I think you, Lord Giant Strength Douluo, know very well, right? We're old acquaintances. It's been a long time since we've seen each other. I just came down to say hello. Don't you think so, Lao Gang?" Lin Nuo grinned, his bright red tongue lightly licking his lips.
"I just didn't expect that Joan of Arc was a mud duck!"
Lao Gang: ———— Wan La!
Facing the sharp gazes of Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo, Cheng Gang was drenched in sweat.
"Alright, I'm too lazy to waste words with you two. We're not close. Just know that he offended me before, and I'm here to take his life. That sword strike just now was a warning. Don't even think about saving him. You can't afford to offend me." Lin Nuo said calmly. After dispelling the Ice Extreme Unparalleled power in his hand, he waved his sleeve, and the power of the world instantly enveloped Cheng Gang, forcibly pulling him into the inner world and suppressing him under the World Tree.
As for Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo, Lin Nuo didn't bother with them; it wasn't time to officially start the war yet.
His identity is somewhat sensitive. Killing Cheng Gang could be used as a pretext to settle old scores, but killing Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo would be tantamount to declaring war on the Douluo Three Kingdoms on behalf of the Sun Moon Empire.
He was not afraid and did not care about such things, but he did not want his rash actions to affect Jing Hongchen's arrangements.
Watching Lin Nuo disappear into the void, Dai Hao and Giant Hammer Douluo, who had been tense, suddenly collapsed to the ground.
The two exchanged a glance and both gave a wry smile.
"The Ultimate Ice —"
"Limit Douluo————"
met free