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In silence, everyone quickened their pace and soon arrived at the Wuhun Hall of Notting City. At this time, the Wuhun Hall was brightly lit, burning like a torch.
Uncle Li stood at the door with a serious face, and the metal armor on his body reflected a cold light. His nose and ears were red, and every breath he took created a wisp of white mist in front of him. His eyes were sharp and he stared straight ahead.
Uncle Li noticed that Gu You and the others followed Su Yuntao into the Spirit Hall, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he did not say hello. He just nodded to everyone with an almost imperceptible amplitude, and without waiting for Gu You's response, he turned his gaze back to the outside.
Walking into the Spirit Hall, unlike what Gu You had imagined with the bustling crowd doing pre-war mobilization, there were almost no people in the hall. Even if a few figures appeared, they hurriedly crossed the hall and disappeared around the corner.
Following Su Yuntao to the door of Ma Xiunuo's office, there was a faint sound of quarreling inside. Su Yuntao knocked on the door, and a deep voice sounded, "Come in."
Su Yuntao pushed the door open without hesitation. In addition to Mashunuo, there were four other people, three men and one woman, whom Gu You did not recognize.
Mashuno was arguing with two men and one woman, while another middle-aged man was standing alone in front of a huge map, thinking. Although the other group of people were very loud, Gu You's attention was still attracted to the middle-aged man, as if he, who was standing alone, was the center of the room.
"Lord Luo Chen, I have brought Gu You and his group back."
Hearing this, everyone in the room looked at the tall and strong Gu You standing behind Su Yuntao. The man who was thinking silently while looking at the map also raised his head, with no expression on his face, and just stared at Gu You silently.
The man was of average height, only about 1.7 meters, but his shoulders were very broad, not what a 1.7 meter tall person should have. His face was square, but the firmness that should have been there was ruined by a long scar that ran from the corner of his left eye to his chin. Judging from the shape of the scar, it didn't look like it was left by a soul beast, but more like a wound from some cold weapon.
He was only wearing a thin short-sleeved shirt, which was bulging with his bulging muscles and looked like it would burst if he moved.
The man stared at Gu You like this. After about ten seconds, the man withdrew his gaze and said lightly: "Not bad."
Judging from the voice, it was this person who spoke just now, and then he walked out from behind the table. Only then did Gu You realize that he was wearing heavy armor on his lower body. With every step he took, he could hear the dull sound of metal colliding, and a hint of dark red could be seen faintly in the gaps between the armor.
He walked to a place about one and a half meters away from Gu You and stopped. Although he raised his head, his aura was not suppressed by Gu You. Instead, he gave people the illusion that he was the taller and more powerful one.
"My name is Luo Chen, the master of the Xinxiang City Spirit Hall. I am a Level 52 Standing Attack Spirit King."
Just when Gu You thought he would continue to say something, he suddenly bowed, which scared Gu You.
"I'm very sorry." Luo Chen said, "I asked Su Yuntao to bring you here."
"The current situation is special, and we need enough manpower. I heard that you have three Soul Lords and one Great Soul Master, and have had direct contact with the Fallen, so we need your strength."
Gu You quickly stepped forward to help Luo Chen up. Luo Chen's body was tense, wanting to let Gu You know how sincere he was. However, he did not expect an unstoppable force to come over him, instantly straightening his body, as if the muscles he had tensed just now did not exist.
Perhaps Gu You didn't realize that his current physique was much stronger than he thought. The passive enhancement of the second soul skill burst mode, plus the power of the amplification of the evil dragon soul bone, this power is no longer something that can be described as natural divine power.
Even though Luo Chen had well-developed muscles, he couldn't block Gu You's effortless moves without using his martial spirit.
"Lord Luo Chen, what's wrong with you?" Looking at Luo Chen's horrified face, Gu You didn't understand what he was horrified about. At this moment, Luo Chen woke up from his dream, looking at Gu You with an innocent face, as if he was looking at a monster.
However, at this time, the more monsters, the better. A hint of excitement flashed in Luo Chen's eyes. Seeing him come back to his senses, Gu You asked: "Lord Luo Chen, what do you need us to do?"
There was no need to ask about the post-war treatment, nor did he care about the number of enemies. Since the opponent was a Fallen, Gu You had no reason to stand by and watch.
Whenever he thought about the little girl who was looking forward to the future and could never reach her future, Gu You felt very sad.
"Follow me." Luo Chen led the four people to the map. The map was drawn with Xinxiang City as the center, including four surrounding cities, including Notting City.
Gu You's pupils trembled. He stretched out his finger with trembling hands and pointed at the map, "Master Luo Chen, these are not..."
There were black spots all over the map, and at a glance, there were no less than ten of them. There were also dates written below them, and the earliest one could be traced back to three months ago.
"Yes, these are all destroyed villages." Luo Chen replied in a deep voice, "Thirteen. We know that thirteen villages have been completely destroyed."
"This fallen man was very smart. He chose some extremely remote villages with almost no ingress and egress, so we never found out that these villages were destroyed."
"The first village to be destroyed belonged to the city of Nori. It was their patrol officer who discovered the traces of the Fallen. Judging from the remaining traces, all the people in the village disappeared on October 2nd."
"The second one was also in Norri City. It was discovered seven days later."
"We soon began a large-scale investigation and found that five villages around the city of Nori had been destroyed, but no trace of the Fallen was found."
"The head of the Wuhun Hall in Norri City, Zhu Feng (Luo Chen pointed at a tall and thin man), reported this to me, and we immediately started investigating. We found that eleven villages were destroyed."
"But here are thirteen blackened..."
"This is the crux of the problem." Luo Chen replied, "When we sent people to patrol around, we found that two colleagues did not return on time. So we sent a team to check and found that the village they were responsible for was also..."
Luo Chen paused and calmed down his anger. "We are short of manpower now because we don't know who the enemy is or how many there are. We also have to ensure the safety of the city with the most people, so we can only patrol in small teams."
"But this time the snowstorm made it almost impossible for us to find any trace. We were very close to catching that guy, but when the snowstorm came, all traces disappeared."
"Hmm? Very close?" Hearing this, Gu You asked, "Can you please let us see the investigation report?"
Luo Chen was about to nod, but he heard the tall and thin man Zhu Feng say loudly: "No, I object."
"They are just children. Even if their soul power level is very high, their combat capability is very strong, and they have faced the Fallen, I will not agree to let them participate in this operation!"
"It is our Spirit Hall's job to deal with the Fallen. I will never allow an immature child to face the Fallen!"
There was no harshness or sarcasm in Zhu Feng's tone. Gu You only heard deep worry from it. It was not because he wanted to exclude outsiders, nor did he look down on the young Gu You. Zhu Feng's reason for opposing was simply because he didn't want the children to take risks.
At this time, Su Yuntao, who had been silent since he came in, also spoke up and advised: "Xiao You, you should think about it carefully and don't get carried away."
Although it was Su Yuntao who brought them here, actually, he and Mashuno did not want Gu You to get involved in this matter. They even hoped that when they went to find Gu You, no matter how casual it was, he could find a reason to refuse to participate.
Su Yuntao doesn't want Gu You to get involved in this matter because he knows very well what a weird and crazy group of Fallen people are.
But how could Gu You refuse? Apart from anything else, the anti-human behavior of that group of people touched Gu You's bottom line. Not to mention that this incident happened right next to him.
Gu You didn’t know whether this incident happened in the original timeline, or maybe it did. Judging from the Shenhun Village at the end, it should not have affected the Shenghun Village.
But the fact that Holy Soul Village was not affected does not mean that Notting City is safe. Maybe Holy Soul Village is indeed fine, but Notting City disappeared overnight.
Just for the sake of old Jack who now lives in Notting City, Gu You has no reason to stand idly by. In addition, there are also Gu You's acquaintances such as Ma Xiunuo, Su Yuntao, Sisi, Uncle Li, and Teacher Mohen in the city, so he should participate in the encirclement and suppression of the fallen.
Gu You also understood what Zhu Feng meant. To put it bluntly, he just didn't believe in Gu You's fighting ability. Gu You appreciated his kindness, but it was impossible for Gu You not to participate. He could only let him see the value of being the captain of the Royal Fighting Team.
"Lord Zhu Feng, I appreciate your kindness. But since I have the ability to protect this place, I will not stand idly by."
"I know that words are not enough, and you won't believe that I can fight against the Fallen." Gu You turned and looked at Luo Chen who was standing beside him, "Lord Luo Chen, would you like to warm up with me? Once we find the Fallen, we can deal with him as quickly as possible."
This section won't be long, I'll try to get through it quickly.
Chapter 239: The Violence of Ozhaolong
"Xiao You, are you sure? Lord Luo Chen is a Soul King."
Su Yuntao looked at Gu You who was warming up with concern. He knew very well that Gu You's strength should not be underestimated, but his opponent was a Soul King who was two whole classes higher than him, so it was not excessive to be worried.
Su Yuntao had seen Gu You and Nightingale sparring, but it was just training at that time. Who knew how much effort Lord Nightingale put in at that time.
Regardless of training or fighting, Luo Chen is known for showing no mercy. Su Yuntao has no idea whether he can exert his full strength under the Soul King.
Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo are in a very complicated mood now. On the one hand, he hopes that Gu You can show his strength and prove that he has the ability to protect himself.
On the other hand, he hoped that Luo Chen could defeat Gu You, or even win completely, so that he would have a reason to continue persuading Gu You not to participate in this operation.
This sounds very strange. He was the one who asked Gu You to come, and he was also the one who didn't want Gu You to participate. Isn't this schizophrenia?
Due to the lack of manpower, Luo Chen wanted to draw manpower from the soul masters in the city to help capture the fallen one. Su Yuntao saw so many gifts in Ma Xiunuo's office, and found out that Gu You had returned. Thinking of Gu You's powerful fighting ability and the fact that he had defeated a fallen soul master when he was only in the first ring, he told Luo Chen about it.
He originally wanted to show off that he had some super talents, but he never thought that Luo Chen actually wanted to recruit them. His big mouth finally messed things up, which hit Su Yuntao hard.
"I shouldn't have mentioned Gu You if I had known." Looking at the two people standing facing each other on the training ground, Su Yuntao felt a sense of regret in his heart.
"Gu You, are you ready?" A dull voice came from the helmet, and a heavily armored infantryman looked at Gu You with a fierce look.
Unlike most soul masters who like to wear light armor or leather armor, or even no protective gear, Luo Chen wore a complete set of heavy armor. He held a shield about two-thirds of his height in his right hand, and a half-meter-long giant hammer in his left hand, with several spikes on the shoulder. He looked directly at Gu You through the goggles, wanting to put pressure on Gu You before the battle began.
But how could this little pressure be useful? After being baptized by two transcendent dragons, Gu You was least afraid of pressure from the aura. He nodded indifferently.
Seeing his careless look, Luo Chen frowned slightly. But he didn't say anything, just silently gave Gu You a cross in his heart.
Seeing that neither side had anything to say, Zhu Feng, the referee, did not hesitate and shouted "Start".
This was not a fighting spirit competition, and there was no time given for releasing the spirit in advance. However, whether it was Luo Chen who was on high alert or Gu You who seemed relaxed and casual, they both completed the spirit possession at the same time as Zhu Feng finished speaking.
Luo Chen shouted loudly, stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, and charged towards Gu You whose figure had suddenly grown.
Five soul rings, one white, one yellow, two purple and one black, appeared out of thin air. A small white rune appeared in the void on Luo Chen's helmet and quickly split into five. Two of them were embedded in the helmet, and the other three were respectively embedded in the breastplate, shield and hammer.
There was no sign of beast transformation, nor any weapons. The four parts immersed in the runes simultaneously showed magnified white runes, as if they had instantly become enhanced +13 and inlaid with rune stones. Luo Chen held up the gorgeous shield and rushed straight towards Gu You.
Tang San and the others were surprised when they saw this extremely special spirit. As Lanta had learned a lot of spirit knowledge from Gu You, he asked in confusion when he saw this extremely strange spirit manifestation: "Assistance system?"
Hearing Lanta's words, Mashuno shook his head, "No, Master Luo Chen is not an auxiliary spirit master. His martial spirit is a mutant martial spirit that can only be used on himself."
Looking at Luo Chen charging with his shield raised, Mashuno sighed: "He is the 'Luo Chen with the Shining Helmet' who always stands at the forefront and never falls."
On the other side, there was an eerie calm. There was no roar, no shouting, and Gu You rarely used a roar to announce his power and might after being possessed by his martial spirit.
Gu You was seen striding forward, like a silent lone wolf walking in the wilderness. He seemed to be strolling leisurely, but in fact his keen senses had been prepared. The muscles in his legs were slightly tense, waiting for the moment when the "prey" walked into his hunting circle.
"Here we go." Following Tang San's voice, Luo Chen stepped into Gu You's "hunting circle". Amid a huge explosion, a small pit was trampled out of the ground. Gu You flashed in front of Luo Chen like a missile in the blink of an eye, pulled his left hand back, and his arm expanded instantly. The third soul ring lit up, and the heavy fist wrapped in lightning hit the shield in front of Luo Chen directly.
"So fast!" Luo Chen's eyes flashed with surprise, but he was prepared as he had been through many battles. He stopped instantly, lowered his center of gravity, raised the shield in front of him, and the purple third soul ring lit up. The runes quickly expanded into a translucent wall covering the shield, colliding with Gu You's fist.
It was as if two cars were colliding head-on. The fist and shield were like two huge pieces of metal colliding, making a sound. Gu You stood still, while Luo Chen slid back several meters with his shield raised, leaving deep marks on the ground.
"What the hell?" Seeing that his punch not only failed to break the shield, but only knocked Luo Chen back a few meters, he felt a faint pain in his left fist, as if the punch did not hit the shield, but the cruise ship.
Gu You believed that this hardness was stronger than the shield mode of the Black Tortoise Martial Spirit of the Shi brothers, the proud sons of the Tiandou Royal Academy.
The Black Tortoise Shield Mode exceeded the theoretical limit of Soul Venerable, and was an exceptional "Strength 9", but this strength was not enough to perfectly block Gu You's attack. And looking at the shield that left no trace, only the shadow of the city wall became dim, Gu You could not imagine how strong this could be.
"What kind of martial soul is this, which can strengthen an ordinary standard shield like this." Gu You also saw the runes that appeared on Luo Chen's body. He thought that the five runes were five soul skills, but he didn't expect that the soul skills would have other effects.
If Gu You knew that Luo Chen had the nickname "Luo Chen with the Shining Helmet", he would not be surprised, but would think it was natural.
In Douluo Continent, unless you are strong enough to become a Titled Douluo and get the title of x Douluo or xx Douluo, it is almost impossible to get any other nickname.
This has nothing to do with cultivation, but is more about whether one can do things "beyond ordinary people".
This nickname is not like Baihe's "Old White Bird" which is a nickname given to show affection.
For example, before they reached the level of Titled Douluo, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao's "Haotian Twin Stars", Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's "Peerless Dragon and Snake", the Power Clan's patriarch Titan's "Hercules", and Zhao Wuji's "Acalanatha" were qualified to be called nicknames.
He can have his own nickname, and his colleagues will use a respectful tone when they mention it. If Gu You knew it in advance, he would have immediately used all the enhancements to suppress it, instead of just using the third soul skill.
Gu You was very surprised, but Luo Chen on the other side was ten times more surprised. Seeing his shield dimmed by the blow, and his right hand holding the shield trembling slightly, Luo Chen couldn't help but shout in his heart: "Is this guy a Titan ape?"
Martial Soul Rune, a very special weapon martial soul. This martial soul cannot be used alone. Its effect is to use a similar "enchantment" form to strengthen ordinary weapons to the strength of a low-level weapon martial soul of a large class, and it can also obtain soul skills normally.
Every time you get a soul ring, you can generate a rune. Luo Chen is now level 50, and the five runes strengthen the four parts of the armor respectively, which means that he now has four weapon spirits of level 40 strength.
Of course, this martial spirit is not perfect. Every time a weapon is strengthened, it is overdrawing the life of the weapon. If you want to approach the strength of the Soul Sect weapon martial spirit level, even this equipment made by a skilled blacksmith can only support three rune enhancements at most.
This also indirectly proves how powerful this martial spirit is.
The Soul Sect-level weapon soul shield, coupled with the defensive Millennium Soul Skill enhancement, could only block Gu You's "casual" attack, which made Luo Chen unable to understand.
"Gu You, I want to apologize to you." Looking at Gu You who was obviously serious, Luo Chen said in a deep voice: "I underestimated you just now. Your strength is enough to participate in this operation."