Chapter 50: Uneasy Tang San

"Guang Biao?" Seeing the black mecha, the evil soul master's gaze turned gloomy.

Mecha grades are the same as soul ring grades, divided into white, yellow, purple, black, and red.

Among them, black-grade mechas are forged from special materials, using unique designs and craftsmanship; soul spirits can fuse with the mecha to a certain extent, becoming like an extension of the operator's limbs.

Piloting a black-grade mecha requires cultivation at the Soul Emperor level or above and spiritual power at the Spirit Sea realm or above; the East Sea Mecha Squad has only one person with such qualifications — Guang Biao.

Didn't expect this mecha squad captain would come this fast.

What's his useless companion doing? Didn't I tell him to watch the Mecha Master Association and incidentally stir up some commotion to divert the mecha squad's attention? Where is he?

The evil soul master seethed inwardly, but didn't sit and wait for death; he swiftly seized Tang Ziran, pressing his staff against his neck, staring at the black-grade mecha.

"You dare come closer and I'll kill him."

"Dad!"

Tang Wu Lin lay on the ground, staring fixedly at the evil soul master, jaw clenched tight, still trying to climb up, but he suddenly saw a figure appear behind the evil soul master, and his expression turned to surprised delight.

Seven soul rings, and a mecha — could it be that person Xie Xie mentioned……

Guang Long, his face green, forced his eyes open; seeing that figure, he too revealed a trace of a smile, then directly fainted.

'Honestly, you're not the protagonist of a storybook; next time, don't cut it so close saving people……'

Seeing the black-grade mecha before him not reply, the evil soul master caught sight of Tang Wu Lin's expression, his heart gave a violent start, and he suddenly recalled something.

Because he lacked a soul spirit, he had overlooked a characteristic of mechas — soul spirit piloting!

As soul beasts integrated into the human world, some people (mainly the Spirit Pagoda) specifically researched how to equip soul beasts with battle armor and mechas; after all, soul beasts differ from humans, and human battle armor and mechas are not suited to them.

The inspiration for soul spirits piloting mechas came from this; after all, the difference between soul spirits and soul beasts lies in their state of existence and strength; other aspects like intelligence haven't changed — if soul beasts can do it, they certainly can too; moreover, once reaching the black-grade mecha level, soul spirits can even fuse with the mecha, and research progress is promising.

By now, some thousand-year soul spirits after training can also pilot mechas; some mecha master families' hereditary spirit souls might even be more adept at mecha piloting than beginners. (Xie Xie: That's right, you're talking about me!)

Given a black-grade mecha's strength and its intimate connection with its owner, a ten-thousand-year soul spirit can pilot it; then…… where is Guang Biao himself?

A burly shadow from behind enveloped the evil soul master's body; he stiffly turned his head, hadn't even seen the figure before the sight of two yellow, two purple, and three black soul rings filled his vision, and then a scale-armored fist covered his view.

—Bang!

The evil soul master's body traced an arc through the air, slamming heavily into a wall; a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes revealed shock and fear.

However, before he could recover from the intense pain, the black-grade mecha had already appeared before him like a shadow.

The black-grade mecha's metal palm, like an iron clamp, seized the evil soul master's shoulder; the mecha's optical eyes flashed with cold light, as if scrutinizing its prey.

The other metal palm rose, and with a clang smashed down on the evil soul master's crown.

"Ah!!!"

The evil soul master only managed a short, miserable scream before this heavy blow left him dizzy, vision blurring, consciousness gradually fading.

But the ten-thousand-year soul spirit seemed to have accepted Guang Biao's fury, not letting him off so easily; it hammered the evil soul master dozens more times with fists the size of heads.

Bang bang bang——

The terrifying pounding echoed far, making residents who heard it tremble with fear, until the evil soul master's face was covered in blood and he was completely unconscious; only then did the mecha stop.

Tang San's Divine Sense: "……"

This mecha master is already courting death!

Why did you come so timely?

This evil soul master is weak to this degree, equally courting death!

Why be an evil soul master when you're this weak?

Most importantly…… Wu Lin, what's with that look of your eyes shining as you stare at that black-grade mecha and Guang Biao?!

Watching Tang Wu Lin's rather admiring look toward Guang Biao, Tang San's Divine Sense inexplicably felt a sense of unease.

But now Wu Lin's crisis is gone; though somewhat unwilling, Tang San's Divine Sense still chose to withdraw.

Only the Golden Dragon King Divine Core on Tang Wu Lin can replenish his Divine Sense power to a certain extent, but that requires Wu Lin to undo the seal to absorb it, so Divine Sense power must be used on the cutting edge.

If too much is consumed, and he truly loses his memory as said before, then it's over……

……

At the mecha squad garrison, Guang Biao brought his younger brother and Tang Wu Lin's family inside, handed the evil soul master to subordinates to deal with, and found a healing soul master to treat the group of wounded.

Afterward, he walked to his office; seeing the middle-aged man waiting inside, he asked with a grave expression:

"How's the investigation? Why were they targeted by an evil soul master?"

His mood wasn't good right now; his good-for-nothing younger brother had completely forgotten his warning; if not for the Spirit Pagoda's reminder and his timely arrival, the person might already be gone.

But no matter how bad his mood, he couldn't delay official business.

The middle-aged man, hearing this, produced two files and handed them to Guang Biao.

"Captain, these are some records I pulled from above. Tang Ziran and his wife were both originally researchers belonging to the Federation — a mecha designer and a pharmaceutical researcher. Later, for unknown reasons, they resigned and went into seclusion. Until recently, they joined the Mecha Master Association to work, seemingly to earn money."

"Oh?" Guang Biao raised an eyebrow, took the files, reading as he asked: "You mean the evil soul master had targeted them back when they were Federation researchers?"

Otherwise, there's no explaining why two former Federation mecha masters and a pharmaceutical researcher would go into hiding, and now be so short on money they'd go to the Mecha Master Association to earn it.

They probably don't dare use their old bank cards at all.

"Exactly." The middle-aged man frowned: "But the specific reason I haven't cleared up yet; perhaps we need to question the parties directly."

"I'll go later."

Guang Biao flipped to Tang Ziran's registered residence, somewhat surprised: "He was originally from the Star Luo Federation?"

"Yes, he smuggled from Star Luo into the Federation. However, being recruited as a researcher by the Federation, there should be no problem." The middle-aged man nodded.

Ten thousand years ago, although Sea God Tang San's manifestation halted the war for a time, everyone understood this was only temporary.

And the Sun Moon Empire's Silver Moon Douluo and Soul Engineer Legion were unmatched; Shrek Academy couldn't hold them off either; other nations could only seek another way out.

In the end, the Heaven Dou remnants and the Star Luo Empire truly found a way out.

They sailed across the ocean, each discovering a continent, then relocated residents, occupied the continents they discovered, naming them Heaven Dou Continent and Star Luo Continent respectively.

Among them, Heaven Dou still followed the imperial system, called the Heaven Dou Empire; the Star Luo Empire changed to a federal system, becoming the Star Luo Federation.

And Tang Ziran was originally a resident of the Star Luo Federation.

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