Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor [325]

The ingredients and craftsmanship of this meal were quite good. Although it couldn't compare to the grand restaurants in Heaven Dou City, it still had its unique charm. However, aside from Chen Ming, who hadn't had a proper meal after traveling for so long, neither Ning Rongrong nor Little Wu paid much attention to the dishes on the table. After finishing quickly, Ning Rongrong immediately dragged Chen Ming to the local Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's trade association. The staff, already notified by the bodyguards secretly protecting Ning Rongrong, promptly led the group to a secret room.

This secret room was originally not used for soul skill experiments but for storage purposes. However, under orders, it was swiftly cleared out and replaced with a few targets to serve as a testing ground. This was to ensure that the effects of the soul tool would not be seen by outsiders.

At this point, the bodyguards in the shadows stopped hiding. An elder Soul Sage openly stepped forward, greeted Chen Ming and then smiled at Ning Rongrong and Little Wu.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had only two titled Douluos, but it boasted fifteen Soul Douluos and eighty-six Soul Sages. Due to the recent changes in the continent's situation, most of this high-level combat power was either stationed within the clan to guard it or deployed to critical industries across the land. Logically, Ning Rongrong should have been assigned a Soul Douluo for protection.

However, there was a specific reason why this Soul Sage was serving as Ning Rongrong's bodyguard.

This elder's martial soul was the exceptionally rare spatial-type martial soul, the Golden Ring, which could cut through space and create spatial tunnels. Thanks to the unique nature of this spatial martial soul, his combat power was on par with a Soul Douluo, and his mobility was even more exceptional. This made him an ideal bodyguard for Ning Rongrong.

When Chen Ming saw the elder suddenly appear, he simply smiled, cupped his hands in greeting, and showed no sign of surprise.

Although he could have pretended to be surprised, Chen Ming saw no need for that. To be honest, with his current strength, crushing a Soul Sage was no different from crushing an ant. Even against a spatial-type martial soul, he could render its abilities ineffective.

On the Douluo Continent, space was also considered an element. While Chen Ming himself didn't have any space-related soul skills, it didn't stop him from using space-related abilities through his comprehension.

Accompanied by the elder Soul Sage, the group entered the secret room. Ning Rongrong anxiously took out a soul-guided ray gun from her soul tool and looked at Chen Ming.

"Brother Chen, how do I use this soul-guided ray gun?"

Ning Rongrong, using her natural charm, asked Chen Ming with a hint of coquettishness. Taking the ray gun, Chen Ming began to demonstrate.

"This is how you hold it. One hand goes here—you see? This is the safety lock. To inject soul power and activate the ray, you must first inject soul power here and turn this mechanism."

"Once one hand injects soul power into the grip, you aim like this. Pay attention to these three gems on the back. When one lights up, it indicates the gun can fire once. Then you operate it like this to activate the soul-guided ray gun."

As Chen Ming infused the gun with soul power, a fiery red ray, as thick as a teacup, shot out from the barrel. In an instant, it struck a humanoid target. The searing and explosive soul power immediately blew the target away.

The lightweight leather armor and padding on the target, designed for realism, were burned to ashes, leaving only a few remnants. The iron plating on the target shattered into pieces, and much of the wooden structure inside was carbonized by the intense heat, leaving the remaining parts charred black.

This level of power was equivalent to the second soul skill of an average three-ring Soul Elder. If the martial soul and soul ring quality were slightly lower, even a third soul skill would be on par with this. It was fair to say this was as strong as a powerful attack from a three-ring Soul Elder.

After the elder Soul Sage retrieved the target and dissected it in front of Ning Rongrong, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she was eager to try it herself. The operation of the soul-guided ray gun was more complex than the foolproof firearms from Chen Ming's previous life, but it wasn't overly complicated. After a single demonstration and some key points of caution, Ning Rongrong quickly grasped how to use it.

When Chen Ming handed the ray gun back to Ning Rongrong, she immediately began enthusiastically imitating his movements, aiming at a target and firing with a loud bang.

The fiery soul power struck the target, blasting it away just like before. Ning Rongrong quickly ran up to inspect it and found that the damage to this target was almost identical to the one Chen Ming had destroyed earlier.

The slight discrepancy was due to her nervousness during the shot, causing the gun barrel to shift slightly, which resulted in some of the energy grazing the target rather than hitting it directly.

At that moment, as Ning Rongrong looked at the charred target on the ground and the soul-guided ray gun in her hands, she felt a surge of indescribable joy—an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

This feeling was hard to articulate, but Ning Rongrong instinctively clutched the soul-guided ray gun tightly. Her gaze toward Chen Ming seemed to glimmer with a hint of emotion.

What support-type soul master hasn't dreamed of dealing damage?

In this world of chaotic, flashy skills and effects flying everywhere, it would be a lie to say that support-type soul masters didn't envy those with offensive soul skills.

Especially since support-type soul masters had resigned themselves to their fate, believing they were destined to be nothing more than team utilities with no offensive capabilities. The emergence of soul tools seemed to drag out that deeply buried unwillingness within them and amplify it a hundredfold.

Hidden weapons gave a sense of being external tools—they didn't require soul power to use and were merely props. Soul tools, however, provided a sense of involvement, akin to an external soul bone, allowing support-type soul masters to feel like they were truly contributing to damage output.

Large calibers and high firepower—it's no wonder that even some agility-type and defense-type soul masters, who weren't proficient in offense, would become addicted to the immense damage output of these weapons.

Ning Rongrong's excitement might seem excessive, but if Ning Fengzhi were in her place, the result likely wouldn't be much different.

Even if Ning Fengzhi appeared more composed on the surface, in private, his dependency on a soul-guided ray gun might far surpass Ning Rongrong's.

After all, he had endured decades of frustration from being unable to advance his strength or deal any damage. The emotions that would erupt in such a situation would be even more intense.

Following this, there wasn't even time to test the protective shields. Under everyone's gaze, Ning Rongrong repeatedly activated the soul-guided ray gun, firing at the humanoid targets in the distance. After most of the targets had been destroyed, she even turned her attention to the already-damaged targets on the ground, using the fire-element ray gun to burn them into piles of ashes.

PS: Ning Rongrong now understands what it feels like to be American!