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Xu Yuan hadn't even unleashed his full strength.
At this moment, the level of power he was controlling was only at the Soul Douluo level, just enough to create a commotion and draw out Lamo.
Unexpectedly, Lamo immediately fled toward the direction of the Chaotic North King without hesitation.
After a brief moment of surprise, Xu Yuan naturally gave chase right away.
With the fusion of battle armor and mech suit, Xu Yuan's speed was incredibly fast.
It didn't take long for Xu Yuan to understand why Kaye had looked down on Lamo—Lamo's speed was truly abysmal.
Even with wings on his back, his flight speed was painfully slow, slower than Nalundo's energy wings formed from Alba's bloodline power.
The relatively small wings flapping on his large frame looked almost comical.
Because of this, even though Lamo had fled first and Xu Yuan hesitated briefly, Xu Yuan still caught up to him quickly.
Lamo turned his head and saw Xu Yuan's astonishing speed. He knew his decision to flee was correct.
Indeed, this foreigner was beyond his ability to resist.
Lamo unleashed a shocking surge of energy.
The energy fluctuations erupting from his body were immense. In terms of pure energy intensity, it even surpassed Nalundo when burning his bloodline, exceeding the normal Level 93 Titled Douluo and nearing Level 94.
However, under Lamo's eruption, this energy was overwhelmingly thick, giving off an unstoppable sensation.
The energy fluctuations spread rapidly, and even at great distances, the terrifying ripples remained highly noticeable.
Xu Yuan's expression changed slightly.
Seeing this, Lamo felt a sense of satisfaction.
"Hmph, this is the innate talent of my single-horned demon race."
Even though his speed was a disadvantage, leading some weaker foes to provoke him, he still possessed certain rare advantages.
Such as what he was currently demonstrating.
An advantage that normally showed no signs of existence.
Lamo was confident that his eruption would attract the attention of some demons within the Chaotic North King's territory.
As long as the battle continued to generate intense energy clashes, the ripples would spread, and the forces under the Chaotic North King would quickly report the situation.
Would they provide reinforcements?
Lamo had no doubt.
To suppress the Hell Gates, the forces within the Northern Three Kings' territories far exceeded those of other Tyrants.
From what Lamo knew, the Chaotic North King had two Tyrant-level demons under his command, both descendants who inherited traces of the pure Purple-Gold Demon bloodline from him. Even in their diluted form, this bloodline was equivalent to the strength granted by Alba to other Tyrants, allowing them to break through their racial limits and reach Tyrant-level power.
Although the Chaotic North King himself was guarding the Hell Gate, his two Tyrant subordinates were entirely capable of sending one or two to assist.
Lamo, however, felt this wasn't foolproof. After reinforcements arrived, he planned to continue provoking the Chaotic North King's attention.
Ideally, the Chaotic North King himself would come.
Otherwise, Lamo feared that both he and the arriving Tyrants might fall.
After all, Kaye's disappearance earlier clearly indicated he had been investigating the south, where Nalundo was. If Kaye had vanished, then what about Nalundo?
These foreigners likely had the ability to deal with two Tyrants.
"Fortunately, although I'll be dragged into a tough fight, I can endure long enough for the Chaotic North King to realize the situation."
Lamo stared at Xu Yuan, pushing his energy to the limit, fully focused but not initiating any attacks.
His speed was a disadvantage, so his fighting style leaned toward enduring damage and counterattacking during the clash of energies.
Seeing Xu Yuan's change in expression, Lamo felt completely calm.
However, Xu Yuan on the opposite side was equally unfazed.
The change in his expression was mainly due to his astonishment at how cooperative Lamo's innate talent was.
The mech suit quickly shrank, condensing into a set of battle armor.
The battle armor overlaid onto the soul armor, fusing tightly with it.
Xu Yuan's soul power fluctuations rapidly increased. Both the total amount of soul power and its quality were enhanced twofold through the dual amplification of the soul armor and the condensed battle armor.
The unprecedented red-grade one-word soul armor on the continent, combined with a fully spirit-forged divine alloy purple-grade mech suit, provided an absurd level of amplification.
This dual amplification was achieved through the expansion of meridians and soul power pathways outside the body!
Even after these two layers of amplification, the result was stronger than a two-word soul armor.
After all, Xu Yuan's mech suit was crafted entirely from fully spirit-forged divine alloy, surpassing even black-grade two-word soul armor.
Black-grade two-word soul armor wasn't necessarily made entirely from divine alloy.
Moreover, the mech suit's larger size allowed for more internal space, more inscribed soul-guided arrays, and greater amplification effects.
Even after being condensed into battle armor form, though many arrays were folded, their effects far surpassed those of two-word soul armor.
In fact, if the mech suit in its condensed battle armor form were compared to two-word soul armor, it could easily earn a red-grade evaluation.
Wearing his own one-word soul armor, Xu Yuan's strength had already been elevated to Soul Sage level. Adding another layer of red-grade two-word-equivalent battle armor resulted in a completely outrageous leap in combat capability.
The Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear also benefited from the mech suit's enhancement.
Due to Jue's unique nature, much of the condensed mech suit's power was infused into the spear's body, further elevating its quality.
The spear swept horizontally.
Boom!
Lamo's expression shifted slightly.
What immense power.
This strike landed heavily on his body.
Lamo stared at Xu Yuan, his eyes showing a hint of seriousness.
Fast speed, powerful bursts.
This foreigner was incredibly strong.
No wonder he could deal with Nalundo and Kaye.
As for Na'er?
Lamo still hadn't sensed any threat from her.
Even with her fused one-word soul armor, Na'er's current explosive power was only at the Lord level—and a weaker Lord at that.
Sure enough, she was now surrounded and overwhelmed by several Lords from Lamo's royal city.
Xu Yuan noticed the situation on Na'er's side but wasn't worried.
He knew exactly how strong Na'er was.
The metals required for her one-word soul armor were all personally forged by Xu Yuan. Though not perfect alloys, they were all divine alloys.
Fully divine alloys, even stronger than Tang Wulin's current Dragon one-word soul armor.
Just the amplification from her soul armor allowed Na'er to contend with a Soul Sage.
Moreover, her martial soul was the Silver Dragon Spear—a divine artifact on par with the Golden Dragon Spear!
Having a divine artifact as a martial soul inherently granted Na'er extraordinary qualifications for cross-tier battles.
"Why are they taking so long?"
Xu Yuan sensed the movements in the direction of the Chaotic North King.
Before coming to Lamo's royal city, Xu Yuan and Na'er had placed numerous soul-guided devices in the intermediate area between the Chaotic North King and Lamo's territories to facilitate information gathering.
"Looks like the battle isn't intense enough. Lamo's situation isn't dire yet!"
Xu Yuan simultaneously burned his blood energy and vitality.
His five soul rings flashed simultaneously.
"First Soul Skill: Five Elements Spear Technique!"
"Second Soul Skill: Spear Demon Body!"
"Third Soul Skill: Piercing Spear!"
"Fourth Soul Skill: Flame of Life!"
"Fifth Soul Skill: Blood Essence Manifestation—Dharma Heaven Phenomenon!"
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