X-Dragon Era

Overall, the so-called energy shield can be understood as magnetism; once any energy approaches, it is directly repelled. If it's a physical object that's flying towards it, the repulsive force creates a reaction force, weakening the intensity of the physical attack.

However, if the physical attack is strong enough, the effect is minimal. Take Luo Fu as an example. Once he gets close, with a single slash of his Thousand Feather Greatsword, no matter how strong your repulsive force is, can it be greater than the force of his slash? If it really were that strong, that would be invincible! Even the Taiji Diagram doesn't have that effect, let alone it being a common ability of all dragons.

But after all, the Amethyst stage is the Amethyst stage. If it's a physical attack from the Gold stage, after being weakened by the energy shield, by the time it reaches you, it will already be devoid of harm, merely the last burst of an exhausted force, not even able to get close to the opponent's body.

Take the most common Feather Arrow barrage for example, a Feather Arrow launched by a Gold stage Giant Dragon cannot penetrate the energy shield of an Amethyst stage master. Before it even gets close, its momentum is spent and it drops listlessly.

An Amethyst stage energy shield is very strong against energy defense and also excellent against physical defense, but this is referring to long-range scenarios. Once someone gets close, the shield is essentially useless.

Not to mention other methods, just take flying at supersonic speeds on a Giant Dragon and slamming into something. This is something a shield cannot withstand. The size of a Giant Dragon is no smaller than an airplane, its weight is even greater, and it can reach several times the speed of sound. With such an impact, its power is definitely greater than a plane crashing into a building; a shield could not possibly defend against it!

In fact, it's not only ineffective in close combat, but even strong long-range attacks can penetrate it, as long as the attack is sharp enough. Forget about energy shields, even iron shields can be pierced!

At this moment, although the Red Gourd is still an Innate Spirit Treasure Embryo and not a true Innate Spiritual Treasure, its power is not the slightest bit inferior. The seeds it sprays can easily penetrate the energy shields of Amethyst stage masters and hit the Giant Dragon's body directly. From this point of view, the power of the seeds sprayed by the Red Gourd is comparable to that of the Amethyst stage.

However, even though they can easily pass through, by the time the seeds reach the Giant Dragon's body, the impact force is no longer sufficient due to the strong repulsive force of the shield. Although it appears to strike sparks in every direction on impact, in reality, it hasn't even broken the Giant Dragon's outer skin, let alone injured its internal organs.

Under everyone's gaze, the fiery red gourd kept on spraying seeds, like a machine gun with unlimited bullets, howling and shooting madly. Facing the Soul-Scattering Gourd, the Amethyst stage Giant Dragon seemed foolish, suspended mid-air motionlessly, neither dodging nor resisting, just hanging there blankly.

Seeing this scene, everyone thought he was playing it cool, showing off, after all... an attack launched by a Gold stage rookie wasn't worth taking seriously. The most exaggerated thing was, atop that Red Gourd sat a girl with rosy lips and white teeth, incredibly adorable, looking only about ten years old. If she managed to injure him with such an attack, that would truly be a joke.

"Doo doo doo..." Faced with this scene, Greenie seemed quite frustrated. With a flip of her body, she instantly transformed into a red light and burrowed into the gourd. The next moment... the gourd began to spray even faster, and the seeds it ejected became even sharper.

From a distance, the Giant Dragon looked like an iron pillar being crazily sprayed with machine-gun fire, sparks flying all around, its body trembling violently. Seeing this, everyone felt something was not quite right!

Finally, after five seconds of continuous, frantic spraying, the body of the Giant Dragon suddenly jerked back, then burst into an explosion mid-air, with a massive shockwave following, everyone was greatly shocked!

Everyone knew that this was by no means a combat skill or ability. It was usually a scene one would see in self-destruction, but... that guy was fine, so why on earth would he suddenly go for self-destruction!

What was most puzzling was that if you were going to self-destruct, you should at least take the enemy down with you, right? But there wasn't a soul near his body, and the explosion only swept everyone with its blast wave, failing to cause any harm.

Others might not understand, but Xin Yun certainly did. The opponent wasn't playing at self-destruction at all. The reason he couldn't move was because of the paralyzing effect of the Soul Scattering Shock. Although his mind was clearer than anyone else's, his body simply wouldn't obey him.

Under continuous assault, the Soul Scattering Shock had completely paralyzed the opponent's body. Although it didn't damage the True Spirit and Human Soul, being paralyzed in such a way was unbearably painful with his consciousness still clear.

After enduring five seconds of continuous shooting, the accumulated Soul Scattering Shock finally dismantled his body. What everyone thought was self-destruction was actually just the soul scattering.

With the soul scattered, the spirit had nowhere to rely on, a bit of True Spirit flew towards the heavens, and death couldn't be any more certain. A master at the Purple Crystal level had perished under the Soul-scattering Gourd, which was nothing more than an Embryo of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

As Xin Yun eliminated his opponent, Luo Fu, the God of Slaughter, had already taken down several masters. Turning his head to look around, only four Purple Crystal level masters were still desperately resisting. One was entangled by Ming Xuan, another was tightly bound by Yan Qingying, and after dealing with his own opponent, Luo Fu charged towards the third one.

Seeing this, Xin Yun got excited. With a wave of his hand, the Soul-scattering Gourd instantly pivoted its muzzle towards the fourth Purple Crystal level master. A series of Gourd Seeds shot out with a droning sound amidst the flames.

The Gourd Seeds looked ordinary, similar to the sunflower seeds we usually eat but bigger and definitely sharper than bullets. Moreover... these Gourd Seeds had absorbed enough Spiritual Energy, especially after being scoured by the chaotic currents, each seed was incredibly heavy; Xin Yun had tried it, a small seed, held in his hand, weighed over a pound!

Under continuous refinement, these Gourd Seeds would not grow in size, but their weight would continue to increase, as would their attacking power. The contained Soul Scattering Shock would also become more intense, and the Scarlet Fire within the Red Gourd would become hotter. When everything was elevated to the highest level, even steel could be shattered in one blow!

Under Xin Yun's control, Yinglong roared as it leaped towards the fourth Purple Crystal Level master. At the same time, the Soul-scattering Gourd that had been following Xin Yun spewed Fire Snakes like mad. The Gourd Seeds lined up and shot towards the opponent in succession.

In the face of Xin Yun's attack, the Purple Crystal level master was already panicking, dodging awkwardly for a moment, but how could he avoid the Giant Dragon which was so immense? He was soon hit by a Gourd Seed.

Once one seed hit, everything else was easy. The Soul-scattering Gourd's firing speed was exaggerated, averaging about ten shots per second; eighty-one Gourd Seeds could be fired in nine seconds!

If it were just one Gourd Seed, the threat to the opponent wouldn't be that great, causing only a fraction of a second of stiffness before recovery. But Xin Yun's Soul-scattering Gourd contained a total of eighty-one Gourd Seeds, and once they started firing, it seemed endless. Continuous strikes meant that even a Purple Crystal level master couldn't last more than five seconds!

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