Chapter 535: Abandoning Armor and Soldiers

Chapter 535: Abandoning Armor and Soldiers

Some time ago, Ju Zi had ordered the firing of level nine fixed-mount soul-guided artillery shells at the Northwest Army's base. Although the order was issued by her personally, the actual timing of the launch was decided by Mu Xing.

"Do we really want to do this? Your elder..." Juzi swore that she had no intention of eavesdropping on their conversation, but Mu Xing urged her to give the order to launch when the other party had not yet completely dismantled the defensive linked soul guide array of the Northwest Army Group's base - the protection system specially designed to intercept ninth-level fixed-type soul guide artillery shells.

This is somewhat disregarding the other party's life or death.

"Oh, it's okay." Mu Xing didn't seem to care. "He deserved to be blown to death."

"..." Orange was speechless for a moment. She found that Mu Xing was the most elusive person she had ever seen. He was getting along well with her uncle just a few hours ago, but he turned against her at dawn and didn't even care about the lives of his own people. He directly ordered the bombing.

How could he be even more heartless than that dog eunuch Xu Tianran? He was simply not a human being!

"Have you forgotten that he can teleport? He is not the kind of fool who would catch a shell with his face. Only Dai Hao would be blown up because he has no flying soul guide, right? Even if he really only has half a breath left, I can bring it back for him..." If he dies, I can turn him into a nuclear-powered undead dragon.

Mu Xing felt uncomfortable being stared at by Ju Zi. What does this look mean? Does she look like the Phantom of the Civil War?

At most, Di Tian could only take advantage of him verbally. If one really wanted to trace back three generations, there was indeed a generation gap between them. At most, they could just talk about their own affairs. Moreover, he had done more outrageous things, so why should he care about a title?

Long's bottom line was lowered step by step! As expected, she was surrounded by scheming Zhong Deng and Lao Deng, except for Alex.

"Don't shout! Lord Alex, you are only slightly better than my sister in dealing with human relations, but not much better." The Golden Dragon King took the initiative to suppress Alex's protest.

"A lonely ghost without even a physical body is trying to act like a king here?" Alex retorted, not noticing that he was also scolding himself.

Can the two old men be quiet for a while? Mu Xing shook his head irritably and just happened to hear Ju Zi's tentative question.

"Are you an auxiliary-type soul master?" Orange himself is a food-type soul master, and the food type naturally belongs to the auxiliary type.

After thousands of years of development, the craftsmanship of soul guides has become increasingly sophisticated and their power has become increasingly powerful. Nowadays, even if a food-type soul master is equipped with a sufficiently powerful soul guide, the explosive attack power may even surpass that of a strong attack-type battle soul master. Similarly, if a quick attack-type battle soul master has a defensive soul guide, he can also temporarily assume the responsibilities of a defensive soul master. It can be said that the popularity of soul guides has completely changed the training direction and combat pattern of soul masters.

Under the influence of soul guides, the boundaries of traditional soul master classification have become blurred. Even auxiliary soul masters can show amazing combat power through soul guides.

"If Xu Tianran had been more sensible, I could have made him grow all three legs again." Mu Xing looked at Juzi with a smile. When necessary, she could indeed play the role of a support.

The Fire Phoenix Douluo who was guarding beside Orange was even more shocked than Orange when he heard this. There were indeed many auxiliary soul masters with healing abilities, but those who could regenerate severed limbs were extremely rare in the entire continent.

"Don't you believe it? Then come and experience it for yourself." Mu Xing's slender fingers gently stroked Orange's cheek. Her skin was as pink and tender as the first blooming cherry blossoms, so delicate that no pores could be seen. The touch from her fingertips was soft and tender, as if touching the finest silk.

During this seemingly ordinary contact, Orange suddenly felt an extremely pure energy coming from Mu Xing's fingertips. This energy was not only pure without any impurities, but also contained a frightening breath of life. Orange trembled all over, and the blood in his body boiled as if it was ignited.

The Soul King level cultivation that had been forcibly improved by drugs and special means for many years now exposed obvious flaws. Orange's soul power was sluggish and lacked the necessary resilience, but what shocked her even more was that with the injection of that life energy, the soul power that had been dormant in her body for a long time began to fluctuate on its own, and climbed up clearly and perceptibly until it reached the bottleneck of level 60.

This wonderful feeling was fleeting, and was interrupted when Mu Xing retracted his finger. Since being promoted to level 5 soul master, Ju Zi has fallen into a bottleneck in cultivation. The effect of drug assistance has become increasingly weak, and the growth of soul power has almost stagnated. According to the current progress, it will take at least three to five years to break through to level 6 soul master. Unexpectedly, the other party only took a moment to pull her to level 60.

At this moment, Juzi was in shock of having her cognition overturned. She hurriedly circulated her soul power to feel it again, and found that the increased soul power was truly retained in her body. What was even more incredible was that the originally turbid soul power became a little purer after being washed by the life force. Although most of the life energy had receded, the remaining effect was still continuing to improve her physical condition.

Could it be that Xu Tianran wanted to marry her because he knew some inside information? Ju Zi stared at Mu Xing in shock.

"That's not the case, but even I can't help but admire his lustful intentions."

"I'm not..." Orange had already seen Mu Xing's ability to read minds, but was still afraid that it would offend her.

"I don't care what you think, really, just relax, okay? Think about what you want to do after the war, such as taking some time to contract a soul. By the way, what type of soul beast do you like?" Dragons don't care what people think, just like people don't care what ants think of them.

"Yes..." Ju Zi nodded quickly, clearing all the nonsense from her mind. To be honest, it was still difficult for her not to be nervous. After all, Mu Xing had asked Huo Yuhao to throw her off the top floor not long ago. But no matter what, she was much better than the one with the surname Xu. But who would like soul beasts? Her surname was not Tang!

"I want a good-looking one...is that okay?" Orange thought that since he didn't need to rely on martial spirits to support the army, it shouldn't be too much to ask to find a spirit that was the right age and cute or handsome.

"Then choose from the soul beast atlas, and then go and communicate with Panlong Douluo." The cooperation between Longge and Sun Moon Empire is not limited to the field of soul guides, but also includes the mysterious soul contract technology. Qiangu Jingyin is the highest person in charge sent by Longge to the Sun Moon Empire, in charge of all cooperation matters between the two sides.

"If the Marshal trusts me, I can also help with the advice." Fire Phoenix Douluo's love for the young commander was beyond words, and Juzi also affectionately called her "Grandma". For Fire Phoenix Douluo, who never married, it is understandable that he was very happy to have such a granddaughter-like younger generation. The relationship between them was quite special. They were superiors and subordinates in the army, as well as grandparents and grandchildren, and they also had a master-disciple relationship.

"That's great, Grandma Luanfeng!" Juzi couldn't hide her excitement. She was now in the best stage of her life─getting promoted, getting rich (?), her husband died, and next she would get to kill her enemy with her own hands. This was too cool!

So when she led the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group to fight against the White Tiger Duke, she was extremely excited.

At the beginning of the battle, the casualties on the Sun-Moon Empire side were minimal, with only a dozen people killed. On the other hand, a large number of corpses were left on the battlefield on the Xingluo Empire side. The casualties of the White Tiger Guards were particularly heavy, and many powerful soul masters died in this battle.

The soul guides of the Fire Phoenix Soul Guide Corps hung high in the sky, continuously pouring down fire attribute soul guide rays. They did not fight alone, but formed groups of three to five to launch combined attacks. Every time a ray fell, the ground erupted with a deafening roar.

The battlefield on the ground presented a completely different tragic scene. Nearly a hundred chaotic soul lights rose and fell one after another. It was obvious that the defense force, mainly composed of soul masters, was struggling to hold on. The White Tiger Guards were almost powerless in this high-level duel, and suffered the most casualties.

High in the sky, Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin and Fire Phoenix Douluo Luanfeng stood in the air, looking down at the battle with cold eyes. Ye Yulin raised his right hand lightly, and a silver star suddenly rose into the sky. The silver light expanded rapidly as it rose, and when it rose to a height of 100 meters, it had turned into a dazzling silver moon.

When the silver light stabilized, a silver beam of light suddenly fell and solidified in front of Ye Yulin. Then he raised his hands, and a pale golden light ball with a diameter of more than one meter rose slowly in the silver light. A golden sun slowly rose, shining with the silver moon, and finally hovered at the same height.

The gold and silver balls began to rotate around the invisible center of the circle, transforming into a larger two-color halo in the sky.

"This is the upgraded version of the Sun Needle, the Sun and Moon Needle? It seems that you, Old Ye, are well prepared!" Fire Phoenix Douluo teased.

Ye Yulin nodded slightly: "It makes up for the disadvantage of the Sun Needle that it can only be used during the day. It can rise to a maximum of 1,600 meters and the strike range covers a diameter of 30 kilometers. If the user's mental power is strong enough, it can fully achieve all-round reconnaissance and precision strikes."

This ninth-level soul master, who ranks among the top three in the Sun-Moon Empire, is in charge personally, and it is obvious that he wants to completely crush the remaining resistance on the ground.

There were less than 2,000 people on the Xingluo Empire side, of which more than 1,000 were White Tiger Guards, and the rest were all soul masters sent by the Xingluo royal family to support them. It was precisely because of the tenacious resistance of these soul masters that they were able to barely maintain the current situation.

These soul masters were very powerful, and their soul power alone even surpassed that of the members of the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Group in the sky. Each of them had at least five soul rings shining on them, which showed how profound their cultivation was.

The Northwest Army Group received strong support from the Xingluo Empire's royal family. This soul master corps was the most elite force in the Xingluo Empire. Although some personnel were lost in the battle, it was precisely because of their bravery that they were able to contain the Sun Moon Empire's soul master corps and buy precious time for the retreat of the main force of the Northwest Army Group.

However, at this moment, most of these soul masters looked tired and solemn. Although in a one-on-one situation, each of them had the confidence to defeat any soul master in the air.

An old woman with gray hair and chicken skin stood hunched beside Dai Hao, her face full of wrinkles and it was difficult to tell her age. The old man who succeeded the late Xuanji Douluo slowly raised his skinny right hand, and a light green healing light poured down like a curtain of water, wrapping Dai Hao's body and healing his hideous wounds left by the soul guide artillery fire.

Dai Hao panted heavily, and the blood-stained armor made a metallic friction sound as his chest rose and fell. He had just dragged his wounded body back to the camp not long ago, but ran into the reinforcements of the Heavenly Soul Empire who were urgently dismantling the soul guide equipment they brought. He subconsciously wanted to threaten them with military orders - according to the law, those who withdraw troops in the face of battle should be treated as deserters.

But just as the military order was about to come out, Dai Hao saw the man with black hair and golden eyes. It was he who brought the order for the Tianhun reinforcements to retreat, and it was he who instantly killed four Titled Douluo including Xuanji Douluo.

At that moment, Dai Hao felt like he was falling into an ice cave. He swallowed the order that was on the tip of his tongue, and instead raced against time to organize the evacuation of his troops before the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells fell, and hastily fought against the invading army of the Sun-Moon Empire.

At this moment, the remnants had been trapped in this narrow valley for nearly an hour. The sudden change cut off all possibility of reinforcements. On the distant horizon, the flag of the Sun Moon Empire had already spread over the Mingdou Mountains. Dai Hao clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms. If he didn't make a decision, today would be the end of the Northwest Army.

His eyes turned heavily to the tall figure beside him - his second son Dai Huabin. The young man had broad shoulders and a broad back, with short golden hair neatly cut. The most eye-catching thing was his cold eyes. Since his eldest son Dai Yaoheng died in the fight at Xingluo Square five years ago, and his youngest son Dai Luoli was missing, presumably taken away by the hateful boy, Dai Hao had always kept this only remaining son by his side and nurtured him carefully.

Five years have passed, and now Dai Huabin has become a six-ringed soul emperor. At the age of 18, he has reached such a state, which is rare even among the young generation of geniuses. Of course, this achievement is inseparable from the resources poured in by the White Tiger Duke's Mansion at all costs. The soul bones stripped after Dai Yaoheng's death, the spiritual objects and herbs for auxiliary cultivation, and the personal guidance of the Titled Douluo, these cultivation resources that are difficult for ordinary people to obtain, were generously piled up on Dai Huabin by Dai Hao, allowing him to enjoy the treatment that an only child should have.

However, Zhu Lu, Dai Huabin's inseparable partner in martial arts fusion skills, was nowhere to be seen. After all, Longge was so powerful that even the emperor had to be courteous to it. After weighing the pros and cons, the Zhu family decisively cancelled the engagement between Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin, fearing that this marriage tradition that had lasted for tens of thousands of years would bring disaster to the family.

Dai Hao looked at his son standing alone, a complex pain flashing in his eyes. Under the pressure of power beyond the world, even a powerful person like him had to bow to reality.

In the air, Ju Zi was guarded by Ye Yulin and Luan Feng, two ninth-level soul masters. Her eyes were filled with ecstasy that had been suppressed for many years. She had waited for this moment for too long. She once had an indescribable compassion for life and death, but now this emotion has been transformed into an immeasurable ambition.

Juzi took a deep breath, his eyes swept across the battlefield below like a knife, and his voice was wrapped in unquestionable majesty: "Hand over White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, and the rest will surrender their weapons and will not be killed!"