Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Sun and Moon Empire, Imperial Palace Study.

"Ju Zi, where do you think Ye Yulin and the others are now?"

Xu Tianran's gaze remained fixed on the huge map hanging on the wall, his eyes darting across the sea, as if trying to discern the fleet's route and its current location.

He used to respectfully address Ye Yulin as Senior Starry Sky Douluo, but now he doesn't want to bother with such formalities anymore, and Ye Yulin isn't around, so he just calls her by her name.

Upon hearing Xu Tianran's question, Ju Zi pondered for a moment before walking to the huge map and pointing to a certain location on it.

"Based on the fleet's normal speed, its current position should be here!"

Xu Tianran's gaze followed the finger of the orange.

The location that the orange was pointing to was in the northeastern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire, which was very close to the southeastern sea area of ​​the Dou Ling Empire.

Xu Tianran smiled and said, "Ju Zi, are you so confident? You have to understand that this fleet is going to bypass the South China Sea of ​​the Star Luo Empire and also deal with the sea spirit beasts in the deep sea. If it's traveling at normal speed, it should indeed be here by now, but what if it gets delayed by some unexpected event?"

He personally devised the plan to launch a surprise attack on the Douling Empire from the sea, but during the planning process, he never imagined that the plan would go so smoothly.

He knew in his heart that war was not child's play, and anything could happen.

Not to mention, this fleet faces many dangers.

Both the southern sea navy of the Star Luo Empire and the sea spirit beasts in the deep sea are a great problem.

Under these circumstances, he never imagined that the fleet could truly complete its sea voyage without any unexpected incidents.

He gave Ye Yulin some time to deal with the unexpected situation; otherwise, at the speed of the fleet, it would not take more than a month to sail normally from the southwest sea area of ​​the Sun Moon Empire, cross the South China Sea of ​​the Star Luo Empire, and then head north to approach the East China Sea of ​​the Dou Ling Empire.

Upon hearing Xu Tianran's words, Ju Zi shook her head, unusually refuting him.

"Your Majesty, you appointed Starry Sky Douluo to lead the team precisely because you value his emergency response capabilities at sea, right?"

As the fleet sails on the sea, facing powerful sea spirit beasts, there are two types of spirit masters who are more suitable.

First, the Sea Soul Master, who possesses powerful ocean abilities!
Given the size of the fleet, it would be best to have a Sea Soul Master at the Title Douluo level or above to guarantee escort.

But clearly, the Sun Moon Empire doesn't have any Sea Soul Masters of this level.

The second category is Soul Masters who excel at high-altitude combat.

In the ocean, land-based soul masters have no advantage, while those in the air have the ability to suppress soul beasts in the ocean!
It possesses powerful suppression capabilities against both air and ground targets, and against the sea.

In this situation, Ye Yulin, who is known as the Starry Sky Douluo, is the best person to deal with any unexpected events that may occur to the fleet at sea!
Xu Tianran put a lot of effort into this plan, requiring a full 10,000 elite Soul Masters. Even though the Sun Moon Empire had a large number of Soul Masters, it was still quite difficult to gather 10,000 people.

After all, the defense capabilities of major cities along the borders of the Sun Moon Empire also need to be guaranteed.

Even so, Xu Tianran still used his full strength to equip all 10,000 people with flying soul tools!
This ensures that the fleet will not suffer heavy casualties while sailing in the deep sea.

With the presence of Starry Sky Douluo, a level nine Soul Master skilled in high-altitude combat, Xu Tianran has minimized the risks as much as possible.

"Yes, that's why I sent Ye Yulin. But even with him there, I can't say there won't be any unexpected problems. We'll see. If the fleet really reaches this position as you said, we'll soon hear news of their landing."

Xu Tianran nodded; he did hope the fleet was moving that fast.

The faster the better!

A month has already passed since Jiang Ming mentioned a year. He felt a little more relaxed, but also a little more nervous.

He didn't know if Jiang Ming's words were just a simple threat or if he really intended to take action.

But he hopes to achieve his ideal of unifying the continent in a short period of time!
In that case, I could die without regrets.

Thinking of this, Xu Tianran suddenly looked at the orange in front of him and asked softly, "Orange, what are your thoughts on unifying the continent?"

The Spirit Empire, Spirit City.

Inside the palace, a minister was reporting to the emperor of the Douling Empire.

"Your Majesty, the southern seas of the Star Luo Empire have experienced several waves of sea spirit beasts, resulting in significant losses. Should we send additional troops to the southeastern seas to guard against these beast waves?"

The Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire are adjacent, and in terms of maritime territory, the sea areas of the two empires are connected.

The news that the Star Luo Empire had suffered a horde of sea spirit beasts, resulting in considerable casualties, naturally reached the Dou Ling Empire.

Upon hearing this, the emperor of the Douling Empire hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Because its territory does not directly border the Sun Moon Empire, the Douling Empire does not need to worry about war with the Sun Moon Empire for the time being. In any case, even if a war breaks out, Tianhun and Xingluo will be the ones to hold the line first.

However, even in response to the tide of sea spirit beasts, Emperor Xue Tianhai of the Douling Empire did not send too many troops to the coast.

The problem of the sea spirit beasts is not too big. The sea spirit beast tides only briefly impact cities and do not land. To deal with them, we just need to hold our ground in the coastal cities. Given time, the sea spirit beasts will naturally retreat, so we don't need too much military force.

Meanwhile, the fleet led by Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin has crossed the northeastern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire and arrived at the southeastern sea area of ​​the Douling Empire.

There are several cities along the southeastern coast of the Douling Empire. Because they are by the sea, the cities are quite large. However, due to the presence of sea spirit beasts, it is difficult for coastal cities to develop through sea transport.

"The fleet will arrive at the Douling Empire's naval patrol border tonight. Everyone will have a day to rest and recuperate. The day after tomorrow, we will launch our attack!"

Looking at the sea area distribution map displayed on his self-made soul tool, Ye Yulin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

They're almost at their position, which means the war is about to begin!
Although the Sun Moon Empire has had constant friction and several wars with the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire over the years, these have all been localized wars with relatively limited conflict.

But now, their goal is to destroy the country!

Ye Yulin stared intently at the sea map and the map of the Douling Empire before him.

Even as a level nine Soul Master, he had never done anything like the war that annihilated a nation.

Still a little nervous.

“Senior Starry Sky Douluo, you’ve worked hard these past few days. Why don’t you go and rest? I’ll keep an eye on things here.”

The assistant beside him said with some concern.

To prevent the fleet from being attacked by powerful sea spirit beasts in the deep sea, Ye Yulin has been working non-stop these past few days, constantly venturing into the deep sea to lure the sea spirit beasts away.

He only gradually reduced the frequency of his attacks as they neared their destination. Even a level nine Soul Master would feel fatigued at this intensity.

Not to mention, the sea spirit beasts in the deep sea are not to be trifled with either; not all sea spirit beasts are unable to reach heights of thousands of meters!

During this period, Ye Yulin was attacked by the sea spirit beast several times, and was almost held back by the sea spirit beast several times.

"Rest. Let's rest tomorrow. The fleet hasn't reached its designated location yet, so I still have to go there."

Ye Yulin shook his head, then put away the soul guide map and flew towards the area where powerful sea spirit beasts might appear in the direction the fleet was heading, in order to attract those sea spirit beasts in advance and avoid causing any impact on the fleet.

We're almost there, and we can't afford the slightest mishap!
When the fleet reached its designated location, the sea was already bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and Ye Yulin returned to the fleet at that moment.

Standing on the deck, Ye Yulin did not rest immediately, but instead ordered all ships to turn the frequency of the interference soul guide device to the maximum.

Now that they've reached this position, the interference soul tool is only useful for this short time. Once the attack begins, they'll rush directly into the Douling Empire, and the interference soul tool will be useless.

Only after Ye Yulin had arranged everything and made sure nothing was overlooked did he dare to rest in the cabin.

This operation concerns the fate of the Sun Moon Empire! It may even determine the fate of the entire continent!

The heavy historical mission on his shoulders kept Ye Yulin, a level nine Soul Master, awake at night.

He sat on the bed, looked at the starry sky outside the cabin, and murmured, "I hope...it will succeed!"

The next day, the entire fleet began to rest. The long voyage of more than half a month had left them very tired, and they needed to rest before the big battle.

After all, once they begin their raid on the Douling Empire, there will be no time to rest.

Within the Douling Empire, every minute of rest could lead to the failure of their mission.

Now is the last break.

Of course, while the entire fleet was resting, Ye Yulin still sent out a small team in a small boat to investigate the coastal cities of the Douling Empire.

In order to break through the coastal city's defenses as quickly as possible and head straight for Lingdou City, they must make all necessary preparations.

Even before they set off, some of the Sun Moon Empire's spies within the Douling Empire had already arrived in the coastal cities, ready to play a significant role.

Soon, Ye Yulin received a message.

The Douling Empire reinforced its troops in the southeastern coastal cities to guard against the beast tide of sea spirit beasts.

"Beware of the Sea Soul Beast Tide"

Ye Yulin looked at the message, her eyes narrowing slightly, as if she had thought of something.

Their chosen direction of attack was not the southeast coast of the Douling Empire, but the east, because that was the shortest straight-line distance from Lingdou City.

Logically, these additional troops deployed to the southeastern sea area should not pose any obstacle to them.

but.
Ye Yulin had an idea that was outside the plan.

Soon, Ye Yulin left the fleet, and this time he didn't return until late at night.

Upon returning, before even landing on the deck, he immediately ordered the fleet to proceed at full speed toward the eastern coastline of the Douling Empire!
Around three or four in the morning is when people are at their most lethargic.

In less than three hours, the fleet, traveling at full speed, spotted the coastline of the Douling Empire.

During this time, they naturally encountered some of the Douling Empire's navy, but those navy personnel were wiped out by the vanguard assault team before they even discovered the fleet!
The entire fleet could be said to have moved freely without any obstacles!
As the first rays of sunlight shone on the coastline of the Douling Empire, an extremely large fleet appeared around the coastline at some unknown time.

When the Soul Master Legion disembarked from the fleet, they charged directly into the city without hesitation.

They ignored the commoners and went into the city lord's mansion!

The city lord of the city lord's mansion had just gotten up when Ye Yulin pressed a soul tool against his forehead.

Then, he got his head blown off!

Soon, the entire city lord's mansion, along with the city defense troops, was slaughtered as long as they did not surrender!

Ye Yulin knew in her heart that this was a surprise mission and they could not afford to delay.

After clearing out the city lord's mansion, he immediately sent people to build a large-scale soul tool device with an ultra-long range here.

That's a soul-guided artillery array!

In addition to the 10,000-strong Soul Master Corps, the fleet also carries a massive amount of Soul Guidance Equipment with powerful offensive capabilities.

Now that we have landed in the Douling Empire, we must establish a solid foothold.

After giving the order, Ye Yulin did not linger. Instead, she led the Soul Master Corps and used their flying Soul Guidance Devices to fly at high speed towards Lingdou City!

With the speed boost from the flying soul tool, they could reach Lingdou City in less than a day by flying at full speed!

However, these soul masters cannot use flying soul tools for an entire day; even with sealed milk bottles, their bodies cannot withstand it.

Moreover, no matter how weak the Douling Empire is, it is still an empire!
There are still several large cities between the coastal cities and Lingdou City.

These major cities have air defense forces, and even if they are not very strong, they cannot be ignored.

Originally, with the abilities of the Soul Master Corps led by Ye Yulin, they could have avoided these cities, but what they needed now was speed—to reach Lingdou City as quickly as possible!
For this purpose, they were all equipped with flight soul tools, so it was impossible for them to reduce their speed by evasion.

So Ye Yulin led the Soul Master Corps in a direct charge!

This was already part of the plan.

A Soul Master Corps led by several Level 9 Soul Masters, with dozens of Level 8 Soul Masters, hundreds of Level 7 Soul Masters, and thousands of Level 4, 5, and 6 Soul Masters—if this force were to surge forward, no more than three cities on the entire continent could withstand it!

The Douling Empire, let alone the cities along the way, couldn't even stop Lingdou City!
Rush!
Keep pushing!
In less than two days, Ye Yulin's Soul Master Legion rushed from the coast of the Douling Empire to the vicinity of the Douling Empire's capital, Lingdou City.

Meanwhile, in Lingdou City, the emperor and ministers of the Douling Empire had not received any news. No matter how fast the news traveled through the cities along the way, it could not keep up with the speed of the flying soul guides traveling at full speed!

The war started too fast, as fast as lightning! (End of Chapter)