Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 414 Meeting an Old Friend on the Battlefield

Tiandou Fortress, in front of the gate.

On the left flank of the neatly arranged army, there was a flying soul master legion of a hundred men. Standing in the legion was a man with a long, narrow face and a cunning look on his face. Who else could it be but Flander?

At this moment, although Flander was in this flying soul master legion, his mind was on the land soul master legion on the other side. His narrowed eyes would occasionally glance sideways, his gaze fixed on an extremely charming woman in the land soul master legion.

The woman was Liu Erlong. She and her husband Flander were Soul Saints, high-level Soul Masters, and were naturally conscripted as soldiers during this war.

Within the territory of the Heavenly Dou Empire, all Soul Masters above Soul King and below Soul Douluo were conscripted, although it was impossible to conscript all eligible Soul Masters with a single order.

However, out of fear of the divine power, all Soul Masters within the empire, above the Soul King level and below the Soul Douluo level, had to respond to the empire's conscription order, and even the reclusive sect, Body Sect, was no exception.

The remaining eligible Soul Masters who did not respond to the conscription order either hid their strength from the outside world or lived a secluded life, never contacting the outside world.

Soul Masters above the Great Soul Master level, Soul King below the Soul King level, and Soul Douluo and above participate on a semi-voluntary basis.

Taking a Soul Master family as an example, if a family has Soul Masters who meet the requirements, half of the total number can be selected to voluntarily respond to the conscription order.

If the number of eligible Soul Masters is even, it's easy to handle; but if the number is odd, then the one with the most eligible Soul Masters will be selected.

For example, if a Soul Master family has only one Title Douluo, then that Title Douluo must respond to the conscription order. If there are seven Soul Douluos, then four Soul Douluos need to respond to the conscription order.

The selection criteria for Soul Masters above Great Soul Master and below Soul King are the same as above.

Of course, this is only the minimum requirement. If a Soul Master family is extremely patriotic and willing to mobilize the entire family to respond to the Empire's conscription order, the Empire also highly encourages such patriotic behavior.

Under this conscription order, the number of soul masters in the Heaven Dou Empire's soul master legion is still less than the combined number of soul masters in the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall's soul master legion, but in terms of overall strength, they can be considered to be roughly equal.

Whether it's Liu Erlong or Flander, the lowest strength among the hundred-man Soul Master legions they belong to is a Soul Saint, with many high-level Soul Saints and several Soul Douluos. The legion commander is an eighty-nine-level Soul Douluo powerhouse.

In the Land Soul Master Legion, Liu Erlong noticed Flander's gaze on her and turned to give him a reassuring look.

But she couldn't stop worrying. Her hand, out of Flander's sight, was unconsciously placed on her abdomen, stroking it. Her eyes, with her head down, radiated maternal warmth.

She was pregnant, two months along, but her belly wasn't showing yet. If she hadn't felt nauseous a few days ago and hadn't had her period, Liu Erlong herself wouldn't have known she was pregnant.

Liu Erlong did not tell Flander about this. Two months of pregnancy is the most unstable time. Although she is a Soul Master, her body is not made of iron. It is already difficult enough for her to survive in such a cruel war, let alone protect a two-month-old fetus.

Unless a miracle occurs, but Liu Erlong fantasized that such a miracle would happen to her, which is why she did not choose to abort the child before the war began.

After all, this was her first child, and she simply couldn't bring herself to do it.

"I pray to God that my child will be born safely into this world."

Just as Liu Erlong finished his prayer, a deafening war horn sounded, and the Tian Dou faction launched the first attack!

In an instant, countless shouts of "Kill!" came from the mouths of the soldiers, and the dense sound of feet pounding the ground was incessant, as if the earth itself was trembling.

Xingluo Fortress, somewhere in the highlands.

Golden Crocodile stood atop the city wall, golden divine power swirling around his hands, vaguely coalescing into a golden horn.

He is the God of War, and in his name, he sounds the horn of war. The boost to all soldiers is even greater than that of the Heavenly Phoenix Mystic Sound of Ma Hongjun, the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Battle Army. However, he signed a war agreement between the two armies, stipulating that combat forces above the god level are not allowed to interfere.

Therefore, Golden Crocodile hesitated, wondering whether he should break the agreement.

As he hesitated, he suddenly sensed that he was being locked onto by a force.

Jin'e looked up and saw Yu Yuan standing on the high ground of Tiandou Fortress, facing him from afar. Yu Yuan's gaze was fixed on him, as if he would follow suit if Jin'e made a move.

"Ugh!"

With a helpless sigh, the golden divine power surrounding his hands vanished without a trace, and the power that had locked onto him also disappeared at the same moment.

"If the war horn were a divine artifact, then we could lend it out to soul masters, and that wouldn't be considered a violation of the war agreement."

Another location within the Star Luo Fortress.

Yu Xiaogang stood surrounded by a group of generals, holding the Rakshasa Token, a symbol of the Pope's power, and with Bibi Dong's authorization, he had obtained the command of the three armies in this war.

At this moment, he was standing on the high wall, holding a chicken feather as an imperial command, speaking eloquently to a group of seasoned generals, pointing out the state of the country.

Greed can amplify a person's deepest desires.

Yu Xiaogang already craved fame, and after receiving the inheritance of the God of Greed, this desire was amplified to the extreme by his greed.

……

"As I said, the Holy Dragon Legion should go to the right flank to provide support..."

Yu Xiaogang was reprimanding a disobedient general, but his reprimand was abruptly cut short before he could finish.

His head was tilted to the side, and during the reprimand, the scene of the battlefield was reflected in his right eye.

He stopped because he saw two familiar people.

"Erlong, and Flander too!"

Yu Xiaogang's gaze instantly became unfathomable, his deep eyes like black holes, devouring everything in sight.

"Why? The ghost clearly made a move, so why are they still alive!"

He stared intently at the two figures on the battlefield, especially Liu Erlong.

The battle was fierce and extremely dangerous. At this moment, Liu Erlong, like the land-based soul master legion she belonged to, had her seventh soul ring lit up and entered the true form of her martial soul.

Yu Xiaogang stared intently at Liu Erlong, not because Liu Erlong's fire dragon form was particularly beautiful—his aesthetic sense was that of a normal human, and he couldn't appreciate the masculine and robust beauty of the female tyrannosaurus.

However, in her true form as a fire dragon, Liu Erlong would instinctively use her dragon claws to protect the dragon's belly during the battle.

Whenever an attack landed in this spot, Liu Erlong would protect her dragon belly, even if it meant getting injured in other parts of her body. Her dragon eyes held a gentleness that Yu Xiaogang had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)