Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

The cracks on the soul-guided shield spread across the entire shield at an incredible speed.

At this moment, the enormous, multicolored bowl of light transformed into a piece of art, riddled with emerald green cracks and on the verge of collapse.

then……

"Bang--!!!!!"

The protective shield shattered completely.

It transformed into billions of energy fragments burning with multicolored flames, which exploded in all directions.

The emerald green energy torrent, now unobstructed and with its power reduced by less than 30%, carried an unparalleled destructive force and crashed into the Mingdu defense line.

In that instant, the true end of the world arrived.

A small, emerald-green mushroom cloud slowly rose.

Immediately following was a terrifying, earth-shattering roar that could tear eardrums apart.

From the center of the explosion, a white, spherical shockwave spread wildly outwards at supersonic speeds.

Wherever the shockwave passed, all the tall buildings, all the exquisite architecture, and all the sturdy soul-guided facilities were instantly blown away, disintegrated, and crushed into the most basic powder, just like sandcastles.

The earth is wailing.

An unprecedented, terrifying earthquake, comparable to a magnitude 12 earthquake, swept through the entire city.

The ground undulated violently like waves, and countless bottomless cracks tore apart the streets, swallowing up buildings and lives.

Countless Soul Masters didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly vaporized in the light, heat, and devastating shockwave.

The Aegis system, built by the Sun Moon Empire with countless efforts and resources, was instantly paralyzed by this attack.

That emerald green beam of light that pierced through the heavens and earth was like a divine spear of judgment. The moment it shattered the divine shield system, it also shattered the last shred of hope and pride in the hearts of everyone in Xinmingdu.

The devastating shockwave had not yet completely subsided, and the slowly rising, death-laden emerald-green mushroom cloud remained the sole protagonist in the world.

But the real war has only just begun.

"The SHIELD system... is down."

"Energy supply from Zone A to Zone G has been interrupted; 93% of the defense matrix has been destroyed..."

"A large-scale enemy airborne unit has been detected, infiltrating the city from the airspace above."

Inside the central command center deep underground in Xinmingdu, the piercing alarms and the panicked shouts of the Soul Masters mingled together.

Commander Lin slumped to the ground, his eyes blankly staring at the erased Aegis system on the main screen, and the red alert dots flashing wildly like snowflakes. He muttered unconsciously:

"It's over...it's all over..."

His teacher Kong Deming's masterpiece, the absolute defense that the Sun Moon Empire was most proud of, couldn't even last three seconds in the face of true, timeless power.

Just as the city's defense system collapsed, hundreds of silver-white figures burning with crimson flames descended from the torn clouds like a meteor shower falling from the heavens.

The Molten Knights.

"All units, proceed with the planned elimination of the target."

The emotionless, synthesized voice of the firefly rang out on all the knights' communication channels.

"receive."

A uniform response.

A Molten Knight adjusted the thrusters on his back and landed precisely next to a giant soul-guided main cannon with a caliber of over five meters that had not yet been destroyed.

The automatic defense system on the turret activated instantly, and several thick soul-guided rays shot towards him.

The knight neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the rays powerful enough to melt steel to bombard the silver-white mech, only stirring up ripples of energy.

He raised his right arm, which was burning with flames, spread his fingers, and pressed it hard on the complex energy core of the main cannon.

“Sizzle——!!!”

The crimson flames, like venomous snakes with life, surged wildly along the patterns of the energy core, eroding and disintegrating its intricate internal structure.

Just two seconds.

"boom!!!"

With a muffled explosion, the massive gun emplacement, weighing hundreds of tons, shattered from the inside, turning into a pile of burning scrap metal.

The same scene is playing out in every corner of the city.

Those large defensive soul tools that once struck fear into the hearts of enemies were as fragile as children's toys in the face of the Molten Knights, war machines born for destruction.

Their mission was to completely remove the claws and fangs of the Sun Moon Empire, clearing all obstacles for the subsequent entry of the main army.

On the edge of the city, the massive breach, more than ten kilometers in diameter, blasted open by the Stardust, is now becoming the floodgate through which the torrent of war pours in.

The Star Luo Empire's army, mixed with the elite of the Fools, surged into this once impregnable city like a tidal wave.

"Advance, 5th Infantry Regiment, occupy the main road in the East Third District, mech company, cover the flanks."

"The Fools, team one, target the energy center, repeat, target the energy center, any resistance encountered, all means are permitted to be used to eliminate them."

On the streets, war broke out in full force.

A squad of soldiers from the Star Luo Empire, armed with futuristic-looking pulse soul-guided rifles and relying on portable energy shields, engaged in a fierce firefight with a legion of soul-guided troops from the Sun Moon Empire at the corner of the opposite street.

The Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire relied on their familiarity with the street terrain to continuously release various Soul Guidance Rays and cannonballs. However, when their attacks hit the portable shields of the Star Luo soldiers, most of them were absorbed and deflected by a strange blue ripple.

However, the blue pulse beams fired by the Star Luo soldiers could easily penetrate the relatively simple soul power shields of the Soul Masters, blasting bloody holes in their bodies.

"Their weapons... our shields can't stop them."

A fifth-level Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire screamed in terror as he witnessed his companion being struck in the chest by a blue light blast, his entire chest cavity blown away.

Morale collapsed in an instant.

What made them even more desperate was that, with a series of heavy footsteps, three all-black, menacing-looking Night Return Army standard mechs appeared from the end of the street.

The small missile launchers on their shoulders opened, and dozens of miniature tracking missiles roared out, completely engulfing the area where the Soul Master squad was located in the flames of the explosion.

The war on the ground is raging, but the killings in the shadows are even more silent and deadly.

Xinmingdu, a heavily guarded manor used exclusively for meetings of the empire's high-ranking nobles.

The last few Title Douluos who were loyal to Xu Tianran were gathered here. Among them, the leader was Xue Chen, the Shadow Douluo, who was known for his strange movement techniques and assassination abilities.

"We can't reach His Majesty; all communications to the palace have been cut off." "The city's defenses are broken. We must fight our way to the palace to protect His Majesty."

Xue Chen said with a gloomy expression, his figure appearing and disappearing in the shadows of the room, filled with anxiety.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than several shrill screams and the sound of violent collisions of soul power suddenly came from the perimeter of the manor.

"Enemy attack."

Xue Chen felt a chill run down his spine, and his figure instantly merged into the shadows, appearing above the manor.

Several figures exuding an eerie and bloody aura had appeared all around the manor.

They slaughtered the manor's guards silently, like ghosts.

The two leaders, one wielding a huge blood-red scythe, each swing of which brought forth a nauseating burst of bloody light. Guards struck by the bloody light would instantly have their life essence drained, turning them into dried corpses.

The other person's martial soul is a giant scorpion tiger. Its scorpion tail stinger carries a highly venomous and corrosive power. Anyone who gets even a little bit of it will turn into a pool of pus and blood amidst painful screams.

It was none other than the newly joined Blood Scythe Douluo and Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng from the Impermanence Division.

"It is you, traitors to the Holy Spirit Cult."

Upon seeing the two, Xue Chen's eyes widened in fury, and she was consumed by rage.

He recognized all the deities worshipped by the Holy Spirit Cult, which had cooperated with the Sun and Moon Empire for many years.

He emerged from the shadows, pointed at Blood Scythe Douluo, and angrily questioned:
"Blood Scythe, Zhang Peng, you traitorous dogs! The Empire has treated you well, and His Majesty has even granted you the right to walk in the sunlight. How dare you betray the Empire and His Majesty?!"

Upon hearing Xue Chen's accusation, Blood Scythe Douluo stopped his killing spree. He raised his head, and his face, which always carried a bloodthirsty smile, was now filled with disdain and mockery.

"betray?"

He seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and burst into a strange laugh:

"Xue Chen, are you mistaken? We have never been loyal to your crippled emperor. We are loyal to the strong who can bring us power and benefits. Before, it was the Holy Spirit Cult, and now... it is Lord Lu Jingming."

"As for what kind of identity is meant to walk in the sunlight?"

Blood Scythe Douluo's smile became even more mocking.

“That was nothing more than a dog leash you gave us as charity. Now that we have found a new and more powerful master, we naturally have to get rid of all of you, the lackeys of our old master. This is our first pledge of allegiance to our new master.”

He licked the fresh blood off the crimson scythe, his eyes gleaming with insatiable greed and fanaticism.

Those who defected from the Holy Spirit Church were in an awkward position and desperately needed to prove their worth and loyalty.

And these die-hard loyalists who are now pledging allegiance to Xu Tianran are the best sacrifices.

The more they kill, and the more ruthlessly they kill, the more secure their position will be in the new order.

"You... you..."

Xue Chen was so angry that she trembled all over.

"Why waste words with them? Kill them to avenge the sect leader and the countless innocent souls of the Heavenly Soul Empire."

A roar filled with hatred came from another direction.

Several figures charged into the battle like arrows released from a bow, fearlessly daring to attack.

Leading the group was Vina, whose eyes were bloodshot.

Behind her followed several surviving elders of the Body Sect, all radiating a frenzied killing intent.

If Blood Scythe Douluo and his group were fighting to prove their loyalty, then Vina and her group were fighting purely for revenge.

Their attacks were completely haphazard, without any defense; it was a fight to the death.

An elder of the Body Sect withstood a full-force attack from a Soul Douluo from the Sun Moon Empire. His chest was pierced with a large hole, but before he died, he used his hands, which had transformed into giant palms, to crush the Soul Douluo's head like a walnut.

"Kill them, kill all these scum from the Sun and Moon Empire."

As Vina gazed at the city being consumed by war, and watched the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire die in agony, she felt no pity whatsoever; instead, tears of joy streamed down her face.

'Father...Mother...Did you see that? People of Tianhun, did you see that?'

'We got our revenge...we got our revenge!'

'The Sun and Moon Empire...it is about to perish.'

She never expected this day to come so soon.

Faced with Lu Jingming's power, the so-called strength of the Sun Moon Empire is nothing but a joke.

Under the dual attack of the original Holy Spirit Cult's worship of these unscrupulous powerhouses and the vengeful madmen led by Vina, the high-level combat forces of the Sun Moon Empire, who originally wanted to organize a resistance, quickly suffered defeat after defeat and were plunged into a desperate situation of being slaughtered.

……

While every corner of the city was engulfed in bloodshed and fire, a road leading to the palace remained unusually calm.

Lu Jingming walked leisurely along the wide royal avenue with his hands behind his back, as if taking a stroll after a meal.

Behind him followed Zhang Lexuan, whose expression was somewhat complicated, as well as the Hongchen siblings and their grandfather, Mingde Hall Master Hongchen.

All around them, the shouts of battle were deafening, and the flashes of explosions occasionally illuminated the sky, but not a single stray bullet or enemy could get within a hundred meters of them.

In the shadows of the buildings lining the street, the figures of the Fools would occasionally flash by, or the Black and White Impermanence of the Impermanence Division would silently deal with a few fleeing soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire who tried to charge forward.

They were clearing an absolutely safe red carpet for Lu Jingming, leading to the palace.

Jing Hongchen walked at the back, looking at the city that he should have protected, now burning under the enemy's iron hooves, and his heart was filled with many emotions.

'I never imagined... that such a day would actually come, that the capital of the empire would be so easily breached.'

He recalled the Holy Grail War not long ago. Although the old Mingdu was also destroyed, it was the result of Xu Tianran inviting the wolf into the house and giving up voluntarily.

But now, things are different.

This is a real war between nations.

This occurred while the main force of the Sun Moon Empire was still intact, yet the enemy had directly attacked and captured the imperial city.

'Although Marshal Orange took the main force with him, but...'

Jing Hongchen looked at Lu Jingming's back, who was walking at the front, with awe.

'But the fact that they could assemble such a massive and terrifyingly powerful allied force in such a short time, and tear through the Aegis system with lightning speed… that's enough to show that the strength of the major legions in Abyss City far surpasses that of the Sun Moon Empire.'

Thinking of this, the sadness Jing Hongchen felt over the empire's downfall was quickly replaced by a sense of relief. (End of Chapter)