Douluo Continent: When Huo Yuhao Becomes the Lord of the End

Chapter 328 The Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were annihilated, and the mainland was nearly unified (4K)

Douluo Continent, Heavenly Soul Empire.

"What did you say?!"

Inside the imperial palace of Tiandou City, Emperor Wei Hao of the Tianhun Empire, along with some high-ranking officials from Xingluo and Tianhun, refused to believe what they had just heard.

"Your Majesty, the entire army has been wiped out. The elite high-level soul masters who went to eliminate the Sun Moon Empire's flying soul tools have all been wiped out."

The news from the underground was like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone present completely stunned.

What this represents is self-evident.

This symbolizes the complete annihilation of the last elite high-level soul master team of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces; they have no more chances.

The three-nation allied forces were barely maintaining a defensive posture, and after the appearance of the Sun and Moon's flying soul tool, they could not find any way to deal with it. Now, this last glimmer of hope has been extinguished.

Sun and Moon knew their plan all too well; they had long ago woven a huge net, just waiting for them to jump in.

It's laughable, truly laughable. They actually listened to the plan of Xu Jiujiu, who knew absolutely nothing about military affairs, thus squandering the last hope of the Three Kingdoms.

Wei Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and his hands trembled uncontrollably. He needed to know what had happened and why none of them had returned.

"Tell me what exactly happened. I want to know the whole story, not a single word can be wrong."

The person who came to deliver the intelligence quickly organized his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, after bombing the Imperial Army and Heaven Dou City, the flying soul tool units of Sun Moon Army landed in two groups behind the major soul tool legions of Sun Moon Army."

"Most of the Sun Moon Soul Master Legion's main force is stationed at the front of the Allied Forces, leaving the rear defenses relatively weak. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Princess Jiu Jiu led the Allied Forces' high-level Soul Master team to sneak into the heart of the Sun Moon Soul Master Legion under the cover of night."

"The original intention was to destroy the Sun and Moon's flying soul tools in two separate operations, but it was all a conspiracy by the Sun and Moon."

"They deliberately left an opening and secretly laid out a trap to lure the enemy."

"Princess Jiujiu was worried that the flying soul tools would continue to bomb the allied forces tomorrow. Therefore, without properly scouting the enemy's situation, she resolutely led a team of high-ranking soul masters from the allied forces deep into the enemy territory."

"But once we got there, we found out that there was no trace of those flying soul tools behind us. The five major soul master legions of Sun and Moon had already secretly mobilized elite troops to surround us from all directions."

"They not only mobilized a large number of high-level soul tools, but also used level-nine soul-guided bombs. Princess Jiujiu charged forward at the risk of her life, but...but..."

There's no need to say more. They're all dead. From beginning to end, every opportunity and every plan was clearly within the calculations of the Sun and Moon.

After a long time, Princess Xingluo, what a wonderful Princess Xingluo.

The secret she took away this time was not just a team of high-level Soul Masters, but the backbone of the allied forces, the last hope to buy time for the three kingdoms to develop.

It's over, it's over!

Wei Hao still held a sliver of hope. He couldn't believe, or rather, he didn't want to believe, that such a team composed of high-level Soul Masters, capable of annihilating a top-tier sect, had truly not returned at all.

The entire army was wiped out? How could the entire army have been wiped out?

"Continue, how many of our men risked their lives to break through? How many returned?"

The subordinates stammered, glancing subtly at the higher-ups on Xingluo's side, before finally gritting their teeth and telling the truth.

"Your Majesty, the message came from those who risked their lives to break through the encirclement. They...they said that Princess Jiujiu, and some high-level Soul Masters from Xingluo, are still alive."

Then his tone changed.

"However, after her desperate charge and breakout, Princess Jiujiu did not return to Tiandou City. Instead, she detoured through the Tianling Mountains and led the remaining troops back to Xingluo. Her whereabouts are unknown."

"Ah!!" Wei Hao almost lost his mind.

For a very long time!!

That damned Princess Xingluo, how dare she be so irresponsible!

After the defeat, he dared not fulfill the military order he had previously made, and actually returned to Xingluo with the remaining high-level soul masters.

Is she really afraid that I will kill her?
Did she really think that by merely surviving and returning to Xingluo, everything would be fine?

No one can protect her; her empire and her imperial brother must both be held responsible for this defeat!
Wei Hao quickly regained his composure. Looking at the high-ranking officers of the three-nation allied forces below, who were exchanging bewildered glances, he, as the commander-in-chief, had to calm himself down.

His brilliant mind quickly took over, and almost instantly he figured out the key to it.

It's not that the Sun and Moon didn't make a thorough plan and let some people escape by chance; it was clearly intentional.

They deliberately let her go for a long time, because they were certain that this ambitious but incompetent princess wouldn't dare to return to the allied forces. Or perhaps, even if she did dare to come back and take responsibility, it would still be a heavy blow to the morale of the allied forces.

This is a divisive tactic, a vicious scheme to undermine morale.

But, by sheer coincidence, that princess chose the one that the sun and moon most desired to see.

He could already imagine the extent of the blow the allied forces would suffer from the Sun and Moon forces after losing this last high-level Soul Master power.

It could be said that the demise of the Three Kingdoms was perhaps only a matter of time.

As for Xingluo and Douling, they both have a way out. Although she is shameless, as long as she can successfully return to Xingluo, her royal brother and the reclusive Xingguan Sect will surely accept her and hide her away.

The Xu family of the Star Luo royal family had a way out from the beginning. They could have given up the throne and returned to the Star Crown Sect to continue living in seclusion. What they would have lost was nothing more than some power and the inability to interfere in the affairs of the continent.

But Tianhun is different. Their Wei family doesn't have the same way out as the Xu family. They can only fight to the bitter end.

Wei Hao has now sorted out some things he didn't understand before, and he finally understands why the Emperor of Xingluo behaved so abnormally after the war began.

After resisting and losing most of its territory, Xu Jiawei directly allocated most of Xingluo's military power to support the Allied Forces, without making himself the de facto leader of the alliance or being unrestricted, in order to leave himself a way out.

He didn't think his team could win from the start.

Perhaps, at the moment the allied forces assembled, the Xu family of Xingluo had already absconded with most of Xingluo's wealth, put up a token resistance, and then fled to Xingguan Sect to watch the turmoil unfold on the continent.

They bet on both sides.

"A two-faced scoundrel!"

Wei Hao cursed inwardly, but couldn't help but sneer. Did they really think that all the Sun and Moon wanted was for the royal families of the Three Kingdoms to abdicate and then occupy most of their territories?

too naive.

Other sects and powerful families may have the opportunity to continue their lineage, but the royal families of the Three Kingdoms could not escape the fate of being purged.

Star Crown Sect? The Sun and Moon Sects could silently destroy the Clear Sky Sect, so what difference would it make if they didn't have a Star Crown Sect?

Even in death, the Heavenly Soul Royal Family will die with honor and cannot accept any insult.

"I have decided to divide all the royal family's wealth and gather all the soldiers of the allied forces. Tomorrow, we will fight a decisive battle against the Sun and Moon on the Heavenly Soul Plains."

"If you win, I will bestow upon you titles of nobility and kingship, and your wealth and status will be inexhaustible. If you lose, the history of the Three Kingdoms will be reduced to dust, and the sun and moon will unify the continent. You will also live under the oppression of the sun and moon forever."

Without giving the coalition high command a chance to speak, Viho continued making his deployments.

Some Soul Masters who had already bet on both sides, or whose bets were placed on the Three Kingdoms camp by major families and sects, did not look happy.

Their death throes were obvious to everyone, but they had no other choice.

Especially the military commander of the Xingluo side, Xu Jiujiu, is actually a stand-in for Xu Jiawei, the Xingluo emperor, representing the will of Xingluo. But now that their own princess has run away, it is really difficult for them to maintain their will to continue resisting.

The sun and moon are on this side.

The five major Soul Master Legions also received the military order from Emperor Xu Tianran.

In addition to ordering the Soul Master Legion to annihilate the remaining forces of the Three Kingdoms Alliance as soon as possible, the message also stated that after conquering Heaven Dou City and completing this final battle, the remaining four Soul Master Legions, excluding the Infantry Legion, would all head to the Extreme Path Organization to destroy it.

The Great Battle, a war that could openly determine the fate of the continent for the next ten thousand years, has begun.

The next day.

On the vast plains stretching for hundreds of miles, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of Soul Masters from the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, under the command of their respective imperial commanders, began a massive charge towards the Soul Master Legion of the Sun and Moon faction.

In the Three Kingdoms period, aside from some underhanded schemes, their greatest skill in warfare was the human wave tactics of charging with tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, as is the case today.

Because they lack soul-guided weapons, they appear to be large in scale and imposing in appearance, but in reality, they are completely vulnerable.

This statement may be biased, but look at their opponents: the Sun and Moon Army, which is mechanized, or rather, nearly modernized, with every soldier equipped with a soul-guided weapon.

Let alone those soul-guided bombs that can be released from a great distance to bombard the formation of the three-nation allied forces, even if the three-nation armies were to get close, those soul-guided devices that can fire continuously with the help of milk bottles would mean that unless the three nations had an iron will, they would have no chance of winning.

And this is indeed the case.

After establishing their positions, the four Soul Master Legions of the Sun and Moon faction deployed their forces and began bombarding the allied forces of the Three Kingdoms.

The soul-guided bombs that had been accumulating for a long time were used as if they were free, exploding loudly in the camps of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces from several miles away or even more than ten miles away.

Even without seeing any signs of the Sun and Moon Army, casualties had already begun to occur in the Three Kingdoms period.

Next, Sun and Moon's planes reappeared, carrying a series of soul tools of level seven or higher. They fell from the sky and landed in some densely packed formations to carry out secondary pinpoint strikes.

In addition, there are all-terrain self-propelled turrets and cannons capable of firing soul-guided rays.
This is not a war between two systems at all.

On the side of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, almost every moment was incurring huge casualties, but their numbers were simply too large. Even with the Sun and Moon forces bombarding them with shells almost non-stop, some of the Soul Masters in the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were the first to charge to the front of the Sun and Moon formation.

At this point, the cannons and planes become less useful, lest they accidentally harm one's own side.

However, the Sun and Moon also had a meticulously constructed defensive line. The humanoid mechs equipped with soul-guided weapons were like steel walls, directly stopping the first wave of soul masters' charge.

Behind them were Sun and Moon soldiers equipped with various soul-guided weapons, fully armed and holding their breath in anticipation.

The battle lasted for two full days.

In war, a professional army that can withstand a 20% casualty rate without collapsing is considered an absolute elite, but Douluo Continent is clearly different.

On the side of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, on the first day, 30% of the lower-ranking soldiers were directly crushed by the Sun and Moon. Even the Soul Masters, who were high above and formed the backbone of the army, suffered a reduction of nearly 40%.

The situation did not improve on the second day. After the first day's offensive was thwarted, not only did the high-ranking officers know that the situation was hopeless, but even the ordinary soldiers were terrified of the power of those soul-guided weapons and their courage was broken.

The tide had turned, and the Three Kingdoms had no hope of victory.

Because of the orders from Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun and Moon, and because this was almost the last large-scale war, in order to avoid future troubles, the Sun and Moon Soul Master Legion directly eliminated all the Soul Masters in the allied forces.

Those who are defeated should pay the price for their defeat.

Meanwhile, Wei Hao, the emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the nominal commander of the allied forces, committed suicide in the imperial palace of Heavenly Dou City.

Before the Sun and Moon Soul Master Legion entered the city, and before Wei Hao had delivered on the wealth he had promised to the ordinary soldiers, the city was thrown into chaos as people began to fight over the riches.

Sun and Moon clearly had no intention of properly appeasing the people. They directly ordered that, except for some core members of the royal family who could be used to appease the forces within the Heavenly Soul territory, all other remnants of the royal family be killed.

At this time, the allied forces still had tens of thousands of soldiers who had not yet fled. Therefore, before leaving and completely taking control of all of Tianhun's territories, they needed to leave behind a Soul Master Legion to receive, appease, and garrison troops.

The Infantry Soul Master Legion took on this responsibility, while the other four Soul Master Legions—Terror Claw, Imperial Dragon, Evil Lord, and Fire Phoenix—all marched into the heart of the Heavenly Soul Realm, now the Cloud Depths, the headquarters of the Extreme Dao Organization.

Defeating the three-nation alliance did not excite the Sun Moon's various Soul Master Legions much, because all the high-ranking commanders of the Soul Master Legions knew what they needed to do next.

The Extreme Path Organization, this mysterious entity that appeared out of nowhere and almost changed the continent's millennia-old system, how could they not know what forces were behind it?

But precisely because they know this, they now don't know what to do.

It wasn't out of fear, but rather out of emotional decision-making and loyalty to the royal family's ideals that told them they should obey the monarch's orders. However, many of them, no, the vast majority, came from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Mingde Hall.

Why did His Majesty do this? Could this organization that suddenly appeared really overturn the existing continental order and affect the rule of the royal family?

Almost every high-ranking member of the Soul Master Legion was plunged into deep confusion.

It was under these circumstances that the four Soul Master Legions entered the heart of the Heavenly Soul Realm from Heaven Dou City, outside the former territory of the Clear Sky Sect, which is now the headquarters of the Extreme Dao Organization.

All the soldiers of the Soul Master Legion were waiting for orders from their superiors, while the commander of the Soul Master Legion was waiting for the final instruction from Mingdu.

Meanwhile, in the famous city.

(End of this chapter)