Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 317 Result
Rocks continued to fall, with cliffs on one side and precipice on the other, and the rumbling sound constantly assaulted the nerves of all the soldiers and their mounts.

Dai Hao would occasionally turn around and launch attacks to knock down the rolling rocks. The other guards followed suit, but among the dense rocks, two of them were accidentally hit by rocks and rolled down the cliff with their mounts, disappearing without a trace.

Dai Hao gritted his teeth and leaped into the air. His soul power had been fully accumulated, but when he looked up, the sky in the direction of the Sun Moon Empire was still green, indicating that the attack was not yet over.

Once he wastes too much energy on these rocks, he will probably be unable to withstand subsequent attacks.

Just as he hesitated, two more people were swept off the cliff by mud tumbling down the mountainside. The military camp wasn't far away, but for Dai Hao, the journey had never felt so long.

After a moment's thought, his expression changed, and he made a decision.

With no more soul power left in his body, a dazzling white light burst forth from him, and a chilling killing intent, like that of a weapon, emanated from him, instantly shattering the continuously falling rocks.

The rumbling sound suddenly stopped, replaced by the rustling sound of sand falling down the mountainside. The threat overhead seemed to have completely disappeared at that moment.

However, just as Dai Hao finished releasing his soul skill and was adjusting his soul power, the Sun Moon Empire's attack seemed to have been waiting for a long time, falling straight down from directly above him.

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

Dai Hao's personal guards naturally noticed the change in the air. One of the guards, who was at the seventh level of cultivation, flew up to block Dai Hao. However, in just a few breaths, he was completely melted by the attack of the Sun Moon Empire.

"Damn it!" Dai Hao cursed in alarm, but the Sun Moon Empire's attack would not stop there. The second level-eight fixed-mount soul-guided cannon had already arrived.

"boom--"

The loud noise caused a sharp ringing in Dai Hao's ears. The guard in front of him seemed to be opening his mouth to say something, but he couldn't hear anything at all. He only felt a splitting headache and felt as if something had hit him, and he couldn't react for a moment.

His soul power was in chaos. Watching the White Tiger Guards fall off the cliff, he was already furious. Then he felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, as if a powerful force had struck him. There was nothing else in his sight but a blinding, ghastly green that seemed to completely obscure the world.

Despite suffering such heavy losses, the Star Luo Empire never even saw what the attackers looked like.

Dai Hao had only one thought in his mind: the entire Star Luo Empire had underestimated the level of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools.

He then lost consciousness.

"What was the result? Was it successful?"

Dozens of miles away, two level-nine soul masters were huddled together, staring intently at the soul guidance screens in their hands.

"According to the results from the high-altitude detection soul guide, the target has fallen off the cliff, so it's probably a success."

“Okay.” One of them nodded. “You contact the others to proceed with the next steps. I’ll go report to the Marshal.”

On the other side, within the territory of the Sun Moon Empire at the foot of the Mingdou Mountains, the cities built here are now completely devoid of ordinary people; all that comes and goes are soldiers clad in armor.

The city lord's mansion had long been transformed into a military camp. On one side of the sand table, a somewhat thin figure was leaning slightly to the side, her delicate eyebrows furrowed.

"Reporting—Reporting to the Marshal!"

"Say!"

The figure suddenly raised its head; it was Ju Zi, who had disappeared beside Xu Tianran.

"News came from the front that the target suddenly changed its course and avoided the trap we had laid in advance."

"What about follow-up attacks?" Orange remained calm.

As the commander of the western border of the Star Luo Empire, the White Tiger Duke's fate would throw the entire western defense line into chaos if anything happened to him. Therefore, once the war began, her primary target would be the White Tiger Duke. She had made numerous plans for this, and simply avoiding the trap in advance was not enough to surprise her.

"Reporting to the Marshal, after the high-altitude reconnaissance soul guidance device locked onto the target, the soul guidance position launched several attacks in succession, but all were blocked."

"After deploying two level-eight fixed-position soul-guided cannons to contain the target, it has been shot down off the cliff and its whereabouts are currently unknown."

Upon hearing this, Ju Zi paused slightly, unsure of how she felt.

Although she kept saying that he was her enemy, she didn't seem too relieved when she heard the news of Duke White Tiger falling off the cliff. Perhaps she already knew that Duke White Tiger wasn't her only enemy, or perhaps...

After calming herself down, Ju Zi raised her head again. "Pass down the order to have the vanguard enter the Mingdou Mountains and focus on clearing out the Xingluo Empire's air defenses. Make sure to prepare for the attack on Tianming City before dawn tomorrow."

"Yes!"

"In addition, after occupying the Mingdou Mountains, send the cleanup team down the cliff to check the status of the target. We need to find them alive or dead."

"Yes!"

Watching the messenger leave the room, Ju Zi left the sand table, walked to the side, sat down gently, and raised her hand to press her brow.

She was sent here two days ago after the three great empires attacked Xu Tianran, ready to launch an attack at any time.

Others may not know Xu Tianran's condition, but she knows it all too well. His disappearance for two days was just a pretense of injury, a pretext for formally launching a war against the three great empires.

Although Xu Tianran has a bad personality, his abilities cannot be denied. In his view, the Sun Moon Empire's last defeat was precisely because it lacked such a perfect opportunity.

Since arriving here, Orange has been mobilizing troops and making plans. She hasn't closed her eyes yet. As soon as she sat down, she felt a wave of weariness wash over her.

However, she had just caught her breath when she heard the footsteps of a messenger outside.

"Reporting to the Marshal."

"What is it?" Orange asked, forcing herself to stay alert.

"The reinforcements sent by Mingdu have arrived."

"Reinforcements?" Orange paused, then suddenly remembered something. "Let him in."

"Yes."

Soon, with the sound of footsteps, Lin Xiao appeared in the room.

Along the way, Lin Xiao has seen many things.

The Sun Moon Empire acted extremely quickly. Just as Xu Tianran announced the declaration of war in Mingdu, action was already taking place here. Moreover, judging from the soul tools on the soldiers around him, these soul tools seemed to have improved again in such a short time since he returned to the Sun Moon Empire.

"You came?"

Seeing Lin Xiao enter the room, Ju Zi completely relaxed and leaned back in her seat.

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded. "The Imperial Advisor has already led the others to the military camp near the Heavenly Soul Empire according to your original plan."

"No rush, let's wait and see how the three great empires react."

(End of this chapter)