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

Chapter 425 Attack on the City
Inside Dongyang City, Lin Xiao sat in the lobby of a restaurant, waiting for his food while listening to the conversations of ordinary people around him.

Now that the matter of the "evil soul master" had been dealt with, he had some free time to enjoy life in the Sun Moon Empire.

The appearance of various soul-guided vehicles and the construction of roads made the entire Douluo Continent seem to shrink a bit. In the small city of Dongyang, Lin Xiao had already heard several voices with different accents.

"We apologize for keeping you waiting!" The waiter's voice rang in Lin Xiao's ears, but before he could put down the food in his hands, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire Dongyang City.

"what happened?"

"What happened?"

The restaurant suddenly erupted in noise, with voices rising higher and higher, and some people even got up and ran outside.

Three years have passed since the end of the continental war. Over the years, the people here have become accustomed to a peaceful life. The sudden sounding of the alarm at this moment made everyone in the city pause for a moment.

But soon, the piercing sound awakened their memories of the fear of danger, and they rushed outside.

"Guest, please go first—"

The waiter, no longer paying attention to the food in his hands, called out to the person beside him, but when he turned around, Lin Xiao was no longer at the table.

On the northern city wall of Dongyang, the footsteps of soldiers thundered. Below the wall, a figure appeared with a light behind him and landed on the city wall.

"How's it going?"

"Captain, a message from the high-altitude soul-guided device indicates that a sea soul beast is approaching Dongyang City!"

The captain hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked out over the sea, but apart from the surging waves, he could not see any trace of the sea spirit beasts.

"And the quantity? How many arrived?"

"Report to the captain: The soul masters responsible for detecting soul tools at ultra-high altitudes are still counting them; all they know is that there are a lot of them."

Although no specific number was given, the phrase "still being tallied" already indicated the scale of the operation. The captain's expression changed drastically. "Quickly, get the army ready! Messenger, report to the city lord!"

"Yes!"

The captain picked up the telescope again and slammed it against the city wall.

Inside the city lord's mansion, the city lord of Dongyang City also received the news. Messengers kept going in and out of the mansion, and he was also so anxious that he paced back and forth in his room.

"Quickly, evacuate the city's residents. Tell everyone to leave without worrying about their belongings."

"Also, report the news to Mingdu and request that other nearby cities send troops to provide support."

"Furthermore, all the soldiers in the city are fully armored..."

One command after another came from the city lord's mouth. After a long while, he finally let out a long sigh of relief. "Since the establishment of Dongyang City, it has always served the purpose of resisting sea spirit beasts."

"The outcome will depend on this battle."

Outside Dongyang City, waves surged on the sea, and many fishermen who had gone out to sea seemed to have noticed the changes in the sea and were rushing towards Dongyang City.

Inside the city, several flying soul tools have already lit up and taken off towards the sea, seemingly to rescue those ordinary people.

The surging beneath the sea has caused the sea level to rise considerably, and some near-shore ports and buildings have been completely submerged, with a lot of building debris floating on the surface.

For skilled Soul Masters and Soul Mentors, what is truly terrifying is not just the changes on the sea surface, but the increasingly dense aura of Soul Beasts beneath the sea.

Another wave surged up, seemingly about to engulf the soldier rescuing the fishermen and his flying soul tool in the seawater. However, the next moment, the wave suddenly changed direction and fell to one side. The soldier felt a coolness on his face, and when he looked up slightly, it seemed that someone was standing high in the sky, but the distance was too great for him to see clearly.

With Dongyang City drawing ever closer, and the soldiers still dragging the fishermen they had just rescued, the soldiers didn't think twice and headed towards Dongyang City.

High in the sky, Lin Xiao frowned as he watched the sea spirit beasts surging towards Dongyang City.

His spiritual power spread out, and although the creatures beneath the surface were only sea spirit beasts with relatively low cultivation levels and no intelligence, he still sensed a sense of panic from them.

The horrors of the deep sea...

For some reason, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered what those former Holy Spirit Cult disciples had said earlier.

The island they were on was submerged by a tsunami, and the "holy messenger" told them that it was because of a great terror that had occurred in the seabed.

Now, these sea spirit beasts "attacking" Dongyang City don't seem to be launching an attack on their own initiative. Instead, they seem to have encountered something terrifying and fled here in a panic.

It's unclear whether the "Great Terror" has moved to the vicinity of Dongyang City, or whether its influence is sufficient to spread from the deep sea all the way here.

Lin Xiao frowned slightly, his figure flashed, and he flew away along the sea to the distance. His spiritual power spread out, sensing the chaotic aura beneath the sea surface, trying to find the trace of that "great terror" from within.

For him, if that thing had only moved nearby, it might be easier to deal with. But if that thing's influence was enough to affect this place from the deep sea, then its cultivation level would probably be quite terrifying.

"boom--"

A deafening roar echoed from the top of Dongyang City, instantly raising a giant wave on the sea. Several soul beast corpses flew into the air with the wave before crashing down.

The leading sea spirit beast had entered Dongyang City's attack range, and with just one strike, a red mark appeared on the sea surface.

The crimson blush spread with the seawater, and the rich smell of blood gradually permeated the air.

However, the sea spirit beasts with their keen sense of smell did not stop moving after smelling the scent, and continued to surge towards Dongyang City without stopping.

"boom--"

Seeing this, the defenders of Dongyang City did not slacken their efforts and launched an even fiercer attack.

On the distant sea, Lin Xiao had stopped and stood quietly in the air.

Looking up, the boundless sea was filled with the aura of sea spirit beasts.

Since he left Dongyang City, he has sensed that the cultivation level of the sea spirit beasts has been increasing, but there is nothing among them that can be called "great terror".

With a soft sigh, Lin Xiao gazed into the distance.

Now it seems more like the sudden appearance of that "great terror" from the seabed, causing many highly skilled sea spirit beasts to leave their original territories.

Their fleeing actions forced the slightly weaker sea spirit beasts to migrate.

As things changed, even the sea spirit beasts closest to the coast had no choice but to flee to distant places.

As for the sea spirit beasts near Dongyang City, they had nowhere else to go and were forced to attack Dongyang City.

Their intelligence is insufficient to fully comprehend the terror of soul tools, and their fear of other sea spirit beasts is clearly greater than that of others.

(End of this chapter)