Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 419 The Sadness of Dai Hao

A slight smile appeared on Dai Hao's lips.

He was, after all, a near-title Douluo level being, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he could be promoted within two years.

They want to carry out a decapitation strike against him?

In Xingluo City today, all he sees are his followers. He was able to rise to power thanks to the cheers of these people!

Dai Hao was still lost in his fantasy of becoming a Title Douluo, the next White Tiger Douluo.

Now that he has regained the throne, in a sense, he can be considered the second founding monarch. Such an achievement can easily rank him among the top three in the family tree!

The first one is of course Dai Mubai, the ancestor who once ascended to godhood; the second one is the even more distant first emperor of the Star Luo Kingdom; and he, Dai Hao, will be the third!

As long as we hold on and can wait until Shrek Academy can free up its hands and truly join the war, then all of this will be within our grasp!

"Report!"

Before Dai Hao could react, a sharp scream suddenly rang out amidst the ministers' flattering voices.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Following the sound, Dai Hao saw a man kneeling in the center of the hall.

"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! Our Divine Luo Empire's border troops are..." The man's body trembled, as if he dared not tell the truth.

"What are you afraid of? What can't be said? I won't kill you." Dai Hao said calmly. "Tell me the specific situation of the border troops. Did you repel those people from the Sun Moon Empire?"

But a minute passed and the man didn't move at all; he just knelt on the ground.

"I want you to report the details!" Dai Hao raised his voice slightly, as a court meeting was in progress with so many ministers present.

"Well... Your Majesty, many of our troops stationed on the frontier have lost contact, so we don't have detailed intelligence..." the man said tremblingly. "I've returned this time with a request for reinforcements..."

"What?!" Dai Hao's expression changed. "What do you mean by losing contact with the army?! My Divine Luo Empire has mobilized over 500,000 troops to guard the western border, how could we have lost contact?"

The other ministers who heard the news also changed their expressions. Just moments ago, they were shouting "Long live the Emperor!" and "The Iron Hoof of the Holy Roman Empire has trampled the stars and shattered the sun and moon!" Now, the Iron Hoof has disappeared.

"Almost all the messengers who were secretly dispatched, as well as other spies who were dispatched independently from the army, were all assassinated by a group of clandestine forces!" The man's voice trembled.

"By lying about military intelligence, you're courting death!"

In a fit of rage, Dai Hao smashed the man to pieces, instantly turning him into a pool of blood and flesh.

In the moments before his death, the man's eyes were wide open in anger, his face filled with disbelief, and his lips trembled as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he couldn't utter a word.

"How laughable! What clandestine force could assassinate our messengers and sentries with such precision?" Dai Hao sneered dismissively. "On the battlefield, they're demoralizing us and boosting theirs, speaking without thinking!"

Dai Hao waved his hand, and immediately guards came out to dispose of the remains in the hall.

Actually, he was wrong, because the people responsible for the covert assassination were not only members of the Shadow Palace, but also many officers and soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire who had been trained recently.

Following Ye Yulin's instructions, many members with similar eagle-like martial spirits were selected from the army. They usually had excellent eyesight and used special sniper soul tools to lurk in the shadows on the battlefield, specifically responsible for sniping.

Just before the war broke out, Ye Yulin rushed to the battlefield from the Temple of the Sun, carrying with him the Tang Clan's hidden weapon blueprints that he had previously captured, intending to test some special soul tools on the battlefield.

For example, these special sniper soul guides.

"Report!"

Before Dai Hao could calm down, another messenger arrived with a message.

"Look, what you just said is utter nonsense! Isn't the military intelligence still being sent this way?" Dai Hao's expression softened.

The ministers all nodded in agreement.

The messenger staggered in, his eyes wide, clutching the wound on his waist. "Medical officer," Dai Hao said calmly.

Two healing-type Soul Masters immediately rushed out from the depths of the main hall to treat the messenger.

"Speak," Dai Hao said impatiently, immediately instructing the messenger to report the military situation.

"More than forty cities in the western border of the Divine Luo Empire have fallen. Our army is no match for them." The messenger looked at Dai Hao gratefully. "Your Majesty, I risked my life to break through several pursuits and finally brought this intelligence back!"

"Nonsense!" Dai Hao roared again. "The Western Frontier has more than one Title Douluo-level elder, how could we be no match for them?!"

"Boom!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a thunderstorm broke out outside the hall, as if it were a farewell ceremony for some powerful figure.

"Bang—"

Meanwhile, inside the palace's ancestral hall, a small statue and the spirit lamp in front of it exploded and went out, respectively.

"Your Majesty...!" An official in charge of guarding the Hall of Offerings rushed over and knelt down in a panic, "Mad Lion Douluo has fallen!"

"I understand." Dai Hao forced himself to remain calm. "How did they manage that?"

The messenger hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's very likely a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell..."

"Damn it!" Dai Hao glared angrily. "Even Shrek Academy, none of the Douluo Kingdoms, doesn't have a level nine soul tool. Aren't they afraid of divine retribution for doing this?!"

"They only used soul-guided cannons below level eight before, and didn't directly use level nine cannons against the army..." The messenger panted heavily as he reported the news.

"Enough!" Dai Hao said angrily. "They're just some material possessions. How much does a level nine soul-guided cannon shell cost? How many can they fire?!"

Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately broke free from the physician's grasp and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, according to our investigation, there are at least a dozen level nine soul-guided artillery emplacements."

"According to General Qiao Xiong, a Soul Master at the front lines, a single Level 8 Soul Guidance Cannon can level a small city. The power of a Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannon shell is estimated to be..." he whispered, "I urge Your Majesty to strengthen the defenses of the Imperial Palace!"

"Impossible! The Sun Moon Empire, were they just engaging in minor skirmishes with me in the Mingdou Mountains before...?"

Before Dai Hao could finish speaking, an even louder explosion came from the inner palace's main hall.

"Bang—Crack—"

"Damn it!!" Dai Hao pointed at the Soul Saint who had just run out of the Hall of Offerings, "Go and see who has fallen?!"

A bolt of lightning struck directly from the sky to the ground, illuminating Dai Hao's pale face.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier.

In the original text, during the defense of the Heavenly Soul Empire, three of the eleven Title Douluos of the Body Sect died and four were seriously injured. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Title Douluo Sect Master of the Heavenly Dragon Gate should also have died in this battle.

The original text states that the Holy Spirit Cult and the army attacked together, which means that the enshrined elders must have intervened. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for the Holy Spirit Cult's few elders who were not even Super Douluo level to achieve this result.

The Body Sect has the blessing of a Body Martial Soul, and even the blessing of a second awakening; the sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Sect also has the blessing of dragon transformation. It's estimated that they were brutally beaten by a level nine soul-guided cannon and a Super Douluo-level evil soul master.

Here, on the battlefield, there are three former members of the Holy Spirit Cult. They have been fighting for several days now and are targeting the enemy's high-end combat forces in the river.

(End of this chapter)