Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 322 To Save or Not to Save

After finalizing the plan, Ji Lin and the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai completed their fusion. Xiao Bai had already learned the technique of opening up the Sacred Mark space under the guidance of the Snow Emperor. It was also prepared to become Ji Lin's Sacred Mark at any time. However, it was a little reluctant to part with the delicacies of the human world, so it insisted on dragging Ji Lin to promise to let it out to taste the food whenever it had time.

The fusion of the Ice Bear King's Holy Mark went smoothly. Xiao Bai successfully became the fourth soul ring of Ji Lin's Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul, and transformed Ji Lin's left arm into the Ice Bear King's left arm bone. Ji Lin also successfully broke through the bottleneck and reached level 70. Now he only needs the last Holy Mark, which is the last ice attribute left leg bone, to complete the full set of ice attribute soul bones.

Ji Lin will depart from Xingluo City this time, traverse the Sun Moon Empire, and enter the Ice Sea from the north of the Sun Moon Empire. This route is the shortest. As always, Ji Lin only brought Chi Yuan with him, while Wang Qiu'er and the others stayed at the Zizai Sect headquarters to cultivate. There are still a few months left before the start of this year's All-Continent Youth Soul Master Competition. If they work hard, their soul power can break through to the next level.

After leaving Star Luo City, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan flew non-stop towards the Sun Moon Empire. They needed to obtain Ice Snow Maiden's fifth soul ring before the start of the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Battle Tournament, and to add a seventh soul ring to Heavenly Fire Judgment. Of course, Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had already prepared this seventh soul ring.

The two flew north, traversing the Sun and Moon Empire. When they reached a hilly area, the temperature suddenly dropped, indicating that they were approaching the northern part of the Sun and Moon Empire, which was the Ice Sea.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan landed on the ground, ready to rest for a while. They had already traveled for most of the day, and a proper rest wouldn't hurt them.

They landed in a hilly area. The surrounding landscape consisted of undulating hills, barren of vegetation, giving it a somewhat desolate feel. However, the hills also obstructed the view, limiting visibility. A short distance ahead lay a high mountain. Beyond that, everything was blocked by the mountain.

Just as the two were resting and recovering their soul power, suddenly, the earth seemed to tremble slightly, followed by the faint rumble of thunder in the distance.

Ji Lin frowned, stood up, and listened quietly.

The rumbling thunder, accompanied by the tremors of the earth, reappeared, this time clearer and lasting longer than before.

"It's the sound of a soul-guided cannon," Chi Yuan said. Her mental power was far greater than Ji Lin's, and her senses were more acute, so she heard it more clearly.

Thunder rumbled, and the sound seemed to grow louder and louder, as if it were getting closer and closer to them.

Ji Lin exclaimed in surprise, "Judging from this, it's quite a large-scale operation!"

He released his mental probe, probing in the direction the sound came from. Ji Lin exclaimed in surprise, "Good heavens, there are at least tens of thousands of auras fluctuating over there. What's going on? Is it a war?"

He had never heard of any recent military conflict between the original Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire. Besides, this was already in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire, and the original Douluo Three Kingdoms didn't have the ability to fight their way here.

Chi Yuan said calmly, "So, do you want to go around it?"

She didn't take these tens of thousands of troops seriously; they were no match for her.

Ji Lin shook his head and said, "No rush, let's wait and see."

After speaking, ice wings appeared behind Ji Lin, and he and Chi Yuan rose into the sky at the same time. Using their mental power to shield and hide their figures, they could be seen clearly from a distance in the air.

There were two groups of people, with about a hundred running ahead. They were all very fast. Almost everyone was equipped with a soul tool, but none of them were using a flight soul tool.

These hundred or so people all seemed to be quite powerful; judging from the glow of their spirit rings, they were at least at the third ring level or higher. However, the spirit tools they used varied considerably. As they ran, they would occasionally turn around to unleash the power of their spirit tools to intercept the enemy.

However, the biggest problem for low-level Soul Masters when using Soul Tools is their attack range. Even with a non-locking Soul Cannon, the attack range will not exceed 500 meters before level four.

The pursuing army was well-organized and moved at a moderate speed, but it spread out to both flanks, like a large pincer, slowly encircling the group.

Ji Lin quickly understood why these fleeing people weren't using flying soul tools. It was because among their pursuers were soul masters, and quite a few of them.

In terms of the strength of their Soul Masters, the two sides were roughly equal. However, under these circumstances, the side with the support of a large army naturally held an absolute advantage. In particular, this army included at least two thousand cavalrymen, making their pursuit even more swift.

The Soul Masters among the pursuers were mainly used for containment, not getting too close, and also stopping occasionally to launch attacks. Both sides activated their Soul Guidance Shields, and neither dared to let their guard down. At this time, if anyone used a flying Soul Guidance Device to take flight, they would likely become the target of everyone's attacks immediately.

Ji Lin was also seeing a Soul Master pursuit battle of this scale for the first time, and he was a little curious.

Just then, two fleeing figures caught Ji Lin's attention. Among the fleeing crowd were two girls, one dressed in white and the other carrying a huge cannon barrel, dressed in blue.

Ji Lin didn't recognize the two people, but he felt a sense of déjà vu about the scene. Within the Sun Moon Empire, a hundred-person team was being chased by tens of thousands of troops, including two young girls. The girl in white was particularly beautiful, especially her skin, which was extremely delicate and seemed to contain a layer of watery luster.

Ji Lin racked his brains for a long time before finally remembering who the white-clad girl below was. He clenched his right fist and punched it into his left palm, exclaiming in sudden realization, "Oh my god, isn't that Ju Zi? So that's the time!"

Seeing that Ji Lin might know the people below, Chi Yuan asked curiously, "You know them? Should we save them?"

Ji Lin shook his head and said, "We don't really know each other. As for whether to save him or not, I'll think about it."

Ji Lin stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Just as Ji Lin was considering whether to save them or not, Ju Zi below looked at the army that was gradually surrounding them, her face filled with frustration.

This was originally her tactic; they had 30,000 troops lying in ambush outside, and this Soul Master squad was there to lure the enemy in.

The enemy was unaware that they had been surrounded. She had just sent a signal that their army would arrive in less than half an hour.

However, she underestimated the enemy's strength and did not expect the enemy's pursuit to be so resolute. They even sent hundreds of Soul Masters to hold them back. Now they are exhausted and in dire straits, unable to wait for reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)