Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 491 Conspiracy

With Xu Tianran's full support, Ju Zi is now a seventh-level Soul Master, a Soul Saint. Even so, the flying ice still caused ripples on the Soul Power Shield.

Ju Zi quickly used her defensive soul tool to activate her soul shield, and then, ignoring the raging blizzard in the air, she immediately took off and flew more than ten meters into the air.

Upon seeing this, she gasped in shock.

A blizzard raged, and snowflakes like ice blades swept through the Sun Moon Empire's camp. The frenzied ice blades flew everywhere, engulfing the entire camp. The tanned leather tents of the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps were in better condition and had not yet suffered any damage. However, the tents of the ordinary soldiers had begun to be damaged under the onslaught of these ice blades.

At this moment, screams of agony rose and fell throughout the camp. These ice shards, which were almost like sharp blades, were clearly not something that ordinary soldiers could withstand!

"Enemy attack!"

Without hesitation, Orange shouted. With her intelligence, how could she not realize that tonight's blizzard was abnormal? Orange raised her right hand, and a beam of orange-red light shot into the sky, still exploding into patches of orange-red light amidst the fierce blizzard. At the same time, the red armor on Orange's body quickly lit up, and a layer of light shield was released outward.

One after another, crimson figures emerged from the outer tents, and crimson rays of light began to converge in the air, forming a red light shield that expanded outwards to resist the raging blizzard.

The Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Corps, consisting of approximately five hundred members including official and reserve members, rapidly ascended into the air under Orange's signal command, activating their coordinated defensive soul tools to form a protective shield against the raging blizzard in the air.

Orange's face was grim. This blizzard was definitely not a natural phenomenon. Even the strongest blizzard in nature is just heavy snow and strong winds. It is impossible for snowflakes to be as sharp as blades and contain fluctuations of ice elements. Undoubtedly, this was caused by humans.

Who was it? I had no idea!

Orange quickly racked her brains, having already considered everything, but she simply couldn't figure out which force would have the leisure to attack them at this time.

Could it be one of those reclusive sects?

However, Orange quickly gave herself a negative answer, for a simple reason: the blizzard was simply too powerful.

Looking around, everything seemed to be covered by the blizzard. The raging blizzard was destroying everything. If those hidden sects had such abilities, they wouldn't have been able to keep making harassing moves, and even lose many elite disciples, resulting in mutual damage with the Sun Moon Empire.

If they had such capabilities, they would have used them when they attacked the Heavenly Soul Empire long ago. It's impossible that they waited until now to deal with a group of ordinary mining troops.

Despite this assessment, Ju Zi was not a traditional Soul Master; she was merely a pure Soul Master instructor. She lacked a precise standard for judging the strength of traditional Soul Masters. However, she believed that this blizzard could not have been accomplished by one person alone; it would have required at least a Soul Master unit working together to create such a massive blizzard.

Is it the Heavenly Soul Empire or the Fighting Spirit Empire? How can they have such a powerful team of Soul Masters?

Although Orange was caught in a mental storm, she didn't sit idle. She commanded the five hundred Fire Phoenix Soul Masters to join forces to resist the powerful blizzard. Under their defense, they firmly blocked the blizzard's rampage.

However, the coordinated defensive soul tool array composed of 500 soul masters still has a limited range and cannot protect all the tents. Below is a large camp with more than 25,000 people stationed! They can only protect about one-third of the area, which is already the limit.

After stabilizing the formation, Orange immediately descended and continued to issue orders. She did not order the soldiers to retreat into this third of the area. Under the terrifying blizzard, ordinary soldiers would likely be torn apart if they appeared outside. Instead, she ordered everyone to take shelter under their beds and wrap themselves in blankets.

Although doing so would still result in a significant number of casualties, she only hoped that the man-made blizzard would not last too long, so that even if there were casualties, the number of casualties would not be too high.

Orange's response was undoubtedly the best possible. In her opinion, even if a blizzard of this magnitude were man-made, it could not possibly last for very long.

However, after settling the troops below, her expression quickly changed. She looked at the two-thirds of the tents exposed to the elements, all torn to shreds by the blizzard. Although most of the soldiers had taken shelter under their beds to temporarily avoid the blizzard, the tents destroyed by the blizzard were no longer usable.

She has a total of 25,000 people here, and they are already living in very crowded conditions. It is impossible for her to use the remaining third of the tents to house so many people.

In other words, even if the blizzard ends in a short time and the Sun Moon Empire's army does not suffer too many casualties, the mining plan here still cannot proceed as originally planned and will inevitably be greatly delayed. Moreover, after this blizzard, in the fierce winds and icy snowflakes, it is unknown how many people will be injured or killed, and even the mining equipment will probably be destroyed in many ways.

Orange finally understood what the other party was up to. No wonder they launched such a large-scale blizzard attack at all costs. Although the blizzard was troublesome, it couldn't seriously damage them. Now that she thought about it, the other party's goal was not to kill people in the first place, but to destroy their arrangements and force them to leave. Their target was this mine.

Who is it? The Heavenly Soul Empire? The Fighting Spirit Empire? Impossible! The Heavenly Soul Empire is preoccupied with its own problems, and the Fighting Spirit Empire is under my close surveillance. They couldn't possibly have kept it from me. This mine was just discovered, and only the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Fighting Spirit Empire, and our Sun Moon Empire know about it. They have the ability to mine the mine and can also launch such a powerful blizzard to attack us. Could it be Shrek Academy?

Didn't the intelligence say that Shrek Academy was not making any moves?

Orange bit her thumb hard, completely baffled. What had she overlooked that had put her in such a predicament? This round was undoubtedly her defeat.

This blizzard is overwhelming! Moreover, she can't find her target at all, nor does she know which side the attacker came from. Unable to pinpoint her opponent and unaware of the blizzard's origin, she has no way to deal with it.

Unable to find an opponent?

A thought flashed through Orange's mind, and her face immediately turned even more grim. She subconsciously looked up at the sky.

All she saw was the pitch-black night sky and the raging blizzard.

It's over! The high-altitude detection soul guide device will likely suffer heavy losses in this blizzard, or rather, the enemy's original purpose may be...!

Thinking of this, Orange almost ground her teeth to powder.

Orange's heaving chest heaved with rage. The enemy's objective was crystal clear: to destroy their high-altitude detection soul tools, rendering them blind. In this raging blizzard, even the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps, the guardians of the Sun Moon Empire, dared not take to the skies to fight. That would mean abandoning the soldiers and camp below. With so many soldiers, even if they chose to retreat, without sufficient tents and supplies, the losses would be extremely heavy. Therefore, protecting the camp was essential, and the enemy naturally had ample time to destroy the high-altitude detection soul tools.

This was a calculated move that forced her to choose between soldiers and the high-altitude detection soul tool. Ju Zi, feeling extremely frustrated, chose the soldiers and gave up the high-altitude detection soul tool. The high-altitude detection soul tool could be rebuilt, but caring for soldiers is a basic quality of a commander, especially since this commander was Ju Zi, a marshal from a commoner background.

Ju Zi's guess was correct; Ji Lin was currently high in the sky, searching for the high-altitude detection soul guide device on the outer edge of the blizzard.

Because of his previous reconnaissance, he had almost all the locations of these high-altitude detection soul tools in his memory. As for those within the blizzard's coverage area, he didn't need to worry about them at all.

The closer the blizzard gets to the ground, the larger its coverage area becomes, but its actual power decreases. However, when it is in the air, its destructive power is much greater. Those high-altitude detection soul tools are not very sturdy, and in a blizzard of this level, there is only one possibility: destruction.

Ji Lin's elaborate scheme to unleash the blizzard was not intended to cause significant damage to the Sun Moon Empire. Moreover, with the strength of the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps, a single blizzard could not truly threaten them. His only target was the high-altitude detection soul tool.

Ji Lin achieved his goal. The effect of the blizzard was extremely obvious. In the midst of the terrifying blizzard, Ju Zi was unable to spare any attention to hinder him. She could only deal with the blizzard and protect the soldiers and tents below, giving Ji Lin enough time to destroy all the high-altitude detection soul guides in the air.

This blizzard was ultimately not a natural disaster, but rather something Ji Lin orchestrated. Even with Ji Lin as the possessor of ultimate ice and the cooperation of the Snow Empress, the darling of the far north, it could not last. The blizzard finally began to gradually subside, but the military camps of the Sun and Moon Empire exposed to the blizzard had already become riddled with holes.

A blizzard raged, and snowflakes like icy blades swept through the Sun Moon Empire's camp. The frenzied ice blades scattered and engulfed the entire camp. The tanned leather tents of the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps were somewhat better off, with no damage yet.

(End of this chapter)