Douluo 2: This Dragon God has too much martial virtue

The Xing Luo Empire is not completely without a plan to deal with the situation. The most direct way is to recapture the fallen cities as soon as possible and at the same time defend them strictly. Only in this way can the front line be barely maintained.

But if we look further ahead, the situation is not optimistic. In the Sun-Moon Empire, soul guidance technology has long been deeply rooted in the homes of ordinary people. And those occupied Xingluo territories are almost impossible to recover, because compared with the Sun-Moon Empire, the soul guidance technology of the Xingluo Empire is too backward.

Even if the Sun-Moon Empire stops its attack, as long as the status quo is maintained, the people in the occupied areas will sincerely surrender within a few years. By then, the Sun-Moon Empire will have more resources and manpower, and the development of soul guide technology will surely advance by leaps and bounds, and the gap with Xing Luo will only widen. If the Sky Soul Empire had not prepared for a rainy day thousands of years ago and kept pace with the times, I am afraid that the Sun-Moon Empire's unification of the continent would have become an irreversible historical foregone conclusion.

As the wheel of history rolls forward, perhaps the continent will eventually repeat the situation of the confrontation between the two empires of Tiandou and Xingluo ten thousand years ago. However, times have changed. Ten thousand years later, the protagonists of this epic confrontation will eventually become the two empires of Tianhun and Sun and Moon.

Huo Yuhao thought to himself that the Sky Soul Empire had lost nearly a quarter of its territory in the beast tide, and would definitely seek compensation from other places. He remembered that this empire was the product of the split of the Sky Dou ten thousand years ago. Back then, the Sky Dou was split into two, turning into the current Sky Soul and Dou Ling.

The Douling Empire has the smallest territory and the weakest national strength. Both its soul master reserves and soul guidance technology are far behind, but the East China Sea is rich in rare spiritual medicines. Perhaps... Tianhun will take this opportunity to annex Douling and recreate the territory of the former Tiandou Empire?

As for whether the Sun-Moon Empire would take this opportunity to attack the Sky Soul Empire, what a joke! Isn't the Sun-Moon Empire an asset of the Dragon Pavilion?

Huo Yuhao's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a strong light that suddenly appeared in the direction of the Mingdou Mountains. Countless bright lights exploded in the night sky, illuminating the entire sky like daylight. The deadly trajectories of soul-guided rays intertwined into a network, the flames of soul-guided artillery fire rose and fell, and a violent energy storm raged in the clouds.

Xu Jiujiu stood up suddenly and asked, "Has the battle begun?" She looked up at Huo Yuhao and pinched his palm unconsciously again with her fingertips: "Does your promise just now still count?"

"Of course." No matter how many times she asked, Huo Yuhao would give the same answer.

After getting the promise after a long time, her tense heartstrings finally relaxed a little. She rushed out of the room quickly. At this moment, she had to race against time to mobilize troops.

Huo Yuhao stared at her retreating figure and suddenly became curious. If we only talk about battlefield command ability, who is stronger, this Princess Xingluo or the youngest marshal of the Sun Moon Empire?

As soon as the battle started, Xu Jiujiu dispatched hundreds of soul masters to fight against the Sun Moon Empire's soul master group. This scene was a peak showdown between the highest-level armies on the continent. However, Huo Yuhao only used his spiritual detection to observe the battle from a distance and found that there were more than 3,000 attack points on the Sun Moon Empire's front line pouring down artillery fire at the same time.

Soul-guided artillery fire constituted the main force of long-range strikes, while soul-guided rays served as an auxiliary for precise strikes. Although those azure rays were not as good as soul-guided artillery in range, they had terrifying penetration and flexibility. The entire battlefield formed a perfect firepower echelon, with soul-guided artillery shells covering the sky in the distance and deadly soul-guided ray storms interweaving in the near distance.

Huo Yuhao secretly estimated that even if all the soul guides of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms except the Heavenly Soul were assembled, they would probably not be able to match the density of firepower on the Mingdou Mountain Range at the moment. Those constantly flashing soul guide arrays were interpreting the change of times in the cruelest way.

Such a huge array of soul guides must require an astonishing number of soul guides to coordinate and control. Obviously, Orange has made full preparations for this battle. With the support of sealed charging soul guide technology, even low-level soul guides can burst out mid-level combat power. As long as the supply of charging soul guides is sufficient, their firepower output can be continuous. This technological innovation has caused the destructive power and lethality of the Sun and Moon Army to increase exponentially.

The Xingluo Empire had mobilized more than 5,000 soul masters to the front line, but only 500 soul masters were involved in the attack. However, in this elite force, all of them were strong soul masters above the level of Soul Saint.

If an army of 500 Soul Saints were to engage in a head-on confrontation within a limited range, even three times the number of Level 7 Soul Guides would not necessarily be able to gain the upper hand. After reaching the Soul Saint realm, ordinary Soul Guides could no longer pose a threat to them, and only high-level Soul Guides or intensive shooting could be effective.

These Soul Saints did not attack recklessly, but instead launched probing attacks continuously. They were like a group of experienced hunters, consuming the Sun Moon Empire's energy-charging Soul Guidance Device reserves while patiently waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow. On the surface, this was indeed the best tactic that Jiujiu could deploy, using the least consumption in exchange for the greatest loss of the opponent.

However, on a battlefield of this scale, the combat power of an individual is already insignificant. On the Sun-Moon Empire side, all detection soul guides are running at full power, building an airtight monitoring network. On the other hand, the Xingluo Empire has almost no soul guide force that can effectively counterattack.

As time went by, the soul guide artillery fire from the Mingdou Mountains began to weaken. It seemed that the continuous supply of energy-charging soul guides had its limit after all. Especially those high-level soul guides that could threaten the Seven-ring Soul Saints. Every time they fired, they were madly devouring the soul power reserves of the energy-charging soul guides and soul guides. After such a long battle, I don't know how much precious energy-charging soul guides and soul guides' energy had been exhausted.

The Xingluo Empire keenly sensed this change and immediately began to advance, trying to exert further pressure. The Sun-Moon Empire's defense line then launched a final wave of fierce counterattacks, temporarily forcing back the attacking soul masters. But after this round of outbursts, their firepower was obviously weak and weakened more significantly.

On the surface, the balance of victory was tilting towards Xingluo. After all, they still had thousands of spirit masters who had not yet joined the battle. Once the high-level spirit masters broke through the defense line, the follow-up troops would rush forward and it would be no problem to capture the Mingdou Mountains. After all, the terrain advantage was limited in the face of absolute strength.

However, Huo Yuhao, who was watching the battle from a distance, suddenly had a strange feeling. The Eye of Destiny sent a vague warning, which, combined with his understanding of Ju Zi, made him certain that the woman must be planning something in secret. Following the guidance of fate, he used his mental detection to scan the ground, and then his pupils suddenly contracted, and he almost subconsciously wanted to retract his outward mental power.

As expected of a senior, she could even think of using a level nine fixed-type soul guide shell as a mine! But it makes sense, since she could come up with the torture of having her subordinates take turns sterilizing Dai Hao, what else could she not do?

The Xingluo Empire's soul master army advanced again, and this time the Sun-Moon Empire's resistance was significantly weakened. The soul masters had already approached the distance where they could directly bombard the Mingdou Mountain Range's defense positions with long-range soul skills. In the night sky, the soul rings of hundreds of soul saints lit up one after another, and the bright light connected into one. As long as one-third of them successfully launched an attack, it would be enough to cause a devastating blow to the Sun-Moon defense line.

At this decisive moment, everyone felt the ground begin to tremble slightly. This familiar fluctuation was exactly the same as when the Northwest Army Group encountered the attack of the ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells!

The ground beneath the Soul Saints who were gathering to charge suddenly collapsed. The next second, the entire land let out a deafening roar, and the sand and rocks at the collapsed area rushed back to the sky at a hundred times the speed. A mushroom cloud of death rose into the sky with the power of destroying the world, and the hot shock wave spread in a circle with the rubble and soil. Half of the Soul Saints who had just released their martial spirits were wiped out in this shocking explosion.

"This... How is this possible?!" Xu Jiujiu stood there in a daze, looking at the mushroom cloud that was still rolling dozens of miles away. The continuous tremors of the earth reached her feet, and her eyes were filled with unspeakable fear and despair.

What made her even more desperate was that the soul-guided artillery fire, which had just weakened, suddenly erupted again like a volcanic eruption! The soul-guided rays and shells, which were more violent than before, formed a death barrage, which smashed into the soul saints who were still in shock. In a short moment, this elite team of 500 soul saints collapsed, and the survivors fled without caring about their image. The originally fierce battlefield was suddenly empty.

It seems that the senior sister is still better! Huo Yuhao has made up his mind.

The Xing Luo Empire's offensive froze instantly. Although the army in the distance had already formed a battle array, it was as if it had been cast under a spell of immobilization and could no longer move. Huo Yuhao did not need to see it with his own eyes to imagine that the Xing Luo military must be in chaos at this moment. The death of more than 200 Soul Saints was enough to shake the foundation of the country. Even more fatal was that the morale of the Xing Luo Empire's military, which had just been revived, was completely shattered by this shocking blow.

In the temporary commander's tent of the Xingluo Empire, Xu Jiujiu's face was as pale as the white soft armor on her body. Although the war had temporarily stopped, the mushroom cloud rising from the direction of the Mingdou Mountains became a shadow hanging over everyone's mind. The moment the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shell exploded, she felt her soul torn apart. More than 200 soul saints died at the same time, including dozens of soul douluos. Such a loss was the most severe since the founding of the Xingluo Empire.

What was even more unacceptable was that after paying such a heavy price, they were unable to cause any damage to the enemy. This tactic was entirely formulated by her personally, after all, the entire soul master army was under her control.

Originally, the former subordinates of Duke Baihu advocated concentrating elite forces to break through the air blockade of the Sun Moon Empire at all costs. However, Xu Jiujiu, due to his resentment and dissatisfaction with Dai Hao, decided to send Soul Saint-level strongmen to conduct a tentative attack, intending to launch a general attack after consuming the enemy's defense.

However, cruel reality proved that her decision was a big mistake. With the dignity of a princess, she forced the soul master army to attack, but in return, all the elite soldiers were killed. At this moment, the generals of the soul master army gathered in the tent looked at her with no more respect in their eyes, but only cold doubt and disappointment.

After taking a deep breath, she stood up suddenly. The always proud princess now had a firm look in her eyes and a steady and powerful voice: "The defeat in this battle was due to my stubbornness and tactical mistakes that caused heavy casualties in our army. I will apologize to Your Majesty. From now on, I will fully cooperate with you and obey the orders of the legion commanders."

As a core member of the royal family, she knew better than anyone what was most important at the moment - the whole country must unite to fight the enemy. Therefore, she did not hesitate to put aside her dignity as a princess and admit her mistake in public.

Although the generals were quite dissatisfied with the princess's previous arbitrary behavior, they all understood that the overall situation was more important. The most urgent task at the moment was to reverse the decline, not to pursue responsibility. The situation was already critical. The Sun-Moon Empire had repeatedly used the ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells to demonstrate the terrifying power of soul-guided technology. What was even more fatal was that the Xingluo military had completely lost its battlefield reconnaissance capabilities. Without knowing anything about the enemy's movements, the Xingluo military was completely exposed to the enemy's surveillance. How could this war be fought?

Xu Jiujiu quietly returned to her seat and handed over the command. She suddenly thought that if Huo Yuhao, a spiritual master, had been willing to help her... she suppressed the thought as soon as it came to her mind. Now was not the time to regret. Even if she was dissatisfied, she had to hide it. After all, although Huo Yuhao claimed to be a citizen of Xingluo, with the strength he showed, if Xu Jiujiu showed any dissatisfaction at this time, it would be very likely to push the Xingluo Empire into a more difficult situation. The other party would not care whether she was a princess or not.

The military meeting lasted until dawn. When the last general left the tent, he sat there for a long time like a sculpture, without even changing his posture.

Huo Yuhao silently pulled open the chair next to her. The sound of the wooden chair rubbing against the ground made Xu Jiujiu shudder. She turned her head blankly, and her scattered eyes gradually focused on the boy's face. Suddenly, she stood up abruptly and knelt heavily on the ground again.

“Your Majesty, what should we do now?” She no longer addressed Huo Yuhao by name, but used the honorific title for Titled Douluo, “Please help me…save Xing Luo…”

Huo Yuhao did not respond to her request directly, but instead told her a story from the past: “When I was a child, my knowledge of history came from the mythological stories my mother told me. It was not until I followed my teacher to Dragon City that I began to study history seriously.”

He turned his back and looked at the gradually brightening sky outside the tent: "Teacher once said that before the holy war began more than 4,000 years ago, the original territory of the Three Kingdoms of Douluo was full of principalities and kingdoms. When the country was in danger of survival, if those monarchs chose to sacrifice their lives for the country, the greatest sin in the evaluation of them in history would only be 'incompetence'."

“What do you mean?!” Xu Jiujiu trembled all over and looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief. She originally thought that this was her only life-saving straw, but from what Huo Yuhao said at this moment, did he intend to let her die?

“So, I suggest that you write a letter to His Majesty, saying that you and your sister died together for your country.” Huo Yuhao leaned forward slightly. “This will prove to history that all your crimes stem from a failure in methodology, not a mistake in values. Princess, you can’t just love your country when you win. Dying for your country proves that you still love your country when you lose, and proves that you only had the wrong method, not your original intention.”

Sending so many high-level spirit masters' heads to the enemy country at one time, no matter which country it is, it would require death to atone for the crime, right?

? ? Is it okay for a country to die? It is a country to die!

? Eh? It seems like there is something strange stuck in it (((?Д?；)??