Chapter 427. Battle in the Ming Dou Mountain Range


    Xu Yun thought for a moment, then said, Alright, you can go. But be careful thats weird, I wonder where Dai Luoli is? Hes been gone for a long time.


    Huo Yuhao said, He mentioned the Duke before this. Could he have gone to find the Duke? Maybe he couldnt stand the loneliness here anymore.


    Xu Yun was momentarily stunned. And he didnt bring you along?


    Huo Yuhao forced augh and replied, Maybe hes afraid of my beatings?


    Xu Yuns face became a little strange. But he seems to be improving very quickly recently


    Huo Yuhao looked up, and a mischievous grin appeared at the corner of his mouth. Why, do you want to try?


    No! Xu Yun eximed almost instantaneously. There was no need to mention being beaten like Dai Luoli was. Her stomach still throbbed painfully when she remembered Huo Yuhao punching her in her abdomen.


    Huo Yuhao shrugged. He sounded a little disappointed as he said, If you are willing to participate, I believe he will work even harder. Im going to leave now, and if hees back, make sure he doesnt go anywhere! He began to walk faster as he spoke, and ran off to one side before swiftly disappearing into the darkness.


    Xu Yuns other personal guards were following behind her, and were confused about what he was doing, but Xu Yun said nothing, so naturally none of them dared to ask.


    Huo Yuhao used Imitation to merge into the night sky, and flew towards the Ming Dou Mountain Range. He thought to himself as he flew,I havent been back for long, and now Im going back what a hassle! I wonder what the White Tiger Duke will achieve with this counterattack?


    Huo Yuhao stretched his Spiritual Detection out like a web in all directions as he rose into the sky, and quickly discovered therge armies of the White Tiger Duke moving forward on the ground. The Star Luo Empire had brought out their full strength however, he could only see legions formed by normal soldiers at this moment.


    ording to what Xu Yun told him, eight of the Star Luo Empires ten great soul master legions had reached their western borders under Princess Jiujiusmand. Huo Yuhao thought to himself,They should be all the way in front of everyone else, because normal soldiers will only be massacred if they go up against soul tools. But can the Star Luo Empires soul masters break through the Sun Moon Empires defenses?


    Huo Yuhao was still thinking to himself when a ce in the Ming Dou Mountain Range ahead suddenly glowed, andrge patches of light flickered again and again.


    The battle has already begun?


    Huo Yuhao contemted calmly for a moment before picking up his pace once more. He didnt fly directly towards where the battle was happening, instead taking slight detour, and proceeding towards the edge of the battlefield.


    Huo Yuhao wasnt sure how much strength both sides had invested in a battle as intense as this. He would probably be treated as an enemy by both forces if he ventured forward brashly and was discovered.


    The shes became increasingly clear as he drew closer. Furthermore, most of those shes were flickering in the sky, and powerful lights were being released continuously as rays of light flowed and circted in the sky.


    Huo Yuhao arrived at his destination in fifteen minutes. He carefully reached out with his Spiritual Detection, sweeping it towards the battlefield.


    The most intense parts of the battle were happening in the sky. Countless beams from soul rays and soul cannons waltzed left and right through the air, andrge patches of energy storms were sweeping up into the sky. Huo Yuhao could reach out with his Spiritual Detection, and only observe the battle from afar. Otherwise, he ran the risk of being torn to pieces.


    This battle was clearly one between thousands of soul masters and soul engineers. Such a vast spectacle could be said to represent a contest between the entire Continents strongest and most top-tier forces.


    Huo Yuhao continued observing from the distance as he carefully approached the Ming Dou Mountain Range from one side. He could see with greater rity if he was closer, and he had already opened his Eye of Destiny fully to reduce the interference brought about by thee intense soul power undtions.


    Astonishment gradually appeared in Huo Yuhaos eyes. The Sun Moon Empires defenses that they had deployed in the Ming Dou Mountain Range truly surprised him.


    Huo Yuhao could see only a little bit when he was observing the battle earlier. However, because he was observing from far away, and even when there were no soul power undtions from soul tools, he couldnt possibly see everything. In this moment, the soul tools powers were on full disy, and Huo Yuhao could see more than three thousand assault points were firing continuously. These assault points consisted mainly of soul cannons, with soul rays supporting them.


    Soul rays were a lot more urate than soul cannons, and they were easily adjusted and a lot more prating. However, their range couldntpare to that of soul cannons, and both weapons had their own advantages and wereplementary to one another. Soul cannons were responsible for bombarding at a distance, while volumes of soul rays swept out horizontally at any soul masters who managed to break through within a certain area.


    The Sun Moon Empire had actually set up so many soul tools at the Ming Dou Mountain Range. There were probably more soul tools on the Ming Dou Mountain Range than every single soul tool within the Douluo Continents three empires added together.


    Huo Yuhao felt fortunate. If he hadnt triggered an explosion in that massive warehouse, there would probably be twice as many soul tools here today!


    There were so many soul tools, and naturally, there were many soul engineers controlling them. The Sun Moon Empire had absolutely made sufficient preparations. With the support of sealed Milk Bottles, even low-level soul engineers could unleash the power of mid-tier soul tools. They could continue operating higher level soul tools as long as there were enough Milk Bottles, and their destructive and offensive capabilities were naturally exponentially boosted.


    The Ming Dou Mountain Range was like a giant porcupine at this moment. This porcupine continuously straightened its pricks, and didnt let anyone near.


    Huo Yuhao discovered at the same time that the aerial surveince soul tools in the air had evidently been withdrawn inside an area that the Ming Dou Mountain Ranges firepower could protect. These soul tools were still carrying out their reconnaissance tasks, except their areas of coverage were smaller than before.


    As for whether there were high altitude aerial surveince soul tools much higher in the sky, Huo Yuhao couldnt detect any for now. He had to concentrate and sweep region by region at such altitudes, and he currently didnt have the time for that. Protecting himself and making sure that he wasnt discovered was more important right now.


    The Sun Moon Empires defenses were strict and tight, but the Star Luo Empires battle strategies and tactics were also exceptionally appropriate.


    The Star Luo Empire had mobilized at least five thousand soul masters this time, but there were less than five hundred people participating in this assault. However, even the weakest of these soul masters were Soul Sages.


    Five hundred soul sages what kind of frightening power was that? If this fight was one against one, even if there were three times as many ss 7 soul engineers in a fixed area, those soul engineers would be no match for these Soul Sages.


    Most soul masters couldnt be threatened by average and typical soul tools after they became Soul Sages, and only soul tools that were incredibly powerful, or many soul tools trained on them at the same time, could hurt them. Furthermore, these soul masters werent blindlymitting to the assault. Instead, they attacked in probes, expending the Sun Moon Empires inventory of Milk Bottles as they waited for the right opportunity to strike.


    This was undoubtedly the best fighting method. The soul masters ground their opponents down continuously, while they relied on their strength as Soul Sages to minimize their own consumption as much as possible. If this was allowed to continue, the time woulde when the Sun Moon Empires soul engineers would be whittled down to nothing. Furthermore, the soul masters would alsounch surprise attacks on the aerial surveince soul tools in the sky. Each one of these things destroyed would reduce the Sun Moon Empires vision by a little bit.


    Huo Yuhao didnt have to guess that the White Tiger Duke and Princess Jiujiu had discovered from their probing attack that Dai Luolis conjecture was correct. The Sun Moon Empire hadnt sent their armies into the Star Luo Empires borders, and had only taken the Ming Dou Mountain Range, which they had then rebuilt into a defensive front. In that case, since the Sun Moon Empire had already made their move, what was their main target? There was no question that the Sun Moon Empire was heading towards the Heavenly Soul Empire.


    All the Star Luo Empire could do now was work on breaking the Sun Moon Empires lockdown on the Ming Dou Mountain Range. Afterwards, the Star Luo Empire could directly threaten the Sun Moon Empires own territories in a bid to reduce the pressure on the Heavenly Soul Empire.


    The Sun Moon Empire had probably predicted this, except they probably didnt guess that the Star Luo Empires reaction would be this quick. However, based on how strong the Sun Moon Empires defenses looked, they had deployed at least three soul engineer legions to defend the mountain range. At the same time, they had also mobilizedrge amounts of low-level soul engineers to support those legions. They had also made use of the Ming Dou Mountain Ranges topography, and the Star Luo Empire faced quite a challenge if they really wanted to advance all the way through the mountain range.


    Huo Yuhao could tell that this battle would continue for quite some time without an clear victor from how both forces were fighting. The Star Luo Empires great armies were gradually bearing down on their borders, and with the White Tiger Dukes love for his soldiers, he probably wouldnt charge forward by using human wave tactics.


    Individual strength had be irrelevant and minute on a battlefield of such scale. The Sun Moon Empire had definitely activated every one of their surveince soul tools, and Huo Yuhao didnt have any confidence at all in infiltrating their camp. He could only observe the front lines and see where the battle was going from afar, and pray in silence for the Star Luo Empire.


    The Star Luo Empire almost didnt use any soul tools at all to retaliate against the Sun Moon Empires soul tools. A soul masters range was very limited most of the time, and this was true even for powerful Titled Douluo. Soul Engineers had an advantage in this regard.


    The Star Luo Empire had to suffer because they were not as advanced! With the Star Luo Empires national strength, if they had focused on developing soul tools as much as possible after the Sun Moon Empire hadunched their first Holy War back then, the situation today wouldnt have been so bad. The Star Luo Empires ideology that soul masters were invincible didnt change because of that war. Instead, the ideology was further strengthened.


    Hopefully, this war would allow the Star Luo Empire to wake up a little earlier. Even though it was dyed, if the Star Luo Empire could win this war, then it wouldnt be toote.


    After some time, the bombardment from the soul cannons and soul rays that were firing from the Ming Dou Mountain Range gradually began to weaken. Sealed Milk Bottles couldnt sustain them indefinitely, after all. Soul tools that were strong enough to threaten seven-ringed Soul Sages consumed a lot of soul power. After such a long time, the Sun Moon Empire had consumed an uncountable number of Milk Bottles, and their soul engineers had consumed far too much soul power.


    The Star Luo Empire naturally realized that the Sun Moon Empires defenses were starting to weaken, and they began pushing forward gradually to put more pressure on their opponents.


    The Sun Moon Empires soul cannons and soul ray attacks suddenly strengthened a little, and forced the Star Luo Empires soul masters back. However, after this resurgence, they seemed to have consumed thest ounces of their strength, and their firepower weakened even further.


    The Star Luo Empire seemed to have gained the upper handpletely. In the end, they had thousands of soul masters who hadnt joined the battle yet. Once their top-tier soul masters achieved an unambiguous and decisive advantage, then their regr soul masters should have no problem charging down the Ming Dou Mountain Ranges defensive perimeter. The mountain ranges topographical advantages were nothing much to these soul masters.


    However, Huo Yuhao was still observing the battle from afar when he suddenly felt a little stifled. He kept having this feeling that something was wrong, and he even felt a faint ominous sensation.


    The Star Luo Empires soul masters were pushing forward once more, while the Sun Moo Empires resistance was conspicuously weaker this time. The soul masters were slowly pushing forward to the point where they could use long-range soul skills to attack the Ming Dou Mountain Ranges defensive front, where the soul engineers were stationed.


    Is my premonition wrong?It seemed like the Sun Moon Empire had no strength left to continue resisting, and strong lights were starting to flicker on many of the Star Luo Empires top-tier soul masters. The circles of light from soul rings were even more ring in the night sky, a sign that these soul masters were about to unleash long-range attacks. There were so many seven-ringed Soul Sages that as long as even a third of them could unleash their offensive capabilities, it would be a great blow against the Sun Moon Empire. The Sun Moon Empire would have almost no chance to turn the tides of battle when that happened.


    Huo Yuhao was still thinking to himself when he suddenly grunted, and plummeted from the sky.


    An indescribable fear coursed over his body in an instant. The Spiritual Detection he had released was shattered, and he felt as if the entire world was being annihted in that moment. He hurriedly activated his soul power to control his body, but his terror made him quiver and tremble uncontrobly.


    That what is that?


    He had only felt an aura as apocalyptic as this once before, when the Beast God, Di Tian, erupted in uncontroble fury above Shrek City, as he prepared to decimate Shrek City, whatever the cost.


    But back then, Di Tians strength wasnt released in the end.


    This frightening aura that suddenly appeared in this moment was spreading out quickly. A ray of white light burst out from one of the Ming Dou Mountain Ranges tall peaks without any warning at all.


    This white pir was as thick as a water tank, but it didnt feel or seem very powerful at all. It was ghastly white in color, and transformed into a pir several thousand meters long as it appeared in the sky and swept outwards horizontally.


    What kind of light was that!? Time itself seemed to freeze in the moment that this pir appeared, and all space was sliced open wherever it crossed. However, the typical phenomenon that would happen when air was being torn apart, where immense suction forces were produced, didnt ur. It felt as though space in another world had beenpletely frozen and intimidated by this pir.


    It was too quick, to the point where nobody had the time to react.


    The top-tier soul masters that were suppressing the Ming Dou Mountain Range were a lot morepact than before, and this white pir swept across the people that were packed close together.


    Emptiness!


    After this white pir swept across them, the first feeling that everyone else felt was emptiness!