Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 420 Sudden Attack
The number of soul masters is a problem for any country on the mainland. Even the personal guards of Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger are not all soul masters, there are also ordinary people. You can imagine that most of the other armies are ordinary people. Even if the Sun-Moon Empire gathered the strength of the whole country, the soul guide corps would only consist of a few of them.

It is extremely rare on the mainland to have so many top-level soul masters gathered in Mingdu at once. In the previous battle to attack the imperial palace in Mingdu, perhaps more than one-third of the strongest people on the mainland gathered there.

Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger sat on his white tiger and saw Xu Jiujiu beside Ji Lin at a glance. He quickly turned over and walked quickly to Xu Jiujiu, bowing and saying, "Greetings, Princess. I wonder why you are here. Who are they?"

Although Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger knew Ji Lin, he didn't have much impression of the others.

He also had some guesses in his mind as to why Xu Jiujiu was here.

The main reason why he came out for inspection was the instability in the Sun-Moon Empire.

The Sun-Moon Empire has been ready to make a move for a long time, and the war has been on the verge of breaking out. On the Star Luo Empire side, heavy troops are also deployed at all major passes.

But according to the news from the Sun-Moon Empire, the war will last at least a few months. The Sun-Moon Empire must be fully prepared and mobilize more troops to the border before launching the war.

But just last night at midnight, Dai Hao suddenly received an astonishing news that an unprecedented explosion occurred in Mingdu, which affected more than one-third of the entire Mingdu area. This explosion caused the entire Sun-Moon Empire to boil and suffered heavy losses. The official Sun-Moon Empire announced that the explosion was related to the Xingluo Empire and the Tianhun Empire, but did not say anything specific.

In the middle of the night, he received the news from Xu Jiujiu in advance that the huge explosion in Mingdu had nothing to do with their Xingluo Empire, and it was most likely done by Shrek Academy.

It doesn't matter now who did it, but an explosion of that scale was undoubtedly a huge blow to Mingdu. It is said that Mingdu suffered heavy casualties. Not only was the entire West City District destroyed, but it even lost an important military warehouse. Under such circumstances, the possibility of the Sun-Moon Empire launching a full-scale war would definitely be greatly reduced. In particular, according to secret reports, the Emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire was so frightened in the explosion that he died.

As a result, the royal family of the Sun-Moon Empire will inevitably fall into civil strife temporarily. Although Crown Prince Xu Tianran has already occupied absolute advantage and initiative, the other princes who have the opportunity to inherit the throne are no pushovers either. Moreover, they know Xu Tianran well enough. Once this eldest brother successfully ascends the throne, it is conceivable what awaits them. Therefore, they will definitely launch a counterattack at all costs.

This news is definitely good news for the Star Luo Empire. The possibility of a full-scale war starting is close to zero, which leaves the Star Luo Empire with more time to prepare for the war.

The reason why he came out for inspection today was because Duke Baihu was worried that the Sun-Moon Empire had suffered a heavy blow and their border garrisons would make some unusual movements. Hatred can sometimes make people lose their minds, especially hatred between countries, so he had to check the defenses of various pass fortresses as soon as possible.

Dai Hao always likes to do things by himself, which is also an important reason why he has such high prestige in the army.

However, he did not expect to meet Xu Jiujiu, who delivered the message to him, in Mingdou Mountains. Xu Jiujiu also did not expect it to be such a coincidence. The original plan was to return directly to Xingluo City and not stay in Mingdou Mountains.

"Brother Dai, there's no need to be so polite. We just left Mingdu overnight. I've already written to you in advance to inform you of Mingdu's situation. I think Brother Dai is patrolling to guard against the Sun Moon Empire's army."

Dai Hao nodded. It was just dawn and a cool breeze was blowing. The Duke of White Tiger was in a good mood. After all, with the war postponed, the pressure on him as the commander-in-chief of the three armies would naturally be much less.

"Yes, in order to prevent the Sun Moon Empire's garrison in the Mingdou Mountains from being blinded by hatred, I patrolled the military camp overnight, just in case. I also need to return to the military camp, so why not have us escort Her Royal Highness the Princess out of the Mingdou Mountains."

Xu looked at Ji Lin for a long time. Ji Lin nodded slightly and did not refuse. It was okay to travel with Duke White Tiger.

Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger also saw this scene and frowned slightly. He knew the relationship between Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu, but he did not expect that in Xu Jiujiu's heart, Ji Lin's status was so high that he had to get Ji Lin's consent for such a small matter.

However, he was a soldier, decisive and swift, and did not hesitate too much. He mounted his horse again, turned the horse's head, and the white tiger horse under him let out a low roar.

This white tiger colt is a strange soul beast, with a tiger skin on its body, and has been cultivating for nearly ten thousand years. In terms of strength, it is not inferior to a Soul Emperor. It was raised by Dai Hao himself since childhood, and is as close to him as a brother. Cooperating with Dai Hao, he has a combat power far beyond his peers before Dai Hao is promoted to Soul Saint. It can be said that he has made great contributions to Dai Hao.

Ji Lin and others, under the protection of the White Tiger Guards led by Duke White Tiger, headed all the way to the military camp, which was also the only way to enter the Xingluo Empire.

Ji Lin rode the White Tiger Guard's warhorse and walked side by side with the White Tiger Duke.

"Master Ji Lin, such a change happened in this Mingdu competition. Do you have any news about my son?" "Your Excellency the Duke can just call me Ji Lin. As for Dai Huabin, he left with Shrek Academy. I think he is safe now. After all, there is more than one Titled Douluo leading the Shrek Academy this time. The Sun Moon Empire has no time to take care of other things. There is no problem for them to escape safely."

Ji Lin and Dai Hao were chatting at the front, talking about everything from the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition in Xingluo City five years ago, to Dai Yueheng after he graduated from Shrek, and then to Dai Huabin.

Dai Hao was in a good mood because the war was postponed, and Ji Lin didn't have any scruples because of his identity, so the two of them had a pretty good chat.

At this moment, Ji Lin frowned, and Chi Yuan and Gu Yuena also looked forward at the same time, "Interesting, there is an ambush."

I don’t know whether this is directed at them or at White Tiger Duke Dai Hao.

Dai Hao was stunned when he heard Ji Lin's words. He didn't understand why Ji Lin said there was an ambush ahead when he, a Titled Douluo, hadn't noticed it. However, Dai Hao was not a hesitant person. He also knew that with Ji Lin's identity, he would definitely not joke at this time. Being able to become the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he always acted decisively. He immediately shouted in a deep voice: "There is an ambush, be alert!"

The White Tiger Guards were indeed elite soldiers. They formed a battle formation the moment Dai Hao opened his mouth, and at the same time released their reconnaissance soul guides to explore forward.

But at this moment, the sky suddenly brightened.

Balls of green light flashed and flew towards this side from the front. These green lights looked like gourds. Because they were too far away from the ground, their specific size could not be seen clearly, but the flames emitted from them were so dazzling even in this early morning. The target was exactly them.

It seems that the other party also discovered that their whereabouts were exposed and launched a surprise attack immediately.

At the same time, Ji Lin also discovered that there was a monitoring soul guide device five thousand meters above the sky. Before meeting Dai Hao and the others, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan did not notice that they were being monitored, which means that this was aimed at Dai Hao.

Only the Sun-Moon Empire has the technology to launch a surveillance soul guide to five thousand meters in the air for directional surveillance. At least in the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, no one can achieve this. Even for air defense systems, there are few that can accurately attack from more than three thousand meters away.

But now we don’t have to worry about the monitoring soul guide. The enemy is obviously well prepared. After discovering something wrong, they immediately launched a long-range attack.

Facing the green gourd-shaped light coming from the sky, the White Tiger Guards instantly took out their anti-aircraft soul guides, and red light balls shot out to meet the green gourd-shaped light.

For the White Tiger Guards who have been fighting against the Sun-Moon Empire for many years, anti-aircraft soul guides are almost a must-have for everyone. After all, the flying soul guides of the Sun-Moon Empire are excellent, and what they like most is to fly high in the sky and use soul guide cannons to bombard enemies on the ground from a high position.

Therefore, the elite troops of the Star Luo Empire will carry anti-aircraft soul guides.

Soon, large red light balls met the green gourd-shaped light balls. Just when the two sides were about to collide, suddenly, the gourd-shaped light balls split. The front and rear ends of the gourd-shaped balls were disconnected, and the front end suddenly accelerated forward and collided with the red light balls, while the green light at the rear paused in mid-air.

The changes at high altitudes are so rapid that people are caught off guard.

Suddenly, a deafening sound was heard in the air, and a large halo of light illuminated the entire sky.

Interception successful?

This thought just appeared in the minds of the White Tiger guards below for a moment before it was shattered. Clusters of green light turned into cones and fell from the sky like lightning, pointing to the direction where White Tiger Duke Dai Hao was.

Dai Hao, the Duke of White Tiger, had been through many battles and was very experienced. He reacted immediately. His tall and strong figure suddenly swelled a bit, and his short hair had turned into black and white tiger skin patterns. Nine soul rings, two yellow, two purple, and five black, rose up and turned into circles of dazzling brilliance. The fourth soul ring shone brightly, and light balls that were as white as jade and faintly looked like tiger heads quickly formed above his head. Then, these light balls pulled up dazzling white tail flames and went up into the sky.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." A series of loud roars illuminated the entire mountain road.

(End of this chapter)