Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 453: Strike first to gain the upper hand

"You really don't need my help? With my status and your Soul King cultivation, it should be no problem for you to be the battalion commander."

Ji Lin looked at Huo Yuhao beside him.

"No need. I want to rely on my own strength and climb up step by step from the bottom."

Yes, the military camp of the Star Luo Empire is the destination of Huo Yuhao's visit to the Star Luo Empire this time. After so many years, Huo Yuhao has been influenced by Fan Yu, Bei Bei, and Shrek Academy. Although he has not forgotten his hatred, he is not so extreme anymore. Now he has made a decision.

He wanted to rely on his own abilities, just like the Duke of White Tiger did back then, accumulating military merits little by little and ascending to a high position. He wanted to prove with his own strength that he was stronger than the Duke of White Tiger. One day he wanted to stand before the Duke of White Tiger with dignity, and with his military merits, he would stand in a higher position than him. Only then would he reveal his identity and use his position in the Xing Luo Empire to clear his mother's name and avenge her!
Inspired by the academy, teachers, and seniors, he also understood that simply killing people, although refreshing at the moment, was not what his mother wanted, nor could he fulfill her wish. He could only use his contributions to the country to justify his mother's name and seek justice for her. He wanted his mother to be honored by him and become the legal wife of the White Tiger Duke!
Huo Yuhao was not willing to take any shortcuts. Otherwise, with Ji Lin's identity and Huo Yuhao's identity as an inner school disciple of Shrek Academy, as long as he wanted, Ji Lin could help him directly enter the army as a senior officer without any problem. But that was not what he wanted. He wanted to follow the path that Duke Baihu had taken. Xingluo Empire was his country. Although this country had not given him anything, it was his motherland after all. He wanted to climb up with his achievements.

Ji Lin did not try to persuade him and just watched Huo Yuhao walk towards the registration office.

Ji Lin knew that with Huo Yuhao's cultivation and talent, it was almost impossible for him to surpass the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, but there was still a glimmer of hope for him to join the army. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for him to fulfill his mother's wish in his lifetime. Although Ji Lin felt that if Huo Yuhao went directly to him and revealed his identity, the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao would most likely satisfy Huo Yuhao's wish, but that was not what Huo Yuhao wanted. What he wanted was to take revenge on Dai Huabin and the Duchess and trample them under his feet openly. However, it was impossible for him to reveal his identity and hope that the White Tiger Duke would punish Dai Huabin and the Duchess. Besides, he wanted to trample the White Tiger Duke under his feet as well!

However, what Huo Yuhao didn't know was that the Duchess had died long ago, and his only enemies were Dai Huabin and the servants who had bullied them. Those servants were easy to deal with, but it would be difficult to take revenge on Dai Huabin.

Seeing Huo Yuhao successfully register, receive his military uniform and weapons, and enter the barracks, Ji Lin shook his head, turned and left. The war was approaching, and although Huo Yuhao would have a lot of opportunities to obtain military products if he joined the army at this time, it would also be very dangerous.

However, Huo Yuhao is, after all, an inner courtyard disciple of Shrek, a sixth-level soul instructor, and a five-ring soul king. He has a lot of life-saving items on him, as well as the Tang Sect's unique skills and hidden weapons. He has also joined the reserve legion, so it should be no problem for him to save his life.

Originally, Ji Lin came along to help Huo Yuhao get a good job, but Huo Yuhao insisted on following the path of the White Tiger Duke and starting from a small soldier, so there was no need for him to do anything unnecessary.

Just as Ji Lin was about to leave Yuming City and return to Xingluo City, he suddenly turned around and looked into the distance.

In addition to him, many people in Yuming City looked into the distance, where a ball of incandescent light suddenly appeared and shone in the distance. This ball of light was semicircular and slowly spread outward. The strong light was extremely dazzling, and most people couldn't help but look away after taking a look, and dared not continue to look directly at it.

Only Ji Lin's eyes were always fixed in that direction.

What is this? Something happened?

In the next moment, the ground shook slightly, and then a roar like thunder rolled in, and the entire Yuming City began to tremble violently.

The people of Yuming City only felt waves of dizziness, and some people even fell to the ground due to the shaking of the earth.

Ji Lin frowned slightly and said to himself: "That direction seems to be where the Northwest Army is stationed. That's it."

With Ji Lin's current knowledge, how could he not see what the explosion just now was? Judging from the power of the explosion just now, only one kind of soul guide can achieve that.

That is, the ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells are more than two hundred kilometers, nearly three hundred kilometers, from the accident site in Yuming City. At this distance, one can still clearly see, hear, and feel the effect of the explosion. This power is very similar to the devastating scene when Mingdu exploded, and it is even more terrifying than when he used the Heavenly Fire to destroy it with all his strength.

In other words, the effect of the explosion just now was not only the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells, but also, most likely more than one. The Sun-Moon Empire not only did not shrink its defense line, but took the initiative to attack before the three empires took the initiative to start the war. What a preemptive move, this is probably something no one expected. Even Ji Lin always thought that the original Douluo Kingdom would be the first to start the war. After all, the Sun-Moon Empire had only been severely damaged not long ago and was in a weak state. No matter how you look at it, it should be resting and recuperating.

But thinking on the other hand, Ji Lin also understood Xu Tianran's idea. Since the war is inevitable, the three empires will certainly not give up the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. So it is better to take the initiative, which is a hundred times better than passively being beaten.

It is not surprising that Xu Tianran made such a decision given his heroic character, and the Xingluo Empire was obviously the first target of the Sun and Moon Empire.

Ji Lin shook his head. In terms of the research and development of soul guides, the Star Luo Empire lagged far behind the Sun Moon Empire. Otherwise, the strong energy fluctuations of the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells should have been intercepted at the border. But now it seems that they were not intercepted successfully at all and were bombarded near the army deployed on the border of the Star Luo Empire. This time, the loss would probably not be small!
He didn't know how much loss the Western Army Group had suffered, and if he remembered correctly, Duke White Tiger was in charge of the Western Army Group today.

A rumbling sound like muffled thunder kept coming from the distance. Although there was no such bright light as before, such intensive roars could be heard hundreds of kilometers away, which showed how fierce the battle on the border was.

Ji Lin flew and stood on the city wall. He waved the token in his hand at the soldiers on the wall, and looked into the distance under the soldiers' respectful eyes.

Outside Yuming City, the Sixth Reserve Corps has begun to move, and quickly entered Yuming City with its weapons. Ji Lin frowned and asked someone, only to find out that the front line of the Xingluo Empire had collapsed. The Northwest Army Group ordered the Sixth Reserve Corps to enter the city immediately, rely on Yuming City, build fortifications, and wait for the withdrawn army to reunite.

Ji Lin's mouth twitched. You know, the Xingluo Empire's western border defense line has been in operation for thousands of years! Relying on the natural barrier of the Mingdou Mountains, it can be said to be impregnable.

It didn't take long for them to be defeated. Although they had overestimated the war potential of the Sun-Moon Empire, it seemed that they still underestimated the other side.

The person who was stopped by Ji Lin for questioning was a battalion commander of the Sixth Reserve Army. He was pale at this time and said, "The front line collapsed. The Sun-Moon Empire launched an attack without warning. They used several level nine fixed-type soul guide shells to blow up a huge gap in the weaker part of the Mingdou Mountains. Then they dispatched at least four soul guide regiments to give our army a continuous attack. Under the covering bombardment of the soul guide regiment, they forced our Northwest Army to retreat and led the Sun-Moon Empire's army to rush in from the gap in the Mingdou Mountains. A level nine fixed-type soul guide shell fell on the core position of our Northwest Army. The soldiers in the front suffered heavy casualties and could no longer hold on. They are retreating."

"Where is Duke White Tiger?"

The battalion commander said, "The Marshal is leading the army to resist the enemy invasion with all his strength, but the Sun-Moon Empire is coming with great force. Although the army is small in number, three hands of protection have been dispatched. They came too fast, too suddenly, and were too destructive."

If Ji Lin remembered correctly, the Xingluo Empire had deployed a total of nearly 600,000 troops on the western frontier. Among them, the Northwest Army Group had 11 corps under its jurisdiction, totaling about 120,000 troops. The Western Corps had eight corps with a total strength of 80,000. In addition, there were 200,000 auxiliary troops, with a total strength of nearly 400,000. Behind the border, there were seven cities with reserve corps, with a total strength of about 200,000.

Six hundred thousand troops is no small number. Moreover, the two major army groups in the Western Frontier must be the strongest in the Star Luo Empire, and their equipment is also the best. After all, the Sun-Moon Empire is the biggest enemy. At least the Zhuge Divine Crossbows ordered by the Star Luo Empire from the Tang Sect were given priority to the two major legions.

Under such circumstances, a war suddenly broke out on the border, but it still tore open the defense line of the Star Luo Empire. The strongest Northwest Army of the Star Luo Empire was actually defeated. It can be imagined how shocking the blow brought by the Sun and Moon Empire was.

The Sun-Moon Empire was coming with great force, and it was obvious that it was preparing to destroy the entire western border of the Star Luo Empire in a single battle.

After the Sixth Reserve Army entered Yuming City, the Fourth Reserve Army followed closely behind, and quickly entered Yuming City with their weapons. The name of Yuming City was probably about to be realized.

Military intelligence was constantly transmitted between Yuming City and the front lines. After the 4th and 6th reserve corps entered the city, the city gates were immediately closed and a level one alert was entered. Heavy troops were dispatched to defend the most important granaries and armories. The atmosphere was unprecedentedly tense and solemn, as if water could drip out of the air.

(End of this chapter)