Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 462 Smoke Bomb

"Pfft!"

Seeing Ji Lin's regretful expression, Xu Jiujiu covered his mouth and chuckled, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, let's go to the city wall and take a look."

The two of them walked towards the city wall while flirting with each other.

At this time, it was already dark. After dinner, there was a rare relaxed atmosphere in the city. However, because the enemy could arrive at any time, the defense on the city walls was still quite tight, especially against the west.

Looking at the soldiers on and under the city, as well as some detection soul guides, Ji Lin shook his head and said, "Sure enough, in terms of detection soul guides, we are still far behind the Sun and Moon Empire. This level of reconnaissance and detection can't defend against the enemy's prying eyes at all."

Xu Jiujiu's expression changed, "Xiao Lin, what do you mean?"

Ji Lin pointed to the top of his head and said, "About 3,000 meters above us, there is an ultra-high altitude detection soul guide of the Sun and Moon Empire."

Xu Jiujiu's face looked grim. "A soul-detecting device three thousand meters high?"

Generally speaking, even those at the Titled Douluo level seldom fly to an altitude of more than one thousand meters. The higher they fly, the greater the energy consumption. Things beyond three thousand meters cannot be seen even when the weather is extremely clear. The Star Luo Empire's air-to-air detection soul guide can maintain an air detection range of five hundred meters, which is already very good.

Ji Lin sighed and said, "This is the gap in soul guide technology! If there were no soul masters, the Sun-Moon Empire would be able to sweep away the three major empires in three months. This is the confidence of the Sun-Moon Empire to face the three major empires at the same time with the power of one country! They really have the foundation."

Xu Jiujiu nodded. This was the fact. She had to admit that there was a huge gap between their soul guide technology and that of the Sun and Moon Empire.

"It seems that our every move is under the surveillance of the Sun-Moon Empire!"

Ji Lin said: "Almost, but I'm afraid that even the Sun Moon Empire doesn't have many of these ultra-high altitude detection soul guides, and each one is expensive, so they can only be used for detection in some important locations, and the detection accuracy will never be high."

Ji Lin has some information about the top-secret military soul guides of the Sun-Moon Empire, which comes from his future wife's family, the Hongchen Family.

This kind of ultra-high altitude detection soul guide device is recorded in the data. Because the distance is too far, it is very difficult to control the ultra-high altitude detection soul guide device. If you are not careful, it will immediately get out of control. Moreover, it is too far from the ground. The ultra-high altitude detection soul guide device has almost no detection effect in the dark night. It is still in the experimental stage. The Sun-Moon Empire obviously wants to test this soul guide device through this war.

Of course, no matter how low its accuracy is, it has no problem detecting large-scale military movements on the ground, which can play a significant role in war.

Even a Titled Douluo cannot detect the ultra-high altitude detection soul guide that exists at an altitude of 3,000 meters on the ground. Unfortunately, the Sun-Moon Empire encountered a freak like Ji Lin who had extraordinary mental power.

This kind of soul guide that can be controlled from a distance, continuously levitate and fly, and detect at ultra-high altitudes has already entered the range of level eight soul guides. This is a good thing! Since the Sun-Moon Empire has delivered it to him, he will not be polite.

Soon, Chi Yuan came to Ji Lin and Xu Jiujiu, dragging a huge sphere with a diameter of about two meters. This was the ultra-high altitude detection soul guide of the Sun and Moon Empire. An altitude of three thousand meters was nothing for Chi Yuan. The main body of this ultra-high altitude detection soul guide was this huge sphere with a diameter of two meters. The bottom was made of synthetic crystal, with four metal sails on it to keep it suspended in the air. There were twelve bottles built in to provide the required energy. When it was flying, these sails were folded up, and would only be opened after reaching the designated position to help it stay suspended.

It can also adjust its angle and position in the air by itself to cope with various severe weather conditions. In order to study it, the Sun-Moon Empire spent many years, and it was finally completed after Xuan Ziwen's sealed bottle appeared. Otherwise, it would not be possible to achieve long-term detection.

This high-tech eighth-level soul guide device was of course given to Xu Jiujiu. It was useless for Ji Lin to keep it himself, so he took it back to the soul guides of the Xingluo Empire for research. In the field of ultra-high altitude detection, it could save at least ten years of research time.

The Sun-Moon Empire also left various protective measures on this ultra-high altitude detection soul guide, but unfortunately these measures were useless in front of the quasi-god Chi Yuan.

In fact, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan had gone to the West to investigate before, to see what the Sun-Moon Empire was planning. However, this time the Sun-Moon Empire had invested heavily, and their positions were all equipped with high-altitude detection soul guides, which provided carpet coverage without any blind spots. It was even more exaggerated than Mingde Hall.

At the same time, those high-altitude detection soul guides also have special detection of mental power. This is the information that several spiritual soul masters of the Xingluo Empire have gained through bloody lessons.

Ji Lin had some guesses about the Sun Moon Empire's plans, but he was not very sure. If it was really as he thought, the situation would be favorable to him, which was what he wanted to see, so he did not force Chi Yuan to gather intelligence.

Seeing how tired Xu Jiujiu had been these past few days, Ji Lin felt a little distressed. In order to reassure Xu Jiujiu, Ji Lin decided to go investigate again with Chi Yuan to confirm his guess. After saying hello to Xu Jiujiu, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan headed west, flying westward all the way. The distance of 200 kilometers did not take much time.

They had been here once before, and although they did not go deep, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan were still able to easily avoid the soul detection devices that could detect mental power, and gradually approached the Mingdou Mountains. When they were only ten kilometers away from the Sun and Moon Empire military camp, Ji Lin used his mental power to spread over there.

Ji Lin detected for more than ten minutes before he withdrew his mental power. He made a gesture to Chi Yuan, and the two turned around and flew in the direction they came from.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Just as he thought, things were developing in his favor.

"How is it? What's going on?"

Xu had been waiting for Ji Lin for a long time. When he saw him come back, he rushed forward immediately.

"Haha! Sister Jiujiu, the Sun Moon Empire has fooled everyone this time. They really played a big trick."

"what?"

Xu Jiujiu blinked his eyes in a silly and cute way, not knowing what Ji Lin meant?
Ji Lin smiled and said, "The Sun-Moon Empire has no intention of attacking our Xingluo Empire. We are not their target. The previous actions were all smokescreens. Whether it was bombing the Northwest Army with level nine fixed-type soul guide shells or besieging and killing the White Tiger Duke, they were all smokescreens."

Xu Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, but as smart as she was, she quickly reacted, "You mean, the Sun-Moon Empire has no intention of attacking us, and we have been deceived?"

Ji Lin nodded and said, "That's right. The Sun-Moon Empire played an empty city trick on us. Those detection soul guides were to prevent people from discovering that there was no army of theirs in the Mingdou Mountains. There was no army of the Sun-Moon Empire stationed there. There were only a large number of defensive soul guides that built a defensive fortress. Obviously, they had no intention of attacking, otherwise they would not have spent a lot of money to build a defensive fortress."

Xu Jiujiu frowned and said, "The target is not us? Then who could it be? Could it be!"

Ji Lin smiled happily, "That's right, Sister Jiujiu. The Sun-Moon Empire has attracted the attention of the entire continent through this attack, making everyone think that they are going to attack our Xingluo Empire. Now, the main force of the Xingluo Empire is all in the Western Zombie Defense, the reinforcements of the Douling Empire are also on our side, and the Tianhun Empire has also sent some reinforcements. In this case, who do you think the Sun-Moon Empire will target?"

Xu Jiujiu took a breath and said in horror: "Heavenly Soul Empire!"

She turned around and glared at Ji Lin, "You guessed it a long time ago, right? No wonder I've been so busy these past few days, and you're not panicking at all. Ah! I'm so mad, you even hid it from me!?"

Seeing that Xu Jiujiu was angry, Ji Lin quickly explained: "I just had a vague guess, I have no evidence, I didn't hide it from Sister Jiujiu on purpose."

Xu Jiujiu crossed her arms over her chest, her chest rising and falling due to her rapid breathing. She looked at Ji Lin with a half-smile and said, "Now you are happy, things are developing in a direction that is favorable to you. Aren't you very happy?"

Ji Lin smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister Jiujiu, are you unhappy? The Sun Moon Empire is not targeting us, you should be relieved."

Xu Jiujiu sighed and said, "I am relieved. At least we have more time. But I will be sorry for Vina. Promise me, Xiaolin, that you will try your best to save Vina's life when the time comes."

Ji Lin said calmly: "If it is what Sister Jiujiu wishes, I will not do anything to Vina, but it depends on whether she can live to that time."

Vina also left a good impression on him, and the two sides had cooperated before. If Vina could live to that time, Ji Lin would not mind giving Vina a way out. After all, this is Douluo Continent, and it is not impossible for the royal family of the previous dynasty to stay.

"The Sun-Moon Empire spent so much money, mobilized several elite soul guide regiments and level nine fixed soul guide shells, and was about to defeat us, but they actually chose to fight the Sky Soul Empire. I really don't know if their commander is smart or stupid."

Xu Jiujiu exclaimed.

Ji Lin smiled and said, "Although it is a good idea to defeat us in one fell swoop, we are not pushovers. The Xingluo Empire has the deepest foundation among the three Douluo Kingdoms. Although it was caught off guard, its combat power is still largely maintained. The Sun and Moon Empire can't bombard us with level nine fixed-type soul guide shells every day. One less soul guide shell is used, and relatively speaking, the Sky Soul Empire is weaker than us. Moreover, this trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west is extremely insidious. The Sky Soul Empire is caught off guard and will suffer a great loss."

(End of this chapter)