"Kill—"
The gates of Jialuo Pass swung wide open. Led by a group of generals and Title Douluo, the Heaven Soul Empire's army surged out like wolves and tigers, slaughtering their way toward the Sun Moon army, which had almost entirely lost its combat effectiveness.
Less than three hundred paces away, the stench was already overwhelming.
Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons were loaded and aimed at their targets.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fierce artillery fire roared incessantly, causing the Sun Moon army's soul tool barriers to fluctuate wildly, looking as though they were on the verge of collapsing.
Swish—
Accompanied by a flash of cold light, the Title Douluo made their move.
Over a dozen soul skills were unleashed. How could a mere soul tool barrier block them? It was directly obliterated like rotten wood and dry weeds.
In an instant, the soul tool defensive line was completely exposed.
"Little Bai, clear the path!"
The artillery ceased, and a streak of sword light shattered gold and severed jade.
At this moment, the Sun Moon general in charge of the soul tool defensive line was forcefully enduring the cramps in his abdomen. Just as he was about to counterattack, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly erupted from the rear of the Heaven Soul army, shaking people to their very cores.
A figure could be seen leaping past the various Title Douluo, charging toward the Sun Moon Empire's camp at an astonishing speed.
With a sweep of its massive arm, a wave of freezing ice rolled out, instantly destroying a small half of the soul tool defensive line and demonstrating an utterly shocking level of destructive power!
The Sun Moon general had just wanted to order the Soul Engineer Legion to stop this fellow from destroying the defensive line, but how could the soldiers, whose legs were weak and trembling, react swiftly?
Before they could even stand up—Boom—
Like uprooting a weeping willow, that fellow stood before a thick metal pillar, fifty meters long and forged from a rare metal alloy, that had been driven deep into the ground. He plunged both hands into it and pulled it out with his bare strength!
The massive metal pillar was like an ordinary stick in his hands, feeling as light as a feather, swung with absolute ease.
As he swung it, the air itself was directly blasted apart.
If it hit a person... a graze meant death, and a direct hit meant annihilation.
Soul tool barriers shattered, and many soldiers were reduced to minced meat.
"Kill—"
With Little Bai as the vanguard, closely followed by the multitude of Title Douluo, the Heaven Soul Empire's army surged toward the Sun Moon army like a tidal wave.
For a moment, the Sun Moon army was slaughtered and forced to retreat inch by inch.
Corpses littered the field, and the earth was dyed red with blood.
"What is going on?!"
Kong Deming looked out; within the camp, the army's formation was entirely scattered, and they were being slaughtered so badly they were throwing away their armor and fleeing. Anger instantly surged to his head.
"Hold the line for me!"
"All Class-9 Soul Engineers, take action!"
With a flash of silver light, a barrier instantly expanded outward, unexpectedly blocking the Heaven Soul army and forcing them to halt.
But Kong Deming knew full well that the situation was hopeless. Let alone fighting the enemy or defending, the current Sun Moon army could barely even stand up.
Retreat!
They had to retreat!
Otherwise, what awaited them was the total annihilation of their tens of thousands of troops. A loss of this magnitude was something no one could bear!
However, when you are sick, they want your life. The people of the Heaven Soul Empire had no intention of simply driving away or crippling this batch of the Sun Moon army; they wanted to annihilate them completely!
They even intended to leave behind a few Class-9 Soul Engineers while they were at it.
Clang buzz clang—
It sounded like the trembling clashing of tens of thousands of swords. Kong Deming, who was just about to stop them from retreating, abruptly turned his head, only to see the familiar sword dragon roaring toward them.
Right as it was about to touch the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier—Swish—
Space instantly distorted. A Void Gate appeared right in front of the barrier, allowing the starlight sword dragon to plunge right into it. Seeing this, Kong Deming instantly felt that something was terribly wrong!
Sure enough—Shing—
The starlight sword dragon swept out from inside the barrier!
Kong Deming didn't have time to think. He activated another Class-9 defensive soul tool to prop up a defense, while simultaneously utilizing a soul tool that hindered spatial powers to prevent the previous move from happening again.
But after suffering defeat after defeat, no matter how strong the Sun Moon Empire's army was, they had completely fallen into a rout.
Especially with so many Title Douluo right behind them unleashing soul skills of such overwhelming might—nothing could override their instinct to survive. The elite troops had thoroughly devolved into a disorganized mob.
At this point, the Heaven Soul army no longer needed to fire their weapons or engage in close combat. They only needed to follow behind the Sun Moon army, capture fleeing soldiers, or execute the stubborn ones.
After all, the supplies left behind by the routed Sun Moon army would belong to the Heaven Soul Empire. It would be a pity if they were destroyed in the crossfire.
"Not good!"
'They want to annihilate our army while we are in chaos.'
This thought flashed through Kong Deming's mind, and he immediately ordered the Class-9 Soul Engineers to hold the final defensive line. At the same time, he ordered the rear guard to become the vanguard. "Ignore the stomach cramps! Ignore the vomiting and diarrhea! Just run backward! Keep retreating!"
Save as many as you can!
Right now, he couldn't afford to worry about anything else.
However, at this moment, a cloud of dust kicked up at the rear.
"Roar—"
A hoarse yet majestic dragon roar echoed out. It turned out that Gu Tianchen had directly opened a Void Gate behind the Sun Moon army's rear guard, transferring a quarter of the Heaven Soul army right there.
Along with them were several Title Douluo, as well as Chen Junting, Huo Yuhao, and the others, catching the rear guard completely off guard.
At this moment, boundless clouds of dust surged and rolled in.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Bone Dragon True Body!"
Space flickered as if an endless darkness had enveloped the area.
The next second, a massive Bone Dragon descended from the sky.
With a shake of its bony wings, thick bone spikes capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, utterly indestructible, erupted from the ground. In the blink of an eye, the location of the rear army was turned into a purgatory.
At the same time, the Old Heavenly Dragon was in the thick of it. Lightning flashed; with every strike that landed, a charred corpse was produced.
Seeing this, Kong Deming immediately ordered the majority of the Class-9 Soul Engineers to rush to the rear to reinforce. Because the vanguard was now almost entirely routed and beyond saving, the only way to prevent the Sun Moon army's losses from growing even larger was to ensure the rear guard evacuated as safely as possible.
"Old Dragon, your life is mine!"
Having been blocked last time, resulting in the Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Legion being directly half-crippled, Liao Mengkai had engraved this hatred into his heart.
Even though multiple people had made a move back then, he still targeted the Old Heavenly Dragon. With bloodshot eyes, the twin war blades in his hands came hacking down at the Old Heavenly Dragon's head, all while ensuring the rear army's retreat.
As they clashed, in just a few rounds, while Liao Mengkai was warily watching his surroundings, a small Void Gate suddenly opened right behind his neck, making his hair stand on end!
A cold gleam flashed as a spear thrust out like a dragon.
Liao Mengkai instinctively tried to dodge, but he was paralyzed on the spot by lightning. Unable to dodge in time, he could only watch as that long spear stabbed toward him.
Ding—
A golden light flashed as an Invincible Barrier lit up.
Just as Liao Mengkai turned his head to defend himself, the Invincible Barrier vanished, and a murderous long sword came chopping through the air.
With a single Pfft!
Blood spurted out, and his head hit the ground.
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