Chapter 270: The End and The Beginning
After casually releasing some life energy to heal Long Aotian, Du Qianjue prepared to leave. With Golden Peng and Lang Ya around, his presence wouldn't make much of a difference in the subsequent events, and he wasn't interested in the award ceremony—it was just a ninth-grade soul-guided device, and ultimately, it would still end up with the Body Sect.
Before leaving, Du Qianjue cast a meaningful glance at Xu Tianran on the high platform, then vanished from the spot in a flash. Xu Tianran, maintaining his composed demeanor on the platform, suddenly shivered uncontrollably, an unexplained sense of malice making him uneasy.
This made Xu Tianran instantly vigilant, his sharp, hawk-like gaze sweeping around. Orange, who was always by his side, quickly noticed his change and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, is there something amiss?"
"It's nothing, perhaps just some small fry from the Soul Land thinking of harming me," Xu Tianran's eyes twinkled, a smirk forming on his lips, "Perhaps in their view, by eliminating me, they think the war would end."
"Please be assured, Your Highness, Orange will definitely protect you well," Orange, always quick to please, began to curry favor with Xu Tianran immediately.
"Haha, protecting me is not something you need to worry about. After all, you are my future queen, let others handle these matters." Xu Tianran's mood was clearly lifted by Orange's loyalty, "Alright, since the competition is over, let's head back."
Orange stood up and pushed Xu Tianran's wheelchair into a private tunnel that led directly to the Sun-Moon Imperial Palace.
"How are the preparations I ordered?" Xu Tianran suddenly asked while they moved through the tunnel.
"Reporting to Your Highness, all major soul engineer corps have been readied, and the latest developed linked soul-guided devices have already been deployed across all corps," Orange replied.
"The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps is also ready. In the next war, the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps will attack the Ming Dou Mountain Range together with the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Corps, using ninth-grade fixed-mount soul-guided shells."
These were all managed by Orange, who now served as the regent in the Sun-Moon Empire, holding absolute authority. However, the person he trusted most was still Orange, who was in charge of war operations.
The original plans had also been preliminarily set by Orange, employing a strategy of feint attacks.
Using ninth-grade fixed-mount soul-guided shells to blast open the Ming Dou Mountain Range and blind the eyes of the Star Luo Empire, then launching a surprise attack on the Sky Soul Empire.
Of course, there were changes from the original plans. Since Shrek Academy had been destroyed and the Body Sect hadn't openly opposed the Sun-Moon Empire, there was no force in the Douluo Continent that could unite the major powers against the empire, Xu Tianran thus hadn't detained the sect disciples who participated in this competition as in the original script.
The affairs of the Qiankun Asking Love Valley were also unlikely to occur.
"Very well, proceed with confidence," Xu Tianran nodded in satisfaction.
The end of the Soul Master Competition marked the beginning of the Sun-Moon Empire's campaign to unify the continent and launch a war. During the competition, not only was Du Qianjue busy enhancing his strength, but Xu Tianran was also scheming to push the war forward.
Those participating in the competition didn't feel it, but the borders of the four great empires had already been tense for two months. The normally active and contentious borders of the Sun-Moon Empire had eerily quieted down. No matter how the Star Luo Empire and the Sky Soul Empire provoked them, as long as no army entered Sun-Moon territory or launched a direct attack, the soul engineer legions stationed there remained quietly lying in wait.
This weighed heavily on the generals at the borders of the Sky Soul Empire and Star Luo Empire, with a sense of an impending storm pressing down on them.
Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger even issued a top-level alert order, instructing the Star Luo Empire's border armies to maintain intense patrols constantly to guard against any attack from the Sun-Moon Empire.
But would that be effective?
The attack of three ninth-grade fixed-mount soul-guided shells, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even if Dai Hao himself, a Titled Douluo, were to confront it directly, could not withstand it.
Orange's strategies, though full of loopholes from a god's-eye view, were indeed unsolvable in the context of a war on the Douluo Continent. Technology's power was undeniable.
At high-end levels, soul-guided devices might not compare to gods or Super Douluos, but below that threshold, on the battlefield, soul engineer corps against soul master corps was like ancient heavy cavalry against infantry.
Only two words could describe it: absolute crushing.
As Xu Tianran indulged in dreams of his bright future, envisioning himself as the sole emperor of Douluo Continent, Du Qianjue had already returned to the Necroplane, laughing with Electrolux.
Before them, a beautiful, proportionately shaped blonde girl shivered as she looked at them, her face full of fear, yet her conviction did not allow her to show such emotions. The mixture of fragility and resolve in her demeanor was quite irresistible to Du Qianjue ~
Most eye-catching were the immaculate white wings on her back, casting holy light that made the girl look like an angel.
No, perhaps she was an angel.
The owner of the Holy Angel martial soul: Ye Bone Yi.
In Mingdu, very few could pique Du Qianjue interest. Even the Ghost Nana from the original story, who made Huo Yuhao's nose bleed, couldn't attract Du Qianjue interest.
He was no saint or stallion; Nana couldn't offer him any benefits, so naturally, Du Qianjue saw no reason to waste time rescuing her.
What if she was a female lead from the original story?
Disinterest is disinterest.
But Ye Bone Yi was different. This young girl possessed the Angel martial soul, which, even though it could no longer reach the god-level of the Six-Winged Angel like Qian Renxue after the fragmentation of her god position, was still powerful enough for Du Qianjue to take action.
During the finals of the Soul Master Competition, it was also the finals of Mingdu's underground soul engineer competition, and Du Qianjue naturally did not forget about Ye Bone Yi.
As for what the Plain Alliance was? With the power of a Super Douluo, Du Qianjue easily slapped to death that old woman Shangguan whatever, then casually captured Ye Bone Yi and took her into the Necroplane.
Nearby, in the Xi Shui Alliance, Feng Ling, even if she gritted her teeth to the point of breaking them, hating to immediately strike down Ye Bone Yi, did not dare to stop Du Qianjue from taking her away.
Truthfully, Du Qianjue was somewhat interested in Feng Ling, Ye Shaozhe's old flame, so he took another look at the woman who had taken Ye Shaozhe's first time.
Just that one look nearly scared Feng Ling to death.
That extra glance was almost explosive! (End of Chapter)
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