Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 499 The Crazy Explosion: The Two Armies Clash
"No, impossible! How could so many soul-guided element bombs be buried underground?" Orange couldn't believe it.

There are at least tens of thousands of soul-guided element bombs buried underground, and the fact that her detection soul-guided device cannot detect them indicates that they are buried at a certain depth.

To bury so many soul-guided element bombs, they must be buried deep enough, and after burying them, the area must be completely restored to its original state, without leaving any trace of the soil being disturbed.

Such a large undertaking cannot be completed in just a few days, unless the Heavenly Soul Empire started working on it half a month in advance.

But how could that be? You have to understand, at that time, she hadn't even proposed the plan to the emperor to launch a feint attack on Xingluo and a surprise attack on Tianhun.

The Sun Moon Empire itself was unaware that they were going to attack the Heavenly Soul, but the Heavenly Soul had anticipated it?
Are they precognitive, or do they suffer from paranoia? Why did they plant the bombs before the Sun Moon Empire even attacked?

If the Sun and Moon don't attack, aren't they afraid that these bombs will get damp and eventually become unusable?

Unfortunately, there's no time for her to consider all these questions right now.

Boom boom boom————

Continuous explosions echoed through the maple forest, and the barrage of nearly 100,000 elemental bombs wouldn't stop for at least ten minutes. The Soul Master legions, protected by the linked defensive Soul Guidance Array, were barely clinging to life, but the ordinary soldiers not shielded by the array were already reduced to carnage, their blood and gore filling the sky. Far beyond the forest, near Maple Leaf City, Vina's army heard it all clearly, the sounds of exploding Soul Guidance bombs and the agonizing cries of the Sun Moon Empire's army.

Vina laughed, "What beautiful music! As expected of my junior brother, your plan was a great success! Issue my order: the entire army shall march forth! Today, we will surely annihilate the Sun Moon Empire that has offended my Heavenly Soul!"

Vina didn't find it cruel at all. A merciful general cannot command an army. This is a battlefield. Before the enemy surrenders, they must be wiped out completely, because behind her are the lights of the entire Heavenly Soul Empire!
Orange's face was quite pale. Although she was protected by the linked defensive soul guide array and was not affected by the endless explosion, maintaining the linked defensive soul guide array still consumed a considerable amount of soul power of the soul master.

Activating the soul-guided cannon also requires soul power.

Although the Sun Moon Empire has developed sealed milk bottles to replenish soul power, the quantity is limited, and it's impossible for everyone to have one.

Once the Soul Master Legion's soul power is excessively depleted, even if they withstand this wave of attacks, the subsequent situation will be very dire.

Given Orange's military capabilities, it's impossible that he couldn't have guessed Vina's backup plan.

She believed that Vina's army must be outside the maple forest, and they had probably already set off, waiting for the explosion to end before bombarding them with level nine soul-guided cannons.

Unexpectedly, the soul tools invented by their Sun Moon Empire were intercepted by the Heavenly Soul Empire and eventually turned into sharp weapons to kill the Sun Moon Empire's army.

The explosion lasted for a full twenty minutes. Although the Sun Moon Empire's army had a linked defensive soul tool, this soul tool could not possibly be large enough to cover hundreds of thousands of troops, and they still suffered heavy losses.

In particular, some of the soul-guided cannons escorted by ordinary soldiers were directly destroyed in the explosion.

Despite the danger, Orange remained calm and directed the army to rush forward and out of the blast radius, thus reducing some of the losses.

She was smart; she didn't run backward because her army had already passed most of the maple forest, and moving forward would allow them to get out of there more quickly.

If things continued this way, they would likely be caught in a second wave of explosions. Her guess was correct; Vina had indeed planted some soul-guided elemental bombs in the middle of the maple forest, though far fewer than here. However, if the remnants of the Sun Moon Empire were to experience another wave of explosions, they would be crippled or killed.

Vina's goal was to cut off Orange's escape route, which is why she deliberately let her walk through most of the maple forest before detonating it.

If Orange retreats at this point, Vina will send people to detonate the ones behind it, and then her army will advance, surrounding Orange from both sides.

However, Orange was indeed smarter than Vina. She used a strategy of advancing as a retreat, and managed to lead her army to break out of the maple forest from the front.

At least the Soul Master Legion, protected by the linked defensive Soul Guidance Device, did not suffer too many losses. Even if they encountered Vina's army head-on, they would still have a fighting chance. But if they were surrounded, they would be finished.

Looking at the orderly army formation ahead, Ju Zi fell silent for a moment. She admitted that she had underestimated the Heavenly Soul Empire. She hadn't expected that they would not only see through her scheme and catch her off guard with a soul-guided element bomb, causing her to lose two-thirds of her army, but also have such a mighty army.

From that army formation, she also saw many soul tools, all of which were the property of their Sun Moon Empire. These tools had been looted by those girls and had now become weapons of war for the Heavenly Soul Empire.

"Form ranks!" Orange calmly ordered. In this war, with both sides having Soul Master armies, the true strength will be determined here. Even if she loses hundreds of thousands of troops, she may not necessarily lose.

"Faced with such a setback, the army formation remained completely composed. Just as my junior brother said, that orange is not to be underestimated," Vina praised.

Under the protection of an old woman, Ju Zi rode forward on a red horse. The old woman used her soul power to call out, "Ahead, is Princess Vina of the Heavenly Soul? Ju Zi, the commander of our army, invites you to a meeting."

“Nana, this old woman has profound soul power; she’s a Title Douluo, probably the Fire Phoenix Douluo Luanfeng. She wants you to go over there, so I’m afraid she has some kind of conspiracy. If you want to go, I’ll go with you,” Long Aotian said.

Vina shook her head. "No, they invited me simply to test my reaction. If I really go alone, they might attack me. So I'll give them that chance. Aotian, if you're here, they won't dare. To be fair..."

Thinking of this, Vina smiled slightly and looked at a chubby little boy eating an ice pop next to her, saying, "Come on, Xiaobai, how about coming over to play with your sister?"

"Oh!" Xiao Bai nodded obediently. His mother told him to listen to Yuwen Tuo, and Yuwen Tuo told him to listen to Vina, so naturally he wouldn't disobey.

Vina picked up Little White and placed it in front of her, just like an older sister taking a little child for a ride on horseback.

Long Aotian's lips twitched. What a fair argument! Xiao Bai's strength is far superior to his. With Xiao Bai around, and Vina herself now possessing title-level strength, he doesn't need to worry about Vina's safety.

The four of them slowly walked toward the center of the two armies.

The two women at the head of the group were both stunningly beautiful. One had orange hair and red armor, while the other had white hair and a white robe. Both of them were incredibly heroic and exuded the aura of female generals.

Their mounts were not ordinary horses, but a kind of hundred-year-old spirit beast called the Wildebeest.

Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are difficult to tame, and various major forces keep some of these hundred-year-old ones.

(End of this chapter)