Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

After a small-scale conflict, it is normal for both sides to cease hostilities and recuperate.

Moreover, the two armies had just fought a fierce battle in the Mingdou Mountains because of the Mingdu explosion. Now that the Sun Moon Empire's army has calmed down, judging from past experience, there seems to be nothing wrong.

However, as a titled Douluo, Golden Spear Douluo, with his extraordinary intuition, always felt uneasy, as if an invisible hand was quietly pushing something dangerous to happen behind the scenes.

Out of caution, he decisively ordered a team of elite scouts to venture deep into the Mingdou Mountains to gather intelligence on the movements of the Sun Moon Empire's army.

In the past, whenever scouts were sent out on such missions, even if the process was difficult, the scouts would always bring back some valuable intelligence to provide reference for their own decision-making.

This time, however, the situation was completely different. The scouts sent out disappeared without a trace, and none of them returned, nor did they bring back any news about the Sun Moon Empire's army.

This unusual situation immediately alerted Golden Spear Douluo, who realized that things were not as simple as they seemed.

Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger, with his exceptional military insight, also noticed something amiss about the matter.

“The Sun Moon Empire’s counter-surveillance capabilities have never been underestimated, we all know that. But our scouts are all elites carefully trained by the empire, each with unique skills and rich experience. Even if they failed to find out the key intelligence this time, with their abilities, they should not have been completely wiped out and not a single one returned. Something is definitely amiss. The Sun Moon Empire’s going to such great lengths to completely block intelligence is obviously planning some major operation and does not want us to know what’s going on on the other side of the mountain.”

Dai Hao stared intently at the map of the Mingdou Mountains in front of him, his gaze deep and sharp, as if trying to see through the Sun Moon Empire's conspiracies and schemes.

His brows furrowed as he fell into deep thought, a sense of impending doom growing stronger in his heart.

"Marshal, in my opinion, is it possible that the Sun Moon Empire's detection soul guides have been upgraded again? That's why our scouts encountered misfortune and were defeated." The speaker was a young man in military uniform. He was tall and had an extraordinary temperament. He was seven-tenths similar to Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger, but his face was younger and more energetic, and he exuded the resolute temperament unique to soldiers.

If Meteor were here, he would recognize at a glance that this young man was none other than Dai Yueheng, the White Tiger Soul Emperor, who represented Shrek Academy in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament.

After graduating from Shrek Academy, Dai Yueheng resolutely returned to the Star Luo Empire, following in his father Dai Hao's footsteps and joining the military.

When he first joined the army, he started as a lowly soldier. With his Soul Emperor cultivation and extraordinary courage and wisdom, he overcame all obstacles and made great strides in the army.

In just a few years, he quickly rose to prominence, becoming a rising star in the military and winning the unanimous favor and attention of various military leaders.

Dai Yueheng has now successfully advanced to the Soul Saint level. He follows Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger Army and commands a battalion of troops on his own. In the military system, he can be considered a mid-level officer.

According to regulations, he was not qualified to participate in this high-level discussion. However, the three military leaders present were his biological father, Dai Hao, an elder who had watched him grow up and cared for him, and a superior officer who had high hopes for him and was keen to cultivate him.

Under these special circumstances, he was fortunate enough to participate in this important discussion concerning the entire Mingdou defense line. Dai Hao and Golden Spear Douluo had already considered Dai Yueheng's conjecture, after all, the Sun Moon Empire had always been at the forefront of soul guide technology, and its level of advancement was unmatched by other empires.

Especially after the new emperor ascended the throne, the Sun Moon Empire spared no effort in investing in soul guidance technology, which ushered in a golden age of rapid development.

Every so often, the soul tools equipped by the Sun Moon Empire's army are upgraded, showcasing amazing innovation and progress.

Every upgrade of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools caused headaches for the Star Luo Empire. To cope with this situation, the Star Luo Empire had to invest a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and spend a lot of effort to adapt to the changes of the other side.

Even so, in the confrontation with the Sun Moon Empire, the Star Luo Empire was still often at a disadvantage and suffered greatly.

For this reason, in recent years, the Star Luo Empire's military and royal family have reached a consensus to fully support the Star Luo royal family in implementing a series of reform measures, increasing the training of Soul Masters, and concentrating their efforts on researching various Soul Guidance Devices.

With the close cooperation and joint efforts of the military and the royal family, even those conservative and old-fashioned nobles and clans had to make certain concessions.

These measures enabled the Star Luo Empire to make progress in its soul tool technology to a certain extent, thus enhancing its strength.

However, compared with the rapidly developing soul-guided technology of the Sun Moon Empire, the Star Luo Empire still lags far behind and cannot catch up.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, it is highly likely that the Sun Moon Empire has developed a new type of detection soul guide device, which led to the complete annihilation of the scouts sent by the Star Luo Empire. This speculation is not without reason.

Given the current dire situation of extremely scarce intelligence, Dai Hao and Golden Spear Douluo, while believing this possibility to be high, felt, based on their years of military experience and keen intuition, that there was a deeper conspiracy behind the matter, and that it was not simply a matter of upgrading a soul tool.

Just as the group was racking their brains, trying to figure out what kind of earth-shattering conspiracy the Sun Moon Empire was plotting, the two most powerful figures present, Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo, suddenly trembled violently. Their originally solemn faces instantly turned ashen, and they both exclaimed in alarm almost simultaneously: "Not good!"

Before the words were even finished, the two Super Douluo moved like lightning, instantly transforming into two streaks of light, rushing out of the military camp with lightning speed and heading straight into the sky.

Dai Hao had only recently been promoted to Title Douluo, and his reaction speed was ultimately not as agile as Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo.

However, from the unusual reactions of the two Super Douluo, he keenly sensed an unprecedented and intense sense of crisis. His heart tightened, and without hesitation, he followed closely behind, leaping out of the military camp and soaring into the sky.

Dai Yueheng looked completely bewildered, utterly unaware of what had happened. Seeing his father, Dai Hao, and the two senior officers acting so hastily, he instinctively followed suit, rushing out of the military camp. (End of Chapter)