Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

On the Star Luo Empire's side, despite possessing a large military force and numerous Soul Masters, it faced immense difficulties in advancing past the defensive line under the dense firepower of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Cannons and Soul Guidance Rays.

The two sides were deadlocked and fell into a delicate balance.

The Star Luo Empire was determined to break through the defenses and invade the territory of the Sun Moon Empire, but the numerous obstacles in front of them made it difficult for them to move forward.

Due to limited military strength, the Sun Moon Empire was unable to launch a large-scale counterattack and could only choose to defend passively, tightly guarding its own soul-guided positions and doing its utmost to prevent the Star Luo Empire's army from crossing the defensive line.

In the command post, Xu Jiujiu, who had already changed into military uniform, clenched his teeth and stared at the battlefield with a solemn expression.

At this time, a general suggested to her that she adopt a human wave tactic, concentrate a large number of ordinary soldiers to launch an attack, and try to overwhelm the Sun Moon Empire's defenses with numerical superiority.

However, Xu Jiujiu rejected the proposal without the slightest hesitation.

As a princess of the Star Luo Empire, she received royal education from a young age, which taught her to care for her people. She knew that once an order was given to charge with a human wave tactic, although it might break through the Sun Moon Empire's defenses, the price to be paid would be far too heavy.

Those ordinary soldiers were citizens of the empire, vibrant lives. Sending them to face the relentless bombardment of soul-guided devices was undoubtedly pushing them into the abyss of death.

With 500,000 troops launching an attack, it was uncertain whether even half of them would survive. She couldn't bear to see the empire's soldiers sacrifice themselves in vain, becoming cannon fodder in the war.

Xu Jiujiu's decision might seem indecisive to outsiders, but what's gratifying is that some veteran military officers, led by Xuanji Douluo, expressed their approval and support for her.

In their eyes, a commander who cherishes the lives of his soldiers is far more respectable than a cold-blooded commander who only pursues victory and disregards the lives of his soldiers.

Although different commanders' philosophies have their own advantages and disadvantages in war, and it is difficult to simply judge which one is better, they firmly believe that Xu Jiujiu's approach of valuing soldiers' lives is not wrong.

Now that they've abandoned the human wave tactic, the Star Luo Empire's only option to break the deadlock and breach the defenses is to rely more heavily on the Soul Master Legion.

If the Soul Master Legion can successfully break through the Sun Moon Empire's defenses, then the Star Luo Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops will be able to advance unimpeded.

If, as they speculated, the main force of the Sun Moon Empire had indeed marched to the Heavenly Soul Empire, then the successful entry of these hundreds of thousands of troops into the Sun Moon Empire's territory would have a significant impact on the entire war situation and might even have changed the course of the war.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the Star Luo Empire can actually break through the Sun Moon Empire's defenses.

Judging from the current situation on the battlefield, this possibility is not nonexistent. After all, the Star Luo Empire has a legion of nearly 10,000 Soul Masters, plus the coordinated operations of hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are steadily advancing.

As long as pressure is continuously applied to the Sun Moon Empire, once the enemy becomes exhausted and their defenses are breached, the Star Luo Empire may be able to seize the opportunity to achieve a breakthrough.

On such a grand and magnificent yet cruel and bloody battlefield, if an individual's strength does not reach the level of power sufficient to break the balance and achieve absolute dominance, then they will appear insignificant, like a drop in the ocean.

Even Meteor was currently only leading the Molten Knights, diligently guarding the high-altitude detection soul tool, and had not yet joined the fierce fighting on the main battlefield. After all, he knew very well that although his strength was not to be underestimated, facing the massive force of thousands of enemy soul masters, if he were to be surrounded, his situation would be extremely dangerous, and the slightest mistake could lead to his defeat.

On the Star Luo Empire's side, although they were also equipped with soul tools, they were worlds apart from the advanced soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire.

Neither the attack range of the soul tool nor its burst of attack power is far inferior to that of the Sun Moon Empire.

This huge gap in soul-guided technology put the Star Luo Empire in an extremely passive position on the battlefield.

Left with no other choice, they could only place all their hopes on their own Soul Master legion, hoping that these powerful Soul Masters could turn the tide of the battle with their own strength.

Looking back, the Star Luo Empire was not without opportunities to develop soul tools. After defeating the Sun Moon Empire, the Star Luo Empire should have taken the opportunity to vigorously develop soul tool technology to consolidate its advantages and enhance the country's overall strength.

However, due to the strong opposition and rejection from the traditional Soul Master community, they stubbornly adhered to the old ideas, believing that the power of Soul Masters was the fundamental basis for dominating everything, thus ignoring the enormous potential of Soul Guidance Devices as an emerging power.

When they finally realized the importance of soul tools and wanted to catch up, they found that they had already been left far behind by the Sun Moon Empire, and the gap was so large that it was almost impossible to overcome.

This is what is known as "Success and failure both stem from Soul Masters." The glorious victory against the Sun Moon Empire was indeed the result of the Star Luo Empire's Soul Masters' bloody battles.

It was precisely because of that victory that the Soul Masters became even more convinced of the belief that "Soul Masters are invincible." This blind confidence blinded them, causing the original Douluo Three Kingdoms to collectively ignore the enormous potential threat posed by Soul Tools under the influence of this erroneous belief.

Only now, when faced with the immense pressure exerted by the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul-guided technology, do they realize their mistake.

If the Star Luo Empire is fortunate enough to win this war, then they may still have a glimmer of hope that they can concentrate on developing soul guidance technology after the war and gradually narrow the gap with the Sun Moon Empire.

However, if they are unfortunately defeated, what awaits them is likely to be an abyss of no return, from which they will completely lose any chance to turn their lives around and become fish to be slaughtered at will.

As time ticked by, the situation on the battlefield gradually changed. The frequency and intensity of the soul-guided cannons and soul-guided rays fired by the Sun Moon Empire gradually decreased without anyone noticing.

After all, the soul masters who manipulate soul tools are also made of flesh and blood, and their soul power is not inexhaustible.

Moreover, the soul tool itself will also suffer losses during continuous firing. Even if a sealed milk bottle provides additional soul power replenishment, it is not an inexhaustible energy.

After such a long period of intense fighting, the Sun Moon Empire's defenses began to show signs of fatigue.

With the reduction in the number of soul-guided cannons and soul-guided rays, the suppression of the soul master legion has also been greatly weakened. (End of Chapter)