Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 319 Below the Cliff
For the soldiers of Tianming City, although they had long been accustomed to the tense atmosphere near the border, they had never felt as uneasy as they did today.

It was already time for the shift change at dawn, but the garrison on the city wall showed no sign of leaving. The soul-guided cannons used for defense had been moved to the city wall early, and each soldier looked solemnly toward the Mingdou Mountains in the west.

Some of the young soldiers had never participated in a real war, and their hands, gripping their weapons, trembled slightly, whether from nervousness or fear, it was hard to tell.

"All alert!"

A loud voice rang out, startling everyone. Then, they saw streaks of fiery red light getting closer and closer, and various soul tools releasing all sorts of colorful light that swept towards Tianming City.

"boom--"

A loud roar came from outside the city, and the ground shook violently, as if the entire Tianming City was swaying from side to side. Some soldiers on the stairs hurriedly used their weapons to brace themselves on the ground so as not to fall.

The group looked at each other, remained silent for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and rushed toward the city wall.

"Quickly, raise the defenses!"

The roar of the defending general came from the city wall and instantly spread throughout Tianming City. The city immediately became lively, with noise rising from all directions, and countless soldiers busily working as if they had practiced countless times.

Although Tianming City had received advance notice of the Sun Moon Empire's surprise attack on the Mingdou Mountains, no one expected the attack to be so swift and fierce.

Tianming City had only made some basic preparations when the Fire Phoenix Soul Instructor Corps launched a surprise attack from the air, crossing the entire Mingdou Mountain Range and appearing in front of Tianming City before dawn.

"Quick, quick!"

The Tianming City garrison commander was still loudly directing his troops when, looking at the soldiers running in front of him, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the messenger beside him.

"Report this message immediately! Tianming City has been attacked! Hurry, hurry!"

"Yes!"

"Where are the scouts? Has there been any news from the Mingdou Mountains yet? Where is the Duke? Does anyone know the current status of the troops in the mountains?"

The garrison commander shouted loudly amidst the roar of the soul tool, but his question was destined to remain unanswered.

At the foot of the cliffs in the Mingdou Mountains, mangled corpses and rubble were mixed together, and the pungent smell of blood permeated the air.

The magnificent white tiger steed lay in the valley, its body smashed in two by a boulder that had fallen from a great height. Its glossy fur was now covered in dust, and its long hair and dried blood had clumped together into muddy clumps.

The bodies of many White Tiger Guards were piled up together, their armor scattered or broken during the fall, making them almost unrecognizable.

The sun had just risen, and a ray of sunlight pierced through the gaps between the mountain peaks and fell into the valley. The dew on the corpses in the valley quickly evaporated in the sunlight.

Suddenly, one of the corpses moved. An arm that was not very strong to begin with snapped off instantly and rolled to the side of the corpse. Blood seeped out again from the almost dried wound.

Then, a hand covered in wounds emerged from beneath the corpse.

"Cough-cough-"

Two heavy coughs came from under the corpse, and a figure pushed the body aside and crawled out from underneath.

Dai Hao's face was covered in mud, his helmet had fallen off somewhere, and his messy blond hair was haphazardly draped behind him. The glaring sunlight made him squint slightly.

As he gradually recovered, the first thing he saw was the corpses of the White Tiger Guards who had been with him for so long, filling the valley.

Even though he was a commander who had seen countless life and death moments, he still stood there stunned for a long time.

"Cough—" The burning sensation in his chest brought Dai Hao back to his senses, and only then did the pain from all over his body surge up.

With a top-tier martial soul like the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, Dai Hao's physical strength is naturally unmatched by other ordinary soul masters, but even he was seriously injured from falling from such a height.

But at this moment, he could no longer care about his physical injuries, nor did he have time to grieve for the White Tiger Guards. He knew in his heart that if something happened to him, the defense of Mingdou Mountain Range and Tianming City would be in serious trouble.

"Brothers, today you all died for your country, but the war is urgent and I, Dai Hao, am unable to collect your bodies. If there is an afterlife, I will repay your kindness with all my heart!"

Dai Hao clasped his hands in a fist salute, his tall frame kneeling on the ground. He bowed deeply to the corpses of the White Tiger Guards scattered all over the ground, then suddenly turned and headed out of the valley.

However, Dai Hao stopped abruptly after walking only a short distance.

Looking up slightly, the glaring sunlight made Dai Hao squint, but he could still barely make out a figure standing quietly in front of him, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"Has Marshal Dai finished saying his farewells?"

"Who are you?"

Dai Hao instantly became alert. He gathered the little soul power he had left in his body, which caused waves of pain in his meridians, making his face turn pale involuntarily.

However, he disregarded his injuries and stared intently at the figure in front of him with his wide-open tiger eyes.

The fact that the other party could stand in mid-air clearly indicated that their cultivation level was not low. Moreover, he had been guarding the Mingdou Mountains for so long without knowing that such a person was living in seclusion there.

Clearly, the other party was not originally from the Mingdou Mountains; most likely, they came with the army of the Sun Moon Empire.

"Marshal is badly injured, so don't struggle and come with me."

As Dai Hao watched the figure in front of him take a light step, and then land in front of him, his heart sank even further.

As a titled Douluo, he could naturally see that this was the use of spatial power, but even among the Super Douluos he knew, few could utilize spatial power as well as this person in front of him.

"Are you from the Sun Moon Empire?"

As Dai Hao spoke, his body gradually lowered and leaned forward slightly, like a hunting tiger. Nine soul rings, two yellow, two purple, and five black, rose one by one, and a huge phantom appeared and disappeared behind him.

"That's it."

As soon as he finished speaking, spirit rings rose up around the person in front of him. Seeing the six black and three red spirit rings shining brightly, Dai Hao was instantly stunned.

I am no match for the person in front of me.

For a moment, only this thought occupied Dai Hao's mind.

But soon, his gaze hardened again, and he began to breathe heavily through his nostrils.

"Marshal Dai is still going to struggle?"

"What's the point of struggling? It's just death!" Dai Hao shouted. "A true man dies for his country, what is there to fear in death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tiger's roar resounded throughout the valley. His soul rings flashed, and Dai Hao's scarred body instantly swelled up. His hands transformed into tiger paws, and sharp claws flashed with cold light. His figure transformed into a white line and pounced forward.

(End of this chapter)