Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 433 Next Time Forever

The squad leader, who had been completely bewildered by Xiaoxiao's flattery, snapped out of his daze after a few seconds and shouted, "Quick, into the city! Close the gates! Enemy attack!"

As he spoke, he ran straight toward the city gate.

"Big brother, big brother, what happened? You scared us to death!" Xiao Xiao's timid voice rang out. At this moment, she pretended to be extremely frightened, just like a startled fawn.

"It's alright, hurry, come with me into the city, the city gates are about to close, we don't even know what's going on." The squad leader said almost without thinking, and as he spoke, he directed his men to pick up the soul power detection soul tools and run towards the city gate.

A sly glint flashed in Xiao Xiao's eyes. Ji Lin and the others immediately followed the soldiers into the city. Because the squad leader was leading the way, no soldiers stopped the seven members of Zizai Sect, allowing them to enter the city smoothly.

The city gates creaked shut, and Ji Lin and his group entered Sunrise City.

"That really scared me, big brother, do we still need to do the tests?" Xiaoxiao asked the squad leader timidly.

The squad leader waved to Xiaoxiao, "Let's hurry into the city. It's not safe here either. No need to check anymore, we don't have time now."

Xiao Xiao thanked the squad leader repeatedly before entering the city with Ji Lin and the others.

At times like this, the gatekeepers have no interest in doing any checks.

The seven members of the Zizai Sect entered Risheng City without any inspection, and without any formal checks.

Once the seven were far from the city gate, Nan Qiuqiu gave Xiaoxiao a thumbs up, "Xiaoxiao, you're amazing! I didn't realize you were so good at socializing! Unlike some people who claim to be social experts, but..."

Ji Lin's lips twitched a few times, and she said somewhat unconvinced, "I was careless! I didn't dodge, and I forgot I was wearing makeup. Next time, next time I'll definitely show you what a social expert is."

Wang Qiu'er and Ling Luochen covered their mouths and chuckled, thinking that Ji Lin was much cuter now than his usual composed self. They rarely got to see him get his comeuppance!

"Hehe! Social butterfly, social expert, you killed the conversation with your very first sentence. Are you trying to make me laugh to death so you can inherit my fortune?!"

Nan Qiuqiu seized the opportunity to mock Ji Lin, who had finally suffered a setback.

Ji Lin's face darkened, and he said fiercely, "Nan Qiuqiu, is your butt itchy again?"

Nan Qiuqiu instinctively covered her buttocks with both hands and hid behind Ye Guyi, no longer daring to mock him so closely. Ji Lin had a history of such behavior; even in front of a group of women, he would still beat them without hesitation.

She never wanted to experience that humiliating scene of being spanked while being watched again.

Ye Guyi tapped Nan Qiuqiu's forehead with an annoyance and laughed, "Why did you provoke him for no reason? If he really makes a move, I can't protect you, you know that."

Nan Qiuqiu pouted, her voice barely audible, "If you can protect me, I won't be hiding here from you."

"Huh!? What are you talking about?"

Ye Guyi didn't hear what Nan Qiuqiu said. Her voice was too soft, and she didn't hear it at all.

"It's nothing, let's think about how to save them."

Nan Qiuqiu quickly changed the subject.

Ji Lin didn't dwell on Nan Qiuqiu's mockery of him; it was best to move on quickly. "Judging from the situation in Risheng City, the prisoner-holding area is probably even more strictly inspected than the city gates. It's probably impossible for us to use the same trick again. Let's go find a place to settle down and wait for Teacher Chiyuan to join us."

Sunrise City was indeed a medium-sized city. Compared with the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire, the cities of the Sun Moon Empire had a more exotic feel. Even if the buildings were not skyscrapers, they were still taller than the buildings in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms. Moreover, most of them were pointed buildings, which was very different from the architectural style of the original Douluo Continent.

To Ji Lin and the others' surprise, they did not sense many powerful figures within Sunrise City. Although there were quite a few Soul Masters operating or monitoring the Soul Guidance Devices on the city walls, there were no particularly strong individuals present. The streets inside the city were bustling with people, seemingly no different from any other ordinary city.

Because of Sunrise City's tight defenses, Shrek Academy only knew that the prisoners were being held captive there. They had no further information about where the prisoners were located within the city or how strong the guards were.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of rescuing the hostages, but Ji Lin and his group were not in a hurry. They had plenty of time and would still have a chance to rescue the hostages before the start of the all-out war. Secondly, there was the border of the Sun Moon Empire, where Shrek Academy and the Body Sect would continue to cause trouble. The Sun Moon Empire had many problems and would focus its main efforts on the border for the time being.

Ji Lin and his team had enough time to investigate the hostages' location. It would be better if they could rescue the hostages, but they wouldn't force it if they couldn't.

Moreover, the rescue team was definitely not limited to their Zizai Sect. The other three great empires also sent rescue teams. As for how they managed to infiltrate, that was beyond Ji Lin and his group's knowledge.

The group from Zizaimen chose a medium-sized hotel as their lodging. Before they set off, Xu Jiujiu had already arranged fake identities for them in the Sun and Moon Empire.

While searching for a hotel, Ji Lin roughly explored the entire Sunrise City. In the central area of ​​the city, his mental detection revealed that more than thirty houses contained high-level soul tools. These soul tools were at least level six or higher, and some were even level seven or eight. Ji Lin also felt a strong sense of danger from several of these soul tools. The fact that they could make him feel threatened meant that they were most likely level nine soul tools.

Sunrise City is now completely enveloped in a vast network of detection. Undoubtedly, numerous detection soul tools cover the entire city from high above. Once anything is detected, the detection signal can be immediately transmitted to the ground. The high-level soul tools hidden within the city can then pinpoint the target. As long as the casualties among the civilians within the city are disregarded, it is almost impossible for anyone who is discovered to escape unscathed. And don't forget, there are two soul tool regiments outside the city!

Hearing Ji Lin's description, the women looked at each other in dismay. Sunrise City was now a powder keg that could explode at any moment; whoever dared to step forward would be doomed.

"Have you found the location where the hostages are being held?"

Ye Guyi mentioned the main purpose of their visit.

"No, there are too many soul-guided detection devices. I didn't use my full mental detection scan, otherwise it would be bad if I were discovered. But I think they're probably not on the surface. Given the Sun Moon Empire's habit of digging tunnels, the hostages are most likely being held underground. However, my mental detection can't go deep underground, so I can only proceed step by step."

Ji Lin was also somewhat helpless. Mental detection is not omnipotent. Mental energy fluctuations may be sensed by a certain soul-guided detection device, and it is also impossible to go deep underground and explore the situation deep underground.

The Sun Moon Empire also has very tight defenses underground, after all, they have already suffered a loss once. There are many pipes inserted into the ground outside the arena, which are probably used to monitor the soul tools underground.

Given the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul guidance technology, how could they not take targeted precautions after learning that the Body Sect possessed a burrowing soul guidance device?

Ye Guyi nodded and said, "That's all we can do. It's already good that we've discovered these things. We'll take it slow from here on out."

Xiao Xiao then said, "Although the current defensive strength of Sunrise City is astonishing, I always feel that this is not all that Sunrise City has to offer."

Ji Lin agreed, saying, "Although Sunrise City's current strength seems terrifying, with a level nine soul tool and two regular soul master legions, this level of defense is not insurmountable if Teacher Chi Yuan goes all out. But if the original Douluo Three Kingdoms mobilize all their resources to rescue them, can Sunrise City really withstand the force it has just revealed?"

It should be noted that if the three kingdoms originally belonging to the Douluo Continent were to spare no expense, they could mobilize more than fifty Title Douluo-level powerhouses. Such a force would probably be too much for even the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Legion to withstand.

Ye Guyi sneered, "I don't believe those evil soul masters aren't here. The souls, martial souls, bodies, and soul power of those imprisoned contestants are excellent cultivation materials for evil soul masters. How could they not participate?"

Given the style of the Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul masters, they will definitely stay near these hostages. Once a full-scale war breaks out and these hostages lose their meaning, the Sun Moon Empire will not be able to keep them. Those who can be subdued will definitely be subdued, and those who cannot be subdued will only be killed. And that is what the Holy Spirit Cult wants.

Ji Lin certainly didn't believe that there were no evil soul masters in Sunrise City. Ye Guyi was right; these hostages were a great tonic for evil soul masters, and they couldn't just leave them unattended.

"Never mind that for now, let's just get some rest today and talk about it tomorrow."

In the end, Ji Lin made the decision not to think too much about it. Now that they had successfully entered Sunrise City, they would have a chance to find the hostages' location.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the members of Zizaimen split up and all seven of them left the hotel to gather information and intelligence in Risheng City.

Among them, Ji Lin and Ye Guyi have the most important tasks. Ji Lin needs to use mental detection to search the entire Sunrise City, while Ye Guyi needs to rely on her Holy Angel Martial Soul to find the traces of the evil soul masters.

Just as Ji Lin and his companions had predicted, they searched the entire city of Sunrise but found no place where the hostages were being held. What did the absence of hostages mean? It meant that the hostages were underground in Sunrise City, not on the surface.

Ji Lin had also thoroughly investigated the defenses of Risheng City.

It wasn't just the city center that had high-level soul tools deployed; they were also placed at the four corners of Sunrise City. Ji Lin was certain that there were level nine soul masters in charge of Sunrise City, because only level nine soul masters could deploy and activate those level nine soul tools.

(End of this chapter)