Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 445 Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group

Most of the people responsible for the rendezvous point were under the surveillance of the Sun Moon Empire. That's why the rescue team couldn't send these Title Douluos. If they moved, the Sun Moon Empire would quickly receive the news. They couldn't easily leave their country. They should have already used substitutes and various other methods to escape and rush to the rendezvous point by the sea as quickly as possible. Ji Lin only determined the rendezvous point and sent the message back two days before the rescue operation.

Even if the Sun Moon Empire discovers these people are missing, it won't be easy to send the message back in a short time. By the time the message arrives, reinforcements and hostages should have already made contact. At that point, the sea will be wide open for fish to leap and the sky to fly. Let alone a Beast King-level Soul Master Corps, even two or three of them might not fare well against so many powerful Soul Masters. Once reinforcements arrive, Soul Masters, even with their flying Soul Tools, cannot fight for long on the open sea. Once their Soul Power is exhausted, they will become food for sea Soul Beasts.

The hostages' speed in breaking through the encirclement was absolutely astonishing. In fact, even Wang Qiu'er and Ye Guyi, who launched the surprise attack, did not expect that the Soul Masters would have such a powerful destructive force when they rushed into the Soul Masters' position. As long as the strong members of the Soul Master Corps were blocked, ordinary Soul Masters would be like eggs hitting rocks when they clashed with Soul Masters at close range. This was also an important reason why the hostages were able to instantly break through the Soul Masters' position.

The Soul Masters faced a one-sided massacre against the vassal soldiers on the periphery. The entire process took less than five minutes, and the Soul Master positions were completely destroyed. The Soul Master positions on the east and west sides of Sunrise City were unable to be rescued because their troops were divided to rescue and scout the situation in the north city.

It can be said that the two major Soul Master Corps of Sunrise City, along with the evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult, were all completely outmaneuvered by Ji Lin.

Ji Lin's plan was simple: to feint to the east while attacking in the west, and to conduct high-speed operations. First, he would destroy the high-altitude detection soul guide device, rendering the two major soul guide regiments blind. Then, he would use level-eight fixed-position soul guide cannons to attack the garrison in the north city, while simultaneously launching attacks on the city walls in the east and west directions, keeping them preoccupied with their own problems.

At the same time, it also attracted the attention of the Soul Master Corps and the Holy Spirit Cult. Finally, Ji Lin went to liberate the hostages in the water prison, adding a powerful fighting force. Meanwhile, Wang Qiu'er and others who released the fixed-mounted soul guide cannons in the city quickly split into two groups. One group, consisting of Wang Qiu'er, Ling Luochen, Ye Guyi, and Wang Dong'er, who were strong in combat, led other powerful rescue teams to attack the South City Soul Master Corps. Xiao Xiao and Nan Qiuqiu, on the other hand, led the rescue team members with lower cultivation levels to the wilderness to install flying soul guides in advance.

Everything went smoothly, the plan was near perfect, and at least the hostages had now taken off and disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Throughout the process, Ji Lin mastered several key moments, controlling the timing and power of his feints and attacks, while simultaneously launching attacks from the north, east, and west.

Although the enemy might take his feint into account, the location of the water dungeon was too well hidden, and the existence of the Soul-Destroying Powder would give the Holy Spirit Cult something to rely on. Even the two Soul Master Corps stationed outside the city and the city defense army did not know that so many Soul Masters were being held in that water dungeon.

If it weren't for Nan Qiuqiu's unexpected provision of the antidote to the Soul-Destroying Powder, Ji Lin and his group wouldn't have had such a smooth journey. They didn't even need Chi Yuan to make a move. Chi Yuan was Ji Lin's hidden trump card, and the Sun Moon Empire was still quite unfamiliar with her existence, so it was best not to use her.

The second key point is to use the water from the moat to unleash an ice explosion spell. The time from the attack inside the water prison to the moment the attacker breaks out of the prison is very short.

If they had forced their way out, they would have destroyed one side of the water prison. With the moat outside, this would have greatly interfered with the hostages' escape route and time. However, Ji Lin used the Ice Explosion technique he learned from Ling Luochen, which saved a lot of time. Furthermore, freezing the moat and stopping its flow made it easier for the hostages to escape, saving them a great deal of time.

Therefore, the entire rescue plan, from start to finish, took less than 15 minutes to complete the breakthrough process. This was a feint attack combined with a high-speed breakout operation.

The only thing that surprised Ji Lin in the whole plan was that Mingdu's support came too quickly, almost blocking the rescue team and the hostages.

Fortunately, the core of Ji Lin's plan was speed. Otherwise, if they were delayed for even a few minutes, they would be blocked by the Sun Moon Empire's strongest Soul Master Corps. At that time, if they wanted to break through, they would have to use Ji Lin's nuclear weapon, the Crimson Douluo. At the same time, Ji Lin would also have to reveal his full strength.

This would inevitably attract the attention of Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult, which is not what Ji Lin wants to see. He wants to sit back and watch the tigers fight, and then reap the benefits, rather than stand on the sidelines and confront the Sun Moon Empire head-on.

Therefore, Ji Lin brought Chi Yuan along not to save the hostages or to do favors, but to have Chi Yuan protect Wang Qiu'er and the others when they were in danger. If things went wrong, Chi Yuan could simply take Ji Lin and the others away, abandoning the hostages and making a runaway.

To expose Chi Yuan and Ji Lin's full strength for such a small favor, thereby attracting the attention and targeting of the Sun Moon Empire, would be a complete loss, like losing the big picture for a small gain.

This situation is exactly what Ji Lin wanted to see. He rescued the hostages, did a good deed, and didn't expose the full strength of Chi Yuan and Ji Lin. It was a great victory with a lot of gains. The only cost was taking some risks and traveling for a few days.

This move not only gained the goodwill and favor of the rescued sects and academies, but also won the favor of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire. After all, among the hostages rescued by the Free Gate were sects and academies of the two great empires, and they indirectly helped the two great empires break the Sun Moon Empire's open conspiracy.

At the very least, Vina will express her gratitude to Zizaimen; as a princess of a nation, she will surely be very generous.

This is also laying the foundation for the future unification of Douluo Continent, making advance arrangements.

"Second Elder, what should we do?" Zhong Litian looked at the Second Elder.

The Second Elder snorted angrily, "What are we going to do? Go and explain to the sect leader yourself."

Zhong Litian and his two younger brothers exchanged a glance and sighed at the same time. Originally, the vice leader and the three brothers were in charge of guarding the hostages in Risheng City, but the border was in crisis and the vice leader was transferred away. The second elder and the fourth elder were sent to replace the vice leader, but in reality, the three brothers were in charge of guarding the hostages. The three brothers should bear the main responsibility for the rescue of the hostages.

Although the two elders will not escape punishment either, it's still better than the three brothers. Now that the hostage has escaped, the plains are certainly not easy to run through, but with their current manpower, should they really chase after them? There are only five of them; what if they fall into a trap while chasing? Who knows what kind of beings have come to rescue them? They can judge the strength of the hostage, but they cannot judge who has come to rescue them.

Just then, streaks of dark blue light appeared in the air, hundreds of blue lights converging like a galaxy and rapidly heading towards the south of the city.

"Don't move, or you'll be killed without mercy!" A powerful voice resounded throughout the southern city.

The hundreds of beams of light arrived very quickly, almost instantly surrounding the evil soul masters.

In an instant, streaks of blue light intertwined in the air to form a large net, enveloping the Second Elder, the Fourth Elder, and the three Zhongli brothers.

"Don't make a move, they're on our side," Zhong Litian hurriedly said, taking out a token from his pocket as he spoke.

At this moment, they could see clearly that each of these people, whose bodies were flashing with blue light, had a flying soul tool on their backs, wore black tight-fitting clothes, and had a huge blue eye pattern on their chests. This pattern was not just a simple decoration; it was made of metal. The blue light they had seen earlier was the flashing of these eye patterns.

Those large blue eyes, with deep pupils, though just patterns, still seemed capable of devouring everything. Around the pupils, there were countless dark blue light patterns resembling blood vessels.

Evil Lord Soul Master Corps.

The Second Elder was secretly astonished. This was none other than the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps, one of the four Beast King-level Soul Master Corps of the Sun Moon Empire. Marked by the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, this Soul Master Corps excelled in speed and surprise attacks. Sending them as reinforcements was clearly the most appropriate course of action for Mingdu.

An elderly man dressed in a tight-fitting outfit with bright blue trim came before the group of evil spirit masters.

"Who says we're on your side? Surrender first." The old man was tall with a hooked nose and big eyes. His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his arrogant aura gave off a sense of "keep away."

"What do you mean?" The Second Elder, Fourth Elder, and the Zhongli brothers' expressions changed. Given their arrogance and insolence as evil soul masters, how could they possibly surrender just because of a single word from an old man?

The five, not wanting to get entangled with the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps, turned to leave.

"Don't move!" The surrounding Evil Lord Soul Master Corps Soul Masters immediately shouted in unison.

The two elders and the three Zhongli brothers looked even uglier, their anger rising. Their soul rings appeared simultaneously. They were already having a bad day and were indignant. Now they had to endure the rudeness of their own people. They couldn't hold back any longer.

Just when the situation was about to spiral out of control.

"Stop!" Just then, a scream rang out. The voice came abruptly but was unusually sharp. The five evil soul masters trembled at the same time, and their outward aura involuntarily subsided a bit.

A dark figure rushed out from behind the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps, shrieking at its leader, "Commander Wang, are you here to cause internal strife? These are all members of our Guardian God Sect, and these two are elders of the sect. If you don't hurry up and chase after the hostages, who will take responsibility?"

Upon hearing the words of the newcomer, the hook-nosed old man, addressed as Commander Wang, twitched slightly on the face before raising his hand to signal the Soul Masters of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps to lower their weapons.

(End of this chapter)