Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Prelude to Chapter 463

At this point in time, the Sun Moon Empire is probably fully prepared, and even if Xu Jiujiu were to notify the Heavenly Soul Empire now, it might be too late.

Moreover, the most important thing now is that the Sun Moon Empire first invaded the border of the Star Luo Empire and blasted a gap, allowing its army to be transported from the Sun Moon Empire at any time. Then it occupied the Mingdou Mountains. The Mingdou Mountains have completely different meanings in the hands of the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.

With the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology and the excellent terrain of the Mingdou Mountains, they have an absolute advantage in detecting soul tools. Even if the Star Luo Empire sent two more army groups, they might not be able to take it down. The Sun Moon Empire only needs to leave a small number of elite troops to guard the fortresses they have built, and the Star Luo Empire will absolutely not dare to send more troops to support the Heavenly Soul Empire, because the Star Luo Empire has no idea whether the Sun Moon Empire will send troops to attack. This is a blatant conspiracy.

Even knowing the Sun Moon Empire's plans, the Star Luo Empire was powerless. Once the Sun Moon Empire successfully launched a surprise attack on the Heavenly Soul Empire and achieved victory, it could use the gap in the Ming Dou Mountains to put constant pressure on the Star Luo Empire. As long as the Star Luo Empire could not capture the fortresses in the Ming Dou Mountains, it would have to send a large number of troops to the second line of defense and would have no time to spare.

"Sister Jiu Jiu, it seems that the Sun Moon Empire is waiting for the reinforcements sent by the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire to arrive here before launching an offensive against the Heavenly Soul Empire, so that we won't have time to rescue the Heavenly Soul Empire."

Ji Lin narrowed his eyes. The Sun Moon Empire had indeed played a big game this time. They used level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannons, making the whole continent think they were going to attack Star Luo. Who knew they would turn around and attack Heavenly Soul? They played a feint attack quite cleverly.

"Sister Jiu Jiu, go back and send the message to the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire. Although it's too late, we should still do what our allies should do."

Xu Jiujiu rolled her eyes at Ji Lin. This guy was probably secretly laughing to himself right now! Passing on messages? It might have been useful earlier, but is it really useful to pass on messages now?

The enormous tent was located in the center of the military camp. Unlike the other tents, this large tent, made of tanned cowhide, was dark red, as if it had been stained with blood.

The area around the main tent was brightly lit, with soldiers constantly coming and going. Although it was already late at night, the place was still extremely busy.

"Huh? A high-altitude detection soul tool has gone missing?" A somewhat surprised voice rang out inside the tent.

"Yes, Marshal," the messenger said respectfully, kneeling on one knee.

At this moment, in the center of the command tent stood a slender figure, her red armor perfectly outlining her delicate body. A rose-red cloak draped over her back, making her appear even more heroic and dashing. On her chest was a fiery red phoenix pattern, with the phoenix spreading its wings as if about to take flight.

Her skin was extremely fair and delicate, like crystal jelly, as if you could squeeze water out of it with a gentle touch. At this moment, however, her beautiful face looked somewhat tired, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her face showed a thoughtful expression.

The person addressed as Marshal by the messenger is none other than the current Empress of the Sun Moon Empire, Orange.

Orange stood up and paced back and forth in the tent. After a moment, she stopped and said in a deep voice, "Immediately send my orders as quickly as possible to strengthen the reconnaissance and blockade in the western border of the Star Luo Empire. We must not let even a fly fly over. We must cut off all their reconnaissance methods."

"Yes," the messenger replied and immediately turned to leave.

Inside the large tent, several tall officers stood on either side.

Looking at the oranges, the officers all showed a hint of admiration.

When Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire decided to appoint Ju Zi as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, almost all the military and civil officials of the Sun Moon Empire thought that Xu Tianran had gone mad. Letting a woman command the three armies was simply an international joke.

Appointing a woman in her early twenties as the commander-in-chief of the three armies is far too frivolous for His Majesty. Even nepotism shouldn't be so blatant!

However, Xu Tianran was too powerful. With the support of the Holy Spirit Church, he quickly suppressed all opposition and insisted on accepting Ju Zi as the commander-in-chief.

Immediately afterwards, under Orange's direction, the war entered the preparation phase.

Xu Tianran does indeed practice nepotism, but only if the person has the ability to support him at all costs. Ju Zi, clearly, has gained Xu Tianran's approval.

He never doubted Orange's loyalty; in fact, Orange was the person he trusted most among everyone around him.

Back then, if it weren't for Ju Zi, Xu Tianran would have died long ago in the assassination attempt by his younger brothers vying for the crown prince position. In addition, over the years, Ju Zi has been by his side working for him without ever causing any problems.

Even so, the reason why Xu Tianran was willing to trust Ju Zi so much and put her in the high position of Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies was not just because of nepotism, but more importantly, because he recognized Ju Zi's abilities.

Several years ago, he had already brought Ju Zi into the military. Initially, he only hoped that Ju Zi would gain some experience in the military. However, to his utter surprise, Ju Zi had extraordinary military talent. She led the army to quell rebellions several times and achieved remarkable results, suppressing the rebels with minimal cost and in the shortest amount of time.

Whenever Ju Zi reported on her various battle plans to him, Xu Tianran would be amazed. Ju Zi's talent in military affairs was too high. Every strategy and tactic she used was different. She had both imaginative ideas and down-to-earth steadiness. Even Xu Tianran himself was impressed.

In just a few years, Ju Zi gradually established her prestige within the military. Among the five major Soul Master Legions of the Guardian Hand, the Fire Phoenix Legion was directly assigned to her by Xu Tianran and placed under her command.

When Xu Tianran decided to make her the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he actually hesitated. After all, this position was too important, almost determining the future fate of the Sun Moon Empire. It wasn't until Ju Zi presented a battle plan that Xu Tianran finally made up his mind.

And now, Orange is carrying out this plan, and the first step of the plan has been completed. Everything is proceeding according to her plan.

This time, the Sun Moon Empire mobilized fewer troops than the Star Luo Empire had imagined, with only 200,000 soldiers. However, these 200,000 soldiers were all elites. Six of the ten Soul Master Corps directly participated in the battle, including three from the Guardian of the Nation: the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps, the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps, and the Terror Claw Soul Master Corps.

Previously, the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps and the Terror Claw Soul Master Corps were responsible for the strong attack on the Star Luo Empire. What Ju Zi regrets is that she was unable to kill Duke White Tiger directly. Duke White Tiger was rescued when he was in dire straits. If Duke White Tiger had died, Ju Zi believes that her plan would have been truly perfect.

Without the White Tiger Duke's leadership, the western part of the Star Luo Empire will inevitably descend into chaos, and this chaos will last for a long time. Her plans can proceed with complete ease.

To her surprise, Duke White Tiger was still alive, but the plan was still underway. With its powerful reconnaissance capabilities, the Sun Moon Empire had too much control over the border, and almost every move of the Star Luo Empire was under their watchful eye.

Orange is now waiting, waiting for the best opportunity.

At this moment, among those inside the large tent was Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin. This tent was not located on the border of the Star Luo Empire, but rather not far from the border of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

After failing to kill White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin immediately led two Soul Master Corps back to the Sun Moon Empire and arrived here as quickly as possible to meet up with Ju Zi.

Only a few top experts within the camp truly knew about Orange's tactical plan.

Wang Yiheng, the leader of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps, said in a deep voice, "Marshal, shall we continue to wait?"

Ju Zi said in a deep voice, "We can't wait any longer. The time is almost right. The fact that one of our high-altitude detection soul tools has been discovered is not good news. If we continue to wait, problems may arise. The reinforcements from the Douling Empire have arrived at the Xingluo Empire. Our plan has been basically achieved. There's no need to pursue perfection excessively. We can move now. Master Ye, please inform the Holy Spirit Sect to cooperate with us. We will make our move tomorrow morning. Generals, go back and prepare immediately. This time, we will press on and fight our way all the way to Tiandou City!"

"yes!"

At first, these generals and powerful figures were somewhat unconvinced by Ju Zi, but after Ju Zi led them to easily break through the Star Luo Empire's border defenses and nearly killed Duke White Tiger, they gradually became convinced. In particular, Ju Zi's unpredictable troop deployment and control of the battle situation were something many generals present said they could not do. The news from the front lines clearly showed that the Star Luo Empire was being led by the nose, and even Duke White Tiger, the Grand Marshal renowned throughout the continent, had not discovered their plan this time.

Ju Zi placed great importance on reconnaissance. This time, she mobilized almost all the nation's detection soul tools, even deploying the high-altitude detection soul tools used for defense in all the cities. Her reasoning was simple: if the border remained unconquered, would the cities still need defenses? And once the border was breached, these high-altitude detection soul tools would only prolong the city's defenses for a short while, offering little real benefit.

Ju Zi stood up, her beautiful eyes gleaming. Because of Xu Tianran's identity and his physical limitations, she was going to the front lines in his place. Xu Tianran trusted her completely, and her revenge was about to begin. Although the Heavenly Soul Empire was not the Star Luo Empire, the destruction of the Heavenly Soul Empire was, for her, the prelude to the destruction of the Star Luo Empire.

(End of this chapter)