Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 489 Absolutely Flawless

Inside the command tent of the Sun Moon Empire's army, Ju Zi was reading battle reports from all sides. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, although she was not currently on the front lines, she needed to be fully aware of the situation there.

Compared to the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Empire attaches great importance to reconnaissance and intelligence. Especially after Ju Zi became the commander-in-chief of the three armies, her first order was to expand the production line of high-altitude detection soul tools and produce as many high-altitude detection soul tools as possible. At the same time, she requested Xu Tianran to allocate more funds to accelerate the research on the use of high-altitude strike soul tools.

Occupying the skies is the most important component of controlling intelligence resources, and it is also the most important in war. However, compared to Soul Masters and Soul Guides, simple aerial Soul Tools still have a long way to go to achieve air superiority.

Ju Zi, clad in red armor, sat upright on the commander's throne, reviewing the intelligence reports. A smile played on her pretty face as she muttered to herself, "It seems Shrek Academy is still silent!"

Before the war even began, Orange had already designated Shrek Academy as the hypothetical enemy. She knew that Shrek Academy would eventually make its move and become an enemy of their Sun Moon Empire, but the timing of that move was unknown. For Orange, the later Shrek Academy made its move, the better, as that would give them more time to devise tactics and make targeted arrangements against Shrek Academy.

Therefore, Orange dispatched a large number of spies to closely monitor Shrek Academy's every move.

Shrek Academy has been quite peaceful these days. They are producing a large number of soul tools, which Ju Zi is aware of. Although she doesn't know exactly what they are making, Ju Zi is not worried about it.

The gap between industrial technology cannot be bridged in a day or two. Even though Shrek Academy once sent people to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for exchanges, Ju Zi does not believe that Shrek Academy can catch up with their Sun Moon Empire. Moreover, how could Sun Moon Royal Soul Masters possibly hand over real things to Shrek Academy's exchange students?

Moreover, in terms of resources, the Sun Moon Empire is far stronger. Shrek Academy and the original Douluo Three Kingdoms simply do not have enough time to close the gap.

Although Ju Zi had the Sun Moon Empire send another large army to support them, that was merely out of caution. She didn't believe anything would happen at the mining site. In her view, Shrek Academy was under her surveillance and remained silent, the Heavenly Soul Empire was being overwhelmed by her attacks, the main force of the Douling Empire was currently fighting alongside the Heavenly Soul Empire and was being suppressed by her frontline army, and the main force of the Star Luo Empire was in the Mingdou Mountains, far away from here. How could they possibly send troops to attack them, who were so far away? Therefore, she wasn't worried about any problems. Now she just needed to wait for the mining to be completed, then take the rare metals back to the Sun Moon Empire, make another batch of soul tools, and launch the next great war.

Orange had meticulously planned everything, believing it was foolproof, and all it needed to do was wait for the harvest.

Little did she know that a certain unconventional sixth brother was already less than ten kilometers away from her!

Ten kilometers above the Sun Moon Empire's army, Ji Lin's figure was hidden in a cloud of mist. He hovered quietly in mid-air, observing the Sun Moon Empire's camp.

Due to the weather in the far north, visibility at high altitudes is very low, and the Sun Moon Empire dares not place high enough for its high-altitude soul tools to detect the clouds where Ji Lin is hiding.

In the distance, a large number of high-altitude detection soul tools were under Ji Lin's gaze. These soul tools were scattered, and their detection methods were also different. There were overall detection types at an altitude of about 1,000 meters, as well as wave detection soul tools at an altitude of 500 meters, and even thermal detection soul tools that were pressed down to about 200 meters.

These high-altitude detection soul tools are scattered, which undoubtedly reflects lessons learned from the war during this period. After all, both the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire sent elite teams to sabotage the Sun Moon Empire's high-altitude soul tools. The Sun Moon Empire did this to reduce the loss of high-altitude soul tools and make it more difficult for the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire to destroy them.

Ji Lin discovered that these high-altitude detection soul tools, besides protecting the camps below which were being mined in full swing, were mainly targeting the Douling Empire. It was no exaggeration to say that as long as the Douling Empire approached within 30 kilometers of this place, they would be detected immediately, and what awaited them would likely be the artillery fire of the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps.

After all, the Douling Empire doesn't have Ji Lin's ability to conceal his aura and body temperature.

Looking at the bustling scene in the Sun Moon Empire's camp, Ji Lin couldn't help but admire the Sun Moon Empire's industrial standards. In just half a month, the camp area below had grown to almost ten times larger than when he left, and the number of people had also increased. Many of the large soul tools were ones he had never seen before. All the soul tools were in operation, but the noise they emitted was not loud. He was currently at an altitude of about three thousand meters, and at least at this distance, he could not hear any sounds coming from below. This was clearly because the Sun Moon Empire had put a lot of effort into noise reduction.

Although Ji Lin didn't know much about rare metal ore mining, he could tell from the scale of the mine that the reserves here must be extraordinary. At this rate of mining, it probably wouldn't be long before the Sun Moon Empire had mined them all.

From the air, everything was clearly visible: more than twenty mining ports, each continuously transporting out ore that shone with a metallic luster. After purification, this ore could be transformed into a priceless rare metal, essential for the core of soul tools.

Ji Lin had also studied soul tools before. Although he later focused on cultivation, he still had a good understanding of soul tools and was familiar with some rare metals. In his memory, the rare metals mined below were top-grade and could even be used to make level nine soul tools. With the addition of a large number of other low- and mid-grade metals, one can imagine how precious this super-large rare metal mine is.

This place originally belonged to the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire, but now the Sun Moon Empire and Ji Lin are vying for control of this mine.

Before launching the attack, Ji Lin needed to blind the Sun Moon Empire's army so that Atai's Titan Snow Demons wouldn't suffer further losses.

Although Atai looked down on this army of the Sun and Moon Empire, in its view, such a small number of humans were not enough to pose any threat to its Titan Snow Demon race. A few charges would be enough to rout this army.

But Ji Lin knew that the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps must have powerful soul tools that could threaten the ferocious beasts. Even if Atai wasn't afraid, the other Titan Snow Demons wouldn't be able to stop them! Ji Lin had already regarded the soul beasts of the far north ice plains as his subordinates, so of course he didn't want such a powerful force as the Titan Snow Demons to be harmed.

This was also the power that the Snow Empress had given him. He absolutely did not want the Titan Snow Demon Clan to be severely injured because of helping him, otherwise he would not be able to explain it to the Snow Empress!

The Titan Snow Demons are undoubtedly the most powerful beast race in the far north. They possess extremely terrifying power. The Titan Snow Demons' most powerful weapon and ability is their bodies. Their powerful strength and muscular physique are the nightmare of all their opponents. However, while they are powerful and have strong defense, their huge bodies also make them easy targets, especially for powerful soul tools.

So Ji Lin persuaded Atai, and out of respect for Xue Di, Atai, though he didn't take it seriously, still obeyed Ji Lin's orders.

It's daytime now, and it would be too easy to be discovered if we acted now, so Ji Lin plans to wait until night to make our move.

They quietly returned to the Titan Snow Demon army's encampment; now all they needed to do was wait for nightfall.

Time passed slowly, and darkness gradually fell. A figure silently leaped from behind a snowdrift and sped away into the distance. A series of large figures followed closely behind, silently dispersing and also slowly approaching. They moved quietly, trying to make as little noise as possible, all heading in the same direction.

The figure rushing at the front, about two meters tall, was not Ji Lin, but a burly man with a bare upper body, revealing granite-like muscles.

At the level of ferocious beasts, they can all transform into human form, and Titan Snow Demon King is no exception. However, these soul beasts are unwilling to do so unless necessary. Only by maintaining their original form can they unleash their strongest power. And doing so at this moment is naturally to better conceal their form.

Meanwhile, Ji Lin was flying into the air. Under the cover of night, Ji Lin's figure silently passed by in the air and flew swiftly into the distance.

Earlier in the day, Ji Lin had already roughly estimated the detection range of the Sun Moon Empire's high-altitude detection soul guide. The Sun Moon Empire was mainly targeting the Douling Empire for detection. Ji Lin was approaching from the other side, which would make it easier for him to rush into the Sun Moon Empire's camp in the shortest amount of time.

Ji Lin activated mental detection and mental sharing, connecting with Titan Snow Demon King Atai, making it easier for him to command from a distance.

Ji Lin was thousands of meters above the ground at this moment. Sharing mental detection over such a long distance consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy. If it weren't for the amplification from the million-year-old skull of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, he would have found it very difficult to maintain the mental connection for such a long time.

Soon, Ji Lin commanded the Titan Snow Demon King Atai to stop and hide it behind a snow-covered hill.

(End of this chapter)