Chapter 468.2 - Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion (1/2)

Chapter 468.2: Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion

There was only one other possibility besides these two empires. The person who had just come to investigate came from one of the Heavenly Soul Empire’s reclusive sects. This was the only plausible explanation.

Ju Zi felt a headache come on when she thought about “reclusive sects”. As of now, they had conquered more than two-thirds of the Heavenly Soul Empire’s territory, but the Sun Moon Empire had also sustained heavy losses. Their greatest losses weren’t in the war – instead, their greatest losses occurred when they were fighting those reclusive sects.

The Heavenly Soul Empire had a long history, which could be traced back ten thousand years. Back then, the Heavenly Soul Empire was still called the Heaven Dou Empire, and this empire was formed by the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire. There were many soul masters in the Heavenly Soul Empire, and there were many reclusive sects as well.

Even though these reclusive sects didn’t want to have anything to do with the Heavenly Soul Empire in normal days, the Sun Moon Empire was their enemy in the end. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and they had to work together against their common enemy. Reclusive sects were always very secretive with what they did, as they focused on protecting themselves. They were always doing hit-and-runs against the Sun Moon Empire, and that highly irritated her. Even though these people didn’t have a decisive impact on the war, they were consistently causing damage to the Sun Moon Empire.

They had appeared in the Ming Dou Mountain Range before, and now they had appeared far into the Heavenly Soul Empire’s northeastern region. It seemed like this sect, who was adept with the art of concealment and reconnaissance, didn’t just have one person who was good at these things. What was more frightening was the ice-type domain attack that had a reach of a thousand meters in diameter. Based on this range, that person should be a powerful Titled Douluo.

Titled Douluo were always terrifying as an enemy. A Titled Douluo was just one person, and his powerful strength, in addition to the fact that he was hiding in the darkness, meant that he was a threat whenever and wherever. Even if this person didn’t care about lashing out against normal soldiers, he was still a great threat to the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion. Without talking about other things, this person would destroy every single one of their aerial surveillance soul tools if he attacked a few more times. He could cause her entire army to go blind.

Ju Zi’s hands gradually clenched into fists. Cold light flickered in her eyes – she had to find a way to remove this threat, no matter what.

Huo Yuhao had already returned to Dragon City at this point. The soul-stirring thrill from before was just another unimpressive experience among all his past experiences.

He returned to the cloth store. Nan Qiuqiu was still awake, and was waiting in the courtyard for him.

“Why did you take so long?” She asked with a frown.

Huo Yuhao said, “The situation is more serious than I had imagined. The Sun Moon Empire’s Fire Phoenix Legion is hidden amidst the army of twenty thousand.”

Nan Qiuqiu was thrown into shock. How could she not know about the Fire Phoenix Legion? “What are they trying to do?” she said nervously, “Do they wish to destroy Dragon City?” If a legion with an overall fighting strength such as that one wanted to cause destruction, destroying an entire city really wasn’t anything much.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, “How can that be? If that were the case, then they wouldn’t have to expend so much energy to penetrate Dragon City with soul tools and technology. However, I wasn’t able to discover their goal.”

Nan Qiuqiu frowned and said, “Then what should we do? We should continue investigating and figure out what’s happening. There must be something they want, with such a powerful soul engineer legion around.”

Huo Yuhao stared at her with a strange look in his eyes. “Yes, investigating is the right way to go. But there’s no we – there’s only me.”

Nan Qiuqiu’s eyebrows immediately went vertical. “What do you mean? You intend to abandon me and go alone?”

Huo Yuhao said sincerely, “Qiuqiu, did you notice the disturbance outside just now?”

Nan Qiuqiu was momentarily stunned, and said, “I didn’t hear any disturbance, but I did see faint flickers outside the city. That was you?”

Huo Yuhao nodded as he recounted his experience in detail.

“I managed to escape, but by a hair’s breadth, with my own abilities. If you were with me, neither of us would have been able to escape.” Huo Yuhao spoke with a very pained look on his face.

Nan Qiuqiu was rude and unruly, but she definitely wasn’t unreasonable. She stared at him and said, “You can’t put it like that. Are you saying that I’m a burden?”

Huo Yuhao said nothing, and he just stared quietly at her.

Nan Qiuqiu was a little embarrassed and annoyed at his stare. She grunted furiously and said, “Fine, so I am a burden. I won’t follow you, then. But since they have already discovered you, their defenses will be much tighter. How are you going to find out what they want?”

Huo Yuhao said, “I wanted to find intel directly, but since I can’t do that, then I can only follow them. Since they have come all the way to the northern regions, their destination can’t be far. I will definitely be able to find out what they want as long as I follow them. Don’t worry, I will be more careful with the lesson I’ve just learned.”