Volume 34, Chapter 471.3: Your Heart is Too Soft (1/2)

Something’s wrong!

Huo Yuhao immediately descended after this simple observation before he flew towards the Heavenly Soul Empire’s rickety structures.

He used Spiritual Detection, and discovered that the Sun Moon Empire’s soldiers had long been standing guard in those old structures. There were many large machines inside those structures, and even though they weren’t as advanced as the machines that the Sun Moon Empire had just constructed, he could tell that they were targeted at the ground.

Resources – yes, resources!

Huo Yuhao didn’t go any closer. He was afraid to startle his enemies, and he was a little afraid of Ju Zi. Her devious trick had bested him once, and he had to be more careful in dealing with her.

If he couldn’t tell what was going on with the Sun Moon Empire, could he not tell from the Dou Ling Empire’s side? Even though they were all bordering the Extreme North, their objectives were likely to be the same. He would naturally discover something if he went to observe the Dou Ling Empire’s barracks.

Huo Yuhao turned around as he contemplated, and covered several dozen kilometers in the blink of an eye.

The Dou Ling Empire was clearly unaware that the Sun Moon Empire’s great army had arrived. In the end, they were separated by national borders even though they were so close to each other. The Dou Ling Empire was still upholding their agreement with the Heavenly Soul Empire, that they wouldn’t send any scouts to conduct reconnaissance within the Heavenly Soul Empire’s territory.

Huo Yuhao was full of admiration for Ju Zi as he confirmed the barracks’ positions on this side. If the Sun Moon Empire had come any closer to this side, they would likely have been discovered by the Dou Ling Empire. The Sun Moon Empire’s current position was close to the other side, but they were somewhere where it wasn’t easy to be discovered.

There was no doubt that, with the Sun Moon Empire’s Fire Phoenix Legion, they could destroy the Dou Ling Empire’s army without breaking a sweat. But if they did that, they would undoubtedly alert the Dou Ling Empire. Judging from the current situation, the Sun Moon Empire – rather, Ju Zi – evidently didn’t want to be exposed so quickly.

Too cunning! Even though he didn’t want to admit that that Ju Zi was one of the Sun Moon Empire’s generals, he had to admit that she was very talented in military matters. She was definitely superior to him.

He landed close to the Dou Ling Empire’s barracks, and his Spiritual Detection immediately stretched over the barracks like an enormous web.

He quickly discovered what he needed to know.

The Dou Ling Empire’s barracks had clearly been around for a relatively longer time. There was an army of two thousand standing guard on this side, and there were also many workers hard at work.

The surface of the earth was freezing. However, the temperature beneath the ground was a lot higher. There was no doubt that this was the publicly recognized location to work on, and they were excavating some minerals from beneath the ground.

Rare metals!

Huo Yuhao finally got his answer.

He hadn’t expected that the Sun Moon Empire’s objective was a vein of rare metals that had appeared on the borders of the Extreme North!

The Dou Ling Empire was thirty kilometers from the Sun Moon Empire’s camp, and about fifty kilometers from the Heavenly Soul Empire’s old barracks.

There was no doubt that the Heavenly Soul Empire was originally mining here as well. This meant that the underground mine could possibly stretch out fifty kilometers. How abundant did those rare metals have to be? It was no wonder that the empress, Ju Zi, would venture out in person. The resources here were equally important to the Sun Moon Empire. They were very advanced in soul tools, but crafting soul tools, especially high-level ones, had an equally heavy requirement for materials.

Huo Yuhao’s eyes were opened, and he finally understood the Sun Moon Empire’s objective.

No, I cannot let them succeed, no matter what. If the Sun Moon Empire manages to obtain the incredibly large amounts of rare metals here to support them, who knows how many more soul tools they can craft to use against the Douluo Continent’s three empires? I have to find a way to ruin her plan.

However, Huo Yuhao was no longer so worried when he discovered Ju Zi’s plan. The reason was simple – mining a mineral vein like this required a lot of human and material labor. They couldn’t achieve anything overnight. The Sun Moon Empire had to mine over a long period of time. Ju Zi and the others should first be establishing a base for excavation before they would start as quickly as possible so that they could transport the rare metals back to the Sun Moon Empire.

Since that was the case, he had a chance.

A cold grin appeared on Huo Yuhao’s face. I can’t deal with the Sun Moon Empire’s army by myself, but just as the Snow Empress said, we are in the Extreme North. This was the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Skydream Iceworm’s old home.

Without discussing the great boost in strength for someone who possessed an Ultimate Ice martial soul, this was the world that the Snow Empress had ruled over a long time ago!

The Snow Empress’ status in the Extreme North was like the Beast God’s status in the Great Star Dou Forest.