Volume 41, Chapter 568.2: A Surprise Attack within the Cover of Smoke (1/2)

They were still pillaging excitedly before this, but the legion itself wasn’t huge, and there were only so many people. They were also in enemy territory, so they were still comparatively careful. They would communicate with every small team leader after a period of time to confirm everyone’s locations.

But when they were establishing communication once more, they realized to their surprise that many small teams weren’t responding, like they had gone missing just like that.

The two soul engineer legions’ leaders were running scared. They immediately gave the order to gather in the sky and take a roll call.

Dou Ling City was in ruins. The city defense army were still blindly defending themselves against the soul engineer legions’ attacks, and the city was full of agonizing cries and chaos. Citizens were holed up in their houses, and nobody knew when a stationary soul cannon shell would land in their homes. Their walls didn’t give them any security at all.

The attacks suddenly stopped at this moment. Shadows began flying high into the sky one after another, and they were evidently gathering.

“I think they’ve realized,” Tang Wutong whispered in Huo Yuhao’s ear.

Huo Yuhao scoffed and said, “A soul engineer legion together is an extremely formidable entity, but if they are separated, they will die. The Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineer legions have won too many victories, that’s the reason they’re so arrogant, and this hubris is an important reason why they’re losing their lives. Let’s go. We’ll obliterate them so that we can avenge the Dou Ling Empire’s dead.”

Huo Yuhao grasped Tang Wutong’s hand and drifted upward as he spoke before they bolted into the air like a flash of lightning.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong became almost entirely like air with Imitation covering them, and they arrived at the soul engineers’ assembly point quicker than the soul engineers themselves.

Huo Yuhao could see six soul engineers hovering in midair with one look.

According to the Sun Moon Empire’s beast-ranked soul engineer legions’ organizational structure, every soul engineer legion had three legion commanders, one head commander and two vice-commanders.

These few should be their commanders. There were two head commanders, who were both Class 9 soul engineers, and there were four vice-commanders, who were Class 8 soul engineers. Huo Yuhao had already dealt with another Class 8 soul engineer back at the soul tool front. These two soul engineer legions had sent their best forces to participate in this operation.

Huo Yuhao held Tang Wutong’s hand and waited quietly.

There were more soul engineers flying up from below at this moment, and they were all gathering at their assembly point.

Huo Yuhao didn’t move, and he just waited quietly with Tang Wutong not far from those commanders.

The six commanders’ expressions were becoming increasingly darker. There was no way they couldn’t, because there were far too few flying up from below. Furthermore, they were mostly missing entire small teams.

These small teams didn’t even communicate at all.

The Evileye Tyrant Soul Engineer Legion’s commander was called Xia Xuanchen, and he was replacing the Manic Bull Douluo, Wang Yiheng. He was initially vice-commander before the Tang Sect dealt with Wang Yiheng, and was then promoted to head commander. His strength was still comparatively lower than the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion’s commander.

“Old Xu, something doesn’t seem right! We might be in trouble. Why are we missing so many people?”

The person he referred to as “Old Xu” was the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion’s head commander, Xu Tianyuan. He belonged to the royal family, and the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion was under many of the royal family members’ control. They weren’t entirely obedient to the Emperor’s authority, and this legion could be considered one of the strongest forces that the royal family controlled.

Xu Tianyuan was also part of the royal family, and he should be considered Xu Tianran’s older cousin in terms of seniority. But the truth was, he was much older than Xu Tianran was, and his status was one of the highest among the Sun Moon Empire’s royal family. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to command the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.

The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion’s strength was second only to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Legion. Their names were very similar, but they represented very different strengths.

The royal family was especially formidable when they came together for certain designations, such as when the many princes were vying for the throne.

However, the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion had always been rather neutral. They didn’t lean toward any prince, and their neutrality was the reason for their continued existence. They only served the royal family, and furthered their needs.

“Yes, something’s wrong. Why are we missing so many people? Can it be because those little bastards are pillaging until they’ve forgotten about discipline?” Xu Tianyuan himself found that a little hard to believe when he spoke of that possibility.

Xia Xuanchen forced a laugh and said, “That’s not quite possible, is it? Even if they’re off pillaging, it’s not possible that we can’t communicate with them. The small team leaders can’t be so shortsighted.”

Xu Tianyuan nodded as he lowered his voice and said, “If nobody else assembles, we will activate our linked defensive barrier and retreat. We’ve achieved our goal, anyway.”

Xia Xuanchen hesitated, then said, “But we’re missing so many brothers.”