In Sunset Forest, Wang Nan and the others had just left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when, in the afterglow of the setting sun, they saw an abnormal thin mist rising behind them. Golden Body Douluo suddenly stopped.
"Elder, do we still need to send people to monitor this place?"
"Forget it." Jin Peng paused, then let out a long sigh.
"Dean Xian, since that's the case, then we—" Just as he was speaking, Jin Peng's expression suddenly changed.
Wang Nan's gaze sharply turned towards the depths of the thicket, the golden light in his eyes instantly surpassing the fading sunlight, as if it wanted to pierce through the entire forest.
"Hold your hand." Jin Peng quickly said. He had already suspected Wang Nan's strength was extraordinary at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and seeing his reaction now, he understood that Wang Nan had also sensed something.
"Still not coming out!" After stopping Wang Nan, Jin Peng shouted in a low voice towards the distance.
Soon, a man with a head much larger than an ordinary person's walked out of the forest. He glanced at Wang Nan, a hint of lingering fear on his face.
Body Sect's Lang Ya, his Spirit was his own head, possessing the Spirit Ability of mental force detection. Just now, he had felt a mental force fluctuation from Wang Nan that even surpassed his own Sect Master's. If Jin Peng hadn't spoken, he would have likely suffered a backlash.
"My Sect's Disciple is not up to par, making you all laugh." Saying this, Jin Peng looked at Lang Ya. "Speak, why are you here?"
"Elder, the Sun Moon Empire has already invaded the Tianhun Empire, and the Sect is currently gathering people."
With Wang Nan and the others present, Lang Ya didn't go into too much detail, but just the phrase "invaded the Tianhun Empire" already explained many problems.
Jin Peng's expression changed upon hearing this, and he no longer bothered with pleasantries with Wang Nan and the others. "Dean Xian, there are urgent matters within the Sect, so I won't stay any longer. If there's an opportunity in the future, you can visit the Sect for a talk."
"Elder Jin, please do so."
Jin Peng nodded, then led the Body Sect members into the sky and headed north.
"I didn't expect the war to be so tense." Immortal Lin'er had already heard about the Elite Competition from Zhang Lexuan, but she hadn't expected the Tianhun Empire's front line to have fallen in just a few days.
Wang Nan glanced at where Jin Peng and the others had left. When he returned from the Sun Moon Empire, he had seen the battlefield from afar. Even multiple Titled Douluo would find it difficult to hold on under the relentless attack of spirit tools, and it was even more so for low-level Spirit Masters.
Furthermore, the Tianhun Empire was the Empire with the least widespread spirit tools among the Three Great Empires. Although Lang Ya only briefly mentioned the invasion of the Tianhun Empire, the true front line was likely much more tragic.
"Let's go back too. I wonder if the various Elders of Shrek Academy have returned. If the Three Great Empires cannot hold on, I'm afraid our Shrek Academy will not be able to avoid it either." Immortal Lin'er said, her figure already ascending into the sky.
Only a few days had passed since the Sun Moon Empire ignited the continental war, but the Star Luo Empire's front line was already in a bitter struggle.
Relying on spirit tool technology, the Sun Moon Empire had deployed many ultra-high-altitude detection spirit tools in the Mingdou Mountain Range area. Not only did they have a clear view of the Star Luo Empire's movements, but they also used this to cut off the Star Luo Empire's means of gathering intelligence, concealing their true actions.
In the Sun Moon Empire's military camp, a dark red large tent stood out prominently. The area around the tent was brightly lit, and soldiers constantly moved in and out, appearing very busy.
Inside the commander's tent, a slender figure in red armor stood before a giant map.
"Marshal."
"What is it?" The red figure looked up at the messenger who had just entered the commander's tent. This person was the Sun Moon Empire's Crown Princess, Ju Zi.
Xu Tianran had overridden all objections to appoint Ju Zi as Marshal. Although many were initially unconvinced due to her age, after breaking through the Tianhun Empire's defenses in just a few days, the voices of doubt diminished significantly.
"News from Risheng City says that the Sect and Academy personnel imprisoned by the Holy Spirit Cult have been rescued. Mingdu wants us to keep an eye out."
"Who did it?"
"It was someone from Shrek Academy."
The messenger verbally reported while handing a paper full of text to her. Soon, another soldier took it, checked it, and handed it to Ju Zi.
Her gaze fell on the paper, quickly scanning the information. Ju Zi frowned slightly, then quickly walked to the map and pointed at a specific spot.
"They shouldn't be passing through here."
From the beginning of the war, she had been thinking about how to deal with Shrek Academy, but she hadn't expected them to be the ones to cause trouble for the Sun Moon Empire first.
She subconsciously looked up at the Mingdou Mountain Range.
The news that just arrived clearly stated that those from Shrek Academy all had cultivation levels above nine rings. There weren't many people who could handle multiple Titled Douluo from Shrek.
Although there were indeed people here with the strength to stop the Shrek group, this was a critical moment. Once they acted and exposed their location, the front line would not be able to advance.
"The war is urgent. Let those people go. Issue an order to the border guards to heighten their vigilance and strengthen the reconnaissance blockade of the Star Luo Empire. Don't worry about anything else."
"Yes, Marshal."
"Also, have the commanders of the spirit tool legions come to me."
"Yes!"
The messenger responded and left, leaving Ju Zi to look down at the map again.
Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the Mingdou Mountain Range, also within a military camp, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao was organizing his army to prepare for a counterattack on the Mingdou Mountain Range.
Large numbers of troops composed of ordinary soldiers had already left the camp and were advancing towards the Mingdou Mountain Range, while the Spirit Master regiments, under the command of Princess Xu Jiujiu, went to the very front. Under the attack of spirit tools, ordinary soldiers were defenseless and could only rely on the Spirit Master legions to hold the front line.
Before long, thousands of Spirit Masters and Soul Masters began to clash, countless spirit tool rays and spirit tool cannon lights crisscrossed and raged, stirring up storms in the sky.
As time passed, just as the light from the spirit tool rays and spirit tool cannons gradually weakened, a white light shot out from a peak in the Mingdou Mountain Range. The pale white light, carrying the power to destroy the world, swept across.
Under the light, a large portion of the Star Luo Empire's Spirit Master legion instantly vanished. Hundreds of Spirit Masters turned into nothingness, leaving no trace behind.
"Bang—"
Marshal Dai Hao slammed the battle report in his hand onto the table. Beside him was Princess Xu Jiujiu, who had just retreated from the front line.
"Marshal, this time it was my misjudgment on the battlefield, allowing the Spirit Master legion to be too concentrated, which caused such heavy casualties."
"No, I didn't expect a Rank 9 Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire to make a move. Your Highness Jiujiu, please return to Star Luo City quickly and inform His Majesty that the war, I'm afraid, is about to escalate."