As Xie Huanyue's violent and domineering aura swept across the field, over fifty thousand soldiers on the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family's side lost their ability to fight in a single instant.
Even Zhang Lexuan, with her higher soul power level, could never fell fifty thousand soldiers in an instant. This was the difference in talent and potential between individuals.
"This kid, truly a companion of the Demon King Huo Yuhao, is terrifying indeed!" Zhang Lexuan, who had been following, couldn't help but sigh in her heart upon seeing this scene. However, in a battle between two armies, it was generally general against general, and soldier against soldier. With Xie Huanyue making such a show, he was bound to attract the attention of the experts from the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family.
At the same time, the Straw Hat Brigade that Xie Huanyue had formed over the past two years made their appearance—
Swordsman Ji Juechen, a pure soul master genius from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. His martial soul was a sword, but it was just an ordinary sword without any powerful abilities. His innate soul power was only level three, barely enough to cultivate. But ever since his martial soul awakened at the age of six, Ji Juechen had fallen in love with his sword. In his eyes, there was nothing but the sword. He cultivated bitterly every day by releasing his martial soul, and no one even knew how he increased his soul power. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he was an absolute anomaly. It was Jing Hongchen who gave special approval for him to enter the Illustrious Virtue Hall, and he was also the chief disciple of the Actual Control Soul Tool Department.
Jing Ziyan, a level six soul engineer, a heroine from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy who got to know Xie Huanyue through fighting. She and Ji Juechen were birds of a feather, both belonging to the belligerent type. Her martial soul was Smoke, and her nickname in the Straw Hat Brigade was Smoker.
Zimu, a level six soul engineer, one of Xuan Ziwen's proud disciples at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. He had a slender figure, slightly taller than Xie Huanyue, with long golden hair draped over his shoulders, a high nose bridge, and deep, nimble blue eyes. His handsome appearance was quite a match for Ji Juechen who stood beside him. He had been capable of testing for the Illustrious Virtue Hall last year but had deliberately delayed it in pursuit of Ju Zi. He even spent time every day learning to cook. Unfortunately, Ju Zi's heart belonged to another, and he could only choose to leave dejectedly to find his true goddess. His nickname was Ero-cook.
Ye Wuqing, a former top student of the Heavenly Soul Empire's Upright Heaven Academy and captain of the Dueling Soul Contest participating team. His martial soul was Golden Leaf, a level sixty-five attack-type Soul Emperor. His strength was extremely formidable. In the last contest, he represented Upright Heaven Academy as a main team member and was narrowly defeated by the White Tiger Soul Emperor, Dai Yueheng. An elder in his family had old ties with Marshal Xie Long, so he had known Xie Huanyue since childhood. When Xie Huanyue traveled the continent, he naturally joined his team.
Ling Luochen, a level sixty-nine Soul Emperor and a former inner court student of Shrek Academy. With Huo Yuhao's help, her martial soul evolved into the world's rarest Ultimate Ice elemental control. After Shrek's destruction, she returned to her family, but with the exposure of her Ice Explosion soul skill, she was identified as an accomplice in Demon King Huo Yuhao's attack on Shrek Academy and subsequently joined Xie Huanyue's brigade.
The sisters Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu, both former outer court students of Shrek Academy. After Shrek Academy was destroyed, it forcibly conscripted its students to help rebuild the academy. The two sisters, unwilling to be tied to Shrek's warship, followed Xie Huanyue on his travels.
Adding Wu Feng with her Red Lotus Dragon King martial soul, the Straw Hat Brigade now had nearly ten members.
Following Xie Huanyue's breakthrough and emergence from seclusion, this group of people who had spent their days and nights together resolutely followed him onto the battlefield.
"I can't believe that guy managed to comprehend the Reign Under Heaven battle technique, created by the Dragon God Douluo, all by himself." Zimu looked at the swathes of fallen enemy soldiers and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"If he couldn't even do this much, he wouldn't be worthy of being our captain." A fervent battle intent erupted from Ji Juechen's eyes. There was another sentence he didn't say: this Xie Huanyue was the only brother that the Demon King Huo Yuhao recognized in the world today.
"The soul tools these grunts are equipped with are so weak. Heavens, are they really still fighting us with the Zhuge Godly Crossbow from ten thousand years ago?" Jing Ziyan suddenly cried out as if she had discovered a new continent, pointing to the iron boxes equipped in the hands of some enemy soldiers.
"The Heavenly Soul Empire's soul tool research is too far behind, especially after the Body Sect became the guardian sect of the nation. Their rejection of soul tools has become even stronger." Ye Wuqing shook his head. As a former captain of the Upright Heaven Academy team representing the Heavenly Soul Empire, he was well aware of the power of the soul engineers from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
"In terms of soul tool research, the academy is also far, far behind." The sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo deeply agreed.
Several of them were more or less equipped with the latest research results brought by Zimu and Jing Ziyan from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, so they naturally had a say when it came to soul tools.
"Comrades, follow me and let's beat this army of a hundred thousand men to a pulp!" Xie Huanyue shouted with a heart full of heroic passion, being the first to charge into the enemy ranks. Before the enemy's attack could even arrive, he leaped into the air, his arms rapidly inflating like a ball.
"Third Soul Skill—Bone Balloon, Chain Cannon!"
Fists the size of meteorites rained down. The Heavenly Soul Imperial Family's army had just formed a defensive formation when they were thrown into chaos by Xie Huanyue's ferocious assault.
"Defense-type soul masters, in position! Stop that kid!"
Seeing the situation, a Soul Sage commander with a Diamond Mammoth martial soul among the enemy troops quickly ordered the defense units to advance and engage.
"Captain, leave them to me!" Ji Juechen, upon seeing this, wielded his two swords and swiftly charged towards the defensive unit.
Xie Huanyue knew his partners' abilities like the back of his hand. Having just come out of seclusion, he was brimming with confidence and was determined to fight his way to the enemy's main camp in one go.
Back at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Ji Juechen had often competed with Xie Huanyue. With a single sword, he felt powerless against the ever-changing attacks of Xie Huanyue. On Xie Huanyue's advice, he had specially forged two other swords, becoming a powerful Three-Sword Style swordsman.
"Move out, armored troops!"
Seeing only a single traditional tool soul master charging at them, the enemy troops quickly turned and began to surround him.
In response, Ji Juechen simply bit down on one sword, held one in each hand, and began to spin on the spot.
"Three-Sword Style—Sword Qi Tornado!"
During his travels with Xie Huanyue, Ji Juechen's swordsmanship and sword intent had taken a great leap forward. The moment he struck, the sharp sword wind lifted the armored troops before him high into the air, carrying them into the sky and shredding them to pieces.
The other members of the Straw Hat Brigade were not idle either. They each used their special skills, moving freely among the enemy ranks as if they were in an uninhabited land.
The high-ranking officers on the Heavenly Soul Imperial Army's side would naturally not sit back and watch Xie Huanyue and his group act so arrogantly. Soon, Zhang Lexuan saw several small black dots flying towards them from the horizon.
Are the Titled Douluo that the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family reveres finally going to make a move?
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Lexuan's mouth. Her delicate body then soared into the air, and a silver moon quietly blossomed behind her.
Looking at the recent sharp reviews, most are aimed at the earlier plot. Many things have already been written, and the plot direction is set. Perhaps some arrangements are not as satisfactory as one would hope, but it's not very convenient to make changes now. I can only apologize to the readers who like this book.