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Chapter 254 Surprise Attack on Flying Eagle Pass
Chapter 254 Surprise Attack on Flying Eagle Pass
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
At the confluence of the three great rivers, the fog created by the Ice Emperor and his soul beasts had become so thick that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
The searchlight beams of the Douling army pierced through, but were like mud oxen sinking into the sea, barely illuminating a small, blurry, and distorted area ahead.
The dense fog provided excellent cover for the surprise attack, but it also posed a significant obstacle to the army's advance.
Therefore, Tianmeng's two bodies acted separately.
His main body followed Huo Yuhao to Flying Eagle Pass, while his secondary body remained in the Eastern Army, posing as Huo Yuhao, to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Soul Army.
"Spiritual exploration and shared understanding have been achieved."
Feeling the strange sensation rising in his heart, Li Kongming's calm voice resonated in the minds of the Eastern Army soldiers: "All units, proceed according to plan!"
boom-!
The first fierce roar rang out, but the sound did not come from Longshoutai; it came from Fenshuiguan!
The third and fourth Soul Master Regiments of the Eastern Army of Heavenly Soul had already advanced to their designated positions. The moment Li Kongming gave the order, the soul-guided heavy cannons in their hands roared deafeningly!
Dozens of thick soul-guided beams tore through the darkness before dawn, striking the heavy city gates and key defensive nodes of Fenshuiguan!
The massive explosion turned the sky a fiery red, and thick smoke billowed and rose into the air.
Fenshuiguan became the first focal point to be ignited on the eight vertical and horizontal defense lines!
"Enemy attack! Fenshui Pass! Tianhun main force!"
"Soul-guided cannons, counterattack! Reinforce the gate defenses!"
"Soul Master Corps, in position! Prevent enemy assault!"
This sudden and fierce artillery barrage, with its clear target and concentrated firepower, instantly drew the attention of the defenders at Fenshuiguan.
Having witnessed the Heavenly Soul Army's methods of flooding and causing landslides, the Douling Empire's attention has been focused on the Fenshui Pass.
Fenshuiguan is a sluice gate that controls the flow of three major rivers.
Once destroyed, the main channels of the three major rivers will be completely diverted.
Xue Rui knew that Tian Hun wanted to take complete control of the Western Region of Dou Ling, and the possibility of destroying the Dividing Water Gate was extremely slim.
However, he still made contingency plans in case the Heavenly Soul Empire really did something against the will of Heaven.
"They've come after all, their target is the Water Dividing Pass."
The commander guarding Fenshui Pass wore an expression of profound solemnity: "Tianhun truly intends to carry out an act of annihilation."
The Soul Guiding Cannon rose from inside the wall and unleashed a barrage of fire at the direction of the incoming artillery fire from the thick fog, attempting to suppress the Heavenly Soul's bombardment.
Behind the gate, the elite Soul Master Corps, which had been deployed in advance, and the defensive Soul Guidance Devices also entered a state of combat readiness.
The garrison troops at other passes were also on high alert, their eyes involuntarily drawn to the towering flames in the direction of Fenshui Pass.
However, just as Fenshuiguan was putting up its defenses, a series of shouts of battle suddenly came from the direction of Suolong Bridge.
The light of the soul skills flickered in the thick fog, and the roar of the soul-guided cannons rose and fell, creating the illusion that a large army was launching a strong attack, attempting to outflank and encircle the rear of the Dragon-Locking Bridge.
The Heavenly Soul Eastern Army and the Heavenly River Dust were not in a hurry to launch a strong attack on the bridgehead.
They kept circling and probing along the sides of the Suolong Bridge, as if searching for a weak point.
This forced Suolongqiao to devote a large number of reserves and attention to the long flank defense line, for fear that the Tianhun Empire would find a breakthrough and cut off the connection between Suolongqiao and the rear auxiliary city.
Boom boom boom—!
Just as the Douling Guards were shocked that Tianhun had actually launched a strong attack on the two passes, a roar of cannon fire, far more intense than that of Bishui Pass, suddenly came from the direction of Longshoutai!
The artillery fire, like a bursting dam, relentlessly pressed down on the fortified city of Longshoutai!
This is no longer harassment, but a naked, saturation attack intended to destroy everything!
The alarm had escalated into the highest level of piercing wail, causing the stationed Douling garrison to turn pale with fear.
"When did Tianhun's soul tool become so powerful?!"
"Damn it! They claim they don't care about soul tools, but they actually care even more than Xingluo!"
At the Iron Triangle Fortress, all the fighters were refined by the Qiankun Ancient Array.
In the battle for the ten perilous passes, only the first three passes allowed the Douling Empire to experience the firepower of the Heavenly Soul Empire's Soul Master Corps.
However, after experiencing the floods that submerged two passes and the collapse of three cities, they subconsciously overlooked the level of the Heavenly Soul Empire's soul tools.
"They've been hiding their true strength! Tianhun's development of soul tools is in no way inferior to Xingluo's!"
The feint attack by the Heavenly Soul Eastern Army has already made the Douling Empire sense the approaching final battle.
Otherwise, how could they have dared to seize three core passes at once?
A large number of reserve forces from Longshoutai were urgently transferred to the front wall of the city. Even the aerial patrol squadron of flying soul masters lowered their altitude and nervously stared at the area of thick fog that was illuminated by the cannon fire as if it were daytime, fearing that the elite of the Heavenly Souls would break out from it at any moment.
At this moment, with Xue Rui personally overseeing the Dragon Head Platform, which is regarded as the command center of the Eight Horizontal and Vertical Armaments of the Douling Empire, the pressure increased sharply.
At this moment, the nerves of the eight-dimensional defense system were stretched to their limit.
The attention of the Douling garrison and the conscripted militia, as well as the reconnaissance forces, were firmly pinned on these three defensive lines that were under heavy artillery fire.
"Send the order to all checkpoints."
Xue Rui decisively ordered: "The Water Dividing Pass and the Dragon Locking Bridge must be held at all costs!"
"Raise the alert level for the four auxiliary cities: Flying Eagle Pass, Fire Cloud Pass, Hundred Herbs City, and Yangguan Road. Pay close attention to your flanks and rear!"
"Especially Flying Eagle Pass! Air power is ready to support Dragon Head Platform at any time!"
He instinctively felt that Longshoutai was under the most pressure and was most likely to be the main target of the opponent's attack.
As the wing of Longshoutai, Feiying Pass naturally needs to be strengthened to prevent unforeseen events.
However, under immense pressure from the critical situation at the Fenshuiguan sluice gate, the attack on the flank of Suolongqiao, and the fierce frontal assault on Longshoutai, the order to raise the alert level at Feiyingguan could not be as well-received in terms of resources and attention as it was at the three passes that were directly under heavy fire.
Amidst the chaos and clamor, deep within the misty riverbank, at the exit of that forgotten ancient river channel, the covering vines and rocks were silently moved aside by a gentle yet powerful current of water.
Huo Yuhao was the first to emerge from the passage.
The outlet of the ancient river channel is located below a steep riverbank cliff behind Flying Eagle Pass, in an extremely secluded location.
This place is still several hundred meters away from the warning line of Feiying Pass, separated by a large area of rocky beach and sparse shrubs.
Thanks to the dense fog created by the soul beasts and the earth-shattering roar of artillery fire on the front lines, this area was unusually quiet at the moment, with only the dull sound of the river lapping against the bank.
Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng constantly shared their mental detection abilities, allowing everything to be clearly perceived by everyone.
"Stay hidden, clear obstacles, and resolve issues silently; exposure means failure."
"action!"
In an instant, these people, like ghosts disappearing into the thick fog, moved silently across the rocky beach.
The shared mental detection capabilities, enhanced by both Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng, were sufficient for them to observe everything.
Fifty meters ahead, a seven-person patrol team is walking along a fixed route on the riverbank.
They were dressed in the standard military uniforms of the Douling Empire, holding soul-guided ray guns, their eyes scanning the depths of the thick fog with tension, clearly disturbed by the huge commotion on the front lines.
These seven people were extremely familiar to Huo Yuhao and his companions; they were none other than the Douling Academy team they had encountered in the Soul Master Competition.
Huo Yuhao was deeply impressed by the Guzhu Sword.
When he confronted Dai Hao at the entrance of the Star Emperor Hotel, the captain of the Douling Team tried to stand up for Dai Hao, but was stopped by their team leader, the Title Douluo.
The youthful innocence on their faces has faded, replaced by the heaviness and vigilance brought on by war.
"Captain, this fog is so eerie, we can't see anything at all!"
Chi Hengyu's voice was filled with unease, and his soul power subconsciously circulated around his body: "The commotion at the Three Passes is too great, it's like the sky has collapsed."
"Cheer up, everyone!"
Gu Zhujian's voice was steady, yet unmistakably hoarse: "Flying Eagle Pass is of paramount importance; we absolutely cannot afford any slip-ups in our patrol area!"
Upon seeing the seven people walking towards him, Huo Yuhao raised his hand, signaling the people behind him to remain quiet.
"Transformation Needle"
There was no fluctuation of soul power, nor any flickering of light or shadow.
However, from the perspective of the shared mental detection, everyone saw seven fine, yet extremely condensed, mental needles that, like the most precise soul-guided ray guns, instantly traversed a distance of tens of meters.
Immediately following this were seven extremely faint muffled sounds, completely masked by the sound of the river water lapping against the bank.
The seven men on patrol, who were on high alert, froze simultaneously.
All their movements, thoughts, and even the breath of life were forcibly cut off in the same instant.
The Divine Needle is the first mental power manual that the Martial Ancestor obtained after killing the Ancient Shadow Queen. When the caster's mental power is higher than the target's, it can cause mental trauma that directly penetrates the defense.
This secret technique has limited power.
But at this moment, under the influence of the quality and quantity of Huo Yuhao's mental power, it was enough to target and kill these seven people.
The seven bodies, like puppets stripped of all their support, slumped softly to the ground.
As their bodies collapsed, the person behind Huo Yuhao moved and steadily supported their corpses.
This was just a minor incident; soon, the outline of Flying Eagle Pass gradually became clear in the thick fog.
At the base of the wall near the riverbank, an inconspicuous square entrance covered by a thick rust-proof metal plate appeared in Huo Yuhao's field of vision.
This is the passageway for maintenance personnel.
"We don't have much time left."
Huo Yuhao used necromancy to manipulate a repairman's senses: "Ten minutes later, we must carry out targeted destruction."
"There will definitely be Title Douluos stationed inside Flying Eagle Pass; I'll take care of that."
"I'll now open the maintenance passage and use simulated soul skills to cover our entry."
As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao was the first to slide in sideways, followed closely by the others.
The team stealthily navigated through the steel maze-like passageways.
The maintenance access route is not a straight line, but rather a series of nodes connecting various pipes and valves.
Huo Yuhao's route selection was extremely cunning, perfectly avoiding the main patrol routes and soul power detection nodes.
The Douling Empire had considered the possibility that Tianhun would launch a surprise attack on Feiying Pass.
Therefore, Feiying Pass can be described as having a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps.
But at this moment, the entire pass's attention was firmly drawn to the artillery fire from the three front gates.
The piercing alarms, the officers' roars, the buzzing of the soul-guided cannons charging, and even the footsteps of the soldiers running—all these combined to create a huge background noise that perfectly masked the squad's movements in the maintenance tunnel.
Seven minutes later, Huo Yuhao and his group finally arrived at their target area—the core warehouse for the storage and maintenance of flying soul tools.
The space before them suddenly opened up, and around the huge platform, the low hum of various flying soul tools could be heard.
Even though the quantity and quality of flying soul tools in the Douluo Three Kingdoms are far inferior to those of the Sun Moon Empire.
However, facing a flight platform and storage depot built by a country with all its national strength, the pressure of destroying it in a short time and turning the feint attack on the front line into a real battle to capture the city was still immense.
Although most of the guards' attention was drawn to the deafening artillery fire outside, several elite patrols still patrolled along fixed routes.
The warehouse's higher levels and key locations were illuminated by the eerie glow of soul-guided searchlights and energy detectors.
The level of security around the platform far exceeded that on the streets.
Four powerful individuals, each possessing a deep and imposing aura and cultivation at least at the Soul Douluo level, sat cross-legged at the edge of the platform, positioned at the four corners.
They closed their eyes and regulated their breathing, their soul power contained, completely undisturbed by the sounds of gunfire outside.
As for the core storage, two titled Douluo from the Hall of Worship are stationed there.
Dozens of fully armed elite soldiers, wielding soul-guided weapons, patrolled back and forth around the platform.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, realizing that from this day forward, his combat strength would no longer be able to be concealed.
"The Wrath of the Heavens is in place."
Huo Yuhao's thoughts instantly traveled to everyone's minds: "Take off and bomb!"
Yun Ting, Long Aotian, Yu Tianlong, Gu Mingxi, Xingyan, and Long Teng, the six members with the most astonishing attack power, took the lead in attacking the patrolling soldiers!
Meanwhile, the Heavenly Fury, which had been improved by Xuan Ziwen and was now as powerful as a level nine soul tool, rose into the sky in the hands of Su Tong, Nan Qiuqiu, and Tian Meng!
This time, the Wrath of the Sky was not filled with fixed-position soul-guided shells, but with various incendiary shells.
The six-man attack team's sudden and swift attack was completely beyond the patrol team's reaction time!
puff!
Click!
The sounds of spears piercing flesh, bones shattering, and even the soul-guided cannons exploding rang out almost simultaneously!
The instant Yun Ting's spear pierced the patrol captain's heart, Long Aotian's heavy punch also blasted another person's head apart like a watermelon!
Screams and explosions instantly shattered the previous silence in the core warehouse!
A piercing alarm was sounded, and a sharp buzzing sound shattered eardrums!
"How dare you!"
The four Soul Douluos, who were sitting cross-legged, opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their eyes flashing with a terrifying light!
The two closest to the raiding squad reacted the fastest, their eighth spirit rings emitting a jet-black luster as they tried to kill the squad outright!
However, to their utter astonishment, the young face that had stirred up countless waves in the Soul Master Competition actually managed to withstand their attack with both palms!
Huo Yuhao's arms transformed into azure dragon claws, unleashing a violent, ancient, and supremely majestic dragon's might that forcefully dispersed the killing intent of the two Soul Douluos!
The pupils of the two Contra Masters shrank sharply, and alarm bells rang in their hearts!
However, Huo Yuhao's attention was not on them at all.
A dark golden claw tore through the space, followed by two muffled, drum-like sounds that rang out one after the other.
A strong stench of blood filled the air as Huo Yuhao activated the Azure Dragon Wings on his back, directly ramming into the two Title Douluos in front of him!
"Enemy attack! Highest level! Target: Core Vault! Title Douluo!"
The alarm sounded throughout the entire Flying Eagle Pass!
The two titled Douluo of the Hall of Offerings stood with their beards and hair bristling, their eyes bulging as if about to burst.
They never expected that in the heavily fortified and heavily guarded core area of Flying Eagle Pass, someone would so easily reach them and even kill two Soul Douluos right under their noses!
"How dare you, you brat!"
"There's nothing I wouldn't dare to do!"
Huo Yuhao raised his fist and unleashed a devastating attack, instantly unleashing all of his powerful amplification abilities!
The violent airflow whipped up the bloodstains and metal fragments on the ground, and a deafening explosion ripped directly into the warehouse!
The hard ground cracked inch by inch, and the metal walls twisted and deformed!
Faced with Huo Yuhao's furious attack, this level 91 Title Douluo was completely powerless to resist!
His head was pierced directly by Huo Yuhao, and the red and white parts were instantly evaporated by the blue-gold lightning!
Even with prior planning, the assault team still found it difficult to maintain their footing when facing the aftershocks of Huo Yuhao's battle.
"The wrath of the heavens, burn the sky!"
Large swathes of incendiary bombs, like a waterfall cascading down, covered the core warehouse!
The explosions were not isolated, but rather a continuous, deafening roar!
The intense heat instantly engulfed the entire space, distorting the air and causing the steel to groan!
Countless flying soul tools, whether they were under maintenance, on standby, or in reserve, were instantly ignited, melted, and exploded!
The fragile soul guide core exploded directly under the high temperature, triggering a chain reaction!
Orange-red flames, mixed with thick black smoke, shot into the sky!
"Didn't they even consider getting out alive?!"
Outside the warehouse, the arriving Douling soldiers stared in shock at the raging inferno before them.
"You wicked creature! Die!"
The remaining titled Soul Douluo, seeing that Huo Yuhao had actually killed a Title Douluo with a single punch, unleashed his violent soul power without reservation. However, to his surprise, after killing the Title Douluo with one punch, Huo Yuhao turned around and directly pounced on the other two Soul Douluos.
"Stop him!"
"Soul-guided cannon!"
However, Huo Yuhao's speed was simply too fast, so fast that the soul-guided cannon couldn't even aim in time.
He smashed through a vacuum in the burning curtain of fire, and the cyan-gold lightning on his dragon claws leaped, transforming into a beam of destruction condensed to the extreme, instantly piercing the foreheads of two Soul Douluos!
"set fire!"
After killing two Soul Douluos, Huo Yuhao's high-speed sprint left a sharp zigzag line!
He shouted to the squad members, who were now scattered in various locations, "Release as many as you can!"
Then, Huo Yuhao's Azure Dragon Wings suddenly trembled, and the raging sea of fire actually converged with his movement, transforming into a fierce fire dragon a hundred feet long, which crashed into the Venerable Douluo.
It was still a simple, unadorned punch.
But the power, speed, and pressure contained in this punch made the space in front of Huo Yuhao seem to be compressed and frozen!
Wherever the fist strikes, everything retreats!
The titled Douluo felt an overwhelming force that he could not resist strike his greatsword spirit!
clang-!
A terrifying explosion, far exceeding any that had occurred before, erupted!
The titled Douluo's arms trembled violently, his tiger's mouth split open, and blood gushed out!
He felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed moving mountain. He was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a burning metal wall and embedding himself deep inside before exploding into a shower of blood!
This scene chilled the hearts of all the fighting spirit soldiers and soul masters who were struggling in the sea of fire and trying to organize a counterattack!
This is not human!
It's a monster!
"Everyone, gather around me!"
"After unleashing their strongest attacks, let's unleash the Light of Judgment!"
"The Soul Guidance Cannons of the Douling Empire are about to bombard us. Prepare to evacuate!"
The Azure Dragon's wings flapped violently once more, stirring up a raging gust of air that forcefully pushed away the approaching flames and thick smoke.
Upon receiving the order, the team members immediately abandoned their immediate target and converged on Huo Yuhao's direction like arrows.
Huo Yuhao reached out and grasped Su Tong's hand: "Sister Su Tong, Long Xiaoxuewu."
Without words or guidance, the majesty of the Azure Dragon Martial Soul and the purity of the Snow Maiden Martial Soul merged perfectly in an instant.
Even though his martial soul has evolved, Huo Yuhao's soul is still himself.
Therefore, he was able to use the Azure Dragon Martial Soul to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Technique with Su Tong.
Huo Yuhao's figure disappeared from the spot.
Instead, Su Tong, with her cyan-gold scales on her back, appeared as if the Azure Maiden, who wields extreme cold, had descended to earth.
Su Tong raised her finger, and suddenly, the fog-shrouded sky turned gloomy.
She didn't look down at the burning wreckage of the aircraft, nor did she pay attention to the horrified fighting spirit soldiers and soul masters.
But everyone's eyes were fixed on her actions.
First, a snowflake fell, then a blizzard rolled down like a mountain range.
Before everyone's eyes, a mountain range formed entirely of blizzard snow fell from the sky!
The thick fog over the entire Flying Eagle Pass transformed into a silent, beautiful, yet deadly, frozen dragon's lair!
If Su Tong's killing intent hadn't been concentrated in the area of the flying soul tool, this martial soul fusion technique would likely have caused unimaginable casualties.
In that instant, the Flying Eagle Pass's soul-guided cannons swept towards their location.
Lightning, divine power, chaos, explosion, sharpness, light and fire, mental storm.
At this moment, all members of the assault team unleashed their strongest attacks.
The next second, Su Tong immediately exited the state of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and placed her palm on Gu Mingxi's back.
The golden dragon spear struck the ground, and a majestic pillar of light shot into the sky, centered on Gu Mingxi!
The beam of light, as if a pillar supporting the sky had collapsed, swept across everything visible in front of it!
In the third second, Huo Yuhao transformed into a ten-zhang-long azure dragon, leaving a time imprint on the spot. He then grabbed all the members of the assault team and flew out of Flying Eagle Pass through the gap where Xue Ling was about to fall.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment, only to be violently torn apart by the force!
Just as Huo Yuhao, transformed into a ten-zhang-long azure dragon, gripped all the team members tightly with his giant claws, tearing through the burning air and soaring into the sky!
The fury of the soul-guided cannon cluster slammed into the area where they had originally stood!
After the initial chaos and shock, the garrison at Flying Eagle Pass finally organized its fiercest counterattack!
Within a minute of the assault team members appearing, countless blinding soul-guided beams and high-explosive shells trailing flames, like an enraged swarm of bees, precisely covered the massive pillar of fire that soared into the sky from the core warehouse, from all the defensive nodes of the wall and even the fire points supported from neighboring areas!
They have only one goal.
Wipe out the invaders who dared to destroy the heart of the Empire's skies, along with this shameful ruin!
Just as this devastating barrage was about to push everything to the brink of annihilation.
The time imprint left by Huo Yuhao in the original spot suddenly lit up!
Time, within this region, is forcibly anchored, and then rewinds!
Everything that happened here three seconds ago is being repeated again!
At this moment, two majestic snow-capped mountains collided with a thunderous roar!
Two mighty beams of judgment intertwined!
Like a video played in reverse, it was replayed without warning in the core area that had already been transformed into a purgatory!
Two destructive torrents collide in a frenzy at the same point in time and space!
At this moment, the entire Flying Eagle Pass was plunged into unprecedented chaos and despair.
Huo Yuhao hovered high in the sky, and a powerful dragon roar emanated from his throat.
Azure-gold lightning bolt tore through the thick fog, leaving a striking trail in the sky!
The instant the lightning flashed, Li Kongming, the commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Soul Army, roared, "Seize Eagle Wing Bay!"
"Completely surround Longshoutai and turn it into a dead end!"
"Begin the capture of the city from the directions of Fenshuiguan and Suolongqiao!"
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