"General! The Sun Moon Empire's navy has appeared!"
"They're coming for our Haibo City!"
Inside Haibo City, the war alarm sounded instantly!
At this moment, every soldier was at full alert. They had clearly anticipated that after the beast tide erupted in the Extreme North, leaving the Tianhun Empire unable to tend to both its head and tail, the Sun Moon Empire would take advantage of the situation. Therefore, they had all pulled back their defenses to guard against just this.
"Your Majesty Golden Body, I must trouble you with Haibo City's safety."
The general stationed in Haibo City cupped his fists, his tone respectful. Since this was a naval battle, the defensive line had to be constructed on the open sea. This coastal city was merely the last line of defense for the sea battle.
"Go. Leave Haibo City to this old man."
Jin Peng stepped onto the city gate.
His aura surged, like a mountain standing tall.
Haibo City was one of the Tianhun Empire's western gateways. Once it was breached, the Sun Moon army would have a foothold. It could not be allowed to fall!
Of course, the Tianhun Empire had many such gateways.
This resulted in the Tianhun Empire's defenders being in the open, while the Sun Moon Empire's navy was hidden in the dark. It was difficult to defend against, but they had no choice but to be on guard.
For this reason, even with the beast tide erupting in the Extreme North, the Body Sect's full-scale mobilization to reinforce the northern part of the Tianhun Empire only saw Du Busi go. As for the other elders of the Body Sect, they were dispersed, each stationed in a different coastal city.
The goal was to ensure every gateway in western Tianhun had a high-level combatant to prevent them from being captured by the Sun Moon navy.
For a moment, the Tianhun Empire's navy stationed here was mobilized one after another. The news that the Sun Moon navy was attacking Haibo City was also relayed to the other coastal cities.
In an instant, all of the Tianhun Empire's navy moved.
Based on the message from Haibo City, all naval forces converged towards the Sun Moon navy's location, faintly forming into a giant net. If the Sun Moon navy didn't retreat quickly or chose to break through one of the naval forces, they would inevitably become turtles in a jar.
But no one knew that the Silver Moon Douluo, Kong Deming, was personally in command of this Sun Moon Empire expeditionary fleet.
And the destructive power and tactical role Kong Deming played on the battlefield were far stronger than that of other Limit Douluos.
This encirclement was in jeopardy!
One could only wonder: would the fish die first, or would the net break?
But at the same time, not long after the Tianhun navy set out.
On the walls of Haibo City, the Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng's brows suddenly furrowed. He faintly sensed that something was amiss. The next second...
"Who is it!?"
A cold glint suddenly burst from Jin Peng's eyes!
His spiritual power, having broken through to Level 97, instantly erupted, locking onto the faint, almost imperceptible aura he had sensed.
Without hesitation, he shot into the sky!
Leaving the Body Sect Soul Douluo guarding the city with him a single command, "Guard the gate well," he continued to pursue the malicious intruder.
In a short while, he vanished from everyone's sight.
"Villain! Where do you think you're going!"
Watching the fleeing figure in the black robe, Jin Peng threw a palm strike!
At the same time, a golden light shone from his torso. Nine soul rings rhythmically circled his body, flashing with brilliant light. The last three, blood-red soul rings, were especially heart-stopping.
The resulting airwave directly blew off the figure's hood. To prevent the man from escaping, Jin Peng sealed the entire area with his aura, because he had a pretty good guess where this fellow was from.
"You stinking bug of the Holy Spirit Cult, you..."
But just as Jin Peng was about to curse aloud, the figure suddenly turned. And his face made Jin Peng involuntarily swallow the rest of his words, replacing them with...
"Zhongli Wu!?"
...
Yu Bei City, the city behind Ji Bei City.
This city had also been breached and ravaged by the Evil Soul Master Corps. One could say its current defenses were barely a tenth of what they were.
(Granted, that was out of a hundred.)
But facing the incoming beast tide, the two Tianhun Worships did not retreat further. Instead, they ordered the army to station itself here.
For no other reason than the reinforcements had arrived.
Inside a tent in Yu Bei City, Ye Xuanji, Chen Junting, Huo Yuhao, and Gu Tianchen were gathered.
It was precisely because of the arrival of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's reinforcements that the two Tianhun Worships no longer chose to retreat. After all, with the presence of a Limit Douluo, their hearts were now completely at ease.
"Who launched the beast tide?"
The first thing they did upon arriving was for Chen Junting and the others to determine which Beast King had launched the beast tide in the Extreme North.
Soon, they learned from the two Tianhun Worships that this beast tide involved more than five hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. In addition, there were two soul beasts at the Ferocious Beast level.
One was the Titan Snow Devil King. The second was…
"It's a large white bear."
As Chen Junting stated this piece of intelligence, his gaze fell upon the revealed Snow Empress and Ice Empress. Seeing the complex look on the Snow Empress's face and the way the Ice Empress occasionally glanced at her, Chen Junting feigned ignorance and asked, "Snow Empress, you know it?"
"I do."
The Snow Empress gave a slight nod and did not hide it.
Soon, everyone learned from the Snow Empress that Xiao Bai, that is, the Ice Bear King who stood alongside the Titan Snow Devil King, was a small ice bear she had picked up when she had first become empress.
He used to live with the Snow Empress all the time.
And for over two hundred thousand years at that.
Now, the Xiao Bai from the Snow Empress's story had become a hegemon of his own domain, but he had always looked upon the Snow Empress as his mother.
And these two hundred thousand years undoubtedly proved that this Ice Bear King had become a Beast King in his own right.
Even the reason for his lack of fame was explained by the Ice Empress, "In truth, Xiao Bai's strength is on par with the Titan Snow Devil King's. It's just that the Snow Empress required him not to fight, and he was unwilling to share her fame. That's why you humans only know of the three great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North as the three of us."
Hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.
But at that moment, Huo Yuhao said, "Then since the Ice Bear King sees the Snow Empress as his mother, and combined with the prestige you and the Snow Empress hold in the Extreme North, can't we stop the beast tide from continuing?"
With a "mother-son" relationship, things could be said much more easily.
"..."
The Snow Empress fell silent. Even the Ice Empress did the same.
Only the Skydream Iceworm spoke for them during their silence, acting as their mouthpiece. "Yuhao, it's not that simple."
But as soon as he said this, someone else took over the conversation.
"The big bug is right."
Ye Xuanji gently stroked his beard, his eyes slightly narrowed.
"The appearance of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress can, at most, give us a chance to talk with the Extreme North. And that's all."
The words "the Extreme North" were stressed by Ye Xuanji.
In a sense, this also meant the matter had escalated to the level of "nation versus nation," something that could not be derailed by one or two individuals.
"Then let's make a trip."
Chen Junting slowly rose, his tone flat but leaving no room for refusal.
"Ever since the Spirit Soul incident, the various soul beast gathering places should have, on the whole, entered a period of peace with humanity. A beast tide shouldn't be happening. Unless there's been a major change."
And this change was definitely related to humans again.
Chen Junting did not speak this last sentence aloud.
But everyone knew it in their hearts.
At this moment, his gaze looked into the distance, seemingly towards the north.
This matter benefited the Sun Moon Empire. So...
That's right!
The "who benefits" theory again.
After all, in Chen Junting's view, this matter was inextricably linked to the Sun Moon Empire or those on their side.
"Fine, let your master go with you."
"No!"
Chen Junting shook his head, stopping Ye Xuanji.
"The three of us—me, Yuhao, and old Gu—will handle this. After all, the pressure from a Limit Douluo would be too great for them, making them react defensively. It might even be counterproductive."
"This..."
Hearing this, Ye Xuanji wanted to refuse. But the next second...
"Of course, the premise is that you, Master, must make a move first."
"Oh?"
Ye Xuanji raised an eyebrow, puzzled. He knew his disciple was very opinionated, and what he said was usually correct.
First, strike them, then talk…
"You want to flex our muscles and prove our strength."
"Correct."
After all, if you want to sit down and talk, you have to fight first!
This time, Ye Xuanji was satisfied.
With this condition, combined with the face of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and with Chen Junting's strength being comparable to a Super Douluo's and Gu Tianchen's method of traversing the void being top-notch, he directly agreed.
Since the decision was made, they naturally had to set off as soon as possible.
But just as they walked out of the tent...
Suddenly, a long roar sounded from behind.
The roar was distant and vigorous, its soul-stirring power like a rolling torrent. The moment it appeared, it actually suppressed everyone except Ye Xuanji. The rolling soundwaves were like continuous thunder, rumbling and echoing high in the sky.
Ye Xuanji snapped his head up. "It's Old Poison."
A streak of dark-green light shot across the sky but didn't pause in the slightest. Without looking back, it flew towards the far north.
This time, everyone understood Du Busi's intention.
"Senior Du Busi wants to punch through the beast tide."
"Punch through" was just a nicer way of putting it.
In reality, it should be a massacre!
But this also meant that Master wouldn't have to make a move.
"Junting! Stop him!"
"Yuhao! Stop him!"
But at that moment, two somewhat anxious voices sounded in the minds of Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao, respectively.
Chen Junting's expression didn't change. "Old Gu, Yuhao, let's go."
As soon as the words fell, spatial fluctuations instantly spread.
The next second, a black hole appeared before the three of them.
After the three stepped into it, the black hole vanished. Ye Xuanji then rode the wind and rose, rushing towards Du Busi's direction.
Meanwhile, at the location of the soul beasts in the Extreme North.
A long roar struck, and in an instant, the hearts of the beasts were filled with terror.
Before they could even react, Du Busi was already above the pack of soul beasts. After locking onto the locations of the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, the Titan Snow Devil King, and the Ice Bear King with his spiritual power, he threw a punch without a word, causing the void itself to collapse.
Facing this ferocious punch, the great hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, as well as the Titan Snow Devil King and Ice Bear King, felt immense pressure.
To take this punch head-on would mean death!!!
At this moment, they had no hesitation. They all made their moves, and terrifying soul power fluctuations instantly filled the land.
Boom—
When the two forces collided, a heaven-shocking airwave erupted.
When the aftermath dissipated, Du Busi, who looked like a small giant with his Martial Soul attached, was pinching the neck of a hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan with one hand, just like one would choke a chick, rendering it immobile. His tiger-like eyes gazed down, his aura utterly ferocious and monstrous.
But at that moment, his ears twitched slightly.
"Old Poison, show mercy."
Forcing his voice into a thread, transmitting it into the ear—it was none other than this.
"Hmph—"
A cold snort, like a bolt from the blue, exploded in the ears of all the soul beasts. Then they saw Du Busi grab the Ice Luan's neck with one hand and leap back in the direction he had come from.
As for whether to save the Ice Luan…
Save it?
With what?
Save it with their lives!
And so, they could only watch helplessly as Du Busi left.
At the same time, the Titan Snow Devil King and the others also ordered the beast tide to retreat for now to avoid his sharp edge. After all, with a Limit Douluo present, unless the Snow Empress still lived, there was no beast in the Extreme North who could match him.
But to retreat just like that…
They were unwilling!
Meanwhile, back at Yu Bei City.
Du Busi descended from the sky with the hundred-thousand-year Ice Luan in hand, his body crashing into the ground like a cannonball.
As for the Ice Luan... it had long since fainted!
He waved a large hand, brushing off the flattery of others, and walked straight towards the tent guided by that trace of soul power. As soon as he lifted the flap, he was not surprised to see Ye Xuanji sitting upright.
"Old Ye, why did you tell me to show mercy?"
Ye Xuanji didn't respond immediately. Instead, he glanced at the giant Ice Luan being dragged into the tent. "You dragged something this big in here. You're taking up most of the tent."
"Hehe."
Du Busi chuckled lightly and tugged on the Ice Luan's neck.
"Since I'm here, I naturally have to collect some interest from these fellows. If you hadn't spoken up, this old man would have captured that white bear and the Titan Snow Devil King too. I'd give them to Aotian later as his eighth and ninth soul rings, plus two more soul bones."
"Then it's a good thing you didn't continue to make a move."
Hearing this immediately piqued Du Busi's interest.
"What do you mean?"
"Junting and the others have gone to negotiate."
Du Busi was stunned upon hearing this. "You're not going with them?"
"He wouldn't let me."
Seeing Du Busi's expression, Ye Xuanji roughly guessed what he was thinking. So he said, "That white bear you speak of has an unusual relationship with the Snow Empress. She even sees him as her own son."
"No wonder!"
Du Busi suddenly understood.
Indeed! With a relationship like that, combined with the Snow Empress's prestige in the Extreme North, it was indeed better for Old Ye not to go, as long as his own life was not in danger.
"In that case, this old man will just wait here with you for the good news. If anything happens, it's no more than punching through the beast tide."
"Good."
...
Meanwhile, at the rear of the beast tide.
After being injured by Du Busi, all the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and the two great Beast Kings had shrunk back to the rear. They were either licking the wounds caused by Du Busi or recovering from their own exhaustion.
But the fear and dread in their eyes had yet to dissipate.
The combat power of a Limit Douluo was too overpowered. Only the combat power of a Level 98 Super Douluo could even hope to challenge it.
And even then, it was just a challenge.
With a powerhouse of such strength now stationed here by the humans, how were they supposed to continue this beast tide?
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