Chapter 407

About two hours later, the turmoil in Risheng City had gradually subsided.

The hostages had all withdrawn, the city's residents were calmed by the city garrison, and people began organizing personnel to repair the damaged wall in succession.

By now it was dusk, the sky had been dyed a pale yellow by the setting sun, a few tranquil clouds floated in the air, making it hard to imagine what had befallen this city not long ago.

Huo Yutong leaned against the city wall, her simulated soul skill fully activated, calmly gazing at the sky above.

Roughly calculating the time, they should be arriving soon.

The Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group is not like the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, which is specially for support; they are the trump card of the Ri Yue Di Guo, rarely deployed, and once deployed they must go through layers of reporting, so Huo Yutong estimates they will not arrive until about two hours after the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group is wiped out.

Of course, if the reinforcements were from other Beast King Soul Mentor Groups there would be no such issue, but since no reinforcements have appeared even after two hours, it must mostly be the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group coming.

Just thinking that the incoming force would be the Ri Yue Di Guo's top combat power made Huo Yutong's emotions surge.

As a soul engineer, she was also very interested in the pinnacle of current soul engineering technology.

And as the Ri Yue Di Guo's strongest combat force, the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group would certainly be equipped with the most advanced soul instruments.

To fool them, she had just spent a full ten minutes conducting a comprehensive simulation of temperature, soul power, light, vibration… She now felt confident that no detection-type soul instrument could detect her presence.

Linked Soul Conductor

Finally, as the Eye of Fate suddenly twitched, Huo Yutong saw a Soul Mentor Group flying in from the distant sky.

They numbered about three hundred, all clad in dark-gold armor, rushing here at an astonishing speed.

Their speed even far surpassed that of the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, which specialized in speed; they seemed to cover the distance from the horizon to above Risheng City in an instant.

After reaching their destination, an elder stepped out from the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group; without using an Amplified Soul Conductor, his voice carried far away.

"Is the lord of Risheng City still here? Come out and see me."

Soon, a middle-aged man wearing a flying soul instrument took off from the city, flusteredly explaining the situation.

Ri Yue Royal Soul Mentor Group

Beast King Soul Mentor Group

According to Shilake Academy's investigation and the information provided by Xuanziwen, members of the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group should be at least five-ringed; anyone with Soul King cultivation is eligible to join.

But now, the aura emanating from them is hardly what a Soul King–level existence should have.

Not to mention Soul King, even a Soul Saint falls far short of their external soul power fluctuations; the aura they emit is clearly that of a Soul Douluo.

Moreover, the aura exuded by the several dozen at the front is vast as an abyss, clearly having reached the level of Honored Douluo.

Although it is unclear how they achieved this, it is obvious that the Ri Yue Di Guo, relying on overpowering soul instruments, has forcibly elevated the combat power of every member of the Ri Yue Di Guo Royal Soul Mentor Group to at least Soul Douluo level.

What does it mean—three hundred experts at or above Soul Douluo level? Even without Linked Soul Conductors, just relying on a volley of eighth‑level soul instruments could make an ordinary Super Douluo drink a pot of tea? Moreover, Soul Douluo level is merely the baseline of this unit; once they reach Soul Saint cultivation, their aura already approaches that of an Honored Douluo.

Huo Yutong could not even imagine how to defeat this invincible unit.

Even an Ultimate Douluo would likely only be able to tuck its tail and flee obediently before this legion.

No wonder the Ri Yue Di Guo has the confidence to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Sect; with the Ri Yue Royal Soul Engineer Legion as a backup, even the Holy Spirit Sect, which possesses two Ultimate Douluo-level powerhouses, absolutely dare not act rashly.

Soon, the conversation in the sky ended, and the Ri Yue Royal Soul Engineer Legion quickly flew in the direction roughly indicated by the city lord.

They probably wanted to intercept those fleeing hostages, but that's impossible; after the hostages have escaped a certain distance, He Caitou and the others will make them scatter and flee, so even the Ri Yue Di Guo's ace forces cannot recapture all the hostages in this situation—at most they could retrieve about ten percent, which is enough.

After the Ri Yue Royal Soul Engineer Legion completely vanished from sight, Huo Yutong dared to resume action; she rose and left Rising Sun City, and after reaching a safe place, she opened the gate to the demiplane of the undead.

Tang Wulin and the others walked out from within, and their complexions were visibly poor.

Especially Jin Peng and Jing Feng, the two Super Douluo of the Body Sect, it can be said that everything they just saw through undead magic completely shattered their worldview.

Just one Ri Yue Royal Soul Engineer Legion possesses dozens of Honored Douluo and over two hundred Soul Douluo, and they can also perform soul tool linkage; such combat power is already enough to wipe out the Body Sect back and forth dozens of times.

Those who possess a body martial soul used to believe that only their own bodies were truly trustworthy; soul tools, as external objects, were merely heretical side paths—perhaps they could temporarily boost one's strength, but ultimately they were just petty tricks.

But now they can no longer maintain such a view.

If the Ri Yue Royal Soul Engineer Legion were to personally launch an invasion of the Tian Hun Empire and clash with the Body Sect, what would the outcome be?

Merely imagining this problem slightly caused the two from the Body Sect to shiver involuntarily, because the answer could be obtained without any thought.

Seeing their expression, Tang Wulin did not add insult to injury, because frankly speaking, he too was shocked.

He patted Jin Peng's shoulder.

"Lord Golden Body, after we return, our two sides must strengthen cooperation; we cannot remain stuck in the past, bound by past prejudices."

"Hmm."

Jin Peng nodded heavily.

"When we return to the Body Sect, I will report everything I saw today exactly as it is to the sect master; you're right, it's time for us to let go of past grievances."

If it's said that Jin Peng originally had some resentment toward cooperating with Shrek, now that resentment has completely dissipated.

Humans often fight among themselves because there is no threat that can menace them; conversely, when facing an irresistible strong enemy, they will also unite unprecedentedly.

As an aside, humorously, the fifth ring mentioning the eighth ring—this is our advanced humanoid soul tool from ten thousand years ago; does your backward battle armor from ten thousand years later have such an enhancement? (laugh) (End of chapter)