Chapter 322: WAR

Regardless of which situation it is, this matter is worth paying attention to; if Tang San truly has mastered some means capable of causing people to fall into depravity, the harm brought to the entire continent would be enormous.

"I have researched some new Soul Guidance Devices here that are just right for war; you can arrange for people to produce some." As he spoke, Shi Quan took the Soul Gathering Pistol and other self-researched Soul Guidance Devices from his Hundred Treasure Bag, along with a large number of books, and placed them to his left and right.

"These are the production processes for these Soul Guidance Devices." Shi Quan pointed to the small stack of books on the right, then pointed to the other side and said: "These are theoretical studies on various aspects of Soul Guidance Devices, which can serve as the foundation for the Empire to develop them. However, researching Soul Guidance Devices can easily delay a Spirit Master's cultivation, so it would be best for the Empire to set up some sound management systems for this to avoid putting the cart before the horse."

"Did you research all of these yourself?" Qian Renxue casually picked up a book to flip through it, her expression one of surprise.

Shi Quan did not hide it and said directly: "That is not the case; I learned them from another continent."

"Another continent?"

"Yes, besides the Douluo Continent, there are other continents beyond the sea. I learned the theoretical knowledge of these Soul Guidance Devices from a continent named the Sun Moon Continent."

"Sun Moon Continent?" Qian Renxue's eyes were full of curiosity. "Can you tell me about this Sun Moon Continent? Besides the Sun Moon Continent, are there other continents?"

"Of course there are other continents." Shi Quan sat down opposite Qian Renxue, picked up a teacup to pour himself some water, and began to tell Qian Renxue about some of the things he had seen and heard on other continents.

Qian Renxue listened quietly as Shi Quan spoke of what he had seen and heard in the outside world, and a few ripples appeared in her calm eyes.

"After you unify the Douluo Continent, if you have the chance, go out and take a look; don't lock yourself in here."

"I will consider it." Qian Renxue replied with a faint smile.

"By the way, where is the list for the Soul Spirit Assembly?"

"I will send someone to deliver the list for the Soul Spirit Assembly in a moment."

"Fine." Shi Quan stood up. "Then I will be going now."

"You should be clear about whether I am a man or a woman." Qian Renxue suddenly said while watching Shi Quan's departing back.

Shi Quan chuckled, raised his hand, and waved at Qian Renxue with his back turned to her. "I know, Sister Xue'er."

Only then did a hint of a smile rise to the corners of Qian Renxue's mouth as she watched Shi Quan leave.

The next day, the list for the Soul Spirit Assembly was delivered to Shi Quan's hands.

After finishing the list, Shi Quan also began to take action; he first went to the Sunset Forest to collect some suitable Spirit Beasts to turn into Soul Spirits, and only then did he set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

These one thousand spots could help one thousand Spirit Masters achieve a Breakthrough in their bottlenecks, and these one thousand spots now belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire, which was a not-insignificant boost to the Heaven Dou Empire's Spirit Master strength.

There was still about a month left until this year's Soul Spirit Assembly.

The Heaven Dou Empire had long since made preparations for the coming war.

As soon as the Soul Spirit Assembly ended, these one thousand Spirit Masters would head to the front lines.

Within two months, the war between the two great Empires would break out.

One month later, the Soul Spirit Assembly proceeded as usual.

Everything went smoothly, and no faction dared to disturb this annual grand event.

As soon as the Soul Spirit Assembly ended, the Heaven Dou Empire immediately moved; thousands upon thousands of soldiers gathered like a torrent of steel and pressed toward the Star Luo Empire.

The Star Luo Empire retreated steadily and did not break out into too many fierce battles with the Heaven Dou Empire, instead continuously accumulating strength until, outside the plains of Bianluo City, the Star Luo Emperor finally gathered all his forces to prepare for a decisive battle with the Heaven Dou Empire.

The army was a sea of heads, boundless and vast, with flags flying and order maintained. Organized in units of ten thousand, the Heaven Dou Empire's army gathered on the plains of Bianluo City.

The army was divided into three sections.

First, the first section consisted of ordinary soldiers wearing armor and holding long halberds.

The soldiers of the second section had simpler armor, but these soldiers generally carried bombs and Gunpowder at their waists; this section belonged to the Soul Guidance Device soldier section.

The third section was naturally the Spirit Master section.

Among the three sections, although the ordinary soldiers were the most numerous, in terms of lethality in battle, the ordinary soldier section could not compare to the Soul Guidance Device section or the Spirit Master section at all.

From every aspect, the Star Luo Empire was not as good as the Heaven Dou Empire. But their ordinary army was definitely superior to that of the Heaven Dou Empire; the Star Luo Empire governed the country with an iron-blooded policy, which could be seen from the experiences of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. In such a country, how could the army be bad?

However, this kind of ordinary army was useless in this type of large-scale war.

If the Star Luo Empire brought out an ordinary army of one hundred thousand, the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Guidance Device army of ten thousand could easily destroy them.

The terrifying lethality of bombs in war was simply not something ordinary soldiers could withstand.

This was the absolute gap.

"The gap in strength is too great; the Star Luo Empire simply has no way to fight."

Inside the military camp, Shi Quan slowly opened his eyes; with the help of the Blue Silver Domain and its connection to the plants, he already had a rough idea of the strength of the Star Luo Empire's army.

The two were simply not on the same level; this was no longer something that could be changed by any strategy.

Just in terms of Title Douluo-level combat power, the Heaven Dou Empire already exceeded two digits.

To be precise, it already exceeded twenty.

The Star Luo Empire had no more than four.

The gap in top-tier combat power was already an unreachable distance between the two; as long as the Heaven Dou Empire sent these twenty-plus Title Douluo to sneak attack simultaneously, they could easily kill their way in and out of the Star Luo army three times over, and the Star Luo Empire would have no way to stop them.

For Spirit Masters above the Spirit Saint level, every stage of strength would have a significant improvement and change, especially at the Title Douluo level, where the gap was even more obvious.

Like a poison-attribute Title Douluo such as Dugu Bo, with one soul skill, he could easily poison thousands of soldiers to death; there was simply no way to fight.

Facing such a predicament, the Star Luo Empire still chose to fight.

It could only be said that the Star Luo Empire also had its own persistence.

However, what made Shi Quan curious was whether, after the Star Luo Empire was defeated, it would migrate some of its troops to other continents, as in the subsequent parts of Douluo.

After thinking about it carefully, Shi Quan shook his head, because it was simply impossible. In the future, the Star Luo Empire would have cross-sea Soul Guidance Device ships, and only then could they achieve a transfer. In the current Douluo Continent, Soul Guidance Devices had not yet been developed; if they took ordinary ships out to sea, such a large target would inevitably be torn apart directly by those Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean.

Now they were forced back with nowhere to retreat.

With no way out, this was perhaps the reason why the Star Luo Empire chose to fight to the death with the Heaven Dou Empire.

(End of chapter)