Watching the flames from the fixed-mounted soul-guided shells, Dai Hao narrowed his eyes as he looked down the mountain — he finally saw what the thousands of rushing lights were. They were countless figures clad in dazzling silver steel armor, shining like the moon!
"Attention all units! Prepare for close combat immediately! Do you see the enemy approaching from below?!" Dai Hao roared. His booming voice echoed throughout the entire valley.
The Power Armor Corps had already reached their doorstep, and naturally no one could ignore them. The full-throttle soul propulsion systems of the armors released a breathtaking aura, and the sunlight and firelight reflected off the metal plates created an overwhelming brilliance.
'Flesh is weak, but machinery ascends,' Dai Hao thought grimly. Even though his troops were powerful soul masters, facing such a tidal wave of iron still stirred an instinctive fear in their hearts.
Especially after the brutal assault of the Empire's Fire just moments ago, many soldiers had already fallen. Their morale was not high, and when confronted by this murderous steel force, some soldiers even started to have thoughts of fleeing.
Noticing the low morale, Dai Hao became anxious and bellowed again:
"Elite warriors of the Western Corps! Do not be intimidated by these lumps of metal from the Sun Moon Empire! Inside them are nothing but ordinary humans operating soul devices, many of whom probably don't even possess soul power!"
"But you are different! You are noble beings, at least Soul Kings or above! Are you really going to cower before them?! Unleash your soul rings, use your top-tier Douluo Continent soul master abilities, and fight! Show them that the true masters of this land are us, the soul masters, the Douluo people!"
Hearing Dai Hao's rallying words, the soldiers' morale instantly soared. They quickly readied themselves for battle, and suddenly, countless soul rings lit up across the mountaintop — white, yellow, purple, black — the radiance of the soul rings outshone the light of the Power Armor Corps' propulsion systems, blooming across the peak.
Looking around at the shimmering soul rings, Dai Hao couldn't help but feel his blood boiling.
'This is our Light of Douluo!'
He too released his own soul rings. When his nine massive soul rings appeared above him, the soldiers' morale exploded:
"Long live the White Tiger General!"
"Long live the Western Corps!"
"Long live the Star Luo Empire!"
"Make those Sun Moon bastards piss their pants!"
"Kill them!!"
The thunderous shouts of the soldiers shook the heavens and earth. Dai Hao nodded in satisfaction, exchanging a look with Elder Chen beside him. Then, gripping the reins tightly, he spurred his sweat-blood horse, which neighed sharply as he shouted the final command:
"Western Corps, follow me into battle! Annihilate the enemy before you!"
"Kill!!!"
The soul master units charged down the mountain toward the Power Armor Corps, many preparing their ranged soul skills. Various colored lights started forming as attacks were being readied.
Inside his Extreme Ice Armor, Huo Yuhao calmly observed the Western Corps charging down. Instead of ordering an immediate counter-charge, he commanded his troops to halt and stand by. Meanwhile, his mind processed a massive influx of battlefield information via spiritual detection, calculating the next move.
In truth, if it came to a direct clash, the Power Armor Corps would be at a disadvantage. After all, the enemy soldiers were at least Soul King level, backed by an elite Soul Sage unit.
'But battles are not won purely by brute force,' Huo Yuhao thought. He was searching for their weaknesses, using the full capabilities of mental sharing to integrate his forces for victory.
Suddenly, his gaze sharpened. On the mountainside, Dai Hao's fourth soul ring lit up, and countless boulders began raining down from above.
'White Tiger Meteor Shower!' Huo Yuhao recognized it instantly.
This would be the most powerful ranged attack the Power Armor Corps had to face. The White Tiger Meteor Shower unleashed by the White Tiger Douluo could rival even a wide-scale soul-guided weapon bombardment.
"All Power Armor units, deploy linked formation defensive soul shields immediately! Duration: ten seconds!" Huo Yuhao ordered through the mental link.
He had calculated the perfect timing through spiritual detection. The linked shield consumed immense soul power from the sealed milk bottles and could not be kept up indefinitely. It had to be used economically and precisely.
At his command, a transparent shield enveloped the entire Power Armor Corps, a spectacular sight. Just as the shield rose, countless soul master attacks — fireballs, ice spikes, earth bullets — including Dai Hao's White Tiger Meteor Shower — slammed into it. The shield rippled but did not break.
It was no surprise. Such a formation-level defense could only be broken by ninth-grade fixed-mount soul shells.
After ten seconds, the shield dissipated, just as the first wave of enemy attacks ended.
Inside their armor, the soldiers marveled at the precision of the mental detection — truly a divine skill for the battlefield.
Seeing their first assault utterly ineffective, Dai Hao frowned deeply. Yet he quickly noticed something.
'Unlike the Sun Moon Empire's traditional Soul Engineer Regiments, these mechanical troops cannot maintain their linked shields indefinitely!' he realized.
If they could engage in close combat, soul masters would have the advantage. Once inside their lines, the iron shells would become cages. That had always been the key weakness of Sun Moon's soul engineer forces — they must never let soul masters get close.
'But... could it be that the Sun Moon Empire believes their steel armors are strong enough to grant ordinary soldiers an advantage in melee against soul masters?' Dai Hao's doubts lingered.
Yet on the battlefield, hesitation was fatal.
"All units! Prepare to charge!" he roared without delay.
From a distance, Huo Yuhao watched the Western Corps form into an assault formation and begin charging down.
A faint, almost chilling smile curved his lips.
'I've been waiting for this moment for a long time, dear father.'
Indeed, Dai Hao's judgment this time wasn't wrong — against any other Sun Moon Empire unit, it would have worked.
But not today.
Because standing before him was not a regular regiment, but one of the Sun Moon Empire's most unique forces — the Power Armor Corps, the elite among elites.
(End of Chapter)
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