"All units, listen carefully! Immediately activate the linked soul defense arrays at full power! Prepare your soul thrusters! Be ready to retreat at top speed at any moment!" Huo Yuhao's voice was sharp as he stared at the Eighth-Level Fixed Soul-Guided Cannon shell carrying the Origin Core hurtling into the Western Legion's Soul Saint ranks.
The power of the Origin Core explosion was far too unknown. Huo Yuhao dared not gamble with it, so he ordered the Power Armor Division to go all-in on defense.
Seeing the sturdy protective shield envelop the entire army, Huo Yuhao finally let out a long breath of relief. His fingers hovered over the trigger, ready to remotely detonate the cannon at the perfect moment.
Under Snow Empress's spiritual freeze, Dai Hao managed, with his formidable willpower, to regain a brief moment of consciousness. As he noticed the shell embedded deep within the Soul Saint formation and the mysterious defensive shield raised by the Sun Moon Empire, his heart plummeted.
'Something's terribly wrong.'
But by the time he realized it, it was far too late.
Inside the Extreme Ice Armor, Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed coldly as he pressed the trigger.
'Let's see just how powerful the Douluo Continent's first atomic bomb truly is.'
BOOOOMMMMM—
The Eighth-Level Fixed Soul-Guided Cannon shell detonated, unleashing a brilliant flash that lit up the entire battlefield, engulfing the Soul Saint unit.
The powerful soul shields protecting the Soul Saints activated instantly, and their own soul power provided strong defensive barriers. For a moment, it seemed they had resisted the explosion's direct force.
However—
Under the unimaginable heat of the explosion, the Origin Core began its fusion.
In just 0.0000001 seconds, the fundamental particles within the Origin Core, stimulated by the extreme heat, overcame their natural repulsion. They smashed violently into one another, unleashing an energy release equivalent to a second-stage explosion — one rivaling a Ninth-Level Fixed Soul-Guided Cannon blast — spreading rapidly from the center.
A pale green shockwave ripped outward.
It struck everything in its path with devastating force, instantly shattering every soul shield, including several invincibility shields. Without protection, the Soul Saints were helpless.
Within that instant, the temperature at ground zero soared to rival the sun itself.
Those once-glorious Soul Saints, the proud elite of the Douluo Continent, were vaporized in an instant — bodies and souls reduced to nothingness.
The shockwave surged outward, slamming into the entirety of the Western Legion. Soldiers were torn apart or maimed beyond recognition. Even Dai Hao and Chen, the senior worshipper at his side, coughed up blood as they staggered under the impact.
'It's over.'
That single thought echoed in their minds as the force broke them out of Snow Empress's spiritual freeze.
"All units! Retreat! Retreat now!" Dai Hao roared desperately, his voice hoarse and trembling, his bloodshot eyes filled with despair.
He fully understood now.
'I made a fatal mistake today... and I have doomed the Star Luo Empire with me.'
But it was too late.
After the initial shockwave came the unstoppable, apocalyptic force — the raging firestorm birthed by the Origin Core fusion. Like a miniature sun, it swept outward, vaporizing anything alive.
In mere moments, the entire mountain where the Western Legion had gathered was swallowed by blinding flames.
A towering mushroom cloud rose into the sky, its ominous bloom visible for miles.
"Shit," Huo Yuhao muttered under his breath.
He had immediately ordered the Power Armor Division to activate their soul thrusters and retreat the moment he sensed the blast wave's terrifying force.
If they hadn't pulled back... Huo Yuhao wasn't sure if even the soul-defense array could have saved them.
The Power Armor soldiers stared blankly at the hellish scene where the mountain once stood, their minds frozen in terror.
It was as if a god's wrath had descended upon the earth.
'If we had been caught up in that…' Huo Yuhao shuddered at the thought.
He swallowed hard.
'There's no need to fight anymore.'
"All units, maintain soul thrusters and continue retreating. Do not deactivate your linked defense arrays until ordered," he instructed calmly.
Only after pulling back more than five miles from the blast center did Huo Yuhao give the order to shut down the defense arrays.
From afar, the dust and flames began to fade, revealing the shocking sight: an entire mountain peak had been flattened into a barren, scorched wasteland.
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched.
'And this was caused by just a few grams of Origin Core...'
The Western Legion's main force had been completely annihilated.
"Rear forces, report. Enemy forces have been almost completely wiped out. Dispatch the Rapid Assault Division and the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion to secure the battlefield. Exercise extreme caution — radiation from the new weapon lingers in the center. Make sure all personnel are equipped with external armor and shielding. And remember, do not kill Duke White Tiger, Dai Hao. Let him escape."
Huo Yuhao spoke into his communicator.
Then, he turned his cold gaze toward the blasted wasteland.
'My dear father... surely you haven't been blown to pieces already? Don't disappoint me now. My revenge against you has only just begun.'
He didn't want Dai Hao to die so quickly.
No, Huo Yuhao wanted him to live — to live long enough to watch the country he loved fall piece by piece into the Sun Moon Empire's hands, powerless to stop it.
In a hidden valley beyond the scorched mountain, Dai Hao staggered forward, burns covering his body. Supported by Chen, who was less injured, he struggled to flee eastward using soul thrusters and soul-guided flight gear.
Blood dripped from Dai Hao's mouth as he coughed violently, his body wracked with pain.
Chen sighed heavily.
"General White Tiger, you must not die. If you fall here, then the Star Luo Empire will truly be finished."
Dai Hao's face was ashen, his eyes bloodshot.
"I... I failed... all those soldiers..." he whispered hoarsely.
A complete annihilation.
That was the price of Dai Hao's misjudgment.
Chen let out another heavy sigh.
"This isn't your fault, General. No one could have predicted the Sun Moon Empire had such terrifying weapons. This level of destruction... it surpasses even Ninth-Level Fixed Soul-Guided Cannons. What's most important now is that you survive. Those fallen soldiers would have wanted you to live."
Clenching his one usable fist, Dai Hao coughed again, fresh blood staining his lips.
Just as they fled desperately eastward, Chen's eyes suddenly narrowed.
"Shit! Sun Moon Empire units are in pursuit!"
(End of Chapter)
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