Chapter 497: There's a Traitor in the Academy!
The Sun Moon Empire's border was bathed in warm sunlight, the weather calm and serene.
Huo Yuhao's team had traveled through the night and arrived at the border well in advance. They had set everything up, lying in wait to give the Shrek elders a "surprise."
To ensure that Shrek's elders paid the price, Huo Yuhao had proposed to Kong Deming that once the Shrek elders took the bait, they should immediately activate the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier, trapping them inside before launching an attack a perfect ambush.
In the original timeline, even a Limit Douluo like Xuan Zi had been momentarily trapped by this tactic.
This time, the Shrek elders didn't even have a single Limit Douluo among them, so trapping them was effortless.
Xuan Zi, flying toward the Sun Moon border, caught sight of the stationed Soul Engineer Regiments standing guard.
A smirk appeared on his face.
Once he and the other elders struck, they would catch these Sun Moon forces completely off guard.
"For every Sun Moon Soul Engineer I kill today, that's one less future invader on Douluo soil."
"To Shrek and the Three Empires, that is undoubtedly a good thing."
For millennia, the Three Empires and Shrek Academy had shared a tight knit relationship, with the Three Empires continuously providing top tier students to Shrek.
Even though he considered himself not fond of killing, if sacrificing a few meant saving countless others, he would gladly become the butcher.
His hatred for the Sun Moon Empire was deeply rooted in the humiliating experiences he had suffered there.
To him, Sun Moon Soul Engineers were just a step below evil soul masters they were monsters who needed to be eliminated.
Everything he did was for justice, for Shrek!
"Full speed ahead!" Xuan Zi commanded.
"Once we reach the border, we attack the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Regiment immediately!"
The other elders acknowledged the command.
Xuan Zi was the first to step into Sun Moon airspace, triggering the high altitude detection soul tools stationed at the border.
Alarms blared, warning of an immensely powerful energy presence.
Xuan Zi swept his gaze across the scanning devices and snorted coldly.
A wave of intense yellow light erupted from his body, spreading outward like a tidal wave, ripping through the surrounding detection devices.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A chain reaction of explosions erupted as high altitude soul tools were obliterated.
Burning metallic wreckage fell from the sky, accompanied by thick, black smoke.
The other Shrek elders quickly took formation, ready to attack from six different directions.
But just as they were about to strike
A sudden burst of silver light exploded before them.
The light rapidly expanded, forming a massive barrier that sealed them inside.
In the daylight sky, a silver moon had suddenly risen.
"What is this?! A soul tool?!"
Yan Shaozhe was shocked by the speed of the Sun Moon Regiment's response.
Even the other elders looked stunned.
However, Xuan Zi immediately recognized the handiwork of Kong Deming.
His expression darkened.
"Kong Deming!"
"That old bastard actually came to the border himself?! Impossible!"
Logically, a powerhouse like Kong Deming should be stationed in Mingdu, the imperial capital.
After all, Mingdu was a hotbed of powerful factions, requiring his presence to maintain order.
For him to abandon his post and come to the border meant only one thing
Someone leaked information.
Xuan Zi's heart sank.
There's a traitor in the academy!
The other Shrek elders were equally stunned.
Even when Xuan Zi had burned his life force to temporarily match the power of a Limit Douluo, he had still been captured by Kong Deming.
There was no doubt Kong Deming had truly become a Rank 10 Soul Engineer, allowing him to wield power equal to a Limit Douluo despite being only Rank 95 in soul power.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Suddenly, blinding beams of energy surged upward from the ground, bombarding the trapped elders.
These weren't just ordinary attacks they were soul guided artillery shells.
And thanks to the spatial properties of the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier, these shells passed through unhindered, trapping the Shrek elders in a crossfire.
Within the massive barrier, the elders dodged and weaved through the relentless bombardment.
Their speed and defensive abilities allowed them to avoid serious damage, but they were fully occupied with evading the attacks.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao, cloaked in his Mimicry ability, was watching everything unfold from the clouds with a team of elite Sun Moon forces.
His immense spiritual power made his concealment flawless even the Shrek elders couldn't sense him.
Watching the elders struggle under the bombardment, he remained calm.
The artillery shells were just a warm up.
The real ambush was about to begin.
Huo Yuhao transmitted a spiritual message to Commander Wang Yiheng of the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Regiment.
"Commander Wang, fire the Rank 9 Disintegration Cannon."
"Target: the auxiliary type Super Douluo."
"Make sure you don't miss."
His true goal was not just to eliminate Shrek's elders.
It was to sow internal chaos within Shrek Academy.
By turning them against each other, he could further erode their reputation, making it easier to collect faith power.
Killing all seven elders outright would indeed weaken Shrek's forces, but it would also force Tang San to intervene early something Huo Yuhao wanted to avoid.
Instead, he preferred a slow, calculated approach.
By gradually eroding Shrek's strength and manipulating their internal conflicts, he could weaken them over time, ensuring that Tang San's intervention would come too late to save them.
Wang Yiheng's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Understood, Duke Huo!"
He had never been allowed to use the Rank 9 Disintegration Cannon before.
It was too valuable even the Hand of the Empire didn't have access to it.
If not for Kong Deming and Huo Yuhao, he would never have gotten the chance to fire this weapon.
His hands trembled with anticipation as he activated the cannon, preparing to unleash its devastating power.
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