Chen Hanhai was truly terrified last time. His vanguard, due to carelessness, was ruthlessly annihilated by the Star Luo Empire's self-locking enemy soul-guided artillery emplacements before even landing.
Many surviving sea soul masters suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder; at the sound of dripping water, they wished they could immediately jump into the sea and hide forever.
Hearing the thunderous sound, they thought fixed-position soul-guided shells were firing again, and the entire camp was in chaos.
After Chen Hanhai issued the order, Sea Dragon Douluo and others immediately left the camp and went to their respective positions to mobilize the power of the Sea God family, getting this heavily damaged war machine moving again.
"Ah?!"
"I'm from the vanguard? Sir! Can we discuss this again? I have elderly parents and young children to support, I... I can't die!"
A young man looked at the conscription order in front of him, cold sweat instantly covering his entire back.
This wasn't a conscription order! It was practically a death warrant.
Everyone in the ocean knows how terrifying amphibious operations are. Human life was practically worthless then; every step forward cost countless lives.
It was like pushing people into a meat grinder.
The conscription captain touched his right eye, a smile playing on his lips.
"No discussion," he said. "Military orders are absolute.
This time, the clan chief has given the order: anyone who dares to retreat will have their entire family commit suicide."
"Young man, I know your difficulties. Don't worry, I heard the Douling Empire hasn't deployed those artillery positions along the coastline. Charge forward with confidence!"
"If you unfortunately die in battle, I'll take care of your wife."
The young man trembled as he accepted the conscription order, the action seemingly draining all his strength.
The captain patted him on the shoulder and left; he had many more conscription orders to distribute.
After the captain left, he collapsed to the ground as if his spine had been struck, stunned for a long time before finally getting up to write his last words. Those
Soul Masters responsible for the amphibious operations who returned were practically dead; the mortality rate was a staggering ninety percent.
The survival rate of two members in a certain delta is higher than this.
This scene is not only happening here; the entire camp is filled with wails.
In the past month, the Sea God family has once again forcibly conscripted a large number of Sea Soul Masters from all over the sea, barely making up for the low-end combat power losses in the last time.
These Sea Soul Masters were noticeably less organized than before, but no one dared disobey orders.
Sea God Douluo had killed quite a few people during this period, using force to tell everyone that if they didn't want to maintain their dignity, he would make them.
The mobilization of the advance team didn't take long.
Under pressure from the Sea God family's powerful members, a group of daredevils, their expressions like dead horses, assembled in the northeastern sea area of Douluo Continent.
Next, they would directly attack the coastline of the Douling Empire, launching a blitzkrieg against Lingdou City from the Upper Hekm Plain, reaching the capital as quickly as possible.
The initial plan was to launch the attack from the Lower Hekm Plain.
This idea was rejected by Sea Dragon, Sea Demon, and other powerful figures because the Guterres Hills were desolate and uninhabited, making it easy to prolong the battle lines.
Of course, the main reason was that Xia Die was in this area, and Amon certainly wouldn't allow the Sea God family's plans to affect her.
After the advance team was assembled, Sea Dragon Douluo, having recovered considerably using the Mermaid's Tears and various rare treasures, once again unleashed his Martial Soul True Form, his hundreds-of-meters-long azure dragon body circling in the night.
The dragon's might caused the densely packed sea spirit beasts below to let out mournful cries.
This was Amon's first time experiencing the feeling of a level 98 advanced account, making the members of the Sea God Clan behind him quite envious.
Of the fourteen remaining Title Douluos of the Sea God Clan, four remained with the family, while the rest were prepared for a full-scale attack.
Most of these ten Title Douluos wore monocles.
Hai Ming Douluo looked at them and scratched his head, thinking that he should buy a monocle later, otherwise he seemed a bit out of place.
"I'm envious, I want to play a high-level account too."
"Add one."
"Be content, if you're not satisfied you can trade with me. My character's spirit is a yellow sponge, a pure waste spirit.
I've fused so many bloodlines, and apart from gaining the Devour attribute, there's no sign of evolution at all."
"Hehehe, there are no waste spirits, only waste spirit masters. If you're bad, practice more."
"Just a reminder, this was said by Yu Xiaogang, and it's already been selected as one of the top ten jokes on the Magic Network."
"The yellow sponge isn't bad. The guy I'm parasitizing has a carp spirit.
His three spirit skills are either fish leaping or water spraying. He's hopeless.
Fortunately, it's a female character, so there's still some fun."
"If I work a little harder, even a carp can leap over the dragon gate."
"A female character? If this is beneficial to Amon's conduit, then that's a good civilization."
"Star Duck Wings? Amon has such thoughts?
You should leave the group and don't pollute Amon's mental network."
The Sea God family spirit masters supervising from the rear engaged in a heated exchange in Amon's network.
The topic was getting increasingly outrageous. They ignored the trembling advance team below, awaiting their charge.
"Woo woo woo~~"
The dull sound of conch shells echoed across the entire sea. This was the attack horn sounded by the Sea Demon Douluo from the rear.
The second surprise attack of the Sea God family and the first attack of the Amon family had officially begun.
The majestic dragon body of Hailong Douluo coiled and twisted, riding a hurricane as it sped towards the coastline.
Haiming Douluo followed closely behind, and all the titled Douluos collectively revealed their Martial Soul True Forms.
The forcibly conscripted sea spirit beasts also began to surge forward like a torrent. The members of the vanguard gritted their teeth and began to charge, silently praying to every god they could name, hoping that the firepower from the coastline would be weaker.
"Eighth Soul Skill: Demon Soul Water Explosion!"
A massive amount of seawater condensed in the sky into countless mimicking blue sharks, transforming into a sky full of meteors that fell to the ground.
The terrifying soul power made the air howl. The Douling Empire's coastal defense troops, who had been dozing below, were dumbfounded when the sky suddenly brightened.
Although they were coastal defense troops, they didn't have a single usable weapon. The Douling Empire had symbolically provided them with a long spear.
If this spear could produce a soul ring, breaking it might yield a purple one.
In this situation, they didn't even have a bow or arrow, let alone a soul tool.
The entire Douling Empire's coastal defense force numbered three thousand, with a hundred Soul Masters who did no work, drawing salaries without contributing, and living a life of luxury in the neighboring Snow Spirit City.
They had virtually no combat power; how could they possibly withstand the full power of a level ninety-eight Super Douluo's eighth Soul Skill?
"Boom!!!"
Terrifying explosions reverberated along the entire coastline, the light turning night into day for a brief moment, and the terrifying shockwaves nearly leveling distant mountains.
The massive tremors led the neighboring Snow Spirit City to believe it was an earthquake.
The Douling Empire's coastal defense force was wiped out in this attack, not even ashes remained.
The vanguard had already reached the nearshore waters.
Many veterans were trembling, seemingly hearing the whistling of elemental bullets, but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.
For a moment, the entire vanguard was confused about what the enemy was doing, and their advance slowed considerably.
"Speed up!"
"These Douling Empire idiots didn't install Soul Guidance Devices!"
"The coastal defense force has been completely wiped out!"
A Title Douluo's voice rang in everyone's ears.
The entire advance team, using the afterglow of the explosion, didn't see a single soldier or soul-guided artillery emplacement.
The feeling of surviving a catastrophe ignited their reason, and everyone roared as they rushed towards the shore.
"Hahahaha!!!"
"Useless Douling Empire!"
"Yes, that's how it should be! This is the right way! They're back, they're all back! The old way of fighting is back!"
With no enemy to stop them, the Sea God family's advance team quickly occupied the coastline, and the main army began to move.
Sea spirit beasts and sea spirit masters seemed to fill the entire sea, densely packed with moving figures.
...
"Hahahaha!"
"Continue the music, continue the dance!"
"My beloved ministers, my brothers and sisters!"
"Drink and eat meat!"
The Douling Emperor, clad in a dragon robe, raised his wine cup, inviting everyone to drink.
The Douling royal family loved holding banquets, almost every three days for a small gathering and every five days for a grand one.
Their extravagance was enough to make the other three kingdoms blush with shame.
If Xu Jiawei dared to do this, he'd probably be cursed to death by the Hall of Worship; he was simply unfit to be a ruler!
Almost the entire royal family was present today, indulging in the extravagance that comes with power, with most of the princes and ministers completely absorbed in it.
An elderly general, around sixty years old, couldn't bear to watch the scene unfold.
He was a high-ranking officer in the military, the marshal of the Soul Master Legion of the Douling Empire, surnamed Li.
He hadn't wanted to come, but he had to, because the Douling Empire's border troops had been owed wages for six months.
Many soldiers were too hungry to fight, forcing even him, the marshal, to come personally to demand their pay.
Without payment, the army risked mutiny.
(End of Chapter)
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