While the main battlefield in the Ming Dou Mountain Range was raging, in a desolate area within the Star Luo Empire.
At this moment, over a thousand streaks of blue light, like a river of stars, rapidly moved across the sky.
Each of these individuals, shimmering with blue light, had a white flying spirit tool on their back and wore dark robes. Shrouded by Xu Tianyang's spiritual domain, they were like vanishing ghosts, rapidly traversing the territory of the Star Luo Empire.
After entering the formless spiritual domain, and with the vast hidden backup energy of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, even the Spirit Saint Xu Tianyang gained the ability to maneuver. Furthermore, with the help of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the simulated divine skill Xu Tianyang unleashed could effectively conceal everyone's figures.
Therefore, Xu Yunxiao allowed Xu Tianyang to accompany him on this operation.
"Halt, entire legion!"
Xu Yunxiao, who had been leading the way, extended his hand, and the two great Soul Guidance Groups, Xie Jun Soul Guidance Group and Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Group, immediately obeyed his command.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, a streak of light flashed in the distance ahead, and a tall old man landed beside Xu Yunxiao. With a hooked nose, large eyes, and a fierce glint in his gaze, coupled with an aura that clearly warned others to keep their distance, everything about him indicated he was not to be trifled with.
This person was none other than Wang Hu, the leader of the Xie Jun Soul Guidance Group.
However, when he looked at Xu Yunxiao, this notorious leader's eyes were filled with respect: "Your Majesty, Yufeng City is ten li ahead."
"Hmm!" Xu Yunxiao nodded faintly, "The entire legion will conceal themselves and rest on the spot."
"Understood!" Although he had some questions, Wang Hu did not ask too many. As an old subordinate who had followed Xu Yunxiao, he knew his unyielding character.
After everyone had hidden themselves to rest, Xu Yunxiao looked at Xu Tianyang beside him and said helplessly, "Tianyang, this operation is too dangerous. You shouldn't have come."
Xu Tianyang chuckled at his words: "Father, if you're not afraid of danger, how could I be afraid?"
"Moreover, I have another purpose for being here."
"What purpose?"
Xu Yunxiao looked at Xu Tianyang in confusion. As he grew older, he felt more and more that he couldn't see through his son.
However, as a father, he didn't want to delve into Xu Tianyang's secrets. No matter what, they were family.
"Father, there are so many paths we could take within the Star Luo Empire, why did I insist on this particular one, even passing through two cities?" Xu Tianyang said with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Why?" Xu Yunxiao asked curiously. To go straight to Star Luo City, the path Xu Tianyang chose was not the optimal one. He was initially puzzled, but considering Xu Tianyang's steady character, there must be a reason for it, and he didn't stop him.
"Within these two cities live the Speed Clan and the Breaking Clan, and they possess something I need."
"What is it that requires such a large-scale operation?" Xu Yunxiao's eyes grew even more puzzled. He knew about the Speed Clan and the Breaking Clan, former subordinate sects of the Clear Sky Sect. As the Clear Sky Sect declined, they also fell into obscurity.
For them to still possess something that his son coveted, his intuition told him that, in Xu Tianyang's view, the ultimate goal of this campaign was probably not to force the Star Luo Imperial Family to submit, but rather the items held by these two clans.
"Something that could give our Sun Moon Empire ten more Titled Douluo!" Xu Tianyang whispered into Xu Yunxiao's ear.
Instantly, Xu Yunxiao's pupils contracted sharply, and his tiger-like eyes stared fixedly at Xu Tianyang, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
"Absolutely true!" Xu Tianyang's expression was also more serious than ever before.
"..." After a long silence, a flame suddenly ignited in Xu Yunxiao's eyes. He glanced at the map in his hand, a cruel smile curling his lips: "I want to subjugate Star Luo, and I also want the things you spoke of. We'll see if Star Luo acts faster, or if we do."
"Let's be crazy for once!"
Xu Tianyang looked at Xu Yunxiao in surprise. His reaction was beyond his expectations. He had thought that with Xu Yunxiao's steady character, he would prioritize the latter, but he hadn't expected his father to be so greedy, wanting both.
However, Xu Tianyang had forgotten that Xu Yunxiao was the one who, by himself, led the Sun Moon Empire to shatter the Moonflow Empire. Without that kind of wild determination, he wouldn't have been able to achieve that. It could only be said that after ascending the throne, he had become much more composed.
Now, the grand future Xu Tianyang had painted for him rekindled a long-lost passion, reminding him of the days of war and conquest.
Looking at the powerful figure in his spiritual sea of consciousness, Xu Tianyang finally let out a cruel laugh.
Night fell.
On a hill outside Yufeng City, dark figures gazed at the not-so-tall city in the distance.
"How is it?" Xu Yunxiao casually asked as he put away his binoculars.
"One quarter of an hour, and this city will surely fall!" Wang Hu's spirits soared as he looked at the lax defenses in the distance, and he excitedly clasped his hands.
"I only care about results. If you fail this time, the next city will be handled by the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Group!" Xu Yunxiao said in a calm tone.
"Your Majesty, just watch!" Wang Hu's heart tightened. If the credit was snatched by the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Group, he would surely be laughed at by those like Dreadclaw and Imperial Dragon back home.
"Xie Jun Soul Guidance Group, follow me!" Several hundred people detached from the main group and followed Wang Hu to another location.
"All of you, pay attention! If anyone drags their feet, I'll skin them alive!" Wang Hu coldly glared at the surrounding personnel.
"Prepare!"
He looked at Yufeng City in the distance, his excited eyes instantly becoming fervent. With a fierce glare, a flash of light from his storage spirit tool, and a massive fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannon was installed on the ground.
At the same time, the base of the cannon transformed, instantly becoming a circular pedestal. Under the sunlight, the thick and menacing cannon barrel flashed with a golden glint.
And at this moment, sealed milk bottles were installed onto the base of the fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannon.
In an instant, terrifying spirit power fluctuations gathered at the muzzle.
Almost simultaneously, the soldiers of the Xie Jun Soul Guidance Group also retrieved fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannons from their respective storage spirit tools, and the moment they completed loading the fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannon shells, hundreds of muzzles simultaneously aimed in the direction of Yufeng City.
As Wang Hu raised his hand high, the atmosphere in the surrounding area grew increasingly tense. The next second, he brought his hand down.
"Fire!!!"
One by one, the already prepared fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannons lit up.
In the darkness, the small mountain suddenly became bright. The gentle night breeze instantly transformed into a raging gale, and at the same time, violent spirit power fluctuations erupted. The temperature caused by the fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannons made the surrounding air scorching.
"Rumble!"
In the sky, hundreds of dazzling streaks of light instantly shot upwards, all flying towards high altitude, and their landing direction was precisely Yufeng City!
Hundreds of Level 4 and Level 5 fixed-position Soul Guidance Cannon shells, plus the Level 7 Soul Guidance Cannon controlled by Wang Hu, the power of this initial volley was enough to destroy a city wall.
"Enemy attack!!!"