The Peerless Emperor
Chapter 659: 660: On the Verge of Battle

Chapter 659: Chapter 660: On the Verge of Battle

A blinding white column of Soul Power burst forth with a thunderous roar, spewing from the muzzle of the devastating soul cannon, and directly bombarded the dark shadow that was rushing from the distant snowy plains behind.

On the snowy plains, myriad bizarre Soul Beasts with red eyes fiercely roared as they sprinted towards the checkpoint.

From the mountain peak in the distance, the snow suddenly melted away as the blinding, scorching white column of Soul Power blasted through, hitting directly into the rear of the Soul Beast horde.

Boom!

As the Soul Power was about to strike the ground, it prematurely exploded, and the twisting, raging Soul Power expanded like a fierce white sun on the pure white plains, instantly engulfing the Soul Beasts one by one.

The explosive white Soul Power, containing earth-shattering might, melted away the affected Soul Beasts in an instant, reducing them to ash.

In the blink of an eye, already a hundred thousand Soul Beasts had been devoured by the exploding Soul Power, and at least two hundred thousand more were gravely wounded.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The next moment, from within the rune-covered walls of the checkpoint, the light force soul cannons fired in succession, their dazzling, multicolored beams streaking toward the Invisible Clan and Swift Hidden Clan that filled the sky ahead.

The light force soul cannon, with its rapid fire rate, unleashed countless Soul Power attacks at the otherworldly enemies in the sky.

The originally dim sky was thoroughly lit by Soul Light, and the scorching heat melted all the snow on the plains and mountaintops, creating steam that rose up and forced the Yuan family’s young members at the checkpoint to wield their Soul Power to fend off the high temperatures.

Soul Power splattered; looking ahead, the continuous rumble of explosions echoed as Soul Power shot out of those once unnamed iron clumps, taking the lives of the opposing otherworldly enemies and Soul Beasts.

Moreover, they were astonished to find that out of nowhere, a batch of heavily armored Soul Martial Artists emerged, weaving through the beams of Soul Power, surrounding those otherworldly enemies who could withstand the minor beams, and in the blink of an eye, under the exquisite cooperation, those otherworldly powerhouses were completely annihilated.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosions were incessant, and Yuan Tianxia was dumbfounded midair, looking at the situation on the snowy plains ahead, rendered speechless.

“Young Family Head, that iron lump is too terrifying!” A burly member of the Yuan family watched with lingering fear as a massive Soul Power attack once again erupted from the huge building’s cannon mouth, detonating amidst the enemies in the sky, instantly consuming tens of thousands of their figures, cold sweat breaking out.

Just earlier, they had been right in front of the cannon mouth of that structure that was emitting Soul Power; if it weren’t for that person from the Huaxia Empire who had pulled them back, they would have been obliterated into dust.

The battle seemed to be decided, as the once menacing army of otherworldly enemies and the enslaved Soul Beast forces had been mostly annihilated before they could even get close to the checkpoint.

The suddenly appearing army had fierce combat strength; the otherworldly people stood no chance against them.

Well-equipped, perfectly coordinated, and brutally efficient—an order of magnitude beyond the Yuan family’s young members, who seemed like mere children in comparison, utterly incomparable.

Yuan Zhi swallowed hard and sighed deeply, “Young Family Head, now you can probably understand why our ancestors said that our Yuan family serving the Huaxia Empire is the truth. Why our Clan Leader felt at ease upon seeing these things known as soul cannons.”

“Indeed, these soul cannons can greatly reduce the casualties among the Yuan family’s young members.”

After Yuan Zhi finished speaking, Yuan Tianxia remained silent, but having seen this, he deeply understood what it meant for the Emperor to have brought these weapons to the borders for the Yuan family.

With these soul cannons, any foreign clans attempting an assault would have to pay a tremendously heavy price.

Often times, by the time they got close to the checkpoint, more than half had already been annihilated, greatly reducing the pressure and casualties.

At this moment, Yuan Tianxia suddenly felt a pang of guilt. For so long, he had misunderstood His Majesty and undervalued those structures known as soul cannons.

From now on, the casualties among the youths of his clan would finally not be so massive.

Not only at this checkpoint, but along the entire northern border of the Huaxia Empire, the foreign clans had almost simultaneously launched assaults as if they had an agreement.

But what awaited them were no longer the charging soldiers of the Yuan family but the merciless bombardment of soul power from the Huaxia Empire’s soul cannons.

The formidable firepower of the soul cannons inflicted heavy losses on these foreign clans before they could even approach.

Under the cover of cannon fire, the Imperial Army of the Huaxia Empire ruthlessly reaped their lives.

The foreign clans had envisioned breaking through the Yuan family’s checkpoint; a scenario which never happened. The grand army that had been prepared for many years crumbled into nothing under the relentless pounding of the soul cannons.

“Why? How could this be? What on earth are those things?” Inside the camp of the Invisible Clan’s great army, a commander who had taken over the towering body of someone from the Blue Stone Clan, furiously smashed the desk in front of him into powder, “Our army of three million, to say nothing of breaching even a single checkpoint, only about seventy thousand survived?”

“Three million troops, led by four Transcendence Realm Soul Martial Artists, a thousand Awakening Realm peak experts, and only one from the Transcendence Realm survived, the rest are all dead. What on earth happened?”

At the same time, within the Swift Hidden Clan’s ranks, the commanding general of their battlefield, too, had a grim face as he listened to the reports from his subordinates, “A building that can launch soul power attacks? How fascinating, unheard of…”

Within the Devouring Ghost Clan, the general leading the troops was also furious, violently smashing everything in front of him.

The general of the Fierce Clan was even more enraged, slapping a fleeing commander of his own clan to death, berating what use there was in returning alone alive!

The combined foreign army, though only sent as a Vanguard, was formidable. According to their estimates, the outermost checkpoints weren’t even a concern. The Yuan family alone had no chance against the allied forces of so many foreign clans.

Based on their estimates, the best choice for the Yuan family’s youths, facing such a vast combined foreign army, would have been to abandon the outer checkpoints, contract their defensive line, and then notify the entire Human Clan Territory to prepare for battle.

By that time, they would have already swiftly occupied many territories of the Human Clan in the Northern Territory, showing the other clans on the Western Continent, still observing, a taste of victory.

Once they saw the plan to assault the Human Clan Territory was feasible, they would undoubtedly be eager to join the attacking alliance.

However, the outcome defied their expectations; the foreign army’s Vanguard was almost entirely wiped out, while the other side had hardly any casualties.

Even their Vanguard had been almost eradicated before they could get close to the Human Clan’s checkpoints.

Nevertheless, while the Northern Territory of the Human Clan Territory was indeed defended, the eastern and western territories had already been breached by the foreign clans!

The sudden outbreak of war marked the beginning of a tumultuous and monumental battle on the Soul Martial Continent.