webnovelvip Chapter 250 Earthquake and Disaster
Chapter 250 Earthquake and Disaster
Chapter 250 Earthquake and Disaster
There was no earth-shattering roar as a prelude.
The first sound was the continuous rumble of thunder from deep within the earth.
The sound wasn't loud, but it had a chilling penetrating power, instantly overpowering the crackling sounds emanating from the still-burning plank road on the Suspended Skull Pass.
The entire Yuanling Mountain Range began to tremble slightly in the low rumble.
On the city wall of Suspended Skull Pass, Xu Yan, the three Soul Douluos, and all the soldiers all looked puzzled.
"Wh--what was that sound?!"
The three Soul Douluos stopped their approaching steps with surprise and uncertainty.
This restless tremor, originating from the earth, is rapidly spreading down the soles of my feet.
Just when everyone was puzzled, the earth suddenly began to undulate violently!
A massive earthquake has struck!
The massive mountain, like the surface of water, created enormous waves that were visible to the naked eye!
Towering ancient trees fell in swathes, like fragile stalks of wheat!
The hard rock groaned, then twisted and broke!
Boom!!!
The first truly deafening roar, as if it were tearing the sky apart, finally exploded from the heart of the mountains!
The sound was not a single explosion, but a multitude of destructive roars superimposed together!
On the battlements, the Contra who was about to read out the decree, as well as everyone on the entire Hanging Skull Pass, were all stunned by the indescribable sonic shock. Their minds went blank, their eardrums ruptured instantly, and blood gushed out from their seven orifices!
Contra unleashed his soul power to barely stabilize himself, but the color had long since faded from his face, leaving only boundless horror!
Hundreds of majestic, towering beams of light, thicker than mountain peaks, shot into the sky!
Huge, visible cracks crisscross the surface of the endless Yuanling Mountains.
These cracks rapidly expanded and deepened, cutting the entire mountain range into fragments.
The second wave, the third wave —
The continuous shockwaves of explosions surged and spread from deep within the mountains.
The massive mountain arches upwards from the inside!
A towering pillar of clouds, immeasurably tall, carrying visible shockwaves, spread wildly in all directions.
The protective shield erected by the Heavenly Soul Army crackled and popped under the violent shockwave.
Fortunately, just as Huo Yuhao and the others had calculated, the explosion did not have much impact on the area.
After reaching its limit, the arched mountain began to collapse inwards, as if the sky were falling.
This time, the entire mountainside began a complete and irreversible collapse!
In the core area of the Yuanling Mountains, the towering main peaks suddenly caved inward to everyone's astonishment!
What followed was a larger-scale and more complete collapse!
The mountains collapsed and the earth cracked!
The sky collapsed and the earth trembled!
Centered on the main peak cluster, the wave of destruction spread wildly to both sides like dominoes!
The mountain peaks resembled toppled sandcastles, collapsing and crumbling in large sections!
On the walls of the Hanging Skull Pass, the will of the defenders completely collapsed after witnessing this scene that resembled divine punishment.
The soldiers abandoned their armor and weapons, swarming down the slope like headless flies, wanting nothing more than to escape this land that was being destroyed.
However, they had no chance of escaping.
Xu Yan collapsed to the ground, his face ashen, his crotch damp and hot.
He looked up at the torrent of earth and rocks pouring down like the collapse of the sky, his eyes filled with utter despair and absurdity.
He plotted to surrender the pass for personal gain, unaware that the other party had already planned a famous plan to move mountains and fill seas.
At this moment, Xu Yan finally understood why the Heavenly Soul Army suddenly retreated to the Dragon Throat River as if abandoning the Hanging Skull Pass.
The sky was completely obscured.
Thick, grayish-yellow dust formed a curtain that stretched from sky to earth, churning and swallowing the last rays of the setting sun.
The three Soul Douluos had already flown to the heavens, and they no longer cared about Xu Yan.
They unleashed all their soul power and fled desperately away from the collapsing mountains without looking back.
Compared to the destructive scene behind them that swallowed the heavens and earth, it was all bullshit!
The soul power of the three Soul Douluos was as weak and laughable as a candle flickering in a storm.
They were fast, but the collapsing mountains were even faster!
A rolling shadow suddenly enveloped the sky above them!
The giant wave thrown up by the explosion crashed down directly on them!
The Suspended Skull Pass is broken!
Bloodheart Valley, buried!
Dabingshan Mountain has collapsed!
The three major dangers of the mission have been completely transformed into history!
At this moment, only Qiling Pass and Longwei Road remain as the last passes before the Eight Vertical and Horizontal Paths!
The destructive roar, like the final gasp of a dying beast, gradually faded away.
Instead, there was a deathly silence.
The combined protective shield erected by the Heavenly Soul Army was now covered with a thick layer of dust.
As the protective shield dissipated, the soldiers on the banks of the Dragon's Throat River were finally able to glimpse the post-apocalyptic landscape.
As far as the eye could see, the core area of the once continuous, precipitous, and majestic Yuanling Mountains had completely disappeared.
Thick, impenetrable gray-yellow dust tumbled and settled ahead, forming a wall of dust that stretched from the sky to the earth.
The Suspended Skull Pass, Blood Heart Valley, and Fighting Mountain have all vanished without a trace.
It's as if it never existed.
"Gurgle————"
Someone swallowed hard.
This faint sound was exceptionally clear in the deathly silence.
They felt a chill run from their tailbone straight up to the top of their head.
This is not just awe-inspiring, but also a sense of insignificance and reverence stemming from the instinct of life when faced with the immense power of heaven and earth.
Every soldier in the Heavenly Soul Army was learning for the first time that war could be fought in this way.
"Moving mountains and filling seas —"
Contra Luo Yutao trembled all over.
"The Martial Ancestor's inheritance that the young master obtained—could it truly reach this level through human effort in the future?"
Huo Yuhao had already confessed the matter of the Martial Ancestor's inheritance to the Body Sect after returning from the Star Dou Great Forest.
That's a terrifying legacy that can truly uproot mountains and be used as one's own method!
And this is only the method of a spirit talisman master corresponding to the third realm of creation!
The Body Sect dares not even imagine the Nirvana Realm, the Profound Realm of Life and Death, and even the Reincarnation, Samsara, and Ancestral Realm that are beyond its reach.
"What Dragon God Prince? What Divine Star Ceremony?"
"Di Tian, once the journey to Dragon City begins, you will know that Shao Zong is more than just the hope of the Dragon Clan."
Huo Yuhao's figure had appeared at the forefront of the army at some point.
He also gazed at the dusty ruins he had created with his own hands.
Even though he had seen similar scenes on the Tianxuan Continent, witnessing this scene on the Douluo Continent still had a tremendous impact on his state of mind. Upon seeing Huo Yuhao appear, Li Kongming immediately shouted, "Earth-attribute Soul Master!"
"Activate the soul-guided device to clear the mountain path!"
Title Douluo, Soul Douluo, Soul Saint —
All the earth-attribute soul masters conscripted by the Heavenly Soul Empire were mobilized, and patches of soul power light shone at the edge of the ruins.
This time, the Heavenly Soul Empire is truly not in a hurry to attack Qiling Pass and Dragon Tail Path.
Even with the current strength of the Heavenly Soul Empire, it would take more than ten days to clear this place.
The army set up camp at the edge of the ruins and began to move the remains left by this cataclysmic change inch by inch.
Qiling Pass, the city gate tower.
A deathly silence enveloped the pass, even more oppressive and despairing than that of the Heavenly Soul Army.
The commander's gaze was fixed on the wall of dust that was still churning and settling.
The garrison commander of Longwei Road left the pass and arrived here.
"How do we fight?"
"have no idea."
"Should we lower it?"
"drop."
There was no eloquent or impassioned explanation.
There is no analysis of the advantages and disadvantages.
Without the slightest hesitation.
The only relief is resignation.
The floodwaters inundated Longhou Gorge, poured into Guimen Pass, and caused landslides at the three perilous passes.
This is not the war they understand at all.
Emperor Douling has abandoned the ten perilous passes and chosen to focus all his efforts on maintaining the eight vertical and horizontal passes.
In the face of this war that is beyond the scope of their understanding, they have no reason to persist.
Behind the two commanders, the soldiers were ashen-faced and had empty eyes.
Several days later, the soldiers from the Heavenly Soul and Fighting Spirit factions, who were clearing the road together, dramatically met at the original location of the Battle Mountain.
The scene froze instantly.
The two stared at each other, the air eerily quiet.
Without hesitation, the soldiers of the Heavenly Soul immediately drew the Soul Guide Ray Guns hanging from their waists.
And behind them, the soul-guided cannons responsible for clearing the road and providing cover all turned their muzzles around.
Upon seeing this, a young fighting spirit soldier's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Enemy attack!"
The hoarse roar of the Heavenly Soul Squad Leader broke the deathly silence, filled with vigilance and killing intent.
The soldiers of the Fighting Spirit were completely stunned by this sudden death lock.
"Don't shoot!"
A slightly older, officer-like soldier from the Fighting Spirits shouted, "We've come to surrender!"
"The road behind us was cleared for you!"
He then unfastened the soul-guided pistol from his waist, threw it far away, and then raised his hands high.
The soldiers of the Fighting Spirits seemed to wake from a dream, dropping everything they might have considered as weapons and raising their hands.
The Heavenly Soul soldiers remained on edge.
Their fingers were still on the triggers, and the glow of the cannons charging had not yet gone out.
The squad leader looked at them, then at the road behind them that had clearly been cleared.
This certainly doesn't look like an ambush; it's more like—escorting someone out of the way?
Only after confirming that they had indeed lost all will to resist did the squad leader report the situation to his superiors.
The message was passed through layers of communication and eventually reached the central command tent.
Huo Yuhao and Li Kongming exchanged a glance, their expressions revealing that they had expected this.
Qiling Pass and Longwei Road have become isolated and desolate places.
Unless the defending general is insane, he understands that stubborn resistance will only increase casualties.
"Judging from how they cleared the road," Li Kongming said, "Xue Rui has already given up on them."
"Perhaps this road clearing action was instigated by Xue Rui."
"Dou Ling also wanted to give the soldiers in the last two levels a way out."
"Report—!"
A messenger rushed over and knelt on one knee: "Reporting to the Azure Dragon King and Commander Li! Zhang He, the garrison commander of Qiling Pass, and Wang Pan, the garrison commander of Longwei Road, have led their remaining troops out of the pass, disarmed and surrendered before our army!"
"Approximate landing!"
After severing the shackles of the Ten Perilous Passes, the Heavenly Soul Empire's sharpest sword finally pressed its tip against the final heart of the Fighting Spirit Empire—the Eight Vertical and Horizontal Barriers!
Emperor Cd