After everyone had retreated from Rising City, a shell that was a dozen or so meters long fell from the sky above the city, exuding a terrifying force of utter destruction!
And indeed, when the shell touched the ground...
In an instant, all the energy stored within the shell, as if a fuse had been ignited, began to pour outward...
With a "boom!!!!" a vast expanse of pitch-black mist rose into the sky, enveloping everything...
The terrifying high temperature and the white halo that melted everything spread at a rate of several kilometers per second...
In contrast, everything enveloped, including objects and living beings, was instantly obliterated into nothingness...
Especially the dense sea soul beasts marching towards Rising City, which disappeared without a trace once shrouded by the white light...
When the blinding white light finally faded, the entirety of Rising City and the surrounding area of several hundred meters had become a desolate no man's land...
A Soul Master, who had been dispatched to observe the situation above, swallowed subconsciously and said in disbelief, "Is this... the power of a Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Device? Such a vast city has been reduced to as if it never existed in just a few seconds!"
One dared not imagine if the empire had not given prior notice for the Soul Masters to have time to retreat and had directly deployed the Ninth-grade Soul-guided Shell...
This place would have completely turned into a bloody massacre!
At the same time, a look of excitement also spread across his cheeks...
If such a terrifying attack were used to bombard the other two great empires, relying on their high-end Soul Masters alone, they would have no power to fight back!!
After shaking his head, the Soul Master immediately turned and left hastily...
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Inside the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Guidance Device Academy...
An eighth-level soul master who had fired the shell, turned to Mirror Dust, Xu Tianran, and Juzi and said, "The bombardment was successful, all the sea soul beasts and everything else inside Rising City have been turned into wasteland!"
Mirror Dust stroked his beard with satisfaction, "Very good! It seems that the power of this Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Device is even greater than we imagined—perhaps twice the blast radius of other Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Devices!"
Xu Tianran said coldly, "Although we lost a city, at least the problem with the sea soul beasts has been resolved well!"
Mirror Dust nodded, "Hmm! If we don't take drastic measures to deal with this, the Beast Tide will severely affect our future plans!"
Juzi said indifferently, "Using a Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Device to bomb Rising City will definitely not go unnoticed by the other two nations, and I suppose they will respond soon!"
"This is our opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Choose to negotiate peace, or go to war directly!
Of course, no matter which it is, the two great empires will ultimately be doomed!
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Shrek Academy!
Sea God's Pavilion!
Yan Shaozhe, who had received the news, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath before saying, "Elder Xuan, the Sun-Moon Empire has bombed their own Rising City with a Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Device to deal with the Beast Tide caused by the Sea Princess!"
The Sun-Moon Empire is simply reckless, using a Ninth-grade Soul-guidance Device on their own territory!
This means that Rising City will be completely erased from the annals of history!
Xian Lin'er exclaimed in shock, "What? That's utterly insane!"
Xuan Ziwen furrowed his brow, "This is clearly a show of force to the other two great empires! Even bombing their own lands, this emperor Xu Tianran is truly a madman!"
And Mingde Hall will not be able to escape responsibility for this matter either!
When he was a teacher at Mingde Hall, he hadn't seen them capable of doing such a heinous act!
Cai Mei'er raised an eyebrow and said, "Perhaps the Sun-Moon Empire can no longer deal with the Beast Tide using Soul Masters? You should know that there are only a few Hyper Douluos on their side! It's indeed very difficult to confront a ferocious beast like the Sea Princess."
A flash of contemplation appeared in Qian Yu's eyes, "They even used a Ninth-grade Soul Guidance Device? If they really couldn't solve the problem, they could have called me..."
Although he couldn't communicate directly, Xu Tianran, who was under his control, could still summon him through the Netherworld Mark!
Elder Xuan said with a solemn tone, "According to the Xingluo Empire and the Sky Soul Empire, the Sun-Moon Empire had proposed a peace talk before this! It's just unknown what trick they are hiding up their sleeve."
Zhang Lexuan spoke coldly, "Whatever it is, it won't be anything good. The ambition of the Sun-Moon Empire has reached the point where they want to annex two countries; how could they so easily agree to peace talks! There's definitely something fishy about this!"
Yan Shaozhe spoke again, "Setting aside whether there's a problem or not, the Sky Soul Empire and the Xingluo Empire may very well choose to negotiate peace under the threat of the Ninth-grade Soul Guidance Device, which would play right into the cunning plot of the Sun-Moon Empire!"
Fan Yu said with a sigh on his face, "But if we don't negotiate peace, the Sun-Moon Empire could attack the Xingluo Empire and the Sky Soul Empire under the pretext of refusing to allow Continental peace. It's simply a blatant scheme!"
Cai Mei'er shook her head, "But there's nothing we can do now. Shrek Academy has always maintained neutrality on the Continent. If we were to take action, we would likely be criticized by others!"
"The only thing we can do is to wait for the Sun-Moon Empire to show its hand first. Then, the other sects and academies should not just stand by and watch as the two great empires fall!"
Xuan Zi glanced at everyone and decisively said, "Let's discuss this matter another day. For now, let's end the meeting here. Oh, Qian Yu, stay behind!"
Upon hearing Xuan Zi's words, the other Elders of the Sea God Pavilion seemed to understand something. They did not ask any questions but instead got up and left the Sea God Pavilion...
In an instant, only Qian Yu and Xuan Zi were left in the vast Sea God Pavilion...
Xuan Zi's turbid eyes fixed on Qian Yu with complexity as he earnestly asked, "Qian Yu, the anomaly that appeared this morning, it involved the God Position, right?"
Qian Yu, knowing Xuan Zi would ask about this, softly replied, "Yes."
Seeing Qian Yu's reaction, Xuan Zi sighed and said, "Qian Yu, with you..."
Qian Yu's pupils shrank, interrupting Xuan Zi first and said coldly, "Elder Xuan, if you're going to say anything comforting, save it..."
"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now..."
Without waiting for Xuan Zi to respond, Qian Yu decisively turned and left the Sea God Pavilion...
Xuan Zi, seated in the Sea God Pavilion Master's chair, was stunned. He did not speak out to stop Qian Yu and watched him leave the Sea God Pavilion...
Then, he closed his eyes and said, "Is the loss of the God Position's legacy such a great blow to Qian Yu?"
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Upon reaching the shore of Sea God's Lake, Qian Yu no longer suppressed the anger in his heart...
He shouted angrily, "Damn it!!! Why did this happen!!!"
He was about to obtain the God Position!
The next moment, Divine Power surged from his body, reaching a terrifying level as it poured into Sea God's Lake below...
With a 'boom, boom, boom', countless waves were lifted up into the air...
Tang Wutong, who was hiding and watching Qian Yu from behind, felt a strange ache in her heart...
But instead of going forward to comfort him, she chose to quietly watch everything unfold...
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