When Qingzhu Zhu ambushed Tang Xiao, Tang Long, and Tang Hu at a speed unimaginable even to Deities, the Clear Sky Empire army marching north had likewise been routed by the Tang Sect Special Operations Department's advanced offensive Soul Guidance Weapons.
Whoosh!
A red beam shot from the tubular Soul Tool in Yu Tianheng's hands, piercing through hundreds, even thousands, of Clear Sky Empire soldiers before striking their camp. A violent explosion erupted, flames soaring into the sky. Another thousand people were caught in the blast, and those nearby were directly vaporized by the extreme heat.
"Ah..."
Yu Tianheng looked at the Soul Guidance Weapon in his hand—the Zhuge Hand Cannon, Godly Zhuge Crossbow Series, Energy Burst Series, Fire Attribute—and sighed.
"Don't sigh. They deserved to die." Dugu Yan had appeared beside him at some point and consoled him. "From the moment they massacred the residents of the towns along their path, they forfeited the right to live."
"That's not what I meant."
Yu Tianheng had experienced war as well. How could he possibly sympathize with them? It was simply that, even after joining Chihua, he sometimes could not help but lament how much the times had changed. Soul Masters' Soul Skills truly could not be considered powerful before the Soul Tools developed by Chihua.
Take this Zhuge Hand Cannon, for example. It had been modeled after the Phoenix Machine Staff wielded by Romantina, one of the Red Assembly's upper echelon. A single strike could rival, or even surpass, the ninth Soul Skill of a Titled Douluo Battle Soul Master! At the very least, Titled Douluo of the past absolutely could not kill someone and vaporize their flesh and blood in the same instant... Just how high did the temperature have to be?
Fortunately, he was young enough to keep