The Sun Moon Empire's lightning war had been highly effective.
Even fighting on multiple fronts and attacking the former Douluo Three Kingdoms simultaneously, it had still been able to unleash enormous combat power.
This was enough to prove the Sun Moon Empire's formidable military strength. With the Holy Spirit Cult aiding them, they were like a tiger with wings!
Just as the war situation was improving on every front, an unexpected development suddenly arose!
Although Shao Zhuang had vanished from the continent, the achievements he had left behind in Soul Tool Technology during his early years played a crucial role in this war!
A Soul Tool called the "Tank" emerged from Shrek Academy and officially stepped onto the world stage, bringing an entirely new revolution to Soul Tools!
Before this, Soul Tools had generally been divided by function into three categories: melee, long-range, and fixed-installation Soul Tools. Each had its own purpose. Fixed-installation Soul Tools were the most powerful and placed the highest demands on their users.
However, when the Tank officially appeared, a paper Shao Zhuang had once written introduced a brand-new classification to the world: Composite Strategic Soul Tools!
A Composite Strategic Soul Tool was like a mobile war fortress capable of launching devastating attacks. It required multiple people working together to operate it. When deployed in medium- to large-scale warfare, the damage it inflicted upon an army would be catastrophic.
Fortunately, the former Douluo Three Kingdoms lacked the capability to mass-produce Tanks. Moreover, the crew required to operate a Tank needed training; they could not be formed overnight.
Otherwise, the existence of these Tanks might truly have halted the Sun Moon Empire's advance!
Ye Xishui was not only a Limit Douluo, but also a Level Nine Soul Tool Master. Naturally, she knew Soul Tools extremely well.
The sudden appearance of a lengthy description of this new Soul Tool in her monologue undoubtedly affirmed the Tank's value.
Thus, every human faction on the Douluo Continent, especially those that had researched Soul Tool Technology, became even more curious and wanted to see it for themselves.
What kind of new Soul Tool could be separated into a category all its own and make a Level Nine Soul Tool Master like Ye Xishui so wary?
At the same time, the images displayed by the Heavenly Curtain showed the effects Tanks could achieve when used in war.
Facing the Sun Moon Empire's army, twenty Composite Strategic Soul Tools known as Tanks began their assault.
They started advancing, their speed growing ever faster, yet their formation remained flawless.
Unlike an ordinary Soul Engineer legion, this was a cold, orderly advance accompanied by the low rumble of metal grinding together.
Under the sunlight, the massive steel bodies of those Tanks reflected a hard, frigid gleam, while their thick, long barrels slowly adjusted their angles.
The Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer legion attempted to attack these unfamiliar Soul Tools.
But just as those attacks were about to land, the battle formation formed by the twenty Tanks rapidly condensed a translucent Iron Curtain barrier to shield them.
Ripples spread across the light screen, but failed to shake it in the slightest. The Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer legion's first wave of attacks was effortlessly blocked.
Seeing that their attacks had failed, the highly disciplined Soul Engineer forces hurriedly launched a second offensive.
But it was already too late!
The thick, lengthy barrels at the fronts of the twenty Tanks erupted with blazing light and fired in unison.
"Boom!"
"Boom, boom!..."
Along with the deafening explosions came the earth-shaking tremors and the screams of one Soul Master after another.
When the thick black smoke dispersed, enormous craters lay everywhere, along with the severed limbs and mangled remains of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer legion.
"Ugh..." Some Soul Masters retched from instinctive disgust as they looked upon that hellish scene.
"This power is incredible!"
Of course, many Soul Engineers under the former Douluo Three Kingdoms were filled with excitement.
A Soul Tool with such terrifying power had been invented by people from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms and would be used in the future to repel the Sun Moon Empire's invasion. Nothing could have been better.
Within the Sea God Pavilion at Shrek Academy, Qian Duoduo said excitedly, "That brat really has one surprise after another."
Who would have thought that Shao Zhuang, whose focus had been Martial Souls, possessed such tremendous talent in Soul Tools as well?
It was truly fortunate that the future Soul Tool Department had insisted on giving him the status of a Core Disciple.
"Did you see that, Yan Shaozhe? Geniuses have many things in common. If Junior Disciple Brother had been forced to give up Soul Tools, then this era-defining technology would have vanished. Your Martial Soul Department ought to keep up with the times."
Xian Lin'er also flaunted her triumph as she provoked Yan Shaozhe.
After his teacher had spoken with him, Yan Shaozhe had finally untied the knot in his heart and emerged from it.
So she could now mock him without worry.
Forget those who had studied Soul Tools—even those who knew little about them could tell just by looking.
The Soul Tool called the Tank was absolutely revolutionary and would completely change the face of warfare!
"Why was such a great talent not born in my Sun Moon Empire?"
Jing Hongchen, the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and master of Mingde Hall, watched the Tank's power and utility and could only feel that Shao Zhuang had been born in the wrong country.
A Soul Tool Technology genius like this did not seem like someone who could have emerged from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms.
Just then, a knock sounded at the dean's office door.
Jing Hongchen cleared his throat before saying, "Come in!"
The next moment, the visitor pushed open the door and entered.
"Dean Hongchen, His Highness the Crown Prince has issued an oral decree: Starting from today, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Mingde Hall are to vigorously pursue the research and development of Composite Strategic Soul Tools."
This man was a close attendant of Crown Prince Xu Tianran, responsible for conveying orders on the Crown Prince's behalf.
"Yes." Jing Hongchen immediately accepted the task.
He was not at all surprised by the Crown Prince's desire for Tanks.
Such weapons of war were something every ambitious person in the world would want.
That went double for His Highness the Crown Prince, who harbored ambitions of unifying the entire continent.
At that moment, the scene within the Heavenly Curtain quietly changed.
Daytime instantly became night.
A flying Soul Engineer legion approached from the sky, using the cover of darkness to silently draw near the Tanks in an attempt to destroy these terrifying weapons.
Just as the viewers thought the Tanks were about to be destroyed, the situation changed once more.
The perspective suddenly shifted to the inside of a Tank.
One red dot after another suddenly appeared on a screen.
They were accompanied by a series of beeping alerts.
Now everyone could see clearly.
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