Undead Gate

Dai Huabin withdrew his hand from the rocks and brushed the gravel off his palm.

"The range of the border detection Soul Tool is very large. With so many of us traveling together, even if we conceal our auras, it's inevitable that we'll cause large-scale fluctuations in Soul Power."

Snow Empress stood to the side, gently straightening the hem of her white skirt.

"Then I'll conceal myself and force my way through. Those Soul Tool at the border won't stop my Extreme Cold Domain."

"Don't just force your way in."

Dai Huabin waved his hand.

"I have a Soul Skill space that allows you to stay inside temporarily until I break through the defenses alone, then I will release you."

Zhu Lu stepped forward and tugged at Dai Huabin's sleeve.

"Huabin, I'll follow your arrangements."

Ice Empress crossed their arms and kicked away a pebble at their feet.

"Ugh? We're going to that gloomy place again? It's so uncomfortable there, all you see are skeletons."

Snow Empress remained calm.

"It's alright, as long as it saves us trouble."

Dai Huabin ruffled Ice Empress's green twin tails.

"Bing'er, this is the safest way. We're going there to gain experience and broaden our horizons, not to fight the border guards of the Sun Moon Empire. Keeping a low profile will save us trouble."

Ice Empress slapped his hand away and gave a soft snort.

"I know, I know, you always try to block me with excuses."

Di Lingxi, standing beside her, blinked, still chewing on a piece of dried meat.

"What kind of Soul Skill? It can actually put a living person inside?"

Bi Ji was also quite curious, her emerald green skirt fluttering gently in the wind.

"Soul Skill that create their own space are extremely rare. Even Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone rarely possess such extraordinary abilities."

"This is no ordinary Storage Soul Tool, but an independent demiplane."

Dai Huabin gave a brief explanation of the characteristics of the Undead Semi-Plane.

"It's a world unto itself. Although it's a bit deathly, my power of light has created a clean area inside, so you can meditate and contemplate there without any problems."

Di Lingxi swallowed the dried meat and patted the crumbs off her hands.

"That sounds interesting. Open the door and let me see. I won't accept it if it's too dark."

Without further delay, Dai Huabin activated the Eye of Life within his sea of consciousness.

With a slight movement of his fingertips, he sketched an intricate gray magic circle in the void.

A portal more than two meters high opened in the void, with a faint gray halo flowing within it.

Zhu Lu was the first to step inside.

Snow Empress followed closely behind, and Ice Empress, though muttering under her breath, also stepped into the portal.

Di Lingxi peeked inside for a moment, then excitedly ran in.

Bi Ji nodded to Dai Huabin.

"Be careful, and call me immediately if there is any danger."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Bi Ji stepped into the portal of light, which immediately closed, leaving Dai Huabin alone on the cliff.

He straightened his black outfit and put the Angel Holy Sword into his Storage Soul Tool.

A mountain breeze rustled through the treetops.

Dai Huabin leaped off the cliff, his figure nimbly moving among the trees, and crept towards the border defense line of the Sun Moon Empire.

The Mingdou Mountain Range are extremely steep and form a natural boundary between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.

There are no ordinary towns or villages here; as far as the eye can see, there are only steel fortresses built against the mountainside.

Between the mountainside and the summit, countless metal observation towers can be vaguely seen.

A hemispherical detection Soul Tool rotates atop the watchtower, emitting faint white ripples that weave together to form a tight surveillance network.

Dai Huabin crept along the dense bushes, suppressing his presence to the lowest possible level.

He used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, each movement finding its way into a blind spot swept by the detection waves.

The woods ahead gradually thinned out, revealing a man-made gravel military path.

Two patrolling guards clad in gray Soul Tool Armor were carrying Soul Guidance Ray Gun as they slowly walked past from a distance.

"The detection array gave another false alarm last night, forcing me to get up in the middle of the night to fix the Core Array."

"There are many Soul Beasts in the Mingdou Mountain Range. Who knows which wild boar might have run into the sensor? You'll get used to it."

The two were talking in hushed tones, completely unaware that a figure was lurking in the grass ten meters away.

Dai Huabin lay hidden behind a low tree, quietly waiting for the patrol team to walk away.

He determined his direction and, following the shady mountain ridge, quickly made his way into the heart of the Sun Moon Empire.

After crossing the first line of defense, the terrain gradually flattens out.

Ahead lay a wide-open mountain valley, where a full-strength Soul Engineer Corps was stationed.

Several rows of tall metal barricades stood around the camp, their surfaces crackling with blinding lightning.

In the center of the camp stands a 30-meter-high observation tower, with a huge spherical thermal sensor installed at its tip.

Dai Huabin hid behind a protruding boulder and carefully examined the layout of the military camp.

The soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire were extremely well-coordinated.

Each patrol team consists of four people and is equipped with standardized linked Defensive Soul Tool and long-range soul-guided heavy artillery.

Even a team composed of Four-Ring Soul Ancestor can suppress an ordinary Soul King in a short time with this equipment.

"The development of Soul Guidance Technology has indeed far surpassed that of the Original Continent."

Dai Huabin made a silent assessment.

If the Star Luo Empire's heavy infantry were to encounter this firepower configuration head-on, they would certainly suffer heavy losses.

He took out a blank parchment scroll and quickly marked the distribution of sentry posts and blind spots in the camp on it.

Just then, a faint rustling sound came from the bushes on the right.

Dai Huabin quickly put away the scroll and huddled against the stone wall, disappearing into the shadows.

A young Soul Engineer wearing second Young Master Dai epaulets carried a toolbox and grumbled as he walked through the bushes.

"They make me come here every day to fix this damn relay base station. This place is so damp, it's no wonder the Core Array short-circuited."

The young Soul Engineer walked to a metal electrical distribution box next to the boulder, put the box down, and began to inspect it.

He removed the outer layer of protective armor, revealing intricate array patterns carved from rare metals.

Dai Huabin stood in the shadows three steps behind him, his breathing completely silent.

He carefully examined the repair tools and disassembly techniques in the other person's hands.

The slender metal carving knife was extremely exquisite, with a miniature flow-guiding array engraved inside, capable of precisely channeling the remaining Soul Power.

The youth Soul Engineer muttered to himself as he tightened the screws.

"Once this rotation is over, I'm definitely going to apply to be transferred back to Ming Capital. We can't even get a hot soup in this desolate wilderness."

The wrench in his hand suddenly slipped and fell onto the dirt at Dai Huabin's feet.

The young man bent down to pick it up, his gaze falling on a pair of black leather boots.

He paused for a moment, just about to look up and shout.

Dai Huabin raised his right hand and delivered a clean and decisive chop to the back of the young man's neck.

The young man didn't even utter a sound before his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Dai Huabin reached out to support the other person and dragged him into the deep pit behind the boulder.