When they were still 10 miles away from Yunling Pass, a scout reported that no Spirit Hall Soul Master legion had appeared before Yunling Pass.
Upon receiving the news, Xue Ye raised an eyebrow. Given the capabilities of the Spirit Hall, the fact that the Heaven Dou Army's camp was located fifty miles away from Yunling Pass meant they couldn't be unaware of the Heaven Dou Army's attack on Yunling Pass today.
The fact that the Spirit Hall did not send out its Soul Master legion to meet the enemy means that the Spirit Hall does not intend to confront the Heaven Dou Empire's army head-on, but is instead preparing for a defensive battle.
In a defensive battle, the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon of the Heaven Dou army would be much less effective, since the walls of Yunling Pass were not made of mud, but were only a few meters high earthen walls.
The city wall of Yunling Pass is a full eighty meters high. It is extremely difficult for soldiers to aim Tang Sect Hidden Weapon at a distance of eighty meters. In addition, the power of Tang Sect Hidden Weapon will be reduced at this distance, and their trajectory will also be slightly deviated.
Marshal Ge Long said, "Your Majesty, could it be that when the Heaven Dou Empire reclaimed the kingdoms and duchies, the Spirit Hall discovered that the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon had been unearthed, and the Spirit Hall is now wary of the power of the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons?"
"That's how it should be. The Spirit Hall doesn't want to confront our Heaven Dou Empire head-on, but is preparing for a defensive battle." Xue Ye said with some worry, "Even if our Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers capture Yunling Pass, the casualties will be too high. Marshal, do you have any good tactics?"
Marshal Ge Long racked his brains and finally came up with an excellent battle plan.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea."
"Oh, Marshal, please tell me quickly."
Marshal Ge Long said confidently, "Since the Spirit Hall is unwilling to confront our Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers head-on, then we will force them to confront our Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers head-on."
"As long as we send our soldiers to surround Yunling City and prevent the Spirit Hall from transporting grain into Yunling City, given time, Yunling City will run out of ammunition and food, and will inevitably mobilize its Soul Master legion to try to open up the supply route."
"In this way, we can let the soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire fight the Spirit Hall head-on, and let the Spirit Hall's proud Soul Master Legion experience the power of Tang Sect Hidden Weapon."
Upon hearing this, Xue Ye was overjoyed. "Marshal Ge Long truly lives up to his reputation as the guardian deity and God of War of our Heaven Dou Empire. To be able to devise such an ingenious battle tactic is truly a marvel of strategy!"
Marshal Ge Long quickly replied, "Your subject dares not accept such praise."
Ning Fengzhi remained silent. He did not have a deep understanding of military strategy, so naturally he did not have a better strategy than Marshal Ge Long. Using this method to deal with the Spirit Hall would also consume a huge amount of food and supplies for the Heaven Dou Empire.
However, in the past two years, the Heaven Dou Empire has collected a huge amount of food, enough to support the army's consumption for more than half a year. Moreover, he also wanted to use this battle to confirm the strength of the Spirit Hall so that he could determine his team.
Just as the army of the Heaven Dou Empire was less than ten miles from Yunling Pass, with the magnificent eighty-meter-high city wall in sight, the Heaven Dou Empire's camps, stretching for countless miles, were about to suffer annihilation.
In the very center of the camp, an elderly man dressed in a black robe, tall and thin, with a head of jet-black, shiny hair, appeared. This elderly man was one of the Titled Douluo elders of the Spirit Hall, known as Poison.
Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, cultivation level 95.
"Grand Pontiff, I'm not willing to bear this infamy."
Dugu Bo landed silently in the very center of the Heaven Dou camp, unnoticed by anyone.
The only two strongest individuals in the Heaven Dou Empire, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, went to Yunling Pass to participate in the main battle. The majority of the people in the camp were ordinary people, with a few Soul Master of low cultivation levels.
Dugu Bo could come and go freely in Heaven Dou's camp, as if it were no different from strolling through a vegetable market.
Nine Soul Ring appeared beneath Dugu Bo's feet: two yellow, two purple, and five black. The Seventh Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet.
Suddenly, a bright emerald green light flashed, and a huge emerald green serpent, hundreds of meters long and several meters wide, appeared in the Heaven Dou camp. The emerald green serpent raised its body high, and its vertical pupils looked indifferently at the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and Soul Master who remained in the camp.
"Nine Rings, Titled Douluo!"
"The Azure Serpent King is none other than Poison Douluo Dugu Bo!"
Exclamations rang out as a large number of taxi soldiers from the Heaven Dou Empire, armed with spears and Tang Sect Hidden Weapon, rapidly gathered around.
Although they knew they were facing a Titled Douluo, they were not afraid; on the contrary, their faces showed excitement.
So what if Titled Douluo? They still die when surrounded by an army of 100,000. If they can take the head of Titled Douluo, they can brag about it for a lifetime.
Dugu Bo glanced around at the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and Soul Master who were not only unafraid of him but were also constantly gathering to besiege him. A look of disbelief flashed across his eyes. He had originally wanted to minimize the killing, so he did not release his Soul Skill immediately after releasing his Martial Soul Avatar.
Now that he saw how foolish these taxi drivers and Soul Master from the Heaven Dou Empire were, instead of running away, they wanted to kill him, so he would no longer show mercy.
One after another, Soul Ring lit up beneath Dugu Bo's feet. His gaping maw opened, spewing out large amounts of highly toxic green mist that spread in all directions toward the Heaven Dou Empire's camp.
"Poison! Extremely poisonous!"
Upon seeing the emerald green poisonous fog spreading like smog, the soldiers and Soul Master showed fear on their faces. Maintaining the same speed as the fog's advance, they retreated with trembling legs. They suddenly realized that their human wave tactics seemed ineffective against the Poison Douluo.
A taxi driver lost his footing and fell to the ground. A faint wisp of poisonous mist entered his body through his mouth and nose. In just a few blinks, the soldier turned into a pool of black pus, without even being able to scream.
"Aaaaaah!"
"Run!"
"Help!"
In an instant, the soldiers and Soul Master of the Heaven Dou Empire, who were originally full of confidence and wanted to surround and attack, take the head of the Titled Douluo and boast about it for the rest of their lives, were terrified and ran away as fast as they could, away from the poisonous fog.
Dugu Bo did not stop spewing poisonous mist. The poison he spewed completely blocked his body, and only when he flew into the air could he see the emerald green snake bathed in the green poisonous mist.
The camp, capable of accommodating millions of troops, spanned hundreds of miles. Even with Dugu Bo's abilities, he couldn't create such a large-scale poisonous fog. He didn't have that much Soul Power either. But without his effort, the fleeing soldiers and Soul Master of the Heavenly Heaven Dou Empire found their human wave tactics completely ineffective against his poisonous fog, leaving the Heaven Dou camp in ruins.
Dugu Bo returned to the granary of the Heaven Dou Camp, sprayed another wave of poisonous mist to corrode and contaminate all the grain, then put away his Martial Soul and returned to Yunling Pass, thus completing his mission.