"Does Your Highness the Princess know something?"
Star-Shattering Douluo asked in confusion. The princess had clearly been hinting at something.
"I don't know the specifics either. I only know that the Bright Cult is powerful, and what they showed last time was nowhere near their full strength. Even if we win this time, it could very well be a crushing victory.
"We'll stay at the rear and wait to see how things unfold."
"So His Majesty's meaning is that we should seek no merit, only avoid blame!"
After conveying her elder brother's orders, Xu Jiujiu also felt it was better to play it safe. She then turned to Manyi beside her.
"Grandma Manyi, if an uncontrollable, mysterious change occurs, I'll do everything I can to bolster you with the Star Radiance Technique and help you retreat.
"Of course, it would be best if you could sense danger early and withdraw."
Manyi and Star-Shattering Douluo nodded solemnly. They understood that a brutal battle was inevitable.
And so it proved. After ten days of travel, when everyone arrived with the Central Legion at the foot of Bright Peak, their brows furrowed.
Soul Tools covered the mountain as far as the eye could see. The gigantic Soul Guidance Cannons in particular were clearly high-grade. Taking the peak would be no easy task.
Dai Hao lowered the Soul Guidance Telescope, his brow furrowed into a knot. For a moment, he couldn't think of how to take the place.
The enemy held the advantage of the terrain and had deployed so many Soul Guidance Cannons. On top of that, no one knew how many Fixed Soul Guidance Shells they had. A direct assault would cause heavy casualties, even if they managed to take the mountain.
They might even lose all one hundred thousand soldiers under