The White Tiger Duke Defends Ming Dou, Yuhao and Wutong Head to the Military Camp Together

The opening Ju Zi left for Huo Yuhao fell first upon Ming Dou Mountain Pass.

Her military order was written with chilling brevity: Ming Dou Mountain Pass, test-fire without attacking. But once it reached the battlefield, so-called "test-firing" was enough to make an entire mountain range tremble. The Sun Moon Empire would not tear apart the Star Luo Defense Line on the first day, but it would use soul cannons to measure the pass, the wind, the supply routes, and the White Tiger Army's response speed inch by inch. Ju Zi had given Shrek half an inch of room, but she had also placed a sharper question before Huo Yuhao.

The wind and snow in the Ming Dou Mountains were fierce.

The Star Luo Empire's military camp spread across the slopes, White Tiger Army banners snapping in the wind. Dai Hao stood outside the main tent in armor, watching the silver-blue firelight of the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Legion in the distance. He had guarded the border for many years and seen countless probes, but never one on this scale.

The Sun Moon Empire was not probing without purpose.

They were measuring just how hard Star Luo's bones were.

When Huo Yuhao arrived, Dai Hao was listening to a scout's report. Wind and snow swept past the White Tiger Army banner before the main tent, then swept over the chill Huo Yuhao suppressed in his eyes.

To the White Tiger Duke's Estate, Dai Hao was the White Tiger Duke guarding the Star Luo Empire's border, the backbone of the army, the commander countless soldiers were willing to follow. But to Huo Yuhao, that name carried other things—heavier, older things.

Dai Hao's blood ran through his veins, yet he had never truly possessed the White Tiger Duke's Estate's surname or standing.