The War to Found a Nation, Bo Saixi the Nuclear Weapon!

"Hm?"

The drowsy soldier came a little more awake. He rubbed his eyes, picked up a telescope, and looked toward the target.

His eyes went wide.

He had thought it was an illusion, but the view through the telescope told him it was real.

Dozens of enormous warships were racing across the distant sea toward Vast Sea City.

Worse still, a vast number of Sea Soul Beasts lurked beneath the water.

"Enemy attack!"

Cold sweat broke out across the soldier's body. He immediately fired a signal arrow into the sky.

Brilliant fireworks burst overhead, startling everyone in Vast Sea City.

On a warship's deck, Sea Dragon Douluo watched the dazzling fireworks in the distance. He knew they had been spotted, but he did not panic.

He looked toward Lin Hao at the bow. "Young Master, should we pick up speed?"

Lin Hao gazed ahead at the signal fireworks above Vast Sea City, his expression unruffled.

"Vast Sea City is home to many Sea Soul Masters. They are all the Sea God's people. I won't allow mass casualties."

"Senior Sea Dragon, Senior Sea Spear, take action. End the fighting quickly. I want Vast Sea City intact. It will be our bridgehead for advancing onto Douluo Continent."

Lin Hao's calm voice reached Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo.

"As you command, Young Master!"

Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo nodded. Smiles crossed their faces as they looked toward the bustling city.

At last, we can get ahead of Sea Horse. We'd better perform well this time. We can't disappoint the Young Master.

Martial Soul Avatar!

The two Titled Douluo exchanged a glance and immediately activated their Martial Soul Avatars. A giant dragon and a long spear radiating a razor-sharp aura shot straight toward Vast Sea City.

The terrifying pressure of their level-ninety-six power made the soldiers climbing onto the walls tremble.

The nine Soul Rings around each of them—two yellow, two purple, and five black—were painfully conspicuous to everyone in Vast Sea City.

"By Lord Sea God's Divine Edict, we march to conquer the continent!"

"Lay down your arms and place your faith in the Sea God, and you may live!"

"All others will be killed without mercy!"

Sea Dragon Douluo channeled his Soul Power. His deep, commanding voice echoed over Vast Sea City.

His words set hearts wavering throughout the city. Those who knew how powerful Sea God Island was recoiled in horror. Had the Sea God Empire come for them so soon?

Only the commanders loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire remained resolute. Faced with such a vast disparity in strength, their faces turned ashen, and they steeled themselves to die.

In just half an hour, the two Titled Douluo swept through the defenders, and Vast Sea City fell to the Sea God Empire.

The commander of the city's garrison died in battle, the Spirit Hall Branch was uprooted, and everyone else submitted to the Sea God Empire.

From then on, the Sea God Empire used Vast Sea City as a base to campaign in every direction, expanding its territory on Douluo Continent.

Whether a city belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire, if taking it would connect the Sea God Empire's holdings on the continent, they attacked without hesitation.

In a single month, the Sea God Empire seized one-seventh of each empire's territory.

The force of its advance shook the Two Great Empires and Spirit Hall to their core.

To consolidate the vast territory they had taken, Lin Hao then ordered a temporary halt to the offensive and expanded the army to make up for the Sea God Empire's shortage of personnel.

A month earlier, Vast Sea City had been the largest frontier city of the Heaven Dou Empire. Now it had become the Sea God Empire's secondary capital.

The imperial capital, of course, remained on Sea God Island.

But future battles would be fought on the continent, making Vast Sea City's position vital. That was why it had been designated the secondary capital.

"Young Master, the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire have both sent letters of censure. They demand that we return the occupied lands, or they'll consider us at war with both empires."

Sea Horse Douluo held out two golden documents to Lin Hao, who sat at the center of the palace hall.

Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Spear Douluo, and Xiao Bai were also seated in the hall—three fighters with the strength of Titled Douluo—along with more than twenty purple-robed Soul Masters.

They were the pillars of Sea God Island, each a powerhouse of Soul Saint rank or above.

"Ridiculous. We won that territory through our own strength. Why should we hand it back just because they said so?"

"If they want a fight, let them come. I'd like to see just how strong Heaven Dou and the Star Luo Empire really are," Sea Spear Douluo said with a cold laugh, his temper flaring.

"Sea Spear is right. This war will establish the Sea God Empire on Douluo Continent. We must show its people what we're capable of." Sea Dragon Douluo's gaze sharpened, and even the air around him grew heavy.

"Have we found out how many troops they're sending?"

Lin Hao sat at ease, listening to the opinions around him before turning to Sea Horse Douluo.

"Heaven Dou has mobilized two hundred thousand troops, and Star Luo one hundred and fifty thousand. That's an army of three hundred and fifty thousand, plus more than ten thousand Soul Masters."

"So they want to catch us all in one net!"

Lin Hao gave a soft laugh. He showed none of the tension of a man facing an approaching army.

The others smiled too. Their confidence in the Sea God Empire was absolute. Even if Spirit Hall joined the Two Great Empires, what of it?

"If they want war, we'll give them war. Hit them hard enough to make them understand the Sea God Empire is not to be trifled with." Lin Hao's eyes hardened, his expression grave.

"Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar will take full command on the Star Luo Empire front. Keep them outside Gengxin City at all costs."

"Sea Spear Douluo will command the Heaven Dou Empire front. Hold them beyond Lima Plain."

"As you command!"

Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo rose to accept their orders, then left with the purple-robed Soul Masters under their command to muster their forces.

"Young Master, don't we have too few troops? I think we should ask the Great Enshrined for reinforcements."

"We've barely established ourselves, and our army lacks training. It still can't compare to the armies of the Two Great Empires."

After everyone else had left, Sea Horse Douluo hesitated, then spoke with some concern.

"We'll call on the Great Enshrined, of course, but not to fight on the battlefield. That would greatly limit what she can do." Lin Hao nodded. "But don't underestimate our army. With the Sea God Crossbows supporting them, the enemy couldn't break through their lines even with ten times as many troops."

"It's been a long time since anyone on Douluo Continent has seen a level-ninety-nine Limit Douluo. Naturally, they've forgotten how terrifying one can be. It's time to remind them."

In the wars of this fantastical world, the strongest fighters decided victory or defeat.

No number of common soldiers could change that.

A Limit Douluo was like a nuclear weapon. Once unleashed, such power could silence the entire world.

Inside Sea God Hall, Bo Saixi, who had been cultivating with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

The Sea God's Remnant Soul appeared before her once more.

"That boy Lin Hao has run into a little trouble. Go to him. I'm here on Sea God Island; nothing will happen to it."

"As you command!"