The instant the commander gave the order, thousands of Soul Cannon barrels blazed with dazzling light.
Like a raging meteor shower, they slammed into the barrier spanning the edge of the Ice Sea amid piercing shrieks.
Earth-shaking explosions rolled together, and savage shock waves surged skyward, forming a column of smoke hundreds of meters high.
The ice wall shuddered violently. Its smooth surface burst apart in an instant, then vaporized under the terrifying heat.
"Ha ha ha!"
The Sun Moon Empire's commander laughed wildly. "See that? Before the Empire's torrent of steel, all resistance is futile!"
"What Far North Heavenly Kings? What Far North Dragon Emperor? Nothing but clay chickens and straw dogs relying on favorable terrain and ancient legends!"
"Keep firing! Blast them and Huo Yuhao into the dust of history!"
Thousands of Soul Cannons roared in unison, and a mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky.
When the enormous ice wall collapsed completely, the sight revealed before the Sun Moon army was nothing like what they had imagined.
There were no Far North Soul Beasts making a last stand behind the wall, nor any troops from the Heaven Dou Empire.
It was empty. There was nothing there.
"What's going on?!"
The commander slammed a hand against the observation screen. "The High-Altitude Reconnaissance Soul Tools clearly showed people everywhere here! How is it empty?!"
"All ships, cease fire! Activate the Life-Detection Soul Tools!"
Just then, a Patrol Ship on the fleet's outermost perimeter suddenly sounded a piercing alarm. "Something underwater! Enormous! Rising fast!"
The sea began to churn unnaturally, and enormous whirlpools expanded wildly around the fleet's perimeter.
Two azure figures burst from the water, raising towering waves!
The Demon Empress!
Lan Fozi!
They assumed their true Deep Sea Demon Whale forms, followed by countless Sea Soul Beasts. Innumerable