harleyscars Chapter 6 Shadow General
Chapter 6 Shadow General
Chapter 6 Shadow General
The second soul skill, "Suspended Cliff Severing," is a purely defensive soul skill. It condenses rock element to form a jade shield; when the jade shield is impacted, it generates a "fortified wall" effect, making the shield even more resilient. This effect can stack up to five times.
As for his second spirit, Zhong Li has no plans to add spirit rings yet, nor does the Heaven Dou Royal Family. The reason is simple: adding spirit rings to his second spirit now would be a pure waste of its talent! Theoretically speaking, if they wait until the seventh or eighth ring to add spirit rings to their second spirit, the first ring could start at the ten-thousand-year level.
Such strength is absolutely incomparable to that of a Soul Master with only a single Martial Soul; they are fully capable of reaching higher levels.
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In the blink of an eye, six years have passed.
In the six years that followed, much had happened. First, there were the subtle changes in the political landscape of the Heavenly Dou Empire; almost everyone had believed that the eldest prince, Xue Qinghe, was a foregone conclusion to the throne.
Originally, before Zhongli came to this world, the Heavenly Dou Empire had four princes; the second prince was the most virtuous and wise, and could be described as precocious. His talents progressed very quickly in all aspects. He was not only the most favored by Emperor Xueye, but also the recognized heir apparent in the hearts of many old ministers. His talents were ten times that of the eldest prince, Xue Qinghe.
Then there's the Third Prince, whose martial soul talent is the most outstanding. He mutated an even more powerful "Shining Swan" from his family's martial soul, and his innate soul power is as high as level eight. His talent is no less than that of the two princes of the Star Luo Empire, and he is considered to have the potential to become a Title Douluo in the future.
Only the fourth prince, young and dissolute, was ignored and looked up to by everyone; he was the most useless one.
As a result, eleven years ago, the Second Prince suddenly died of a violent illness, just as Zhong Li was born; a year later, the Third Prince, who had the best talent among Soul Masters, also died suddenly. The hopes of the royal family fell on the First Prince, who suddenly "got it."
But now, the situation has changed again. Although on the surface, the youngest son of Emperor Xueye is very low-key, those who know the inside story can see that Emperor Xueye is secretly grooming this youngest son as his successor.
Although Emperor Xueye was old, he was not senile; although there was no evidence, it would be a lie to say that he had no suspicions about Xue Qinghe.
In fact, even though Emperor Xueye secretly provided Zhongli and Ying with the highest level of security, even higher than that for himself, Zhongli still suffered three assassination attempts in those six years. The last one even involved the shadow of a Title Douluo.
Fortunately, good fortune smiles upon the virtuous; despite such a calamity, Zhongli emerged unscathed, unlike his two unseen, adopted brothers who perished young.
Three days after the final assassination attempt, the eldest prince suddenly fell ill and secluded himself for a full month. Rumors circulated that he had been stabbed by a mysterious person in the Eastern Palace; the electric shock paralyzed him, leaving him bedridden for a whole month.
Since then, there have been no more assassination attempts targeting the princes of the Heavenly Dou Empire.
Currently, the imperial court of the Heavenly Dou Empire has gradually split into two factions: the First Prince's faction and the Fifth Prince's faction. Although the Fifth Prince has never intentionally created a faction, a large group of people have naturally amassed behind him, and their influence is growing stronger. Even the纨绔 (wán kù, a spoiled and dissolute young man) Fourth Prince Xue Beng, and Prince Xue Xing, who has always been close to the Fourth Prince, can now be considered members of the Fifth Prince's faction.
Another major event occurred six months ago when the Heavenly Dou Empire suddenly launched a war of annexation against its vassal kingdom, the Barak Kingdom.
Initially, a few years ago, the Heavenly Dou Empire suddenly began issuing restrictive policies targeting its various vassal kingdoms. The first target was the "minting rights" of each kingdom. The Empire used the pretext that the gold and silver soul coins minted by each kingdom were deliberately mixed with large amounts of other metals, and demanded that each kingdom either pay a huge fine, provide genuine gold soul coins that have been tested and found to have the required gold content, or provide goods such as grain and cloth; or surrender its minting rights and be prohibited from privately minting currency.
Then, the Empire imposed restrictions on the size of armies in various countries, requiring them to reduce their forces to varying degrees. The Kingdom of Barak, which originally had the strongest military, underwent the largest reduction, with its forces reduced by as much as 70%. Moreover, all military training had to be conducted by instructors dispatched by the Empire headquarters.
As a result, six months ago, the Kingdom of Barak murdered the imperial envoy and openly declared its secession from the Heaven Dou Empire. The local bishop of the Spirit Hall held a coronation ceremony in the Barak capital for King Barak, Okula, the cousin of Emperor Xueye, officially establishing him as emperor!
This is Princess Shadow's first time leading troops into battle. It also marks the beginning of the legend of "General Shadow" on this continent.
The commander-in-chief of the campaign against the Kingdom of Barak was the veteran general Goron of the empire, who led a massive army of 200,000 infantry and cavalry. Ying was only allowed to lead a cavalry unit to cooperate with the old commander's military operations after his insistence.
As a result, Shadow led ten thousand cavalrymen, advancing rapidly into the mountains. During a heavy rainstorm, Shadow's cavalry suddenly swept through the mountains, launching a surprise attack on the main force of the Barak Kingdom, who were taking shelter from the rain. The rain concealed the imperial army's movements; under the imperial cavalry's assault, the Barak Kingdom's massive infantry army collapsed almost instantly, fleeing in disarray through the mountains. However, the mud made it difficult to move, and they were easily mowed down and killed by the imperial army.
The final sign of the collapse was that the reinforcements who had braved the heavy rain and mud to arrive, including the sixth-ring Soul Emperor-level general, were actually killed by that purple-haired girl with a single strike right in front of the battle lines, amidst the thunder and rain.
The moment the blade flashed and the Soul Emperor's head fell to the ground, the clanging sound of weapons hitting the ground was like raindrops.
The Kingdom of Barak was destroyed. When the king's head was severed, Goron's main army had not even reached the Lima Plain, the heart of the Kingdom of Barak.
From that moment on, everyone knew that the Heaven Dou Empire had produced an unparalleled "Iron-Blooded Princess." Before she was even twelve years old, her naginata had already taken down an enemy general and severed the head of a monarch!
Shadow hasn't returned yet. She and her troops will remain in the Kingdom of Barak for some time, firstly to deter unrest, and secondly to prepare for any potential disturbances.
However, Zhong Li had already received a long list, and he was rubbing his forehead. This was the list he wanted; the list was called "Unorthodox Soul Master Organizations".
Sure enough, Zhong Li saw the name he expected on this long list.
Shrek Academy
In the annotations, the "description of misdeeds" of Shrek Academy is much longer than that of other factions.
"The publication of false information, such as the claim that an elder of the Spirit Hall once emerged from among the academy's students, has been determined to be seriously untrue."
Zhong Li couldn't help but chuckle. In the original *Douluo Continent* novel, Shrek Academy did indeed mention this matter to its students. The problem was, spreading other rumors was one thing; but the elders of the Spirit Hall were at least Title Douluo level beings! Putting aside everything else, Shrek Academy had only been established for a few years. Where were they going to train a Title Douluo?
It was somewhat humorous.
(End of this chapter)