Chapter 617: The End of Heavenly Soul
"Boom boom--"
Accompanied by thunderous sounds, the Sun and Moon Soul Mentor Corps poured into Tianhun City like a tide.
Some of the defenders in the city fled in panic, and some fought back, trying to die with the enemy. But in front of the Soul Mentor Corps led by three Titled Douluo, everything seemed so pale and powerless.
With an overwhelming force, they pushed all the way to the Tianhun Palace.
When Su Luoheng and Xue Di arrived, the Sun and Moon Soul Mentor Corps had surrounded the Tianhun Palace. Before receiving orders, they only cleared the guards around the palace and did not enter.
"Marshal, the Tianhun Palace has been fully surrounded. According to intelligence, Tianhun Emperor Weilin ordered all soldiers to give up resistance. It seems... that they intend to surrender to our Sun and Moon Empire."
"..."
The temporary commander of the Sun and Moon Soul Mentor Corps, Deputy Corps Leader Xu Tianyuan, respectfully came to Su Luoheng and reported the battle situation.
Su Luoheng nodded and was about to enter the palace.
"Marshal, we are needed..." Xu Tianyuan said.
"No need." Su Luoheng waved his hand, "You just stay outside. Don't act without permission before I come out."
"Yes."
Then, he looked at Xue Di and said, "Sister Xue, you stay too."
"Yes." Xue Di nodded gently.
After that, Su Luoheng strode out.
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...
At this moment.
The sky and the earth were dark, and the rain curtain was shrouded.
On the ground, heavy rain fell and formed ripples.
In the sky, thick lightning flashed continuously. The gray sky seemed to be torn apart, showing a strange blood red. It was palpitating.
Su Luoheng stood at the gate of the palace, looking at the majestic palace in the rain curtain. His eyes seemed to penetrate the layers of rain and fog and the palace walls and fell into the depths of the palace.
"Da, da, da, da..."
He stepped on the ground full of thick puddles, his steps were neither fast nor slow, and every step he took would splash a bunch of water. The heavy rain poured down, but it could not touch him at all.
The guards in the palace had been dismissed. Along the way, the huge Tianhun Palace was empty. Except for the rustling sound of thunder and rainstorms washing the ground from time to time, there was no other noise.
Under the rain curtain, everything seemed so quiet. But it gave people a feeling of depression and desolation.
[……]
Finally, he came to the front of the palace.
At this time, the main hall door was open. From the open gap, he clearly saw a middle-aged man in a dragon robe sitting there with his back to him.
He was shrouded in shadows, making it difficult to see clearly. But Su Luoheng still recognized this person at a glance.
It was Weilin, the monarch of the Tianhun Empire who had just met five days ago.
Hearing the movement from behind, Weilin slowly turned around and looked up at Su Luoheng.
The two people's eyes met.
Weilin has changed, and he has changed a lot.
The emperor, who was once so majestic, had lost all his sharp edge. Although he was dressed in the imperial robes, he could not hide his decadence and desolation.
At this moment, he seemed to have been drained of all his spirit, and he looked gloomy and old. It seemed that he had aged dozens of years in an instant.
Su Luoheng stopped two meters in front of him and looked at him with indifferent eyes.
Weilin was also looking at him.
The two of them were deadlocked for a long time, and Weilin suddenly smiled, with a smile of relief in sadness.
"You won."
"I said, I will take your life in five days." Su Luoheng's tone was flat, and his face was calm.
Weilin did not show hysterical anger or resentment. He looked at Su Luoheng calmly, with a look of acceptance of fate and relief after seeing through life and death.
"My life is here, and it can be taken at any time. But before that, can you answer a few questions for me, just as a comfort to me who is about to die?"
"Sure."
Su Luoheng nodded after hearing this.
The overall situation has been decided, and he doesn't mind talking to Weilin.
There is no chance to escape from him.
"Five days ago, I thought the plan was successfully concealed from all of you. Until today, I finally realized that you found the clues at that time."
"With the strength you showed today, if you really want to blockade Tianhun City, no team will break through."
Du Bu Si died outside Tianhun City, and it has been less than half an hour now. Weilin will naturally not make the mistake of underestimating the power of the Sun and Moon Empire's soul guide weapons again.
Although it is too late to realize this now.
"So, the successful breakout that night, including Lu Chengkun, was actually released by you on purpose. The purpose... is to let us seek help from the outside world."
"..."
Weilin looked at Su Luoheng with a complicated expression.
After calming down, the irrationalities that he had doubted before all came to mind one by one. And with the connection of cause and effect, the things that were originally incomprehensible also became clear and bright.
In fact, as early as five days ago, he realized that something was wrong.
Whether Su Luoheng's purpose was revenge or forced surrender, breaking the city was the simplest and fastest way.
Although the specific strength of the Sun and Moon Legion was not clear at the time, it was definitely not something that the existing defense force of Tianhun City could contend with. It would definitely not take five days to break the city.
There was no reason for the Sun and Moon Legion to besiege without attacking, and even deliberately give a five-day buffer time. There was a weird taste in this, no matter how you look at it.
It was as if they had given them time to wait for the Heavenly Soul Empire to go out and ask for help.
The real purpose of the Sun-Moon Empire was to gather all the armies of the Heavenly Soul Empire to the Heavenly Soul City and wipe them out, so as to take the opportunity to completely destroy the Heavenly Soul Empire.
Yes, Weilin had thought of this at the time.
So, he played along with Su Luoheng's plan, and on the surface, he sent Wester to break through, to mobilize troops from the major garrison fortresses, and rescue the capital.
In secret, he sent Lu Chengkun to the Body Sect to ask for help, and joined forces with Du Bu Si to wipe out the soul guide army of the Sun-Moon Empire. The identities of hunter and prey were reversed.
But now it seems that he still thought too little of the appetite of the Sun-Moon Empire.
After a pause, Weilin looked at Su Luoheng and said, "So, what you really want to wipe out is the Body Sect, and the army of the Heavenly Soul Empire and I are just incidental, they are your goal. Right?"
He thought that everything was arranged perfectly and without any leaks, but in fact all actions were under the control of Su Luoheng. From the beginning to the end, they were all prey.
Therefore, Du Bu Si's death was not unexpected.
Before they arrived at Tianhun City, or even before the war started, the Body Sect had been targeted by the Sun and Moon Empire.
The killing plan for Du Bu Si had already been set, waiting for him to fall into the trap.