Of course, the extreme cold and violent gales of the upper atmosphere were terrifying only to ordinary living beings.
In the eyes and minds of ordinary humans, it was difficult to comprehend power that far surpassed their own.
After all, no one wanted to admit or believe that the gap between living beings on the same planet could be as vast as that between creatures from entirely different dimensions.
As Di Tian and the human coalition, which held more than seventy percent of humanity's strength, began moving toward the coastal regions in the south—
A deep, resonant humming sound reverberated across the battlefield, like the rolling thunder of war drums, or the battle horn of an ancient battlefield.
Though sound waves were intangible, they swept across the battlefield with a force as if they had substance, disrupting magnetic fields wherever they passed.
The sky was filled with soul-guided drones, but the magnetic disturbances severed their control signals, leaving them completely inoperative.
One after another, they plummeted from thousands of meters in the air, crashing into the ground and leaving behind craters that sparked with fire.
At that moment, all live broadcasts and media transmissions across the Federation simultaneously turned to black screens.
Ordinary people, who had been watching as mere spectators just moments ago, were now gripped by panic.
Of course, the interference with the Federation's media was merely an unintended consequence.
Di Tian's resonant call was not just like a battle horn—it was the battle horn!
At the very moment his call resounded, nearly every soul beast across the entire plane began to breathe heavily, their beastly eyes glowing with ferocious light as they emerged from their lairs.
The Battlefield at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters
At the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda, there were still a large number of battle armor masters and mecha pilots, though none of them were Titled Douluo.
When Di Tian declared war against the human world's top soul masters, these warriors—relying on the power of their battle armor and mechas—had angrily come forward.
They wanted to teach this audacious Beast God a lesson, to show him who truly ruled this plane.
But when these warriors arrived at the frontlines, they realized…
They were the ones who had overestimated themselves.
They realized there were always greater powers beyond their imagination.
Those below the Titled Douluo realm—
Let alone fighting Di Tian head-on, they could not even withstand the aftershocks of the battle between Di Tian and the human Limit Douluo.
Even Three-Word Battle Armor Masters at the Soul Douluo level (eight rings) could not endure it.
Even ordinary Titled Douluo could do little more than provide support or attempt sneak attacks in the battle.
Yet the result remained the same—
If they touched the battle, they were wounded. If they were grazed by it, they died.
Those who could normally unleash Hyper Douluo (Super Douluo) level power were as fragile as paper in such a high-level war.
Every few breaths, another nine-ringed powerhouse would fall in the distant battlefield.
Thus, all battle armor masters and mecha pilots who were below the Title Douluo level were transferred to the second-line army, placed under the command of the Federation's generals, and assigned to participate in the encirclement of the Great Star Dou Forest.
The Great Star Dou Forest: The Federation's Strategy
According to human historical records, Di Tian was called the Beast God because he had always protected weaker soul beasts, earning the reverence of many soul beast races.
Whenever a Beast Tide arose, Di Tian was always the central pillar.
Even three thousand years ago, when besieged by multiple Limit Douluo, he had never abandoned the Great Star Dou Forest.
The Federation's military strategists believed that the Great Star Dou Forest must hold precious treasures guarded by Di Tian.
Thus, they devised a plan to attack what Di Tian would be forced to defend!
As a result, the second-line army, which had been gathering in the distance, was now completing their siege on the Great Star Dou Forest.
Countless battle armor masters below the Black Grade, along with Three-Word Battle Armor Masters, participated in the encirclement, sealing the Great Star Dou Forest like a dumpling skin wrapping its filling.
A vast array of soul-guided cannons and long-range soul weapons were set up by the arriving second-line troops.
This siege operation was led by Chen Zeyu, the son of Chen Xinjie.
Trained personally by his father, he was the youngest general of the Sun-Moon Federation.
Dressed in a crisp military uniform, his shoulders bore gleaming golden stars. Standing in the command center, he peered through an advanced soul-guided telescope, carefully observing the deployment of his second-line army and soul-guided artillery.
He muttered to himself in a tense tone,
"I hope breaking through the Great Star Dou Forest will relieve some pressure from my father's battlefield."
Now that his forces were in place, Chen Zeyu's expression hardened.
He was ready to launch the attack!
For this battle, he refused to hold back any reserve forces.
He committed everything at his disposal to end the battle in the shortest time possible, wipe out the Great Star Dou Forest, and aid the main battlefield where Di Tian was engaged.
No reserves.
The first battle would be the decisive battle—one strike to determine the fate of the continent!
"Give the order!"
At his command, the core officers in the command center immediately rose to their feet.
Yet just as the order was about to be issued—
A cataclysmic explosion suddenly erupted!
The temporary command center collapsed from the force, nearly burying Chen Zeyu beneath it.
However, this unexpected collapse granted him a clear view of the outside battlefield.
As he surveyed the open landscape, he saw—
The explosion had not originated within the Great Star Dou Forest.
Instead, several beams of light had erupted from outside the human encirclement, piercing the heavens!
With a father who was a Quasi-God, Chen Zeyu immediately recognized what such phenomena meant.
When a powerful soul master fully unleashed their soul power, it could stir the very forces of nature.
And now, the figures standing at the core of those sky-piercing beams—
Were all Four-Word Battle Armor Masters.
Some were even piloting God-Ranked Mechas.
In other words, each of them possessed Limit Douluo-level combat power.
And there was no mistaking it—
The aura of soul beasts emanated unconcealed from their bodies.
In an instant, countless terrible realizations flooded Chen Zeyu's mind.
No longer concerned with fine-tuning his strategy, he could only frantically issue orders.
"All scattered troops—immediately regroup and activate the linked soul-guided formations!"
The command was swiftly relayed through soul-guided communications.
This was the only way for a standard army to resist top-tier powerhouses—
Tens of thousands of trained soul engineers, working in unison, could use their linked formation to unleash attacks on the Limit level.
But reality gave him no chance.
Not only because the second-line troops were nowhere near as disciplined as the main army, the Sea God Army—
But because the encirclement formation had already been shattered in multiple places.
The forces couldn't regroup in time.
And in the midst of the broken ranks, the true calamity had begun.
Powerful soul beast warlords had been waiting in ambush outside the encirclement.
Bear Lord, Demon Spirit, Zi Ji, Bing Ji, Titan Snow Demon King…
Each of them was now unleashed at the perfect moment.
Nearly all of humanity's top warriors and main forces were locked in battle with Di Tian.
Now, no one was left to stop the rampage of the soul beast warlords.
(Chapter End)