Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Jiang Ming had anticipated the trouble that had occurred in the Douling Empire.

He just hadn't expected the Sun Moon Empire to act so quickly.

He had previously guessed that if the Sun Moon Empire were to take action, it would be from the sea towards the Fighting Spirit Empire.

After all, if it were by land, it would have to pass through the territories of the two great empires no matter what. Even if the defenses of the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo empires were lax, it would be impossible for a force capable of taking Lingdou City in such a short time to pass through their territory.

If they were to actually send such a force over, their own capital would not fare much better than Lingdou City.

"Xiao Ming, with the fall of Lingdou City, the Sun Moon Empire is likely to truly go to war!"

"I am Qian Duoduo, the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department, said in a deep voice."

Since the Sun Moon Empire has already started the war, and in the first battle it captured the capital of the Douling Empire and wiped out the Douling Empire's royal family, such a result is considerable.

Under these circumstances, the Sun and Moon Empire will inevitably take further action!

The next step, and where to target it—whether it's the Heavenly Soul Empire or the Star Luo Empire—has become the key to the next stage of the war!
"Yes, war is about to break out. Dean Qian, who do you think the Sun Moon Empire will target next?"

Jiang Ming looked at Qian Duoduo and asked softly.

Qian Duoduo pondered for a few seconds and said, "I think it should be the Heavenly Soul Empire!"

As he spoke, he took out a map from his storage soul tool and said in a deep voice, "After the Sun Moon Empire's army took over Lingdou City, it did not have the ability to expand rapidly. If the time drags on, the Heavenly Soul Empire will definitely send troops!"

Moreover, although the entire royal family of the Douling Empire was wiped out, this does not mean that the Douling Empire's overall military strength has been destroyed. As long as someone reacts in time, they can gather forces to counterattack Lingdou City!

Fan Yu, standing to the side, couldn't help but say, "Yes, the Sun Moon Empire's forces are isolated and helpless within the Douling Empire's territory. Unless the Sun Moon Empire opens a passage from the Heavenly Soul Empire to connect this isolated army, it wouldn't be a big problem for the Heavenly Soul Empire to send troops, along with the Douling Empire's original army, to swallow up this Sun Moon Empire's forces if they really want to take action."

Jiang Ming listened to their thoughts and nodded: "Yes, although the Sun Moon Empire's army has conquered the Douling Empire, it has actually become an isolated force."

However, according to my information, they have made ample preparations. It is a truly elite Soul Master Corps, and it is personally led by Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin!
Under these circumstances, it would be unrealistic for the Douling Empire to retake Lingdou City in less than a month. And during that time, Xu Tianran will undoubtedly make his move!

Jiang Ming never underestimated Xu Tianran's strategic vision. You have to know that Xu Tianran's desire to unify the continent is not an idea that has just emerged in the last few years. He had been planning it for a long time when he was still the crown prince.

This time, sending Ye Yulin to launch a surprise attack on the Douling Empire and brazenly start a war is unlikely to be all bark and no bite.

Jiang Ming himself guessed that Xu Tianran's next move would definitely be to take action against the Heavenly Soul Empire!

The Douling Empire and the Tianhun Empire were originally the Tiandou Empire. After splitting, they became two separate empires. If they wanted to open up the life channel to Lingdou City, starting with the Tianhun Empire would undoubtedly be the fastest way!

It's just that it's not certain where to start.

"We'll see. If the Heavenly Soul Empire isn't foolish, then this could be an opportunity for them."

A deep light flashed in Jiang Ming's eyes.

The Heaven Dou Empire has been divided for so long, and now that the Dou Ling Empire's royal family has been wiped out, perhaps this is an opportunity for the Heaven Dou Empire to return to power?

Of course, he wouldn't care about that.

If the Heavenly Soul Empire has the brains, then go for it; if not, then they can't blame anyone else.

Two hours after Jiang Ming received the message, Princess Jiu Jiu and Princess Vina in Shrek City received the news from the Douling Empire.

"what?!"

Xu Jiujiu, who was originally thinking about how to plot against Xu Tianran with Jiang Ming so that the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire would not die peacefully, jumped up from her chair after hearing the news from her subordinates.

"How could Lingdou City be Lingdou City?! What's wrong with the people of the Sun Moon Empire?"

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Jiujiu suddenly remembered the sea spirit beast attack that had occurred in the southern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire a few days ago.

She immediately took out a map, her gaze falling directly on the southern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire.

"Here, here they came from the sea! Damn it! Did they really just let those deep-sea spirit beasts pass by so easily?!"

After a long while, he cursed angrily, his brows furrowing instantly.

When the sea spirit beasts formed a beast tide to attack the southern sea area, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but she didn't know what it was.

After all, the ocean is home to sea spirit beasts, which are far more numerous and far more powerful than the land spirit beasts!

It is common knowledge that there are no traces of human activity in the deep sea!
However, the Sun Moon Empire broke this well-known rule and launched an attack on the eastern part of the Douling Empire in a completely unimaginable way, bypassing the entire southern sea area of ​​the Star Luo Empire!
This is so unexpected!
"Lingdou City has fallen, and the entire royal family of the Douling Empire has been wiped out. Immediately send this news to Xingluo City so that my elder brother can devise a strategy. Also, send someone to invite Princess Vina to Seagod Island!"

Xu Jiujiu immediately issued the order.

The fall of Lingdou City will undoubtedly cause a major change in the situation across the entire continent, serving as a wake-up call for everyone.

Lingdou City has fallen. What about Xingluo City? What about Tiandou City?

This must be taken seriously!

Meanwhile, Princess Vina also received the news very quickly.

She was the slowest to receive the news. Even though the Heavenly Soul Empire Emperor had transferred part of the Heavenly Soul Empire's intelligence system to Princess Vina in order to facilitate diplomacy between Vina, the Star Luo Empire, and Shrek Academy, the efficiency was still not much faster.

Spirit City

After receiving the news, Princess Vina and Princess Jiujiu made the same decision to go to Poseidon Island to find Jiang Ming.

If before they only needed to focus on Xu Tianran, then now it's not just about targeting Xu Tianran alone, but about waging war!
Moreover, judging from this, this is by no means a simple probing war, but the beginning of a major war that will soon engulf the entire continent!
Outside Shrek City, the two princesses met and flew together towards Seagod Island.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, in the Ming capital of the Sun and Moon Empire...

A day had passed when Xu Tianran received news that Ye Yulin had captured Lingdou City.

There's nothing we can do about it; the distance is just too great. Even though the Sun Moon Empire has a soul-guided communication device, its current range is simply too short.

Fortunately, the news still got back. "Well done!"

Xu Tianran looked at the battle report sent by Ye Yulin, slapped the armrest of his wheelchair, and stood up with a feeling of exhilaration, as if he were about to perform a medical miracle on the spot.

His face was beaming with an incredibly happy smile, one of the few, if not the only, smiles he had shown in recent times.

"Ju Zi, come and see! Ye Yulin has already captured Lingdou City of the Douling Empire! Hey, the emperor of the Douling Empire was celebrating his birthday on that day, and Ye Yulin directly gave him three level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells as a birthday gift!"

Xu Tianran excitedly handed the intelligence in his hand to Ju Zi, his smile never fading.

"The first battle has begun, and it's going even more smoothly than I expected. But the real challenge is yet to come. Although Ye Yulin has brought his elite troops, he will face a counterattack from the Douling Empire, and may even be threatened by the Tianhun Empire. We must open a passage as soon as possible!"

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed sharply, and he said in a deep voice, "Tell Kong Deming to hurry up and open a passage from the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire into the Douling Empire as quickly as possible!"

He had already made some follow-up arrangements when he started planning this project.

Without a doubt, the only way to open up a passage into the Douling Empire is to start from within the Tianhun Empire; they can't even repeat their previous method of going by sea.

He didn't think the people from the Star Luo Empire were fools. If they didn't realize it at first and still didn't realize it later, then they would be too stupid!
Moreover, the sea spirit beasts in the deep sea are still a threat. Just because Ye Yulin led her people across safely does not mean that others can also cross safely.

Another reason is that it took too long!

Since the war hasn't started, time doesn't matter; safety and secrecy are the top priorities.

But once the war breaks out, it means that Ye Yulin's side will face the counterattack of the entire Douling Empire every moment, and may even face the counterattack of both the Douling and Tianhun Empires!

The pressure is immense; the longer it drags on, the greater the risk will be for Ye Yulin!
Therefore, it is not feasible to travel by sea.

On land, what's the difference between passing directly through the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire and directly attacking the Heavenly Soul Empire?
The fastest and safest way is to go around the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire, or even around the far north!
Therefore, before Ye Yulin set off, Xu Tianran had Kong Deming lead an army from a northern city of the Sun Moon Empire into the far north, preparing to launch an attack on the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire! To open a passage!

Furthermore, he also mobilized a Soul Master Corps of the Guardian of the Nation to launch a simultaneous attack on the cities to the west of the Heavenly Soul Empire!

With this in mind, the Heavenly Soul Empire is fighting on two fronts, making it very unlikely that it will intervene in the war on the Douling Empire's side.

Of course, now that the war has been fully launched, the Star Luo Empire must also be on guard.

Xu Tianran dispatched the Sun Moon Empire's most powerful Soul Master Corps to keep watch on the Star Luo Empire's border. If the Star Luo Empire made any move, they would launch an attack immediately!

Fighting on four fronts!

This is the Sun Moon Empire. The only country in the entire Douluo Continent with such strength is the Sun Moon Empire!

This is a powerful foundation accumulated over thousands of years of leading the world!

Of course, even for the Sun Moon Empire, maintaining a four-front war would be extremely difficult.

If this drags on, even the Sun Moon Empire, the most powerful empire on the Douluo Continent, will not be able to hold on and may even collapse.

Therefore, we must act quickly!
The war to unify the continent must be swift as the wind and as fierce as fire!

"We've taken Lingdou City, so next up is Tiandou City!"

Xu Tianran stared intently at the map hanging on the wall of the study, his eyes fixed on the Tian Dou City.

Taking over Lingdou City was only the first step in the plan. Fighting the Douling Empire wouldn't be too difficult; his real target was the Tianhun Empire!
With the fall of the Douling Empire's royal family, as long as Ye Yulin can hold out until Kong Deming's troops arrive to provide support, consolidate the gains in the Douling Empire, and then take control of the entire Douling Empire, then taking over the Tianhun Empire will be just around the corner!

If we take over the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Star Luo Empire alone won't be able to turn the tide!
This was his envisioned plan to unify the world.

"Ju Zi, tell me, how do we take down Heaven Dou City next?"

Xu Tianran tapped the armrest of his wheelchair, his eyes gleaming with confidence.

This confident glow even overshadowed the pale complexion caused by his recent nightmares, giving the illusion of a final burst of energy before death.

After reading the intelligence in her hand, Orange frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, I did not mean to disturb your enjoyment, but you have probably overlooked one thing."

As she spoke, she walked to the map and pointed to a spot on it with her finger.

Xu Tianran's eyes narrowed, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Shrek Academy!
Xu Tianran's eyes suddenly turned extremely cold, and his voice gave off a gloomy feeling.

"Shrek Academy! Orange, you're right, Shrek Academy will probably make a move, especially that Jiang Ming."

When the name Jiang Ming was mentioned, Xu Tianran suddenly felt a headache.

The headache came on very suddenly, instantly turning Xu Tianran's originally good mood into one of extreme irritability.

Clearly, Jiang Ming has become his nightmare during this period of time!
Seeing this, Orange sighed helplessly in her heart.

Over the past few days, Xu Tianran's mental state has deteriorated, and even the good news from Ye Yulin only temporarily alleviated the situation.

She didn't want to mention Shrek Academy, but she had no choice. Shrek Academy was an enemy that the Sun Moon Empire couldn't avoid in its war of unification. If she didn't pay attention to it now, it would be too late when the war reached its climax!

War is not child's play; every aspect must be taken into account. One oversight can easily lead to total defeat!
"Your Majesty, let me help you back."

"It's orange," Ju Zi said softly.

Xu Tianran nodded, but what Ju Zi didn't notice was that a trace of bloodlust was constantly appearing deep in Xu Tianran's eyes.

If Jiang Ming were here, he would recognize it immediately as the aura of an evil soul master!

Moreover, this evil spirit master's aura seems to be of an extremely high level, with a kind of god-like feeling!
An evil god! (End of Chapter)