Douluo: Adventure Begins from Wuhun City

Chapter 260 Empire Crisis
"In this case, the deal is not going to be established. Master Yu, please put those thoughts aside."

Ning Rongrong smiled with a hint of sarcasm at this moment.

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, knowing that it was impossible to do anything, so he said nothing more and began to direct the training as usual.

Another half a year passed, and the policy of integration between the two places that the two empires had originally promoted not only failed to produce any results, but instead intensified the conflicts among the people.

Even the top leaders of both sides, who had originally appeared to be very close and vowed to work together to resist the Spirit Hall, began to have some frictions. As the upper levels followed suit, the conflict between the two places had become unstoppable.

At the same time, since I don't know when, there have been reports that the high-level officials of the two empires ignored the suffering of the people, indulged in debauchery, wantonly plundered the people's wealth, increased the burden on the people, and listed all their crimes.

At first, it only spread to some remote places, but as time went on, it began to spread to villages, towns, counties, principalities, and even the entire empire. The terrifying influence made people feel cold.

As for the rise of such remarks, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was a signal that the Spirit Hall was about to rise up for justice and take action against the two empires.

The top leaders of the two empires naturally saw through the situation more clearly and hurriedly stopped their open and covert fighting, wanting to join forces to suppress this horrific public opinion. However, it was of no avail as the situation had developed to this point.

At this moment, inside the Tiandou Imperial Palace.

"How is it, is there any response from Liuyuecao Academy?"

The Emperor Tiandou, who was the ruler of a country, had disheveled hair, black eye sockets, and bloodshot eyes at this moment. He looked totally unpresentable.

The wrinkles on his face had deepened, and were more obviously visible than before. He looked much older, and at this moment, he asked the person crawling under the throne with a glimmer of hope.

"Your Majesty, Liuyue Grass Academy claims that the person has been in seclusion since half a year ago, and there has been no news of him coming out!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Tiandou's face froze and his old and thin body trembled slightly.

"Then what is the attitude of the dean of Liuyue Grass Academy towards the current actions of the Spirit Hall?"

"President Liu said that the purpose of the academy is to teach and educate people, not to fight for power among the remaining forces. Moreover, she is a woman after all. If the academy wants to make any big moves, it needs to wait until that person comes out of seclusion and discuss in detail before making a decision!"

Hearing this, the old emperor couldn't help himself. He smashed the inkstone on the table to the ground and couldn't help roaring.

"Assholes! A bunch of assholes! What did they agree to when they accepted our country's treasure? They brought so many soul masters to the Far North to die. The empire paid so much, is this how these guys repay me? Ah!"

As the old emperor roared, his emotions fluctuated violently. For a moment, his blood surged up and he felt a fishy and sweet taste in his throat. With a "puff", a stream of blood spurted out, staining the white paper on the table red!
"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

The group of people below immediately became excited upon seeing this. Even Prince Xuexing, who usually secretly wanted to plot for the throne, was now anxious. He walked forward and quickly supported the shaky Emperor Tiandou, his face full of concern.

"Your Majesty, you must take care of yourself! The empire cannot do without you now!"

Although Xue Xing has ambitions in his heart, he is not stupid enough to fail to recognize the situation. His current status depends on the Tiandou Empire. If the country is annexed by the Spirit Hall, he will be left with nothing. He will not make any small moves at this time.

Emperor Tiandou waved his hand with a haggard look on his face, and spoke with some reluctance.

"What about those people at Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Villa? Have they responded?"

Now that the Spirit Hall's intentions have become extremely clear, guarding against the Spirit Hall is imminent, and the old emperor naturally wants to unite all the forces in the country.

"Landian Villa said that it was seriously injured that year and is still recuperating and no longer concerned with worldly affairs."

"What about the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect?"

"The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect shows that the three sects are of the same origin, so we need to wait for the Haotian Sect's intention!"

"Ahem! Another...another bastard! We don't even know where the Haotian Sect has been driven by the Spirit Hall."

The old emperor began to cough violently again. With every report he heard from below, his expression became more listless and his face became older.

With the palace maid's soothing hand behind him, Emperor Tiandou's anger was slightly smoothed out.

"Forget it. None of these guys are reliable. How is Xingluo doing?"

"Xingluo is also in a mess. The entire Xingluo city is in chaos. There has been no peace in the past month."

This time, it was Prince Xuexing on the side who responded with a worried look on his face.

In the past, Emperor Tiandou would have been overjoyed to hear the news, but now, he felt heavy in his heart, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that they are not much better than Tiandou City. The Empire is really corrupt. The two sides have been fighting for so many years, but now they are both forced into a dead end by the Spirit Hall."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed drastically and they spoke up immediately.

"Your Majesty, you are the only backbone of the Tiandou Empire today, you must not lose heart!"

However, when Emperor Tiandou heard this, he did not give the ministers below a good look. Those who could stand here now were all the world's top nobles of the empire, who were greedy and ate till their mouths were full of oil. No matter how much he emphasized, even if he talked until his mouth was dry and his tongue was sore, this group of people just did what they wanted and obeyed in public but disobeyed in private. As a result, now that the country is in crisis, they all put the responsibility on him!
"You came to me now? Why didn't you listen when I told you to be more restrained? Now the country is in chaos, and facing the enemy's raised butcher knife, you don't even have the strength to resist!"

The old emperor spoke with a gloomy expression, causing the ministers below to look embarrassed. Feeling the old emperor's sharp and cold gaze like a knife, they all felt their scalps tingling.

But even though he had many dissatisfactions in his heart, the old emperor knew that it was useless to worry about these things now. He took a deep breath and spoke.

"I think you have basically contacted the Spirit Hall secretly, and you have also seen the Spirit Hall's attitude clearly. They are now extremely determined and are determined to swallow up the entire Tiandou Empire in one breath. When that happens, all of you will be killed one by one, and no one will be able to escape, so don't hold on to your luck. Now is the time to fight to the death with the Spirit Hall."

The ministers below nodded when they heard this. Some of them did want to secretly submit to the Spirit Hall, but none of them received a response, and their hearts were almost dead. All of them were forced to be tied to the broken ship of the Heaven Dou Empire.

But some of them still looked hesitant and stepped forward to ask.

"Your Majesty, even if we are determined to resist the Spirit Hall, what countermeasures should we take? You know, the Spirit Hall, not to mention the three unfathomable popes, even the countless Titled Douluo in the Worship Hall and the Pope Hall are not something we can resist!"

This terrifying data made the ministers, who had just been aroused, feel cold in their hearts again, and their faces were filled with despair. Even Emperor Tiandou nodded with a grim expression, but still spoke out.

"You are right. If we are to measure by hard power, our Tiandou Empire is vulnerable. In fact, it has been like this for a long time.

But don't forget, if the Spirit Hall wants to conquer the Heaven Dou Empire directly by force, it doesn't need to do those unnecessary things, such as weakening the Heaven Dou Empire's national strength, stirring up public opinion, and occupying the righteous cause. Therefore, the key to this war may not be in those top combat forces, but in the overall military strength. This is our opportunity. "

When the people below heard this, a look of realization appeared on their faces.

Indeed, with the strength of the Spirit Hall, if they really wanted to destroy the Tiandou Empire, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. They could just send a few Titled Douluo to the Tiandou royal family and massacre them. There would be basically no resistance in the entire empire.

But the Spirit Hall doesn't do this. I think it wants to have both the role and the independence.

But if that's the case, why can't the Spirit Hall accommodate the surrender of these noble families? You know, the voice of the people in the Tiandou Empire is basically in their hands!

If Spirit Hall wanted fame, why did it choose to push them all to the Tiandou royal family?

Everyone was puzzled, but there was nothing they could do. At this moment, they could only try their best to repair the shattered ship, hoping that there would be a chance to survive this storm and tsunami.

"We will all obey your majesty's orders!"

Hearing the simultaneous shouts from below, Emperor Tiandou felt a rare sense of relief in his heart, but he also knew that this was not the time to be happy, so he quickly gave orders.

"Since the Spirit Hall wants to do this, then that's our chance. You must quickly use all your strength to spread the word among the people about the Spirit Hall's evil ambitions and the dangers of ruining the country and the families. Recruit people with lofty ideals as soon as possible to defend the country."

"But, will this work?"

Some people doubt it.

"It has to be used even if it's useless! Now is the time to burn our boats. Although the hope is slim, don't forget that the strong men in his Spirit Hall were basically poached from our two empires. This is the foundation of the Spirit Hall, otherwise he wouldn't have to go through so many twists and turns with us.

Therefore, you must do your best to spread the word, and cooperate with the Xingluo Empire. You may be able to shake the hearts of the strong men in the Wuhun Hall, so that our Tiandou Empire can survive!"

Now even the Emperor of Tiandou could not say anything about winning. That was totally wishful thinking. The gap between the two sides was just too big. If the empire had not existed for a long time and was deeply rooted, the Spirit Hall would not have wasted so much and would have directly destroyed them.

Now the only thing that Emperor Tiandou wants is to barely resist the attack of the Spirit Hall, and then seek peace and survive to preserve the empire.

The ministers were not surprised to hear this. If the emperor was so confident that he could defeat the Spirit Hall, then they would think that the emperor was crazy.

Now the whole country was in chaos, and they had to organize forces to resist the Spirit Hall. They had a lot of things to do, so they all bid farewell to Emperor Tiandou and retreated in a hurry.

After everyone had left the palace, Emperor Tiandou collapsed on the throne, his face numb and his expression empty as he stared at the ornately decorated ceiling.

"I hope that Tiandou can really survive this disaster this time."

At the same time, the situation on the other side, Xingluo Empire, was not much better than Tiandou. The entire Xingluo City was in chaos.

However, Soto City of Shrek Academy was not affected at all. The news had not yet spread here, so it could be considered calm.

As he had a thorough understanding of these students during this period, Yu Xiaogang compared them with the configurations of previous Soul Master Academy Elite Competitions and was pleasantly surprised to find that with the current lineup of Shrek Academy, it is very likely that it will achieve extraordinary results in the most advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition in the entire continent.

As the teacher leading the team, he will naturally become famous all over the world, and the theories he wrote will also be recognized and sought after by the world!
For this reason, Yu Xiaogang felt a burning desire in his heart, wanting to enhance the students' strength and improve the academy's chances of winning at all costs.

However, as the elite competition approaches, the routine training no longer has any obvious effect.

So, he turned his attention to Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai.

As he had read extensively the books in the Spirit Hall, he naturally knew many secrets of the continent.

He also knew a little about the dirty deeds of the Xingluo royal family.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you should be from the Zhu family of Xingluo City. You have a deep connection with Dai Mubai's royal family, the Dai family, right?"

At this moment, looking at Zhu Zhuqing who was in the team that had gathered in front, Yu Xiaogang thought about his previous plan, his expression changed slightly, and he spoke to Zhu Zhuqing.

"What do you want to say?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's face turned cold and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

Even Dai Mubai, who was standing by, vaguely understood what Yu Xiaogang meant and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He had already seen that Zhu Zhuqing would no longer be bound by any so-called family constraints and had no interest in him. She had even never spoken a word to him in all the time she had been at Shrek Academy.

It was obviously wishful thinking for Yu Xiaogang to use the honor of the academy to make Zhu Zhuqing agree to practice martial soul fusion techniques with him.

Sure enough, the next moment, Yu Xiaogang put forward his own idea, wanting the two to eliminate the barriers between each other and practice the martial soul fusion technique.

"Are you looking for death? Who the hell are you to meddle in my affairs?"

After hearing what Yu Xiaogang said, a fierce look flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, and her martial spirit instantly possessed her body. Black energy surged around her body, and her sharp claws were raised, pointing directly at Yu Xiaogang!
(End of this chapter)