Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 165 Bad News from the Battlefield

In addition, there is really no place in the entire Douluo Continent where the element of light is particularly strong.

If such a place really exists, it will definitely be a gathering place for light-attributed soul beasts. It is impossible for human soul masters not to know about such a place.

The place where the meteor fell was Douluo Star. Although Douluo Continent is the center of Douluo Star, it is not the only land.

Therefore, the inheritance of the throne of the God of Light may also be outside of Douluo Continent.

Lin Rong turned the Thor's hammer in his hand and thought:

"It doesn't matter if you can't find it. The inheritance of the God of Light will appear sooner or later. If it is obtained by outsiders, the worst that can happen is that we can just snatch it away."

……

half a month later.

Lin Rong returned to Tiandou City in a carriage rented from Longcheng.

The carriage was driving on the street. Lin Rong looked at the scene outside the carriage through the window. For some reason, he felt a sense of disharmony that was different from usual.

"Master, is there anything wrong with the scene outside?" Yun Hui, who had just surrendered to Lin Rong yesterday, noticed the change in his expression and asked curiously:
"This is the first time I've seen such a beautiful city, but the atmosphere here seems to be inexplicably depressing."

Hearing this, Lin Rong explained to Yun Hui:

"On normal days, at this time of day, there should be more than ten times as many people on the street as there are now."

"besides……"

Looking at the patrol soldiers coming from the distance on the street, Lin Rong continued:

"The laws of Tiandou City stipulate that a patrol team consists of five soldiers, but now there are 25 soldiers in a team, and they are all fully armed."

"For a country's capital to restrict the flow of people and impose martial law, something big must have happened."

"The only major event in the empire recently was the battle with the pirates in the Western Province."

"Could it be that Poseidon took action and caused the Empire and Spirit Hall to suffer a great defeat?"

Lin Rong spoke the last few sentences half as explanation and half as speculation.

The carriage drove along the empty streets and soon arrived at the gate of the Duke's Palace.

"Sir." A captain of the guards guarding the door of the Duke's Mansion saw Lin Rong getting out of the carriage and immediately stepped forward to salute.

"This is a letter secretly delivered by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Please take a look at it, sir."

Lin Rong took the letter handed to him by the captain of the guards and walked in while opening it.

Behind him, the old butler turned around and signaled with his eyes for Yun Hui to follow, then quickened his pace and walked to the side of his young master, following slowly.

"Sea Soul Beast?"

Lin Rong quickly read the letter in his hand and handed it to the old butler beside him.

"Because it was a war on land, we all overlooked this."

"There are many large rivers in the Western Province that flow into the ocean. Sea soul beasts are fully capable of entering the depths of the Western Province from the ocean."

"Although the character of the first generation Sea God is not well-reviewed, more than 70% of the sea soul beasts in the ocean of Douluo Star believe in the Sea God."

"Seven sea soul beasts with a cultivation base of at least 100,000 years joined forces with the Seven Sacred Pillars of the Sea God to launch a surprise attack on the nine Titled Douluos sent by the Spirit Hall and Tiandou."

"Except for Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, the other five Title Douluo all died." "Spirit Hall lost five Title Douluo in a flash. I'm afraid Bibi Dong must have vomited blood and died of anger."

But the loss of five Titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall alone was not enough to impose martial law in Tiandou City, far in the north of the continent.

This time, in addition to attacking high-end combat forces, the Poseidon Empire also launched a surprise attack on the 200,000-strong army of the Fasno Province Military District.

Just like last time, a flood occurred, submerging the entire military camp in water, and none of the 200,000 soldiers were spared.

Fortunately, Jialing Pass is far away and the 100,000-strong army is still on the way.

Otherwise, the 100,000 troops led by Goron would probably suffer the same fate as the 200,000 troops of the Fasno Provincial Military District.

After the successive losses of the two major military regions, the Western Border Province and the Fasno Province, only five of the seven military regions were reduced to a mere five, and the 1.4 million-strong army was reduced to only one million.

The Poseidon Empire also took advantage of the momentum of victory to attack the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom.

As for why they did not continue to invade the territory of the Tiandou Empire, there are many reasons.

The Seagod Empire has not yet completely digested the territory of the Western Province, and continuing to invade the Tiandou Empire will only make the Tiandou royal family choose to burn their boats.

Attacking the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom is different.

Although the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom is a vassal kingdom of Tiandou, it is essentially an independent country that has separated from Tiandou, rather than a territory of the Tiandou Empire.

Moreover, one should pick on the weak. The Haagen-Dazs Kingdom does not have the strength to confront the Poseidon Empire, and its territory is connected with the Poseidon Empire, so it is naturally the only choice to expand the empire's territory.

After reading the letter, the old butler sighed and said:

"Countless sea soul beasts are swimming in the major rivers of the Western Province. If we can't come up with a way to deal with these sea soul beasts, I'm afraid the Western Province will not be able to be taken back."

"This time, Tiandou and Wuhun Hall suffered heavy losses. I don't know how long it will take before they can sound the clarion call for the next counterattack."

This time, Tiandou and Wuhun Hall assembled a total of 300,000 troops and nine Titled Douluo, but they were defeated by the enemy's sneak attack before the battle even started.

None of the 200,000-strong army was spared, and five of the nine Titled Douluo died.

If this bad news were to spread, it would definitely cause panic and even unrest among the people, and would also cause the Tiandou Royal Family and the Spirit Hall to lose face.

Therefore, under the joint blockade by the Tiandou Royal Family and the Spirit Hall, the number of people who knew this news was extremely limited. Even in Tiandou City, there were no more than ten noble families who knew this news.

Moreover, the unreasonable sneak attack by the Sea God Empire made Emperor Xue Ye very scared. He was afraid that the other party would carry out a decapitation operation and travel thousands of miles to Tiandou City to assassinate him, Emperor Tiandou.

In order to ensure his own safety, Xue Ye had half of the Royal Knights stationed in the palace 24 hours a day.

Tiandou City was also placed under martial law to reduce residents' movements outside, and the number of patrol teams and the frequency of patrols were increased.

When Lin Rong entered the city just now, his carriage was stopped by the guards at the city gate. He was required to produce the identity token of the hereditary duke and prove his identity before he could enter the city smoothly.

He had only been away for less than a month, but the changes in the situation on the mainland seemed like decades had passed.

Walking to the sofa in the living room and sitting down, Lin Rong took the cup of tea handed to him by the old housekeeper and drank it in small sips.

Even though the situation on the continent has been unpredictable these days, the most important thing right now is to seize the time to cultivate your soul power to level 70.

More than half a month had passed, and his soul power had increased by half a level, from level 68.5 to level 69. He was only one level away from reaching the level 70 he had been waiting for for so long.

"For the next two months, even if something terrible happens in the outer sect, I won't go out."

"Concentrate on your training. Anything else can wait until I break through level 70."

(End of this chapter)