Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 386 The troops are approaching the city
"Since none of you are really willing, then forget it."

Lin Rong didn't press the matter and changed the subject:
"While you're all here, let's explain clearly the requirements for obtaining a 100,000-year-old soul bone."

"Killing ordinary soldiers and Soul Masters is not considered; at the very least, it must be a Soul Saint or a Sea Soul Beast of equivalent strength."

"We don't expect you to be able to hunt down the 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast, but the six titled Douluo of the Seven Sacred Pillars of the Sea God, apart from the Sea Dragon Douluo, the other five are of average strength. Considering their extraordinary status in the Sea God Empire, killing any two of them would be enough to accumulate the military merits needed to exchange for the 100,000-year-old soul bone."

"If we capture him alive, forget it, there's no point in capturing him alive anyway."

By now, Lin Rong no longer considered the combat power of ordinary Title Douluos, so he didn't intend to trouble Yun Hui to waste time implanting the hearts of good and evil into them.

"The military merit of killing five Soul Douluos is equal to that of one Title Douluo, the military merit of killing ten Soul Saints is equal to that of one Soul Douluo, and the military merit of killing one Sea God Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo is equal to that of one and a half Title Douluos."

"In other words, you need the military merits of killing 150 Soul Saints to exchange for a 100,000-year Soul Bone. You need two, so you'll need the military merits of killing 300 Soul Saints in total."

"The Sea God Empire is not the Spirit Hall. It's hard to say whether they have even a hundred Soul Saints. The battlefield is ever-changing. If you want to exchange for Soul Bones, you'll have to work harder."

At this point, Lin Rong pointed, and a document immediately appeared in their minds.

"These are the detailed information of the Seven Holy Pillar Guardian Douluos of the Sea God. Study them carefully. No matter how you kill them, as long as the final blow is delivered by any one of the three of you, it will count."

Actually, Lin Rong obtained this information from Seahorse Douluo.

The Seven Pillar Guardians of the Sea God have worked together for so many years that they have a very deep understanding of each other.

This document contains extremely detailed information about each of them, including their martial spirits, soul skills, and personalities.

Yan Mo, Wang Shiyu, and Shui Bing'er exchanged a glance.

With one Soul Saint and two Soul Emperors, the three of them, possessing divine artifacts and this information, should have no problem killing the five Seven Saint Pillar Guardian Douluos, excluding the Sea Dragon Douluo, on the battlefield, given their strategic mindset and unpreparedness.

“Xu Pan.” Lin Rong looked to the side and said:
"In this western expedition, we only have two titled Douluo on our side, Dugu Bo and Chen Xin, but their role is only to restrain the seven sacred pillars of the Sea God and the pillar protectors."

Then, Lin Rong looked at Yan Mo and the other two and continued:
“Unless you manage to get lucky, none of the three of them have the ability to kill Sea Dragon Douluo. Therefore, the task of killing Sea Dragon Douluo is entrusted to you. It can also be regarded as a test of the combat strength of the Hercules inheritance.”

"As for Chen Haitian, if there is an opportunity, Hongjun, you should take him down. However, his life cannot be taken lightly before I kill Poseidon, lest he suffer an undeserved disaster."

"Understood," Ma Hongjun and Xu Pan replied in unison.

……

An hour later, it was fully light.

A million-strong army set off from the outskirts of Tiandou City and headed west across the continent.

Before the troops move, the supplies must be ready.

The supply lines for the million-strong army were already prepared and had reached the border of the empire.

The army advanced all the way, and the vanguard arrived at the border fortress of the empire half a month later. Further ahead was the territory of the Sea God Empire, which was the Western Province, one of the original six provinces of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

"Report!" The leader of the scout team rushed forward and reported the intelligence he had gathered to the leader of the vanguard:

"After learning about the Empire's westward expedition, the pirates completely withdrew their forces, abandoning almost all the cities within their territory. They withdrew all their troops back to the former Hanhai City of my Tiandou Empire, leaving only a few people skilled at instigating the people in the other cities, attempting to incite the citizens to rebel against the rule of my Tiandou Empire."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the vanguard army immediately realized that the situation was troublesome.

But soon, his eyebrows relaxed again after they had been furrowed.

"Yes." After hearing Lin Rong's instructions in his mind, the leader immediately turned around and loudly addressed the soldiers behind him:
"His Majesty has decreed that ignorance is evil. If the people of the city openly rebel under the instigation of the traitors, they shall be executed on the spot; if the situation cannot be contained, the entire city shall be massacred!"

Massacre? These two extremely impactful words seemed to vividly appear and sway before their eyes, sending a chill down their spines.

However, since they were a carefully selected vanguard army, they quickly calmed down.

Military orders are absolute, and obeying them is their duty.

……

In a flash, another half month passed.

Not only the vanguard army, but the main force behind them has also arrived at the former Western Province of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

Because of the traitors' incitement of the city's people, the million-strong army split into several smaller groups.

The 700,000-strong army was divided into 14 divisions, each with 50,000 men.

The mission of these fourteen armies is to subjugate all the territories of the Poseidon Empire except for Poseidon City. No matter what methods they use, as long as the result is correct, the process is not important.

The remaining 300,000 troops marched straight to the heart of the enemy, advancing unimpeded to Poseidon City on the last day of the two weeks.

It is located ten miles outside the city of Poseidon.

The 300,000-strong Tiandou army was stationed in a place nestled against the mountains and beside the water.

All the sea spirit beasts that inhabited this river were slaughtered without exception. Even the water quality in this area was purified by Shui Bing'er using the artifact Return Bottle to ensure that the drinking water source for all the soldiers was clean enough.

at the same time.

At the summit of Poseidon City, within the imperial palace.

Inside the main hall of the palace was a seawater pool filled with seawater of unknown depth.

Only at the end of the main hall, several steps emerged from the water, and at the top of the steps stood the imperial throne, upon which sat the Sea God Emperor Chen Haitian.

There was a smaller, lower seat next to it, where the Sea God Douluo Poseidon sat.

Apart from the two individuals, everyone else in the main hall was immersed in the seawater pool.

There were eleven people in the seawater pool, but that's not quite right; it should be six people and five beasts.

The six people are the remaining six of the Seven Holy Pillar Guardian Douluos of the Sea God, and the five beasts are five 100,000-year-old sea soul beasts, who have temporarily taken human form because the seawater pool in the main hall is too small.

"Your Majesty, High Priest, they have arrived."

Sea Dragon Douluo was the first to break the silence.

In her seat, Poseidon, who had been feigning sleep, opened her eyes.

Since learning of Tang Chen's death, her hair turned white overnight, and her appearance changed from a stunning beauty in her twenties to that of an old woman with wrinkled skin and white hair.

"there is always a solution to a problem."

"The glory of the Sea God cannot be tarnished. We may lose this battle, but we must never admit defeat."

"You must be prepared to sacrifice your lives for Lord Sea God at any time. I have prepared a way out. When necessary, we will take His Majesty back to Sea God Island and wait for the future."

(End of this chapter)