Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 169 The Demise of the Heaven Dou Empire

Everyone hesitated when they heard Ning Fengzhi say he wanted to retreat.

According to Ning Fengzhi, if they withdraw now, they might be able to preserve some of their strength, but the remaining ordinary troops would likely have a hard time escaping. If they don't retreat and continue to fight head-on, the losses could be extremely heavy.

The Avalanche Emperor pondered for a moment: "Everyone, given Bibi Dong's strength and style, how long will it take for her to arrive on the battlefield? Even if we need to retreat, where can we retreat to?"

The first to step forward was Marshal Goron: "Your Majesty, the army of our Heavenly Dou Empire swears to fight to the death. We are willing to die on the battlefield for the Empire and for Your Majesty."

By now, the Heaven Dou Empire's million-strong army has dwindled to only about 300,000 soldiers, and less than 30% of its original number has been organized into a Soul Master legion. Only a few sect Soul Masters remain who can continue fighting, primarily from the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Marshal Goron understood that if he retreated, most of his remaining 30 troops would probably not escape. It was better to fight to the death than to retreat.

As sect leaders, Ning Fengzhi and Tang Xiao had already made plans. The two had secretly sent away some of the young talents. Tang Xiao had sent some young disciples back to the ancestral land of Haotian Sect, while Ning Fengzhi sent a small number of direct disciples of Qibao Liuli Sect to Hanhai City.

Both the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have a blood feud with the Spirit Empire, but as a sect leader, the continuation of the sect is the most important thing. He can die in battle, but the sect's legacy must never be lost.

At this moment, Grand Preceptor Yu Xiaogang spoke up: "Your Majesty, sect leaders, the issue now is no longer whether we can leave or not, but that we are simply unable to leave. The battlefield has reached this point, and if we retreat, the remaining Soul Master legions will likely collapse, and we will no longer be able to gather them."

As Yu Xiaogang said, with 70% of the Soul Masters dead, the remaining Soul Masters were mostly injured. The morale of the Soul Master army had plummeted. If they retreated, many would likely surrender to the Spirit Empire, since they had no blood feud with the Spirit Empire; on the contrary, it was a holy land for Soul Masters.

Emperor Avalanche wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he was quite intelligent. As the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, his greatest reliance now was his remaining Soul Master legion and 30-strong army. As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Clear Sky School, those were external forces. Without his own strength, he was nothing.

"Fellow sect leaders, the Spirit Empire killed my father and three brothers. My Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Empire are sworn enemies, bound by blood feud. My Heaven Dou Empire is willing to fight the Spirit Empire to the death. Even if we fight to the last man and shed our last drop of blood, we will never back down."

Hearing Xue Beng's words, everyone present became quite excited. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Clear Sky School were also ignited with passion. Who among them didn't have a blood feud with the Spirit Empire?

Ning Fengzhi shook his head inwardly, but he said nothing, because the Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo beside him were also consumed by hatred.

Thus, despite the initially unfavorable situation, the morale of the Heavenly Dou Empire's leadership actually soared. However, in reality, strength is often more important than morale.

An hour later, a huge beam of light appeared in the sky above Jialing Pass; it was none other than Bibi Dong, the emperor of the Martial Soul Empire.

When Bibi Dong appeared on the city wall of Jialing Pass, she exuded an overwhelming aura and dazzling light, like a goddess descending to earth.

All the soldiers and soul masters of the Martial Soul Empire in Jialing Pass knelt on one knee and shouted, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" Their voices resounded through the sky.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other five Grand Elders walked up to Bibi Dong, but did not kneel. They simply bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Emperor!"

Bibi Dong ignored the six people and addressed all the soldiers and soul masters of Jialing Pass: "Soldiers of the Spirit Empire, for your glory, for the Spirit Empire, now go and annihilate all enemies."

Thus, the final battle began, and both soldiers and soul masters charged toward the Heaven Dou Empire's camp.

Bibi Dong turned around and glared at the six elders: "You are also warriors of my Martial Soul Empire, now go and fight. As for the rest, after the battle, I will hand over the throne to that girl."

Upon hearing this, the six great masters seemed to have made up their minds and flew into the battlefield.

At this point, the Spirit Empire had used all its trump cards except for Qian Renxue.

Bibi Dong then flew quickly towards the Heaven Dou Empire's military camp, clearly intending to capture the king first and destroy the Heaven Dou royal family.

Facing Bibi Dong's flying attack, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao joined forces to fight her.

However, even with the four of them giving their all and Ning Fengzhi's assistance, they were powerless against Bibi Dong, who had already become a god, and were basically knocked away with a single move.

Seeing this, Tang Hao gritted his teeth, and all nine of his spirit rings exploded at the same time. The power of all nine spirit rings merged into the Clear Sky Hammer, causing it to rapidly grow to the size of a small mountain.

A massive Haotian Hammer hurtled towards Bibi Dong, seemingly capable of shaking mountains. Bibi Dong used the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to block it, and this was the only time she had ever been repelled.

At the same time, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo exchanged a glance, seemingly making a decision. They drew close together and simultaneously used their Martial Soul True Forms, their essence merging into one. The two formed a gigantic figure, its body covered in bone dragons, wielding a massive Lingtian Greatsword, and unleashing a tremendous sword light towards Bibi Dong.

Finally, under the combined martial soul techniques of Tang Hao's Great Sumeru Hammer and Sword Douluo Bone Douluo, Bibi Dong's mouth finally bleeds a little.

It was clear that although Bibi Dong was injured, her injuries were minor. Tang Hao and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, on the other hand, were extremely weak; that last attack had used up all their strength.

At this moment, Tang Xiao held up the Clear Sky Hammer, and the five elders of the Clear Sky Sect walked around him, forming a five-pointed star. All the spirit rings on the five elders exploded, and all their spirit power was integrated into Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer.

It was the Haotian Formation jointly formed by Tang Xiao and the five elders. The Haotian Hammer in Tang Xiao's hand turned blood red. Tang Xiao gripped the Haotian Hammer and combined the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian into one strike, which was once again repelled by Bibi Dong.

It's clear that Bibi Dong was seriously injured this time.

However, the many Title Douluos behind Bibi Dong were almost there.

The Second Elder shouted to Tang Xiao, "Sect Master, for the sake of the sect's survival, you must leave!" After saying that, the five elders, wielding the Clear Sky Hammer, faced the Title Douluo experts from the Spirit Hall, clearly trying to buy time for Tang Xiao.

Everyone present exchanged glances and then quickly left. Ning Fengzhi left with Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and several trusted followers, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao also flew away swiftly.

Thus, the Heavenly Dou Empire's army suffered a crushing defeat. Emperor Xue Beng of the Heavenly Dou Empire was captured, as was Dugu Bo, a guest minister of the Heavenly Dou Empire's royal family. Four of the five elders of the Clear Sky Sect were killed in action, and one was captured. Countless disciples of the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were killed or wounded; only a small number escaped, less than 20% of them actually did, and they all faced constant pursuit.

Of the remaining 30 troops of the Heavenly Dou Empire, some were annihilated and the rest were captured. The supreme commander, Marshal Goron, was killed in battle.

The Soul Master Legion of the Heaven Dou Empire scattered and fled.

Yu Xiaogang, the Grand Preceptor of the Heaven Dou Empire, was captured.

By this point, the Heavenly Dou Empire had been almost completely destroyed, with only Prince Xue Xing and Princess Xue Ke remaining in the royal family, and the army had been almost entirely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)