Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 234 Dou Ling Goes Completely Crazy!

Xu Jiawei was sitting at home when trouble came out of nowhere.

The four fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells fired by the Douling Empire were like four slaps to the face, leaving Xu Jiawei dizzy and disoriented.

After destroying the border guards of the Star Luo Empire, the Douling Empire did not stop there. It stubbornly launched a full-scale attack, heading towards the interior of the Star Luo Empire.

Ten thousand years ago, the Heaven Dou Empire was suppressed and beaten by the Star Luo Empire. If it weren't for the Spirit Hall intervening, the Heaven Dou Empire would probably have been swallowed up by the Star Luo Empire long ago.

But today, ten thousand years later, even though the Xue family has been greatly weakened after splitting into the Douling Empire, they are still able to suppress the Xingluo Empire!

Wow, that's amazing!

The Douling Empire, surprisingly, made great strides and captured three lines of defense and seven or eight cities of the Xingluo Empire before being stopped by the Xingluo Empire's army. The two armies then began a siege battle.

The Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City.

In the imperial court, Xu Jiawei's face was gloomy and his expression was extremely unpleasant.

The constant stream of battle reports delivered to his desk nearly made Xu Jiawei furious.

You bastard!

I helped you hold off the Sun Moon Empire, and you stabbed me in the back?

The countries bordering the Sun Moon Empire are the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire. The Dou Ling Empire, on the other hand, hides behind the Star Luo and Heavenly Soul Empires due to its geographical location and does not directly face the threat of the Sun Moon Empire.

Xingluo and Tianhun have always regarded the Sun Moon Empire as their greatest enemy, and their most elite troops are stationed on the border with the Sun Moon Empire.

The most representative example is Duke Dai Hao, the White Tiger, who guards the Mingdou Mountains.

After all, only the Sun Moon Empire would think about launching wars every day to completely annex the three major countries of Douluo Continent and rename Douluo Continent as Sun Moon Continent.

The greatest threat comes from the Sun and Moon Empire.

As for the Douling Empire?

Neither the Star Luo Empire nor the Heavenly Soul Empire took this lazy, complacent empire seriously, and the troops stationed on the border with Douling were basically just there for show.

For the Star Luo Empire, the greater significance of the troops stationed on the border of Douling was nothing more than to plan the territory of their own country.

This led to the Douling Empire's spectacular feat of having a god descend to earth and conquering the Xingluo Empire's three lines of defense in no time.

It's not that the Douling Empire is too powerful; it's simply because the Star Luo Empire's elite army isn't here. The Star Luo Empire's army is more symbolic than combat-capable, so it's normal that it can't defeat the entire Douling Empire's army.

After Xu Jiawei reacted, the Douling Empire's army was quickly stopped.

But this did not extinguish Xu Jiawei's anger.

"Who can tell me why Dou Ling launched an attack on our side without me receiving any news?" Xu Jiawei's voice, suppressing his anger, echoed in the court. Anyone could see that the emperor was on the verge of exploding.

The ministers of the Star Luo Empire looked at each other, each more bewildered than the last.

"Grand Preceptor, you speak!" Xu Jiawei's sharp eyes turned to the old man in front of him.

"Uh... Your Majesty, I don't know either..." The white-bearded old man said helplessly with a bitter face after being called out by Xu Jiawei.

Not only this imperial advisor, but no one in the entire court understood why the Douling Empire had suddenly gone mad.

"Where is the envoy? Has anyone been sent to the Douling Empire to negotiate?" Xu Jiawei's face was ashen.

"Your Majesty... the envoy has been beheaded..." the Grand Preceptor said, trembling. "How dare you!" Xu Jiawei completely exploded, slamming his hand on the table, smashing the solid wood desk and the battle reports in front of him into a pile of wood chips and paper scraps.

"Damn it, do they really think my Star Luo Empire has no temper? Send a message to Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger Clan, tell him to return from the Mingdou Mountains and drive the Douling Empire out of Star Luo!"

"But Your Majesty, what will happen to the Sun Moon Empire?" The Imperial Advisor's expression was full of worry.

After all, the threat from the Sun and Moon Empire is always the greatest, no matter when.

If Marshal Dai Hao, who was stationed at the border, were to suddenly change positions and turn around to fight against the Douling Empire's army, the defenses of the Mingdou Mountains would be weakened to the minimum. If the Sun Moon Empire were to launch an attack at this time...

Then their Star Luo Empire would truly be in danger.

The Grand Preceptor's words successfully left Xu Jiawei speechless.

It was only at this point that Xu Jiawei began to seriously consider this issue.

It's not that Xu Jiawei is arrogant and thinks that the Star Luo Empire can completely disregard the Sun Moon Empire; it's just that he doesn't regard the Dou Ling Empire as a human being.

After all, it is common knowledge that the Douling Empire is the weakest of the four empires on the Douluo Continent. If the royal family of the Douling Empire were not the Xue family of the Tiandou royal family from ten thousand years ago, Douling would at most be a duchy.

This is an unspoken understanding among the other three great empires; they often don't include Dou Ling in their games.

The fact that three lines of defense were breached at the start was just the surface. In reality, once the Star Luo Empire reacted, the Dou Ling Empire's offensive was contained immediately.

In Xu Jiawei's view, driving the Douling Empire back to its chicken coop would be a piece of cake.

But...

The Mingdou Mountains are indeed inadequate without someone in charge, and the Sun Moon Empire still needs to be vigilant. If they lose the Mingdou Mountains, things will be very bad.

"Alright then, send a message to Dai Hao again, instructing him to go to Xinglin City to launch a counterattack against the Douling Empire. As for the Mingdou Mountains..." With that, Xu Jiawei turned to look at the dignified and elegant young woman in the court.

"Jiujiu, I'll temporarily put you in command of the border troops in the Mingdou Mountains. I don't expect you to achieve any great feats; just stabilize the situation in the Mingdou Mountains."

"Your Majesty, I accept the order." Xu Jiujiu smiled and bowed, accepting the task.

Since they were in the imperial court, Xu Jiujiu did not address Xu Jiawei as "Imperial Brother," but the relationship between the two would certainly not change because of a title.

The ministers looked at each other, but none of them spoke.

Although the Star Luo Empire is also a feudal empire, the emperor ultimately holds the most power. The titled powerhouses in the Hall of Worship are all loyal to the emperor. Under such circumstances, who would dare to stand up and oppose him?

Xu Jiawei is clearly using this opportunity to boost Xu Jiujiu's reputation. This stubborn fool who jumps out at this time is bound to be punished in the future.

Thus, the Star Luo Empire completed its strategic deployment, which brought joy to all, and prepared to launch a counterattack against the Dou Ling Empire.

But to Xu Jiawei's utter surprise, the Douling Empire went completely mad!

Xu Jiawei believed that by transferring Dai Hao from the Mingdou Mountains back to Xinglin City, he could defeat the Douling Empire's army and teach them a lesson. However, it was Dai Hao who ended up being slapped!

Xu Jiawei, upon receiving the battle report: ?!

(End of this chapter)