Chapter 643: Chrysanthemum Douluo's Defection; The War Begins

The great war is about to begin, but war is a matter of resources and a contest of comprehensive national strength.

Since Tang San could think of the Spirit Empire's grain-cutting strategy in the original work, it is naturally impossible for Lv Lingqi, as a general of her generation, not to have thought of it.

Therefore, before the great war began, she also carried out an ambush.

She wiped out all the Spirit Master legions sent out by the Spirit Empire; the person in command at the time was still Chrysanthemum Douluo, but this time Chrysanthemum Douluo's luck was much better than in the original work.

After all, Ghost Douluo was still in the hands of Nan Feihuang, and his soul was controlled by Nan Feihuang, so he naturally belonged to Nan Feihuang's subordinates.

Thus, Lv Lingqi did not kill him, but took this opportunity to first kill everyone he brought, then exchanged intelligence with him and learned the entire formation of the Spirit Empire.

In addition, Lv Lingqi also informed Chrysanthemum Douluo of the time to defect at the right moment.

This war is likely one of the last few, and there is no need for Chrysanthemum Douluo to continue acting as an undercover agent and hiding things; the sudden defection of a Title Douluo can deal a major blow to the Spirit Empire, both physically and psychologically.

However, Lingqi still received some rather bad news: this time, the Offering Hall had also sent experts in advance.

This is Feihuang's butterfly effect; in order to win a quick victory, they can only bring out their strength as much as possible.

Fortunately, according to Chrysanthemum Douluo's intelligence, the Offering Hall's most powerful members, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, did not come here.

Qian Daoliu's most important task now is to help Qian Renxue become a god.

As for Golden Crocodile Douluo, he shoulders the responsibility of guarding the Star Luo border area; they must pay attention to Nan Feihuang's movements at all times. Now that Bibi Dong has gone on an expedition and Qian Daoliu has no time, this task can only be handed over to him, who ranks third in strength within the Spirit Empire.

The Offering Hall sent four people this time: Qianjun Douluo, Jiangmo Douluo, Guangling Douluo, and Qingluan Douluo.

Added to them are Bibi Dong, as well as the Elder Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo, Citun Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, Sea Turtle Douluo, Lingyuan Douluo, and Saint Dragon Douluo.

That makes a total of eleven Title-level powerhouses; of course, because Chrysanthemum Douluo actually belongs to the Gu Lei Empire, there are ten.

Regardless of the average level or the number of Title Douluo, the Spirit Empire still completely crushes the coalition of the Gu Lei Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire.

It seems Feihuang still has to thank Tang Chen for this point; after all, if he hadn't slaughtered Lion Douluo, it would have been even more difficult to fight.

After explaining everything, Chrysanthemum Douluo inflicted some wounds on himself and returned to Bibi Dong to plead guilty, claiming the grain-cutting tactic had failed completely and he had barely fought his way out to return.

Bibi Dong's temperament is becoming increasingly irritable, and she was immediately furious, wanting to severely punish Chrysanthemum Douluo; fortunately, Hu Liena persuaded her from the side, as with a great enemy at the gates, there was no need for them to lose a Title Douluo powerhouse.

Only then did Bibi Dong allow Chrysanthemum Douluo to make up for his crimes with meritorious service, stating that if there were any more lapses, he would be executed without mercy.

Such a scene made Chrysanthemum Douluo feel even colder; in fact, even without Nan Feihuang's control over his soul, he intended to serve Nan Feihuang well.

Because Bibi Dong is truly too heartless and unrighteous. Ever since Ghost Douluo was captured by Nan Feihuang, his status in the Spirit Empire plummeted; it was a waste of the many years he served Bibi Dong, yet Bibi Dong never took him seriously.

He was the one to do all the dirty and tiring work, and when there were benefits to be shared, he never received a portion.

For this war, the Spirit Empire strengthened the power of many Title Douluo within the hall, and the Offering Hall waved its hand, generously bestowing soul bones upon them; for instance, Lingyuan Douluo also relied on a soul bone, and her level has now risen to Level 94.

Ghost Leopard Douluo has even reached the peak of Level 95; with a little more progress, he would be qualified to enter the Offering Hall and fill the vacancy left by Lion Douluo.

Yet in this situation, among all the Title Douluo in the entire Spirit Hall, only one person gained nothing and still did not have a single soul bone on his body—guess who that person is? Because Yue Guan is completely loyal to Bibi Dong, it is only natural that the Offering Hall would not bestow a soul bone upon him, but Bibi Dong also showed no sign of doing so.

Although Tuoba Xi was also not bestowed a soul bone, he is at least a sect master; the Sacred Dragon Sect is now one of the Upper Three Sects, and he still has the sect's inherited soul bone.

Chrysanthemum Douluo's desire to rebel has become increasingly strong; for his own sake, and for the sake of Ghost, he must help Nan Feihuang win this war.

Two days later, in the early morning, the blue sky was cloudless and the breeze was gentle; taking a deep breath, the fresh air was refreshing to the heart and spleen.

Yet in such good weather, a great war is about to begin.

The Spirit Empire's camp, stretching for nearly a hundred miles, lay across the ground ten miles outside Jialing Pass like an ancient giant beast, and accompanied by thunderous war drums, the great army assembled.

Ge Long also sent out a full 100,000 vanguard troops to set up a formation outside the city.

One square formation after another appeared outside the camp, each massive square formation composed of 10,000 men, and following a series of military orders issued from the central army, the 100,000 Heaven Dou Empire troops slowly moved forward; those were ten full heavy cavalry regiments, and also all the heavy cavalry the Heaven Dou Empire brought this time. This was a true iron army. Their speed of advance was not fast, but the overwhelming pressure they exerted made even the earth tremble.

Following closely behind the ten heavy armored regiments were the 4,000 Spirit Masters of the Heaven Dou Empire, who entered the battlefield surrounded by the Gu Lei Empire's Hidden Weapon legion.

From a distance, this Hidden Weapon legion looked just like light cavalry protecting them; usually on the battlefield, light cavalry and Spirit Masters fight in coordination to fully utilize the advantage of speed.

The coalition of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Gu Lei Empire had sent out nothing but cavalry. Even those Spirit Masters had horses to ride. With heavy cavalry as the main force, they could advance to attack and retreat to defend.

Bibi Dong sneered, "Heh, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Gu Lei Empire are afraid. All cavalry; while it is easy to advance and retreat, that is conventional warfare. Do they really think they can exert the advantages of cavalry against my Spirit Master legion? As expected, without Nan Feihuang, the Gu Lei Empire is just a mob. Pass on my order: eight regiments of heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are to line up before the pass, and the Saint Dragon legion is to go into battle."

Xue Ke stood on the ramparts of Jialing Pass, struck the ground with the Imperial Scepter in her hand, and shouted with all her Title-level soul power, "The whole army, meet the enemy!"

There were four gates on the front of Jialing Pass, which opened almost simultaneously, and four massive drawbridges were lowered onto the fifty-meter-wide moat with the creaking sound of winches. Amidst the clanking of armor, a large number of heavy armored soldiers quickly poured out of Jialing Pass.

Large banners fluttered in the wind, and behind them, the Empress of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ke, personally led the army to hold the line.

The distance between the two armies kept closing, and just as five miles remained between them, the light cavalry legion of the Heaven Dou Empire side moved. Ten light cavalry regiments launched simultaneously, ten thousand horses galloping, charging straight toward the direction of the Spirit Empire's army.

(End of chapter)