Chapter 663: Three Pieces of Intelligence, The Collapse of Qian Daoliu

About two hours later, Qian Daoliu awoke from Entering Stillness.

The Six-Winged Angel is truly worthy of being a god-level martial soul; after a short period of recuperation with holy power, Qian Daoliu's appearance seemed no different from before he was injured, though his wings could not be restored for the time being, and his power could not reach the level of a Limit Douluo.

When Qian Daoliu opened his eyes and saw that his precious little darling, who loved to cling to him when she was small, was not by his side at this moment, but was instead staying obediently beside Nan Feihuang, he felt a sudden chill in his heart.

The little darling was not only leaking air, but was wrapped in ice, and even had barbs on her.

"Senior, it seems your external injuries have mostly recovered. The timing is just right; I think the scouts of your Spirit Hall should be returning soon," Feihuang said with a smile.

"What...?" Out of confusion, Qian Daoliu was just about to ask.

Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air came from the sky, along with the vibration produced by wings flapping rapidly—this is a phenomenon that only occurs when a flying-type Beast Spirit Master is flying at high speed.

One must know, this is the Pope Palace; usually, even for flying-type martial souls, one is not allowed to fly in here, but must land and walk, otherwise it is an offense to the Pope Palace.

Unless there is some heaven-shaking matter, one would not disregard the rules.

The person who arrived was the commander of the Angel Legion, a Spirit Douluo expert.

In fact, this Angel Legion was actually under the jurisdiction of the Offering Hall; Qian Daoliu only allowed Bibi Dong to use it. In order to take down the Heaven Dou Empire as quickly as possible, this Great Elder would not be stingy with such things.

Feihuang estimated that he should have arrived too. It was indeed as he had expected; without anyone deliberately blocking the way, a flying Spirit Douluo would need at most half a day's journey to fly at full speed from the Dragon Burial Valley back to Wuhun City.

Seeing the Great Elder sitting on the square in front of the Pope Palace for some reason, the Spirit Douluo did not have time to investigate further, hurriedly landed, and knelt before the three, saying, "Subordinate pays respects to the Great Elder, the Adjudication Elder, and His Excellency the Wushuang Douluo... hmm?"

He only realized something was wrong halfway through his sentence.

Wushuang Douluo, isn't that Nan Feihuang? "Nan... Nan Feihuang!!!" Without a shred of the dignity of a Spirit Douluo, this person was so frightened that he fell directly to the ground, his speech becoming stuttered.

It seems he had been left with psychological trauma on the battlefield by Nan Feihuang's beloved concubine Lv Lingqi and beloved official Xun Yu.

Qian Daoliu frowned, "Stand up for me! Report immediately if there is anything!"

Acting like this in front of Nan Feihuang, was he trying to say that their Offering Hall hadn't lost shamefully enough?

"Yes... Great Elder, re... report to the Great Elder, our army was soundly defeated by the Gu Lei Empire on the Jialing Pass battlefield. Her Majesty the Empress was severely wounded by the Gu Lei Grand Marshal Lv Lingqi, and during the retreat, she was ambushed by Xun Yu. She is now missing with the Saintess."

"Elder Thorn Puffer, Sea Turtle Elder, and Holy Dragon Elder were all killed by Lv Lingqi, Ghost Leopard Elder was also killed by Xun Yu, the Third Elder and Five Great Elders were captured alive by Xun Yu, the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder were captured alive by Yu Yuanzhen and Long Gong, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Douluo defected, Lingyuan Elder was ambushed and captured alive by Chrysanthemum Douluo. Now, not a single Title Douluo from the Elder Hall and Offering Hall who went on the expedition has returned. More than half of the 600,000-strong army has been killed or wounded, over 200,000 have surrendered, and the rest are still fleeing in all directions."

He finished his report in one breath, though he actually left out a large part, such as Xie Yue, who was also killed by Lingqi, and the rest of the Golden Generation members like Yan, who died from unknown AOE; with several Title Douluos unleashing their ultimate moves, they didn't even know who they died at the hands of.

Only Bibi Dong, having timely received the help of the Rakshasa God's divine artifact, managed to escape with her life.

"What did you say?" Qian Daoliu was greatly shocked. The results on the front line were actually this terrible. Defeat was one thing, but this result of near-total annihilation was simply unacceptable.

The Spirit Master power of the Spirit Empire was, on the whole, far superior to that of the Gu Lei Empire; how could they have been defeated so miserably?

Qian Renxue had the same expression, staring blankly at her lover.

"Nan Feihuang————"

"Feihuang, you..."

Qian Daoliu's roar and Qian Renxue's questioning sounded at the same time, but were interrupted by Nan Feihuang raising his hand, "Senior Qian Daoliu, Xue Jie, don't be in such a hurry to get angry. There is even more infuriating intelligence to be delivered in a moment."

Just as Feihuang finished speaking, another flying Spirit Master flew over and landed in front of them, "Report, Great Elder, it is bad! The kingdoms that were attached to our country have had many generals rebel one after another. Now the major kingdoms are in chaos. The Gu Lei Empire has accepted the surrender of a large number of troops from the Star Luo Empire and, taking advantage of the momentum, has attacked, sweeping through like bamboo, and has already conquered sixteen cities of our Spirit Empire!"

"Rebellion?" Qian Daoliu was shocked again. Everything was fine, so why would those generals rebel?

Suddenly thinking of something, he turned his head to look at the indifferent Nan Feihuang; it must be the good work of this brat again.

This was, of course, done by Nan Feihuang. In fact, the intelligence that Bai Chenxiang left for Nan Feihuang, which the Min Clan had collected for many years, was the privacy of important figures such as the royal families, strategists, and generals of the major kingdoms.

Whatever secrets they had that could not be told to outsiders, or whatever crimes they had committed, had all been grasped by Nan Feihuang. Once made public, they would be finished.

In order to protect their secrets, they had no choice but to choose to pledge allegiance to Nan Feihuang. Since Nan Feihuang told them to rebel, how would they dare not to?

"Nan——————!"

Just as he wanted to roar, Feihuang was prepared this time. He had only just called out one word when he was interrupted again by his raised hand, "Old man, I said don't be so hot-tempered, because the thing that will really make you angry is still to come. Look, isn't it here?"

"Report, Great Elder, it is bad! Lord Second Elder was intercepted by Dian Wei of the Gu Lei Empire on his way back to the Spirit Hall. He broke the limbs of the Second Elder and captured him alive, threatening that if you do not surrender, you can collect his corpse." A Spirit Master who had just returned from Tianxiong Pass almost knelt and slid in front of Qian Daoliu.

"The Second... even the Second..." Faced with three consecutive pieces of desperate news, Qian Daoliu did not have the angry roar he had at the beginning; instead, he staggered and almost collapsed as his injuries flared up.

Fortunately, Qian Renxue immediately stepped forward to support her grandfather. With red eyes, she looked at Nan Feihuang and said, "Feihuang, all of this... is what you did, isn't it?"

"It is me, Xue Jie. Do not hate me. In war, there is no such thing as deceit. For your sake, showing benevolence to your grandfather was already an act of womanly kindness, but I must unify the continent no matter what; no one can stop me," Feihuang said coldly. "Xue Jie, Senior Qian Daoliu, I think these three pieces of news are enough to make you understand that the Spirit Empire's momentum is gone."

"Surrender, Senior Qian Daoliu. Now that Bibi Dong is missing, you are the primary leader of the Spirit Empire and are fully qualified to represent the Spirit Empire in submitting to me. This is also the only chance you have to save those brothers of yours, otherwise..."

(End of chapter)