Chapter 321: Taking the Initiative to Make Amends?

In fact, looking at the forces on the surface, the Heaven Dou Empire has already occupied an absolute advantage.

After the Spirit Hall fully supported the Heaven Dou Empire, it directly closed all Spirit Hall branches within the Star Luo Empire and withdrew all Spirit Masters stationed in the Star Luo Empire.

The Spirit Master power controlled by the Spirit Hall is ranked first on the continent, and no one dares to claim second; furthermore, this first place of the Spirit Hall is a cliff-like lead.

Because the Spirit Hall alone controls more than half of all the Spirit Masters on the entire Douluo Continent.

As for the strength of ordinary soldiers.

The Heaven Dou Empire has vast territory and abundant resources; although it was previously divided into a large number of kingdoms and duchies, these forces have now all been integrated by the Heaven Dou Empire.

The number of ordinary soldiers is also more than double that of the Star Luo Empire.

From the Title Douluo at the top to the ordinary soldiers at the bottom, the current Heaven Dou Empire is an existence that absolutely crushes the Star Luo Empire in comparison.

Facing such an absolute transcendence in strength, the Star Luo Empire naturally feels immense pressure, but it is naturally impossible for them to give up so easily.

Although the royal family of the Star Luo Empire thinks this way, some other forces in the Star Luo Empire do not think so.

Knowing they are no match, some forces have actually secretly defected.

The current Star Luo Empire is like a frog in warm water, dying a slow death.

One thing that concerns Shi Quan is that a year ago, a force of Fallen Spirit Masters emerged within the Star Luo Empire; this force caused quite a stir within the Star Luo Empire, and although they were eventually wiped out, the Star Luo Empire side lost quite a few people.

Speaking of Evil Spirit Masters, Shi Quan could not help but think of Tang San; he has an intuition that perhaps this matter has something to do with Tang San.

The intensity of the manhunt for him within the Heaven Dou Empire is not low, and no traces of him have been found in the Star Dou Great Forest; the Star Luo Empire is the only place on the continent he can go.

The Evil Spirit Masters of the continent have been almost wiped out under the suppression of the Spirit Hall; the sudden appearance of a force of Evil Spirit Masters might just have some connection to that Evil Spirit Master, Tang San.

From the current situation, Shi Quan can be certain that there is a high probability that Tang San is in the Star Luo Empire, it is just unclear what Tang San's current strength is.

"War between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire is inevitable; if Tang San has truly fallen completely into an Evil Spirit Master, he will certainly not miss this war."

Shi Quan was lost in thought as he stood up and walked toward the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

"Emperor, Prince Shi has arrived."

Outside the palace, a guard stepped forward respectfully to report.

"Brother Xue." Shi Quan followed behind the guard and greeted Xue Qinghe directly.

Xue Qinghe looked around, "You all may leave."

The surrounding attendants and guards exited the palace one by one.

"You really are a busy man, only showing your face for such a short time in a year." Qian Renxue stretched lazily, the facade she was maintaining dropped the moment she was in front of Shi Quan, and she looked very relaxed and comfortable.

"I've been busy cultivating, haven't I." Shi Quan smiled faintly and looked at Qian Renxue, "Who led the cooperation between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall?"

Qian Renxue's expression paused, and she slowly spat out three words, "Bibi Dong."

"She took the initiative to make amends with you?" Shi Quan raised an eyebrow, which made him feel quite surprised.

Moreover, Qian Renxue's form of address had also changed from "that woman" to "Bibi Dong"; the relationship between the two had clearly eased a lot over this past year.

"Hmph!" Qian Renxue snorted coldly, "Even without her help, I would have unified the continent sooner or later."

Shi Quan chuckled and shook his head; Qian Renxue's mouth was truly stubborn, but seeing that the relationship between the mother and daughter had eased was very good news for Shi Quan.

"Then when do you plan to launch the war?" Shi Quan changed the subject.

"After the Soul Spirit Assembly," Qian Renxue said indifferently, "Ever since the Spirit Hall supported the Heaven Dou Empire, quite a few rumors about you have spread; I will just use this opportunity to debunk them."

"Rumors?" A bit of curiosity appeared on Shi Quan's face.

"Just some gossip; to weaken my influence, they spread rumors that you dislike the Spirit Hall and that after knowing the Spirit Hall supports the Heaven Dou Empire, you are unwilling to support me anymore, and so on."

"For such baseless rumors to reach your ears, it seems the impact is not small."

"It is the handiwork of the Star Luo Empire."

"The Star Luo Empire would play such tricks?" Shi Quan was somewhat surprised.

"In order to survive, one must try every means, right?"

"That's true." Shi Quan nodded slightly, "Then does the Star Luo Empire still have the one thousand spots for this year?"

"We are about to go to war, so naturally, they have been cancelled."

"Have you heard about the rampant Fallen Spirit Masters in the Star Luo Empire?"

"I am aware of this matter; that incident caused quite a stir at the time, and Grandfather later dispatched an Elder to lead a team personally to carry out a siege before the matter was resolved."

"An Elder?" Shi Quan's expression was somewhat surprised, but thinking about it, he could understand; the Spirit Hall was established to bring light and justice to this world, and the Spirit Hall has always upheld the philosophy of eradicating evil, so naturally, they would not allow any Evil Spirit Masters to run rampant on the Douluo Continent.

The reason the two great empires can be so peaceful and prosperous is that the Spirit Hall can be said to have played a crucial influence.

"Was there anything unusual about that group of Fallen Spirit Masters?"

An Elder of the Spirit Hall is not just any Elder; those who can be called Elders have a strength of at least Level 95. With such a powerhouse leading the team, the efficiency was naturally top-notch, which also shows the degree of hostility the Spirit Hall has toward Evil Spirit Masters.

"Unusual?" Qian Renxue looked at Shi Quan in confusion, "Why are you so interested in this group of Fallen Spirit Masters?"

"It's not that I'm interested, it's just that hearing about this incident reminded me of someone."

"Tang San?" Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised, "According to the news from the Gongfendian, Tang San was not among the Fallen Spirit Masters who died in the siege; if you want to talk about something unusual..."

"I seem to have heard that these Fallen Spirit Masters were not originally Fallen Spirit Masters, but became so due to the influence of some special power. However, by the time this was known, those Fallen Spirit Masters had all been executed by the Elder, and the Spirit Hall later sent people to investigate, but they did not find the source of this power. Plus, in the time that followed, no new Fallen Spirit Masters appeared, so the matter was eventually left unsettled."

"Influenced by some special power?" This gave him the feeling that it was like man-made Evil Spirit Masters.

Shi Quan did not know why he had such thoughts; he just felt that as long as any strange anomaly appeared on the Douluo Continent, as long as it could be linked to Tang San, he felt that it was Tang San playing tricks behind the scenes.

"A man's sixth sense? Or is it a hint from the Heavenly Luck Power?" Shi Quan was lost in thought...

(End of chapter)