Douluo Dalu: Tiger Roars in the Universe

Chapter 244 The war is about to begin
In the Xing Luo Empire's plan, the best thing to do next is to take advantage of the fact that the Spirit Hall is unable to deal with the Haotian Sect and send troops to recover the half of the kingdom that is nominally affiliated with it.

Those kingdoms and duchies had long fallen under the control of the Spirit Hall, so they were completely targets of attack by the Star Luo Empire. And coincidentally, half of all the kingdoms and duchies were nominally affiliated with the Star Luo Empire, so the Star Luo Empire had every reason to deal with them.

In the past, the Star Luo Empire was concerned about the interference of the Spirit Hall, so it had never taken action against the kingdoms and duchies under its name. However, now, in the short term, the focus of the Spirit Hall will definitely shift to dealing with the Haotian Sect, so the Star Luo Empire can naturally deal with its nominal vassal states.

Speaking of which, the Spirit Hall's previous plan to steal the Heaven Dou Empire was not bad, and it was basically successful in the end, allowing Qian Renxue to ascend the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire. One of the two major empires on the continent has already belonged to the Spirit Hall, but the Spirit Hall still underestimated the size of an empire.

Even if the Tiandou Empire was really stolen by the Spirit Hall, it would not be an easy task for the Spirit Hall to control it perfectly.

Because compared to the tightly organized Xing Luo Empire, the Tiandou Empire is much looser, with various factions within it. The Spirit Hall has at most successfully stolen the official power of the Tiandou Empire, and there are many forces within the Tiandou Empire that do not buy into the official power.

Therefore, even if the Spirit Hall succeeded in stealing the Tiandou Empire, in fact, in a sense, it was also restrained by the Tiandou Empire and fell into the quagmire of the Tiandou Empire. If it wanted to completely control it, it would have to send more forces to suppress those forces in the Tiandou Empire that did not care about it. It would not be an easy task to restore stability to the Tiandou Empire.

Of course, the Spirit Hall is now aware of this situation, but they have finally stolen the Tiandou Empire, and they can't just give up. So even though they know it will be troublesome to completely control the Tiandou Empire, they have no choice but to continue.

As for the Xing Luo Empire, they have to take advantage of the fact that the Spirit Hall is stuck in the quagmire of the Tiandou Empire and do as many things as possible that are more beneficial to themselves.

Therefore, when they received the news that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had died together, and that their ancestor had successfully broken through to level 98 and came out of seclusion, the forces of the Xingluo Empire were finally mobilized.

In terms of national strength, the Xing Luo Empire is definitely number one in the entire continent. In addition, the opportunity this time is very good, and the Xing Luo Empire does not want to give up, so it also takes real action.

It's not one hundred thousand, nor several hundred thousand. This time, the Xing Luo Empire has truly mobilized a million troops, heading north across the board. With such courage, it is determined to take advantage of this good opportunity to make a fortune.

The mobilization of a million troops was naturally no small move, and it could not be concealed at all. After receiving this news, the kingdoms and principalities bordering the Xing Luo Empire were almost scared to death.

There was no way. For them, the difference in strength was too great.

The total military strength of all the kingdoms and duchies on the continent is about 600,000, and the Xingluo Empire this time has to deal with only half of them that are nominally affiliated with it, so this force has to be cut in half, to only about 300,000.

Moreover, even with these 300,000 soldiers and horses, in terms of eliteness, they are certainly not comparable to those of the Star Luo Empire. In other words, not only in terms of quantity, but also in quality, the Star Luo Empire is completely crushed.

Those kingdoms and duchies would never be able to withstand such an overwhelming advantage on their own.

However, if they couldn't rely on themselves, those kingdoms and duchies could rely on forces from other aspects. That was how they had survived all these years anyway. So when they got rid of the panic of receiving the news that the Star Luo Empire had sent a million troops north, they immediately turned to their father, the Spirit Hall, for help.

They must get the support of the Spirit Hall. For these kingdoms and principalities, if they don't have the help of the Spirit Hall, what can they use to resist the Star Luo Empire? As long as the army of the Star Luo Empire arrives, they will definitely be crushed to pieces.

Now the pressure was thrown on the Spirit Hall.

What should they do when facing the millions of troops of the Xingluo Empire heading north? Should they temporarily put aside the affairs of the Haotian Sect and focus on dealing with the Xingluo Empire, or should they prioritize dealing with the affairs of the Haotian Sect and temporarily resist the attack of the Xingluo Empire?
In this regard, Spirit Hall chose the latter.

Well, no matter what, the Haotian Sect is located in the Tiandou Empire, and it is the number one sect on the continent. In addition, Tang Chen of the Haotian Sect had died together with Qian Daoliu before. For the Spirit Hall, no matter from which angle, the Haotian Sect is the target they must solve first.

Even if the Star Luo Empire made a big move at this time and sent a million troops north, the Spirit Hall could not change its strategy and still had to prioritize dealing with the Haotian Sect. As for the million troops of the Star Luo Empire heading north, the Spirit Hall could only allocate a part of its forces to temporarily resist them. It should not let the Star Luo Empire gain too much of an advantage. After they have dealt with the Haotian Sect, they would then concentrate their forces to repel the Star Luo Empire.

Therefore, within this general framework, Spirit Hall also launched a series of actions, the first of which was to integrate the military forces of all kingdoms and principalities.

Although the Star Luo Empire's target this time was only half of the kingdoms and duchies, it should have only had to face 300,000 enemy troops. However, with the intervention of the Spirit Hall, the situation was different. The Spirit Hall directly integrated the forces of all the kingdoms and duchies, so the Star Luo Empire still had to face an army of 600,000.

Not only that, because the official Tiandou Empire is now under the control of the Spirit Hall, even the Tiandou Empire, under the instruction of the Spirit Hall, quickly assembled 200,000 troops and joined forces with many kingdoms and principalities to resist the Xingluo Empire together.

My goodness, at first glance, this situation has evolved into a situation where the Star Luo Empire, with its own national strength, is at war with all other countries on the continent. This is unprecedented.

Under the manipulation of the Spirit Hall, all other countries have assembled 800,000 troops to fight against the million-strong army of the Star Luo Empire. Although they are still inferior in numbers, the difference is not too big. If they just resist, it should not be a problem.

In addition to ordinary troops, the Spirit Hall also sent many soul masters for support. Except for those necessary for the encirclement and suppression of the Haotian Sect, most of the remaining soul masters of the Spirit Hall were basically transferred to support the coalition forces. It can be said that the war was imminent.

(End of this chapter)