Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 249 War
Some time after the Abyss Rebellion ended.

The Douluo plane fell into peace and tranquility again.

But there is a hint of weirdness in this calmness.

The Sun-Moon Empire suffered heavy losses in this short-lived Abyss Rebellion. Due to the existence of the Bee Emperor, the various soul guides originally deployed by the Sun-Moon Empire were destroyed by the Abyss Bomb Bees before they could take effect.

In order to resist the invasion of the abyss creatures, the Sun-Moon Empire detonated more than ten level nine fixed-type soul guide shells in Mingdu City, losing five level nine soul guides and more than one elite soul guide group. It can be said that the Empire was seriously injured.

However, because all civilians were evacuated in advance, the losses in other areas except the military were kept within an acceptable range.

That is, their original capital, Mingdu City, has to be rebuilt. In a short period of time, Mingdu will no longer be the number one city on the continent. It is just a pile of lifeless ruins under the attacks of abyss creatures and level 9 fixed-type soul guide shells.

Shrek City, which was controlled by Shrek Academy, was also severely damaged.

The abyss creatures that broke through the blockade and rushed towards Shrek City were all the elite among the abyss creatures, and their target was the golden tree that was rich in the breath of light and life.

The strong men who stayed behind in Shrek Academy rose up to resist, and in the end it was Moon who used the power of the golden tree to barely keep them outside the original Poseidon Pavilion.

After this battle, at least five Titled Douluo and two Super Douluo perished in Shrek Academy, and the loss of soul masters of other levels was countless. The facilities in the academy were basically destroyed. The original Sea God Lake was no longer clear, and countless debris and corpses floated on it. But it is worth mentioning that in such a riot, the casualties of the students of Shrek Academy could be directly ignored, and only a few people were seriously injured.

The losses in the Star Dou Great Forest were equally severe. Many powerful soul beasts died in their attempts to fight against the scattered abyss creatures, including even a hundred thousand year old soul beast that was guarding Brigitte.

It was an Iron-backed Turtle King that had been around for ten thousand years and was known for its extremely strong defense. However, a strange Abyss Emperor drilled into its body and directly destroyed its sea of ​​​​spirituality, and finally died in front of Brigitte.

Brigitte was very sad and heartbroken. Many of the hundred thousand year soul beasts that followed her were able to break through the hundred thousand year mark with her help. Therefore, they were willing to guard Brigitte. To Brigitte, they were not only her guards, but also her children and friends.

Apart from the Sun-Moon Empire, Shrek Academy, and Star Dou Great Forest, which suffered the greatest losses, the Tianhun, Xingluo, and Douling empires also suffered losses. However, those losses were nothing compared to the losses of the previous three forces.

During this brief period of peace, Shu Yan's consciousness returned to the Douluo plane.

He described his future arrangements and plans in as much detail as possible, and at the same time left many backup plans to help Xu Jiujiu and others face the future war of unification.

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As it turned out, Shu Yan's prediction was not wrong.

Less than a month after the Abyss Rebellion, the Sun-Moon Empire used ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells that relied mainly on explosive force to blast open the Mingdou Mountains. They also used many soul-guided artillery shells to remotely bomb the headquarters of the Western Legion of the Star Luo Empire, causing countless people to die in their sleep.

And in the farther north, the Sun-Moon Empire broke through the defense of the Western Legion of the Sky Soul Empire with almost no effort, and then poured into the Sky Soul country in large numbers.

The Sun-Moon Empire launched a war without declaration, which immediately caused countless noises on the continent. On the third day after the Sun-Moon attack on Tianhun, the Tianhun royal family declared the Body Sect as the sect to protect the country. At the same time, they also announced the marriage news of Tianhun Princess Vina and Body Sect's successor Long Aotian.

At the same time, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which had basically completely relocated in secret, also breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, under the arrangement of Ning Xiangxue, some disciples of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect rushed to the front line for support. Several of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's worshippers also took the initiative to rush to the front line, even including Ning Tian's great-grandfather.

A Super Douluo of level 97, whose martial spirit is the legendary Seven Kill Sword.

The inheritance of this top-level weapon martial soul should have ended ten thousand years ago, but the Jiubao Liuli Sect rediscovered the inheritance of this martial soul over the past ten thousand years and integrated it into the sect. Ning Tian’s great-grandfather inherited this top-level weapon martial soul known for its attack power, and cultivated it all the way to the current ninety-seventh level.

Unlike the Tianhun Empire's defeat on the battlefield, the situation on Xingluo's side was much better.

Thanks to Xing Luo's strong support for the development of soul guides in recent years, although the soul guides equipped by the army cannot be compared with those of Sun and Moon, they are at least much better than before. After paying a considerable price, they successfully advanced hundreds of miles into the Sun and Moon Empire and temporarily blocked it in an area with crisscrossing water systems.

On the first night when the Sun-Moon Empire Legion had just set up camp, Qiangu Chaosheng, who had just completed his retreat in Xingluo City and broke through to the Limit Douluo level, headed west with the Panlong Stick in his hand.

Due to their inadequate preparation, the Sun-Moon Legion was unable to mount an effective resistance against Qiangu Chaosheng's sudden attack. By the middle of the night, two level nine soul engineers had died under Qiangu Chaosheng's stick, and the casualties of other soul engineers and soldiers were even more difficult to estimate.

Qiangu Chaosheng seems peaceful on weekdays, but in fact, the murderous nature hidden in his heart is no less than that of the evil soul master. He will not show any mercy to foreign invaders. To him, as long as they are invaders, no matter whether they are men, women, young or old, they should be wiped out. The so-called compassion in war is completely harmful to others and oneself.

After a massive killing, before leaving, Qiangu Chaosheng took out a tightly sealed porcelain bottle from his arms and threw it into the Sun and Moon Legion.

The porcelain bottle fell to the ground and shattered. A thick dark green smoke slowly rose into the sky. The corpses that came into contact with the dark green poisonous fog were corroded into white bones in an instant. As more and more corpses were contaminated by the poisonous fog, the scale of the poisonous fog became larger and larger, spreading rapidly towards the distance bit by bit.

Qiangu Chaosheng looked at the countless soldiers of the Sun-Moon Empire who were panicking because of fear from high in the sky, then he put away his Panlong Stick and flew towards the place where the Xingluo Legion was stationed in the rear.

This dark green poisonous mist came from Dugu Yan's Green Phosphorus Snake King Poison. As Dugu Yan's cultivation approached the Soul Saint realm, the poison she possessed became more and more terrifying. She had once used the serious criminals detained by the Xing Luo Empire to experiment on how terrible her poison was.

The Soul Sage-level warrior whose martial soul and soul power were unsealed only lasted less than a cup of tea under the effect of her poison before turning into a pool of rotten meat. What surprised Dugu Yan even more was that her poison would not only kill the opponent but also absorb the opponent's life energy and soul power to continue to grow and develop, and finally she could absorb the energy and use it to counterattack her.

High in the sky above the Xing Luo Army, Dugu Yan looked at the dazzling green light in the distance with almost no concealment of the fanatical joy in her eyes.

Xu Jiujiu, who was standing by, changed into a bright yellow outfit. She turned her head and said to Dugu Yan with a smile:

"It looks like our Ayan's cultivation is about to surpass mine..."

"Yeah…"

Dugu Yan murmured softly, then suddenly came back to her senses and said a little embarrassedly:

"Your Highness, don't you think my way of practicing is a little bit..."

Dugu Yan did not say what followed. She was Xu Jiujiu's confidante and to some extent, also Xu Jiujiu's best friend. But perhaps because she was used to getting along with superiors and subordinates, she always used honorifics to address Xu Jiujiu.

Xu Jiujiu just smiled and said:
"Are you trying to say that your method of cultivation has some connotations of an evil soul master?"

"Don't worry about these. There is no need to be merciful to foreign enemies. When friends come, there are ways to treat friends. When enemies come, there are ways to treat enemies. On the battlefield, only winning and losing count. The winner has the right to define and interpret this war, and in history books, right and wrong will only be recorded from the perspective of the victor."

"What I can guarantee is that in the eyes of future generations, Ayan, you will only be a hero who resisted foreign enemies and made great contributions to the country."

Dugu Yan didn't really care about these things. To her, fame and reputation were nothing but smoke. She remembered what Shu Yan had said, her goal was to become a god. Once she became a god, who would dare to say a bad word about her?
They would only kneel on the ground and sing praises of her merits and fame. Thinking of this, the fanaticism in Dugu Yan's eyes became more and more obvious. Xu Jiujiu just smiled lightly and did not feel anything.

After being together for so long, they know each other too well. Everyone has desires, and in Xu Jiujiu's eyes, people without desires are the most dangerous type of people.

After continuing to appreciate the "magnificent scenery" in the distance, Xu Jiujiu turned around and flew towards the military camp. The Sun and Moon Legion's means could not suppress Dugu Yan's Green Phosphorus Snake King Poison or find a suitable solution in a short period of time.

The poisonous fog was like Dugu Yan's virtual arm, secretly controlled by her. Even the strong wind blowing in the face could not change its fixed direction and target.

……

In the evening, under the personal escort of Qiangu Chaosheng, everyone stood on the head of the Bone Dragon King that Shu Yan obtained from the Sun and Moon Empire and flew towards the green ocean.

Dugu Yan absorbed a steady stream of poisonous fog, and her soul power increased steadily. Soon she successfully broke through the Soul Saint realm, but the poisonous fog that had not been taken back was still endless.

By the time the poisonous fog was completely absorbed, it was already late at night.

Dugu Yan's soul power aura increased more than times in just one day. Although it is impossible to detect how much her soul power will increase because she has not obtained the seventh soul ring, it is roughly estimated that after she absorbs the seventh soul ring, her soul power level may even directly jump to the Soul Douluo realm.

……

The situation on Xingluo's side is very good, but on Tianhun's side, it is a completely different picture.

Even with the strong support of the Body Sect, the Tianhun army was still losing ground. The western part of Tianhun was almost entirely plains, with no strategic location to defend. The Sun-Moon Empire was advancing by leaps and bounds, and in just one month, under the indiscriminate bombardment of countless soul-guided shells and soul-guided rays, most of Tianhun's territory had fallen. Even the Dragon City, which Shu Yan and others had visited in the past, was easily captured by the Sun-Moon army just like in the original novel.

However, it seemed that they realized that something was wrong with the situation. The two major dragon gates in Longcheng, Tiandi, transferred their core disciples out in advance. After confirming that Longcheng could no longer be defended, the two major dragon gates discussed and finally chose their own ways out.

The Tianlongmen went to Shrek City. The Dragon God Douluo of Shrek Academy was born in the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family and had a sense of common origin with them. Shrek Academy was also willing to accept the Tianlongs' allegiance, and the two sides naturally reached a consensus quickly.

As for the Dilong Gate, they made a decision that went against their ancestors.

They divided into several teams and headed south, finally entering the Xingluo territory, and chose to join the Xingluo Empire like the Jiubao Liuli Sect.

Xu Jiujiu never expected that he would see Nan Shuishui and her daughter again in Xingluo City. Thinking of the scene when they met last time, Xu Jiujiu was a little dazed for a moment.

In just a few years, everything has changed dramatically.

Now that I see my old friend again, I can’t help but feel a little touched.

Nan Shuishui sat below, looking at Xu Jiujiu with a gentle smile in astonishment and shock. After a long while, she said softly:

"I didn't expect... that the visitor back then would be a princess of a country..."

Xu Jiujiu smiled, as if reminiscing about that time, and then said:

"Yes, I never thought that Master Nanmen would appear here as a guest one day, but I welcome your arrival."

Nan Shuishui's smile was a little bitter. If it wasn't for the last resort, who would give up their homeland and come to a foreign country? But there was no way. As the leader of the Dilongmen, she was not only responsible for the survival of herself and her daughter, but she was also responsible for many members of the Dilongmen. Xingluo was their best choice.

Xu Jiujiu, who was sitting in the first seat, took a sip of tea and continued:

"The new base of the Earth Dragon Sect is in the west of Xingluo City. The South Sect Master will have to take care of the specific planning and construction. By the way, where is Qiuqiu?"

After hearing what Xu Jiujiu said, Nan Shuishui first stood up to thank him, and then said:

"Qiuqiu...she went to Xingluo City to relax. What's the matter, Princess? Does she have something to ask me?"

After a long time, his expression was gentle, and he said:

"It's nothing. If Sect Master Nan doesn't mind, you can let Qiuqiu come to practice with me. We have met before. There are many strong and talented people around me. I think this is a good thing for Qiuqiu."

"This……"

Nan Shuishui showed a hint of hesitation on her face, but looking at Xu Jiujiu's gentle expression that didn't seem fake, she finally gritted her teeth and nodded.

"Then listen to Her Royal Highness the Princess. When Qiuqiu comes back tonight, I will explain this matter to her."

Xu Jiujiu nodded, and then chatted casually with Nan Shuishui for a few words. It was not until after dinner that he let Dugu Yan see the other party off.

Looking at the two people's backs as they left, Xu Jiujiu's expression slowly returned to calm.

To be honest, the Dilong Sect is not actually a real large sect, and even its leader is just a Soul Douluo. But among the forces that have recently defected to Xing Luo, apart from the Jiubao Liuli Sect, the Dilong Sect is already the best among them.

Nan Qiuqiu has decent talent, and her Rouge Dragon spirit is an extremely special and powerful top-level beast spirit. She doesn't mind having more little maids like Dugu Yan around her, and the Earth Dragon Gate will gradually move closer to her because of this relationship.

Shu Yan once discussed with her the future development of the unified continent and the continuation of the empire. Xu Jiujiu benefited a lot from it and gradually began to think about cultivating her own team.

Although she has Shu Yan's support and will definitely become a god in the future, Xu Jiujiu still does not intend to give up such a good opportunity.

Shu Yan was right. She had a terrifying desire to control and climb for power and status. Perhaps she did not need to do so, but she still liked to take precautions. After all, it was just a matter of words for her now.

When Dugu Yan came back, she saw Xu Jiujiu staring at the teacup on the table in a daze. After thinking for a while, she quietly came behind Xu Jiujiu and stretched out her hand to massage his stiff shoulders.

Xu Jiujiu turned his head slightly, just smiled, and didn't say anything more...

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(End of this chapter)