Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 254 Xue Ke's Imperial Image Appears for the First Time, the Final Moment of Crisis

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat to the peach blossom grove!"

"The peach blossom formation left by the teacher is a defensive formation, and each peach tree is a soldier!"

"It's the highly toxic phosphorus from the poisonous guards!"

Outside Peach Blossom Academy, in just a short time, the former prosperity and beauty have been turned into a scene of devastation.

The nearby Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Papal Palace Guard also engaged in battle, but their numbers were far too small to face an army of hundreds of thousands. Even with the Hell Revolver equipment, a hundred of them killed nearly a thousand, which was less than one percent of the enemy's total.

During the reloading interval, they were scattered and submerged by the Star Luo army.

Zhu Zhuqing was also exhausted from killing. In a quarter of an hour, she gracefully hunted down five Soul Saint Realm commanders of the Star Luo Army formation, which was terrifying. She retreated back to the gate of Peach Blossom Academy covered in blood.

Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu, with their unyielding spirits, charged into the fray, their bodies pierced by swords, spears, and halberds, leaving them covered in wounds. Xiao Chenyu, in particular, fought with a reckless style, devouring his enemies alive. This terrified many Xingluo soldiers, who dared not advance rashly.

“This can’t go on. The Peach Blossom Formation is a strong defensive formation, but it can’t withstand the charge of 100,000 troops. The Poison Guard’s Azure Phosphorus Poison is formidable, but he has to guard the academy. In a few hours, the poison will be diluted.”

"No matter what, I will live and die with the academy. I would rather my teacher return to find my corpse than hand over an academy in ruins to him."

Xiao Wu and Mu Yunzhu also retreated from the army. Their soul power was greatly depleted, but fortunately, the flowers, herbs and pills left by their teacher helped them recover and maintain their fighting strength.

The Star Luo army was clearly not stupid. Upon seeing the peach blossom branch and the jade phosphorus poison guards, they killed tens of thousands of soldiers in a short time. Then they drew their bows and sent countless flying feathers across the blood-red sky.

Yes, it's a rocket, a fire feather, aimed at destroying Peach Blossom Academy.

Upon seeing the blazing fire behind the army of 100,000, Wang Sheng and Zhu Zhuqing, who had finally been able to rest for a while, both stood up:

"The Star Luo Empire is utterly inhuman; they're here to destroy the academy!"

"In that case, I'll risk my life for you."

"Fellow students, it is fate that we can become students of the academy and learn from our teachers in this lifetime."

"If there is an afterlife, I would still like to be your fellow students."

On Zhu Zhuqing's cold face, a smile appeared on her face as she looked at Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, Mu Yunzhu, and Yao Zi. It was a complex expression that was a mixture of facing death, relief, and regret. Perhaps only at such a moment could such emotions arise.

Several bloodied hands clasped together, their eyes hardening with determination:

"kill!"

As soon as the word "kill" was uttered, the six students—Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, Mu Yunzhu, Yao Zi, and Mu Yunteng—were all fearless and charged into the heart of the Xingluo army, heading straight for the enemy archers' rear ranks.

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"Prince Xuexing, please immediately summon the nearby Tiandou army to launch a battle to protect the country!"

"The Star Luo Empire is not only destroying the best academy on the continent, but also provoking and invading the Heaven Dou Empire. Soto City is the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire!"

North of Soto City, Xue Ke and Tang Yuehua were picked up by Prince Xue Xing ahead of time.

When they left Soto City, they discovered that the city had been surrounded in an instant by hundreds of thousands of soldiers clad in Star Luo Empire armor. Princess Xue Ke quickly made her request to Prince Xue Xing.

Tang Yuehua also signaled the carriage to stop. Standing on the yellow earth, she looked back at the smoke signals rising from Soto City. Suddenly, she vaguely saw people from the Haotian Sect passing by in the distance.

"This is a premeditated war of annihilation. Peach Blossom Academy is the empire's most promising and powerful academy. If Soto City is annexed by Star Luo, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

“Princess, Lord Xuan, please don’t be agitated. I have come to bring you back to the palace on His Majesty’s orders, just as the Star Luo army is launching an attack. His Majesty must already be aware of the Star Luo Empire’s actions. This place is dangerous, and we need to return to Tian Dou City as soon as possible.”

"So, Father Emperor is deliberately abandoning Soto City?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Ke, who had been studying at Taoyuan Academy for a year or two, immediately became anxious:

“How could Father Emperor do this? That’s Soto City, the granary of the Barak Kingdom, where my beloved academy is located, and it’s also an important territory of the Empire. How can you just abandon it like that?”

"And even if they intended to abandon it, they should have first notified the people of Soto to evacuate, and informed my classmates and teachers to prepare for defense and retreat! How could they not send out any news at all?"

"Uncle Xuexing, there are probably over 100,000 Star Luo soldiers, right? That many soldiers are enough to launch a blitzkrieg to destroy a nation. If they are all gathered in Soto City, where will they get their supplies?" "I read in the textbooks at Peach Blossom Academy that when launching a blitzkrieg, supplies cannot be supplied by logistics. So the Star Luo Empire will have to use what it has on hand, looting the granaries of Soto City and plundering the rice bins of the people of Soto City. At that time, Soto City and the cities in front of it will become refugees, causing a human tragedy!"

Upon hearing this, Prince Xuexing looked at Xue Ke incredulously. This little princess was barely a teenager, and a girl at that, yet she had such insights:

"It seems that the little princess has indeed learned a lot at Peach Blossom Academy. However, unfortunately, this is His Majesty's decision, and I have no right to interfere."

"It is precisely because a large number of disaster victims will soon appear in Soto City that we must leave as soon as possible, set up defenses, and prevent them from flowing into other safe cities and affecting more people."

"What? We need to set up defenses?"

"Uncle Xuexing, do you mean that we should not only abandon the people of Soto City, but also turn our swords against them? They have already been innocently caught up in the war, lost their wealth, and fallen into danger, and now they want to be abandoned by their own empire? Instead of fighting against the enemy, our soldiers are going to punch their own people?!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. It happened so suddenly, and the empire doesn't have enough food and money to help them. I believe they will be properly resettled after this is over."

"Afterwards? By then, there will probably only be piles of bones and ruins, and it will be too late."

"I'm sorry, Uncle Xuexing, this is not what I'm trained in. I need to go back and stand with the academy to bring my classmates out and then organize the evacuation of the citizens of Soto City!"

Xue Ke jumped off the carriage, gritted her teeth, and despite her small figure, she resolutely walked back, dressed in a gold and red robe.

That petite figure, walking towards the smoke of war and disaster, appeared so magnificent, as if her figure gradually magnified in the flames, illuminating the entire empire.

"Ke'er, I'm with you."

Tang Yuehua lifted the curtain, waved her hand to summon two teams of Soul Master guards, and caught up with Xue Ke's retreating figure.

Looking at Tang Yuehua and Xue Ke, Prince Xuexing froze on the spot. At this moment, he felt that his own awareness was not as high as that of these two women.

Prince Xuexing took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"return!"

"Tie them up and bring them back!"

"Going back now is tantamount to suicide!"

……

"Old poisoner...it seems you've killed more people."

"You're not bad either."

"It's quite good to have a comrade-in-arms like you, who is both an enemy and a friend, at the last moment."

"I wonder how that old bastard is doing now. He's probably still laughing and joking around with His Holiness the Pope. I wonder what his expression will be when he comes back and sees our miserable state?"

"It must be very sad."

At this moment, at Peach Blossom Academy, the three Super Douluo, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yu Yuanzhen, all made their move.

To their equal astonishment, the fighting prowess displayed by these two little snakes and little chrysanthemums, whom they had once crushed, required not only the combined efforts of the three of them but also the assistance of the advanced soul master teams from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Clear Sky Clan to suppress them.

But Yue Guan and Dugu Bo had no regrets in this life. They took out two radiant flowers, one of which was handed to Yue Guan, and they looked up to the sky and shouted:

"If we fall at Chrysanthemum Pass, I'm afraid the academy won't be able to hold it either."

"However, being able to meet Dean Su and witness such a magnificent world of flowers and plants in this lifetime is already worthwhile!"

"Yanzi, remember your grandfather's words: bring glory to our Dugu family and take down Dean Su!"

"Chrysanthemum Pass, consume this herb, and we will fight our final battle!"

"Even if I'm going to die, I'll take these three idiots with me on my way. That would be so satisfying! Hahaha!"

(End of this chapter)