Chapter 447: The Spirit Empire Suffers Even Heavier Losses, Bibi Dong's Plans
Although the Heaven Dou Empire had suffered significant losses, ultimately, this battle was still a great victory for them.
If the Heaven Dou Empire, as the victor, had suffered such losses, then the defeated Spirit Empire's situation was clearly even more tragic.
At this moment, inside Jialing Pass, Bibi Dong finally woke up after being unconscious for half a day. Although her complexion was still somewhat pale, she had at least regained a trace of color.
The moment she woke up, Bibi Dong immediately asked Hu Liena about the battle situation.
Hu Liena averted her gaze, hesitant to speak.
From Hu Liena's expression, Bibi Dong had already roughly guessed much of the truth. She could not help sighing as she said, "You have to tell me eventually. No matter how great the losses are, I can accept them."
"Speaking of which, the greatest mistake in this war was mine. If I had not been defeated by Yu Tianlin, our army could at least have retreated safely."
Hearing Bibi Dong say this, Hu Liena hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.
"Teacher, our losses this time are indeed... especially heavy. In the Spirit Master legion alone, we lost four thousand people."
"Four thousand Spirit Masters lost?"
Bibi Dong's expression eased considerably.
She had already prepared herself for the worst, expecting the Spirit Masters to suffer casualties of over ten thousand, or even be completely wiped out. If it was only four thousand, then it was still acceptable.
In fact, when the Spirit Empire's army collapsed, only the Spirit Master legion had maintained discipline, and the Spirit Master legion's speed was relatively faster, allowing them to evacuate swiftly.
Furthermore, the large number of retreating and surrendering soldiers behind them delayed the Heaven Dou Empire's pursuers, which was why the Spirit Empire's Spirit Master legion suffered much smaller losses.
"What about the regular army? What were the losses for the regular army?"
Bibi Dong continued to press for details.
"The regular army..."
Hu Liena paused, then gritted her teeth and said, "We lost two thirds of our regular army..."
"Two thirds?"
Bibi Dong was stunned.
"Why so many?!"
The Spirit Empire had mobilized three hundred thousand regular soldiers this time. Losing two thirds meant two hundred thousand were gone.
This loss was far too exaggerated.
"Teacher," Hu Liena said helplessly, "our regular army was originally integrated from the armies of various kingdoms and duchies. They had not fully meshed yet, so when the battle was lost, they instantly collapsed."
"They were relentlessly pursued by the Heaven Dou Empire amid immense chaos, leading to heavy casualties, and many soldiers surrendered as well. The losses are truly enormous."
"In any case, after returning to Jialing Pass, I counted the troops, and only one hundred thousand remained. Thus, two hundred thousand were naturally lost."
"Two hundred thousand, then two hundred thousand!"
Bibi Dong choked on the number and coughed a few times, then quickly asked, "What about the Titled Douluo? How many did we lose?"
The number of Titled Douluo was easy to count. Hu Liena immediately replied, "We lost two Elders and two Consecrated Elders."
Hearing Hu Liena's report, a trace of killing intent flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes, and she said through gritted teeth, "Yu Tianlin!"
Speaking of which, when Yu Tianlin fought the Spirit Empire's three Consecrated Elders, he first severed the arm of the Fifth Consecrated Elder, breaking their siege formation. He then killed the weakest one, the Fifth Consecrated Elder, and rendered the Third Consecrated Elder and Fourth Consecrated Elder incapable of fighting.
Bibi Dong had managed to save the Fourth Consecrated Elder, but the Third Consecrated Elder, intercepted by Yu Tianlin, received no rescue and miserably fell from high altitude to his death.
Thinking of this, Bibi Dong asked, "How is the Fourth Consecrated Elder now?"
Dead was dead. Although she regretted the loss of two such major combat forces, Bibi Dong was clearly more concerned about those who had survived.
"The Fourth Consecrated Elder's condition is not good. He is quite heavily injured. Even with treatment from the most elite support type Spirit Master, he will need at least half a month to recover his combat strength," Hu Liena said. "The Second Consecrated Elder is afraid of accidents, so he has been guarding him."
Bibi Dong finally let out a long breath.
"It's good that he's alright."
After reporting the extent of the losses, Hu Liena hesitated before asking, "Teacher, what should we do next?"
"In another two or three days, once the Heaven Dou Empire's army has finished resting and reorganizing, they will certainly launch a full assault on Jialing Pass. At that point, Jialing Pass will likely be very difficult to hold..."
The phrase "very difficult to hold" was Hu Liena's softened wording, used to avoid agitating Bibi Dong.
In reality, in her view, if the Heaven Dou Empire was determined to breach Jialing Pass, the defense would fail completely.
"Attack?"
Bibi Dong shook her head.
"Don't worry. The Heaven Dou Empire won't attack again."
Hu Liena did not know why her teacher was so certain. Just as she was about to ask, Bibi Dong continued, "During my battle with Yu Tianlin, I very clearly felt that his cultivation had reached rank 90, but he still lacked his ninth Spirit Ring."
"Therefore, Yu Tianlin will definitely go to acquire his ninth Spirit Ring next. For safety reasons, that old thing Yu Yuanzhen will likely accompany him as well."
"Under these circumstances, the Heaven Dou Empire side will lose two major combat forces, and they certainly won't dare to easily start another war in the short term."
"Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlin are going to leave the Heaven Dou Empire's army?"
Hearing this, Hu Liena's eyes immediately brightened.
"Teacher, can we take this opportunity to counterattack the Heaven Dou Empire?"
"It's useless."
Bibi Dong immediately rejected Hu Liena's idea.
"If you can think of it, the Heaven Dou Empire side can certainly think of it too. Therefore, after Yu Tianlin and Yu Yuanzhen leave, they will definitely strengthen their defenses. It won't be that easy to succeed."
"Furthermore, our army's losses this time are too great. Even if we managed to defeat the Heaven Dou Empire once using this opportunity, we would not have enough troops to capitalize on the victory."
"What we should do now is try our best to recover the losses caused by this defeat, while simultaneously reinforcing Jialing Pass and holding the line based on its natural defenses."
Whether or not she could defeat the Heaven Dou Empire no longer held much significance for Bibi Dong.
What concerned her now was only the situation involving Yu Tianlin and Yu Yuanzhen.
Yu Tianlin and Yu Yuanzhen posed too great a threat to Bibi Dong. She was actually not their match.
Under these circumstances, she only had two options.
The first was naturally to join forces with Qian Daoliu and resist the grandfather and grandson pair together. However, Qian Daoliu was currently holed up in Douluo Hall in Spirit City and simply would not come out, rendering Bibi Dong's idea fruitless.
As for the second option, it was to stall for time.
As long as she could achieve godhood first, then the grandfather and grandson pair of Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlin would naturally no longer be a cause for concern.
Therefore, if the Heaven Dou Empire did not attack Jialing Pass afterward, Bibi Dong naturally would not go out looking for trouble with the Heaven Dou Empire either.
She needed time now.
She needed stability.
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