[When they saw that figure standing with hands behind his back on the tower of Zhenhu Pass, Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat.]
[Sect Master Tang Chuan is actually personally presiding here?]
[Although they had already notified Tang Chuan in advance of the message that they would lead troops to attack Zhenhu Pass.]
[They really didn't expect Tang Chuan to come in person.]
[But since Sect Master Tang Chuan is here...]
[And beside Sect Master Tang Chuan, not only was that Old freak Dugu Bo standing there, but also Clear Sky Sect's Sect Master Tang Xiao, the Second Elder, the Seventh Elder Tang Lie, and other Clear Sky Sect experts!]
[So now, it becomes incredibly reasonable that they cannot take Zhenhu Pass!]
[For a moment, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a look. Although they were undercover agents, on the surface they still had to put on a fierce expression and command the allied army to launch an attack.]
[However, the subsequent battle situation plunged the Spirit Empire's allied army into an unprecedentedly bitter struggle.]
[At the level of top Spirit Masters, Tang Chuan didn't even have to make a move personally. Just Grandfather Dugu Bo, along with Tang Xiao, the Second Elder, and Tang Lie, completely suppressed Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Devil Bear Douluo, and the others.]
[The two sides clashed in the air several times.]
[Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others were never able to gain any advantage. Instead, they were driven into a miserable state, nearly being left behind on the spot several times.]
[And on the conventional battlefield, the situation of the allied army was even more miserable.]
[On the hundred-meter-high walls of Zhenhu Pass, dozens of cannons were lined up, firing simultaneously as the allied army launched their charge.]
[The cannonballs fell into the dense charging ranks, blowing men and horses off their feet, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.]
[Those soldiers who managed to brave the gunfire and reach the foot of the wall with great difficulty were greeted by a barrage of shrapnel grenades.]
[Dark iron spheres were thrown down from the walls one after another, exploding in succession among the crowd as sharp shrapnel harvested life after life.]
[And those soldiers trying to climb the walls with siege engines were shot and killed with precise point-blank fire by flintlock musketeers taking turns, their corpses piling up like mountains beneath the walls.]
[Occasionally, a few powerful Spirit Masters forced their way onto the top of the wall, only to be instantly surrounded by the elite Spirit Masters of the Qingdi Sect and Disciples of the Clear Sky Sect who had been waiting for a long time, and were quickly wiped out in no time.]
[After several consecutive days of fierce attacks, the allied army suffered over thirty-five thousand casualties, yet they barely managed to touch the walls of Zhenhu Pass.]
[On the Heaven Dou army's side, due to the advantage of the city walls and firearms, their casualties were negligible.]
[When the battle report reached Spirit City, Bibi Dong's noble, cold, and beautiful face was filled with rage. Furious, she tore the report in her hand to shreds and slammed it onto the ground, her roars echoing throughout the Supreme Pontiff Palace.]
["Useless! You are all useless!!"]
["An allied army of three hundred thousand plus tens of thousands of the Spirit Master legion, and you can't even take a single Zhenhu Pass!"]
["Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Devil Bear Douluo, what on earth are they doing?!"]
[Inside the palace, the Cardinals were as silent as cicadas in winter, none of them daring to respond.]
[In her rage, Bibi Dong paced back and forth in the palace for a long time before finally forcing herself to calm down. She walked over to the map, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.]
[Ultimately, her gaze landed on the vast territory of the Star Luo Empire.]
["Since the Heaven Dou Empire has Tang Chuan, the Qingdi Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect presiding over it, and cannot be taken down for the time being..."]
[In Bibi Dong's purplish-black beautiful eyes, there was nothing but unwillingness and anger, yet she could only say through gritted teeth.]
["Then we'll change direction!"]
["As the saying goes, pick the soft persimmon to squeeze!"]
[Bibi Dong turned around, took a deep breath, and coldly issued her order.]
["Send orders to Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Devil Bear Douluo to withdraw from the Zhenhu Pass battlefield, and lead the allied army and the Spirit Master legion to turn and attack the Star Luo Empire!"]
["The territory lost on the Heaven Dou Empire's side will be compensated for from the Star Luo Empire!"]
[Soon, the Cardinal responsible for delivering the order respectfully accepted the command and departed.]
[A few days later.]
[Upon receiving Bibi Dong's order, Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others immediately led the heavily depleted allied army to withdraw from Zhenhu Pass.]
[Instead, they headed toward the border of the Kilikris Kingdom, which had joined the Spirit Empire, and began attacking the passes of the Star Luo Empire, preparing to capture the Star Luo Empire's Anthony Province to make up for their losses.]
[Although the national strength of the Star Luo Empire was not weak.]
[But facing the full force of the Spirit Empire's elite allied army and Spirit Master legion, it still appeared powerless.]
[Even though the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Hell Civet Family had been intermarrying for generations and possessed the Spirit Fusion Skill: Hell White Tiger...]
[They only needed an intermarried couple, one being a Spirit Douluo and the other a Spirit Saint, to activate the Spirit Fusion Skill: Hell White Tiger, to unleash Titled Douluo-level combat power.]
[But in the face of Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and many other Titled Douluos all coming forth, the Star Luo Empire was still no match in terms of high-end combat power.]
[Especially after the Star Luo Empire's most elite Royal Knights were routed in a head-on clash with the Spirit Hall's Spirit Master legion by the combined forces of the Cardinal legion, suffering heavy casualties.]
[The Star Luo Empire's defensive lines began to retreat steadily, and large swaths of territory fell into the hands of the Spirit Empire.]
[For a time, the entire court and commonalty of the Star Luo Empire were shaken.]
[Dai Tianfeng paced anxiously in the imperial palace, issuing several imperial edicts in succession to summon loyalist armies from various regions. Yet, they still struggled to withstand the Spirit Empire's military might, and could only rely on passes for defense, though they still could not hide the trend of falling.]
[In desperation, Dai Tianfeng had no choice but to send messengers overnight to the Heaven Dou Empire to seek help from Xue Ke and Tang Chuan.]
White World, Star Luo Imperial City.
In the imperial palace.
When seeing in the comparison video that the Star Luo Empire was actually no match at all for the Spirit Empire in the war, retreating steadily.
This forced his future self to seek help from Xue Ke and Tang Chuan.
For a moment, Dai Tianfeng was simply dumbfounded.
"This isn't right!"
Dai Tianfeng widened his eyes, completely unable to believe it.
"Why would my Star Luo Empire be completely no match for that Spirit Empire?"
"In terms of national power and military strength, there should have been a tug-of-war for a while at the beginning, right?"
"In that Black World, our Star Luo Empire clearly managed to hold steady!!"
But soon, Dai Tianfeng thought of a possible reason.
Could it be that the Heaven Dou Empire of that Black World was relatively weak?
So the Spirit Empire could gain an advantage in the war.
Therefore, the Spirit Empire chose to split its forces into two routes, simultaneously attacking the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire of the Black World.
As a result, the Star Luo Empire of the Black World only faced half of the Spirit Empire's power, allowing it to hold steady.
But in their White World, because that Heaven Dou Empire had the help of Tang Chuan, the Qingdi Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect, the Spirit Empire had no way of achieving victory and could only suffer casualties in vain.
This forced the Spirit Empire to choose to go all out in attacking my Star Luo Empire.
So my Star Luo Empire was no match?
But even so, Dai Tianfeng still felt incredibly grief-stricken and indignant.
"This Spirit Empire is simply too despicable!"
"Since they can't beat the Heaven Dou Empire which is aided by Tang Chuan, the Qingdi Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect, they just target my Star Luo Empire to beat up!"
"Can't they just rise to the challenge?!"
(End of Chapter)
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