Chapter 167 Xu Jiawei's Helplessness
Xingluo City, the meeting hall.

At this time, Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei's expression became extremely haggard.

His eye bags were grey and dark, his skin was dull, and he looked as if he had aged by ten years.

You have to know that he is also a strong man with the strength to be awarded a title, but he became so haggard after just a few days.

It also shows how much pressure the Sun-Moon Empire's army has put on him these days.

At this time, the key ministers of the Xing Luo Empire were discussing the next battle plan intensely in the hall.

"Your Majesty, the front line reported that the Northwest Army suffered heavy losses, with a total of 200,000 elite soldiers lost!"

"The Sun-Moon Empire's offensive this time is of great magnitude. Their evil ambitions are definitely not limited to just one city or one place."

"The Sun-Moon Empire is powerful, and although our Xingluo Empire is not weak either, it is equally difficult to reach their level. We can never support it with our own national strength!"

An old minister prostrated himself on the ground and spoke loudly.

"The only way now is to unite the forces of Shrek Academy and the other two countries, just like we did a thousand years ago. Only then will we have the power to fight against the Sun-Moon Empire!"

Another old minister shouted at the top of his voice: "What are you talking about? It's just that the Sun-Moon Empire has gained the upper hand temporarily due to a sneak attack."

"Our army has only suffered a minor setback. How could Duke White Tiger and our Northwest Army Group be so defeated?"

"Except for the battle report from three days ago, the situation on the battlefield has once again reached a stalemate."

"I believe that under the leadership of Duke White Tiger, our Northwest Army will soon be able to push back to the front line and regain the initiative!"

At this time, another minister also echoed: "Yes, the Sun-Moon Empire is coming with great force."

"But it is said that it also mobilized a large army to invade the border of the Tianhun Empire."

"The military force they sent is comparable to the one they sent against our country!"

"Fighting on two fronts, plus the Tianhun Empire's main sect with an Ultimate Douluo in charge, how can it be so easy to deal with?"

"This will definitely take a lot of energy away from the Sun-Moon Empire. In my opinion, the Sun-Moon Empire is already in decline!"

"Moreover, over the past few thousand years, our Xingluo Empire has worked hard to govern itself, far surpassing the initial stage!"

Watching these two powerful officials who have close ties with the Zhu and Dai families telling lies with their eyes open.

The old minister kneeling on the ground had trembling lips and could hardly refute.

Although the suggestions he put forward were not constructive, at least they were taken into consideration for the current war situation.

And every word spoken by people related to the Zhu family revealed the word "delay".

After all, the Dai family and the Zhu family, one civil and one military, were once the real ruling class of the Xingluo Empire.

Although the throne was passed on to the Xingguan Xu family, how could the descendants not be nostalgic for the power that their ancestors once held?

Although the Xu family did not openly liquidate the Dai and Zhu families, suppression was still inevitable.

Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger has led troops on the front line for decades in order to avoid Xu Jiawei's suspicion.

And you have to know that if the Xingluo Empire were to perish, the one that would be most affected would naturally be the Xu family, which is now the royal family.

As for the Dai family and the Zhu family, they may be able to take advantage of this power reshuffle to seize another opportunity.

After all, no matter how much they were suppressed, the Dai family and the Zhu family still had many bloodline branches over the years.

At that time, betting on both the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire might be a solution.

Compared to the Star Luo Empire, which they were always wary of, perhaps the invasion of the Sun and Moon Empire was not a bad thing.

Even watching the ministers arguing with each other, this originally solemn and dignified meeting hall was in chaos.

The place was as chaotic as a vegetable market, but Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei did not express any opinion.

His face was gloomy and uncertain, and he was secretly thinking and weighing the current situation in his mind.

He could naturally see that there were collateral branches of the Dai and Zhu families in the court who wanted to stir up trouble and fish in troubled waters.

Even though he was always wary of White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, Xu Jiawei was still aware of this man's ability in marching.

At least except for the Titled Douluo masters in the Xingluo Empire’s own worship hall, whether it is Xingluo City or other places.

The morale and combat effectiveness of the troops there are definitely not as good as the Northwest Army Group that has been trained and selected by the White Tiger Duke's descendants for generations.

However, it is said that even such an army could not hold out for even a day under the first wave of attacks from the Sun-Moon Empire.

This was definitely not a performance that Dai Hao put on for him. After all, the Northwest Army Group could be considered Dai Hao's private army.

And as mentioned before, the Dai family branch can bet on both sides.

However, as a direct descendant of the Dai family, Dai Hao had a deep blood feud with the Sun and Moon Empire, so he could not show any leniency.

It can also be seen that the combat power of the Sun-Moon Empire's legions has completely exceeded their original expectations.

Even though Xu Jiawei had previously thought that he had overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Sun and Moon Empire.

But looking at the blood-stained battle report in his hand, he really couldn't think of anything he had thought of.

The Sun-Moon Empire actually did it.

They can equip all ordinary soldiers who have no soul power with basic soul guides.

You have to know that in this case, the enemies that the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent have to face are not the same as those a thousand years ago.

The standard lineup consists of about ten thousand soul masters and hundreds of thousands of ordinary soldiers.

Now even if we ignore the Soul Guidance Corps, which is the ace combat force of the Sun-Moon Empire.

The worst case scenario now is that the Sun-Moon Empire can already equip all ordinary soldiers with low-level soul guides.

In this way, these ordinary soldiers can be regarded as a legion of hundreds of thousands of soul masters!
Even if they are weak, the saying "many ants can kill an elephant" is not just an empty talk.

According to the front-line battle report, except for two top soul guide groups belonging to the Sun-Moon Empire's National Defense Hand.

The Sun-Moon Empire's first attack this time only sent out two teams of 500 men each, totaling a thousand men.

There were only 30,000 vanguard soldiers left.

But despite this, the Mingdou Mountain defense line that the Xingluo Empire had painstakingly built for a thousand years was destroyed.

The Northwest Army, which originally had a strength of 400,000 including auxiliary troops, could not be said to have been defeated by a smaller force.

Instead, they were completely suppressed and rubbed by the Sun-Moon Empire, whose number was less than one-tenth of theirs.

It is said that although the losses mentioned in the battle report were only 100,000 soldiers who died in the battle due to the surprise attack of the Sun-Moon Empire and the destructive power of the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells.

But you have to know that these 100,000 soldiers are the backbone of the Northwest Army.

Rather than those auxiliary troops and miscellaneous soldiers who are used to supplement logistics and numbers.

The entire Northwest Army only had two hundred thousand main forces like this, and now half of them were lost in one fell swoop.

The Xing Luo Empire can no longer afford a second loss.

In addition to this, there was news that the Titled Douluo who was originally responsible for supervising the battle and guarding against powerful enemy players in the Mingdou Mountain Range battlefield was also killed in the battle.

Under the suppression of the opponent's Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group and the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Group.

Two Titled Douluo from the Xing Luo Empire died in battle, and two Titled Douluo escaped.

You must know that although they were originally part of the Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent, they have also developed and progressed in the past thousand years.

However, the number of soul master troops has only doubled compared to a thousand years ago, and each country can barely gather 20,000 people with varying degrees of quality.

Naturally, the number of high-end soul masters has increased as well.

But not enough to reverse the amazing numerical advantage of the Sun and Moon Empire. Holding the battle report tightly in his hand, Xing Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei could not imagine it.

How can the Sun-Moon Empire afford such a huge consumption of soul power and output of soul guides?

But he might never figure it out.

The reason why the Sun-Moon Empire has such a large number of soul guide corps and the birth of new soul guides.

All thanks to him, the Star Emperor.

All this was thanks to the companion crystal of the true dragon egg, which was initially considered useless by the Xing Luo Empire.

A long, long time passed.

The quarrels in the court gradually subsided.

All the ministers fell silent at this time, staring at the man sitting on the throne.

Waiting for him to speak as the Emperor of Xingluo, to make a decision and set the direction.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, important information!"

"Your Majesty the Douluo of the Heavenly Soul Empire has captured 1,600 soul mentors and 30,000 soldiers from the Sun and Moon Empire in one fell swoop!"

"Only the leader of the Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group, Mad Bull Douluo, escaped, and no one in the Sky Soul Empire was injured or killed."

Hearing this, the emperor and his ministers in the court could not believe their ears.

At this time, Xu Jiawei murmured: "Is this the Ultimate Douluo? Why isn't the Ultimate Douluo the helper of my Xing Luo Empire?"

After taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he spoke loudly.

"This is a critical moment for survival. Send me a letter to Shrek Academy to ask for support."

"Pass on my order. No matter how powerful the Sun Moon Empire's bandits are, Duke White Tiger must hold out for a month."

"I personally wrote a letter and sent it to the royal family of the Tianhun Empire!"

The Tianhun Empire is too far away, and the Sun and Moon Empire is too close.

Seeing a strong man at the Extreme Douluo level perform like this.

Of course, Shrek Academy also has strong people at the Ultimate Douluo level.

Even if you contact the royal family of the Tianhun Empire.

However, as the guardian sect of the Tianhun Empire, it is naturally impossible for the Body Sect to invite its leader to guard the Xingluo Empire.

In this case, the only one he can rely on is Shrek Academy.

But this is just a temporary solution.

After the court session was adjourned, the ministers went about their business.

At this time, Emperor Xingluo summoned his most loyal subordinates to the palace to discuss the next countermeasures.

In addition to his sister Xu Jiujiu, the chief priest of the Xingluo Empire's worship hall also came here.

However, he did not come as a worshiper, but was present as an elder of the royal family of the Xingluo Empire.

After all, for Xu Jiawei today, ordinary ministers are no longer worthy of his trust.

Facing the invasion of the Sun and Moon Empire, the Star Luo Empire was destroyed.

Then perhaps someday these ministers will continue to serve as nobles and ministers.

However, there is no way that the Xingguan Xu family can survive under the iron hoof of the Sun and Moon Empire.

“Shrek Academy is unreliable.” said the head of the Worship Hall.

The Super Douluo who possesses the ninety-seventh level of peak soul power and the royal blood of the Star Luo Empire said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Xu Jiawei also smiled bitterly: "Of course I understand this matter. The Sun-Moon Empire is indeed ambitious."

"But hasn't Shrek Academy been sucking our blood for the past ten thousand years?"

“It’s just that the resources and talents that Shrek Academy has absorbed from our Xingluo Empire will not shake its foundation, at least for now.”

"If we can borrow their help, even if it is like drinking poison to quench thirst, we can still survive this."

The great priest sighed and said, "You are smart in small matters, but confused in big matters."

"I know what you are talking about."

"But haven't you noticed that in the past year, since the Haotian Sect entered the world, Shrek Academy's connections with other countries have become less enthusiastic?"

At this point, Xu Jiujiu nodded in agreement and said, "Great Ancestor is right, my brother. There seems to be a subtle split within Shrek Academy now."

"However, due to the apparent strength of the two Ultimate Douluo of the Haotian Sect, the surface stability is still maintained for the time being."

"But in my opinion, under the pressure of the powerful foreign enemy of the Sun Moon Empire, I am afraid that even if no one interferes."

“But today’s Shrek Academy is already on the edge of a cliff.”

"The core figures of Shrek Academy have all been replaced by disciples of Haotian Sect and gradually marginalized."

"It is said that someone has seen the current Sea God Pavilion Master, Taotie Douluo, outside of Shrek."

After listening to the two people's words, the last bit of unrealistic fantasy that Xu Jiawei had in his heart was finally extinguished.

At this moment, he was a little depressed.

After all, the pressure brought by the Sun-Moon Empire is too great now.

Compared to the original novel, it is at least a battle with back and forth.

The current Sun-Moon Empire is so powerful that it is simply despairing.

"The Shrek Academy is unreliable, and the Sky Soul Empire only has one Ultimate Douluo, so it is even more impossible for him to come to help."

"Grandfather, what do you think I should do? Is it possible that the thousand-year-old prosperity of our Xingguan lineage will end here?"

The chief priest sighed and said, "It's natural that we can't rely on it. All we can do now is to preserve our living strength."

"Change the names of the children in the tribe and send them to the Tianhun Empire, Douling Empire and Shrek City."

"As for the battlefield, we can only resist to the extent that we can. Who knows, the situation may be reversed at any time."

"Just think of it as a second-hand plan. After all, I don't believe it either."

"The Sun-Moon Empire was able to arm so many soldiers and improve the strength of soul mentors without paying the slightest price!"

A hint of hesitation flashed across Xu Jiawei's eyes, but was finally replaced by determination.

Perhaps he can only be regarded as a somewhat mediocre emperor.

Even though he had a certain talent for cultivation and had the skills to become a Titled Douluo, he did not have the power to reverse the deadlock.

Even if he had certain strategies, he could not change the situation of the Xing Luo Empire and resist the attack of the Sun and Moon Empire.

He thought he had done the best he could.

But if you can't do it, you can't do it.

But despite this, he will maintain this last bit of decency.

Until the moment before the iron hoofs of the Sun-Moon Empire stepped into Xingluo City, he was the emperor of the Xingluo Empire!

(End of this chapter)