Jialing Pass, the main front-line battlefield between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Empire, is also widely recognized as the decisive battlefield.
Since the establishment of the Spirit Empire, it has been attacking on two fronts in recent years, simultaneously dealing with the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, showing extreme strength.
Initially, the Spirit Empire absorbed all the affiliated kingdoms of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, and after occupying two provinces from the two great empires, its area was no longer inferior to that of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire. However, due to the relatively short training time for its army, the total army size was only a little over a million.
Emperor Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor agreed to a meeting. Although the Spirit Empire dispatched Title Douluo to launch a sneak attack, the three major sects were well-prepared. Bone Douluo, Tang Zhan, and Niu Gao led the soul masters of their respective sects to thwart the Spirit Empire's sneak attack, even causing the Spirit Empire to suffer losses.
Since the meeting between Emperor Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor, the strategic deployment of the two great empires cooperating to jointly resist the Spirit Empire has been confirmed. The two great empires simultaneously launched attacks on the Spirit Empire.
The Heaven Dou Empire's battlefield is Jialing Pass, while the Star Luo Empire's is Heaven's Gate Pass, thousands of miles away. The two great empires attacking simultaneously prevents the Spirit Empire from focusing on both fronts.
The Spirit Empire also mobilized troops, with different arrangements for the two battlefields.
When dealing with the Star Luo Empire's attack, they dispatched a large army to directly defend Heaven's Gate Pass, while also deploying a soul master legion of ten thousand, plus hundreds of thousands of troops, to set up defenses at the pass.
Heaven's Gate Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the Star Luo Empire's military strength is formidable, it lacks true Title Douluo level experts. With millions of troops on both sides, they can only attack each other without truly deciding the outcome.
The Spirit Empire did not dispatch Title Douluo to garrison Heaven's Gate Pass, but instead sent a large number of top-tier Soul Douluo, which was also sufficient to ensure the pass would not be lost.
In contrast, the situation at Jialing Pass was infinitely more difficult.
With the support of the three major sects, the Heaven Dou Empire had a large number of Title Douluo. Especially with Emperor Xue Ye personally leading the expedition, he summoned the major sects to assist the Heaven Dou Empire and offered great benefits, maximizing the strength within the Heaven Dou Empire.
In terms of Title Douluo alone, there were nearly ten heading to Jialing Pass, including Tang San, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao from the Clear Sky Sect, totaling six Title Douluo.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also dispatched two Title Douluo, namely Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, as well as Ning Fengzhi, the continent's number one support soul master. The Body Sect also dispatched four Title Douluo, plus Feng Xiaotian and his group.
Of course, there was also Dugu Bo, the guest elder of the Heaven Dou imperial family. However, Dugu Bo was relatively low-key among so many Title Douluo. Although he was known as invincible in group battles, as soon as he entered the battlefield, he would definitely be targeted.
In terms of overall numbers, the Heaven Dou Empire had a total of thirteen Title Douluo, already surpassing the Spirit Empire.
Bibi Dong knew that this war might be extremely brutal. Not only did she personally lead the expedition, but she also brought the only four Title Douluo plus the six great worships. Apart from Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, it could be said that all the experts were present.
Originally, Bibi Dong had no right to mobilize all the worships, but at this critical juncture, the Worship Hall did not dare to be arrogant. Otherwise, if Jialing Pass were to fall, the Heaven Dou Empire's army would likely advance unimpeded, directly threatening Spirit City. At that time, the Spirit Empire, which had just been established, might be annihilated.
Of course, in terms of the number of soul masters, Bibi Dong dispatched nearly forty thousand soul masters, accounting for seventy percent of the total number of soul masters. It could be said she went all out.
When Emperor Xue Ye and his group learned the number of soul masters in Bibi Dong's soul master legion, they were all somewhat dumbfounded.
It should be known that a well-trained soul master, when fighting ordinary troops, could potentially take on a hundred. Forty thousand soul masters were roughly equivalent to several million troops.
The entire Heaven Dou Empire had only eight thousand soul masters in total, of which the three major sects contributed over three thousand. The rest were those the Heaven Dou imperial family had attracted and cultivated over the years using various means.
Individual soul masters might not be terrifying, but when they truly formed a soul master legion, their strength could be multiplied.
For example, the Spirit Empire's famous soul master legions, including the Elephant Armor Legion, the Holy Dragon Legion, and the Angel Legion, had extremely formidable combat power.
The Elephant Armor Legion was like an impenetrable wall, mainly composed of the Elephant Armor Sect, along with a large number of defense-type soul masters. Even hundreds of thousands of troops might not be able to break through.
The Holy Dragon Legion was extremely aggressive, personally led by Holy Dragon Douluo Tuo Ba Xi. The main force consisted of over a thousand soul masters with the White Armor Holy Dragon Martial Soul, along with a large number of soul masters with beast martial souls. The total legion size exceeded ten thousand.
As for the Angel Legion, their numbers were relatively small, but everyone had the Angel Martial Soul and could fly, making them extremely mobile and absolute battlefield killers.
The overall commander of the Spirit Empire was Bibi Dong, and the deputy commander was Golden Crocodile Douluo, both top-tier experts at level ninety-eight.
Although the Heaven Dou Empire's army, personally led by Emperor Xue Ye, was powerful, even Title Douluo felt a bit apprehensive when facing a true soul master legion.
The Spirit Empire's Title Douluo were not rookies; they had undergone extremely rigorous combat training, and their combat power was very good.
Moreover, soul masters of the same level might win in a one-on-one fight, but if it were one against five, they might not even have a chance to resist.
In the military camp outside Jialing Pass, besides Emperor Xue Ye, all the important ministers were present, including Ning Fengzhi and others, and even Yu Xiaogang was there.
The Body Sect was represented by Lin Gong, who brought several Title Douluo and Oscar. Oscar was nominally the deputy sect master of the Body Sect and the only food-type Soul Douluo.
In recent years, at Tang San's recommendation, Yu Xiaogang had been assisting the Heaven Dou imperial family in cultivating soul masters, which had played a certain role, and he was appointed as the chief instructor.
However, everyone looked at the huge sand table in front of them, their expressions very serious.
Jialing Pass was very majestic, with city walls reaching a height of a hundred meters. Moreover, the Spirit Empire had been prepared for a long time and had been building various defensive fortifications. If ordinary troops wanted to break through Jialing Pass, they would need at least several times the number of soldiers.
Now, attacking Jialing Pass would require sacrificing lives, but the Heaven Dou imperial family only had a million troops and not enough high-level soul masters to sacrifice.
Emperor Xue Ye said with a serious expression, "Everyone, we have reached a critical moment. The Star Luo Empire has already tied down some of the Spirit Empire's strength. If we cannot break through Jialing Pass, it will be very unfavorable for the battlefield, especially if the battle drags on for a long time, our consumption will be much greater than that of the Spirit Empire."
"Furthermore, from the current situation, the Spirit Empire's mobility is much stronger than ours. Our grain and supplies have been attacked multiple times, and it will likely be more troublesome in the future."
Everyone remained silent upon hearing this. Ning Fengzhi and the others were not very skilled in commanding armies.
Even Tang San seemed a bit silent. Although he had reached level ninety-six now, he did not possess the formidable power of wielding the Sea God Trident as in the original work.
Moreover, Tang San did not have the support of the Tang Sect now, nor the title of Blue Clear Sky King, so his status was not as high as in the original work.
Tang Hao was only at level ninety-five now. This was after many years of recuperation and his body had recovered somewhat, but he did not have the treatment from the medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his strength had not further increased to level ninety-six.
Among everyone present, the truly strongest were Sword Douluo, Tang Xiao, and Tang San. Sword Douluo was the only level ninety-eight Title Douluo among everyone, while Tang Xiao and Tang San had extremely outstanding combat power.
Seeing that everyone had no reaction, Tang San spoke at this moment.
"Your Majesty, Tang San is willing to lead people to protect the grain and supplies to ensure the logistics of our army are secure. However, I hope to receive everyone's support."
Emperor Xue Ye said, "Tang San, you can speak frankly about any requests you have, and we will try our best to fulfill them."
Tang San said, "The Spirit Empire's advantage is that they have many soul masters, and their mobility is too strong. The personnel who attack our grain and supplies each time are actually not many, at most no more than thirty people, but they are all led by Soul Douluo level experts."
"I hope to get the help of Senior Bai He. The investigation ability of the Speed Clan is unparalleled in the world, so we can always grasp the movements of the enemy's sneak attacks."
Everyone looked at Bai He.
Bai He thought for a moment before speaking, "Your Majesty, there is no longer a Speed Clan, only the Body Sect. The Body Sect can help scout the enemy's movements, but as for other matters, forget it."
Bai He's attitude was very clear; he obviously didn't want to get involved with Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect.
Although Tang San was a little angry when he heard this, it wasn't appropriate to say anything in front of so many people.
Ultimately, Bai He arranged for Body Sect personnel to control the entire supply line, while Tang San led some Clear Sky Sect personnel to surround and attack the Spirit Empire's own Soul Masters.
As for the original Shrek members, each of them basically had their own matters. Only Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai could act with Tang San. The others had their own sects and affiliations and would not get too deeply involved with the Clear Sky Sect.
Emperor Xue Ye seemed to have thought of something. "Elder Lin Gong, Elder Yang Wudi, may I ask where the Sect Master of the Body Sect is now? Can we invite him to the front lines at Jialing Pass?"
Clearly, Emperor Xue Ye had already investigated Yang Xiong's strength and hoped that a master like Yang Xiong would also come to help, especially since the Sect Masters of the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had all come to the front lines.
Lin Gong said, "Your Majesty, our Sect Master has an appointment to duel the granddaughter of the Spirit Empire's Great Worship Hall's Great Worship at Two Peaks. We currently have no news of our Sect Master."
"However, all matters of the sect have been arranged. Most of the Body Sect's masters have come to the front lines to assist the Heaven Dou Empire."
Everyone heard this and said nothing more. Although they might not have met Qian Renxue, they clearly understood Qian Renxue's talent and strength. If Yang Xiong could defeat Qian Renxue, it would greatly boost their morale, as Qian Renxue was the true orthodox successor of the Spirit Empire's Angel lineage.
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