"By the way, where's Flender?" Grandmaster looked toward Zhao Wuji.
Logically, now that he and Liu Erlong had returned, Flender should have rushed over immediately.
Ning Fengzhi said, "I sent Flender to deliver a message to the Star Luo Empire."
"What message?" Grandmaster asked, puzzled.
Ning Fengzhi's expression was complicated as he replied, "The Spirit Hall now possesses an army of hundreds of thousands of soul masters. I'm afraid they will soon launch a continental war, and the entire continent will fall into misery and suffering."
Grandmaster was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Sect Leader Ning, you must be joking. The Spirit Hall originally only had tens of thousands of soul masters. How could their numbers increase tenfold?"
Grandmaster clearly looked unconvinced.
Ning Fengzhi frowned and said, "This information came directly from your father, Yu Yuanzhen. His expression didn't seem like he was faking it."
Grandmaster still shook his head. "When it comes to the difficulty of producing soul masters, I understand it better than any of you. I once served in the Spirit Hall. Based on the proportion of awakened soul masters, the Spirit Hall can't have acquired so many soul masters in these years."
"You all belong to major sects, where the probability of soul masters appearing is much higher. Naturally, you don't really understand how difficult it is for an ordinary person to produce even one soul master."
Ning Fengzhi was stunned for a moment and began to ponder.
If what Yu Yuanzhen said was a lie, then what was the purpose?
Grandmaster stood up and said, "Sect Leader Ning, rest well. If you need anything, just instruct us at any time."
Ning Fengzhi nodded. "Thank you for taking care of me."
A moment later, Grandmaster, Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji left. Only Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi remained in the room.
"Dad, I also think what Grandmaster said makes sense. That Yu Yuanzhen must have been trying to scare you," Ning Rongrong analyzed.
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "Let's put this matter aside for now. The Star Luo Empire should be prepared than not."
"Dad, you need to recover quickly. The reconstruction of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School will still depend on you in the future."
"Alright."
...
After Jiang Chen and Bibi Dong finished eating, they immediately set out, leading an army of ten thousand toward the border of the Star Luo Empire.
An army of three hundred thousand had already gathered there, all composed of soul masters, and each person carried pills with them.
Healing pills, pills that burned soul power to increase attack strength, soul power recovery pills, fasting pills...
This army of three hundred thousand was enough to easily slaughter an army of a million ordinary people.
Bibi Dong appeared in person and delivered an inspiring speech in front of the hundreds of thousands of troops, making every warrior's blood boil with excitement.
At Jiang Chen's request, Bibi Dong appointed him as the Surprise Attack Grand General, commanding one thousand surprise attack soul masters, primarily for beheading operations.
To win the war quickly, the best way was to eliminate the enemy's commanders first.
This kind of surprise attack force responsible for assassinations was extremely dangerous, requiring them to penetrate deep into enemy territory and face tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of troops.
Unless one possessed special life-saving abilities, even an ordinary Title Douluo would not dare to do this.
The reason Jiang Chen requested this position was mainly to satisfy his own appetite.
The enemy's generals were definitely high-level soul masters, the most suitable for increasing his cultivation.
Ordinary people's blood no longer had any effect on him; only high-rank soul masters or powerful soul beasts could bring him cultivation improvements.
Deeply infiltrating the enemy army was extremely fatal for others, but for him, there was no difficulty or danger at all.
In his eyes, those generals of the Star Luo Empire were all leeks waiting to be harvested.
The Spirit Hall's army of over three hundred thousand marched southward, accompanied by several Title Douluo elders who did not participate in battles but mainly protected Pope Bibi Dong.
If Title Douluo experts appeared on the Star Luo Empire's side, they would then take action.
At the same time, a portion of soul masters remained at the borders of the two empires to stand guard. With Title Douluo stationed there, entry and exit between the two countries' borders were temporarily prohibited for everyone.
The Spirit Hall's army was exceptionally fierce, sweeping through everything in their path. After breaking through three city strongholds, the Star Luo Empire finally received the news and hurriedly began mobilizing its army to resist the Spirit Hall.
However, what terrified the Star Luo imperial family was that their army was like paper paste under the iron hooves of the Spirit Hall and could not provide even the slightest hindrance.
In just three days, the Spirit Hall had captured more than half of the Star Luo Empire's territory, with their army advancing straight toward the imperial capital, Star Luo City.
The Spirit Hall army's slogan was: Those who surrender will not be killed. We do not oppress the common people. Together, we will build a great and prosperous Spirit Hall Empire and bring a better life to the people.
While attacking cities, the Spirit Hall also brainwashed the common civilians.
The most numerous people on the continent were the common civilians. Many had received favors from the Spirit Hall and did not have a bad impression of it.
After capturing each city, Bibi Dong ordered the publication of the Spirit Hall's beneficial policies for the people to win their hearts.
For example, exempting taxes for three years; as long as one awakened a cultivable martial soul, the Spirit Hall would provide free cultivation even if there was no money for tuition...
In a short time, the Spirit Hall gained extremely high support within the Star Luo Empire.
Among all the Spirit Hall soldiers, the one who worked the hardest was Jiang Chen.
To not waste a single drop of "grain," he traveled day and night between the various cities of the Star Luo Empire at high speed.
As long as a general was confirmed not to surrender, they all turned into human skins.
He alone could not cover so many battlefields, but Bibi Dong had already issued orders to try to capture alive those high-level soul masters and leave them as food for her disciple.
Bibi Dong did not dislike Jiang Chen's extremely evil martial soul and behavior.
Her own martial soul was also extremely evil, so she actually felt a strong sense of closeness toward Jiang Chen.
In the Star Luo Empire's many armies, generals mysteriously turning into human skins greatly affected morale.
Coupled with being easily slaughtered by the Spirit Hall army, many soldiers could not endure the immense pressure and surrendered one after another.
In this war, the number of soldiers from the Star Luo Empire who surrendered was far greater than those who were killed.
Although they were soldiers, ordinary people had a natural fear toward soul masters.
Soul masters could fight ten at once, who wouldn't be afraid?
In three days, the Spirit Hall's army had already arrived outside Star Luo City and set up camp.
Some sects within the Star Luo Empire originally wanted to intervene in this war, but upon seeing the Spirit Hall's massive soul master army, they were directly scared away.
At this moment, within Star Luo City, people were in a state of panic.
Especially the Star Luo imperial family and those nobles.
If the Star Luo Empire were destroyed, it would not matter much to the common civilians, but the impact on the imperial family and nobles would be enormous.
The Star Luo imperial family might be exterminated, and those nobles might no longer be nobles.
The Spirit Hall within Star Luo City had already been emptied. Spirit Hall personnel were hidden in various parts of Star Luo City, spreading the Spirit Hall's preferential policies and brainwashing the common civilians.
Not only that, the Spirit Hall also made promises to the nobles that their interests would not be harmed.
Thus, even before the final battle began, many people had already chosen to surrender.
Once someone took the lead, the idea of surrender spread uncontrollably like a virus.
The third day after the army set out, which was also the fifth day since Flender left Shrek.
Ning Fengzhi's injuries had improved a lot, and he could barely walk on the ground.
In the meeting hall of Shrek Academy, Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Ning Fengzhi, and others gathered. Everyone's hearts were heavy, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
The reason was the news they had just received today: the borders between the two empires had been blockaded by the Spirit Hall.
The news had been sent back by carrier pigeon and was now spreading throughout Heaven Dou City.
"What exactly does the Spirit Hall want to do?" Grandmaster said in a grave tone.
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