Douluo: Beginning with the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon

Furthermore, the entire Douluo Continent truly lacked any place with particularly dense light elemental energy.

If such a place existed, it would undoubtedly become a gathering spot for Light Element Spirit Beasts, and human Spirit Masters would surely know of it.

The place where the meteor fell was Douluo Planet. While Douluo Continent was the center of Douluo Planet, it was not its only landmass.

Therefore, the God of Light Divine Position Inheritance could potentially be located outside of Douluo Continent.

Lin Rong spun the Thunder God's Hammer in his hand and thought:

"It's fine even if I can't find it. The God of Light Divine Position Inheritance will appear sooner or later. If someone else gets it, I'll just take it by force."

...

Half a month later.

Lin Rong returned to Heaven Dou City in a carriage he rented from Dragon City.

As the carriage traveled down the street, Lin Rong looked out the window at the scenery and felt an unusual sense of unease, different from the norm.

"Young Master, is there something wrong with the scene outside?" Yun Gui, who had only recently pledged allegiance to Lin Rong, noticed the change in his expression and asked curiously.

"It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful city, but the atmosphere here feels inexplicably oppressive."

Hearing this, Lin Rong explained to Yun Gui:

"Normally, at this time of day, there would be more than ten times the number of people on the streets than there are now."

"Also..."

Looking at the patrolling soldiers approaching in the distance, Lin Rong continued:

"Heaven Dou City's law stipulates that patrols consist of five soldiers per squad, but now there are twenty-five in each squad, and they are all fully armed."

"For a nation's capital to restrict pedestrian traffic and be under a city-wide lockdown, something incredibly significant must have happened."

"The only major event in the empire recently has been the battle in the western province against those pirates."

"Could it be that Bo Saixi made a move, causing the empire and Spirit Hall to suffer a crushing defeat?"

Lin Rong spoke the last few sentences with a mix of explanation and speculation.

The carriage traveled along the empty street and soon arrived in front of the Duke's mansion.

"My Lord." A guard captain, stationed at the entrance of the Duke's mansion, immediately stepped forward to greet Lin Rong as he alighted from the carriage.

"This is a letter secretly passed from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Please take a look, my Lord."

Lin Rong took the letter from the guard captain and began opening it as he walked inside.

Behind him, the old butler signaled Yun Gui with his eyes to follow, then quickened his pace to walk beside his young master, keeping pace with him.

"Sea Spirit Beasts?"

Lin Rong quickly finished reading the letter and handed it to the old butler beside him.

"Because it was a land war, we all overlooked this point."

"There are quite a few large rivers in the western province that connect to the ocean, so Sea Spirit Beasts could easily travel from the sea into the depths of the western province."

"Although the character of the first Sea God is difficult to judge, over seventy percent of the Sea Spirit Beasts in the Douluo Planet's oceans believe in the Sea God."

"Seven Sea Spirit Beasts, each with at least 100,000 years of cultivation, collaborated with the Sea God Seven Sacred Pillars Douluo to ambush the nine Titled Douluo dispatched by Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou."

"Except for Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Guang Yue, and Ghostly, who survived, the remaining five Titled Douluo all perished."

"Spirit Hall lost five Titled Douluo at once. Bibi Dong must be so angry she's spitting blood right now."

However, the loss of just five Titled Douluo by Spirit Hall was not enough to cause Heaven Dou City, located far to the north of the continent, to go into lockdown.

This time, the Sea God Empire not only attacked high-level combatants but also launched a surprise attack on the 200,000-strong army in the Fasnau Province military region.

Just like last time, they caused a flood, submerging the entire military camp, and all 200,000 soldiers perished without exception.

Fortunately, Jialing Pass was far away, and the 100,000-strong army was still en route.

Otherwise, the 100,000 troops led by Ge Long would likely have met the same fate as the 200,000 troops in the Fasnau Province military region.

With the consecutive losses of the western province and Fasnau Province military regions, only five of the seven major military regions remained, and the 1.4 million troops were reduced to one million.

The Sea God Empire, capitalizing on this momentum of victory, also took the opportunity to attack the Hagen Dasi Kingdom.

As for why they didn't continue to occupy territory in the Heaven Dou Empire, there were many reasons.

The Sea God Empire had not yet fully assimilated the territory of the western province. Continuing to occupy Heaven Dou Empire territory would only compel the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to fight to the death.

Attacking the Hagen Dasi Kingdom was different.

Although the Hagen Dasi Kingdom was a subordinate kingdom of Heaven Dou, it was essentially an independent nation that had separated from Heaven Dou, not a territory of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Moreover, it was easier to pick on the weaker opponent. The Hagen Dasi Kingdom lacked the strength to resist the Sea God Empire, and its territory bordered the Sea God Empire, making it a natural choice for expanding the empire's borders.

After reading the letter, the old butler sighed and said:

"Countless Sea Spirit Beasts are roaming the major rivers of the western province. If a solution to deal with these Sea Spirit Beasts cannot be found, the western province may be lost forever."

"Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall have suffered heavy losses this time. It's unknown how long it will be before they can sound the horn for the next counterattack."

Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall had mobilized a total of 300,000 troops and nine Titled Douluo, but before the battle even began, they were defeated by the enemy's sneak attack.

Not a single soldier from the army of two hundred thousand survived, and five out of the nine Titled Douluo perished.

If news of this devastating loss were to spread, it would undoubtedly incite widespread panic and even unrest among the populace, while also causing immense loss of face for both the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Spirit Hall.

Consequently, with the combined efforts of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Spirit Hall to suppress the information, the number of people aware of this incident was extremely limited. Even among the nobles in Heaven Dou City, no more than ten households knew about it.

Furthermore, the unreasonable surprise attack by the Sea God Empire had instilled great fear in Emperor Xue Ye. He was terrified that the enemy might launch a decapitation strike, traveling thousands of miles to Heaven Dou City to assassinate him, the Great Emperor of Heaven Dou.

To ensure his personal safety, Emperor Xue Ye had half of the Royal Knights' forces stationed at the imperial palace around the clock.

Heaven Dou City was consequently placed under martial law, with residents' movements restricted and the number and frequency of patrols increased.

When Lin Rong entered the city earlier, his carriage was stopped by the city gate guards. He was required to present his hereditary Duke's identification token to prove his identity before he could be allowed to enter.

He had only been gone for less than a month, yet the changes in the continental situation felt as if decades had passed.

Walking into the living room, Lin Rong sat down on the sofa and accepted a cup of tea from the old butler, sipping it slowly.

Despite the unpredictable and volatile situation on the continent during this period, the most crucial matter at hand was to seize the opportunity and cultivate his Soul Power to level seventy.

More than half a month had passed, and his Soul Power had increased by half a level, progressing from level sixty-eight and a half to level sixty-nine. He was now just one level away from breaking through to the coveted level seventy, which he had been eagerly awaiting.

"For the next two months, no matter how earth-shattering the events happening outside, I will not leave."

"I will focus on my cultivation. Everything else can wait until after I break through to level seventy."

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