radicalducati Chapter 485 The Kingdom of Hagen, Wolf Thieves
Chapter 485 The Kingdom of Hagen, Wolf Thieves
Chapter 485 The Kingdom of Hagen, Wolf Thieves
Two months later.
Shrek Academy, outside the south gate of Soto City.
After a one-on-one soul-fighting sparring session specially arranged by Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, who was able to unleash his full strength, finally regained some confidence from Yu Tianheng and rallied.
Furthermore, during the battle against the Royal Fighting Team, Tang San also deeply realized his own shortcomings.
Although his talent is good enough, he can be considered one of the best among soul masters of the same age, and even at the same level, he can have a huge advantage that can crush his opponents.
However, once they encounter a powerful enemy like Dugu Yan, who is far superior in level, this advantage will vanish completely.
Tang San was confident he could defeat Soul Masters below level 40, but against those above level 40, it depended on the type and attributes of the opponent.
For example, there's nothing he can do against a Soul Master like Dugu Yan, who is skilled in using poison and whose poisons are unusually potent and unexpected.
He was also deeply impressed by Ye Lingling's incredible ability to control hidden weapons.
These two people's abilities completely suppressed him, so he suffered a crushing defeat in the battle at the Soto Grand Arena.
Having witnessed the abilities of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, Tang San deeply realized his own shortcomings, and his desire to strengthen himself became even more urgent.
Therefore, during this period, he devoted all his energy to the crafting of hidden weapons, the refining of deadly poisons, and the practice of hidden weapon techniques.
Tang San specially purchased a simple forging furnace and a batch of metal from the blacksmith shop to forge Tang Clan hidden weapons to arm himself and enhance his strength.
Therefore, he and Xiao Wu spent all their savings. Because of this, the rogue rabbit was very angry with Tang San and often nagged him.
However, whenever this happened, Tang San would look on with enjoyment. He would not only obey orders and submit to whatever came his way, but also go to great lengths to please his "good sister." In short, he wanted to make his "good sister" feel good.
Closer to home.
Given his low cultivation level and insufficient internal energy, many of the Tang Clan's exquisite internal hidden weapons could not unleash their power.
Therefore, Tang San focused his attention on the mechanical hidden weapons he was most proficient in, and created hidden weapons such as the Flying Claw and the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Stealing Dart.
Not only that, he even "kindly" tailored a set of hidden weapons for each of the other Shrek Six Monsters, equipping each of them with hidden weapons such as sleeve darts, Zhuge crossbows, sand-shooting arrows, flying claws, and tight-backed crossbows.
However, the materials needed to make these hidden weapons were all purchased with Ning Rongrong's money.
Who told her to be a little rich girl? It would be strange if Tang San didn't take advantage of her.
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Three days after the battle with the Shrek Six Monsters, the Royal Fighting Team, led by Qin Ming, set off from Soto City, training in spirit battles while heading north back to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
Yu Tianheng, who had finally seen his uncle again, originally planned to stay and spend some time with Yu Xiaogang, but in the end he couldn't let go of Dugu Yan, and with Yu Xiaogang's persuasion and encouragement.
Unwilling to give up, he finally said goodbye to Yu Xiaogang and returned to the Royal Fighting Team, whereupon he once again launched a fierce pursuit of Dugu Yan.
Unfortunately, the falling flowers were willing, but the flowing water was indifferent; Yu Tianheng was destined to receive only disappointment.
Dugu Yan gave him no chance at all, and never even paid him any attention. If he got annoyed, she would give him a good beating and poison.
After returning to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Royal Fighting Team, Qin Ming immediately began working on Shrek Academy's "borrowing a chicken to lay an egg" plan.
As expected, they successfully fooled the three education committee members, Meng Shenji, Zhilin, and Bai Baoshan, into agreeing to Shrek Academy's "exchange and learning" with Tiandou Royal Academy.
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Because the Shrek Six Monsters failed to win the Soul Battle against the Royal Fighting Team, Shrek Academy naturally did not receive the 10,000 gold soul coins reward promised by the Soto Great Soul Arena.
After barely managing to hold on for two months, Shrek Academy finally came to an end.
On this day, the morning light was just beginning to break and a gentle breeze was blowing.
The appointed time had arrived. Everyone from Shrek Academy had packed their bags and were waiting on the dilapidated playground in the center of Shrek Academy, ready to set off for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
During these two months, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang arranged a special training program for the Shrek Six Monsters, called Soul Power Intensive Training, which is to concentrate on refining their soul power.
Yu Xiaogang proposed a cultivation method that eliminates sleep, which involves Tang San and the others using their soul power cultivation to replace their sleep time.
If Ye Qifeng heard about this cultivation method, he would definitely have several big question marks popping up on his forehead.
Cultivation without sleep?
Isn't this basic operation?
Meditation can replace sleep to some extent, so why emphasize it?
The so-called cultivation of soul power to replace sleep is something any soul master can do, right?
The essence of meditation practice is to exchange mental energy for soul energy cultivation. However, this will lead to mental fatigue, which is why rest is needed to restore mental energy.
Sleep is one of the fastest and most convenient ways to restore mental energy.
However, Soul Masters at the Soul Venerable level and above have significantly increased their spiritual power compared to those below the Great Soul Master level. To a certain extent, they can reduce their rest time, and even if they meditate and cultivate their soul power for a whole day and night, there is no problem.
Yu Xiaogang's so-called sleepless cultivation method is just pointless and redundant; it's practically a joke.
Although Douluo Continent is considered the lowest level, like something out of the sewers, it is still a fantasy world. Replacing sleep with cultivation is a basic practice that doesn't need to be taught at all.
Two months have passed. Although Tang San, who has regained his confidence, has been busy forging iron, making poison, and practicing fancy techniques of hidden weapons, he is, after all, a twin martial soul with good talent. Even though his time for cultivating soul power has been slightly squeezed, his soul power level has still reached level thirty-three.
The other members of the Shrek Six Monsters also saw a significant increase in their soul power.
Among them, Xiao Wu's mischievous rabbit also increased its soul power to level thirty-two.
Although she doesn't like cultivating and prefers to hop around, she is a 100,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit in human form, so her foundation is there. Even without much cultivation, her soul power is slowly increasing.
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Looking around at the dilapidated Shrek Academy, Flander was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. A sour feeling welled up in his nose, leaving him speechless for a moment.
"Let's go."
After a long while, Flander reluctantly withdrew his gaze, composed himself, and with a command, led everyone on their journey to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is located less than 20 kilometers outside Heavenly Dou City.
Tian Dou City is the imperial city of the Tian Dou Empire, located in the northeast of the empire's center, nearly two thousand miles away from Soto City.
To reach Heaven Dou City, the Shrek Academy group needs to leave the territory of the Barak Kingdom, then travel north through the entire territory of the Silves Kingdom, enter the imperial city area of the Heaven Dou Empire, and then head east to reach the imperial city of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Lacking funds, the stingy Flander, adhering to the principle of saving wherever possible, naturally wouldn't rent a carriage for everyone, so the Shrek Academy group had no choice but to run there.
The journey was long, so they naturally wouldn't travel at full speed. With the help of Ning Rongrong and Oscar, they only ran relatively fast on the first day, and then traveled at a normal speed.
On the first day, they drove 400 kilometers and rested for the night in a small town.
The next day, they arrived at Silves City, the capital of the Kingdom of Silves, located in the southern part of the country, and rested for the night.
However, because they had fewer than seven members, when Flander and Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek Six Monsters to the Silves Great Arena that night to apply for team battles, they were directly rejected by the Silves Great Arena.
That level 40 Silver Battle Soul-level Ferocious God Team thus escaped death from Tang San's hidden weapons, becoming a testing ground for the Shrek Six Monsters.
After resting for a night, the Shrek Academy group continued their journey, finally arriving outside Heaven Dou City ten days later.
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As the Shrek Academy group embarked on their journey to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Qifeng, along with his newly formed Martial Soul Special Forces, including the seven members of the Second Squad, arrived at the Hagen Kingdom, a coastal city on the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Accompanying them was Bibi Dong's first squad.
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, the three members of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, were prominently featured.
Since the entire Second Squad reached the Soul Master level, Ye Qifeng has had them carry out missions for the Spirit Hall with the Spirit Special Forces, including law enforcement, eliminating evil spirit masters, and pursuing spirit master criminals who have committed malicious crimes and escaped.
Their purpose in coming to the Kingdom of Hagen was to eliminate the wolf bandits who were causing havoc in the area.
Wolf bandits are magical creatures that are half-human and half-wolf, or monsters, products of the union of humans and swift-wind wolves.
The Gale Wolf is a wind-attribute wolf-type soul beast. It is lewd by nature and can mate with almost any creature of similar size, especially enjoying raping human women.
Wolf bandits are a special species born from the mating of Gale Wolves and human females. They possess the physique, speed, and some innate abilities of Gale Wolves, as well as a certain degree of human intelligence.
Moreover, the wolf bandits inherited the bloodthirsty and lustful characteristics of the Gale Demon Wolf, not only raping and kidnapping, but also being bloodthirsty and feeding on humans.
Therefore, wherever the wolf bandits went, rivers of blood would flow and the people would suffer.
Both the Heavenly Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were plagued by attacks from wolf bandits. Every appearance of the wolf bandits would wreak havoc and cause endless harm, making both empires deeply resentful.
But
Eradicating the wolf bandits was no easy task.
First of all, the wolf bandits themselves are extremely powerful.
They possess the powerful physique of Gale Wolves, are incredibly strong, and can manipulate the power of wind to a certain extent, using skills such as wind blades, making them essentially equivalent to low-level soul beasts.
It should be noted that a fully grown wolf bandit is no less powerful than a Soul Master of level 20 or 30. In addition, they are bloodthirsty by nature and will fight to the death once attacked, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
Secondly, wolf bandits are a social species.
They rarely act alone; whenever they appear in the human world, they usually come in groups, ranging from dozens to hundreds or thousands.
Wolf bandits are extremely powerful individually, and if their numbers reach hundreds, they can even rival a regular army of ten thousand.
It would not be easy for the two great empires to wipe out the wolf bandits who appeared in large groups. They would have to deploy more than a hundred times their number of regular troops to have even the slightest chance of success.
Furthermore, wolf bandits are extremely fast.
Even if the two great empires dispatched a large enough regular army to besiege them, the Wolf Bandits would still have a chance to escape.
After all, they inherited the speed of the Gale Wolf. The speed of an adult wolf bandit is no less than that of a pure agility-type soul master at the Soul Master level.
In other words, only Soul Masters at the Soul King or even Soul Emperor level or above have a chance to catch up with the Wolf Bandits.
The regular armies of the two empires are mostly composed of ordinary people, with few Soul Masters. Even if there are some, they are mostly only at the level of Soul Master or Great Soul Master, and those above the level of Soul King are extremely rare.
If the wolf bandits wanted to escape, their speed advantage would have allowed them to easily break through the encirclement and make their escape.
Finally, wolf bandits also possess a certain degree of human intelligence.
In their repeated encounters with humans, they have clearly become much smarter.
Not only did they choose extremely secluded hiding places, but they also concentrated their hunting grounds in remote mountain villages far from towns, all in order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by human armies.
Human regular armies are usually stationed in military strongholds near cities, making it impossible for them to reach remote mountain villages.
By the time they receive news of the wolf bandit attack and arrive at the scene, it will probably be too late.
Therefore, even if the two great empires wanted to send troops to suppress the wolf bandits, it would not be an easy task. It is precisely because the wolf bandits are too powerful that the two great empires have not been able to completely wipe them out to this day.
Moreover, even if the two great empires received news of the wolf bandit invasion, they might not necessarily send troops to suppress it, since the benefits would not outweigh the costs.
The two great empires, Tiandou and Xingluo, are essentially a collection of noble interests, prioritizing profit above all else. The task of suppressing the wolf bandits is a thankless and laborious undertaking with little to show for it, so they naturally have no interest in doing it.
In addition, due to certain political factors, neither of the two empires would easily deploy the armies under their control.
Just like this time when wolf bandits were rampant in the Kingdom of Hagen, the Tiandou Empire did not choose to send troops, but instead chose to sit idly by.
The regular army controlled by the Heaven Dou Empire is almost entirely concentrated in the three major military regions near the imperial city, numbering as many as a million. It was originally set up to prevent rebellions from occurring in its fiefdoms, duchies, and directly subordinate provinces, as well as to maintain the rule of the Heaven Dou royal family, so it would not be used lightly.
The kingdoms and duchies under the Heavenly Dou Empire, including the Kingdom of Hagen, have long been largely beyond its control, so why would the Heavenly Dou Empire send a large army to help them?
The Heavenly Dou Empire wouldn't bother with places like the Kingdom of Hagen, which is located in a remote area and doesn't offer much profit. At most, they would issue an imperial edict ordering the Kingdom of Hagen to find a solution on its own.
The Kingdom of Hagen is a small country on the western border with weak military power. Due to its coastal location, most of the Soul Masters in the kingdom are sea Soul Masters who are good at naval warfare, while the number of land Soul Masters is relatively small.
However, dealing with the wolf bandits requires relying primarily on land-based soul masters. Given the pitiful number of land-based soul masters in the Hagen Kingdom, it would be almost impossible for one person to wipe out the wolf bandits within its borders.
To truly eradicate the wolf bandits, a leader with at least the strength of a Soul Saint is needed, who will lead a team of Soul Masters composed of Soul Kings and Soul Emperors.
Looking across the entire Douluo Continent, the most easily assembled force is none other than the Spirit Hall.
And so.
The Kingdom of Hagen then turned to the Spirit Hall for help, requesting their assistance in eradicating the wolf bandits that were rampaging throughout its territory.
If it were the old Bibi Dong, she would definitely be too lazy to interfere. However, now that she is determined to unify the continent and become an unprecedented empress, she certainly won't miss this opportunity to win over the Hagen Kingdom and undermine the Tiandou Empire.
So Bibi Dong sent Ye Qifeng and his Martial Soul Special Forces over, along with Hu Liena and the others from the First Squad, as a training exercise.
This explains why Ye Qifeng and his companions appeared in the Hagen Kingdom, located on the western border of the Heaven Dou Empire.
(End of this chapter)