At this moment, Spirit City was in an extremely critical situation. Originally, the Spirit Empire had over fifteen Title Douluo, but now only the six High Priests and a few elders remained. About one-third of the Title Douluo were currently away on missions.
Especially with Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Qian Renxue all missing, only a few of the highest-ranking elders were aware of their current circumstances.
After absorbing the spirit ring of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Bibi Dong seemed to have gained some kind of special power and had since entered a state of seclusion.
Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue were in a similar situation. During this period, Qian Renxue had been undergoing the inheritance trials of the God Position, with Qian Daoliu assisting her. She had already reached the ninth trial of the Angel God, and time had become extremely tight.
The strength of the soul beast race had far exceeded everyone's expectations. That they could slaughter their way here without any prior information showed that the soul beast race had also undergone significant changes.
Records in the Angel Clan's inheritance documents mentioned many instances of beast tides, but none ever resembled this situation. In the past, even when soul beasts launched beast tides, their attacks were relatively disorganized. The soul beasts would even fight among themselves, totally lacking the combat style of an intelligent race.
Under such conditions, the soul beast race could never unleash their full strength, relying instead on sheer numbers to charge forward. Even an ordinary army could inflict considerable damage on soul beasts.
However, this beast tide was the complete opposite. From beginning to end, it appeared extremely well-organized. The speed of their assault was terrifyingly fast—like a thunderclap striking without warning. At the same time, this beast tide seemed almost intelligent, even going as far as eliminating all scouts in advance, completely cutting off any flow of information.
Especially after being observed by Flame Eagle Douluo, it was evident that the entire soul beast army functioned like a military force, clearly under the command of an extremely powerful leader. Moreover, this leader had exceptionally high intelligence and was very familiar with human combat strategies.
At this time, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Hu Liena, and the others had gathered together with heavy hearts. If the Grand Priest were present, with the divine suppression power of Angel City, combined with the Grand Priest's strength as an Ultimate Douluo and the existence of the Angelic Holy Sword, they would absolutely be able to suppress the soul beast race.
But unfortunately, the three most important individuals in the Spirit Empire were all in seclusion at this moment, and their locations were not places outsiders could interfere with.
Golden Crocodile Douluo wore golden armor and stared sternly at the map of the beast tide's assault. The entire Spirit City seemed to be on the brink of disaster.
At that moment, Flame Eagle Douluo suddenly stepped forward: "Reporting, Second Priest, based on the soul beast race's advancement speed, Spirit City will be completely surrounded within a day. If that happens, we'll be in serious trouble."
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded, "How are our forces assembled? How many people do we have now?"
Flame Eagle Douluo quickly replied, "According to our statistics, we have a total of forty thousand soul masters here, which is about half of our total soul master force. Within a day, we can likely summon 400,000 troops to defend the city. But in Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, and Vast Sea City, there are close to three million soldiers combined. If we want them back here, it will take at least ten days. Especially the troops from Vast Sea City—they'll need around twelve days to return."
Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression grew even more serious. "How soon can we recall the soul master corps? Is it possible to bring them back earlier?"
Flame Eagle Douluo reported again, "We've already mobilized all soul masters within several hundred miles, but the numbers won't be large."
Golden Crocodile Douluo carefully studied the map, "Aside from the current direction of the assault, are there any other hidden threats from the soul beast race? What about Vast Sea City and the Extreme North are they under attack?"
Flame Eagle Douluo shook his head, "We haven't received any battle reports from those areas for now. They should still be safe. At least we won't be fighting on both fronts."
Golden Crocodile Douluo shook his head, "So, in the short term, we'll have no reinforcements. Am I right? What's the morale of our troops? Are there any signs of desertion?"
Upon hearing this, Flame Eagle Douluo's expression turned resolute, "Please rest assured, Second Priest. Spirit City is united in will and spirit. We will defend it to the death."
Of course, Flame Eagle Douluo was also clearly prepared to risk everything: "But even if we deploy the nearest reinforcements, they'll still need at least five days to arrive. And the number of reinforcements won't be too many. If we want forces on the scale of a million-man army, it'll take at least ten days."
After a moment of hesitation, Golden Crocodile Douluo seemed to have made a certain decision: "Flame Eagle Douluo, immediately arrange for someone to seek help from Heavenly Academy. It would be best if Yang Podi could come in person."
Flame Eagle Douluo looked a bit puzzled, "Second Priest, given our current situation, would Yang Podi even lend a hand? Besides, hasn't Heavenly Academy always remained neutral?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo shook his head, "Though Yang Podi is full of tricks and doesn't like to meddle in others' affairs, this battle now concerns the survival of our human race. As part of humanity, they naturally know what choice they should make."
Upon hearing this, Flame Eagle Douluo immediately arranged for the fastest flying Spirit Douluo to head toward Heavenly Academy. The situation was indeed already extremely urgent.
For a top-tier flying Spirit Douluo, flying several thousand kilometers a day was not a difficult task at all, and Spirit Hall possessed many such elite flying spirit masters.
Among the soul beast army, Di Tian was now looking rather grim, and Er Ming beside him remained silent as well.
According to Tang San's original plan, the goal was to gather all the strength of the soul beast race and jointly attack Spirit City. For this reason, the Star Dou Forest had almost mobilized all its forces.
However, aside from the Star Dou Forest, the other soul beast forests had no rulers like Di Tian and thus couldn't initiate large-scale beast tides at all.
Especially since Di Tian had sent soul beasts to the Colorful Forest in the Extreme North and the ocean to seek out other rulers to join the assault, but no one responded to his call.
He sent flying soul beasts to deliver messages to the Extreme North, but even though Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor hated humans, the soul beasts he sent were directly driven away. The reason was that soul beasts in the Extreme North lived year-round in frigid conditions and couldn't adapt to the climate of Spirit City at all, so they completely disregarded Di Tian's proposal.
As for sending flying soul beasts to the ocean in search of the sea's overlord the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Evil Demonic Orca Clan they didn't even manage to find a trace.
Although Di Tian was very confident in his own strength, Spirit City was, after all, a place of divine inheritance. Spirit masters within Spirit City were protected by the light of angels, granting them enhanced combat ability and even faster spirit power recovery. It was definitely one of the hardest places in the world to conquer.
Especially considering that Di Tian himself possessed the attribute of Ultimate Darkness, and Tang San's attribute was somewhat similar. The two of them would definitely be suppressed by the divine power of angels within Spirit City.
Of course, neither Di Tian nor Tang San knew the exact situation inside Spirit City at this moment. The two opponents they considered the most difficult to deal with were Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong both Ultimate Douluo.