Sea-Land Conflict, Bloodshed in the Imperial Selection

The area surrounding Sea God Island is the place where the spiritual energy of the sea is most abundant.

Many Sea Soul Beast have long coveted it, but the reason they haven't invaded it is simply because they were intimidated by the dominance of Sea God Island in the past.

Now, the Sea Soul Master and land Soul Master are at war, but the high priest of Sea God Island has been nowhere to be seen for Jiujiu, coupled with some rumors circulating at sea...

They naturally realized that Bo Saixi was in trouble!

Regardless of the specifics of the matter—whether she has perished overseas or is recovering from serious injuries—it is highly likely that she will not appear in the sea.

Previously, among the Soul Beast, the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan almost exclusively enjoyed the benefits surrounding Sea God Island.

Even though the Demon Soul Great White Shark is indeed powerful, and its leader, Xiao Bai, possesses the fighting strength of Ferocious Beast, it can occupy a small corner of the sea, but it does not have the strength to rule the entire sea area!

As a result, Sea Soul Beast with cultivation levels of 100,000 years or nearly 100,000 years, which were rarely seen in the past century, appeared one after another and began to attack the area surrounding Sea God Island.

This unprecedented tide of marine mammals has shocked both humanity on land and sea.

However, these Sea Soul Beasts that dared to attack Sea God Island did not have any faith in the Sea God and could not distinguish between Sea Soul Master and land Soul Master.

Naturally, both Sea Soul Master and land Soul Master should attack!

Thus, a chaotic battlefield gradually formed, consisting of the land-based Soul Master Alliance, Sea God Island, and wild Sea Soul Beast.

The person most delighted by this situation was naturally Bibi Dong.

Her goal was never to conquer the seas, but to hunt the Ferocious Beast of the sea.

Now that a large number of powerful Sea Soul Beast have been revealed, even if no Soul Beast has appeared yet to meet her goal, it would not be surprising if Ferocious Beast beasts appeared later!

Just as the Sea Soul Beast of Sea God Island believed that the longer the battle dragged on, the more time Bo Saixi would have to recover her cultivation.

Bibi Dong believed that time was also on her side.

She knew from the beginning that this campaign against the sea would be fraught with obstacles.

The biggest obstacle on our side is naturally that stubborn old man Qian Daoliu.

They believe that in the present peaceful times, starting a war without cause would disrupt the originally stable continental order and would be a grave sin that they must apologize to the ancestors of the Spirit Hall!

In response, Bibi Dong directly resorted to moral blackmail and attack.

"Then why don't you call Qian Renxue back? Isn't it even more heinous that she impersonated the crown prince to usurp the country? Why don't you say she's extremely wicked? You say I suggested and encouraged her to do this? If you didn't support her and didn't give her that Soul Bone, how could she have that ability? Don't think I don't know that you specially assigned a lot of people to help her! You even sent away two Titled Douluo elders!"

Qian Daoliu, to put it bluntly, you're a hypocrite! You dare to do it but not admit it! Your Qian Clan is allowed to stir up trouble on the continent, secretly undermining others' foundations, but when it comes to my expansion for the Spirit Hall, you're labeled ambitious and disregarding peace! If you're so righteous, so capable, why did you make me Pope in the first place? Does my achievement become the Pope's achievement, and my mistakes become Bibi Dong's mistakes? I've done so much for the Spirit Hall, and now you want to reject me and remove me from my position? Fine, I'll expose you right now! I'll let the whole continent know that your righteous Qian Daoliu's granddaughter is lurking in the Tiandou Empire, posing as the Crown Prince, intending to usurp the throne!

You're saying she's my daughter? Hahaha! Qian Daoliu, are you kidding me? What does that bastard have to do with me?!

After this conversation, which was kept secret from outsiders, Qian Daoliu finally gave in, looking dejected.

Of course, the main reason why Qian Daoliu retreated was that the agreement between Sea God Island and the Spirit Hall was more of a verbal agreement between Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi, similar to the agreement Qian Daoliu made to Tang Chen not to attack the Clear Sky Sect.

Apart from the survivors of the Spirit Hall who participated in that expedition, few people knew the secrets behind it.

Those who have lived from back then to the present, even the youngest among them, have all entered middle age like Bibi Dong.

Besides, those who survived because of the agreement probably harbored not the relief of surviving a disaster, but the shame of defeat.

Even if they don't participate in the counterattack on Sea God Island, they will secretly applaud the success.

Based on this, it is difficult to say that Bibi Dong's decision to conquer the seas was improper.

Qian Daoliu did not have a reasonable way to restrict Bibi Dong's name.

In addition, Qian Daoliu also knew that Bibi Dong's condition was becoming increasingly abnormal recently, and he was worried that suppressing her too much would cause Bibi Dong to go completely insane.

In the end, he chose to avoid seeing it and not wanting to be bothered.

Although Bibi Dong was a bit crazy, she knew very well where Qian Daoliu's bottom line was.

That's why she formed an allied force to distribute the casualties and losses, which allowed Qian Daoliu to barely turn a blind eye.

Therefore, she never intended to actively advance to Sea God Island.

If the Sea God High Priestess were to personally intervene, she would voluntarily withdraw.

Given her current condition, she certainly didn't dare to clash with that woman.

But to her surprise and delight, the High Priestess of Bo Saixi Sea God Island, whom she considered the biggest obstacle and the enemy she needed to be wary of in this mission, was nowhere to be found from beginning to end.

This made Bibi Dong extremely grateful.

She discovered that the Sea Soul Master's foundation and quality were far higher than she had expected, and their combat power, thanks to their home-field advantage, also exceeded her expectations.

If there had been another Bo Saixi, the war would have been impossible from the start.

Fortunately, Lady Luck ultimately sided with this so-called Evil God King person.

As the battle escalated, traces of Ferocious Beast finally appeared in the sea.

At the end of the first year of this naval war, Bibi Dong made her second move and swiftly captured the giant, highly venomous squid with 200,000 years of cultivation.

Bibi Dong's reputation soared, and the allied forces' confidence and morale soared because of her renewed efforts.

Bibi Dong herself used the excuse that she was injured during the killing of the Ferocious Beast and needed to recuperate to withdraw smoothly and wait for the war to develop.

Strictly speaking, needing self-cultivation is not an excuse.

With this more suitable Ferocious Beast Soul Ring, Bibi Dong's condition finally improved.

However, in order to kill the Ferocious Beast, she had to unleash her full power, which further intensified the erosion caused by the Rakshasa Divine Power.

Therefore, Bibi Dong decided to make good use of the enhancement brought by this Soul Ring to fight against the Rakshasa Divine Power, at least to make short bursts a regular means of combat.

The morale of the allied forces of land-based Soul Master rose, while the Sea God Island camp naturally experienced the opposite.

In fact, Bo Saixi already possessed a certain ability to turn the tide.

It is true that her cultivation level will still need some time to recover to the Super Douluo level, but before she went to Sea God Island, You Chen gave her some top-level enhancement pills.

With the help of these pills and Bo Saixi's own combat experience, Bo Saixi was able to unleash the combat power of Super Douluo.

Moreover, with You Chen's help, the already exceptionally gifted Bo Saixi finally broke through the Subtlety realm of Martial Soul Origin power and mastered the ability of Spirit Realm Burst.

When he unleashes his full power, he is by no means an ordinary opponent, even among a group of Super Douluo.

If it were the same Sea God High Priestess as before, he certainly wouldn't have cared about his own safety to help the Sea God's followers.

But things are different now.

She used to regard the Sea God's followers as her compatriots, but after being betrayed by the Sea God, she only felt that these people were very foolish.

The little bit of empathy I had was overshadowed by my hatred for the foolish people.

Perhaps Bo Saixi hated not only the stupidity of these people, but also the stupidity of her own past.

However, it's not necessarily true that she turned around and began to trust You Chen.

She was merely deceiving herself, indulging in You Chen's gentleness, which she knew was false, and then acting on the motivation of seeking revenge against the Sea God.

By serving You Chen, he could achieve his revenge without having to relive the pain of the past.

Under such brainwashing, she prioritized You Chen's interests and orders.

At this moment, it is only natural that I would not take action.

The current Sea Soul Master are furious because of the invasion of land Soul Master.

But anger cannot unite faith.

She needs these Sea Soul Masters to feel fear and dread, and then, when they pray to the gods but receive no help from the Sea God, she will make her move and announce You Chen's existence...

This would change their beliefs.

Yes, just like she was back then.

Although this level of "betrayal" was far too minor compared to what she had suffered, presumably... the level of faith, no, the level of stupidity of these people was far less than that of herself back then.

There shouldn't be any problems.

Bo Saixi pondered this.

Whether for this purpose or to recover their own strength, the longer this war lasts, the better.

Bo Saixi had this idea, and Bibi Dong had a similar one.

Bibi Dong was not concerned about the casualties of the allied forces, or what benefits the expedition could bring to the participants.

She only hoped the war would last long enough to attract more powerful Ferocious Beast to join the fray.

The number of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that have appeared so far is less than ten, which is far too few given the vastness of the sea and the number of Sea Soul Beast.

Not to mention the super Ferocious Beast with cultivation levels of 200,000, 300,000, or even 400,000 years that she was targeting.

The only problem is... with the appearance of these Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they themselves are an eye-catching resource.

Attracting more attention is a good thing.

The problem is that Bibi Dong is worried that attracting too much attention will draw in forces like the Upper Three Sects, who will want to get involved and hunt for more, causing the war to end too quickly.

'However, upon closer reflection, perhaps such an outcome isn't entirely unacceptable?'

Bibi Dong Flash of Inspiration, and a smile played on her lips: 'If these forces were to witness the full extent of the profits from the sea, their struggle for power would likely ignite a war that would engulf the entire Douluo Continent, even without my intervention. In that case, it wouldn't matter if I didn't resolve the issue of Rakshasa Divine Power or become a god, because I wouldn't even need to become a god; my goal would already be achieved!'

If we think about it rationally, such a development is obviously not as stable as directly controlling the whole situation after one's own strength is raised to the god level.

But Bibi Dong Shi Xing, naturally disregarding reason and optimal choices.

She naturally chose to indulge herself.

However, she still planned to find a suitable opportunity to deliberately detonate the explosive.

'Hmm... the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is a good choice. Not only did they inflict such humiliation on my Yu Xiaogang, but not long ago they also deliberately disrespected me, even skipping meetings and not joining the alliance at all. They're practically the perfect target!'

Overjoyed, Bibi Dong couldn't help but hum softly, her penis perked up.

Thus, under this tacit understanding between the leaders of Sea God Island and Spirit Hall, the war intensified, yet neither side truly gained the upper hand, resulting in a stalemate.

However, they failed to notice that a huge shadow was also stirring in the deep sea.

While the war was raging at sea, things were not peaceful on the mainland either.

As the Imperial Selection unfolds, not only the Star Luo Empire, but also the neighboring Heaven Dou Empire, have been discussing it extensively.

About a year ago, less than a month after Monaldo, played by Amona, returned to the Casas Marquisate injured, the imperial high command was already buzzing with discussion.

The powerful nobles and influential figures who had previously befriended Monaldo in the capital all sent people to visit him.

Then the rumors grew stronger, basically confirming that the rumors were true.

Monaldo's injuries were not merely severe; rumors suggest that in order to escape from the Soul Sage assassin who was trying to kill him, he used a special secret technique taught by his teacher, burning away a large amount of his potential.

Many leaders of various factions lamented that this originally highly favored candidate would unexpectedly be the first to be eliminated.

But soon no one paid any special attention to this person who was eliminated early.

After confirming the credibility of the information about Monaldo, the other seven candidates stopped paying attention to his situation.

It's not that they're stupid or naive, or that they're so easily fooled.

It should be understood that the imperial power is complex and intertwined, and among those forces that openly show goodwill towards Monaldo, there are quite a few who have already placed their bets on them.

Some are maternal relatives, while others have long-standing conflicts of interest.

These factors inevitably led them to accept the credibility of the information.

However, with the extraordinary Grandmaster You Chen, identifying which forces are merely feigning cooperation and which genuinely believe Monaldo bet is not a difficult task.

By choosing to reveal the truth to forces with whom cooperation is possible, and by having Amona feign injury to hostile or uncooperative forces, one can successfully deceive everyone.

Those forces that had partnered with Monaldo and the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce, seeing rumors circulating after other forces visited Monaldo that he had been Monaldo injured and his potential diminished, naturally assumed that the other party was an ally who had also bet on Monaldo.

Those forces that tried to test the waters would think that all the forces that Monaldo could have won over had chosen to abandon Monaldo.

The former would be surprised by the Monaldo, which would boost their confidence in him, leading them to increase their bets significantly.

The latter would believe that Monaldo completely lost his support and is no longer a threat.

However... what seems like a perfect cover-up is, in the real world, impossible to be absolutely secretive.

In the first year of this official Imperial Selection.

In the first half of the game, when Monaldo seemed to have disappeared, the Crown Prince candidates finally began to fight for the throne.

Following Monaldo, the next target was naturally Dai Mubai, whose talent was second only to Monaldo's, but whose background was the strongest.

However, despite being surrounded and attacked by several people, Dai Mubai turned the tables and killed two of them.

Subsequently, other candidates attempted to disqualify Dai Mubai by gathering evidence and conducting a referendum, but Dai Mubai blocked and retaliated against them.

The events were both exciting and dangerous, providing a great spectacle for both nobles and commoners.