Inside the Council Hall of Tian Nong City's City Lord's Mansion, many people had already gathered.
Over the past six months, as clashes repeatedly erupted, the scale of the war had continued to expand. This place had become the central battleground of the war between the Douluo Federation and the Spirit Hall Empire.
Besides Liu Xiaoxiao and Xie Yuxin, Huang Wencheng, the Douluo Federation's governor; Ao Rui, leader of the Sun Mercenary Group; Long Yanfei, leader of the Holy Dragon Mercenary Group; Yu Xuansheng, leader of Thor's Hammer Mercenary Group; Fei Hengyue, leader of the Kirin Temple Mercenary Group; and Yuanen Lixing, leader of the Giant's Hand Mercenary Group, were also present.
Now, the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sacred Heaven Dou Empire, the Spirit Pagoda and the two major Churches were all focused on the Demon Empire. Tang Sect's top combat forces were mainly keeping watch on the Holy Spirit Cult to prevent them from massacring the hostages. Meanwhile, some families, such as the Dragon Family and the Fei Family, had to deal with various internal dangers and non-combat matters, such as protecting the highways used to transport supplies and monitoring unstable factors like the Mercury Consortium. Thus, aside from its own forces, the Douluo Federation could only rely on the mercenary groups controlled by the major clans.
The Dark Nebula Mercenary Group was mainly responsible for covert work and did not participate openly at all. Even the members of the Shadow Mercenary Group and the Assassin's Guild, along with those Kabbalah captives, had been sent over to the Dark Nebula Mercenary Group. Even some of Li Hong's vampires had joined it. This was an important reason why their power had expanded so quickly. As for the remaining mercenary groups, nearly all of them had no intention of getting