The Defense of Mingdu (XI): Mu En Vanishes, the Agonizing Choice Between Staying and Leaving

"Blood debt paid in blood!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Sun Moon Empire!"

Countless Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire had tears brimming in their eyes.

The history of their defeat four thousand years ago still haunted every citizen of the Sun Moon Empire. It had been an era of utter humiliation: forced to sign a surrender agreement, they had watched countless resources flow out of their country and food prices soar. Commoners could barely survive. In just half a year, millions had starved to death.

Had an emperor not stepped forward back then, forcefully suppressing the unrest and rallying the nation to barely halt its decline, the entire Sun Moon Empire would likely have been carved up.

How painfully similar things were now.

Faced with this blood feud, every Sun Moon Soul Engineer had been holding a burning anger inside. Though they had prepared thoroughly for this battle, their opponents were formidable. Comrades kept dying around them, only for others to step into their places. By now, among the Titled Douluo alone, three had fallen and seven had been gravely wounded, to say nothing of the lower-ranking soldiers...

If they ended things here, how could they answer to their fallen comrades?

Morale surged to unprecedented heights.

Meanwhile, inside the academy.

Countless students flushed scarlet with excitement.

Yu Tianlong also roared, "Fight!"

The gesture might have been a little melodramatic, but as voice after voice joined together, gathering within the Trial Ground and soaring into the clouds, they formed the overwhelming force of ten thousand people.

"Your Highness, you should know where we are." Mu En's expression remained unchanged as he pointed below. "This is your Sun Moon Empire's imperial capital, and Mingde Hall is not far away. Earlier, we deliberately restrained ourselves to avoid damaging anything below, leaving a