"Your Majesty, an emergency! A large number of Soul Beasts have suddenly appeared in Maigela Province, forming a Beast Tide heading towards Star Luo City."
"What?"
Upon hearing the Messenger's words, Dai Tianyu nearly dropped the wine cup in his hand, his eyes widening in shock.
What number of Soul Beasts gathering could be called a Beast Tide? It had to be at least a five-figure amount. Such a large-scale Soul Beast invasion of the empire was unprecedented since the founding of Star Luo.
The surrounding officials, big and small, including the Star Luo Royal Family, were silent and speechless. They didn't know what to do. If the border Heaven Dou attacked, they could send troops and generals to suppress them, but they had no combat experience against a Beast Tide!
Dai Tianyu's eyes flickered for a moment, forcibly suppressing the panic in his heart, and asked the Messenger:
"What is the specific number of the Beast Tide? Are there any ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts among them?"
He didn't doubt the Messenger's report; the other party would never dare to joke about such a thing. Now, he needed to understand the specific scale and strength of the Beast Tide, and then quickly find a way to suppress or disperse it. If the Beast Tide really broke through to Star Luo City, the losses would be too great, and even his throne would become unstable.
"Re-reporting, Your Majesty, officials from Magna report that the Beast Tide consists of at least thirty thousand Soul Beasts, more than half of which are ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, and there are even some over fifty thousand years old."
Hearing this, Dai Tianyu staggered, almost falling to the ground. The Empress beside him quickly supported him.
"Your Majesty, you can't fall now! Quickly order troops to be sent over! Any later, and the Beast Tide will truly be at the gates of Star Luo City."
Magna Province was surrounded by the vast Magna Great Plains, which was basically flat. Because it was located in the hinterland of Star Luo, there were no decent checkpoints to defend. At the speed of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, they could advance to Star Luo City in less than two days.
In fact, it wasn't Dai Tianyu's negligence in defending Magna Province. If the armies of Heaven Dou or Spirit Hall could break through here, Star Luo would be close to destruction. Since the founding of the nation, no emperor had ever added heavy defenses here.
Dai Tianyu took a deep breath, glancing at the officials with a grim face. Those who had been flattering him just now didn't even dare to breathe loudly. In the end, he could only focus his gaze on the few Elders.
"Second Elder, Third Elder, act with expediency. First, take the Imperial Capital's troops to the Xi Lan River to stop the Beast Tide from advancing. I will continue to mobilize troops from other places to support you. Remember, you must not let the Soul Beasts cross the Xi Lan River."
Hearing this, the two men with heterochromatic pupils who were named didn't waste any words. They stepped forward, bowed to accept the order, and then exited the side hall.
It wasn't that they were willing to do so, but the situation had indeed reached a point where they had no choice. If the Soul Beasts really broke through Star Luo City, what status would they have left?
The Xi Lan River, where they were heading, was the lifeblood of Star Luo, passing through Gengjin City on the border and running through the entire Star Luo Empire, directly connecting to the southern sea. To the east, it also divided Star Luo City and Magna Province in two, and now it could indeed be used as a moat.
The two had just heard about the scale of the Beast Tide and the number of high-level Soul Beasts. To be honest, they were pessimistic about stopping the Beast Tide and could only hope that the Soul Beasts were naturally afraid of rivers and would not cross the river rashly.
After the two left, Dai Tianyu looked at the few generals and Elders beside him again.
"Fourth Elder, go to Dada Gar City to mobilize troops, and then quickly go to the Xi Lan River to support them."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Xu Zhilu, you go to East Hamore Province to mobilize troops, and also go to the Xi Lan River to support them as soon as possible. Don't delay."
"Your subordinate obeys."
"Everyone else, disperse."
"Your ministers take their leave."
"Your subordinates take their leave."
The atmosphere of the birthday banquet came to an abrupt end. The entire pragmatic faction of Star Luo began to operate like a machine. This was something that the Heaven Dou Empire in Xue Ye's era could not have done. If the Beast Tide had descended on Heaven Dou during Xue Ye's time, because the imperial power was not centralized enough, it would have taken him more than half a month just to mobilize troops, and by then, it would have been too late.
"Tianyu..."
After all the officials had left, only Dai Tianyu and the Empress, who was also the mother of Davis and Dai Mubai, remained in the side hall.
Now the Empress was looking at her husband with a worried face. To suffer such a calamity on the happiest of days, one could imagine how uncomfortable he must be.
"It's alright, I, Dai Tianyu, am not someone who hasn't experienced setbacks and lows. Although this matter is thorny, it's not enough to crush me."
This also reflects another advantage of the Star Luo Royal Family's wolf-rearing strategy, which is that the emperors who can inherit are basically capable and have firm minds, and will not become disorganized when encountering problems.
"Phew, I still have to make a trip to the ancestor's place. This matter requires him to come forward, and relying on the army alone may not be enough."
"Yes, I'll go with you."
"Alright, let's go!"
Immediately, Dai Tianyu and his wife went hand in hand to a courtyard deep in the Imperial Palace, where the pillars of the Dai Tianyu's grandfather's generation of the Royal Family lived, and also the only Titled Douluo that the Star Luo Empire could rely on.
"Ancestor, Tianyu and Xian Wei have important matters to request an audience."
"Come in."
Quickly receiving a reply, Dai Tianyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, tightened his grip on his wife's hand, and pushed open the gate of the mansion to enter.
Walking into the inner hall, an old man with crane hair and heterochromatic pupils came into view. It was Dai Qianyuan, the only Titled Douluo of the Star Luo Dai Family, whose cultivation had reached the level of a level 95 Super Douluo.
"What is it? I remember today should be your sixtieth birthday, right?"
Dai Qianyuan's eyes were full of doubts, not understanding why the Emperor would look for him at this moment, and even claim to have important matters to request an audience for.
Dai Tianyu took a deep breath and began to describe the current crisis.
"Ancestor, a super-large Beast Tide with more than 30,000 Soul Beasts has appeared in the southern part of the Star Dou Great Forest. It has now broken through Magna Province and is heading straight for Star Luo City."
"Hmm? A Beast Tide? Can't you just send the army to suppress it? Why come to me?"
Dai Qianyuan didn't know that more than half of the Soul Beasts in the Beast Tide were ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such a question.
"Ancestor, it's not that Tianyu is incompetent, but that the Beast Tide has a large number of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, and there are also existences above fifty-thousand years."
"Relying on the army alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist this kind of Beast Tide. Now Tianyu can only gather all the military forces that can be mobilized to go to the Xi Lan River to confront the Beast Tide."
"Please also ask the ancestor to lend a helping hand."
After listening to Dai Tianyu's explanation, even Dai Qianyuan, who had always been indifferent, couldn't sit still at this moment. His whole body left the seat and stiffened, his expression full of horror.
"What? How could so many ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts gather?"
In their understanding, ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts are all unruly beings with a certain amount of intelligence, and it is basically impossible for them to share territory with other Soul Beasts. This has also caused ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts to basically not be able to form a force together, and what Dai Tianyu said today shattered Dai Qianyuan's understanding.
"Ancestor, I don't know either, but now the Beast Tide has indeed arrived..."
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