Chapter 1374: Chapter 1374

Du You had originally planned to rest for a bit longer and refine his skills during that time. However, suddenly, Du You found that problems had emerged once again in the Yalan Continent.

Thus, Du You could only bid farewell to the others, and returned to the Yalan Continent with his two sisters. While placing his skills in the Skill Hall for refinement, Du You also sought out Shaliya to understand the situation there.

"Your Majesty, you’ve finally returned." Shaliya sighed in relief upon seeing Du You.

After years of experience, Shaliya now held the demeanor of a queen, radiating a formidable aura. However, this aura dissolved instantly upon seeing Du You, an attitude reserved solely for him.

To outsiders, Shaliya, who had been controlling the empire’s affairs year-round, might very well be the true queen.

"What exactly happened? Why can’t you handle it? It’s not the revival of those Divine Spirits, is it?"

"No, it’s not about the Divine Spirits. It’s trouble from the Quicksand Empire. The Quicksand Empire has officially formed an alliance with the Dark Empire, and now the army of the Dark Empire is gathering within the Quicksand Empire, ready to attack us at any moment."

"How is our military strength, aren’t we a match for them?" Du You asked, slightly puzzled. Read full story at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥

"No, our high-tier military forces are completely superior to theirs. If we were to reveal them all, ruling the entire world wouldn’t be an issue. But our lower-tier military forces are insufficient, and they can’t compete with theirs."

Indeed, we can’t always rely on masters to handle everything. Although that could work, it would expose too many issues. Having witnessed the power of tier-seven experts, Du You didn’t believe that his military forces could stand up to them.

"Wait, the Dark Empire dares to attack us, so what about the other empires in Central Continent, are they just watching?"

The Dark Empire is an ungrateful cur, we’ve given them so many benefits only for them to turn and attack. But what about the Krus Empire, they are a human empire, they should be on our side.

At that moment, Lin Yucha spoke, "Master, look at this, this report says that the Krus Empire is currently in combat with the Beastman Empire. Perhaps that’s why the Dark Empire can act without fear. Moreover, them deploying their forces massively towards us also indicates that the battle between the Krus Empire and the Beastman Empire has escalated significantly."

Shaliya nodded, "That’s right, the lack of restraint allows them to act this way. Plus, with the Dark Empire deploying troops here, it also reassures the two empires, further erupting into larger-scale battles."

"Strange, the three major empires of the Central Continent are usually very restrained, why would they suddenly burst into battle?"

"That may have something to do with us."

"Hmm? What exactly is going on?" Du You was surprised; how could this have anything to do with them as well?

From the consolidation by Shaliya, Du You finally understood that it indeed had something to do with their side. Or rather, it was somewhat related to the White Fox Clan. The White Fox Clan drove out the Lion People Clan and became the new ruling clan, which was reasonable.

The Beastman inherently respected the strong, but what shouldn’t have happened was their joining with humans and becoming part of the human-established empires, which greatly aggrieved the Beastman.

Moreover, these two human empires, they didn’t know if there would be a place for them when humans developed further. Would they integrate like the Holy Fox Kingdom? They’d rather not, as they see it, that’s almost like becoming pets for humans.

As for their living conditions, they couldn’t see, and many were unwilling to understand.

Plus, with the past refugees of the Beastman adding fuel to the fire, they believed that the success of the Holy Fox Kingdom was because they had human support, makingią the victory dishonorable. Although this perspective wasn’t entirely wrong.

"Then why don’t they come and trouble us instead, and go attack the Krus Empire instead? That doesn’t make sense."

"You know, the Beastman Empire is located in the central-west of the continent and does not border us, the one that approached and attacked is the Dark Empire. The Dark Empire felt threatened by us, so they acted this way."

"If I’m not wrong, the Dark Empire probably reached some agreement with the Beastman Empire, the warmongers of the Beastman Empire just need a little provocation to easily attack humans, which is why they could be successful."

Du You nodded, "In summary, our enemies are now the Dark Empire and the Quicksand Empire they support. Insufficient lower-tier military forces, that indeed is an issue. By the way, have the Teleportation Arrays been set up at the front lines?"

"They have been prepared, every major battleground has one," Shaliya mentioned with a smirk.

They had the same thought: "Good, let them gather the corpses, it won’t be long before we are no longer short of military forces."

Du You planned to Summon a massive number of Demonic Flame Skeletons; this tactic had been exposed already, letting him know wouldn’t matter. Once their numbers increased, creating several Bone Dragons to help control would suffice.

As for the tier of masters, with so many tier-six warriors, he really didn’t think they were weak here.

"However, I am a bit worried about the Divine Spirit matters. If we invade on a large scale, it might cause some changes."

"I’ve investigated the history of this world during this period, and I’ve found that in ancient times there were four Divine Spirits," Shaliya suddenly said, "Originally, there were three ancient Divine Spirits: the Sky God, the Sea God, and the Nature God."

"But one day, a Desert Death God was born in the desert, inherently opposing the Nature God; one protects the environment, the other wishes to turn the world into a desert. So, they ended up fighting one day. The Nature God, not adept at combat, later allied with the Sea God to counter the Desert Death God, but was ambushed by the Desert Death God. The severely injured Sea God fled and has since then disappeared."

Du You nodded, the Sea God skeleton he possessed was likely left by him.

"Then, the injured Nature God teamed up with the Sky God to oppose the Desert Death God and managed to seal him. But both the Sky God and Nature God were too heavily injured and have been in slumber ever since, up to today."

Lin Yushi’s eyes brightened, "So, if we deal with the Desert Death God, we wouldn’t offend the other Divine Spirits."

"That’s true, but it’s not that simple. The power of the Desert Death God affecting the outside world indicates that he’s been using the power of the Quicksand Empire, the seal weakening over the years. We don’t know how much power he could exert. So, we can plant trees slowly, but we absolutely can’t venture deep into the desert."