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Xingluo City.
Emperor Xingluo no longer held any hope for the Spirit Hall to come to his aid.
After all, so much time has passed. Even if the letter he sent to Wuhun City was blocked, if Wuhun Palace had any intention of not wanting to unify Douluo Continent, it should have responded.
But the Spirit Hall was as dead as if it didn't know anything about this matter at all. Instead, all the people from the Spirit Hall in Xingluo City had left. They must have reached some kind of deal with the Tiandou Empire.
Emperor Xingluo didn't know why the Spirit Hall did this. Could the Tiandou Empire promise any conditions that even the Spirit Hall couldn't resist?
What conditions can compare to the hidden dangers brought about by the Tiandou Empire's unification of the Douluo Continent?
"It's indeed a woman's opinion. I knew that Bibi Dong, the Pope, was not up to par."
The Xingluo Emperor could no longer find anyone to blame, so he directed his anger towards the Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong.
In his opinion, only Bibi Dong, the Pope, could make the Spirit Hall have no reaction at all.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened."
The dead eyes of Emperor Xingluo moved.
For a long time, the palace has been as silent as death. Not to mention good news, there is not even a single bad news.
Now the panic sounds coming from outside immediately made Xingluo Emperor realize what was happening. The final battle was about to come. After today, the Xingluo Empire might no longer exist on the Douluo Continent.
"Come, put on my armor."
During this period of time, Emperor Xingluo had been depressed and crazy, but in the end, only calm numbness remained.
There were not many people left in the palace. In addition to those who were killed by him, many others chose to flee out of fear.
So Emperor Xingluo called out, but no one came.
Even the person who reported the news just shouted outside the palace and disappeared. No one put armor on the Xingluo Emperor.
"His Majesty."
Finally, a woman's voice sounded from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have delivered your armor."
The woman who chose to stay with him at this time was none other than the first wife of Emperor Xingluo, the mother of Dai Mubai and Davis.
The dignity and majesty that Emperor Xingluo tried so hard to maintain disappeared without a trace at this moment.
He was the emperor of one of the two great empires, yet he had fallen to the point where no one cared about him except his first wife?
"His Majesty."
The queen was very quiet. She just skillfully changed the armor for Emperor Xingluo, and only called out again after she finished changing.
Emperor Xingluo then came to his senses and noticed that the queen had also changed into armor.
Did the Xingluo Emperor have feelings for the Empress? Of course he did. After all, they had joined forces to win the competition for the throne, and their relationship was one of life and death, not to mention that they had lived together for so many years.
However, Emperor Xingluo did not have 100% trust in the Queen. The Zhu and Dai families had been married for so many years, and the Dai family had actually always been wary of the Zhu family, but they had always been reluctant to give up their martial soul fusion skills. Although they were wary, they had no choice but to continue to maintain this relationship.
Therefore, every Xingluo emperor and his queen experienced a life-and-death relationship, but at the same time, after inheriting the throne, they inevitably became wary of their partner.
"Do you blame me?"
Suddenly, Emperor Xingluo asked a question.
The queen was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect Emperor Xingluo to ask such a question.
The queen sighed softly.
"So what if it's love? So what if it's hate? After all these years, this is the fate we've been destined for. It's been inescapable since we were born. There's no way to avoid it. After today, this fate may very well be broken."
A hint of anger first appeared on the face of the Xingluo Emperor. The Queen's words undoubtedly meant that the Xingluo Empire was about to be destroyed.
But he didn't lose his temper after all. He had already experienced enough helpless rages during this period of time. He didn't want his wife, with whom he had been living for many years, to see his incompetent and powerless side at this last moment.
"Life and death are uncertain. You and I haven't joined forces to fight an enemy in many years. The victory or defeat of today's battle depends entirely on the fusion of our martial arts spirits."
The queen opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing.
There had been a gap between the two of them a long time ago, and this gap made it so that when they performed the martial soul fusion technique, they were not as skilled and smooth as when they were young.
"No matter what, I will live and die with Your Majesty."
"Thank you."
For the first time ever, Emperor Xingluo gently said thank you to the queen.
Whether this was Xingluo Emperor's wish to resolve the years-long rift between the two, allowing the martial soul fusion technique to be performed smoothly and perfectly, or whether it was simply a dying man's words of kindness, it didn't matter.
Anyway, the queen was very happy to hear this.
Before the two men walked out of the hall, they heard clear shouts and sounds of fighting coming from outside.
"How come it's so fast?"
There was another reason why there was no one available in the palace, and that was because Emperor Xingluo had sent all available and trusted people to guard the city walls.
Although Xingluo City's defenses were not as strong as Wuhun City's, they were definitely not weak. How was it possible that the army of the Tiandou Empire had just arrived and so quickly breached the city walls and reached the outside of the palace?
"His Majesty."
An old man with white hair and beard walked in quickly.
When facing the Xingluo Emperor, this man did not even kneel down to salute, and even the word "Your Majesty" was just a title, without much respect in it.
"Uncle, how could the walls of Xingluo City fall so quickly?"
This person is also a member of the royal family, and in terms of seniority, he is the elder of the Xingluo Emperor.
"Alas, Your Majesty, many families in the city have joined forces and opened the city gates without authorization, allowing the enemy to directly break through the defenses and attack."
"How is that possible?"
Emperor Xingluo is a suspicious person by nature, and he becomes even more so after suffering a setback.
The Xingluo Emperor still has doubts about those family officials who still stay in Xingluo City and are determined to live and die with the Xingluo Empire. He entrusts important positions to trustworthy people.
Even if these families joined forces, it would be impossible to open the city gate so easily.
"Your Majesty, the Zhu family rebelled. The Zhu family led the rebellion, and we were caught off guard."
As he said this, the old man glanced at the queen out of the corner of his eye.
And the warmth that had risen in the heart of Emperor Xingluo had completely disappeared.
"You knew about this?"
Emperor Xingluo looked at the queen with a gloomy face. He was very moved by the queen's previous behavior, but looking back now, Emperor Xingluo felt that there were too many false pretenses and unreasonable things in it.
Especially when she heard the news, the queen did not show any surprise.
"I did know that before."
The queen did not deny the matter, but admitted it directly.
She was also tormented in her heart. She was the wife of Emperor Xingluo and the empress of the Xingluo Empire, but she also had another identity, that is, a descendant of the Zhu family.
She didn't want to betray the Xingluo Emperor, but she also didn't want her family to perish completely along with the Xingluo Empire.