Chapter 448 The timing of Raast’s awakening

Ning Rongrong slowly opened her eyes. Before she could react, Lu Yuan's voice and the gentle warmth of his palms were heard.

"Rongrong, how do you feel now?" Lu Yuan asked with gentle eyes.

"I..." Ning Rongrong was a little confused, "Did I pass out?"

She was currently in her temporarily assigned room in Zhennanguan City. She was lying on the bed. There was darkness outside the window. It seemed that it was night.

Lu Yuan seemed to have been staying by her side for a long time, waiting until she woke up.

"Well, your soul power has been consumed too much." Lu Yuan said softly.

He actually blamed himself a little. Ning Rongrong had exhausted his soul power and collapsed just to help him.

Ning Rongrong was in a bit of a dilemma when he crossed two major levels to achieve a leapfrog increase. Ning Rongrong still didn't have the glazed avatar that could halve the soul power consumption.

Ning Rongrong smiled slightly, "Xiao Yuan, you don't have to think too much, I can help you, but what does it mean if my soul power is exhausted and I get out of a coma?"

She was just in a coma due to exhaustion of her soul power, and she was not directly injured, so she didn't think there was anything to blame Lu Yuan for.

And as long as she could help Lu Yuan, she felt it was worth it.

"Come on, eat something first." Lu Yuan helped her up from the bed and brought the dinner that had been prepared nearby.

It was wartime in Zhennanguan at this time, so the dinner prepared was naturally not very exquisite, but the heat preservation measures were very good, and it was still steaming a little.

However, Ning Rongrong was not pretentious. She picked up the food and planned to eat it, but at this moment she was stunned again.

"Have you eaten?" Ning Rongrong turned to look at Lu Yuan and asked with concern.

"What are you thinking about..." Lu Yuan smiled hoarsely, "I ate early, you just have to eat."

"That's enough." Ning Rongrong said with a smile, then picked up the food and ate it in small bites.

While sipping her dinner, she said, "We defeated the Star Luo Empire again..."

"Yeah...but I think it's a little strange this time." Lu Yuan said.

Ning Rongrong paused and asked curiously, "What's so strange?"

"Rong Rong, you may not know that there was a rebellion behind the Star Luo Empire army." Lu Yuan said with a smile, "The Yu clan and Po clan actually launched a rebellion behind the Star Luo Empire army. It is precisely because In this way, the Star Luo Empire army was almost completely in chaos at the end of the war."

"The clan leaders of the Yu clan and the Po clan just died in your hands, Xiao Yuan. They should hate Xiao Yuan and our Tiandou Empire very much, and they should be loyal to the Star Luo Empire." Ning Rongrong suddenly thought deeply. He said, "As long as Emperor Xingluo is not stupid, he should be more kind to the Yu clan and the Po clan when the clan leaders of the two clans sacrificed their lives for the Star Luo Empire..."

"Furthermore, the Yu clan is good at construction and the Po clan is good at medicine. In addition, there are many powerful people in the clan, so the emperor of the Star Luo Empire has no reason to treat them badly."

"Yes, the current Emperor of the Star Luo Empire is not like that mediocre and cruel king." Lu Yuan nodded and said, "So it is strange that the two unreasonable ones, the Po Zhi Clan and the Yu Zhi Clan, should not be treated favorably by him. Even if you are not treated favorably..."

He paused, "It's impossible to force the whole clan to rebel. It's impossible for them to join our Tiandou Empire. In addition, they betrayed the Star Luo Empire. Is it possible that they will join the Spirit Hall?"

That's even more impossible. After all, they were expelled by their old club, Haotian Sect, just because of Wuhun Palace.

Although they have nothing to do with the Haotian Sect now, and even hate the Haotian Sect, they could have joined the Spirit Hall more than ten years ago. If they didn't do it, they would probably be worried about joining the Spirit Hall. The queen has a bad reputation.

"It makes no sense to join the Spirit Hall." Ning Rongrong also thought the same, "So..."

"They are most likely a tactic." Lu Yuan said with a smile, "They deliberately pretended that the attack failed, and there was even a commotion in the rear. In addition, the empress of the Star Luo Empire appeared on the battlefield. It is estimated that their injuries were expected in advance. .”

"The purpose is to lure Xiao Yuan and lead your troops to pursue them, and then lay an ambush outside to annihilate Xiao Yuan and the pursuing troops." Ning Rongrong bit her lip and said, "Fortunately, Xiao Yuan, you were not fooled."

"That's really lucky." Lu Yuan was a little lucky when he thought about it, "If the empire really had a large army of reinforcements to accompany me to guard Zhennang Pass, facing the injured Dai Qingxiao, I really couldn't help but lead him directly The soldiers chased him out."

If Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi were seriously injured or even killed, it would be a lot less effort for him to take action against the Xingluo Empire after he usurped the throne of the Tiandou Empire.

After all, the Star Luo Empire does not have a Titled Douluo, so the Netherworld White Tiger fused by Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi is the Titled Douluo combat power of the Star Luo Empire without a Titled Douluo.

Without the fusion of Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi, the Netherworld White Tiger would only have to deal with the powerful million-strong army of the Star Luo Empire.

As for Lu Yuan, now with Ning Rongrong's increase, he can use Star Glory Broken to annihilate the nearly 100,000 Xingluo Empire's army. After that, he and Ning Rongrong will be at least Titled Douluo level. Couldn't an ordinary army be wiped out in a matter of words and laughter?

So by killing Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi now, firstly, the Star Luo Empire will be leaderless, and secondly, the Star Luo Empire will lose its high-end combat power in the future.

If the Royal Knights and the Sky Shadow Army followed Lu Yuan to support Zhennang Pass this time, Lu Yuan would really have the idea of ​​pursuing them.

But unfortunately, only Ning Rongrong followed him to support Zhennanguan this time.

There were only less than 200,000 troops in Zhennan Pass. In these two battles, more than 7,000 soldiers were sacrificed.

Of course, compared with the loss of an estimated 100,000 troops at Zhennanguan since the war began with the Star Luo Empire, there is nothing to say about this sacrifice.

This is almost a battle loss ratio of one to ten or even more than ten, which is an unquestionable victory.

However, no matter how high the battle loss ratio is, it is a fact that the defenders in Zhennanguan are insufficient. There are not many defenders and they can only rely on Zhennanguan to defend the city.

It is simply unrealistic to chase them out, especially since the Star Luo Empire is launching an army of one million people this time.

So it was precisely because of this that Lu Yuan did not fall into the trap.

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong had to sigh, it was really a mistake.

Just because of the lack of defenders, the Zhongxing Luo Empire did not have a plan to lure the enemy deeper. To describe it in one sentence, it was like unintentionally inserting willows and willows.

"The Star Luo Empire suffered a big loss this time. Not only did I not fall into the trap, I also used the Xinghuang Shatter to take advantage of the chaos and severely damage one of their armies." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Ning Rongrong couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, "If the Star Luo Empire knew that this was the case, the other side would be furious."

"That must be the case." Lu Yuan felt very happy after thinking about it. "According to the plan, we have been holding Zhennan Pass for eleven days now, and our side has not lost too many troops. This is a good thing."

According to the scheduled plan, while they will hold on to Zhennanguan within a month, they will also evacuate Zhennanguan and the Principality of Hull in its rear.

In this plan, sacrifice is necessary, and Lu Yuan has already prepared to lose half of the Zhennanguan garrison in exchange for an opportunity.

He understands that kindness does not control soldiers, and justice does not control wealth. For the sake of the overall situation, sacrifice is inevitable.

But now the Zhennanguan army has lost less than half of Chengdu, and it has already held on to Zhennanguan for one-third of the planned time.

This is undoubtedly a good momentum.

"Yes, our plan will succeed if this continues." Ning Rongrong said.

"But... Xiaoyuan, what happened to Laast recently?" She asked curiously, "In fact, if Laast is here, he will guard Zhennan Pass, or directly kill the Emperor of Star Luo Empire It’s all very easy.”

Laast's strength is obvious to all, comparable to the strength of a ninety-eighth-level titled Douluo among human soul masters. Even Sword Douluo is no match for Laast.

If Laast is still here and Dai Qingxiao and Zhu Lanxi appear on the battlefield in person, they are just seeking death.

There was no way that Rayast would give them a chance to escape, so he killed them on the spot.

As for the million-strong army of the Star Luo Empire, in front of him, a "corrupter made of the Death Omen Star" who is also capable of killing, not only can they be wiped out in an instant, but it should be easier to guard the Zhennang Pass. .

But La Ast is not here now, and Lu Yuan didn't call him out.

Since Lu Yuan came back, Raast never appeared again.

Although Lu Yuan had said before that in order to deal with the coming Death Star, Laast used secret methods to enhance Lu Yuan's power. After driving the Death Star out of the world, Laast fell into a deep sleep.

But Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi and others only thought that Laast was just sleeping for a while and would wake up soon.

However, now, Lu Yuan has not seen Rayast appearing on the front lines...

Lu Yuan shook his head at this time, "I'm not sure what happened to Raast, he has never woken up."

Lu Yuan could clearly feel the state of Laast's deep sleep, which made him completely believe that Laast had indeed become his soul.

Because he can clearly feel Laast's current state in his soul.

Rhaast was indeed asleep at the moment, and although he was fine, there was no sign of waking up.

This is indeed a pity. If Raast was here, Lu Yuan would not be as passive as he is now.

"So... there won't be any accidents in La Ast?" Ning Rongrong asked worriedly.

"Probably not..." Lu Yuan shook his head, "I can feel that although his state is very strange, it is very stable, as stable as my life."

"Same as your life, Xiaoyuan..." Ning Rongrong asked curiously, "Stable?"

"Well, I can feel now that Rayast and I are indeed both prosperous and harmed." Lu Yuan said, "As long as I am still alive, Rayast should be fine now, that is... I guess …”

"Maybe it was because of the arrival of the Death Star, and because he also used some power to integrate into my body at that time, allowing me to forcibly increase my strength, so..."

"So what?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously.

"The reason why he is sleeping now is most likely because the laws of this world suppress the Death Star's aura." Lu Yuan guessed, "In addition, part of his original power was given to me. That's why he remains asleep."

"Then Rayast will never wake up?" Ning Rongrong said in shock.

"Probably not. I think he just needs to break through the shackles of his current strength." Lu Yuan said softly.

"The current shackles on strength?" Ning Rongrong asked, "Can Laast continue to improve his strength?"

"Yes, yes." Lu Yuan nodded, "Rayast's strength actually depends more on my own strength..."

When Lu Yuan was in the Soul Sect, Raast had the strength equivalent to the ninety-seventh level peak Douluo. It was only when Lu Yuan reached the soul emperor cultivation level that he had the strength of the ninety-eighth level peak Douluo.

However, after Lu Yuan broke through to the Soul Saint stage, although Raast's strength had improved, it was still equivalent to the level of a peak ninety-eighth Douluo.

After all, each level of soul power after level ninety-seven is a huge improvement, so the strength should also have detailed dividing lines in these subsequent levels, divided into three detailed realms after junior high school.

When Lu Yuan was a Soul Emperor, Raast was a peak Douluo equivalent to the early ninety-eighth level; when Lu Yuan was a Soul Saint, Raast was a peak Douluo equivalent to the mid-ninety-eighth level. Luo's strength.

When it comes to Contra, it can be inferred that Raast is still only equivalent to the strength of a ninety-eighth peak Douluo.

But they are still at the same level of strength, and those who can truly be called breaking through the shackles can only break through the first level of soul power.

Needless to say, only when Astral reaches the level of power of the ninety-ninth level Peerless Douluo can he wake up.

According to the above inference, if Raast reaches the power level of the ninety-ninth peerless Douluo, then Lu Yuan must break through the title Douluo level in order to simultaneously increase Raast's power level.

After Lu Yuan figured it out, he said, "If you go by my guess, Rayast won't be able to wake up until I reach Titled Douluo..."

He sighed. If Raast was still here, it would definitely save him a lot of effort.

But there was no way, because Raast had to do that in order to repel the Death Star, and he had to fall into a deep sleep.

"Really..." Ning Rongrong sighed, "But... I believe that even without Raast, we will get through the difficulties this time."

"That's right." Lu Yuan nodded, "We will definitely get through this difficulty."

"Okay, you eat first, and then take a rest after eating. You are exhausted." He changed the subject and said with a smile.

"I know." Ning Rongrong smiled helplessly and started eating dinner again.

…

Three days later.

Zhennan closed the door, drums and horns sounded, and the tense atmosphere spread again.

But at this moment, Zhennanguan has experienced two major victories, and there is no longer that fear and low morale.

To make great efforts at one go, then to lose again, and finally to be exhausted three times, this is the benefit that a great victory brings to the soldiers.

Especially in the last war, under the leadership of Lu Yuan, the Zhennanguan garrison was able to win that battle even without reinforcements from the Tiandou Empire.

This directly caused the morale of the Zhennanguan army to skyrocket like never before. If the number of the Zhennanguan army was not pitiful compared to the million-strong army of the Star Luo Empire, they would probably become proud and complacent by now, instead of just having high morale. .

And an army with such morale is in its best condition.

At this time, Lu Yuan brought Ning Rongrong to Zhennanguan Pass. This time, however, Marquis Senluo arrived here early.

"Grand Duke Tianying, Miss Ning" Senluohou was the first to greet him, but he didn't look particularly nervous at the moment.

It's just that he is an experienced and calm veteran after all. Although he is not nervous about this, he will never be arrogant and contemptuous in the face of war.

"Marquis Senluo." Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong responded in unison.

"Has the Star Luo Empire made a comeback again?" Lu Yuan asked.

Outside the city wall, countless Star Luo Empire troops gathered outside, with the same momentum as three days ago.

It's just that Lu Yuan used Xinghuang Shatter to severely damage Baxiajun three days ago. Baxiajun did not appear in the current Xingluo Empire army this time.

Although the Baxia Army was not completely wiped out by Lu Yuan last time, it was indeed severely damaged. More than 50,000 grassroots soldiers were killed, and all the other 50,000 soldiers were injured.

If Dai Qingxiao didn't want Ba Xiajun to be completely eliminated and disappear on Douluo Continent, then he shouldn't continue to let them go to the battlefield.

The Baxia Army can be said to be a loyal army, and it is the direct army of the veteran general Baxia General Gao Zhong. It is impossible to destroy this army no matter what.

Therefore, Ba Xiajun did not appear on the battlefield today.

"Yes, the Xingluo Empire has mobilized millions of troops this time. It seems that it will never give up without suffering a major defeat." Senluo Hou said in a deep voice.

"But it seems that the Yu clan and the Po clan did cheat and rebel last time." He smiled and looked at a large army outside the city wall that took the place of the Baxia army. There were two flags flying on the army, and it was the Yu clan. The clan flags of the Yi clan and the Po clan.

Before this, Lu Yuan had told Marquis Senluo about the Xingluo Empire's plan, so now he saw that the Yu clan and the Po clan were really like this, which made him laugh out loud.

Lu Yuan nodded and said with a smile, "It can be considered an unintentional intervention."

"The Star Luo Empire should not be up to any tricks this time. It feels like they are planning to continue to attack Zhennan Pass." Sen Luohou said.

"Then let the soldiers come and cover up the water and the earth." Lu Yuan said, "As long as we hold Zhennan Pass for a month, we can retreat unscathed!"

"No problem!" Senluo Hou was full of confidence.

Originally, he thought that without reinforcements and only with the help of Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong, it would be difficult to hold Zhennanguan for seven days, let alone one month.

But since the complete victory in the first two battles, he is extremely confident at the moment. They can hold Zhennanguan even for two months, let alone a month!

And just then...

The Star Luo Empire army outside Zhennan Pass has moved!

Countless Star Luo Empire soldiers seemed to be swarming forward just like the two previous wars!

"Defend the city——!" Marquis Senluo shouted loudly.

The morale of the garrison soldiers on the city wall was high and they responded excitedly, "Yes!"

However, they didn't seem to notice that this time the Star Luo Empire army was no longer like before, with only the vanguard troops rushing forward.

As for the other troops, they just pretended to rush forward.

This time, even the Tiger Roaring Army and the Royal Knights of the Star Luo Empire at the rear rushed forward!