Chapter 361

As these warriors were whispering to each other, another warrior stepped forward and delivered this message.

That night, these rumors began spreading through the million-strong army.

Luo Ying's method of transmitting the message was simple.

It was still done through the probes within the million-strong army.

These probes were originally from the Hiling Kingdom, and when her dispatched probes encountered the local ones, no probe-versus-probe confrontation occurred.

Instead, the message was passed along through these probes.

As the rumor spread like wildfire through the million-strong army, on this day, the armies of Yan Country and Princess Luo Ying finally arrived at the southern highlands!

On the southern highlands, the Seven Holy Spirits gathered together.

At this moment, the faces of the Seven Holy Spirits were far from pleasant.

In Hulton Kingdom's frantic counterattack, their power had been significantly depleted.

But without Yan Country, they were not afraid of Hulton Kingdom—they even had confidence they could crush it outright.

But now the problem was that Yan Country had arrived.

The Lord of Flames had arrived.

And the Lord of Flames' strength exceeded their expectations—he had rendered even their god powerless.

The Holy Spirits were absolutely loyal to their god, so they did not question their god's power, but instead pondered solutions.

"Hulton Kingdom has stopped attacking—it must be waiting for us to fight among ourselves so it can reap the benefits!"

One Holy Spirit said.

"Hulton Kingdom is not worth fearing; the real problem is that, besides the Temple Knights and Temple Mages, the rest of the army is demoralized, and according to my god's divine decree, the enemy has Two Eighth-Rank spellcasters—one of whom can cast spells instantly!"

Another Holy Spirit said.

"Two Eighth-Ranks aren't the key—the key is the Lord of Flames. My god's divine power is nearly gone; if the Lord of Flames unleashes his power, can we hold him off?"

The third Holy Spirit asked.

"Hardly. According to my god's divine decree, the Lord of Flames' manifested power takes the form of flame—this flame is incredibly treacherous, capable of burning even divine power, and the Lord of Flames even wields Abyssal Demon Flame; we have already lost two Holy Spirits to Abyssal Demon Flame, and my god's lingering consciousness was destroyed by it!"

Another Holy Spirit said.

"Could the Lord of Flames be the Abyssal Demon God?"

"Not likely—the Abyssal Rift is sealed. If he were the Abyssal Demon God, how could he transmit such terrifying power upward, and how could he dare appear openly on the Continent of Gods? This Lord of Flames is likely a god who controls all flames; Abyssal Demon Flame is probably just one of his collected forms. He has remained hidden for a long time—he appears to be a newly emerged god!"

"Then what do we do? Abyssal Demon Flame is our bane, and my god has almost no power left."

The more the Seven Holy Spirits thought, the more they found no solution.

The problem now was that ordinary soldiers refused to fight.

As high-end combatants, they had once been confident—but once Abyssal Demon Flame appeared, their morale collapsed instantly!

Because Abyssal Demon Flame was the bane of all Holy Spirits!

Of course, the most critical issue was that their god had almost no divine power left; if they fought on, they would be utterly drained!

In short, they had already lost ninety percent of this battle!

"The god has issued a divine decree!"

At this moment, one Holy Spirit said.

The other Holy Spirits received it too.

After receiving the divine decree, the eight Holy Spirits exchanged glances.

Because the god's decree was simple.

The god intended to abandon the Hiling Kingdom!

Yes, the original god of the Hiling Kingdom had decided to abandon the Hiling Kingdom!

He had almost no divine power left, yet now Yan Country was watching him, and Hulton Kingdom was watching him too—if he fought on, he had zero chance of victory.

So the original god of the Hiling Kingdom finally decided to abandon the Hiling Kingdom.

There was no other choice.

If he did not abandon the Hiling Kingdom, his losses would be even greater.

This god was actually quite bold and arrogant; without Yan Country's intervention, his plan had an 80% chance of success.

Even if he lost the divine war, he could still turn defeat into victory on the Continent of Gods, seize the victorious side's divine realm, and reign supreme for a time!

But Yan Country's intervention shattered his plan outright.

Moreover, this time he lost even more divine power—his strength, compared to right after his defeat in the divine war, had dwindled to only two or three tenths; it was truly devastating.

If he hadn't hidden his divine realm, he would already have been killed, his divine realm overrun, leaving not even ashes behind!

"The god also said that before abandoning it, we must compel the Hiling Empire's million-strong army to attack Yan Country's forces, forcing both sides to slaughter each other in mutual destruction! The Lord of Flames is extremely powerful; once both armies are nearly exhausted, Hulton Kingdom will strike. Then, in the chaos, neither side will emerge unscathed."

At this moment, another Holy Spirit said.

"Then we must not intervene too early—the Temple Knights need no preservation either. Rather than let them be slaughtered by the enemy's spellcasters, let the enemy's spellcasters expend their power. The more their forbidden spellcasters drain, the more power the Lord of Flames must unleash when Hulton Kingdom attacks—let these two gods fight to the death!"

"Yes, we must not leave any power behind for the Hiling Kingdom. Issue the order: tomorrow at dawn, we launch a full-scale assault on the Yan Country army below the highlands."

"Right. When their battle reaches its fiercest point, we release all the power we carry to inflict maximum casualties, then retreat to our divine realm. This journey has drained my god immensely, and now we've lost the Hiling Kingdom—we must lie low for a very long time."

The several Holy Spirits quickly settled on a plan—its purpose was to inflict maximum losses on the Hiling Kingdom, Hulton Kingdom, the Lord of Flames, and Hulton Kingdom's god.

Now, they clearly could not win.

The Lord of Flames possessed Abyssal Demon Flame, and his strength surpassed even their expectations; their own god had already been defeated. In short, if the Lord of Flames unleashed Abyssal Demon Flame, none of them could withstand it.

Without the Lord of Flames, they could now easily crush Hulton Kingdom in one decisive blow.

But the problem was that defeating Hulton Kingdom would only benefit Yan Country—how could they possibly accept that!

So after their god decided to abandon the kingdom, they too would inflict maximum damage on both nations—especially the Hiling Kingdom.