Chapter 365: Arranged Down to the Last Detail!

The army surging down from the southern highlands of the Horden Kingdom was mostly conscripted from nobles, and now these conscripted troops flooded toward surrender like a tidal wave!

Such a scene had never been seen in the history of warfare on the Continent of Gods!

On the battlefield, these warriors threw down their weapons, shed their armor, and marched straight through the enemy lines to surrender while still charging.

The entire surrender process was swift and seamless, as smooth as an assembly line.

On the southern highlands now, the conscripted noble army still numbered nearly six hundred thousand.

It would take considerable time for all six hundred thousand to cross the battle lines and surrender.

This time, the Seven Holy Spirits had intended to make the soldiers of the Hiling Kingdom kill each other, with no strategy at all—just ordering them to charge en masse.

This caused the tide of surrender to surge uncontrollably once it began.

All the warriors surged madly toward the beastmen's battle lines, and across the entire battlefield, weapons and armor were strewn everywhere.

Behind these soldiers, the royal elite forces also threw down their weapons, shed their armor, and prepared to surrender outright.

The only force that remained motionless was the Church's army.

The Church's army now consisted of six thousand Temple Knights, five thousand Temple Mages, eight thousand ordinary Knights, and seven thousand ordinary Mages—twenty-six thousand in total!

These twenty-six thousand were the most formidable elite on the battlefield.

Especially the Temple Knights: a thousand per unit, each unit divided into ten squads!

Of the six thousand, three thousand were recently conscripted, all composed of Knights of Second Rank or higher.

But the other three thousand were terrifying: one thousand were Knights of Third Rank or higher, and two thousand were all Knights of Fourth Rank or above, including twenty Fifth-Rank squad leaders!

Two thousand Knights of Fourth Rank or above were devastatingly powerful on the battlefield!

Without exaggeration, even twenty thousand well-equipped Lion Clan warriors might not defeat these two thousand Fourth-Rank-or-higher Temple Knights!

After all, the current Lion Clan warriors were mostly at Second Rank, while these were all Fourth Rank or higher!

"These bastards!"

In the sky, the Seven Holy Spirits had never anticipated events unfolding this way.

"What do we do? If this continues, they'll all surrender!"

One Holy Spirit felt a growing headache.

Yan Kingdom's move had effortlessly shattered their plan to make the Hiling soldiers slaughter each other!

"Let's just act ourselves—unleash all our power at once, at least kill half of them here!"

Another Holy Spirit said.

"Too bad, after the gods jointly reinforced the Continent of Gods, the laws of heaven and earth grew immeasurably stronger—any force from the Heavenly Realm or the Abyss is suppressed far too severely; otherwise, these ants, a mere whisper of my god's aura could kill them all!"

Another Holy Spirit sneered.

It was describing the conditions of ancient times.

In ancient times, the Continent of Gods was connected to the Heavenly Realm.

Gods could enter and leave the Continent of Gods freely.

With a god's power, a single drop of divine energy could destroy an entire city!

A god's aura alone could burst countless mortals!

Back then, when gods fought on the Continent of Gods, their might was truly terrifying.

The consequence was that whenever divine wars or wars of faith broke out, entire nations on the Continent of Gods perished one after another, leaving the land nearly lifeless for a time.

No one wanted such a result—by the end, no one won; everyone lost.

So the gods jointly reinforced the Continent of Gods, making the barrier between the Heavenly Realm, the Abyss, and the Continent of Gods utterly unbreakable.

It became extremely difficult for gods to descend.

Rumors say that even terrifying, boundless Primordial Gods intervened to reset the Continent's laws.

From then on, all power from the Heavenly Realm and the Abyss was suppressed upon reaching the Continent of Gods.

This suppression wasn't just increased consumption—it also reduced the power's effectiveness upon arrival.

A single drop of divine energy on the Continent of Gods now had less effect than one-tenth of what it had in ancient times!

Consumption increased tenfold or more, effectiveness dropped tenfold or more—double suppression!

Thus, gods generally avoided releasing too much power, unless—as now—faith wars involving their own nations were at stake!

"If we act, their forbidden spells and gods will respond—we have no spare power to send down now; once we act, we must leave immediately."

Another Holy Spirit said.

"Don't act yet. They haven't fought yet—their attention is entirely fixed on us. If their gods come to intercept, our power won't matter much. Send the Temple Knights in—let them mix among these soldiers and see how the enemy attacks!"

One of the seven Holy Spirits, clearly their leader, said.

"Yes, no need to preserve the Temple Knights—also send the Temple Mage Corps. These twenty thousand have more faith than a million commoners; we can't let that faith go to the Flame Lord."

The other Holy Spirits all agreed.

Thus, after issuing their orders, the Temple Knights moved out, followed immediately by the Temple Mage Corps.

As soon as the Church's army moved, Meng Ying and the Crown Princess noticed their movement.

"The Seven Holy Spirits seem to have abandoned the Church's army entirely, planning to use it to wear us down. The Church's troops have strong faith in their gods, but once their gods retreat, it's not irrecoverable—my magic counters them. Let me go."

The Crown Princess volunteered.

Meng Ying nodded and said: "I'll handle the Seven Holy Spirits."

The Crown Princess frowned in concern: "One against seven? Can you manage?"

Meng Ying smiled faintly: "My god has granted me revelation—rest assured, not one of the Seven Holy Spirits will escape."

The Crown Princess finally nodded: "Then it's up to you."

With that, the Crown Princess flew toward the Temple Knights and Temple Mage Corps.

Though she was over fifty years old, her body had remained permanently at the appearance of twenty-five or twenty-six—far more mature than Princess Luoying.

And although she had not signed a Holy Maiden contract with Lin Yan, she had also covered her own face.

Her looks were by no means much inferior to Princess Luoying's.

However, in temperament there was a certain marked difference.

Princess Luoying radiated refinement from head to toe; after becoming Queen of the Xiling Kingdom, Princess Luoying also carried a faint air of authority.

This too was the glory that status brings!