Chapter 445

On their march, their god could seize a portion of the rules of the Continent of Gods to strengthen their own power.

The reason for such urgency was simple: their god feared the Lord of Flame would also descend a manifestation.

Descending a manifestation required considerable preparation time and a large amount of preparations on the mortal plane to facilitate the descent.

It was more troublesome and time-consuming than descending a holy spirit.

Thus, the Houdun Kingdom's army actually moved on the very day the god descended a manifestation.

However, it would take considerable time for them to reach the Southern Highlands.

These days were also the time during which the god's manifestation continuously grew stronger.

A million-strong army marched in grand procession to the foot of the Southern Highlands.

Beyond this million-strong army, there were also vast numbers of ordinary civilians from the Houdun Kingdom.

These ordinary civilians did not know that their god had merely descended a single manifestation.

Now, all the people of the Houdun Kingdom believed this was their god descending in person.

This matter had spread like wildfire throughout the entire Houdun Kingdom in these past few days.

Thus, countless civilians flooded in, all come to watch the battle.

The battlefield was indeed dangerous.

Yet, to the people of the Houdun Kingdom, once their god acted, the Lingwangguo Society's army would crumble instantly.

And on the Southern Highlands, there were also many civilians from the Lingwangguo Society watching the battle.

Although the great Lord of Flame had not descended a manifestation or performed any miracle, the people of the Lingwangguo Society had no less faith in the Lord of Flame.

After more than two months of development, the people of the Lingwangguo Society's recognition of the Lord of Flame had reached an extraordinary level.

The Lord of Flame's power spoke for itself.

But beyond being powerful, the Lord of Flame differed greatly from other mighty deities.

After becoming subjects of the Lord of Flame, they lived lives better than they had ever imagined!

Not only could they eat their fill, many commoners had joined the trade armies and earned far more gold.

In short, the entire Lingwangguo Society had undergone a dramatic transformation compared to two months ago!

Thus, every commoner of the Lingwangguo Society hoped the Lord of Flame's warriors would win!

They all hoped the Lord of Flame's glory would spread even further.

Many of these commoners, after joining the trade armies, naturally understood one truth: the larger and more prosperous the Lord of Flame's realm, the better their own lives would be!

And now, near the Southern Highlands, besides the civilians of the Lingwangguo Society and the Houdun Kingdom, there were also many people from the Hunhe Gongguo who had come to observe the battle.

Among them, most were emissaries sent by the Daguizu Sect of the Hunhe Gongguo.

The reason was simple.

The Daguizu Sect of the Hunhe Gongguo also hoped the Lingwangguo Society would win.

Because if the Lingwangguo Society won, they could continue to extract vast amounts of gold from the Lingwangguo Society and enjoy its sorghum liquor, white sugar, milk, and diamonds!

Even before the war began, some members of the Daguizu Sect had planned to secretly aid the Lingwangguo Society, but Princess had refused them.

In short, this was a war attracting worldwide attention!

This battle would also determine the ultimate fate of these nations east of the Eternal Night Empire!

Of course, the Gongguode Sect of the Hunhe Gongguo had also sent emissaries.

The five gods behind the sect must already sense danger, because whichever side won would inevitably attack the Hunhe Gongguo.

Thus, the Hunhe Gongguo was indeed preparing for war.

Yet they still could not fathom how the Lingwangguo Society would fight them in that battle.

At the foot of the Southern Highlands lay an endless plain, dotted with numerous cities of the Houdun Kingdom!

At this moment, on this plain, countless warriors stood in perfect formation.

The Houdun Kingdom's million-strong army had divided into over a hundred battle formations, stretching a twenty-kilometer front as they advanced toward the Southern Highlands.

In the very center of this million-strong army were the Houdun Kingdom's most elite troops: the royal and temple forces.

This army was small, numbering only a few hundred thousand.

On the flanks of the central army were troops conscripted from the nobility, forty thousand on each side.

After the Houdun Kingdom's previous armored cavalry was wiped out by the centaurs and wolf warriors, the quality of their cavalry had greatly declined.

The current cavalry were hastily assembled and far inferior in combat power to the previous armored cavalry.

……

Above this million-strong army, in the sky, a finely crafted vessel flew through the air — it resembled a boat, with a large white sail bearing intricate magical symbols, appearing mysterious yet exquisitely beautiful.

This vessel glided across the sky as if it were flat ground, as if the sky had become an ocean.

Clearly, this was a Magic Realm vessel.

Such vessels involved complex alchemical craftsmanship and numerous large-scale magics.

A high Magic Realm level alone could not guarantee its creation.

On the Continent of Gods, these were the products of Gao Jie alchemists.

They were extremely expensive; even the worst vessel required several million gold coins, and maintenance costs were similarly high — often, even gold could not buy one.

Dwarves could not forge them, for they were not skilled in this.

Dwarves excelled in crafting weapons and armor!

Of course, if dwarves were to disassemble and study such a vessel, and cooperate with fifth-rank or higher magicians, they could replicate it.

As legendary beings, Meng Ying and the Crown Princess could also create such a vessel if they devoted time to studying it, but that would be an immense waste of their time.

"That's a flying vessel — and such a large one carries only one person. This god's manifestation does have some flair."

On the Southern Highlands, far off, the Crown Princess whispered softly as she saw the flying vessel.

On the southern highland, the Horton Kingdom citizens watching below saw the flying ship arrive and one by one raised their heads, faces fervent as they looked upward.

Many of the citizens had already knelt down in worship.

Because they all knew that on that flying ship was their god.

"Have the army form up and prepare for battle!"

On the southern highland, Meng Ying issued the command.

With her order, the Spirit Kingdom's army also moved.

The army of seven hundred thousand likewise formed into a line stretching over ten kilometers, advancing to the edge of the southern highland.

Right in the middle of the seven hundred thousand troops was the Yan Nation's orc army.

On both flanks were the royal armies.

However, in arranging the formation, Meng Ying placed the most elite royal battle-arrays on the two wings, while the area bearing the orc army was covered by royal war-chariots of only average fighting strength!

The armor of the seven hundred thousand troops, under the sunlight, became a dazzling line across the southern highland!

This sight, viewed from below the southern highland, was quite stunning.

Some of the citizens showed expressions of shock.

"What's there to fear? They look good but they're useless. Our god has descended from the heavens—this battle, they're bound to lose!"

A citizen of the Horton Kingdom said.

"Right, under my god's divine might, they'd be doing well to hold out for an hour."

Another citizen said lightly.

"Our god really is powerful. I heard only powerful gods can descend from the heavens. That Lord of Flames from the Spirit Kingdom hasn't shown even a shadow yet—he must be scared."

"Mm, that's for sure. That Lord of Flames can only fight my god's defeated subordinates. The moment my god makes a move, that god will tuck tail and run."

Around the Horton Kingdom's army of a million, countless watching Horton Kingdom citizens spoke up one after another.

This million-scale great battle, in their eyes, had its outcome as good as decided.

They were purely here to watch the spectacle—to see how their god and their army would effortlessly defeat the Spirit Kingdom and bring it under Horton Kingdom's rule!

Not only did these citizens have a baffling confidence in this battle, even the ordinary soldiers of the Horton Kingdom chatted and laughed as they marched, not taking the Spirit Kingdom army on the highland seriously at all!