Chapter 926: Five Sacred Domains! The Great Battle Begins!

Keep in mind, although the Purple Cloud Empire's vanguard army numbered two to three hundred thousand, every single soldier had rushed onto the sandship decks to see Medusa!

And in an instant, all those soldiers were turned to stone by Lucine's Petrifying Gaze!

Those who weren't hit were swiftly killed, with no time even to pray, let alone send a magic message.

"Harry, has there been any word back from the vanguard?"

From the massive sandship fleet, on the clearly flagship sandship, a faint voice spoke.

"Your Holiness, no reports have returned yet."

Said the messenger named Harry.

"Your Holiness, it's been five days—could something have happened to the vanguard?"

Asked a General beside the Purple Cloud Saint Son.

Clearly, a war council was being held on this sandship.

"To the west lies only one beastman kingdom and a few human kingdoms; our vanguard has the legendary Master Warren stationed with them, General Zack possesses Eighth Rank power, and there are also two Forbidden Spell mages—more than enough to handle a few human kingdoms."

"Even if their gods struggle to intervene by sending avatars or holy spirits, they'd still be no match—we face little real danger. The only concern is the northern desert, where a small empire seems to exist."

Analyzed the Purple Cloud Saint Son.

"The Purple Gold Empire!"

At that moment, a girl with a veil over her face spoke four words.

"Lord Luo Yi is correct—the Purple Gold Empire's strongest should be a legendary being, but they likely have more than one legend; if they strike our vanguard, they might annihilate it entirely."

After speaking, the Purple Cloud Saint Son shifted tone:

"Yet even if the Purple Gold Empire attacks our vanguard and commits all their national strength, they still couldn't prevent our vanguard from sending even a single magic message, let alone deprive our accompanying Hongyizhu Sect members of the chance to pray!"

In other nations of the Continent of Gods, ordinary people's prayers go unheard; even common soldiers' prayers are almost never answered—only specialized church personnel, such as those of Hongyizhu Sect rank, have their prayers swiftly brought before the gods' notice.

On one hand, these gods dwell far above, and unless something extraordinary occurs, they pay no attention to their realms.

On the other hand, their divine essences are weaker than Lin Yan's, and lack his divine essence's many functions.

Of course, the number of prayers now reaching Lin Yan's sight has greatly diminished, yet his divine essence still handles far more matters than any other god's, so for urgent matters, Lin Yan's divine essence often responds promptly.

"Medusa!"

At that moment, the veiled girl spoke again.

"Lord Luo Yi, no wonder you're the beloved disciple of Old Lady Hai—you're remarkably astute. Indeed, beyond the western endless desert dwells Medusa, and only her Petrifying Gaze could explain why our vanguard couldn't send a magic message or even pray."

Said the Purple Cloud Saint Son.

In such a short time, he had deduced so much information.

As the most outstanding Saint Son of a great empire's church, a dull mind simply wouldn't do.

"But Medusa's Petrifying Gaze usually targets a single foe—we have hundreds of thousands of troops."

Added the Purple Cloud Saint Son.

"Simple—a Saint Realm Medusa!"

The girl spoke again, coolly.

The Purple Cloud Saint Son's eyes widened instantly.

In the meeting room, the other Generals and Bishops also narrowed their eyes.

"That's possible!"

The Purple Cloud Saint Son drew a breath.

"If it's a Saint Realm Medusa, it's troublesome—but we have Master Gabriel, and if Old Lady Hai is willing to intervene, then a Saint Realm Medusa is no threat!"

Said the Purple Cloud Saint Son.

The veiled girl glanced at him coolly and asked:

"After defeating them, what do you plan to do with Medusa?"

The Purple Cloud Saint Son was at a loss for an answer.

The girl said: "My master will only act against the Eternal Night Empire's Saint Realm beings—that's to repay your gods' past life-saving favor, nothing more. The Saint Realm Medusa? You handle it yourselves."

With that, the girl calmly left the meeting room.

"Without Old Lady Hai's cooperation, this is going to be difficult."

After the girl left, a General in the meeting room said.

"Hmph, the Emperor's treatment of them is far too generous—compared to their contributions to the empire, they haven't even half of what Master Gabriel has done."

Said a man in lavish robes—he was none other than the Purple Cloud Empire's Imperial Prince, sent by the royal family to oversee the campaign.

"Don't worry—Medusa's abilities have too many limitations. My Church will descend divine power to deal with her; I alone am sufficient!"

From the head of the meeting room, an old man spoke with a strong, resonant voice.

"Excellent—a Saint Realm Medusa is priceless. Once she's dealt with, it won't delay our offensive against the Eternal Night Empire."

The Purple Cloud Saint Son smiled and said.

The massive sandship fleet swiftly advanced westward.

Another day passed, and the vast sandship fleet arrived near the area of statues.

"Report, Your Holiness—massive numbers of statues detected ahead!"

A Grand Mage's voice rang out.

"Statues?"

The Purple Cloud Saint Son thought of something, his face darkening.

From the sandship, numerous powerful figures flew out, and soon they hovered above the sea of statues.

It was more than statues.

It was a sea of statues.

Tens of thousands of statues densely filled a region dozens of kilometers long, appearing especially spectacular.

"It really is Medusa!"

The Zi Yun Holy Son's face turned extremely grim.

The faces of other strong figures from the Zi Yun Empire were equally dark.

"All sandships ascend! Speed up—we'll wipe out all these Medusas at once!"

The Zi Yun Holy Son issued the order.

Immediately, countless sandships rose into the air, reaching heights of dozens of meters above ground, their speed increasing dramatically.

On the sandships, all warriors leaned out, gazing down at the statues.

"So terrifying—they've all turned to stone."

"The legend of Medusa is real? I thought it was just a bard's fancy tale."

"Yeah, this is way too dangerous. I even dreamed of marrying a Medusa—what if she got mad one day and glared at me?"

"Idiot, just blindfold her before playing with her, right?"

On the sandships, warriors of the Zi Yun Empire chattered among themselves.

Though startled by the statues, they weren't truly worried inside.

Because their army was far too massive, incomparable in scale to the vanguard force.

The army contained countless strong figures, even two Saint Domains!

Though one of the Saint Domains had only promised to act once after reaching the Eternal Night Empire.

"Report, Holy Son! A massive army detected one hundred li ahead!"

At this moment, another Grand Archmage flew back to report.

"An army? How many?"

The Zi Yun Holy Son asked.

"Judging by its scale, it's probably over a million."

The Grand Archmage said.

"Over a million? Where did this army come from? Is it the Zi Jin Empire? Did you see their banners?"

The Zi Yun Holy Son asked again.