Chapter 968: The Empress Tina

"Our army was defeated?"

In the capital of the Starfall Empire, when the Emperor learned of the great defeat, his face turned deathly pale.

He frantically sent magical messages, urging noble militias and the kingdom's armies to hurry.

Three days later, finally, the first noble militia arrived, hiding hundreds of kilometers away, waiting for other noble militias to gather before launching a joint attack.

But barely had this tens-of-thousands-strong noble militia hidden themselves when they were surrounded by Centaur warriors, captured before they could even send a signal.

Immediately, the Centaur warriors disarmed them entirely and assigned a Grand Mage to guard them.

The Centaur chieftain was shrewd—he had the high-ranking nobles accompanying this militia continuously send magical messages to other nobles, ordering them to assemble here.

Thus, in the following days, the Centaur warriors waited like hunters by a tree stump, capturing one noble militia after another as they arrived.

Capture as many as come; once caught, immediately disarm them entirely and place them under the guard of Grand Mages.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

The number of noble militias captured by the Centaur warriors had already reached over a million.

These noble militias all carried magical bags, fully stocked with food, so the Flame Empire's army did not need to feed them.

These captives were concentrated in one location; the magicians were held separately, while the ordinary soldiers were guarded by a small force and a vast number of Grand Mages.

Without weapons or equipment, they had no chance to resist against the Grand Mages in the sky.

A few who tried to resist were instantly crushed without mercy!

As for the other soldiers, anyone who tried to incite rebellion would be killed instantly by the Grand Mages in the sky.

Without leaders, who could rebel?

Time flew by, and another week passed.

The number of captives seized by the Centaur warriors continued to swell.

By controlling the high-ranking nobles, the Centaur chieftain successfully convinced the capital that the outside reinforcements were growing ever larger and assembling to attack the invading army.

The Starfall Emperor, now hopeful, continuously urged the kingdom's armies to come.

And then… these arriving kingdom armies met the same fate as the noble militias.

"In a few more days, we attack the Starfall Empire's capital!"

Meng Ying issued the order.

This battle had not only utterly crushed the Starfall Empire's gods, but also overwhelmed its armies under the Flame Empire's might—there was no longer any doubt.

It was merely a matter of time.

Meng Ying sought to crush as many armed forces as possible, concentrating these warriors—who were vastly stronger than ordinary people—under unified control, so that when the Starfall Empire's internal resistance tried to stir trouble in secret, they would have no powerful warriors left to use.

While Meng Ying orchestrated everything with calm precision, effortlessly dismantling the Starfall Empire,

the battle in the Eternal Night Empire had reached a fever pitch.

The number of empires attacking the Eternal Night Empire had reached a full ten!

Only the Zi Yun Empire and the Starfall Empire had not joined.

The armies of the Ten Empires had already penetrated deep into the Eternal Night Empire's territory, and the Eternal Night Empire had lost over a quarter of its land.

"Your Majesty, a three-million-strong army is assaulting the southern fortress—requesting reinforcements."

In the capital of the Eternal Night Empire, a female official sent an urgent magical message.

"I understand."

Empress Tina, her face weary, replied.

Then she turned and stepped into the teleportation array.

After exiting the teleportation array, Empress Tina swiftly flew toward a direction.

There stood a perilous fortress, where a massive army was furiously assaulting it—both sides had suffered heavy losses.

"Watch out, the enemy's elites have arrived!"

The moment Empress Tina appeared, the enemy detected her.

"Troops, fall back. Bishop Panson, pray for the god's descent."

"Yes!"

"…"

Upon Empress Tina's arrival, the exhausted warriors in the fortress were instantly uplifted.

"Soldiers, follow me and slay the enemy!"

Empress Tina's voice rang cold and sharp.

Inspired by her, countless soldiers surged out of the fortress and charged toward the enemy.

Empress Tina led the charge, her power surging—she struck once and slew countless soldiers.

"We've been waiting for you!"

At that moment, a voice rang out.

Instantly, a divine avatar emerged from the void and attacked Empress Tina.

Empress Tina's expression didn't change; she flicked her finger lightly.

"Hum!"

As if plucking a string, the divine avatar shattered instantly.

"Indeed formidable. I heard of it, but didn't fully believe—yet you vastly underestimate divine power."

No sooner had that divine avatar been destroyed than another descended from the sky.

No, not just one.

Numerous divine avatars descended.

The aura of these divine avatars was not weak.

"You must be the secret behind the Eternal Night Empire's great strength—so identical to the Eternal Night Goddess, are you sisters? Interesting. But this time, your enemies are too numerous; even if you're as strong as you are, you cannot turn the tide alone."

A particularly powerful divine avatar spoke; this divine avatar had already reached the Third Stage of the Sacred Domain, unmistakably a god-lord's divine avatar.

"Your sisterly bond is somewhat unique. The Eternal Night Goddess will certainly not break through this time. If you become my Sacred Maiden, I can guarantee that even after your sister fails, I will spare her life."

The god-lord's avatar spoke again.

Empress Tina remained silent, her fingers plucked once more.

Immediately, countless "notes" were plucked by her, launching an attack from the level of cosmic rules toward the god-lord's avatar.

"Hmph! Stubborn to the end!"

The god-lord's avatar let out a light snort and activated cosmic rules to counterattack.

Meanwhile, several other divine avatars moved simultaneously.

"It seems we arrived just in time. She's too troublesome—let's finish her together. If the sister dies, it will greatly disrupt the sister."

At this moment, another god-lord's avatar descended.

As this god-lord's avatar descended, several other divine avatars also arrived.

On this battlefield, there were now two divine avatars whose power had been elevated to the Third Stage of the Sacred Domain, along with numerous Sacred Domain-level divine avatars.

Yet on the side of the Eternal Night Empire, the only Sacred Domain warrior was Empress Tina alone!

Remember, Empress Tina had been fighting continuously for over half a month!

Without the Eternal Night Goddess bestowing power upon her, she had held up the entire Eternal Night Empire almost single-handedly.

She faced not only the Sacred Domain warriors of the Ten Empires.

But also the gods of the Ten Divine Systems belonging to those Ten Empires.

That meant dozens of Sacred Domain-level combatants.

Even some of equal rank to her.

As divine avatars, as long as they were willing to expend power, they could rapidly descend anew after being destroyed.

Ordinary divine avatars posed little threat to Empress Tina.

The greatest threat came from the god-lord's avatars.

The god-lords possessed immense reserves, with other gods in their divine system sharing their energy drain; the avatars they descended were exceptionally powerful, capable of reaching the early stage of the Third Stage of the Sacred Domain.

And now, even if the Purple Cloud God-Lord withdrew, the Star Fall God-Lord was equally occupied—without these two god-lords, Empress Tina would still have to fight alone against ten god-lord avatars.

Of course, these god-lord avatars had only begun appearing frequently recently.