Chapter 986

Every cell is filled with vitality, nothing like the cells of an elderly person.

An ordinary eighteen-year-old girl would not possess such a body.

However, Dean Lu chose to retain her aged appearance.

This would allow her to focus more deeply on magical research.

In this world, there are always some mages like this.

This world also needs such mages.

That is why Meng Ying appointed her as head of the Flame Empire's Magic Academy.

After giving Dean Lu a few instructions, Meng Ying's airship joined the fleet of aerial warships and swiftly pursued the Iron Horn Empire's fleet.

"Teacher, should we follow them?"

The girl Luo Yi asked.

Old Lady Hai shook her head and said, "Luo Yi, I very much want to go, but I cannot. You go. These million soldiers without a Saint Realm guardian are ultimately unsafe."

With that, Old Lady Hai flew out of the airship and caught up with the ascending troop transport fleet.

The airship carrying the girl Luo Yi swiftly followed after.

"Holy Son, they're accelerating and catching up!"

The Iron Horn Grand General exclaimed in alarm.

The Iron Horn Holy Son turned his head and saw that behind them, numerous airships loaded with crossbows had greatly increased their speed and were rapidly closing in.

His maximum flight speed was, of course, far faster than these aerial warships.

"Has our main force landed yet?"

The Iron Horn Holy Son asked.

"Ahead is mountainous terrain; we couldn't find a good landing spot. But the first airships have nearly reached the plains outside the Eternal Night Empire's capital."

The Iron Horn Grand General replied.

"Let's fly faster and return to the fleet—we must have the High Priests pray for divine power!"

The Iron Horn Holy Son said.

"Don't hoard magic stones—fly at maximum speed. If you don't want to die, you must go faster, faster, faster!"

At this moment, officers on the Iron Horn Empire's airship fleet continuously urged the pilots.

Beneath these airship fleets lay endless mountain ranges, making it difficult for the entire fleet to land.

But after another minute of flight, a vast plain appeared in their field of vision.

This was the Eternal Night Empire's Capital Plain.

This plain was exceptionally large, stretching hundreds of kilometers in every direction!

At the very center of this immense plain stood the Eternal Night Empire's capital.

Building a city on a plain is, in fact, disadvantageous for defense.

But this is the Continent of Gods; without sufficient strong warriors or a powerful enough army, no location is safe from being easily overrun.

The Eternal Night Empire's capital was exceptionally vast, for it was a metropolis with a population exceeding ten million.

Keep in mind, the Eternal Night Empire's capital had no skyscrapers.

Before Lin Yan's transmigration, those metropolises filled with skyscrapers covered terrifyingly large areas—no less than a thousand square kilometers.

The Eternal Night capital without skyscrapers was even more terrifying, spanning over ten thousand square kilometers.

That is, a square with sides over one hundred kilometers long.

At this moment, around fifty kilometers from each of the four city walls of the Eternal Night Empire, warriors from the Nine Empires had already assembled.

The Nine Empires had not yet launched their attack; perhaps they were waiting for everyone to arrive.

Looking down from the sky, the vast plain was densely packed with people.

These people formed battle formations, appearing like countless small squares.

These small squares were individual ten-thousand-man battle formations, neatly arranged and completely surrounding the Eternal Night Empire's capital.

The scene was beyond magnificent!

This would be an earth-shattering war!

Such a massive conflict had not been seen on the Continent of Gods in many years!

After all, if not for the Eternal Night Goddess attempting to break through to the fourth tier, who would dare attack the immensely powerful Eternal Night Empire?

The battle formations encircling the capital had not closed in; a region nearly one hundred kilometers wide remained open on the east.

That was the area reserved for the Iron Horn Empire.

"Our position is there—descend at speed!"

The Iron Horn Holy Son sighed in relief.

"Look!"

On the airships, countless Iron Horn warriors leaned out, gazing downward.

Some Iron Horn warriors did not even know they were being pursued, watching with great enthusiasm.

For these Iron Horn warriors, such a massive scene was something they might never see again in their lives.

Millions of people besieging a single city—such a sight was indeed exceedingly rare!

"That's the capital of the Eternal Night Empire—they say it has ten million people, and now there are probably still millions of garrison troops inside. If we defeat those troops, we can storm in. I wonder if we'll be able to burn, kill, and plunder freely, like we did in the east!"

One Iron Horn warrior gazed at the Eternal Night Empire's capital, dreaming aloud.

"I heard the noble girls in the Eternal Night capital are especially numerous. If we move fast, maybe we can grab one."

"I also heard the Emperor of the Eternal Night Empire is a woman—stunningly beautiful—if only we could..."

"Dream on—you'll never get the chance."

A warrior immediately interrupted his beautiful dream.

"The Iron Horn Empire has finally arrived. I heard they've been looting wealth across the six eastern provinces—even before the war ended. Hmph, what a desperate, impoverished empire."

At that moment, on that vast plain, generals from other empires looked up and could see the Iron Horn Empire's fleet of flying ships.

One general, upon seeing them, sneered.

Above the vast plain, the sky was filled with countless floating flying ships and magicians.

The High Officials of the Kingdom were almost all in the sky.

"Boom—!"

At that moment, high above the clouds, intense energy fluctuations erupted!

"The gods have already sent down their incarnations and are battling the Eternal Night Empire's Sacred Domain. Once the Iron Horn Empire's forces are organized, we will launch a simultaneous assault from all four directions!"

On a magnificent flying ship, the Holy Sons and Grand Bishops of the Nine Empires were all gathered here.

This time, with all ten empires moving in unison, orders were issued collectively.

The one giving the orders was a Holy Son chosen by everyone.

This Holy Son possessed extraordinary strength—he was a Sacred Domain-level Holy Son.

The Holy Son in white robes said this, then softly exclaimed: "Look! Behind the Iron Horn Empire's flying ships, there seems to be a tail!"

The other Holy Sons, bishops, and generals all turned to look.

They saw hundreds of small flying ships rapidly chasing after the Iron Horn Empire's fleet of over a thousand vessels.

As soon as the Iron Horn Empire's flying ships spotted those small vessels, they all accelerated toward the ground, as if fleeing for their lives.

"What's going on? Let's go take a look."

The flying ship began to ascend and headed toward them.

But due to the great distance—nearly one or two hundred li—it could not reach them quickly.

Only because everyone present was a powerful cultivator could they see so far.

"The enemy is closing in! Stop staring! Raise your shields! They have crossbows with extreme range—you're live targets in the sky! Once you land, move away from the flying ships at once, form battle formations, lock shields, and defend! Our Mofashi Society will buy you time!"

On every Iron Horn Empire flying ship, numerous officers bellowed these orders.

The flying ships strained every ounce of power and plunged rapidly toward the ground.

But their speed could not compare to that of the war flying ships.

In an instant, the distance shrank to just seven or eight kilometers.

"Sssss—!"

From the war flying ships, Wan Jianqi unleashed a volley—sharp crossbow bolts wreathed in explosive flame turned the sky into a flat sea of fire, racing toward the Iron Horn Empire's fleet!