Chapter 991

Not long after his voice faded, a clear, cold female voice was heard.

The voice was not loud, but enough for the Luohe Holy Son to hear:

"The Iron Horn Empire has invaded our Flame Empire's border, killing our soldiers and civilians—this is equivalent to a declaration of war. We shall utterly destroy the Iron Horn Empire, and any accomplices shall be annihilated as well!"

"What bold words!"

Hearing the female voice, the Lord Tianfeng Holy Son said.

On the ground, as the female voice fell, the Flame Empire's army accelerated its advance.

Each battle formation moved swiftly, charging toward the Iron Horn Empire!

"Boom!"

High above, the two divine avatars that had remained silent until now finally moved.

Above these two divine avatars, another portal opened immediately, and a third divine avatar descended.

The Iron Horn Empire had summoned three divine avatars for this battle.

All three of these divine avatars possessed Saint Realm combat power.

"What a nuisance—some obscure empire dares attack our Iron Horn Empire? Don't hold back your power; crush them quickly. Nine empires are watching. We cannot let the Iron Horn Pantheon be looked down upon!"

The third divine avatar said.

Only after this third divine avatar descended did the other two begin to feel "alive."

Previously, the first two divine avatars had held little divine will.

No wonder they had remained silent.

For gods, multitasking is no issue.

But in the midst of fierce battle, they focus their will on one point.

Empress Tina's strength caused these gods to pour more will into their divine avatars on the high battlefield.

Energy fluctuations began surging across the bodies of these three divine avatars.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

At this moment, above the Flame Empire's army, one portal after another opened.

Immediately, three more divine avatars descended from the sky!

These three divine avatars were likewise shrouded in mist, obscuring their forms.

"They have three too!"

The lead divine avatar let out a soft murmur of surprise.

After the Flame Empire's three divine avatars descended, they said nothing and immediately charged toward the enemy, engaging them in battle.

Before the ground forces had even closed in, the battle between the divine avatars had already begun.

"There's another powerful Saint Realm among them—notify the Divine Lord; resolve this battle first!"

The Iron Horn Empire's divine avatar said.

No sooner had he spoken than another portal opened above the Iron Horn Empire's army, and a fourth divine avatar descended!

Yet, the moment the fourth divine avatar appeared, the Flame Empire immediately summoned its own fourth.

Then, as if prearranged,

the Iron Horn Empire summoned a fifth divine avatar, and the Flame Empire followed with a fifth.

The Iron Horn Empire summoned a sixth, and the Flame Empire summoned a sixth.

The Iron Horn Empire summoned a seventh, and the Flame Empire swiftly summoned a seventh.

This scene left the Holy Sons and Generals of the other empires, as well as the warriors watching below, utterly astonished.

"This is a great empire!"

One Holy Son breathed out.

"Lord Tianfeng Holy Son, could this empire be allied with the Eternal Night Empire?"

The Lord Tianfeng Holy Son asked.

At this moment, the Luohe Holy Son had returned to the command airship.

The command airship had also drifted slightly away from the battlefield to avoid being drawn in.

The Luohe Holy Son said: "Hard to say. If this empire was backed by the Eternal Night Empire and possesses such strength, it should have joined the war already. Moreover, according to my god's revelation, the Eternal Night Goddess has no pantheon and no allied Divine Lords. I suspect this empire may even be targeting the Eternal Night Empire. Let's wait and watch—after all, the Iron Horn Empire can hold out for a while; it won't fall so quickly."

When both sides had each summoned seven divine avatars, the ground forces of the two empires finally drew near.

"So tall!"

Only when they drew closer did the Iron Horn Empire's warriors realize that the Flame Empire's soldiers each appeared as towering as mountains—each at least twice their height!

Some warriors immediately felt fear.

Above, the battle between mages had already begun.

The Flame Empire had far too many mages.

Remember, Meng Ying had summoned mages from both the Purple Cloud Empire and the Star Luo Empire.

The Purple Cloud Empire's mages were temporarily drafted—they would be returned after ten years of labor in the Flame Empire.

The Star Luo Empire had already been annexed; though its Mendejiao Society took some mages away, far more remained behind.

A dense swarm of mages launched attacks against the Iron Horn Empire's mages.

"So many mages!"

On the command airship, some nearby Generals exclaimed in surprise.

"The Iron Horn Empire is done for!"

A general instinctively thought.

Then, he saw the ground forces of both sides finally collide.

Then, he saw the Iron Horn Empire's battle formations instantly shattered by the Flame Empire's warriors!

This breakthrough was not just one battle formation being breached.

It was every single Iron Horn Empire battle formation along the entire dozens-of-kilometers-long front line, all breached the instant combat began!

Once the line broke, the Iron Horn Empire's formations could not withstand the Flame Empire's warriors' charge.

Within every formation, Iron Horn Empire warriors were rapidly being cut down as they retreated.

And in the sky, the Iron Horn Empire's mage corps likewise showed a one-sided collapse the instant combat began!

"How could this happen…"

A Holy Son stared in shock.

Although the Iron Horn Empire had lost considerable strength in aerial combat, their warrior numbers still slightly exceeded those of the Flame Empire.

In the minds of these Holy Sons, the war between the Iron Horn Empire and the Flame Empire should have lasted at least several hours.

A war at the million-level could easily last days.

But now, they had barely engaged.

The Iron Horn Empire was utterly crushed!

The Flame Empire hadn't even deployed those terrifying crossbows capable of striking ten kilometers away!

"We can't hold!"

"Help!"

At this moment, panic and chaos erupted throughout the Iron Horn Empire's battle formations.

Warriors watched their comrades slaughtered without resistance, and their will to fight vanished.

The result was this:

Except for a few formations like the Temple Knights,

all other Iron Horn Empire battle formations began a full-scale rout within less than three minutes of combat!

Warriors in the rear discarded armor and weapons, fleeing in all directions; those in the front, whether fleeing or not, made no difference.

Beneath the Flame Empire warriors' swords, they could not hold for long.

And in the sky, the Iron Horn Empire's Gao Jie mages were also in full retreat!

"The Iron Horn Empire is finished—where did this Flame Empire come from? Such terrifying strength!"

Seeing this, Lord Tianfeng's Holy Son's eyes narrowed.

The Tianfeng Empire's army stood north of the battlefield; though they had several million troops, at this moment, Lord Tianfeng's Holy Son no longer felt the calm he had when speaking to the Iron Horn Holy Son.

He even felt that their Tianfeng Empire's army was too close to the battlefield—and lacked any sense of safety!