Chapter 992: Scared His Heart Nearly Stopped Beating!

"Too useless!"

In the sky, the Grand General of the Iron Horn Empire was pacing frantically.

But his pacing changed nothing.

With his Eighth Rank power, even if he rushed down, he could at most alter the situation of a few battle formations—and how could the Eighth Rank entities of the Flame Empire sit idly by while he slaughtered?

"Total waste!"

Higher in the sky, a divine avatar couldn't help speaking.

Even a god, accustomed to towering above all and indifferent to most things, couldn't help cursing—this shows just how unimaginable the Iron Horn Empire's collapse was!

"Already defeated?"

The Iron Horn Holy Son also never expected the Iron Horn Empire's collapse to come so fast.

From sky to ground, utterly crushed, total rout!

Once it broke, it became utterly uncontrollable!

Too fast!

The Iron Horn Holy Son hadn't joined the war yet; like the other Holy Sons, he assumed the Iron Horn Empire wouldn't fall so quickly.

He was preparing to lobby other empires to send troops.

But before he could even finish his lobbying, the Iron Horn Empire's army collapsed like a mountain falling, utterly shattered!

Even these fleeing warriors, though strong in power, could never outrun the beastmen warriors.

Every beastman warrior was an expert in long-range pursuit; their strength and endurance were terrifying, their sustained speed and instant burst speed far surpassing human warriors of the same rank by a wide margin.

Looking at the dark mass of magicians in the enemy's sky, the Iron Horn Holy Son felt that even if he intervened, he'd likely change nothing.

After all, the Saint Realm entity who had simply flipped his hand to kill the Saint Realm assassin Kais had not even moved yet.

"Holy Son of Tianfeng, Holy Son of Tianlong, the Flame Empire's flank is completely undefended—if you strike now, you can wipe them out entirely, leaving them nowhere to flee!"

The Iron Horn Holy Son's will to survive was strong; he began pleading for help from the two Holy Sons of Tianfeng and Tianlong Empires.

The Holy Son of Tianfeng and the Holy Son of Tianlong exchanged a glance.

The Holy Son of Tianfeng cleared his throat and spoke: "Holy Son of Iron Horn, the enemy is also a great empire. War between great empires requires divine approval—we don't wish to provoke a powerful enemy for our god. To be honest, I've already sought divine counsel, but the god is currently extremely busy and has not responded."

The Holy Son of Tianlong said: "Holy Son of Iron Horn, I've also sought divine counsel. Once the god responds and permits battle, our Tianlong Empire's army will charge forward instantly to relieve you."

Judging by the expressions of these two Holy Sons, they seemed desperate to lead their armies now and rescue the Iron Horn Empire.

But their true inner thoughts remained unknown.

The Iron Horn Holy Son was in despair.

He wasn't stupid.

The evasive intent in the words of the Holy Son of Tianfeng and the Holy Son of Tianlong was obvious.

He could only hope their gods could persuade the enemy's gods to intervene.

At this moment, another portal opened in the sky.

The Iron Horn Pantheon's divine lord, Lord Iron Horn, finally descended his battle avatar.

Immediately after, several more divine avatars descended from high above.

These were the divine avatars previously descended by the Iron Horn Pantheon.

Now, these avatars abandoned Empress Tiana and flew over to fight the Flame Empire's divine avatars.

Upon arriving, they merged with the newly descended avatars.

After merging, their powers combined, and these divine avatars grew significantly stronger.

"Boom!"

Yet at the same time, the Flame Empire's side saw another divine lord-level entity descend—a Saint Realm Third Stage avatar.

"You are the Flame Empire's god? Why do you oppose the Iron Horn Empire? Do you wish to ignite a pantheon war?"

The Iron Horn Pantheon's divine lord avatar spoke in a deep voice.

On the Flame Empire's side, that divine lord avatar said nothing, merely unleashing wave after wave of attacks.

This newly descended divine lord was Lord Xingluo.

Lord Xingluo was slightly better off than Lord Zi Yun; his entire Xingluo Pantheon needed only serve ten years.

But the Zi Yun Pantheon must serve a hundred years!

Lord Xingluo said nothing, fearing exposure of his identity, and kept pressing forward relentlessly.

Lord Xingluo's demeanor—"ruthless, few words"—was classic, making the Iron Horn divine lord find him extremely difficult to deal with.

"The Eternal Night Goddess is about to make her final breakthrough. As a divine lord, why aren't you intercepting her? Why fight me?"

The Iron Horn divine lord still hadn't given up, still trying to persuade Lord Xingluo.

But Lord Xingluo could not be persuaded.

Because this battle was never between the Xingluo Empire and the Iron Horn Empire.

The Xingluo Empire no longer existed!

Lord Xingluo was merely lending strength to Lin Yan!

"Since you are so obstinate, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The Iron Horn divine lord's battle avatar spoke coldly.

In the Heavenly Realm, the Iron Horn divine lord quickly contacted another divine lord—the Tianfeng Empire's god, Lord Tianfeng!

"Lord Tianfeng, lend me your Tianlong Empire's army. I'll pay you one hundred high-grade divine stones!"

The Iron Horn divine lord had learned of the collapse of the divine realms.

"Lord Iron Horn, what has happened? Why have all your Iron Horn Pantheon avatars withdrawn?"

Lord Tianfeng asked.

While Lord Tianfeng was pursuing the Goddess of Eternal Night on one side and descending an avatar with full force to deal with Empress Tina on the other, he still knew nothing of the Iron Horn Empire's situation.

After all, from the moment the war started until now, only a few minutes had passed, and the Iron Horn Empire had already been crushed!

"A great empire suddenly appeared and attacked the Iron Horn Empire. The Iron Horn Empire's army was ambushed by them and suffered heavy losses. But once your Tianfeng Empire joins the battlefield, they are bound to lose without a doubt."

The Iron Horn God Lord said.

"I see, but a hundred high-grade divine stones won't be enough. Without a great army, you won't get a share of the Eternal Night Empire's profits. How about this — five hundred high-grade divine stones, and I'll have the Tianfeng Empire's army make a move. Oh right, what's that great empire called?"

Lord Tianfeng said.

"It's called the Flame Empire. I heard from their believers that their god is called the Lord of Flame."

The Iron Horn God Lord said.

"What? What did you just say it's called?"

Lord Tianfeng's tone suddenly shot up.

"It's called the Flame Empire. What's wrong, Lord Tianfeng?"

The Iron Horn God Lord said.

"Ah, it's nothing, Iron Horn God Lord. Don't blame me for not helping you — we have to attack the Eternal Night Empire now."

After Lord Tianfeng finished speaking, he cut off the connection directly.

"Lord Tianfeng... Lord Tianfeng..."

The Iron Horn God Lord tried to contact Lord Tianfeng again, but Lord Tianfeng simply refused to engage.

"The Lord of Flame — it's actually him! If that's the case, then the Flame Empire also has designs on the Eternal Night Empire? This is going to be troublesome. My gains from this war are going to shrink dramatically!"

On the other side, after Lord Tianfeng cut off the connection, a trace of fear still lingered on his face.

Hearing the name of the Lord of Flame from the Iron Horn God Lord's mouth just now had nearly made his heart leap out of his chest in fright.

It was simply that the impression the Lord of Flame had left on him was too profound.

And Lord Tianfeng was clearly also one of those three God Lords in the Sun who had seen Lin Yan.

"The Lord of Flame wasn't well-known before, and the Iron Horn God Lord actually doesn't know him. No, no, I can't tell them. I have to quickly pass down an edict, ordering the Tianfeng Empire to stay away from the Flame Empire. When the great battle erupts later, some empire might clash with the Flame Empire and get themselves utterly ruined."

Lord Tianfeng thought maliciously.