Chapter 315

The capital city of the Glory Divine Nation, Nedelin, is the Bright Great Temple.

"The operation failed?!"

At midnight, Sun Holy Maiden Tulan Ya received news from Youlai City.

The messenger was none other than Moon Lord Sharer and Judgment Lord Gaofulei.

Sharer has returned to the Moon Divine Court.

Although Luosen later replenished her strength, she had fought for a long time, endured repeated setbacks and humiliation, and her eyes were full of fatigue and dejection.

"Yes, the operation failed completely."

"All 36 saints were lost, and our insiders in the Sky Council were all rooted out. Of the entire combat force, only I and Gaofulei managed to escape."

Tulan Ya's heart shuddered violently upon hearing this, and she hurriedly asked: "What about the Night Knight? Didn't the Night Knight take action?"

"The Night Knight was also defeated; we greatly underestimated the Natural Empire's aid strength."

Tulan Ya grew increasingly shocked, a sense of terror welling up in her heart.

For this battle, they deployed eighty percent of the combat saints from the Nawate Plane.

Although there were still many Light Saints, fewer than ten combat saints remained.

That is to say, in terms of legendary combat power, the Light Divine Clan already held a clear disadvantage.

She couldn't help but ask: "Why did this happen?"

"With 36 Light Saints, how could only one or two escape? How could the entire army be wiped out?"

Tulan Ya simply couldn't understand.

"Because we stepped into a trap meticulously designed by the Natural Emperor!"

Sharer said this, and while saying it, her expression was somewhat subtle.

But Tulan Ya's mind was tumultuous at the moment, the image in her soul's window was also not very clear, and she did not notice this small anomaly.

Sharer's reply also let Tulan Ya breathe a slight sigh of relief.

She subconsciously thought that this failure was due to a tactical mistake, not an overwhelming disparity in absolute strength.

On the battlefield, there are always victories and defeats.

As long as the two Light Gods are still around, there is still room for redemption.

"I understand, my lords, please rest well. I will first contact the Master and report the situation to him."

After cutting off contact with Sharer, she immediately began to pray.

After a moment, her mind trembled slightly, and she felt a familiar vast will arrive in her heart.

She knew it was the Master's response, and immediately began to report the specific battle situation of the surprise attack.

Atumen listened silently.

After Tulan Ya finished her report, Atumen asked: "What do you think?"

Tulan Ya had already prepared her thoughts, and she immediately reported them.

"Master, although this loss is heavy, the Glory Divine Nation and the Divine Sant Empire remain firmly in our grasp, and the armies of both nations still obey our command."

"Personally, I believe we should temporarily adopt a strategic defensive stance against the Sky Republic. At the same time, we will intensify the purge of rebel forces within the two divine nations to firmly keep them under our control."

"This way, we can at least hold the territory of the two nations."

"Once the situation of the two nations is completely stabilized, we will then use their territory as a base to continually squeeze the living space of the Sky Republic, forcing the enemy to make mistakes and revealing new opportunities for victory."

"Even if we ultimately fail to defeat the Sky Republic, or are even defeated by it, the incessant internal warfare among the three nations of Nawate will greatly drain the power of the Nawate Plane."

"Even if the three nations eventually unify, it will be a shattered, weak state, requiring at least over a hundred years to recover its strength."

The Light Divine Clan occupies Nawate, but its fundamental purpose is certainly not to develop Nawate, nor even to borrow Nawate's power.

The Light Divine Clan aims to fundamentally suppress Nawate, causing it to fall completely from its position as the lighthouse of the mortal realm.

As long as this strategic goal is achieved, victory or defeat at the tactical level is trivial.

Atumen nodded in agreement: "What you say is correct; then let's do as you said."

"The Divine Realm will also send a new batch of combat saints to ensure our combat power in the legendary realm."

The Master's approval let Tulan Ya secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

She said softly: "Master, the Natural Empire of the De Rui Tan plane has been developing extremely rapidly these years, gradually beginning to possess astonishing power surpassing Nawat. If not checked, it will likely become very terrifying."

Atumen certainly knows this, even more than Tulan Ya does. His apprehension toward the Natural Empire far exceeds hers.

But the problem is, he also clearly realizes that with the power of the Light God Clan, they are no longer a match for the Natural Empire.

Of course, he certainly wouldn't show weakness in front of his servants, so he said in an indifferent tone: "I already have a plan for this; you don't need to worry, just focus on Nawat affairs."

"Yes, Master."

After cutting off contact, Sun Saintess Tulan Ya immediately began to regroup.

Sun Lord Atumen was not idle either.

His character is very cautious and meticulous; for any failure, whether tactical or strategic, he must fully understand every detail.

The situation reported by Tulan Ya could not satisfy him. Thus, he contacted the supreme commander of the strike operation, Shaer, through another Sun Saint.

"Shaer, I need to know the detailed battle process."

Shaer shrugged: "Haven't I already told Tulan Ya everything?"

"No, it's still not complete; the part about the Night Saints remains unclear."

"I need to know how the Night Saints were defeated."

Shaer had already prepared her explanation.

"Sorry, Atumen, I'd like to tell you, but I can't, because I didn't see it."

"At the time, the situation was dire; Natural Emperor Luosen was trying to trap me with a dreadful soul prison, I was trying to break free, and had no time to pay attention to the mortal battle."

"However, I vaguely saw that the Night Saints didn't seem to truly participate in the battle, but I'm not clear on the specifics; perhaps you should ask the Great Alaman Ni."

Sha'er's tone was filled with deep fatigue and impatience, as if she really didn't want to be disturbed.

Sha'er is also a powerful god, her status in the Light God Tribe second only to Atumen.

Considering her proud nature and having just suffered such a great defeat, her mood must be terrible, so Atumen didn't continue to disturb her.

He again began thinking of ways to contact the Dark Night Sovereign Alamani.

The Light God Realm and the Dark Night Realm are far apart; the Void God cannot use the phase shift technique based on the law ring, and thus cannot communicate using the phase shift technique.

Thus, Atumen could only rely on a mortal saint as a relay station.

After over four hours, Atumen finally, with the help of a sun saint, found a night apostle and finally contacted the Dark Night Sovereign.

"Great Night Empress, I heard your saints did not truly participate in battle, which does not match our agreement."

Alamani remained silent, and only after over a minute did she slowly speak.

"Atumen, my servants have already done their utmost on the battlefield, even once standing on the brink of the abyss of death."

"However, I indeed couldn't help, so our agreement is void."

Seeing Alamani say that, Atumen immediately had no reason to question.

He thought for a moment and said: "If you can tell me the detailed battle situation at that time, then our agreement remains valid."

Alamani replied: "Atumen, I won't take advantage of you, because I also don't know much about the battlefield situation."

"The only thing I can tell you is that the Natural Empire has mastered the power to manipulate law rings. Although the means are not yet mature, it is no longer a great existence that can be easily dealt with."

"Manipulate law rings?!"

Even Atumen's heroic soul was shaken by these four words.

He immediately asked: "How to manipulate law rings? Transformation, penetration, or perfection?"

"It is perfecting the law ring, and also the most terrifying kind."

Atumen's mind and spirit were violently shaken.

After a long silence, he then said: "Thank you very much for the information, and thank you very much for your advice. I will consider it very carefully."

After cutting off the connection, Atumen lingered on his Sun God Throne, sinking into deep contemplation.

A thought lingered in his mind.

"Should we wake the master?"

Perfecting the law ring is an ability only true gods possess; the Natural Empire having this ability shows it has begun to wield the power of a true god.

In other words, the Sky Republic having the support of a true god—perhaps the true god hasn't fully grown yet—is enough to reduce the Light God Tribe's chances of victory to extremely low.

To contend with the Natural Empire, unless they also possess the power of a true god.

But Atumen hesitated somewhat, because his master Gaomileer did not go into sleep out of boredom.

He was injured and needed to sleep to recover.

Twenty years remain until his scheduled awakening; if woken early, he would surely be greatly angered, and if he is displeased, I would suffer a terrible punishment.

After long contemplation, Atumen still gave up the plan to wake him.

The first reason is fear of punishment, but more importantly, he also is not without room to resist.

Because before his master fell asleep, he left him a powerful artifact for dealing with unexpected situations.

Now is the time to use the divine artifact.

He rose and came to the treasury gate of the Sun God Court; with a 'clatter', he pushed open the gate, and a dim corridor appeared.

Walking down the corridor, the corridor not only did not become dimmer, but gradually brightened, and the air began to fill with many drifting dim-red light clusters.

When reaching the deepest part of the corridor, the whole corridor turned dim-red, the light so strong it almost made one unable to open their eyes, and at the spot of strongest light, a beautiful single-handed sword floated slowly.

The single-handed sword had no scabbard, with a dark-gold angel hilt, made of semi-transparent material, emitting a metallic sheen on its dim-red blade.

On the blade's central ridge was inscribed a row of ancient seal script meaning 'Twilight of the Gods, all things annihilated'.

Atumen focused, raised his hand, and took hold of this divine sword.

"Luosen, if you dare appear on the battlefield again, I will let you taste the edge of this divine sword."

(End of chapter)