In this expedition, Ganar, who led an army of more than 800,000, did not hastily launch a full-scale offensive against the five major clans.

It ordered its troops to set up camp fifty kilometers away from the city walls and built many strange obelisks.

These stone tablets stand tall, more than fifty meters high, glowing with a deep black light and engraved with obscure runes.

Nearly a thousand martyrs came with the army. They chanted spells fanatically in front of the obelisk one after another, and then disintegrated and melted like burning candles, and finally merged with the obelisk.

As more and more martyrs merged into the stone tablet, the stone tablet began to emit an aura of pollution and corrosion, which made many of the evil gods' followers excited and happy.

The sentinels on the watchtower inside the city wall had a panoramic view of it all. The commander of the Temple Legion, Sethius, also went to the front line in person and ordered the use of divine energy cannons to carry out ultra-long-range bombardment on distant enemies.

However, since the other side had strong warriors at L6 level and above to intercept them, their attacks did not produce much substantial results.

At this moment, in the command center, several top commanders of the Temple Legion were gathering to discuss countermeasures.

"Commander, judging from the enemy's current dynamics, they seem to be preparing for a protracted war, which is not a good thing for us." Li Hao, Chief of Staff of the Temple Legion, said with concern.

"That's true." Another deputy legion commander, Yun Qinglan, continued, "We are not afraid of their fierce attack, but we are afraid of them fighting a war of attrition. After all, the evil god's military strength is almost endless."

"That's fine." Legion Commander Sethius waved his hand with a calm smile on his face. "We now have an extremely abundant reserve of divine weapons and equipment. If the Dark Temple really intends to fight a protracted war, we will use divine weapons to deal with them."

"The key is that we must do our best to reduce the loss of manpower and see who can outlast whom in the end."

Hearing this, Yun Qinglan frowned slightly and raised her doubts, "Our outer defense line is relatively weak, while the inner city has many strong fortresses."

"If our primary goal is to preserve our military strength, does that mean we need to abandon the defense of the city walls when the battle gets intense?"

"That's right." Sethus answered without hesitation, "If necessary, we will abandon the outer wall and retreat to the more solid inner city. This is not only the strategic instruction of the Church, but also the wisdom bestowed upon us by the gods."

Since the legion commander had clearly stated that this was the will of God, the others wisely shut up and began to silently plan the next battle in their hearts.

At this moment, a guard suddenly rushed in and urgently reported, "Captain, the enemy troops have launched an attack! The vanguard has entered our range of 30 kilometers, but the number is limited, less than 10,000, and it seems that they are conducting a tentative attack."

"Got it. You can leave now." Sethus nodded, then turned to the other commanders and said, "Let's go out and check the situation together."

The five of them left the command center together and climbed up to the towering observation tower.

Through large telescopes, they were able to clearly observe the movements of enemy forces.

As the guards had reported earlier, the enemy apparently had no immediate intention of attacking.

Instead, they are carefully clearing traps and mines on the periphery in preparation for possible follow-up actions.

Boom! Boom! Boom! … The sound of explosions continued.

As the outer mines were triggered one after another, although a certain degree of damage was caused to those disgusting dark corrupted creatures, compared with the enemy's huge force of hundreds of thousands, this loss was simply insignificant.

"We have never confronted the Dark Temple head-on. How do they know our tactics so well?" Deputy Legion Commander Yun Qinglan said with some confusion.

Sending a small number of weak soldiers to actively trigger mines is indeed the most effective way to clear mines, but how did the Dark Temple know?

A cloud of gloom also passed over Sethus's face. "It must be that the Ragnarok Alliance leaked the information to them. It is even very likely that they deliberately lured the Dark Temple here."

"That bunch of shameless people, who are incapable of attacking our five major clans, actually colluded with the Dark Temple. Aren't they afraid of bringing trouble upon themselves?" Legion Chief of Staff Li Hao showed indignation on his face.

Yun Qinglan sneered, "With a tall guy like us in the front, they can do whatever they want. However, it's best not to leave us free, otherwise, we will definitely kill them!"

Three hours later, the mines they had laid out in advance on the periphery had almost been completely cleared by the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, nearly 50,000 dark alien soldiers began to stir in the rear, apparently preparing to launch the first round of fierce attack.

These dark creatures seemed to be fully aware of the defensive methods of the five major clans. They were scattered in a wide area to avoid being annihilated by the clusters of divine energy cannons on the city walls.

Faced with this situation, the front-line commander quickly and decisively adjusted his tactics and decided to halve the use of the divine energy cannon.

Their goal was very clear: as long as they could successfully stop most of the enemy troops from climbing the city wall, their mission would be accomplished.

As the enemy gradually approached and entered the ten-kilometer range, sporadic artillery fire began to echo in the air.

Each shell carries terrifying energy, and once it explodes in the enemy group, it will cause huge damage and casualties.

As the sound of artillery fire rang out, the dark alien soldiers attacking the city immediately sped up their actions.

Half of the creatures flapped their wings and flew high. Countless black spots came from the sky, accompanied by sharp and piercing howls, giving people a thrilling feeling of oppression.

Inside the city walls, the anti-aircraft guns that had been accumulating energy for a long time finally let out a deafening roar, and the shells shot out as rapidly as a meteor shower, heading towards the ferocious dark creatures that were rushing towards them.

The rumbling sound of the explosion echoed in the ears, and rain of fire poured down from the sky like fireworks, dazzling and brilliant.

However, despite the huge momentum, the results were not as expected.

Due to the widespread dispersion of dark creatures and the interception of higher-level creatures, less than 10% of the enemy shadows in the sky were shot down.

Seeing this, two hundred gods' messengers flew into the air. They quickly rushed towards the flying dark creatures and started a fierce aerial battle.

Under the blessing of divine power, the strength of the gods' messengers suddenly soared to the L7 level. Facing these dark flying creatures whose strength was only between L5 and L5+, they could do it as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

In an instant, countless rotten limbs fell from the sky.

At the same time, the alien enemy forces on the ground were approaching.

But surprisingly, they did not choose to climb the city wall, but instead attacked the divine power tower outside the city.

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