Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

"It really is!" Long Zhan was overjoyed, unable to contain his excitement. He immediately picked up the communicator.

"All personnel, prepare for battle!"

"Final equipment check, preparing to enter the portal!"

The soldiers were breathing heavily and moving quickly, making the entire underground space busy yet orderly.

Zhao Gang also informed the New Hope team of the news.

Lin Mo shouted towards the portal.

"Lord Kyle! Princess Fendona!"

On the other side of the portal, Fendona and Elder Muyu heard the commotion and came out of the wooden hut in the temporary camp, approaching with surprise and uncertainty.

"Lin Mo?"

When Fendona saw it clearly, her eyes widened instantly.

"Oh my god! What are you doing on the other side of the door?"

"Aren't you... still lying here?"

As she spoke, she pointed to a wooden house.

Lin Mo said excitedly:

"Don't worry about the details, that's me too, I'll explain it to you later."

He had long suspected that his soul was traveling between two bodies, so he wasn't surprised.

"Thump thump thump—"

A series of hurried footsteps approached.

Academicians Qian Zhenhua and Liu Chengen rushed over, panting, followed by several researchers carrying various precision instruments.

"A portal! It really is a stable spatial portal!"

Qian Zhenhua pushed up his glasses, trembling with excitement, almost lunging forward.

Liu Chengen went even further, roaring at the researchers behind him.

"Quick! Quick! Set up all the equipment, run the cables, and turn it on!"

"calm!"

Zhao Gang turned around and shouted angrily, his eyes flashing like lightning.

"This is a crucial moment. Let's put everything else aside for now and not interfere with the opening of the portal!"

Qian Zhenhua was taken aback.

"Yes, yes, after it opens, it will take ten days. It won't make a difference if we wait a little longer. We absolutely cannot let it affect the portal."

"Everyone, stand back!"

The onlookers were quickly pushed aside by the academicians, leaving only Lin Mo by the teleportation portal.

The portal is still steadily expanding and is now the size of a football.

Lin Mo asked Kyle on the other side:

"Lord Kyle, how long will it take to fully open this door?"

Kyle glanced at it, his voice squeezing out from between the spells.

"Before sunrise."

Lin Mo glanced at the moon over the opposite continent of Terra and mentally calculated the time.

It's almost 3 a.m.

There are at most three hours left.

Time is tight.

Just then, a black dot streaked across the night sky opposite the portal.

It is a griffin.

Before the griffins even landed, the mournful roars of the elven scouts above shattered the tranquility of the valley.

"Enemy attack—!"

"It's the demons! The demon army is here!"

Fendona and Elder Muyu turned pale.

Demons.

They arrived so quickly.

"Waaah—"

The long, drawn-out sound of horns echoed through the valley, carrying a sense of solemnity and impending doom.

The five thousand elven guards, who were already on standby, showed no panic. They quickly turned towards the entrance of the valley, drew their bows and arrows, and formed three lines of defense.

The composite bow gleamed with a cold, metallic sheen under the moonlight.

On the other side, the holy human mages who were maintaining the auxiliary magic array all had grim expressions.

Their leader, Archbishop Kyle, stood in the center of the teleportation base, completely focused on maintaining the astral teleportation spell, unable to be distracted at all.

Without this sixth-tier archmage joining the battle, their mage team's combat strength would be greatly reduced.

"Go up to the griffin and check the situation!" Elder Mu Yu shouted, and charged towards a waiting griffin first.

Fendona followed closely behind, and the two of them flipped over and mounted the griffin's broad back.

The griffin flapped its wings, creating a gust of wind that carried the two of them into the sky.

The moonlight cast a silver veil over the earth.

At the end of the silver veil, a thick black mist was surging in at a visible speed, swallowing the moonlight.

That's not fog.

It is an endless army of demons.

In the sky, the elven scouts on guard duty had already engaged the demonic flying units.

Dozens of gargoyles and winged demons, taking advantage of their numbers, surrounded the elven scouts and tore them to pieces.

Defeat is only a matter of time.

"Elder, Her Majesty the Queen's reinforcements..." Fendona's voice trembled slightly.

"I sent the fastest messenger back as soon as the pillar of light rose," Elder Muyu's voice was hoarse. "Hopefully... it's not too late."

Beside him, an elven guard captain responsible for protection looked down at the scene below, his fists clenched white, and he growled angrily.

"Damn those Holy Humans! Why didn't they tell us beforehand that opening the portal would cause such a huge commotion!"

"If it weren't for that beam of light, we would never have been exposed!"

Elder Muyu sighed.

"At the time, I also questioned Archbishop Kell."

He said that the astral teleportation technique had not been used for hundreds of years, and his generation had only learned it from ancient books and had no idea that it would cause such a celestial phenomenon.

"This... is not their fault."

Elder Mu Yu's expression shifted in the moonlight, but finally, the struggle in his eyes transformed into a resolute look.

"We can't wait any longer."

His voice was soft, yet carried an undeniable weight.

"Fendona".

"Elder?"

"Go down and bring Lin Mo's body to the camp." Elder Mu Yu's gaze was fixed on the approaching darkness.

"Leave here immediately and return to the royal city."

Fendona was taken aback, then realized what was happening, and her emerald green eyes widened instantly.

"No! Elder! I..."

"This is an order!" Elder Muyu interrupted her, her tone more stern than ever before.

"Lin Mo is the only variable on the continent of Terra. As long as he lives, there is still hope for our Elf race, and indeed for the entire continent of Terra!"

"And what about you?" Fendona's voice trembled with tears.

"I will lead these brave warriors to buy you time." Elder Muyu's face showed a look of fearlessness in the face of death.

He glanced back at the elven formation below, which stood ready for battle.

"Otherwise, none of us will escape."

Fendona burst into tears and shook her head desperately.

"Execute the order, Fendona!" Elder Muyu's voice rose again.

Fendona's body stiffened.

Looking at Elder Muyu's aged yet resolute profile, she understood and could comprehend his meaning; it was indeed the wisest decision.

Even though she was unwilling, she could only obey orders at this moment, biting her lip and nodding emphatically.

"Yes, Elder."

The griffin circled and swooped down rapidly towards the camp below.

As soon as she landed, Fendona heard an anxious shout.

"Fendona! What's going on outside? What happened?"

She looked up and saw Lin Mo's head peeking out from the portal, which had expanded to the size of a basketball, his face full of anxiety.

Fendona wiped away her tears and hurriedly ran over.

"Lord Lin Mo! The demon army is here!" she shouted.

"Quick, what did she say?" On the other side of the portal, no one could understand what Fendona was saying, so Academician Qian asked anxiously.

After Lin Mo translated, Long Zhan, Zhao Gang, and the two academicians all felt a sense of unease.