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Chapter 3118 - 3138: Advance, Advance, Advance!

Chapter 3118: Chapter 3138: Advance, Advance, Advance!

Black Sky Demon Domain, central region.

The fierce fight had ceased, and the Great Wilderness Army stopped their pursuit, setting up camp on the spot to rest and recuperate.

A black dragon roared in, its enormous body like a continuous city wall slowly descending to the ground.

The Palace lord leaped down from the head of the dragon and quickly walked toward the temporary command tent.

At this moment, the Palace lord wore battle armor, entirely black with various formation patterns covering it, looking majestic yet graceful.

The Palace lord was tall and slender, and in this suit of armor, not only was her lithe figure further perfected, but she also emanated a chilling and weighty aura of slaughter.

The Palace lord did not wear a magical treasure to cover her face, but instead donned a red mask, adorned with the pattern of a phoenix soaring in the sky, looking as if the mask were a blaze cast off by the phoenix itself.

At this moment, the Palace lord more resembled a general setting out for war rather than the aloof and divine-like master of the Great Wilderness Palace.

"Summon the generals, call a meeting," she ordered.

As the Palace lord crossed the threshold of the command tent, she paused and turned her face to say, "Call Lin Chen here too."

Lin Chen was receiving the notice while checking on the casualties of his troops.

Since the Great Wilderness Palace had fully deployed its army, half a year had already passed by the time they occupied half of the Black Sky Demon Domain’s territory.

During this half-year, Dawn Camp launched multiple strikes and achieved successive victories, becoming known to everyone in the Great Wilderness Palace as an ace team.

After the Great Wilderness Palace fully deployed its forces, the Demon God Temple quickly responded, dispatching many elite teams and powerhouses to aid the native forces of the Black Sky Demon Domain in repelling the Great Wilderness Palace’s invasion.

However, this time the Great Wilderness Palace showed no mercy, no hesitation, as Quasi-Saints mobilized en masse, their offensive as fiery as ever, brutally crushing all the reinforcing teams.

After several tough clashes, the Demon God Temple suddenly fell silent.

Not only did they not send new reinforcements, but they also withdrew all their previously deployed troops and powerhouses from the front line.

Without the aid of the Demon God Temple’s army, the native forces of the Black Sky Demon Domain could hardly withstand the onslaught of the Great Wilderness Army; in a short time, vast territories fell into the hands of the Great Wilderness Palace.

To the various Cultivation Forces in the Black Sky Demon Domain, the Great Wilderness Palace offered two choices.

First, if they were unwilling to submit, the Great Wilderness Palace allowed them to retreat from the Black Sky Demon Domain without being hunted and killed.

Second, if they chose to submit, the Sect Masters and other ten senior management members had to surrender their True Souls, bow in fealty, henceforth belonging to the Great Wilderness Palace and obeying its commands; any resistance would lead to death and complete obliteration.

The vast majority of forces chose to leave, believing more in the Demon God Temple and the Demon Emperor rather than the Great Wilderness Palace. If they stayed, wouldn’t they become traitors once the Demon Emperor commanded the Demon God Temple to retake the region? Wouldn’t that spell their doom?

How could the Great Wilderness Palace possibly rival the Demon God Temple?

If they truly had such strength, the Great Wilderness Palace wouldn’t have been squeezed into a corner and nearly deprived of a place to survive for so long.

Although forced to abandon their sects, they were still alive; who’s to say the Demon God Temple wouldn’t come back one day? Then, couldn’t they simply return?

Some left, naturally, others did not.

Some forces, perhaps unable to part with their foundations, or feeling that the Great Wilderness Palace had now mobilized their entire army, repeatedly crushing the reinforcements of the Demon God Temple, and the Demon God Temple no longer sending support, wondered if this meant the Demon God Temple had abandoned the Black Sky Demon Domain?

The Demon Emperor’s focus was now all on the Immortal-Demon Battlefield, on how to conquer the Immortal Realm. He probably didn’t have the time to target the Great Wilderness Palace anymore, and if the Demon Emperor made a move against the Great Wilderness Saint, the Immortal Emperor would likely laugh till his face cracked.

There were no shortage of smart people in the world; they assessed the situation and felt that the Black Sky Demon Domain would mostly belong to the Great Wilderness Palace in the future. Since that was the case, instead of fleeing, why not surrender early.

Furthermore, some not only chose to surrender to the Great Wilderness Palace but also actively joined the ranks of the Great Wilderness Palace, becoming part of the Conquest Army, hoping to align with the trend, establish military exploits early, and secure a larger territory in the future.

Just how large was the Great Wilderness Palace, and how vast was the entire Black Sky Demon Domain?

With the Great Wilderness Palace conquering the Black Sky Demon Domain, their territory expanded countless times. With military exploits, how could they fear not receiving rewards?

Seizing this opportunity, perhaps they could ascend to great heights!

Regardless of what these people thought, as the Great Wilderness Palace’s forces pushed forward faster and occupied more and more territory, the number of those who surrendered also increased. Like a rolling snowball, the power of the Great Wilderness Palace expanded at a rapid pace.

In these six months of battle, Lin Chen’s Dawn Camp also suffered no small number of casualties, shrinking from the original 1,470 to now just 1,080, a reduction of nearly four hundred.

Fortunately, these four hundred were not all dead in battle. Most were injured, forced to stop fighting and sent to the rear for recovery. Given time, most of them could return to the ranks.

Because of this, Lin Chen had not replenished the soldiers. After all, concentration was the essence.

The remaining 1,080 members, whose strength was on the weaker side, had been greatly reduced in number, but the overall combat power of the team had not diminished due to the reduction but had become even sharper and more unstoppable.

Lin Chen, upon receiving the notice, gave a few instructions and turned to enter the makeshift command tent.

When Lin Chen walked into the room, there were already quite a few people seated on both sides of the table in the hall, with the Palace lord sitting high in front of the main table.

Lin Chen strode in, heading straight for the front of the long table and sat down on the first chair to the right.

Sitting opposite Lin Chen was the Army Commander of the Great Wilderness Palace Eagle Corps, which was the most numerous and powerful military force in the Great Wilderness Palace.

The Dawn Camp, though powerful in combat, had too few people and could only serve as a special force that tore through the opponent’s lines on the battlefield. If it came to a head-on confrontation, the number of people in the Dawn Camp was hardly enough.

Lin Chen could sit in the first chair on the right mainly because of the brilliant battle record of the Dawn Camp and also because the Dawn Camp was under the Palace lord, belonging to her personal guard and holding a special status.

Perhaps some people felt somewhat unconvinced, but thinking of the near-death beating that the Dawn Camp had given Han Bin of the Han Family Quasi-Saint, that sense of dissent was only a thought kept inside their hearts.

These leading generals might lead forces far exceeding the numbers of the Dawn Camp, but in true battlefield combat, they might not be able to suppress the Dawn Camp.

As the people arrived, the Palace lord’s eyes swept around, waved her hand, and a huge map was hung on the wall.

The Palace lord said in a deep voice, "Today, we have once again defeated the opposing coalition army, our territory expands another step, and we now control half of the Black Sky Demon Domain."

"As of now, there are hardly any forces capable of resisting us head-on, and we need to accelerate our pace of advancement!"

"In order to reduce the time lost on the way, I plan to dispatch multiple vanguard teams to approach various large and small forces along the way in advance and present them with a choice. Those who surrender, we will send people to accept; those who refuse, the grand army will press on their borders, annihilating their sects..."