Great Yue, Year 21, July.
Great Yue and Seracla each established two major defensive lines across the northern archipelago of Far Hope.
They were respectively the Chonglou Defense Line and the Selisis Defense Line.
For half a year, small-scale clashes between the two sides never ceased.
Seracla continuously deployed reinforcements to Far Hope, with its forces once reaching six hundred thousand. Its Masters increased to fifteen.
Great Yue likewise stationed four hundred and thirty thousand troops, claiming five hundred thousand, with Gongsun Ru as commander-in-chief and three Grandmasters from the Army Department assisting as they reinforced Far Hope.
After witnessing the terrifying power of the Black Demon Splitting Bullet, Great Yue's Grandmasters used military formations as their foundation, advancing steadily and methodically.
When the Black Demon Splitting Bullet struck head-on against military formations led by Grandmasters, its power was scattered and suppressed considerably.
After several tests, Great Yue discovered that while the Black Demon Splitting Bullet could shatter military formations, it could not seriously injure the Perfected Grandmasters within them.
Thus, in mid-August, the Great Yue Imperial Army launched its second all-out decisive offensive at Port Maria.
The combined forces of both sides exceeded one million. Grandmasters and Masters fought in a chaotic melee, suffering grievous casualties.
The chaotic battle lasted several days.
In the end, Saff, Commander-in-Chief of Seracla's expeditionary force, fled with grievous injuries, while the expeditionary army collapsed and scattered in all directions.
Mio of the Seven Sacred Sects of the Masters Alliance died in battle.
When the Black Demon Splitting Bullet he carried detonated with him, the Guangci Cult lost three Great Yue Grandmasters, while the Army Department lost one.
By this point, in the battle for Far Hope, the Buddhist Guangci Cult and Great Lingfeng Temple had lost a combined total of eight Grandmasters!
Meanwhile,