God Yuan Calendar, Year 356.
The Hall of Gods' Guardian Legion returned in crushing defeat.
Apollo, Ares, Athena, and Poseidon were killed one after another.
As for the other high-ranking and mid-ranking gods who had participated in the war, countless were killed or wounded as well.
Godfall Wasteland had now fallen completely, while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty began expanding with the City of War as its stronghold.
Of course, Athena had not been entirely useless.
Even when facing the combined siege of the Fourteenth Group Army and Sixteenth Group Army, she remained calm and composed.
At least on a tactical level, she had not made a single mistake.
Even Sun Wu and Jia Xu could not find any fault with her.
Unfortunately, her teammates had been too weak, and they only managed to hold Godfall Wasteland for three days.
That battle also allowed Xiao Tianyang and the others to witness Athena's true capabilities.
She had forcibly broken out of the encirclement formed by two Group Armies before immediately rushing around to put out fires everywhere.
Although the number of legions that returned to the City of War was less than a quarter of those that had set out,
Athena had used those battered remnants to display the might of ten legions.
As for top-tier combat power, there was even less room for comparison.
The moment Zhang Jiao and the others took the field, even high-ranking gods had to cower and tremble in the corners.
After all, even Zeus could only fight Zhang Jiao to a draw. What hope did they have?
However, while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty was expanding, the Hall of Gods established its second line of defense on the Sunset Plains.
Athena was still the commander.
Before they had clashed, Zeus likely would not have handed command over