Withdrawing from the front-line battlefield did not mean turning tail and stampeding to the rear.
That would not be called a withdrawal, but a rout.
Besides a planned, phased retreat, Saine and the others also had to leave behind enough rearguard legions to buy time for the main force's withdrawal.
But clearly, the Evil Tide Civilization did not intend to let Saine and the others leave. That meant relying on methods such as the magic arrays Saine had set up earlier.
"Proceed according to the original plan!" Saine ordered the advanced Intelligent Robots under his command, as well as most of his Level-5 or Level-6 followers.
At Saine's command, the Metal Frontline outside Houhei World showed clear signs of retreating.
Saine would not be taking those low-level cannon-fodder Mechanical Legions with him.
Only by leaving them here to make their final contribution could their value be fully realized.
What Saine truly cared about was the survival rate of the Intelligent Robots, especially the advanced Intelligent Robots.
Some advanced Intelligent Robots trapped in bitter fighting indeed found it difficult to disengage from the front-line battlefield, but Saine would still do his utmost to preserve their consciousness through Sky Net.
As numerous Intelligent Robots and high-level combatants above Level 4 began withdrawing, the Evil Tide Civilization naturally sensed it.
The Small-Sized Demon Emperor did not even need to give the order. The Purple Colony Demon Emperor in the rear, upon noticing the battlefield situation, immediately dispatched hundreds of billions of surging Evil Tides to press forward as one.
It seemed the Evil Tide Civilization had also been waiting for the right moment to launch an all-out attack.
The number and ferocity of the surging Evil Tide Army suddenly thrown onto the battlefield were more than three times greater than during the