The battle between Empty-Faced Burning Monarch and Kakarot drew the attention of the vast majority of powerhouses both inside and outside the Bronze Gate.
Yet the war in the entrance zone had never been a simple duel between two Level-12 Peaks.
What would truly determine whether the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction could gain a foothold here were the countless small yet densely packed battlefield strongpoints.
The temple lords of Evil Swamp Time-Space were precisely the high-level combat forces Saine and Locke were most willing to commit at this stage.
They were strong enough.
Their power attributes were extreme enough as well.
More importantly, even if they suffered losses in Destruction Time-Space, such losses were not an unbearable price for the core systems of the Mechanical Civilization and the Destruction Divine Kingdom.
Of course, no one would say such things aloud.
But Level-12 Temple Lords such as Agulos, Ga, and Lian Mo might not necessarily have been unaware of it.
Yet aware or not, they had still come.
The reason was simple.
The various temples of Evil Swamp Time-Space were no longer in the same state as back then, each acting independently and refusing to submit to the others.
The Evil Spirit King had already ascended the throne.
Mechanical God Emperor Saine and Destruction Demon God Locke were even greater shadows looming behind the Evil Spirit King.
Earning enough merit on the battlefield of Destruction Time-Space would bring more than just war resources.
There would also be status, authority, and a voice in the future redistribution of benefits within Evil Swamp Time-Space.
Agulos was the first to achieve results.
This temple lord wielded a heavy sword as he appeared on the western front of the entrance zone.
There, a level-11 Destruction Creature was leading a vast tide of low- and mid-level