When the Darkness Sword Organization's first wave of reinforcements reached the front, they did not enter the position held by the Darkedge Sword Lord directly.
They continued along the starry expanses on either flank, taking over several positions previously held by elite forces.
Only then did the legions they had relieved converge toward the center.
The Darkedge Sword Lord stood beneath an enormous Dark Sword Shadow, silently watching these movements.
Ebony's orders had already reached him.
Retake those strongholds!
The positions they had lost lay between several garrison areas. After occupying them, the Eternal Day Legion had gradually linked those areas together, considerably restricting the Darkness Sword Organization's movements nearby.
If they could sever even one of those connections again, everything that followed would become much easier.
The Darkedge Sword Lord did not rush to commit all his forces at once.
After reviewing the latest reports from the front, he directed the first legion to attack a somewhat smaller position.
That was not his real objective.
But the Eternal Day Legion stationed on the other side could not keep ignoring it forever.
By the time radiance flared deep in the starry expanse, the mechanical observation devices on the perimeter were already sending back one warning after another.
Vast numbers of dark beings flooded the front. Crisscrossing swordlight almost completely enveloped a garrison platform.
Across the platform's surface, defensive light screens shattered one after another before they could fully deploy.
The Light-element Legion defending the position immediately moved out to meet the attack. Blazing radiance erupted amid the sword shadows, burning the first wave of approaching dark beings to ash.
But more legions kept pouring in.
When Jin Yi saw the battle report, word of fighting arrived from another stretch of space as well.
Rather than immediately heading to the