Every defensive fortress simultaneously lit up with dazzling divine inscriptions and magic sigils. Chains condensed from energy shot out from the fortresses, plunging into the massive bodies of nearby defensive fortresses amid clanging crashes. In that instant, all the defensive fortresses became one, sharing their vast reserves of energy as all their defensive barriers fused together.
The shimmering screens of over a thousand defensive fortresses joined into a single expanse. Each fortress's own defenses could withstand the full-force assault of a mid-level chief god. But thanks to the Celestial Sprite Clan's miraculous alchemical arts, all the fortresses' defensive barriers had linked together and instantly overlapped. The defense of this entire fortress system had reached a level that no one below a mid-level chief god could breach.
One elven deity after another exploded in the skies. They self-destructed madly, seeking to blast these defensive fortresses into dust and utterly destroy the defensive system around the Holy Mountain's core region. But before the interconnected fortresses, no matter how frenzied the elven deities became, their suicidal attacks merely made the fortresses shudder and emit deep hums. They failed to destroy even a single fortress.
The Green Moon Empress stood there in a daze. From her standpoint, she absolutely did not want her people to damage so much as a blade of grass or tree within the Holy Mountain. Yet as the elven empress, she was even less willing to see her people burn their very soul origins, only to remain unable to destroy even one fortress of the Holy Mountain!
"Who made these fortresses? How can their defenses possibly be this strong?" The Green Moon Empress clenched her fists and screamed, nearly hysterical. "There can't be defenses this formidable! During the Primordial Divine War, even the human command headquarters didn't have defensive barriers