Before setting out for the great city, Zong Shen had established two goals.
The first was to take Lentax Great City.
That was also the core objective of this journey.
The second was to find a way to bring the Calamity Raven Church to heel along the way.
At the time, he had planned to lie low and watch the Calamity Raven Church and the Lancaster Family fight to the death, while taking Safri away and winning the beauty's heart.
Yet after he truly intervened, he became entangled in the open and covert struggle between Jonathan and Grand Duke Koyi, as well as the flashy Blood Rose Legacy.
By now, more than half of Zong Shen's goals had already been achieved.
With the reinforcement of these two forces, the territory's development over the coming months would face no bottlenecks. It would be able to progress smoothly to great-city level.
At this moment, he called Penny Lancaster over to stand beside him.
Penny was the key to taking Lentax Great City without shedding blood.
If anything unexpected happened, Zong Shen would have no choice but to deploy the Apostle Group Warriors of the Calamity Raven Church.
When that time came, a fierce battle would be unavoidable.
Afterward, how many of the great city's Garrison troops would remain would be anyone's guess.
Secondly, the buildings within the first circle would also suffer severe damage.
What Zong Shen wanted was a relatively intact Lentax Great City, not a crippled one.
The strategic value of the two was worlds apart.
Thus, he kept a close eye on the Apostle Group's progress in excavating the ice shell.
The ice layer on the ground began to melt slowly.
As the ice absorbed heat, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped considerably.
Even the freshly melted vapor froze again.