After all, this was underwater. Even though the flames of Blastflame naval mines could burn beneath the surface, their power was still considerably weaker than on land.
Of the nearly one hundred thousand Ironclad Devils that had leaped into the Wei River, aside from the first wave suffering some losses and a number of Ironclad Devils being taken out by the centrifugal cannons aboard Great Xia warships, most of them responded to danger in the water by simply diving beneath the surface and swimming through underwater. The method was nothing new, but at this moment, it greatly reduced the Ironclad Devils' losses.
More than eighty thousand, nearly ninety thousand Ironclad Devils successfully set foot on the eastern bank of the Wei River. Great Xia's interception in the river had only reduced the Ironclad Devil Legion by a little over ten percent—a far smaller figure than the losses the legion had suffered on land earlier.
Naturally, this was also because the troops crossing the river were Ironclad Devils. Had they been Horned Devils or Spider Devils, which were not particularly adept in water, the Blastflame naval mines just now would certainly have killed and wounded far more Devil Race warriors. From this point alone, Abyss Lord Sagula of the Devil Race had indeed made a wise decision in sending the Ironclad Devils in as the vanguard.
The battle in the sky continued to spill over onto the ground.
Winged Devils tried to attack the Great Xia warships on the river, but after the warships gathered into an anti-air formation, the moment Winged Devils flew in, the steam ballistae aboard the ships opened fire into the sky, weaving a dense net of anti-air firepower. The Winged Devils that sought to attack the warships gained no advantage whatsoever; some were even shot down