Fortunately, what Sui Xiong had feared did not happen. After a fierce battle, Yusila ultimately failed to break through the Supreme Tower's defenses and was stopped roughly a mile from the coastline.
That distance was actually already very close. In a war on Earth, it could practically be called face-to-face combat. But in this world's wars, a mile was quite sufficient—enough to serve as a buffer between the two sides, without having to worry about overly intense measures.
As a renowned Abyssal lord, Yusila should have possessed strength at least equivalent to a weak divine power. But having come from the chaotic evil world of the Abyss to the Main Plane, which leaned toward lawful neutral, it was heavily suppressed. Moreover, what had descended now was not its powerful true body, but merely a projection. Thus, facing the Supreme Tower's all-out resistance, it was unable to keep up. Though it roared without cease and continuously summoned its subordinates, taking even one more step forward had become impossible.
Blazing white beams of positive energy shot one after another from the Supreme Tower's defensive mechanisms, blasting into Yusila's body. Every one of these beams was cast under the direction of a legendary mage; even a powerful Abyssal lord could not completely withstand them. Even if it risked damaging this projected incarnation, it would still find it difficult to advance another step.
The demons it summoned, meanwhile, were handled by the mid- and high-level mages. All kinds of spells specially effective against demons came crashing down in a rapid barrage, each one able to kill one or more demons. Although Yusila summoned them quickly, the mages' rate of extermination was not slow in the slightest.
Thus, the situation gradually settled into a stalemate.
Sui Xiong carefully studied the battle on both sides and