After achieving the magnificent feat of capturing four cities in a row within a single week, Grace Hall's eastern campaign gradually slowed, shifting to a steady, step-by-step advance as it gradually annexed the remaining cities near Star Luo City.
(Gengxin City should be located in the western part of Douluo Continent. If that is wrong, consider it a secondary setting.)
"Blitzkrieg" was destined to be incapable of serving as a long-term strategy in this era.
Grace Hall now possessed a large number of magical artifacts, but they were still a hundred thousand miles away from forming a "mechanized force." Capturing four cities at the outset of the war had already been the absolute limit.
However, even if blitzkrieg could not continue, the tactic of having Title Douluo lead troops remained in place.
In fact, throughout Douluo Continent's past wars, it was rare for Title Douluo to personally lead armies into battle.
First, even in this fantasy world with such a low combat ceiling, there was still a faint notion that immortals and mortals were different.
In most cases, Soul Masters capable of cultivating to the rank of Title Douluo would not directly pledge loyalty to any nation, much less hold positions within a nation's military.
They were either independent cultivators, like Dugu Bo, or remained within some Soul Master organization, such as the Title Douluo of the Upper Three Sects.
Even when a Soul Master organization supported a particular nation, they would not participate in the main battlefield. Instead, they would clash with the Soul Master organizations backing the enemy nation; if the other side did not act, neither would they.
Of course, if the nation they supported was about to fall, they would certainly take action. People still needed to keep up appearances!
In the original work, this faint