Compared to the advancing Demon-Hunting Expedition wizard legions, the Abyssal Devil Race on the other side had begun to shrink back.
In truth, unlike these foreign races, the wizards of the Demon-Hunting Expedition had only just arrived on the battlefield and were even more eager for victory over the Abyssal Devil Race. They wished to inspire hearts with glory, restore the pride buried deep within the ancient surviving Stigmata Wizards, sweep away their own psychological barriers, and fulfill their historic mission. Yet, because of longer-term plans, they had no choice but to forgo pursuing their victory and temporarily devote their energy to the struggle for power within the Abyss battlefield council.
Firestone Great World, or rather, Flint Giant Star, had risen to civilization because it produced a high-purity ore used in Ironblood Galaxy internal-combustion engines.
Having long prepared for war over this important resource world and transit hub, the high-powered Iron-Blood technological spacetime traversal devices within Firestone Great World had been adjusted to maximum output. Even the spacetime blockade imposed by the Devil Ancestors with sovereign might could be passed through, allowing them to personally descend into the battlefield and command the fighting.
Moreover, as a Great World, its World Will's self-protective mechanisms meant that even if several or over a dozen sovereigns joined forces, completely sealing off spacetime was nearly impossible. There would always be loopholes of one sort or another. This was not the Thirteenth Ironblood Empress's last-stand garrison point, either.
Rumble, rumble.
The Eternal Sky City sailed through the void, radiating rules and magnetic fields in all directions from its center, like a mobile world with a consciousness of its own. After approaching the defensive ring of minor worlds around Firestone Great World, it came to a halt.
"Another world polluted by the Abyss."
Three-Colored Light Eyes