Battle was about to erupt.
Starting from the outermost perimeter, the fighting began.
The demons on the outskirts took the initiative and launched an attack on the devil legion.
Slaughter and death blossomed across this land.
The demons charged forward one after another, fearless of death, utterly unconcerned by the vast numbers of demons already slain around them.
Some demons even took the chance during their charge to ambush companions they disliked.
In contrast, the devils responded very differently.
They formed orderly military formations, their ranks tightly organized—shield-bearing infantry at the front, all manner of ranged units at the rear.
Spell-like arts and volleys of arrows poured forth without end.
Great numbers of demons were killed before they could even complete their charge.
Yet the demons' enormous numbers rendered such deaths meaningless. They pressed forward swiftly and finally reached the devil formations.
A brutal melee began.
The devils' formations were tight. Injured devils immediately retreated, replaced by fresh devils moving up.
The fighting in the sky was even more brutal.
The demons were numerous, and among them, flying demons held an absolute numerical advantage.
By comparison, the devils' aerial forces were noticeably inferior.
The devil aerial forces consisted mainly of low-ranking Spined Devils and mid-ranking imps.
Together with a few flying devil mercenaries, that was their entire force.
Out of a devil legion of nearly twenty million, their aerial forces numbered fewer than two million.
As for the demons, there were simply too many that could fly—from insignificant little demons to all kinds of Vrocks, and countless other winged demons.
Moreover, the battle in the sky was far more savage than the battle on the ground.
In the air, the devils could not deploy the neat, orderly battle lines at which they excelled.
Aerial combat relied on speed and interweaving