The battle had been going on for a long time.
More than a month had passed since Huo Ling began hiding outside the city, yet the fierce fighting showed no sign of weakening.
During that time, Huo Ling had even seen two more demons from the Abyssal World set out from the Plain of Infinite Portals and enter the battlefield.
This bloody war seemed as though there would never be an end in sight.
Even during Huo Ling's previous two visits to the Bronze Citadel, he had never witnessed a bloody war on such a scale.
This situation was inseparable from Zariel's earlier decision.
She had led her army in an assault on the Plain of Infinite Portals, an immense humiliation and provocation to many demons of the Abyssal World.
The devil army had been surrounded by the demons, and the savage fighting had inflicted grievous losses upon them.
Once the devils collapsed and fled, forced to return to the Bronze Citadel to defend it, their defensive strength was no longer what it had once been.
Moreover, many demons had yet to vent their fury, so the slaughter continued at the Bronze Citadel.
After some time, Huo Ling noticed a devil army gathering here from other territories.
As if this had drawn back the curtain, more and more devil armies converged from every territory.
Yet the demons did not notice this scene—or perhaps they had noticed and simply could not be bothered to care.
These devils had clearly been conscripted from under the rule of various greater devils by Bael's military order.
The fate of these devil legions was to enter the Bronze Citadel, join its garrison, and take part in the bloody war here.
Now that New Land was gone, Huo Ling's territory would likely receive conscription orders in