The fierce battle continued for more than half a month.
In the end, the last powerful Radiant Moon–level demon was driven back. Demon General Zapan was finally freed up, allowing the devil legions to seize the upper hand.
After slaughtering vast numbers of demons, the reinforcements successfully broke the deadlock.
Great numbers of demons fled in rout, only to be hunted down afterward. Countless demons died along the road of escape.
Huo Ling did not take part in the pursuit. Zapan's devil legion was responsible for it, with tens of millions of elite devil troops chasing down the fleeing enemy.
The other devil reinforcements seized this opportunity to continuously march into the Bronze Citadel.
For the rest of their lives, aside from those greater devils who still had a chance to return to their original territories, the other devils would likely be able to remain only in the Bronze Citadel.
Or rather, they would soon die on the battlefield against the demons.
After all, the rate at which the Bronze Citadel's garrison was consumed was famed throughout all the worlds.
And now, during these years of such intense fighting, the average lifespan of a Black Iron–rank Legion Devil soldier in the Bronze Citadel did not exceed three days.
Huo Ling only learned this after entering the Bronze Citadel.
Every month or two, a batch of reinforcements would gather from various territories. At such times, a Dark Demon General would lead a legion to break the deadlock.
They would rescue the besieged Bronze Citadel, slaughter large numbers of demons, and incidentally send these gathered reinforcements into the Bronze Citadel.
The fierce battle had temporarily subsided, but this period of rest would not last long—usually only a month or two.
Soon, Zapan and his Demon Army, who had been pursuing so fiercely,