"An ant trying to shake a tree! We can't do a thing to the Great Huan Empire. We're just marching to our deaths... I really don't know what those lords in the Upper Realm are thinking..."
Watching their soldiers being ceaselessly ground to death by the Great Huan formations, Blood Emperor Dirok turned to the immortals and gods and complained, his expression grim. After all, the Blood Clan members among these Undying Forces came mainly from their clans. They were effectively their subjects, yet they were dying for nothing in this battle that offered no hope of survival...
In terms of peak combat strength, they were clearly inferior to the Great Huan Empire, so the immortals, gods, and leaders of the various forces remained hidden, merely commanding their troops to launch attacks without fear of death;
In terms of numbers, this was the Nine Dragons Imperial Capital, the capital of the Great Huan Empire. They were even more hopelessly outmatched by the Great Huan Faction.
Seeing that the Great Huan Empire had formally begun the heaven-sacrificing rites, the allied Undying Forces grew still more disheartened, filled with resentment and terror at being used as cannon fodder and sent to die for nothing!
"Rumble..."
Just then, rolling thunder exploded, shaking heaven and earth. Above the National Fortune Cloud hovering high overhead, fierce winds howled, dark clouds gathered, and lightning flashed.
Blood Emperor Kebasi looked up at the heavens and blurted out in bewildered surprise, "Heavenly Tribulation?! Don't we count as the Human Tribulation?"
The others were equally stunned and confused. Even the allied Undying Forces charging "fearlessly" at the various Heaven-Sacrificing Altars slowed slightly, uncertain and alarmed.
Wasn't this naked contempt?!
Had the Heavenly Dao judged that their allied Undying Forces posed no threat to the Great Huan Empire, and therefore