Buzz...
White light flashed from the Teleportation Formation on the central main island of the Marshall Islands, and armored Ravenous Wolf Guards and Huan Martial Guards appeared, halberds in hand.
"The Great Huan Forbidden Guard?!"
Large numbers of reinforcements arrived through the Teleportation Formation at every moment. Unfortunately, they were being depleted faster than they arrived, so their arrival no longer caused much of a stir. The appearance of the two imperial guard forces, however, immediately sent a tremendous wave through the troops. Huan soldiers and allied soldiers alike cheered in delighted surprise, their spirits soaring.
The Ravenous Wolf Guards and Huan Martial Guards both belonged to the Great Huan Forbidden Guard, directly under the Huan Emperor's command. Their appearance naturally meant that the Huan Emperor had arrived. Otherwise, how could the imperial guards have been deployed so lightly?!
Following close behind the Great Huan Forbidden Guard came Jian Shang, his imperial consort, the marquises, military commanders, and the other officials of Great Huan.
Aside from Empress Qi Ji and Great Huan's Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers, eighty to ninety percent of the civil and military officials with any fighting ability had come. Even the lords, marquises, and other officials stationed in the commanderies had been summoned to lend support.
The moment Jian Shang and his companions appeared, darkness engulfed them, as though heaven and earth had plunged into night. Then the devastation and carnage of the battlefield stunned them.
Of the Marshall Islands' thousand-plus islands, only nine remained. The nine Heaven-Sacrificing Altars, each dozens of feet tall, were packed with people, shoulders rubbing and heels treading on heels.
A constantly rippling barrier protected the nine islands: the fairly common Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation. This made it all the clearer that the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation had already been