Outside the shadows, Demon Emperor Daochen's various support worlds each played their part.
They bestowed abilities on everyone.
The Overlords and Super Overlords held the rear, while the Hongmeng Realm cultivators advanced to block the monsters.
So what if they were Super Overlords?
Amid an ocean of Hongmeng Realm cultivators, no one could stop their advance.
A hundred thousand Super Overlords were swallowed by that ocean of Hongmeng Realm cultivators.
For a moment, it seemed they held the advantage.
But the Demon Emperor knew they were actually spending their lives to slow those Super Overlords down.
The true key still lay with the Eight-Star Eternals and Nine-Star Eternals.
They were the ones who could slaughter the Super Overlords.
All the Hongmeng Realm cultivators, Seven-Star Eternals, and Six-Star Eternals were there to buy time.
They were waiting for the Eight-Star Eternals and Nine-Star Eternals to gradually wear those Super Overlords down.
Perhaps they could have used gentler methods, letting time wear those Super Overlords away.
But the Demon Emperor understood that they lacked the Shadow Monsters' terrifying means of replenishing their forces.
As long as their Origin Spirits copied the strongest Super Overlords, they could add another formidable fighter.
As long as they had enough Origin Spirits, they could produce Super Overlords without end.
But the number of Eight-Star Eternals and Nine-Star Eternals was fixed. How difficult was it for a seven-star world to break through?
The Demon Emperor watched the grinding stalemate on the battlefield, yet he was not worried.
He knew the true battlefield and the true enemy had yet to appear.
Ovira soon realized something was wrong.
More than ten thousand of his hundred-thousand-strong force of Super Overlords had already been eliminated.
If this war dragged on for another dozen days or so, his entire army of a