The giants' allied forces came faster than Cheng Yu had expected, and with far greater ferocity.
But Cheng Yu was not the least bit worried. As long as no Legendary made a move, the Legion was invincible.
Shatla was once again the first giant to enter Balchik's territory.
This time, Shatla's offensive was clearly nothing like its previous small-scale skirmishes.
With three Halls of Truth at its core, Shatla's expeditionary force stormed into the Star Sector where Fabian was stationed, encountering almost no resistance.
The Wisdoms at the Strategic Command Center had no intention of confronting such an elite force head-on, either.
After just a few harassing attacks, Performer abandoned the area.
He turned and advanced toward other Star Sectors.
Roughly half a year had passed since the Legion declared all-out war on the Small Heavens.
Over those six months, Balchik had been worn down badly. Even Bennett's relentless efforts to hunt down the Legion's combat squads everywhere had failed to stop Balchik's decline.
The Five Giants' allied forces had also been ground down until they had no fight left in them. Several times, Duke had considered going himself to help Bennett break into the Legion's main base once and for all.
But whenever Duke considered doing so, he always felt an ominous premonition.
As a Legendary, Duke knew perfectly well that premonitions were no mere illusions for people like him.
And if it was not an illusion, then some real danger had to accompany this operation!
Soon, Duke recalled something: the disturbance in the demonic web several years ago!
Although Duke had boundless confidence in the demonic web, Balchik's cautionary example was right before his eyes.
His heart sank in particular when he remembered the Metal Sphere he had pulled out of the demonic web back then.
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