Celestial Pivot City's Command Center.
Han Niba fell silent as he watched the mushroom cloud rise on the screen.
The entire hall fell quiet as well.
The data transmitted from the front popped up coldly.
[No Seventh-Order Demon Venerable detected emerging from the explosion. Preliminary assessment: an 81 percent probability of a successful kill!]
A staff officer spoke up.
"The cost... the breach in the northern defensive line has widened to three kilometers. Over eleven hundred combat units lost. Personnel casualties..."
"That's enough."
Han Niba interrupted him with his eyes closed.
Then he opened them again, his gaze turning cold and hard once more.
"Notify General Zheng to use large-area Purification Scrolls immediately. Purify the nuclear blast zone and fill the gap in the defensive line again."
"We must not let the Demon Clan break through!"
"Understood!" the staff officer immediately replied.
Han Niba then looked at another staff officer and asked,
"How is the evacuation of the civilians in Tianxiong City and Tianyong City going?"
The staff officer froze, then immediately replied,
"Only twenty percent have been evacuated so far."
Han Niba frowned.
"Why is it so slow?"
The staff officer immediately explained,
"There are three main reasons. First, the size of the Portal limits how many people can pass through."
"Second, evacuating civilians takes time. It really is slower when they're bringing their whole families."
"Third, the Portal was opened beneath the World Tree between the two cities. It's some distance from both cities, and getting there takes time too..."
After hearing this, Han Niba knew there was no forcing the issue. He asked,
"Is Commander Lin, Lin Mo, still on Blue Star? We could ask him to open a few more Portals to help evacuate the civilians."
The staff officer shook his head.
"We've already