Everyone looked up at once.
At the far end of the snowstorm, dozens of fiery trails tore through the gray-white sky like meteors.
It was Great Xia's first volley of long-range missiles!
The next second, the missiles passed over the Terra Allied Army and struck precisely where the outer Demon Tide was thickest.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Flames joined into a blazing line across the icefield.
Shock waves raised walls of snow a hundred meters high. Black demon blood and severed limbs blasted into the air, and hundreds upon thousands of demons were torn to pieces by heat and shrapnel before they could even scream.
Before the Demon Tide could react, the second wave of strikes arrived.
Off the coast of Antarctica, the fleet's cruise missiles skimmed into the battlefield beneath the storm clouds and plunged into the Demon Tide's flank.
A rain of shells from long-range naval guns crossed the coastline, advancing in successive waves along the outside of the friendly blue line.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The shellfire avoided the central area occupied by the Terra Allied Army, blasting trenches of flesh and blood through the Demon Clan Army as it prepared to encircle them.
Several Siege Behemoths had only just charged forward through the bombardment when armor-piercing shells shattered the carapaces on their backs. Their massive bodies toppled onto the ice, crushing swathes of Lesser Demons.
In the sky, Winged Demons and Gargoyles tried to coordinate their assault with the demons on the ground.
But the next second, a thick, blinding beam sliced through the clouds. The Winged Demons, Gargoyles, and demons on the ground had no power to resist.
The densely packed flying demons seemed to have been cut by an invisible blade. Wings, heads, and torsos severed at once, falling like black rain.
It was