Zheng Jinren said impassively:
"Repeat the previous tactics. Weaken them with artillery first, then have the Pangu Mecha clear them out."
Without a Seventh Order Demon Clan member in command, the three Sixth-Rank Demon Clan members could only drive their groups to charge by instinct, unable to organize any effective coordination.
The demon hordes pushed forward again and again, only to be split apart by long-range fire each time.
Demon Clan members attempting to circle around were marked by drones, then blanketed with missiles. The moment they poked their heads out from behind a ridge, explosions hurled them back into the rubble.
Those that followed the Burrowing Earth Dragons into the rock strata could not escape detection by the Earth Dragon robots either, which buried the Burrowing Earth Dragons inside along with the demon hordes following them.
Occasionally, powerful Demon Clan members broke through the barrage, only to be intercepted by the Pangu Unmanned Mecha.
Against these tactics, the Demon Clan suffered casualties in swathes before they could even make out the enemy's full formation.
Armor modules formed a continuous defensive line outside the portals, while artillery positions extended their fire coverage toward the distant mountains.
As the last Sixth-Rank Demon Clan commander fell, the demon hordes still charging lost their command.
They wandered the wasteland for a moment, looking at their companions' shattered limbs around them, before their instinctive response to death finally drove them away from the artillery fire, fleeing in panic toward the mountains and underground rifts.
Zheng Jinren did not order a pursuit.
The Demon Clan had occupied the Third Planet for years, and no one yet knew how many more lurked beyond the mapped area. Advancing recklessly would only trade their landing advantage for unknown risks.
Their task was to land and secure safe territory