The spot for breaking the seal was set in the middle section of the Scarab Wall.
The Fern Treants, stretching as far as the eye could see, were ready to charge into battle.
More than two hundred Dragons and tens of thousands of Night Elf troops gathered around the perimeter.
Surveying this unprecedentedly massive force, the bronze dragon prince Anachronos, in the form of a human man, walked confidently toward the Scarab Wall.
Though the crushing defeat last time remained fresh in his memory, this time he had absolute confidence.
During the first War of the Shifting Sands, Archdruid Fandral Staghelm's army had been utterly thrashed by the Qiraji.
Back then, those fellows had been pursued relentlessly by the Qiraji and could only run to the Caverns of Time for help.
Those battered remnants, together with the hastily assembled Dragon Aspects, had only driven the Qiraji back at a terrible cost.
This time, preparations had been thorough, and there was no longer any need to worry about whatever tricks the Qiraji might try.
Standing beside the Scarab Wall, Anachronos thought for a moment before finally abandoning the idea of giving a speech.
This was a truly formidable army, so it needed no impassioned prebattle speech.
He merely said in a deep voice, "Everyone, be ready. The war is about to begin!"
As he spoke, Anachronos raised the Scepter of the Shifting Sands and struck the shell-built wall hard.
The instant the Scepter of the Shifting Sands touched the wall, the vast Time Power contained within it receded.
As the Time Power withdrew, that section became an ordinary, unprotected wall.
The invincible wall, which endured the Aqir's attacks every moment, finally developed cracks along one section.
The cracks spread at tremendous speed before the wall shattered into fragments on the ground,