The second siege launched by the human army was basically the same as the first.
This time, however, the Devil Race were not as strong and powerful as they had been after the first round of exhaustion and the charge, while the human army was conserving its strength and waiting for the opportune moment.
This time, the Devil Race race lost 50,000 to 60,000 elite troops, while the human camp also lost 70,000 to 80,000 troops. However, since the vanguard of the human camp was composed of robots, most of the losses were actually suffered by robots.
In the aerial battle, neither side gained a significant advantage in the previous engagement, so both sides exercised restraint this time, resulting in minimal casualties.
About half an hour later, the Devil Race broke through the human army's encirclement once again and sped off towards Moon Capital Pass.
"The enemy's number of steel golems is astonishing!"
Including those we destroyed earlier, Chen Kingdom has now deployed over four million aircraft. If it weren't for those puppets, Chen Kingdom definitely wouldn't have been able to muster such a large force.
Ahriman pointed to the steel golem below and spoke to Katelin.
"That's true, but puppets have no potential for growth, so no matter how many there are, they pose no threat. There's no need to worry about them."
"Hehe, it seems we think alike."
Ahriman nodded in satisfaction and did not pursue the topic further.
Whether it's mechanical puppets, corpse puppets, or iron puppets, they were thoroughly studied by the Abyss Devil Race long ago. Although the number of robots possessed by the Chen Kingdom was indeed astonishing, the limitations of puppets were significant, and they didn't consider this a major problem.
With the current robot combat power, if Chen Kingdom were to send out another ten or twenty million robots, it might attract the attention of the Black Demon Emperor, but that would be all. These puppets, which have no ability to grow, can eventually be eliminated given enough time.
"Move the soldiers on the outer perimeter to the inner circle to recover, and send those with less depletion to guard the outer perimeter of the main force. Continue advancing."
Ahriman continued leading his army toward Moon Capital Pass.
Two hours later, they had advanced another 300 kilometers, and at this point, they once again encountered the human army that had come to besiege them.
"Three million soldiers, including about one million steel Talisman Puppet. It seems their forces are indeed larger than we imagined."
Ahriman clicked his tongue, realizing he had overlooked the number of the Chen Kingdom's robots.
Even so, he didn't think much of it. Apart from the Black Demon Army, which he couldn't afford to lose at will, he could still afford to lose the other elite troops in his army.
In the ensuing battle, nearly 100,000 of the Devil Race elites were killed or wounded, while the human soldiers, thanks to the Instant Movement Talisman, only suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties.
Although the Devil Race suffered even greater losses this time, they were not crippled.
"There shouldn't be anything more after that!"
Ahriman watched the human army being left further and further behind and muttered to himself.
For the next three hours, all was calm.
The three generals relaxed considerably, feeling that everything had settled down and the Chen Kingdom army had run out of options.
But not long after, they were all dumbfounded to find that another human army had surrounded them.
" Katelin, investigate those human armies thoroughly. Are they just trying to intimidate us with some low-level militia?"
Ahriman couldn't help but wonder.
However, not long after, Katelin told him that the soldiers in this attack were not only no weaker than the last one, but were even slightly better in overall quality.
"These are not newly formed troops, but rather a collection of soldiers who had previously attacked us."
They must have somehow gotten these soldiers ahead of us.
After some time, Katelin noticed something amiss.
"Impossible! At our current speed, unless they use a teleportation array or a transport ship, how could they possibly be faster than us?"
They're besieging us now with two or three million soldiers!
Ahriman simply didn't believe Katelin's speculation.
Transporting millions of soldiers would be enough to bankrupt the Chen Kingdom. And if transport ships were used, at least a thousand would be needed. Who would build so many transport ships? Wouldn't that be costly?
"You're right, but given the current situation, this is the most reasonable explanation."
Katelin displayed her usual rationality and composure.
Ahriman breathed heavily in frustration, staring intently at Katelin: "Use the Eye of the Night Devil! We need to know the reason, otherwise we're too passive."
Katelin's expression changed slightly. After a moment of silence, she nodded and said, "Alright, then you will protect me."
Eye of the Night Devil is a high-level detection-type dark magic. Theoretically, it can observe everything within a radius of tens of thousands of miles. Even with Katelin's cultivation level, this dark magic consumes a huge amount of her energy, so she generally doesn't use it unless absolutely necessary.
With a light tap of Katelin toes, a complex rhombus pattern appeared beneath her feet. She closed her eyes and touched her brow with her fingertips.
Immediately afterwards, her vision began to expand in all directions.
"Which direction did the human army come from? Let's look over there first..."
Although the Eye of the Night Devil can see a distance of tens of thousands of miles, it doesn't mean it can see everything within that distance at once. Rather, it allows one to observe any location by focusing their attention.
As her gaze shifted, after about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, she finally opened her eyes, her face turning deathly pale.
"They're transport vehicles! Extremely long transport vehicles. They move using tracks on the ground and are incredibly fast, no slower than a spaceship."
Katelin was breathing heavily.
Her excitement wasn't solely due to the depletion of her dark magic; she was also stunned by the sight.
"A transport vehicle that moves on rails? Could we destroy their rails?"
Ahriman thought for a moment and quickly came up with a solution.
"It's no use. Their tracks cover a very long distance. Even if we destroy the nearby ones, they can take a longer route to get ahead of us. After all, their transport vehicles are several times faster than ours; they'll have plenty of time."
Katelin shook her head.
What Katelin saw was the railway and trains that Chen Mu had only started laying in the last two years.
Chen Mu had considered laying a railway in the Wilderness a long time ago, but in the past, monsters roamed around the tribe, making the laying and maintenance of the railway very difficult, so the matter was put on hold.
It wasn't until the last two years, when Chen Kingdom's army was strong and well-equipped, that he had the resources to advance the construction of the railway.
The railway in the Chen Kingdom has only been officially opened for a little over a year. Since it is only a policy to benefit the people within the Chen Kingdom, it has not been taken seriously by the major powers.
Unexpectedly, they played such an effective role at this time.