Although the battle True God Realm cannot be decided in a short time, the siege of Rising Sun Pass has reached a critical moment.
Chen Kingdom's warship truly lived up to its reputation as a vessel designed specifically for war. Equipped with numerous elite snipers hidden within, even when Rising Sun Pass dispatched a large number of celestial soldiers to besiege the warship, they were unable to contain its firepower.
After most of the day had passed, the Tiger Vanguard Royal Cavalry was ultimately no match for the Five Elements Army, and many of the fortifications at Rising Sun Pass were reduced to ruins by the Chen Kingdom at the cost of sacrificing three of its main warships.
The Chen Kingdom army, with one burst of energy, broke through the gates of Rising Sun Pass and entered the Rising Sun Pass.
After the gates of Rising Sun Pass were breached, the Heavenly King Beixuan knew that the situation was hopeless and covered the retreat of his troops.
The fall of another formidable pass in Central Province meant that nearly a hundred prosperous cities behind Rising Sun Pass were now exposed to the iron cavalry of the Chen Kingdom.
In this massive battle, the Chen Kingdom's momentum was unstoppable, and they fought with increasing ferocity, which was undoubtedly bad news for the Haotian Empire.
Inside the Heavenly Emperor City, in the Haotian Imperial Palace.
"Emperor Taizu! This can't go on!"
"Could we invite another Heavenly King down from the Heavenly Realm? Otherwise, being constantly suppressed and beaten by the Chen Kingdom is having a huge impact on the morale of our army!"
Inside the main hall, Long Bo knelt before Heavenly King Chiguo Long Ao, and pleaded.
"What's the rush!"
Long Ao sat on the dragon throne, one finger constantly rubbing the armrest beside him, his eyes deep and unfathomable, making it impossible to fathom his true thoughts.
In reality, Long Bo's thinking was too simplistic.
Even now, the Heavenly Court's overall strength is indeed much greater than that of the Chen Kingdom, but the Heavenly Court's territory spans the starry sky and manages dozens of planes of Xiaoxiao, making it impossible for it to send all its troops to the Pan Emperor Continent.
Currently, the Pan Emperor Continent has three Heavenly Kings and nearly ten Divine Lords in charge, along with over 400,000 Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. This is the limit of the military force that the Nine Heavens Realm can mobilize in a short period of time.
If more troops were to be transferred, it would undoubtedly mean giving up some interests in other planes, which would not be an easy decision for Heavenly King Chiguo.
"Bo'er, have you investigated where all those talismans in the Chen Kingdom came from?"
In this battle, the Chen Kingdom revealed many of its trump cards, and what surprised the Heavenly King Chiguo Chen the most was the talisman paper that almost every soldier in the Chen Kingdom carried.
The national treasure sect of the Chen Kingdom is the Rune Research Institute, so it is perfectly reasonable that Chen Kingdom's core troops were equipped with talismans in past wars, and no one has speculated too much about this.
Moreover, the lower the level of the talisman paper, the faster it can be made.
Although the number of talismans used by the Chen Kingdom in past wars far exceeded that of other military forces, for a power like the Heavenly Court, ten thousand low-level talismans were not as useful as one God Level talisman, so they naturally did not regard it as a threat.
However, in the past six months of war, the Chen Kingdom has been using Talisman Puppet and talisman paper to pave the way, consuming large quantities of mid-to-high-end talisman paper like water, but the Chen Kingdom's military does not care at all. This has finally awakened the Haotian Empire.
"It failed!"
The surveillance within the Chen Kingdom's territory is far too tight; none of the people I sent out have returned.
However, based on the analysis of the fragmented information collected over the years, we can basically conclude that the talismans used by the Chen Kingdom were manufactured by themselves, rather than obtained from outside sources.
Long Bo shook his head, his heart heavy.
He was actually very regretful. He had discovered Chen Mu's abilities were somewhat unusual a long time ago, but in recent years he had been mired in various power struggles and had not been able to spare enough power to eliminate Chen Mu.
By the time he truly began to take it seriously, he had already lost control of the Chen Kingdom's development. Therefore, he dared not say much to Long Ao now, for fear that Long Ao would blame him.
"They made them themselves? With so many talisman papers, just how many talisman masters does their Rune Research Institute have?"
"That's easy to deduce. There are probably close to a million talisman masters, but the truly core disciples are estimated to be less than a hundred thousand."
Unlike inanimate objects like supplies, talisman masters have families and social networks, making them easy to identify with a little investigation. In contrast, Chen Kingdom's automated production factories are heavily guarded, and even internal staff only know a portion of the processes, making them naturally difficult to detect.
"Heh, the amount of talisman paper that a million ordinary talisman masters produce in a year probably wouldn't be enough for the Chen Kingdom to consume in a month like this, would it?"
Long Ao sneered, but inwardly he felt helpless.
Chen Kingdom's audacity in launching a full-scale attack on the Haotian Empire was something he had never anticipated.
Even so, he didn't care too much. He thought this was Chen Kingdom's desperate counterattack, trying to fight to the death before the Heavenly Emperor took control of the Pan Emperor Continent.
However, as the war dragged on, he began to feel a sense of fear.
If the Chen Kingdom continues to maintain such a terrifying military investment, even if we send two more Heavenly Kings to help, it's hard to say whether we can stop the Chen Kingdom.
"What exactly is going on? Why do they have such an alarming production volume of military equipment?"
Long Ao was completely baffled.
It's not scary for a power to have abundant financial resources, but it's a completely different story when that power also possesses terrifying military equipment production capacity.
When the Chen Kingdom first began engaging in interstellar trade, Heavenly King Chiguo also noticed the growth of the Chen Kingdom's wealth.
Even if the wealth of the Chen Kingdom increased tenfold, it would still be far inferior to the Heavenly Court's wealth accumulated over tens of thousands of years, so they did not pay too much attention to this matter.
But they never expected that Chen Kingdom could convert its financial resources into military strength so quickly.
Now, even the Heavenly King Chiguo has realized that the Heavenly Court's military strength alone is insufficient to destroy the Chen Kingdom in a short period of time. Moreover, the Chen Kingdom's development is too rapid, and if the conflict drags on, there may be other unforeseen circumstances.
"It seems it's time to have another talk with those old acquaintances!"
Heavenly King Chiguo turned his head toward the distant west, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.