While the war between the Ilancire Empire and the Heavenly Sword Sect was in full swing, no one in the vast universe could predict that there was such a terrifying existence that was speeding towards the Ilancire Empire.
Every time it passes through a galaxy, this black shadow accelerates again. At this moment, its speed has reached a very terrifying level.
While this weird sphere was accelerating towards the Airancire Empire, the ground troops of the Airancire Empire on Planet Hope 2 were also accelerating towards the defense line of the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect.
Outside the Holy Church City, the seven elders' imaginary counterattack was not successful, and their positions were constantly being lost. Some soldiers from the Eilanhir Empire had even invaded the walls of the Holy Church City.
Among the ruins, two swordsmen from the Heavenly Sword Shen Sect stationed in the Holy City used their magic power to activate a magic weapon and launched a flying sword of light.
The flying sword hit the wall of a building across the street. The huge explosion caused the wall to collapse and hit the Type 99 main battle tank that was driving slowly on the street.
However, because there were not many falling stones, the tank was still moving forward slowly, its gun barrel still pointing majestically forward, and its figure slowly emerged from the rolling dust.
"Thud, tug, tug!" The weapon station on the tank turret turned its muzzle and fired wildly at the threatening place.
The tracer bullets densely covered the hiding place of the two Heavenly Sword Shenzong swordsmen who activated their magic weapons to launch the attack, causing rubble to fly everywhere.
The Airanhill Empire soldier following the tank carried the rocket launcher on his shoulder with ease. Behind him, the loader pushed a rocket into the barrel and plugged in the ignition line.
After being ready to launch, the shooter pulled the launch trigger, and the rocket spit out flames and thick smoke and rushed towards the hiding place of the two Heavenly Sword Shen Sect swordsmen.
"Boom!" A huge explosion suddenly enveloped the ruins, and the rising smoke could be clearly seen several blocks away.
The flying stones rolled into the distance, and the soldiers of the Airanhir Empire carrying weapons rushed to the ruins before the smoke cleared and began to investigate nearby dangers.
They searched carefully until they saw two bodies lying on the ground at the place where the explosion occurred, and then they put down their assault rifles.
"Safe!" The leading officer raised his fist and said to the comrades covering him: "The target is dead!"
Not far behind them, on a section of the city wall that still remained, a huge explosion occurred again. It is not known whether it was a cannonball that hit the city wall, or whether the engineers deliberately planted explosives to carry out the explosion in order to expand the defense line for the follow-up troops.
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In short, that section of the city wall can be considered weather-beaten. After surviving the orbital bombardment and the previous shelling, it was finally overwhelmed at this moment and collapsed in the explosion.
The fighting had only broken out for a few hours, and fierce street fighting had already begun in several places.
The tug-of-war that the Seven Elders imagined did not appear, and the entire battlefield was a completely one-sided scene.
Most of the swordsmen of the Tianjian Shenzong on the periphery were eliminated, and many of them surrendered with their wounded.
As the commander, the Seventh Elder never expected that his plan to stick to the Holy City and delay it would also show signs of failure early on.
Because there was a lack of troops around, the troops of the Airanthil Empire began to move south after surrounding the Holy City.
Burlison did not waste time on the Holy City. Instead, he organized some troops neatly and directly began a tentative attack on Cambridge.
He was also eager to save people, but what he didn't expect was that such a time-grabbing move would turn into a wonderful move at this time and place.
Although the force size of the Airan Hill Empire troops that went directly south was not large, only about one regiment, the psychological pressure it brought to the Heavenly Sword Shen Sect troops who were attacking Cambridge was unprecedentedly huge.
These uninformed swordsmen of the Heavenly Sword Shen Sect felt that they had been surrounded and the Holy City had been lost. So they were desperate and confused. A large number of swordsmen chose to surrender, which suddenly made the disciples of the Jiuyou Sect busy.
"Boom!" Another artillery shell fell in the city. After the ground shook, a nearby building with only its walls collapsed, making a series of rumbling sounds.
The swordsmen nearby avoided the falling gravel as a matter of course, then fanned away the dust around the dry food in their hands, and continued to eat their lunch.
It was only noon now, and the Tianjian Shenzong's defense line outside the city had almost been completely lost. If calculated by area, their defense area had been reduced by four-fifths.
The remaining one-fifth was almost within the city area, and a large number of wounded were unable to be evacuated in time. As the troops of the Eilanhir Empire advanced, they constantly discovered wounded swordsmen lying on beds or door panels.
Some of the wounded had turned into corpses because no one was taking care of them, while some were still barely alive, with only the strength to call for help.
Most of the surviving wounded will give up resistance, and a few will choose suicide to escape the fate of being captured.
All in all, the battle went smoothly, much smoother than planned. The expected fierce resistance only occurred in local areas. Most of the time, the Elanshir Empire's advance did not encounter organized counterattacks.
The swordsmen of the Heavenly Sword Shen Sect, who had been defeated all the way, found that they could no longer stop their retreat. At first, they only gave up some positions, and then they were forced to abandon some neighborhoods. Now... they found that they could not stop their retreat at all.
I don't have the courage to go back and fight for real.
After finally breaking away from the enemy, the swordsmen of the Heavenly Sword Divine Sect, who were like lost dogs, rested behind a ruins. More than an hour ago, they were still standing near the city wall, but now they have retreated to the pit near the civilian area.
This large crater was left by orbital bombing and is now filled with standing water, like a circular artificial lake.
Seeing this huge crater, the swordsmen of the Heavenly Sword Sect who escaped from the battlefield felt even more powerless. They did not feel that they were capable of fighting against an enemy with such terrifying power.
"Hurry up and rest! Then we have to go around and go to the other side..." An old lecturer led by the leader ordered these dazed disciples: "Go and join the fellow disciples over there to see if we can stop the enemy from approaching the city.