Chapter 920


    After obliterating the second two-star Defender g, Shang strategically ced an attack g, causing hesitation among


    potential attackers.


    The Judgment Pce foresaw the uing challenges as they couldn''t ensure the integrity of their long defense line.


    The longer the line was disconnected from the Judgment Pce, the harder it became to deploy new Archmages.


    If the Empress of Death had terminated her contract, the Judgment Pce could have traveled freely through the Land and Sky


    Empire.


    Unfortunately, that was merely a possibility at the moment. Acting swiftly, the Mage King from the Judgment Pce deployed


    several attack gs in the north of the Land and Sky Empire within minutes.


    While the Land and Sky Empire wasn''t pleased with this development, they recognized the need to widen their defense line by at


    least three territories.


    This strategy allowed the Judgment Pce to have one territory attacked by Shang, one territory attacked by themselves after


    Shang''s conquest, and one territory left unscathed, providing a pathway for their forces.


    However, due to the territorial allocation for Mage Lords, each territory was a massive 100,000 kilometers wide.


    Given Shang''s ability to attack any part of the line, the entire defense had to be three territories thick.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    Consequently, the Land and Sky Empire sacrificed a significant portion of their empire, one million kilometers long and 300,000


    kilometers wide, to fortify the Judgment Pce''s line.


    After the disappearance of Shang''s attack g, he noticed numerous impending attack gs around him, but he refrained from


    getting involved since they didn''t directly concern the Lightning Manor.


    The Starlight Queen informed Shang about the developments, to which he nodded in understanding.


    Eventually, all the attack gs manifested, creating a formidable and expansive line for the Judgment Pce.


    Shang proceeded to attack the territory south of his current location, resulting in the immediate appearance of a Defender g


    on the recently conquered territory.


    The Lightning Manor also had Defender gs in ce, as both the Judgment Pce and the Land and Sky Empire had


    prepared for such scenarios.


    Another attack g emerged south of the Defender g, making this particr spot four territories wide. This allowed the


    Judgment Pce to continue their offensive, forcing the Lightning Manor to allocate their Defender g there, thus creating


    vulnerabilities in their defense elsewhere.


    Both enemy empires took notice of this strategy and expressed concern.


    If the Lightning Manor continued this approach, the defense line would reach a thickness of 400,000 kilometers.


    Normally, this wouldn''t be a problem as the Land and Sky Empire could simply reconquer the territories Shang had attacked


    before he moved elsewhere.


    However, a critical issue arose. The Empress of Death had yet to sever her contract, resulting in staunch defense from the


    Judgment Pce even against the Land and Sky Empire.


    Therefore, attacking these territories would require the Land and Sky Empire to eliminate Mage Lords with threefold or fourfold


    Spirit Senses, significantly weakening the Judgment Pce.


    If this situation persisted for several years, both the Land and Sky Empire and the Judgment Pce would lose a substantial


    number of their powerful Mage Lords.


    Consequently, the Land and Sky Empire couldn''t reim their territories for the time being.


    The situation worsened when the Lightning Manor employed two Defender gs simultaneously,pelling the Judgment


    Pce to further expand the line.


    Within a day, the line extended to a length of one million kilometers and a width of 500,000 kilometers.


    The Lightning Manor even went as far as using three Defender gs at once, but this strained their defenses in other areas.


    As a result, the line grew to a staggering one million kilometers long and 600,000 kilometers wide, no longer resembling a mere


    line.


    At this point, the territories ceased to shift rapidly, leading to a period of stability.


    Shang persisted in attacking one territory after another along the line.


    The Judgment Pce would inevitably retake the recently conquered territories, which was precisely what Shang desired.


    The rules of the war favored defense over offense, allowing the defender nearly an hour to select the appropriate unit for defense


    after the attacker revealed their unit.


    While Shang was exempt from this vulnerability due to his status as the most powerful being at the Initial Seventh Realm, the


    enemy was not.


    Whenever the Judgment Pce needed to reim a territory, the Lightning Manor could observe the attacker and deploy


    someone with an advantage against them.


    Although this tactic didn''t guarantee a wless victory, it significantly increased the Lightning Manor''s sess rate to around


    70%. Essentially, the Lightning Manor traded one of their Mage Lords for three Mage Lords from the Judgment Pce.


    This pattern continued for ten years.


    During this time, the Judgment Pce likely lost over a thousand Mage Lords, roughly 10% of their total count.


    Naturally, the Lightning Manor also suffered significant losses among their Mage Lords. Both sides were sacrificing their Mage


    Lords in this brutal conflict, but the Lightning Manor deemed it a worthwhile sacrifice.


    After the ten-year period psed, two monumental changes urred in the war.


    Firstly, it was time to reallocate the Zones, and with the Lightning Emperor no longer bound by the contract, he could employ


    various strategies.


    One such tactic was transforming the Zone used by the Judgment Pce for attacks into one for Ancestral Mages, which was


    contrary to the Judgment Pce''s desires.


    Although the Judgment Pce already had ess to attacking a Zone for Ancestral Mages, they had lost many of those due to


    Shang''s actions. Furthermore, their numbers of Ancestral Mages hadn''t recovered since they lost a few Archmages


    approximately three millennia ago when they attempted to drown Shang in Death Mana.


    Thus, they found themselves in a predicament, rendering the line useless.


    There were only two ways to resolve this predicament: either continue the war solely with Ancestral Mages or extend the line


    further westward.


    However, thetter option would further iste the Land and Sky Empire.


    It should be noted that while the Judgment Pce disapproved of attacking Zones for Ancestral Mages, the Land and Sky


    Empire didn''t face such reservations.


    Consequently, although the Zones for Ancestral Mages could be attacked by the Ancestral Mages from the Land and Sky


    Empire, the expansive line created by the Judgment Pce prevented such attacks.


    If the Judgment Pce extended the line by another 500,000 kilometers to the west, it would leave the Land and Sky Empire


    with even less space tounch their offensive, simultaneously alleviating pressure on the Lightning Manor.


    Furthermore, there was a looming question: What if this pattern continued? What if, after a hundred years, the Lightning Manor


    further extended the Ancestral Mage Zone? Would it eventually lead to the Judgment Pce cutting off the Land and Sky Empire


    from the entire war?


    However, even more significant than these events was another urrence that unfolded almost simultaneously - three Mage


    Kings perished.