"My lords, heed my command. Ignore the demon kings and focus all efforts on eliminating the divine race's heavily armored guards." Lin Zhan then launched another fierce assault on the divine race's Imperial Daughter.
"Great Starfire."
The divine race's Imperial Daughter, already on the verge of collapse, spewed a mouthful of blood and fainted instantly after taking a hit from the Great Starfire.
Lin Zhan quickly produced the sealing chains refined by the immortal race's little princess and bound the divine race's Imperial Daughter.
"Princess, quickly save Her Highness!"
Seeing the divine race's Imperial Daughter captured by Lin Zhan, the divine race's heavily armored guards, with bloodshot eyes, charged towards Lin Zhan.
Li Cunxiao, who had been guarding Lin Zhan from the shadows, couldn't help but let out a chilling smirk. "With me here, you beasts won't get close to the Marshal."
As he spoke, an immense pressure erupted from Li Cunxiao's body. Wielding his twin Chaos Hammers, Li Cunxiao, with a sinister grin, plunged into the divine race's heavily armored guards.
Lin Zhan, carrying the divine race's Imperial Daughter with one arm and wielding the Wind Thunder Great Blade in the other, watched as Li Cunxiao dispatched them one by one. The entire divine race royal guard was no match for him.
Xiang Yu, astride his Black Stallion, let out a hearty laugh watching the ferocious Li Cunxiao. "This lad has finally lost his patience. Excellent! My lords, follow me and slay the enemy."
Lin Zhan released the five little ones. "Go and help defeat the enemies."
As Xiao Jin and the others were about to make their move, they saw Lin Zhan walk to the side with the divine race's Imperial Daughter and sit down.
"Alas, the boss is too impatient. He doesn't even bother to be discreet."
"What can we do? We all know what our boss is like. He wasn't a proper person to begin with, and that siren from the divine race is indeed alluring."
Xiao Bao shook his head as he spoke, then waved his hand towards Lin Zhan. Instantly, a metal house appeared at Lin Zhan's location, enclosing him and the divine race's Imperial Daughter.
"This is better than a live broadcast, at least."
The other four looked at Xiao Bao's impressive feat and quickly gave him a thumbs up. "Master Bao is brilliant!"
Then, the five of them revealed their true forms and were about to charge into the battlefield.
They were stopped by Da Hei, who had rushed over. "Brothers, wait a moment."
"Little Bao, could you please open the metal house? I have a gift for Brother Lin Zhan."
The five exchanged strange glances as they looked at Princess Avril of the Mermaid race on Da Hei's back.
Xiao Jin said with admiration, "Brother Da Hei, thank goodness you're not the boss's spirit beast. With your flattery skills, we wouldn't stand a chance."
Xiao Bao opened a gap in the metal house, and Da Hei seized the opportunity to toss Avril inside.
Lin Zhan watched as he fought four opponents with immense power. However, whether it was the divine race's Imperial Daughter, the demon race's Imperial Son, or Xue Feng Da Bai, as the leaders of their respective young generations, all four possessed the strength of guardian generals.
Although Lin Zhan had the upper hand, he was already exhausted.
He had intended to rest for a moment when he was startled by the sudden appearance of the metal house.
After a moment, Lin Zhan, realizing what had happened, chuckled. "Xiao Bao, you've got a good heart. It's truly my brothers, worrying about my safety."
"But why did you throw that mermaid lass in here again? You're treating me like a jailer."
After saying that, Lin Zhan bound both Avril and the divine race's Imperial Daughter with more sealing chains, then collapsed to the side and fell asleep.
Two hours later, Tie Ha'er arrived with the Iron Eater Beast Legion, systematically delivering the finishing blows to the fallen divine and demonic royal guards.
It didn't matter if they were alive or dead; they were to be finished off by crushing their skulls.
Lin Zhan, having slept for two hours, had recovered considerably. Upon waking, he directly cleaved open the metal house with his saber and stepped out, looking refreshed.
The five little ones winked at Lin Zhan with lewd expressions. "Boss, how was your rest? Comfortable?"
Lin Zhan nodded with satisfaction. "Very good, I feel great."
He then looked towards the battlefield and said, "Brothers, tally the casualties. Ensure every fallen brother is brought back."
Xuan Zhen walked over, a hint of sorrow in his voice. "Young Master, we annihilated 9800 kings from the Ten Thousand Races Alliance, and over a thousand managed to escape. Not a single one of the 8000 kings from the divine race's heavily armored guards escaped."
"Our Great Shang Guard lost 1608 brothers. Their remains have all been gathered."
Lin Zhan nodded and turned to Lie Shan Long Que. "What are the casualties for the warriors of the Lie Shan clan?"
Lie Shan Long Que sighed. "We lost 1345 brothers."
Lin Zhan also sighed and then turned his gaze to Tie Ha'er.
Tie Ha'er shook his head. "The Iron Eater Beast Legion suffered no deaths, but half of our brothers are experiencing the aftereffects of berserk mode and cannot fight for the time being."
"Uncle, quite a number of our rune armors have been rendered useless. At least more than half of our brothers' rune armors are currently unusable."
Da Hei added, "Brother Lin Zhan, our situation is similar. We clashed head-on with the Naga Royal Guard and completely annihilated them, but more than half of our brothers' rune armors were also rendered useless."
Lin Zhan nodded. "The rune armors are a minor issue. I'll have Xiao Ming get everyone new equipment. However, the nearly 3000 brothers who perished grieve me."
"Uncle, the heavily armored guards of the divine and demon races are among the top elites in the heavens. To have completely annihilated the divine race's heavily armored guards and nearly ten thousand kings from the Ten Thousand Races is already a great victory," Tie Ha'er said, trying to console Lin Zhan.
Lin Zhan nodded and looked at everyone. "The main forces should have mostly withdrawn. Let's go as well. This inferno won't be extinguished in a few days. Everyone can take this opportunity to rest and recuperate."
Everyone nodded and, with heavy hearts, flew towards the war fortress.
...
The next morning, the command center was filled with generals from various legions.
Lin Zhan looked at everyone and gave a wry smile. "Gentlemen, we have won the battle in the Giant Demon Forest, but it was a pyrrhic victory. Please report on your troops' conditions."
Bai Qi was the first to stand up, a bitter smile on his face.
"The First Army Group suffered heavy losses, with over 4 million dead and around 300,000 severely wounded and retired. After treatment, the First Army Group can still maintain a combat strength of 5 million."
The second to stand up was Lin Shanhe. "I shouldn't be the second to report, but there's no alternative. Besides the First Army Group, our Fourth Army Group sustained the greatest damage."
"The Fourth Army Group had approximately 3.3 million dead, and 150,000 severely wounded and retired. After treatment, the Fourth Army Group can still maintain a combat strength of 6 million."