The Demon Emperor was Saint Emperor

Chapter 322 - 276: Departure (2)

Even though he has long possessed this power, and roams freely on the Divine Protection Continent, indulging his desires, he is even more emperor than the emperor. But when truly overlooking all beings, the feeling is still quite different.

"Thanks to everyone on the Divine Protection Continent for thinking highly of me, letting me, Lynn, lead the team to reclaim the Divine Protection Continent, but I dislike tedious matters. So before setting out, there will be no oath-taking assembly, nor any encouraging or sentimental speeches to make."

"I can only tell everyone that I, Lynn, am determined to exterminate the Demon Race on the Divine Protection Continent! Your task is to entangle the ordinary corps of the Demon Race. I will swiftly eliminate all high-level Saint Tier and above specialists of the Demon Race. At that time, I ask the Holy Mages present to take action."

Saying this, the massive army below remained quiet, almost no one was whispering or chatting. Although they were not the main force against the Divine Protection Continent, they were the best troops from each major empire, and their discipline was unquestionable, except for the Dragon Race.

Without needing to face the high-level experts of the Demon Race, only engaging in legion-level battles, the army of the Divine Protection Continent may not be as strong as the Demon Race, but their morale is completely different considering the offensive and defensive stances.

Especially after the battle started, when Lord Lynn charged ahead and slaughtered the Demon Race experts, it was another major blow to the morale of the Demon Race army. If they dare not fight in such a smooth situation, then they might as well not talk about reclaiming their homeland!

"Originally I planned to say just a few words and then the army would set out, but upon arrival today, I found something wrong. Damn it, has the Dragon Race become cowardly before battle? Gutless fools! After this war, the courageous dragons will receive extra rewards, but 80% of the war spoils will be deducted from the Giant Dragon Empire’s share, and once we reclaim the Divine Protection Continent, Dragon Valley will be divided among the Giant Dragon Empire, but the part outside the valley will be evenly distributed among the remaining Seven Great Empires."

"Anymore talking will turn into a leadership speech, so let’s keep it like this. The army is to set out immediately! The Eight Saint Emperors will spearhead with me, other soldiers will be teleported in an orderly manner according to the sequence of Light, Giant Dragon, Sunset, Xing Yue, Eagle, Endless, Lolan, and Celestial Mandate Empires! We are waiting for you at the Divine Protection Continent!"

With these words, Lynn waved away the throne in the sky and plunged directly to the ground.

He truly didn’t want things to become too complicated, like those cases where one sentence declares war, preparing for three months, setting out for three months, and the battle doesn’t happen for at least half a year. He couldn’t stand such.

This isn’t ancient warfare, where it’s essential to make plans before acting, or moving the troops without grain supplies. This is a war of annihilation (lightning war version), and logistical issues aren’t really issues with the widespread use of teleportation arrays and space equipment.

The Light Empire is already located on the edge of the Divine Protection Continent, and now this specially constructed giant teleportation array can transport all "passengers" directly to the cross-continental teleportation array nearby.

Thus, immediately after Lynn descended, he called his wife and daughter, gathered everyone, including dragons and cats, then joined the already assembled Eight Saint Emperors, preparing to commence teleportation.

As for why there were eight Saint Emperors, Lynn specifically designated the War Saint Emperor, not allowing him to go, and didn’t feel secure leaving him alone on the Divine Protection Continent, hence left the strongest, Saint Emperor of Light, Akelie to keep an eye on him.

On the battlefield of the Divine Protection Continent, there are not lacking two high-level Saint Tiers below level 800. He couldn’t allow the War Saint Emperor to gain benefits from him. As the Pope of the War Divine Hall, his traits are too suitable to absorb power from the battlefield. Even if he doesn’t contribute much, he can gain strength and even reciprocate for the War Divine Hall within the vast war.

Lynn extremely disliked this guy, and not only him, but anyone with a more upright character would find it hard not to loathe these war merchants from the War Divine Hall. For the sake of power, they’ve truly lost a shred of humanity.

But the god they worship is the mighty War God, who is rumored to be the strongest deity below the Light God King, the foremost of the Ten Great Main Gods, including Akelie, regardless of how much they despise or even hate these war merchants, they can only resent deep in their hearts.

Even Lynn didn’t particularly want to kill them now because this is the Miracle World. He has seen numerous times the god descending with miracles, and with his current dual career level of over 990, it’s really not wise to stomach a "Divine Punishment."

However, if the timing is right and he can seize the opportunity, he wouldn’t mind helping the War God cleanse his domain when ascending to deityhood.

In short, leaving the strongest local Akelie to guard the home, Lynn led his self-assembled vanguard team into the teleportation array.

A flash of white light, Lynn, along with his wife, children, pets, and the Eight Saint Emperors, all vanished from sight, and when they opened their eyes again, not far ahead was the cross-continental space channel leading straight to the Divine Protection Continent.

Lynn originally thought they would need another round of teleportation, but he didn’t expect they had already restored the intercontinental space channel.

"Lord Lynn, honorable ones, the frontline soldiers report that there seems to be chaos in the Demon Race’s main base across the snow mountain. They worry someone has leaked information to them, and we ask Lord Lynn to quickly head to the battlefield and first intercept their retreat."

Having just arrived at the final destination of cross-continental teleportation, Lynn and the others planned to wait for half of the troops from behind before heading straight to the Divine Protection Continent. Yet, unexpectedly, before they could act, an officer from the Light Legion guarding the spot sought them out first.

Upon hearing the frontline intelligence he reported, Lynn and the Eight Saint Emperors were all taken aback.

They just landed, and the Demon Race on the Divine Protection Continent already received the news?

Was the message of the army’s deployment leaked during the assembly stage? Or did the Demon Race side just receive an urgent report?

It seems like they just got the message; otherwise, with such lengthy preparation time, the Demon Race should have had enough to decide whether to fight or retreat to the Demon Realm, not like their side, where Lynn is about to cross continents, prompting the Demon Race to feel overwhelmed and ready to flee?

"No need to panic, I’ll take the lead to block the paths. You eight stay here to gather the troops. When the numbers are appropriate, cross the continent to join the battle. Even if they received the information beforehand, it’s little more than catching scattered rats instead of attacking a whole rat nest. Although slightly troublesome, it is safer for you, resulting in far less casualties."

The premature chaos among the Demon Race on the Divine Protection Continent added some trouble for Lynn, yet it wouldn’t significantly impact his plan, because he had already alerted the Demon Realm to seal off the space channel returning from the Divine Protection Continent to the Demon Realm before setting out.

This means the Demon Race on the Divine Protection Continent is already trapped, but if they indeed preemptively cause chaos, the containment would spread from several large military camps to half the continent over time, making the eradication of the Demon Race increasingly complex in exponential difficulty.

Therefore, Lynn could not delay a single minute longer. If possible, it would be best to trap those Demon Race brats in the area of the snow mountains. Their teleportation arrays have been tampered with beforehand, and once the Demon Realm disconnects the space link, all teleportation nodes here would fail, leaving them not only incapable of long-distance teleportation but even needing to walk legwise to neighboring camps to buy ingredients.

If they act fast enough, although impossible to trap all the Demon Race, trapping some of the strongest and most threatening ones is achievable. The remaining ones can wait until the army arrives at the battlefield for a carpet-style sweep.

The person who conveyed intelligence to the Demon Race is also detestable, unnecessarily increasing the difficulty in clearing the remnants of the Demon Race; not so much difficulty but rather the degree of trouble.

Although he isn’t afraid of difficulty, he would certainly distaste trouble...

"Go!"

With that thought, Lynn took the lead and stepped into the space channel leading through to the Divine Protection Continent.