The defensive towers of Zhou Yan's territory unleashed torrents of terrifying energy, shattering the crystal of each enemy territory one by one.
None of these individuals wished for their territory's crystal to be destroyed, yet they could not flee.
One lord rallied the surrounding lords, saying, "Let's fight him head-on! Otherwise, our crystals will be destroyed sooner or later!"
"But it's a sure death if we go out!"
"His defensive towers are so powerful, how can we possibly charge through? Haven't you seen that even demigod powerhouses can't withstand a single blow?"
"Staying put is also a sure death, do you just want to wait for death like this?"
"Let's fight!"
"Why don't we surrender instead!" one lord suggested.
"Do you think Zhou Yan will let us go? Don't be foolish. If it were me, I would show no mercy. Do you think Zhou Yan is a kind person?"
The other lords cast disdainful glances at this lord. How could he even utter such a suggestion? Was his mind flooded?
Hundreds of lords began to contact other lords, urging them to dispatch all their soldiers to fight Zhou Yan's territory.
Although they knew this was like a moth flying into a flame, they were unable to leave the Lord Continent, nor could their territories. Various items and formations had lost their effectiveness.
If they didn't fight, they could only wait for death; if they fought, it was also death.
But they could not simply wait for death.
More and more lords began to gather all the soldiers in their territories and launched an attack towards Zhou Yan's territory.
"A desperate struggle, this is like a moth to a flame," Zhou Yan glanced casually and paid them no mind.
These people were driven to a dead end and had no choice but to act this way. If it were Zhou Yan, he would have done the same.
A fire dragon engulfed the soldiers of one territory, completely burying hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in a sea of flames.
An ice phoenix plunged into the enemy ranks, freezing a hundred miles into an icy world.
A giant mountain crashed into the enemy army, crushing countless enemy soldiers.
...
Hundreds more territory crystals were shattered, and thousands more enemies were annihilated.
The number of tens of thousands of lords rapidly decreased, now less than half.
Zhou Yan, using the massive formation he had set up as the center, began to advance his attack towards enemies further away.
The time for An Yu and the others was running out. By the time Zhou Yan truly appeared before them, they would have no chance to escape.
Zhou Yan asked Shang Yang, "Have you found any trace of An Yu and the others yet?"
"They must be hiding, terrified of us discovering their whereabouts. We cannot pinpoint their exact location yet," Shang Yang replied quickly.
"Dispatch more reconnaissance aircraft. You must find their trace. I won't be at ease until these fellows are dead," Zhou Yan said.
"Yes, I will arrange it immediately." Shang Yang quickly gave the order, dispatching thousands more reconnaissance aircraft to search for An Yu and the others, and also deployed the [Flying Cavalry] to comprehensively search for their hiding place.
However, within a range of over ten thousand kilometers, it would still take time to pinpoint their exact location.
Zhou Yan could only focus on annihilating these territories first. Once these territories were eliminated, the remaining matters would be much easier.
The longer time dragged on, the more anxious An Yu and the others became; they were almost racing against death.
They could no longer concern themselves with the territories under their command, nor even their own territories. Escaping from here was already considered fortunate.
Yet, how could Zhou Yan's arrangements be so easily broken? Even after using countless methods and pulling out everything they had, the effect was still negligible.
An Yu looked at Zhou Yan's territory, which was getting closer and closer, and said, "Everyone, take out your pseudo-divine artifacts."
"Pseudo-divine artifacts!" Everyone looked at An Yu and asked, "What do you intend to do?"
"Use the power of self-destructing pseudo-divine artifacts to forcefully break through this formation!" An Yu said, taking out the divine artifact in his hand.
They knew this was not the time to be petty and consequently took out their pseudo-divine artifacts.
A total of over a dozen pseudo-divine artifacts, plus the divine artifact in An Yu's hand.
Although they were extremely reluctant, they could not afford to hesitate now.
Between pseudo-divine artifacts and their lives, they chose to prioritize their lives.
"Form the array!" An Yu instructed his subordinates.
As the grand formation for detonation began to be laid out, with the divine artifact in An Yu's hand as the core, combined with the power of over a dozen pseudo-divine artifacts, they were now absolutely confident they could break through.
Everyone returned to their territories, preparing to leave immediately.
An extremely terrifying energy appeared in the sky, erupting with a terrifying radiance as if heaven and earth were perishing. Seconds later, a world-shattering sound reached the distance.
"Boom!"
The terrifying energy tore a rift in the sky. Even with Zhou Yan's powerful formation, it could not withstand the energy unleashed by a divine artifact plus over a dozen self-detonating pseudo-divine artifacts.
A wave of energy spread outwards, destroying everything around it.
Mountains crumbled, the earth split open with cracks, forests turned to dust, and over a dozen territories that were relatively close were completely destroyed, reduced to ashes.
A massive rift appeared in the sky, and the entire formation was torn asunder by this energy.
This energy affected everything within a radius of several hundred kilometers, and all things within this range were annihilated.
Seeing that a rift had finally been torn in the formation in the sky, An Yu and the others immediately communicated with their Lord Hearts and teleported their territories out.
The territories of An Yu and the others transformed into beams of light and flew towards the rift.
"What terrifying energy, what is this!" Zhou Yan looked at the terrifying fluctuations in the sky, utterly shocked.
"What have these people done? Such an attack is even more terrifying than the attack from the defensive towers!" Diao Chan also stared at the energy in the sky with great shock.
"What a terrifying attack. If they had used this energy to attack our territory before, it might have caused some damage," Zhen Mi said.
"This is the energy of divine artifacts, not just divine artifacts, but also pseudo-divine artifacts. These fellows have truly gone all out, detonating the power of pseudo-divine artifacts and divine artifacts."
Zhou Yan was helpless. He watched as beams of light flew towards the rift in the sky and could do nothing to stop them.
"You're lucky. However, after this, it won't be easy to eliminate these people again."
"It's already quite good that we managed to capture so many enemies this time. However, digesting so many territories will probably keep us busy for a while."
Diao Chan watched as endless items were collected into the territory. There were simply too many of them.
Various defensive towers, city walls, houses, barracks...
Tens of thousands of territories were here. Just collecting them would take a considerable amount of time, let alone rebuilding.
Zhou Yan waited for the energy to dissipate before using a scroll to repair the formation.
Although some enemies had escaped, Zhou Yan would not let the remaining ones get away.