Chapter 1604: Chapter 1215: Fighting Many with Few_2
After all, we have a million Gods of War.
But as cannon fodder Gods of War continue to be slaughtered and their Divine Souls return, the six Commanders feel like sitting on pins and needles. The more Gods of War lost, even if we win in the future, the greater the cost to resurrect these cannon fodder Gods of War.
But, it’s worth it!
The six Gods of War exchanged glances, affirming their confidence in each other.
"Let’s wait a bit longer. We must be patient, haven’t we already discussed this? If necessary, we can even sacrifice the entire Legion. After all, we have already prepared our elites here!"
In the distance, behind a certain planet, behind the barrier of Divine Power, a team of a thousand Gods of War has been standing by. This is the strongest elite of the entire Legion, second only to the six Gods of War, and they are the chosen ones, selected meticulously by the six Gods of War.
Perhaps, this time the loss will be huge, and perhaps resurrecting the cannon fodder Gods of War will consume a lot of our Divine Power, but it is absolutely worth it! Because they can obtain the top Divine Status of the entire Seventh Ring! There are as many as three hundred such Divine Statuses! Once they completely merge these Divine Statuses, they might gain the ability to advance directly to the Sixth Ring.
Precisely because of this, although they know the dangers, they absolutely cannot give up this opportunity.
"The count has already surpassed one hundred seventy thousand! Golems! As calculated before, randomly reduce the output of Divine Power by six thousandths!" The Goddess of Darkness commanded loudly.
Reducing the output of Divine Power is to create an illusion of diminishing strength. After all, continuously fighting without loss of power would easily dishearten the enemy. However, reducing the power too much might prompt the enemy to deploy their main force earlier, and the Goddess of Darkness still plans to consume more of their cannon fodder Gods of War first. Although they are cannon fodder Gods of War, every little bit counts, after all, Divine Status will not increase on its own if they don’t deliver themselves to death—wait, that’s not quite right, after all, under the human form the Divine Status of the Darkness clan has indeed achieved natural growth of Divine Status, yet natural growth is certainly not as fast as plundering Divine Status.
The reduction of Divine Power output, if it’s just one or two, may not be noticeable, but when every Golem’s Divine Power output has decreased by that tiny bit, the six Gods of War of the Legion constantly observing the battlefield could not possibly overlook it!
"It’s happening! Their power is beginning to wane!" a God of War exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes, we’ve all seen it." The surrounding Gods of War tried to remain calm, but their voices betrayed their inner excitement.
The initial alliance Legion wasn’t directly commanded by them, because at that time, they did not regard these three hundred new gods highly, and the situation was too chaotic, the reports after the fact were also not detailed. However, descriptions like the ’endless power’ of those Golems were unbelievable.
But now seeing with their own eyes, the six Gods of War understand that although these three hundred new gods are powerful, they are just ordinary gods after all. Perhaps they are powerful, but that does not mean they are invincible, and using Divine Sea Tactics to forcefully overwhelm them is the simplest method applicable to any Powerhouse.
"Continue! Continue! My Gods of War! The enemy’s strength has already begun to weaken, do not fear what you will lose, once you resurrect, you will gain more!" The six Gods of War began to encourage the cannon fodder Gods of War.
Cannon fodder Gods of War, these are a special existence within the battle of Legions in the Seventh Ring. Most of each large Legion is composed of these cannon fodder Gods of War. Their purpose is to deplete the enemy’s strength as much as possible, to buy time for their own main Gods of War. Within the Legion, depending on the strength, any god could become a cannon fodder God of War, and any god could also become a main God of War. These cannon fodder Gods of War generally sign a contract with the Legion Commanders, once defeated, their Divine Status and Divine Power are taken away, but the Divine Soul automatically returns to the side of the Group Leader, waiting for the battle to end, to be resurrected or permanently put to sleep.
Indeed, no God of War wishes to become cannon fodder, but after all, in the Seventh Ring regimental system, any god not affiliated with a Legion eventually ends up miserable. Being a cannon fodder God of War is better than being killed and not even leaving a Divine Soul behind.
The battle continues, even cannon fodder has different strengths.
```
At the beginning, the Golems slew 170,000 cannon fodder Gods of War with terrifying speed due to the huge disparity in strength—often a single attack from the Golems could instantly kill a dozen or more Gods of War. A single sweep with their blade, and a large number would fall.
However, as the number of weaker Gods of War gradually decreased, the pressure on the Golems started to increase. Within the Divine Realm, there is no concept of time and the Golems, by linking their minds into a network, could easily share their thoughts, fighting as one. Nevertheless, under deliberate control, they kept reducing their output of Divine Power, bit by bit; although it was just a little, it was enough to make the six major Gods of War from the 1st Legion willing to continue feeding more cannon fodder Gods of War into the battle.
By now, these six major Gods of War also noticed something—one point in the previous battle reports was correct. These three hundred Gods of War could absorb Divine Status and Divine Power to fight in the battlefield, otherwise, no matter how strong they were, they wouldn’t have been able to hold out for this long.
But, no matter how strong they were, their power was still diminishing continuously!
At this rate, they would soon lose the ability to fight.
The God of Darkness kept a close watch on the battle data; the processing core load was only moderate, and though the attacking cannon fodder Gods of War had increased in strength, it hadn’t fundamentally altered the balance of power on both sides. The reserve of Divine Power remained at a high level, but the output of Divine Power had already decreased by a tenth, a reduction clear enough for any deity to perceive.
Since the beginning of the battle, they had killed over half a million cannon fodder Gods of War, while the enemy still had over a million Gods of War remaining. The leftover ones were definitely more powerful.
Thus, the God of Darkness asked herself, what would I do if I were already in a dire situation?
Almost simultaneously, an answer was completed within the network of thoughts.
"Prepare Divine Power Resonance, we must act with determination! Break out towards the periphery!" shouted the God of Darkness.
Divine Power Resonance, like Mana Resonance, momentarily enhances power output level through resonating Divine Power, achieving a greater effect. However, Divine Power Resonance further intensifies the consumption of Divine Power.
But this was not an issue for the Golems.
Resonance of Divine Power began, the Golems compacted their formation, suddenly charging in one direction. That was the outer edge of the Legion’s location, and, because of that, more Gods of War were stationed here.
Seeing the Golems initiating Divine Power Resonance and charging in that direction, the six major Gods of War smiled: "Look, my Gods of War, our enemies feel the impending doom coming upon them! They are beginning to flee for their lives in haste! Stop them! Don’t let them escape! Their Divine Status is ours!"
The Gods of War swarmed in, and under the Divine Power Resonance, the Divine Power output of the Golems was even higher than before. In a blink, countless Gods of War were exterminated, their Divine Status absorbed, but even more Gods of War filled in, attempting to block the Golems’ escape.
This was an extremely brutal slaughter. Even if the six major Gods of War were psychologically prepared, feeling the surge of Divine Souls flowing back like a flood still made them somewhat anxious. Now all they could hope for was a smooth outcome—if successful, the Divine Status absorbed by these three hundred deities would become theirs! With these Divine Status, who would bother reviving those cannon fodder? The only correct decision was to directly advance to the sixth tier!
Holding this mentality, more and more Gods of War were being fed into the battle.
Finally, the Divine Power Resonance ceased. Although countless Gods of War were ground to piece and their Divine Status absorbed during the Divine Power Resonance, the power level of the Golems had once again dropped significantly!
By contrast, the power of the Golems was now less than half of what it was when they first arrived here!
```
