Hao Ren and his team waited for a while. Little Bat risked sending out a few doppelgangers to check on the situation and finally confirmed that Hao Ren had successfully infiltrated the command center of the sacred army as planned.
"The demon hunters' patrols have begun to adjust their route, and a few sentries are moving to other places or changing shifts in advance," Hessiana said as she received the information from her doppelganger. "The route is in line with the previous discussion. There will be a breach around the temple of Poseidon that depends on the time difference. Tsk, it seems that Hasse is quite capable. "
"I just don't know how he explained this temporary adjustment to the other demon hunters." Lily's ears flickered. "With such a big breach, Hasse is not the only supreme commander here. I'm afraid the other commander of the sacred army will soon be suspicious."
"So we can't waste this opportunity," Hao Ren said as he got up to leave. "Let's go. Vivian is just ahead."
Outside the temple of Poseidon, the demon hunters' encirclement was still layered. The entire mountain was filled with patrols and sentries of the sacred army, as well as the demon hunter barracks. But in this layered encirclement, an imperceptible gap had quietly opened up.
The ordinary demon hunters could not detect this change, which required them to overlook the entire battlefield. They were just mechanically following the orders from the leader of the battle group. The middle and upper commanders might have felt a little strange from the series of sentry adjustments, but they did not raise any questions. The glorious divine war was over, and the outcome was set in stone. The remnants of Olympus had no chance of turning the tables. Other places on Mount Olympus were completely under the control of the sacred army. Under such circumstances, even the demon hunters, including the commanders, would involuntarily let their guard down.
Sooner or later, the vigilant upper commanders would notice these anomalies. But before they could remedy these loopholes, Hasse would have a lot of room to maneuver to complete his' breach. '
Under Hasse's constant maneuvering, the demon hunters' patrols and sentries had a lot of blind spots. Hao Ren and his team moved quickly through these blind spots, getting closer and closer to the majestic but crumbling temple of Poseidon.
It was a very exciting experience. Even Hessiana, who had always been bold, had to admit it in retrospect. She was surrounded by tens of thousands of demon hunters. The collapsed palace walls and the rubble on Mount Olympus were everywhere. Many times, she could even see the demon hunters' sentries floating with shining runes from afar. The nearest patrol team was even hundreds of meters away.
If it were not for the fact that both Lily and Vivian belonged to a special category of otherworldlings, the innate hostility that the demon hunters had toward them would be relatively weak and would diminish sharply with distance, and it would be easy to conceal it without eye contact, the patrol would have been alerted at such a close distance.
Even so, they were walking on a tightrope at the extreme edge of this' safe distance. '
Fortunately, Hasse's estimation of this' safe distance 'was quite accurate. With the help of such a high-level insider, Hao Ren and his team managed to sneak all the way to the great barrier of the temple of Poseidon.
On a slightly elevated part of the palace ruins, Lily quietly poked her head out and glanced down. She saw the demon hunters' barracks lined up neatly in the open space below. Numerous murderous, fully-armed warriors walked around the camp, and a large number of magic-powered war machines were being reassembled by the demon hunter technicians. The rune-engraved crystal "barrels" and the scorching core devices showed that they had been used to bombard the great barrier of the temple of Poseidon not long ago. After a short adjustment, these war machines would be put to use again. The demon hunters' continuous firepower would not stop until the last Olympian god died.
Lily's hair from her ears to the tip of her tail stood on end. She stuck out her tongue and retreated. "It's really the Mythological Era. The skirmishes between the demon hunters and the otherworldlings in the 21st century are nothing compared to this. It's the difference between Zhao's Alley Bandits and the Normandy landings."
Hao Ren had no idea where the Zhao's Alley Bandits came from.
Hao Ren patted Lily's head to calm her down. He had also seen the militarization of the demon hunters along the way. Before this, he only knew that the demon hunters had ended the Mythological Era and caused the Twilight of the Gods all over the world. But it was not until now that he realized why the once prosperous dynasty of the Gods was so vulnerable in the face of the demon hunters. The difference in individual strength and power system was only one aspect. The more important reason was the incredible degree of organization and military discipline of the demon hunters.
The sacred army was a professional army, disciplined and well-structured. Everyone from top to bottom had only one goal, and that was to destroy the enemy and achieve victory. The demon hunters who formed the sacred army were a group of ascetic freaks who could completely abandon their individual will. But what about their enemies?
They were just a group of violent families indulging in pleasure and the illusory sense of accomplishment of ruling the world. They relied on simple and brutal force to maintain order. Look at Mount Olympus and think about what he saw in the Underworld. Even if the Olympian gods possessed some of their ancestors' technology, even if they built such a magnificent palace, they were just a muddle-headed family force.
A group of familial armed forces whose greatest ambition was to rule a few human city-states met a professional army that was determined to conquer the world. To be honest, Hao Ren was surprised that they could survive the Mythological Era for so many years.
Looking away from the demon hunters' barracks, Hao Ren and his team quietly came to the back door of the temple of Poseidon under the cover of the ruins. At the beginning of the siege, the demon hunters had blasted a hole in the palace wall. But the Olympian gods had used human lives to repel the sacred soldiers and used the energy of the Great Barrier to block the breach.
At this stage of the war, the demon hunters had given up on the idea of sacrificing the lives of their soldiers to break the palace wall. The Olympian gods had to retreat to the inner temple to prepare for a desperate fight due to the large number of casualties. So, the breach had become an unvisited place for the time being.
The so-called Great Barrier was not a complete magic shield. In fact, it included an anti-magic shield over the entire temple, a layer of magic energy covering the palace wall, and thousands of defensive magic circles distributed throughout the temple. These layers of protection temporarily protected the survivors in the temple, but it also caused trouble for Hao Ren and his team: the temple rejected all outsiders, including them.
Magic cannons from several nearby demon hunter camps kept bombarding the anti-magic shield overhead. Each round of bombardment made Lily's ears twitch. But the breach in the palace wall was covered by a layer of colorful energy shield. There was no way out.
Lily brandished her oversized alloy sword and charged forward, only to be bounced back the way she came.
Hessiana tried to analyze the structure of the energy shield, but she was better at shadow magic and blood magic. She was at a loss when faced with the unique technology of the Thunder Giants.
In the end, Hao Ren's hope rested on him.
Feeling a little nervous, Hao Ren put his hand on the aurora-like barrier and prayed that his strange magic immunity talent could also work on this barrier.
After all, the magic of the Olympians also came from the Plane of Dreams. Hao Ren thought that this thing should also be affected by his magic immunity talent.
As his palm pressed against the barrier, everyone heard a crisp sound like glass shattering.
The barrier was actually broken just like that.
"Wow! If I knew Mr. Landlord was so powerful, I wouldn't have hit him." Lily stuck out her tongue. Her hand was still numb from the impact. "Let's —"
Before the husky maiden could finish, the shield that Hao Ren had just broken shook twice and recovered in an instant.
Hao Ren blinked. He did not understand what had happened. "This thing … can repair itself?"
But this little problem did not stop him. Every inspector who had studied the theory of shield expansion knew that there was no such thing as a shield that could withstand unlimited damage. Even a divine shield consumed energy, let alone a magic shield made by a group of false gods of Olympus. He immediately put his hand on the energy shield again. No matter how many times this thing could repair itself, it would break sooner or later.
At the same time, in the upper hall of the temple, Poseidon and the weakened Zeus were listening to the news from a sentinel.
"You said that the demon hunters are mobilizing frequently? And they have withdrawn part of the army from the front? "
Poseidon clenched his trident. His majestic face was full of disbelief.
An Olympian warrior in silver-white armor knelt on one knee before him. "Yes, the great Poseidon. I saw them withdraw from the front with my own eyes, and a few energy towers in the distance have also been relocated."
Poseidon turned to look at a female 'god' not far behind him. "Athena, what do you think of this?"
As one of the twelve major gods, Athena did not have the stature of Poseidon and Zeus. But as the best of the genetically degraded descendants of the small species, she had always been the brains of Mount Olympus and was deeply trusted by Zeus. Athena nodded at Poseidon's question. "This may be some kind of trap of the demon hunters, but it may also be an opportunity. After all, they are also tired and emotional creatures. After such a long battle, some of their soldiers need to rest."
"Perhaps their commander has also realized that it is a waste to mobilize all the soldiers to besiege such a palace," another Olympian 'god' chimed in. "This may really be an opportunity."
Poseidon looked at the bed beside him. Zeus took a deep breath and said in a weak voice, "Yes, an opportunity to break through. And Vivian Ancestor's mental state is just stabilizing. Perhaps this is our last chance."
Poseidon nodded and gripped his trident tightly. Just as he was about to say something, the trident suddenly emitted a bright blue electric light. The electric light struck Poseidon's body, and a part of his power was immediately sucked out of his body!
The sudden energy backlash made the mighty Sea God cry out miserably on the spot. He even lost his balance and fell off his chair!
Zeus was shocked. Although weak, he still subconsciously propped himself up. "What's wrong with you?"
Poseidon held onto the Neptune's Trident. Just as he uttered the word "I", the trident, which was both a weapon and the temple's control center, once again shot out a beam of light and hit him.
The god of the sea was once again defeated.
But the next second, he struggled to get up. "Behind the temple …"
"Pipa!"
"Shield …"
"Pipa!"
"Being …"
"Pipa!"
Poseidon finally mustered up his willpower and roared, "Can you let me finish?"
Strangely enough, after he roared, the energy backlash actually paused for a moment. This allowed him to catch his breath, and he quickly said, "The one at the back door of the temple …"
"Crack!!"
"What the f * ck? Who the f * ck is that?"
Everyone was confused by the sudden strange situation, but Athena was the first to react. She looked at the trident in Poseidon's hand, which was used to control and maintain the shield, and thought about what Poseidon had said. She immediately shouted, "The crack at the back door of the temple has been breached! Poseidon's energy is being used to repair the shield! Go and fight the enemy! "
A few brave compatriots quickly led the soldiers out of the hall. But Athena's heart was in turmoil.
What happened to the crack at the back door of the temple? Did the demon hunters break through the shield? That was very suspicious!
Even the demon hunters could not destroy the shield at the crack so quietly. Even if they did, the shield would repair itself in an instant and be as strong as before. But looking at Poseidon, the shield was destroyed the next moment. Did this not mean that the powerful shield, which was fueled by Poseidon's power, could not withstand the attack of the destroyer?
How could there be such an unreasonable thing in the world?
Meanwhile, outside the back door of the temple, Hao Ren and the other two (Little Bat was temporarily stuffed in Hao Ren's pocket, so it did not count) were still trying to cause trouble.
The broken shield was restored to its original state. Hao Ren had purposely let the shield run for a while, trying to figure out its charging route so that he could shut it down at the source. But he soon realized that it was better to break it a few more times than to figure it out. After all, it did not take much effort, and he had a feeling that this thing would not last long.
Crack! The shield was once again broken into pieces, but the next moment, it was restored to its original state. No one had the chance to rush in.
Lily crouched beside Hao Ren with her giant alloy sword in her arms, counting innocently.
"16, 17, 18 …"
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