Once they engaged in battle with the Undead Legion, the only thing on their minds would be preserving their own minions.

  If they were allowed to retreat their minions behind the Swarm’s encirclement, they might harbor other intentions. If they made a move once the Swarm and the Undead Legion were locked in combat, it would be a major nuisance.

  These people were nothing but dead weight, so William didn’t even bother responding to them.

  As the Undead Legion and the Swarm Legion drew closer, the vast, open plain provided no cover.

  Trapped in the center, the three hundred million minion army of the Doomsday Alliance fell into utter despair just by witnessing this apocalyptic scene.

  There was no need for words between William and Cedric. In an open battlefield like this, there was no terrain to exploit—only raw power would determine the victor.

  As both sides closed the distance to five kilometers, the Swarm Legion and the Undead Legion almost simultaneously began to accelerate.

  The Undead Legion had no fancy tactics. A massive wave of skeleton cannon fodder wielding bone swords charged forward at full speed.

  On either side, the skeletal knights detached from the main force, forming two large arcs to gain momentum and prepare for a flanking strike.

  The Swarm, however, did not enter a full-speed charge. The Aberrant Zerglings moved in coordination with the Hydralisks, maintaining a structured and disciplined advance.

  Two hundred million Aberrant Zerglings led the front line, followed closely by four hundred million Hydralisks.

  On both flanks, the Swarm split into two groups—one hundred million Aberrant Zerglings and one hundred million Hydralisks per side—along with five million Explosive Zerglings, set to intercept the skeletal knights.

  In the sky, the aerial units on both sides also began accelerating.

  As the pale white tide and the purple-red tide approached each other, the front and rear defensive lines hastily assembled by the Doomsday Alliance crumbled instantly.

  The Swarm needed no explanation—William’s combined infantry-artillery tactics made short work of static defensive formations.

  Like a rainstorm, countless fireballs arced through the sky and landed precisely within the defensive formations, detonating in rapid succession and shattering the carefully constructed defenses with ease.

  On the other front, as soon as the skeletal tide collided with the defensive lines, the one and a half million Lich Priests ascended into the sky, swiftly forming five hundred firepower strike groups.

  One by one, magic arrays took shape in the air. The Lich Priests waved their skeletal staves, summoning torrents of eerie green soul energy.

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  A dense barrage of soul energy beams instantly rained down on the defensive lines, detonating in rapid succession.

  The thunderous explosions echoed across the battlefield, signaling the start of the battle.

  Trapped between the two overwhelming forces, the mixed army of minions found themselves simultaneously assaulted by both the Undead Legion and the Swarm.

  They barely had a chance to resist before being swallowed by the tides of war, disappearing without leaving a trace.

  As the pale white and purple-red tides finally clashed, the emotionless undead and the Swarm, designed solely for slaughter, showed no signs of fear or hesitation.

  Against the fiery bombardment of the Hydralisks, the low-tier skeletons, their eye sockets burning with eerie green soul flames, did not pause for even a moment.

  They charged straight into the fireball barrage without hesitation, instantly being blasted apart into fragments.

  Despite being unable to halt the Swarm’s advance, they still continued their charge, throwing themselves into the carnage.

  Cedric merely scoffed at this sight, commanding the Lich Priests to unleash a massive barrage of soul energy beams.

  The ghostly green explosions rained down upon the Swarm’s front lines, striking down countless Aberrant Zerglings and Hydralisks in a devastating bombardment.

  The battlefield was engulfed in a chaotic inferno, with orange-red fireball explosions and eerie green energy detonations intertwining into a sea of destruction.

  At the same time, the aerial units of both sides collided with brutal force.

  The Flying Zerglings, their bodies enhanced with Wind Shield and Hardened Skin, clashed against the Skeletal Bats, which were enveloped in ghastly green soul flames.

  The battle instantly escalated into an intense melee.

  The Flying Zerglings tightened their formation in the sky, flapping their wings furiously to reach maximum velocity.

  At the moment of impact, the blade-like appendages on their backs extended outward, forming a lethal cutting edge as they dove into the Skeletal Bat swarms.

  But the Skeletal Bats were equally fearless. Their overwhelming numbers compressed into a wedge formation, mirroring the Swarm’s assault.

  Two colossal aerial forces, each exceeding three hundred million units, crashed into one another at full speed like two dark storm clouds colliding.

  Neither side hesitated in this suicidal charge.

  At the moment of impact, shattered Zergling limbs and fragmented skeletal remains rained down from the sky like a torrential storm.

  The high-speed slicing tactics of the Flying Zerglings, which had proven effective in previous battles, faltered against the relentless, self-sacrificing onslaught of the Skeletal Bats.

  The Swarm failed to break through, their momentum exhausted.

  What followed was a vicious aerial brawl, as both sides became entangled in a chaotic dogfight.

  A Flying Zergling, having just severed the head of a Skeletal Bat with its wind-blade, was immediately ambushed from above by another bat, which tore its wing apart and sent it plummeting to the ground.

  Meanwhile, on the ground, the four hundred million Skeletal Knights, having completed a massive circular charge, surged forward in a thunderous advance.

  Their hooves thundered like rolling drumbeats, shaking the very earth beneath them as they bore down with crushing momentum.

  Any ordinary force facing such an overwhelming cavalry charge would have collapsed in terror.

  But unfortunately for them, their opponents were the Swarm—emotionless war machines that neither feared nor wavered.

  As the Skeletal Knight squadrons bore down, the two hundred million Aberrant Zerglings activated Hardened Skin and Wind Shield.

  They spread their membranous wings and sprinted at full speed, forming a slightly thinner but equally sharp wedge formation to meet the cavalry charge head-on.

  At the moment of impact, flesh and bone exploded in all directions.

  Countless Aberrant Zerglings were crushed beneath the iron hooves, their bodies shattered and pulped into the ground.

  At the same time, numerous Skeletal Knights were obliterated by the Zerglings' relentless countercharge, their bodies broken apart in the frenzied clash.

  The Skeletal Knight cavalry, unable to break through the Swarm’s fearless intercepting force, gradually lost momentum and was forced into brutal melee combat.