In the northern borders of Crossbridge Empire, the Second, Third, and Fourth Imperial Legions stood ready.

In Bimat Highlands, Pippin led the Imperial Knights to face the enemy head-on.

Meanwhile, Selene Empire began its operations as per Empress Elizabeth's plan.

To the southwest of Filo Empire, the Grandmaster rank legions, while Catherine was fighting in Goldflow Bay, had already boldly attacked the Filo Empire's territory!

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Oracle Mountain.

Philip and Overthunder stood at the peak of the sacred mountain.

The civilians from the seven or eight provinces surrounding Oracle Mountain had already been evacuated and relocated.

Of the twenty thousand sage rank and five hundred thousand Stellar rank soldiers allocated by Aurek to them, only three hundred thousand had been used.

The remaining two hundred thousand were secretly stationed in the surrounding provinces to prevent any impact from the war on innocent civilians, ensuring the stability of the empire's foundation.

The two strategists had planned everything meticulously.

On the Oracle Mountain front, the main force of the Eastern Domain Alliance, led by Frederick, included twenty Divine Envoy rank warriors from Skyborne Church.

Along with six Divine Envoys from six other major factions, including the Land of the Holy Sword's Dominion, and over ten thousand sage rank warriors, and more than two hundred thousand Stellar rank warriors!

The Divine Envoys had already completed the construction of teleportation portals, and as the light flashed, the army crossed Bimat Highlands and surged toward the Oracle Mountain range!

However, just as they were about to fly over the Oracle Mountain, Frederick suddenly raised his hand, signaling the army to stop.

The surrounding skies changed abruptly, with endless clouds swirling wildly. In the blink of an eye, they formed a vast sea of clouds beneath their feet!

The Oracle Mountain range disappeared from view, replaced by this bewildering white realm.

Frederick, Edmund, Bredick, and other faction leaders wore grim expressions.

Powerful mind powers tried to probe outward but were completely blocked by the thick clouds!

Frederick turned to a nearby Divine Envoy.

"We can't sense the outside!"

The Divine Envoy's eyes were dark with concern, coldly replying,

"We're trapped in an illusion formation."

This was not just any magic-based illusion!

It was a killing trap woven using the world's laws and the threads of fate!

The Divine Envoy had seen such methods used in his youth.

His words instantly made Frederick and the others' hearts sink.

At that moment, Edmund suddenly shouted,

"Eureka's gone!"

The strong figures froze, quickly scanning their surroundings, but Eureka was nowhere to be found.

This ominous premonition had come true.

After all, many factions had been convinced to join the battle by Eureka's persuasion.

Now, before the war had even begun, this key figure had disappeared.

And they were trapped in this maze, raising suspicions that this might have been part of Eureka's plan!

"Gentlemen, is there any way to break this illusion?"

Bredick asked gravely, looking at the Divine Envoys from Skyborne Church.

"This type of illusion can only be created by a master of fate astrology," one Divine Envoy replied.

"It's different from a fixed magical formation. It constantly follows the changing path of fate, making it nearly impossible to find a stable weakness."

"Then break it with force!"

Another Divine Envoy decisively suggested.

Now was not the time to hesitate; they had to break out of this cage to continue their assault on Eryndor City.

Before the words were even finished,

Whoosh!

A bolt of lightning-infused arrow shot through the sea of clouds at lightning speed, striking a sage rank warrior.

The warrior didn't even have time to raise a defense before his body exploded!

The lightning arrow continued, piercing through four Stellar rank warriors' bodies, finally exploding into a devastating arc of lightning!

At the same time,

Countless devastating light pillars erupted from the white sea of clouds, crashing into the trapped coalition formation.

Many powerful figures' faces changed dramatically as they prepared to counterattack.

But to their horror, they realized the space around them had been sealed by an invisible force, rendering them immobile for a short time!

"No—!"

"Ah— help me!"

"Defense, quick, defense!"

The sounds of defiant roars echoed.

Boom—!

The destructive light pillars mercilessly flooded the trapped area, vaporizing numerous Stellar rank warriors instantly.

Their divine aspects and life forces were completely destroyed.

In an instant, tens of thousands of Stellar rank warriors fell!

"Bastards!"

"This is Crossbridge Empire's doing!"

Bredick couldn't help but curse.

"Hold the formation, don't panic!"

Frederick channeled magic energy, trying to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Concentrate our strength and charge forward, forcefully tear through this illusion!"

He was the first to charge forward.

Over twenty Divine Envoy rank figures simultaneously attacked, launching powerful attacks containing Divine Envoy strength toward the cloud barriers ahead, forcefully tearing open massive vortex passages.

They rushed in, with Frederick and the others following closely behind.

Outside the illusion, the attacks from over twenty Divine Envoys also struck the sky above, shaking the heavens.

The civilians in the distant provinces could only look up in horror, watching as the vast sky seemed to tear open twenty or more rifts.

The destructive and chaotic forces leaked out from these wounds.

However, within the sea of clouds, those Divine Envoys who had been the first to break through the passage discovered that they had not escaped, but instead entered another nearly identical sea of clouds!

Frederick and the others found themselves trapped in yet another independent space-time, severed from the rest of the Eastern Domain coalition.

Outside the maze,

Overthunder and one hundred thousand Stellar rank warriors worked together to maintain the vast fate illusion.

They could clearly see every movement of the enemies within the illusion.

Overthunder directed his forces to quickly cross space, directly appearing in the middle of Frederick's forces and launching a surprise attack!

Some of the attacks targeted Frederick and the other leaders, while others targeted the dozens of Divine Envoys and their elite forces, with even more attacks sweeping toward the remaining hundred thousand Stellar rank coalition warriors.

"They're behind us!"

Frederick's expression changed instantly.

He wielded the Celestial Judgment Sword, which exuded an ancient aura, and swung a sword that instantly tore apart the clouds!

Other leaders also quickly cast powerful killing moves, launching their attacks.

What they didn't know was that, due to the distortion of the illusion, their attacks all hit their own coalition forces in another area!

The roaring sword light instantly consumed numerous Stellar rank warriors.

Edmund, at the front, gritted his teeth and activated the supreme Sword Domain of the Land of the Holy Sword's Dominion, sending endless sword energy toward the direction of the incoming attack, trying to counter it.

On the other side,

The dozens of Divine Envoys who had been eager to break the illusion also unleashed devastating attacks, firing dozens of terrifying killing moves infused with star fire power into the sea of clouds!

Boom—!

The sea of clouds shook violently and exploded!

Tens of thousands of coalition warriors were instantly wiped out, with even sage rank warriors suffering heavy losses.

At the heart of the maze,

A complex star chart formation floated in front of Philip.

At the center of the formation, a dense white cloud mass continued to roll and shift.

Miniature formations branched off from the star chart, connecting the ley lines of Oracle Mountain, Bimat Highlands, and Fasior Plains, resonating with the energy of the hundred thousand Stellar rank imperial warriors.

This was the fate-weaving magic only a top-tier astrologer could control!

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