Furthermore, she could never use Eternal Heaven again.

Yali had told her that some of the damage caused to her body from firing Eternal Heaven the first time couldn't be repaired through treatment. She would only be able to recover from an extensive period of rest and recuperation, and even then, it would perhaps be impossible to recover fully.

Yali had told her in private that even if she could make a recovery, it would be very unlikely for her to live past the age of 60 as the impact from the blast had caused extremely severe harm to the core of her being.

This was something that Ling Zichen had kept to herself.

Now that the abyssal creatures had returned, a peculiar light began to glow in her eyes.

She cast a meaningful gaze toward the explosions in the distance, then turned and quickly strode back to her own room.

She opened her soul screen and quickly entered a string of numbers to complete a decryption process, then began to organize some of the information she had collected over the past few days.

This information was going to be an extremely precious resource to the Tang Sect.

The chaos outside seemed to have nothing to do with her anymore, and at a time like this, no one from Shrek Academy or the Tang Sect would come to find her. As such, no one was aware of what she was doing.

On the same mountaintop, all of the powerful beings from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had emerged from their barracks and were appraising the distant explosions with grim expressions.

The abyssal army had returned, and this time, Eternal Heaven was no longer at their disposal.

They had even received news that the three naval fleets had also been attacked, and this was undoubtedly going to become an extremely fierce and arduous battle.

All of the Limit Douluos from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had already gathered together, and Zang Xin said, "Our enemies must be very aware of what we're doing; they must've chosen to attack at this time as they didn't want us to complete the Blood God Array. On top of that, they've definitely come prepared. They're even closer to our defensive line this time, so they'll be sure to try and break through at all cost. We can't use Eternal Heaven anymore, so we'll have to face them head-on. Elder Long, do you have any suggestions? The main control center is already requesting us to reinforce the front lines."

Long Yeyue immediately replied, "Wulin still hasn't come out of seclusion yet. In this situation, the forces from our Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect can't afford to be separated, so I suggest everyone from our academy temporarily join your Tang Sect's forces to go into battle together. That way, we'll be able to minimize casualties. As for the old bones like you and me, we're naturally going to have to face those abyssal sovereigns and emperors."

She cast her gaze toward the distance as she spoke.

What was he doing? The Sea God Legion had been attacked, so he definitely wouldn't just be standing by idly.

The enemy was able to create effective attacks from both sides, so even though they no longer had the Blood River Godslayer Array, this defensive effort wasn't going to be any less difficult.

Zang Xin nodded in response. "It looks like that's our best course of action. I didn't think the abyssal plane would return so soon. We can only hope that Wulin will also return soon; without his Golden Dragon Spear, this will be a very difficult battle."

The Tang Sect's forces were led by Zang Xin, as well as the powerful beings of the Douluo Palace, and among them, there was a total of 15 Titled Douluos, five of whom were at or above the Hyper Douluo level.

If it weren't for the Shrek City bombing, this number would be even higher.

Meanwhile, Shrek Academy's forces were led by Long Yeyue and the other Limit Douluos, as well as Shrek’s Seven Monsters and the other powerful beings of the younger generation, including Wu Zhangkong, Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, Xu Yucheng, Luo Guixing, Wu Siduo, and other elite members of Tang Wulin's cohort.

Due to the premature end to the first battle brought about by the Eternal Heaven blast, they weren't required to offer their services, but on this occasion, they would have to go into battle as well.

 Zang Xin turned to everyone, and said, "In Wulin's absence, I'll act as commander in this battle. All Limit Douluos follow me; our targets are the emperors and sovereigns of the abyssal plane. Abyssal creatures may be able to resurrect themselves, but the more powerful an abyssal creature is, the longer the resurrection process would take, so we need to take out as many of these emperors and sovereigns as possible. Everyone else, make sure to stick together in large units. Those from the Douluo Palace will be split up into 10 groups of 100, while the Titled Douluos of Shrek Academy will be evenly distributed among those groups.

"In the initial phase of this battle, we'll primarily rely on mechas to conserve our forces as much as possible. Make sure to constantly look out for one another and provide reinforcements to other groups when required, understood?"

"Understood!" everyone replied in unison.

Zang Xin then turned to Wu Zhangkong, and said, "Zhangkong, you form a group of 10 with Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, Shrek’s Six Monsters, and Sima Jinchi, and your group will be responsible for staying back and providing reinforcements to whichever group requires reinforcements. I'll put you in charge of that."

"Understood!"

Zang Xin had assigned him with the task of overseeing this extremely important group rather than the more powerful Lan Muzi primarily because he clearly shared a closer bond with this generation of Shrek’s Seven Monsters.

"Alright, let's set off right away!" Zang Xin rose up into the air as he spoke, and all of the Limit Douluos, as well as A'Ruheng, rose up behind him before setting off for the battlefield.

Everyone else followed along closely behind them. First came Wu Zhangkong's group, then the 10 groups from the Douluo Palace.

In that instant, the Tang Sect was finally displaying its power as a series of massive mechas emerged from their ranks. All of these mechas were black, and one or two black mechas wouldn't be much to take note of in any army, but an entire squadron of black mechas presented a very remarkable sight.

Only super organizations like the Tang Sect and the Spirit Pagoda would possess such astounding power.

The Spirit Pagoda was certainly extremely wealthy, but their research was almost exclusively focused on soul spirits, so they were still considerably lagging behind compared with the Tang Sect when it came to technology.

At this point, the battle had already commenced.

One Guardian Longhorned Beetle after another emerged from the abyssal plane, and they were using their own bodies to defend the powerful abyssal beings behind them from the first round of ferocious attacks.

In order to seal the abyssal passageway, the federal legions were also sparing no effort.

All types of large defensive soul tools had been set up around the site, not just up close, but also on the mountaintops in the distance.

The Guardian Longhorned Beetles possessed extremely formidable defensive prowess, but in the face of such heavy and concentrated fire, one would still occasionally perish.

The abyssal creatures that were exposed as a result naturally fared even worse, and they were all reduced to grey abyssal energy.

At this point, the pillar of grey light had faded, and the abyssal passageway was revealed as a bottomless black pit.

"Roar, roar, roar!" A string of low roars echoed within the abyssal passageway, and in the next instant, an enormous abyssal creature emerged.