The Major General surveyed the magic students and said, "Well then, wait until the battle begins, and you can unleash your legion formations from the sky!"
Following this, the Major General had a Lieutenant Colonel summon several hovering platforms. These platforms could be combined to ascend into the air together.
The Dragon Country soldiers waited here, ready for battle, until three hours later when the beastman army finally arrived. The Major General did not attack immediately, but waited until the beastman army was within ten kilometers before giving the order to attack. A barrage of energy cannons and laser cannons then targeted the nearly three million beastmen approximately ten kilometers away. The beastman general was forced to order his soldiers to accelerate their advance. "Charge! Hurry and charge. Victory will be ours once we break through!"
The more than two million strong beastman army stretched for tens of kilometers. Under the light of lasers, energy cannons, and magic, a beastman army tens of kilometers long was visible. Viewed from the ground, this army seemed boundless, as if one had fallen into a vast ocean.
Many long-range magic attacks were launched from within the beastman army. However, their magic could not reach the Dragon Country's defensive positions. Because it was night, they couldn't clearly see if their spells were hitting their targets, but they knew the attacks were coming from the front, so they simply attacked in that direction.
One hundred magic students also boarded the hovering platforms. Several platforms began to ascend steadily, quickly reaching an altitude of one thousand meters. At this height, the platforms combined. The magic students said, "Everyone, prepare yourselves. The legion magic is about to begin." The one hundred magic students began chanting incantations. Then, a magic array lit up on the hovering platforms. The magic array expanded outwards, reaching a diameter of one hundred meters. The glow of this massive magic array in the sky was visible to the beastman army on the battlefield. The beastman general looked up and exclaimed, "That thing in the sky... no, it's magic!!"
On the hovering platforms in the sky, the magic students channeled their magical power into the colossal magic array. Then, a beam of powerful magical light shot down from the array, targeting the center of the beastman army below. A tremendous explosion erupted, causing heavy casualties among the beastman soldiers. After the burst of light, drones above quickly calculated that this legion magic had eliminated nearly ten thousand beastman soldiers.
The Major General, seeing the number, remarked, "This legion magic is quite potent, eliminating ten thousand beastman soldiers. However, such numbers were only possible due to the dense concentration of the beastmen." Su Han looked on and said, "Indeed, it seems magic is quite useful. After all, not every Dragon Country citizen can cultivate. For those who cannot, learning magic is a good alternative."
At this moment, at an altitude of one thousand meters, Song Yuting, Gao Yushan, and Huang Jingzhe were among the magic students. They were now participating in this operation. After unleashing the legion magic once, all three, like the other magic students, had expended two-fifths of their magical energy. The leader of the legion magic formation then said, "Everyone, rest well. I will unleash another legion magic spell."
The battle below was progressing rapidly. Some powerful beastman shamans attempted to fly up and attack the magic students. However, they were instantly vaporized by laser cannons from a distance as soon as they reached an altitude of thirty meters. After approximately fifteen minutes, the second legion magic spell was cast. This time, it eliminated only seven thousand beastman soldiers. As the Dragon Country's ground defenses continued to inflict casualties, the number of beastmen was decreasing.
At this point, the beastman general noticed that the enemy's firepower had not diminished at all. The beastman general desperately wanted to order a retreat, but the beastman army was already in full charge, their eyes red, unleashing all sorts of magic towards the enemy. At this stage, even a retreat order would be useless. The surrounding beastmen couldn't hear it, and in this state, they only knew to push forward. As one beastman fell, they trampled over the corpses of their comrades to continue their charge. They were no longer concerned with seeing the enemy's bodies. Why had they charged so far without reaching the enemy's defenses?
When the beastman army reached a distance of four kilometers, laser cannons, energy cannons, and auto-turrets positioned on the flanks opened fire. The flanking attacks inflicted even greater casualties. The battlefield now resembled a meat grinder, relentlessly shredding the invading beastmen. The Major General continued his orders, "Begin the drone offensive!" Numerous drones launched from the defensive positions, swarming the skies and attacking the beastman army below. The beastman army, stretching for tens of kilometers, still provided targets for the drones to inflict heavy damage.
While the battle raged fiercely, the Dragon Country military deployed forty thousand troops, equipped with various weapons, to advance from the flanks and encircle the beastman army. This was the Dragon Country's military's "dumpling-wrapping" tactic. The Major General continuously received updates from the various combat units. "Has the eastern encirclement been completed? Has the north reached its position? Hurry up! I fear our forces here will break the beastman army before the encirclement is finished. It would be bad if these beastmen routed and escaped. We cannot let the second division of the beastman army, numbering three million, know of this situation." The Major General issued a series of commands.
In a moment of quiet, the Major General asked Su Han, "Minister Su Han, do you know why we are not using conventional explosives like bombs, and instead using these energy weapons?" Su Han remained silent. Before Su Han could answer, the Major General continued, "It's for environmental reasons. After all, using explosive bombs would cause significant pollution. Now, with energy weapons, cleaning up the battlefield will be much simpler. No one wants to encounter an unexploded ordnance while clearing the battlefield." Su Han was speechless. The Major General had finished his explanation before Su Han could even respond. Su Han had thought this would be an opportunity to test the development of Dragon Country's energy weapons.