Many of the top experts who had recently departed were, in fact, fighting in this very region.
With those experts holding the line within each army array, the defenders had been able to hang on a bit longer.
However, their recent departure left fewer individuals with high divine element in the army arrays. Consequently, despite little change in the array divine power, the combat effectiveness they could exert had noticeably decreased.
For a moment, the pressure was so intense they could barely breathe.
At this point, many legions were being forced to retreat while fighting, already pushed to the edge of the next Divine Domain.
If they all retreated, this Divine Domain would essentially be declared captured by the enemy.
However, conquering a Divine Domain always cost the enemy some time.
This was because after a Divine Domain was newly captured, the enemy had to spend time occupying it first.
