The system asked me, a weak woman, to challenge a saint

Seeing that they could break through the last line of defense with just one last effort, some of the red-eyed and fanatical Asuras actually chose to self-destruct in front of the mask, completely ignoring their own clansmen around them.

The self-destruction of fanatics does not pose a great threat to the defensive mask. The biggest threat still comes from those continuous long-range attack spells. This is not only a competition of willpower, but also a competition of resources. The Asuras control the entire Asura battlefield outside of the Divine Tree, and the resources they can collect are naturally far more than those of the Ghost Gate Guards.

Fighting a war of attrition without the support of the earth line, the ghost gate guards simply cannot afford it. Sure enough, a big hole was blown out of the dome, and large-scale long-range magic attacks poured down mercilessly, instantly turning the central defense area into a sea of ​​fire. Blazing flames surrounded the entire defense area, and the burning power turned everything into ashes.

The Ghost Gate guards in the central defense area hurriedly moved the floating turrets up. Although these turrets were very strong, they fell to the ground one by one under the continuous long-range magic attacks.

The damage to the shield became more and more severe, and the shield below was gradually torn apart, and the ground suddenly fell into chaos and fierce fighting. Enemies poured in from the breach like a tide, and the defenders fought hard. However, due to the disparity in numbers and the enemy's brutal methods, the defense zone immediately became miserable.

Wrecks and corpses were scattered throughout the defense area, the ground was dyed red with blood, and screams and shouts filled the air.

However, just when the four Asura God-chosen champions were about to end it all, they attacked a shield from all sides and the central defense area was about to be completely destroyed, a mysterious energy emerged and filled the air.

The energy felt extraordinary, like the earth itself was responding. Seeing that the four chosen champions had personally committed suicide in the central defense area, the last leader of the Ghost Gate Guards, the Commander, suddenly sensed the spiritual reaction from the earth's veins. The Ghost King's desperate attack restored the connection between the sacred tree formation and the earth's veins.

The commander immediately realized that a turning point was coming. He gave up his plan to fight for his life, and instead mobilized a large number of defensive forces to block the advance of the God-chosen champion, while he released all his consciousness to restart the formation.

In the outer defense area, the mechanisms hidden in the poisonous miasma were suddenly ordered to start. The formation patterns in the underground mezzanine glowed again, and the formation began to operate again. In order to prevent complete destruction, some defensive buildings did not fly out from the ground with floating turrets and rejoin the battle.

The protective shield in the central defense area began to change. It no longer looked tattered and full of holes, but instead felt indestructible and solid. It gradually became as smooth as a mirror and began to reflect all attacks, whether spells or physical damage, and was ejected back the moment it touched the shield. The Asuras roared in anger, but to no avail. Their attacks could only be unleashed against the indestructible shield.

The defense of the central defense zone became impregnable, giving the last ghost gate guards new hope and courage. As the formation restarted, a large number of floating forts buried underground by the Ghost Gate guards restarted, and countless powerful mechanisms were activated in the defensive buildings.

Previously, due to the stubborn resistance in various defense zones, the Asuras felt that destroying a large number of defensive buildings was too time-consuming. Now they had no idea that the sacred tree guards had hidden so many defense mechanisms. A large number of arrows full of spiritual power were shot from behind, shattering the Asuras' offensive. The Asuras who had been attacking the central defense area with all their strength before screamed and were hit by the attack from the rear. He could still barely resist, but those with low cultivation were instantly wiped out.

This scene filled the hearts of the Asuras with fear and despair. The champions roared angrily and directed the rear to launch large-scale long-range magic attacks to assist the army in retreating. The power of various elements such as fire, thunder, and ice intensively bombarded the defenses of the outer defense zone. Each impact triggered a huge explosion, and the shock wave swept across, but the current outer defense zone was no longer what it used to be. Under the fierce attack, the fixed buildings and floating turrets remained motionless.

The various battle groups of the Bhimoshitara Familia were the first to collapse. Their divinely chosen champion was killed by the leader of the Ghost Gate Guards after frantically rushing into the central defense area. Each of their battle groups sacrificed all the Asura men to resist the counterattack of the sacred tree guards. The previously arrogant female Asura warriors now hurriedly retreated to the defense fortifications of the Luolin Maotiao Qian Tuo family members.

Although Luolin Maotai's family members hate these Asura women who love to play with fire, their divinely chosen champion was trapped in the protective light barrier because of her eagerness to break through the central defense area, and was being beaten by more than a dozen people. A floating turret chased him. They can neither advance nor retreat at this moment, and can only rely on relatively strong fortifications to defend against the siege of the sacred tree guards. Faced with the request of the pitiful asura women of Bhimazitara's family, they could not refuse the friendly forces' request for help at this time, not to mention that they did lack manpower in their defense fortifications.

However, in the previous violent attack and the current panic defense, the Asuras completely forgot about their opponent's most powerful characteristics. The reason why the Ghost Gate Guards have always maintained a strength of a thousand people, and the number has never decreased during so many years of attack and defense, is not just because of their well-trained training and the protection of the large formation.

They had forgotten how the fierce and death-defying ghost gate guards maintained their offensive against their [-]-strong army when the Eight-Gate Soul Locking Formation was first established.

Every strong person who kills the ghost gate guard will be marked by the dead ghost gate guard. If the marked person has died, the ghost gate will select the nearest suitable soul to seize the body and assimilate it.

In the battle to attack the outer defense zone, these Asura women who were dependents of Bhimachitra showed extremely ferocious and cruel. These arrogant Asura women ignored the special abilities of the ghost gate guards and killed a large number of people. The guards of the ghost gate, and those they killed were all the guards of the ghost gate who were in the realm of transformation and above. They did not realize that they had been marked by the ghost gate.

As the battle progressed, some Asura women gradually felt the unusual power surging in their bodies. Their bodies became trembling, as if bound by an irresistible force. This is the ghost gate guards completing their assimilation and depriving them of their consciousness and free will.

The first person to be assimilated was a female Asura Chapter Leader who had transcended the Tribulation Realm. As she was undergoing repairs, her soul let out a shrill wail, but there was no sign of it on the outside. Then, her soul began to be rapidly fused and transformed by the ghost gate, turning into a dark aura. In an instant, her soul lost its original form, leaving only a figure surrounded by black airflow, and her specific face could not be seen clearly.