The city gates were engulfed in battle.0

Tang Buqi had arrived with his forces and, together with Xue Canghai and Wan Dongliu, launched simultaneous attacks on three of the city’s gates.0

In a world where there was not an insurmountable gap between individual and army strength, military forces still played a decisive role. Just as Zhao Changhe needed to hold off Fa Chi and the other protectors, Tang Buqi also needed to launch a fierce assault to suppress the over ten thousand warrior monks within the city. If one or two thousand fanatical believers managed to overwhelm them, then even if Zhao Changhe brought along numerous Ranking of Heaven and Ranking of Earth experts, they would be forced to retreat. If the Bodhisattva managed to block them a few times, they might not even be able to retreat.0

Likewise, the warrior monks could not let Tang Buqi’s forces breach the city walls. Otherwise, no matter how powerful Maitreya or the Bodhisattva were, an overwhelming army would crush them. No god or demon could withstand such a force. So, even though Fa Zhen had not yet fully organized the defenses before Tang Wanzhuang decapitated him, the various levels of followers that the cult still had spontaneously formed a resistance.0

However, due to the lack of organized leadership, no one was able to allocate forces to manage the situation inside the city. They were blindly focused on holding the defenses, leading to a highly fragmented battle between the inside and outside forces. Tang Wanzhuang’s beheading of Fa Zhen not only drew Maitreya out but also significantly disrupted the...0