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Juo Yi dodged the attack of the Vanguard Soldiers, he had already figured out how to kill the Trap Formation. But he couldn’t help but ask himself, was it worth it?
To use one’s own Military Spirit to offset the opponent’s Military Spirit. Not to mention whether it could lead to victory, but that strike just now let Juo Yi clearly feel that killing the opponent in this way caused the attached Military Spirit Will to entirely vanish. It didn’t dissipate; it was directly negated!
Without the Military Spirit, the Vanguard was merely a regular elite troop. If the Vanguard was defeated, as long as the Military Spirit Will remained in his hands, it could quickly be trained into a new force. However, if the Military Spirit Will were completely gone, the Vanguard he took pride in would completely disappear. Even if he could train new troops, they would no longer be the Vanguard. Moreover, whether he could rear them again was a question.
Juo Yi’s eyes were fixated on the Vanguard and the Trap Formation soldiers. He hesitated, destroying the troops under his command that he took the most pride in; they could be rebuilt later. But destroying the Military Spirit to preserve his troops would mean they become mediocre, possibly even be tainted with the record of this bitter defeat, and might never recover. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
"To hell with it! I have firm belief in my Vanguard! I believe in myself!" Juo Yi roared, and released the Military Spirit that had gathered around him. In an instant, the entire Vanguard acutely felt a conviction shattering. When they looked back at that moment, they could clearly see the belief that was vested in Juo Yi invert and disperse onto themselves.
"Undefeated Vanguard! You are all the elites of my command, let them witness our most glorious aspect!" Juo Yi laughed wildly as he spoke, the Military Spirit dissipated, the Vanguard no longer a cohesive whole. But at this moment, an inexplicable connection emerged, linking all the surviving Vanguard members together.
The dissipation of the Military Spirit was irreversible. Under Juo Yi’s loud roar, the power of the accumulated Military Spirit Will burst forth from his body like a flood, rolling onto all the Vanguard members. At that moment, a bitter smile appeared on Juo Yi’s face, with an indescribable emptiness within him.
"Undefeated, undefeated, undefeated!" The Vanguard, filled with the dissipating power of the Military Spirit, felt Juo Yi’s hesitation in that moment and understood his choice. Following a cry from a Vanguard member, they charged towards the Trap Formation fiercely, roaring with the sorrow and rage in their hearts!
The Vanguard that roared repelled the Trap Formation’s attack for the first time. From that moment on, the strength of the Vanguard rose unceasingly. The most splendid era of the Vanguard was about to unfold, but it was also the most heartbreaking one.
A cascade of blood-red sword glimmers sparkled, the battlefield between the Trap Formation and the Vanguard turned into a complete slaughterhouse. In that moment, both sides possessed near Qi Refining to Gang level of strength, imbued with an undefeated belief, and the will to keep fighting despite grievous injuries. Both went madly on the offensive against each other.
"Whose command is this, to be so terrifyingly strong, the Vanguard is impressive too," Liu Ye remarked in amazement as he lay in the grass.
"Military Advisor Liu, are we staying too close?" Yu Jin asked with some concern, the combat power displayed by both the Trap Formation and the Vanguard chilled his heart.
"What is there to fear? They’re too busy to care about us, and we’re far enough away. Once they’re done fighting, they’ll both be severely weakened. What if we charged in and wiped them out?" Liu Ye chuckled.
"I’m afraid it won’t be easy. If my entire army were here, I might try. Both sides seem as if they won’t die from fatal attacks. Against such an army, especially when the enemy doesn’t have large troop cover, attacking with Cloud Qi is the right approach," Yu Jin said calmly.
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"Chopping down enemies may not necessarily be the right path," Military Advisor Liu chuckled, "I led you here to ambush so early in the morning, and both the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Hebei Army coincidentally arrived at this spot we’ve been squatting at. What was the point of my hurried journey here? As the army’s advisor, I need to seek justice for Zijian, or I wouldn’t be doing right by him."
"Hmm? Military Advisor Liu, do you have a clever plan?" Yu Jin looked at Liu Ye in surprise. Although he had guessed Liu Ye probably had his own calculations when he saw the encounter between the Hebei Army and Lyu Bu’s Army, he hadn’t expected there to be any specific plans.
"Henghengheng, let’s go. Isn’t it a fine, crisp autumn day? How wonderful it would be to set all this wild grass and trees ablaze," Liu Ye stood up and said with a smile, "and to think they are so confident that they don’t even have a Civil Official who can control the celestial phenomena."
That day, after receiving the message from Zhang Fei about Juo Yi’s military camp, Liu Ye surmised that the encounter between the Hebei Army and Hua Xiong was completely an accident. He quickly projected himself into the mindset of both parties to surmise a series of possibilities, and eventually, his gaze fell on a certain place on the map, leading to a prediction.
After Liu Ye, along with Yu Jin and a few hundred of his trusted aides, had dug the tunnels and hid in them, it wasn’t long before the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Hebei Army encountered each other at that location. Then Yu Jin and his group spent the morning crouched in the tunnels watching the excitement.
"Wen Ze, you take a group to that side of the pass to start a fire, I’ll go to the downwind to set a fire. In a while, after I change the heavens, I will make winds from all directions converge on the battlefield. One fire will burn them all. It’s unlikely to kill those experts, but it will be enough!" Liu Ye said, his eyes cold.
Liu Ye had no concept of creating or not creating karmic killings. As an Imperial Relative, he saw those on the other side as rebels causing trouble for the Great Han. Eradicating them was a matter of justice, and they deserved any kind of death.
"Puchi!" Juo Yi slashed and killed a Vanguard Soldier.
At this point, Juo Yi also noticed the difference. It wasn’t that the Military Spirit had disappeared, but rather that each person was the embodiment of Military Spirit. Every Vanguard Death Soldier embodied the Trait of the Vanguard Army Soul. Even if Juo Yi was slow to understand, he realized at this moment that he had made a crucial mistake, and in his blunder, he had taken the most important step.
However, the cost of this step was so great it broke Juo Yi’s heart. Most of his proudest troops had been slain, and the Trap Formation, after amalgamating with Gao Shun, had once again gained an overwhelming advantage. Juo Yi now clearly understood that it was no longer a matter of counterattacking or not. Instead, it was a question of whether they could preserve the Fire Seed of the Vanguard!
Juo Yi realized that the Vanguard’s Military Spirit had fully materialized; therefore, the Silver Armor Troop named Trap Formation must also possess a fully-formed Military Spirit. Unfortunately, compared to the Trap Formation, although the Vanguard had also reached this level and had gained the ability to fight back, they had accumulated far too little.
"Damn it!" Juo Yi slashed desperately at a Trap Formation soldier. He was becoming increasingly frantic. After the other half of the Trap Formation entered the battlefield, Juo Yi knew all too well that if he couldn’t shake off Gao Shun, today would mark the end of the Vanguard!
"What’s that?" Gao Shun had just killed one of the Vanguard, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a bright red hue. A gust of wind blew towards him, "A wildfire?" But as he turned his head, he saw another patch of bright red on the other side, followed by another gust—the realization struck him, and he was taken aback with shock! (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
