BWOOOOOOOOM!
Thousands of soldiers immediately began moving.
Dust rose.
Armor clattered.
War cries echoed across the enormous plain.
Lu Chen stood at the head of his army.
One thousand soldiers.
Infantry.
Archers.
Cavalry.
Shield bearers.
Every soldier waited for his command.
Across the battlefield...
Shen Tian stood before an identical army.
Same numbers.
Same equipment.
Same terrain.
Same starting position.
There were no advantages.
No Shen Family.
No modern weapons.
No outside interference.
Only...
Command.
Strategy.
Combat.
Lu Chen slowly smiled.
Finally.
This was different.
This wasn’t some business confrontation.
This wasn’t a street fight.
This wasn’t about wealth.
This wasn’t about connections.
This was war.
His world.
His territory.
Something he had spent years mastering.
Lu Chen raised his sword.
"Shield formation!"
Immediately...
Hundreds of soldiers moved.
THOOM!
Shields slammed together.
"Archers!"
Three hundred bows rose.
"First formation!"
Lu Chen’s eyes sharpened.
Everything happened smoothly.
Naturally.
His battlefield instincts immediately took control.
The ancient combat memories he had just inherited flowed through his mind as well.
His understanding increased further.
Lu Chen laughed.
"Shen Tian!"
His voice traveled across the battlefield.
"Let’s see how long that arrogance lasts!"
Far away...
Shen Tian stood quietly.
The Heaven Piercing Spear rested across his shoulder.
His blond hair moved slightly in the wind.
His green eyes remained completely calm.
He looked across the battlefield.
Then...
At Lu Chen’s formation.
Xu Ning appeared beside him.
Naturally...
Nobody else could see her.
[Host.]
"Hm?"
[Do you actually know how to command an ancient army?]
"No."
Xu Ning stared.
Shen Tian smiled.
[That’s it?]
"What?"
[You’re commanding one thousand soldiers against a mercenary commander who has years of battlefield experience.]
"Correct."
[And you have absolutely no experience commanding an army.]
"Correct."
Xu Ning pointed across the battlefield.
[He’s already forming an attack formation!]
Shen Tian glanced over.
Lu Chen’s soldiers were moving.
Archers behind shields.
Infantry separating.
Cavalry spreading along both sides.
A textbook encirclement.
Shen Tian nodded.
"Not bad."
Xu Ning nearly pulled her hair out.
[Host!]
Shen Tian laughed.
"Relax."
He lowered the spear.
His expression became slightly more serious.
"I don’t have experience."
[Exactly!]
"But..."
His green eyes moved across the battlefield.
Every soldier.
Every hill.
Every formation.
Every possible route.
Every weapon.
Every movement.
His Heavenly Combat Comprehension activated.
Information flowed.
Patterns emerged.
Shen Tian’s smile slowly disappeared.
His mind became quiet.
Completely quiet.
Then...
He understood.
Not everything.
But enough.
Lu Chen had experience.
Shen Tian had comprehension.
And once Shen Tian understood something...
He learned terrifyingly fast.
His green eyes sharpened.
"Xu Ning."
[Yes?]
"He’s putting cavalry on both sides because he wants to surround me."
Xu Ning blinked.
[Yes.]
"Archers will force my infantry inward."
[Yes.]
"Then the shield formation pushes forward while cavalry closes the sides."
Xu Ning stared.
[Correct.]
Shen Tian looked toward Lu Chen.
"Predictable."
Xu Ning’s mouth opened.
Then...
She smiled.
[There you are.]
Shen Tian raised the Heaven Piercing Spear.
"Archers."
Two hundred soldiers immediately raised their bows.
"Do not fire."
They waited.
"Infantry."
Seven hundred soldiers prepared themselves.
"Separate."
Xu Ning blinked.
[Separate?]
The army split.
Straight down the center.
An enormous opening appeared.
Lu Chen saw it.
His eyes widened.
Then...
He laughed.
"Idiot!"
His soldiers heard him.
"He’s opening his center!"
Lu Chen immediately pointed his sword.
"Advance!"
THOOM!
THOOM!
THOOM!
His shield formation moved.
Archers followed.
Lu Chen smiled.
[He really doesn’t understand warfare.]
His confidence exploded.
[Finally.]
[Finally I get to humiliate him.]
[I’ll crush his army.]
[I’ll force him to kneel.]
[Then we’ll see how arrogant he acts.]
Outside the memory battlefield...
Rose watched everything.
An enormous spiritual projection had appeared above the stone tablet.
She could see the battle.
Bear stood beside her.
Ghost leaned against a broken pillar.
All three stared.
Bear scratched his beard.
"Shen Tian opened the middle."
Ghost frowned.
"Bad idea."
Rose remained silent.
She wasn’t a military strategist on Lu Chen’s level.
But...
She had fought alongside him long enough.
Opening the center of your formation like that?
It looked suicidal.
Bear smiled.
"Boss has this."
Rose glanced toward him.
"Maybe."
Bear looked at her.
"Maybe?"
Rose folded her arms.
"How many times have we said that tonight?"
Bear froze.
Ghost’s lips twitched.
Rose continued.
"The pool."
Silence.
"The spear."
Bear looked away.
"The fights."
Ghost coughed.
Rose raised an eyebrow.
"Should I continue?"
Bear sighed.
"No."
Rose looked back toward the projection.
Shen Tian stood completely calm.
No panic.
No hesitation.
No fear.
Rose narrowed her eyes.
He had something planned.
She was certain.
And strangely...
She found herself wanting to see it.
Lu Chen’s army advanced.
Three hundred meters.
Two hundred.
One hundred fifty.
Shen Tian didn’t move.
Lu Chen laughed.
"Archers!"
His soldiers raised their bows.
"Fire!"
THWIP!
Hundreds of arrows filled the sky.
Shen Tian finally moved.
He raised the spear.
"Shields!"
His separated infantry lifted their shields.
Arrows fell.
THUNK!
THUNK!
THUNK!
Most were blocked.
Several soldiers fell.
Shen Tian didn’t react.
Lu Chen’s cavalry moved around the sides.
Exactly as predicted.
Shen Tian watched.
Wait.
Closer.
Closer.
Lu Chen smiled.
"Second volley!"
Another wave.
Shen Tian’s soldiers defended.
More casualties.
Xu Ning watched nervously.
[Host.]
"Wait."
[They’re surrounding us.]
"I know."
Lu Chen’s cavalry reached the flanks.
"NOW!"
They charged.
Hundreds of horses thundered forward.
Shen Tian smiled.
"Archers."
His archers finally moved.
But...
They didn’t aim at Lu Chen’s infantry.
They turned.
Left.
Right.
Directly toward the cavalry.
"Fire."
THWIP!
Arrows erupted.
The cavalry had already committed.
Too close.
Too fast.
No room to retreat.
Horses screamed.
Riders fell.
Entire formations collapsed into one another.
Lu Chen’s expression changed.
"What?!"
Shen Tian pointed the spear.
"Second volley."
THWIP!
More cavalry collapsed.
"Infantry."
Shen Tian’s soldiers turned.
Spears extended.
The surviving cavalry crashed directly into them.
Chaos.
Lu Chen’s entire encirclement shattered.
His eyes widened.
But...
He immediately reacted.
"Ignore the flanks!"
His sword pointed forward.
"Break through the center!"
His shield formation charged.
Exactly toward the enormous opening Shen Tian had created.
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
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