The Heavy Shield Warriors seemed not to notice.
They maintained their original formation and continued to force their way forward.
Chu Yao signaled to Xianyu Jian that he could give the order for the Martial Qi Soldiers to launch a third full-force collision. There was no need to worry about casualties!
He was there!
Xianyu Jian obeyed without thinking.
This time, the Literary Qi enveloping the Martial Qi Soldiers was much thicker and clearer than before. The silvery-gray Literary Qi was inconspicuous amid the melee. Yet it had corroded most of the inch-thick heavy shields in the Heavy Shield Warriors' hands in just two clashes.
Chu Yao seemed dissatisfied with the result.
"In battle, courage matters—One Breath, One Go!"
This was one of the military formation Word Spirits of a Literary Heart: [One Breath, One Go]. It forcibly boosted the soldiers' morale, using sheer momentum to suppress the enemy troops. However, this Word Spirit was being used on Xianyu Jian's Martial Qi Soldiers. They were puppets formed from Martial Qi, and had no concept of "morale" or "will" to begin with.
[One Breath, One Go] instead gave them a brief boost in Martial Qi, increasing their strength severalfold.
For the third time, the Martial Qi Soldiers collided with the Heavy Shield Warriors.
The foul-smelling white smoke was thicker than ever, unmistakably so!
Crack—
A faint sound of breaking rang out. More than three hundred Martial Qi Soldiers, wrapped in silvery-gray Literary Qi, roared as they smashed through the heavy shields in the Heavy Shield Warriors' hands and charged straight into the flesh-and-blood bodies hiding behind them! They broke through the enemy line!
Chu Yao brought out his Literary Heart Sigil and activated it.
His loose robes stirred as if in a windless gale.
Even his gray-white hair seemed steeped in