Pre-Battle Admonition

Watching the insect tide surge across the heavens, Li Junwu's heartbeat unconsciously began to quicken, her pupils trembling.

They were here.

Even with preparations in place, there was no avoiding the acceleration of her heartbeat.

She gently pressed a hand to her chest, feeling the pulse beneath it racing even faster than it had when she first stepped onto a battlefield.

Li Junwu drew a deep breath, and an unconscious smile curved across her slightly pale lips.

As if noticing something amiss with her, he suddenly asked with a smile:

"What is it? Scared?"

She shot him a glare.

"This young lady is excited."

Xu Yuan casually reminded her:

"Call it whatever you like. But whether you're afraid or excited, as the commander-in-chief within the city, what you need right now is absolute calm. Being too excited makes it easy to forget a great many things."

Li Junwu fell silent for a moment, then retorted:

"Your heart's beating so fast it's practically about to leap out of your chest, and you still have the nerve to lecture me?"

Xu Yuan's somber expression did not change in the slightest as he replied flatly:

"It's different. The acceleration of my heartbeat right now is a physiological reaction, not a psychological one."

"What do you mean?" Confusion surfaced on Li Junwu's clear, beautiful face.

Xu Yuan's gaze seemed to pierce through the canopy of insects, seeing the shadow of the youth submerged in darkness beyond it. Smiling, he answered:

"I already told you this intelligence before. There's a little brat outside who shares my origin and wants to eat me. It's the one making my heart race."

The scorching summer wind swept through the courtyard, and Li Junwu froze for a moment.

".You never said it wanted to eat you."

"I'm saying it