Heaven Soul Northern Grain Route, Wutong Commands the Entire Battlefield

Xu Sanshi held on for the quarter-hour Bei Bei had mentioned.

When Dou Ling's victory report reached Ming Dou Mountain Pass, he was still coughing blood—Black Tortoise Shield had blocked the artillery fire for him, but not all the internal injuries. Bei Bei sent the full battle report from Shrek's communications hub: Xu Sanshi had used Black Tortoise Transposition to save Jiang Nannan and the wounded soldiers, taking an Armor-Piercing Soul Tool Spear head-on and allowing the Dou Ling Cavalry to stabilize. Using the formation-shifting core Huo Yuhao had sent back, He Caitou deduced three calibration blind spots in the Sun Moon artillery formation. Tang Ya and Bei Bei connected the soul-engineering communications through Shrek's hub, and Dou Ling's three sentry cities were finally not torn open.

After reading the report, Huo Yuhao's fingertip lingered over the map for a long time.

For the first time, the three lines had woven into a net. Ming Dou Mountain Pass held down the front, the Dou Ling Plains blocked the cavalry trap, but the Heaven Soul Northern Grain Route alone still pulsed within the red line.

Tang Wutong stood at his side, her gaze falling on that supply route. "Ju Zi left you another path."

Huo Yuhao said quietly, "Yes."

Tang Wutong looked up. "She knows you'll understand."

Huo Yuhao did not deny it. Ju Zi knew he would not abandon the civilians, and she also knew that if the Heaven Soul Supply Route collapsed, the fragile trust Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling had just established would immediately shatter. Her way of waging war differed from Xu Tianran's. Xu Tianran sought only to crush everything, while Ju Zi would leave a gap, then sharpen that gap into a blade.

At the same time, in the Sun Moon Army's main command tent,