"Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons! Victory or death!"
Jian Shang's icy voice struck everyone present like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, leaving their minds ringing in confusion.
They could clearly hear his resolve to win even at the cost of his life, and finally understood why he had repeatedly explained the "essence of National War."
Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons—as its name suggested, it burned lifespan and vitality, sparing no cost and disregarding life and death in an all-out battle.
Ever since Tian Dan had submitted, everyone in the Huan Kingdom, Jian Shang included, had been growing. As a top-tier historical luminary, Tian Dan naturally had not stood still. Little by little, he had grasped the profound meaning of Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons, one of the seventy-two Earth Grade talents.
What they did not know was that Tian Dan, the Huan Kingdom's prime minister, had yet to reach the realm required to control this heaven-defying supreme technique. He could activate Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons, but could not stop it.
In other words, anyone subjected to Burn the Boats, Smash the Cauldrons would have their lifespan and vitality burned away without end, until both were utterly exhausted. Their deaths were certain!
For a moment, the atmosphere grew heavy, oppressive, sorrowful...
"Is it worth it? Isn't the price too high...?" Dongfang Shi asked, looking at the Huan King with complicated eyes.
Dongfang Shi did not spell it out, but with her discerning eye, it was not difficult to see.
These recruits were burning their boats and smashing their cauldrons to the bitter end. Like moths plunging into a flame, they were unleashing the radiance of their lives to perish together with the enemy.
That endlessly surging aura meant their lifespan and vitality were burning