"Roxy, you really couldn't resist taking the bait."
Through the formula, he watched the enemy forces launch a fire attack toward his position, only for the Ant-Acid Mines he had planted beforehand to detonate in sequence. The ignition trenches created by the explosions divided the firelines, completely reversing the burning belt that had originally been advancing toward his side and encircling the enemy instead.
Inside the command post within the ancient tree trunk, John immediately revealed a smug smile as his scheme succeeded.
However, he also knew that this plan to use the burning belt for a counter-encirclement could only temporarily hinder the enemy's advance. It could not truly stop Roxy's forces.
After all, the ground they had crossed while advancing through the burning belt had already been scorched into wasteland. There were no plants left that could burn again.
Roxy only needed to have her troops tighten their formation, gather in the scorched area, and wait around ten minutes for the shrinking ring of fire to burn itself out before advancing once more.
"But unfortunately, before obtaining that Apex-Psyche Core formed from the collapse and condensation of an enormous red giant star and breaking through to Origin Tier, once Roxy activated the Soulheart Art and established the Psycho-Energy Threads, the formula could not be interrupted unless her magic power was exhausted or an external change disrupted it."
"Once forcibly dispelled, the Unique Formula circuits inside Roxy's body would be paralyzed for an entire day due to the retrieval of the Psycho-Energy Threads. She would not be able to use the Soulheart Art again until magic power could circulate through those circuits once more."
"It was precisely because of this weakness that Roxy had been so desperate to finish with a swift attack after deploying the formula."
"Because from the