Di Tian's gaze swept over the army formation that had regained its footing.
In that instant, something exceedingly rare appeared in his eyes.
It was like redundant code that could not be deleted suddenly appearing in a meticulously designed program.
The Northern Expedition Army trembled.
But it did not collapse.
Some had pale lips and trembling sword hands, yet refused to loosen their grip.
Some had exhausted their Spiritual Power, yet forced their battered bodies to the brink of bursting.
Some could not even stand steadily and had to plant their weapons in the ground to support themselves.
But they did not retreat.
Not a single step.
Di Tian spoke slowly, his voice low:
"Unity?"
He seemed to have heard an absurd word.
"You call this inefficient collective behavior an advantage?"
Qi Wu smiled.
"You don't have to understand."
He raised a hand and pointed at the battle formation.
"But you have to admit one thing."
"Human unity gives us boundless possibilities and variables."
He pointed at himself.
"I'm one of them."
Di Tian's gaze turned slightly colder.
"The result is the same."
He raised his hand.
Black Rules gathered at his fingertips once more.
"You will all be erased."
Space began to collapse.
It was not shattering. Rather, a "tendency to disappear" had been written into reality in advance.
Within the Northern Expedition Army's formation, suppressed fear rose once more.
Someone cursed under their breath:
"This thing... isn't something humans can fight..."
"It's like a god rewriting the world..."
The next instant.
Di Tian was about to lower his finger.
But Qi Wu suddenly took a step forward.
It was a casual step.
Yet it seemed to land on some kind of "boundary."
Boom!
Di Tian's suppression through Rules was forcibly stalled for half a beat.
For the first