Chapter 277: Level 6! Breakthrough!

Critical Point.

That impregnable wall clearly lay at the edge of perception.

The 100% Growth Progress Bar radiated a scorching light, like a sun compressed to the limit, yearning to explode.

Chen Wen's mind sank completely into the vortex of Fortune Momentum that resonated with the dynasty and the myriad people.

He no longer tried to 'control' power, but was like a devout listener.

To feel the whisper from the realm's mountains and rivers, to accept the prayers of billions of people, to bear the weight of the newly born order called the Chen Dynasty.

He saw in Bianliangcheng, as the populace heard the frontline victory report, hope blossoming on their faces.

He saw on Jiao Tu Zhen, where the former wasteland now had rolling rice waves and curling cooking smoke.

He saw Han Tong, while on horseback envisioning the pacification of Hebei, how he encouraged agriculture and repaired military defenses.

He saw Shi Dun, Zhang Cheng, Wang Ru, Qian Gui, Zhao Lao Nian… countless faces.

They were either brave, wise, resolute, or persistent; they bound their fates tightly to this dynasty.

Individual strength is tiny.

But myriad streams converging can form a river; scattered sparks linking can become a prairie fire.

He, Chen Wen, was not the sole source of power.

He is the riverbed, the wilderness, the 'existence' that lets streams flow and sparks burn.

Protection is not bearing everything.

But letting this converging river possess the power to cleanse filth;

letting this prairie fire's sparks possess the light to illuminate darkness.

"So that's how it is..."

A soundless sigh echoed in the depths of his soul.

That impregnable wall, under the impact of this magnificent momentum and this complete realization, emitted a faint 'crack' like ice splitting.

Not a brute-force collision, but a natural merging as water finds its channel.

Cracks spread like a spiderweb across the wall.

Finally, in a clear tone only Chen Wen could hear, like the sound of heaven and earth opening——

It shattered with a boom!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no blinding light.

But in Chen Wen's perception, the whole world had changed.

The Fortune Momentum power, once vast as a sea and requiring his strenuous guidance, now became utterly obedient, like a natural extension of his body.

A slight thought could mobilize it.

The inner originally surging thirty-twofold basic strength, as if infused with endless vitality, began a frantic rise and transformation!

Thirty-threefold… thirty-fivefold… fortyfold… fiftyfold…

The speed grew ever faster, unstoppable!

Finally, it stabilized at an entirely new, awe-inspiring height——

Sixty-fourfold!

Breakthrough!

A force far greater and purer than before, like a bursting flood, instantly filled his limbs and bones, cleansing every inch of his sinews, nourishing his weary spirit.

Previous consumption and fatigue, under the surge of this newborn force, vanished in an instant!

His senses became sharper, able to clearly 'see' the trajectories of energy flowing in the air, and 'hear' the suppressed breaths of distant enemy commanders.

He could even feel his connection to the land beneath his feet growing tighter, and his link to the brilliant golden Fortune Momentum halo over the battlefield becoming as responsive as an arm.

But this was not all of the breakthrough.

The more important change came from his understanding and application of 'Ability Granting'.

Before, Ability Granting was more like a one-way, consumptive 'infusion'.

But now, having grasped the essence of 'Momentum', the method of Ability Granting underwent a complete transformation.

He no longer needed, as before, to precisely locate each squad, arduously calculating mental and physical expenditure.

He only needed a single thought.

Chen Wen slowly opened his eyes.

In the depths of his eyes, a golden galaxy seemed to swirl, deep and imposing.

His gaze swept over the still fiercely battling battlefield, over the 'Netherbone' and enemy troops that, though weakened by the 'Disturbing Crystal Tower', remained ferocious.

It was time to end all this.

He did not roar, nor did he bellow.

He simply calmly raised his hand, pressing forward toward the entire battlefield's front line.

"Wide Granting——"

His voice was not loud, yet it clearly rose above all the shouts and clamor, reaching every Chen Army soldier's ear, carrying an indisputable, heaven‑mandated authority.

"Sixteenfold."

There was no dazzling light wave, no violent energy surge.

But at the moment his words fell——

All Chen Army soldiers fighting on the front lines, whether sword‑shield troops, spearmen, or archers,

as well as the grassroots colonels and captains, felt a warm, mighty force—not injected from outside, but seemingly springing naturally from deep within themselves, from their bond with this land and the dynasty behind them!

Their power surged!

Their speed surged!

Their endurance became long-lasting!

Their reactions were as fast as lightning!

More importantly, they seemed to develop an invisible tacit understanding between them, making their coordination seamless!

This wasn't just a simple stacking of strength; it was a holistic resonance and elevation stemming from momentum!

"This... this is..."

A colonel who had just had his arm numbed by a Netherbone's shock, in astonishment discovered, as he swung his blade to block again.

He actually steadied the terrifying claw, even rebounding the Netherbone half a step back!

"My strength... seems inexhaustible?"

A crossbowman felt his arm steady as a rock, his arrows swift and accurate, easily piercing the leather armor of a Northern Han elite.

"Kill!"

Without any mobilization, the Chen Army soldiers, feeling the surging power within, let out a heaven-shaking roar, as if reborn, launching a world-overturning counterattack against the enemy!

The Netherbone that could previously contend with the Chen Army, under this sudden, all-encompassing suppression, instantly fell into a passive state!

Their attacks were easily blocked or dodged.

Their defenses began to grow fragile before attacks imbued with sixteenfold power!

Blades could cleave bone armor!

Spears could pierce the body!

Arrows could pierce soulfire!

"Impossible!"

Deep within the enemy camp, that icy will emitted an unbelievable fluctuation, mixed with shock and anger and a hint of fear!

Chen Wen paid no heed.

His gaze, passing over the chaotic battlefield, fell once more on the three crystal stone arrays whose operation had become disordered and whose light flickered unpredictably due to the Disturbing Crystal Tower.

Especially the largest one.

He raised his hand again.

This time, the target was clear.

"Conferred focus—"

He locked onto the largest crystal stone array, and at its core, the node where energy was most concentrated and most deeply connected to the earth's veins.

"Thirty-twofold."

Not bestowed upon the soldiers, but taking the highly concentrated thirty-twofold power he could muster at this moment, blending it with the glorious dynasty's Fortune Momentum, and forging it into an intangible, substanceless—

"Fortune Momentum Spear!"

"Go."

He softly uttered a word.

The intangible Fortune Momentum Spear instantly spanned the distance, appearing before the core of the largest crystal stone array!

Then, silently, it pierced!

Time, as if, paused at this moment.

The massive crystal stone array's violent flickering dark-blue light suddenly froze.

The next moment—

"Boom—!!!"

Not an explosion, but a collapse like mountains crumbling and earth splitting, originating from within!

The massive crystal stone, starting from its core, manifested countless dense, bright-gold cracks!

The cracks rapidly spread throughout the entire array!

The light bands connecting them first shattered and dissipated!

Then, under the gaze of countless shocked onlookers, the massive crystal stone array emanating tremendous dark energy, like a snowdrift under sunlight,

began to crumble from the bottom up, inch by inch, collapsing into the purest energy fragments, which dissipated into the air!

Just a single strike!

destroyed one of the cores supporting the enemy army's power system!

Having lost the support of this main array, the two smaller crystal stone arrays' light swiftly dimmed, their operation becoming extremely unstable, as if they would soon follow suit.

The pale blue dark-energy field enveloping the battlefield dissipated completely!

Those crystal ore monsters and medicinal constructs, as if their spines had been drawn out, collapsed in swaths, the blue light in their eyes extinguished completely.

The remaining Netherbones also emitted painful howls, their power source greatly weakened, the dark-energy fluctuations over their bodies becoming utterly chaotic!

The battlefield situation was completely reversed at this moment!

Chen Wen stood firm in place, his presence exuding an awe-inspiring majesty.

Level 6, sixty-fourfold ability, combined with a new comprehension of Fortune Momentum, granted him power truly capable of overturning heaven and earth!

His gaze, like a torch, swept over the enemy army plunged into chaos and panic.

Finally, he once again turned his gaze toward the deepest part of the enemy camp, the source of that icy will.

Next, it's your turn.