Chapter 278: Turn the tide!

The largest crystal stone array collapsed, and the nether energy field completely dissipated.

The battlefield's balance tilted completely with Chen Wen's breakthrough and that earth-shattering strike.

The remaining two small crystal stone arrays dimmed, like candles in the wind, and could no longer provide effective support.

The Chen army's frontline soldiers, widely granted a sixteenfold boost, surged in spirit like a rainbow, and their combat power skyrocketed.

They were like tigers released from their gates, launching a devastating blow against the enemy army fallen into chaos and weakness.

Those once dread-inspiring Netherbones, now before the Chen army bolstered with sixteenfold strength, lost their former absolute advantage.

Their bone armor was no longer indestructible, and could be split open by violent force.

Their claws were no longer unstoppable, and could be blocked by precise parries.

Their soul fire no longer burned steadily, flickering erratically under the suppression of Fortune Momentum Huang Guang.

"Kill! Avenge General Han!"

Hatred and power combined, erupting into astonishing combat strength.

A few soldiers working together, blades and spears raised, could tightly entangle a Netherbone and leave deep scars on its bone armor.

Even more valiant colonels, relying on sixteenfold strength and speed, could alone clash head‑on with a Netherbone, fighting to an indecisive standstill!

The crystal ore monsters collapsed in heaps, deprived of nether energy support; they were nothing but twisted wreckage.

The Northern Han soldiers' morale collapsed utterly; they watched in terror as the Chen army soldiers, like gods descending to earth, saw their invincible Netherbones being hacked down, pierced, and shattered one by one!

"Run!"

No one knows who shouted first, but it was like toppling the first domino.

The Northern Han Alliance collapsed into utter rout!

Soldiers discarded helmets and armor, wailing as they fled rearward, seeking only to escape this life‑devouring purgatory.

Even the slaughter knives of the supervisory detachments could not stop this avalanche‑like defeat.

Defeated in battle, like a mountain collapsing.

However, Chen Wen's gaze did not linger on those fleeing troops.

His gaze, like an icy blade, swept over the chaotic battlefield and locked firmly onto the remaining two small crystal stone arrays.

They remained a potential threat, the foundation upon which that icy will relied.

They must be utterly eradicated!

He did not again use the greatly consuming "Fortune Momentum Spear".

After breaking through to Level 6, his mastery of power reached a new height.

He extended his right hand, fingers slightly spread, aimed at one of the small crystal stone arrays, and grasped it from afar!

"Hum!"

The space around that crystal stone array seemed to faintly congeal.

The next instant, the nether energy contained within the array—already extremely unstable—seemed to be forcibly stirred, compressed, and detonated by an invisible great hand!

"Boom!"

Another tremendous roar sounded, and that small crystal stone array followed the main array's demise, disintegrating in a violent energy turbulence into scattered blue specks of light.

Neat and decisive, heavy as if light.

Chen Wen's expression unchanged, he turned his palm toward the last crystal stone array.

He repeated the same procedure.

"Bang!"

The final nether energy source likewise vanished.

Thus, the large crystal ore device upon which the Iron Crow Army relied, capable of altering the battlefield environment, was utterly destroyed by Chen Wen with absolute power in an extremely short time!

The residual nether energy on the battlefield swiftly dissipated, leaving only the Chen soldiers' magnificent Fortune Momentum Huang Guang and the deafening cheers and pursuit cries.

"Long live!"

"Your Majesty's divine might!"

"We won! We won!"

The joy of victory washed away the previous carnage and sorrow.

Chen Wen stood in the central command, his dark cloak fluttering in the surging energy wind.

He clearly felt the sixty‑fourfold power within him like a vast river, flowing ceaselessly.

His insight into 'momentum' let him connect more closely with this battlefield and the troops under his command.

He was like a powerful energy source and amplifier, perfectly binding the dynasty's fortune momentum with his personal power and radiating it throughout the entire legion.

This feeling of commanding the whole situation and overwhelming with the great trend was unprecedented.

Yet this power also let him perceive more clearly that, deep in the enemy camp, that icy will had not dissipated with the destruction of the crystal stone arrays.

On the contrary, after the initial shock and anger, that will became more concentrated, more frenzied, and also… more uncanny.

A chill, as if stared down by a poisonous snake, quietly crept onto Chen Wen's heart.

He knew that destroying the crystal stone arrays had merely severed the enemy's claws and fangs.

The true opponent—the Iron Crow Army's Venerable lurking behind the scenes, and possibly even a 'Master' behind them—had not yet truly acted.

Or rather, they were brewing the final, and most dangerous, madness.

Chen Wen drew a deep breath, suppressing the power within him that had slightly boiled from his recent breakthrough and continuous use of abilities.

His gaze once again became sharp and calm.

He raised his hand and issued a new order.

His voice, resonating through Fortune Momentum, clearly spread across the battlefield.

"All troops, hear the order!"

Steady advance, exterminate the remaining enemies!

Shi Dun's unit, sortie from the city and join the attack!

Ministry of Works personnel, stabilize the 'Disturbing Crystal Tower', monitor abnormal energy fluctuations!

Orders were issued in an orderly manner.

The elated Chen Wen's troops swiftly executed the orders; the offensive became more orderly, like a massive grindstone crushing the scattered enemy forces.

The gates of Jin Prefecture flung open; Shi Dun led the long-repressed garrison troops surging out, coordinating with the main forces inside and out, further accelerating the enemy's collapse.

Zhao Lao Nian then Commander the Ministry of Works artisans, fully maintaining the operation of the 'Wide-area Disturbing Crystal Tower', maximizing its detection function, vigilantly scanning every corner of the battlefield.

Chen Wen stood in place, slowly adjusting his breath.

The power within him surged with excitement, craving a stronger opponent, craving a true test.

The Growth Progress Bar had already been reset after the breakthrough, but the feeling of abundant power filled him with confidence for the future.

He gazed toward the deepest part of the enemy camp, that area which, even under the shroud of Fortune Momentum Huang Guang, remained exceptionally gloomy, as if connected to another world.

He could sense that something there was awakening.

Or, it was breaking free of its final bonds.

Come on.

Chen Wen muttered under his breath, his hand resting on the hilt of the 'Destiny Blade'.

The blade conveyed a cool sensation, along with a faint, eager tremor yearning to drink blood.

After turning the tide, the fated showdown had only just begun.