The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell silent once again.

Apart from the deputy legion commanders, all the soldiers of the Calamity Army stared blankly at the figure floating in the sky, their minds completely blank.

Admittedly, they knew the strength of their legion commander.

But the visual impact of turning such a vast sea of ​​willow branches into ashes with the legion commander's nonchalant methods was still too shocking.

And after a brief period of deathly silence.

"Holy crap!!!"

A gasp snapped all the soldiers back to reality.

That sound was like lighting the fuse of a powder keg.

The next moment, a thunderous cheer erupted from the ranks of the Calamity Army!

"The legion commander is awesome!!!"

"Holy crap! Holy crap! What was that just now? Was it a hallucination?"

"What the hell is this called security?! This is what security is!"

"Charge! Brothers! The legion commander has paved the way for us! Anyone who chickens out even a second is a coward!"

The morale, which had been somewhat stagnant due to the sudden change, was instantly ignited at this moment.

All hesitation vanished with Gu Xu's effortless move.

All that remains is endless fanaticism and worship!

With bloodshot eyes and howling, the soldiers launched another charge.

This time, they were faster and more aggressive than before!

Meanwhile, at the Jade Palace.

In the center of the main hall, a jade-green crystal ball, as tall as a person, floats quietly.

Inside the sphere, light and shadow shifted, reflecting everything that was happening on the mountain ridge outside the city.

High Priest Elonis, Hera, and a group of still-breathing elven high-ranking officials stood around the crystal ball, craning their necks like a flock of geese waiting for their meal.

However, the expressions on their faces at this moment were utterly ridiculous.

Clearly, they had just witnessed the entire process of the [Branch of Death and Hatred of the Goddess of Nature] being erased.

Before that, they all believed that even if they couldn't hold off the Calamity Army for too long, they would at least cause them some trouble.

But the result was completely contrary to their expectations.

It's true that the props were activated, and the willow branches did indeed sprout from the ground, full of menacing power and murderous intent, ready to inflict heavy damage on the Shenxia army.

Then... a wisp of black mist rolled in.

Gone.

Everything is gone.

Their carefully prepared, highly anticipated ultimate weapon was simply... brushed away like dust.

The whole process was so smooth and fast that no one even had time to react.

One second it was a drawing of hell, the next it was the end of the world.

The next second, everything vanished, leaving nothing but a calm and peaceful scene.

That grove of grotesque willows of death appeared briefly and then vanished, like an awkward joke, as if only to prove that it had once been there.

"..."

"What...what just happened?"

After a moment, an elder finally spoke, his voice trembling like a chick being strangled.

Unfortunately, no one answered him.

Because everyone's mind is blank at this moment.

But soon, this sound was like the first domino to fall, and the entire hall instantly switched from a petrified state to a chaotic mess.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? That's the Branch of Deathly Hatred!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! That human... what kind of monster is he?!"

"Useless? Why is it completely useless?"

Panic and confusion instantly spread through the hearts of all the high-ranking elves.

However, amidst this wailing, High Priest Elonis remained remarkably calm.

He didn't break down, he didn't shout, he just stared at Gu Xu's figure in the crystal ball, his eyes filled with anger.

Unlike others.

What he saw was far more than just the strength of that human commander, and more than just the easily broken backup plan.

As the leader of the entire tribe, he was fully aware of the arrangement and timing of the [Branch of Death and Hatred of the Goddess of Nature].

That was their last trump card.

Besides him and Hera, only a handful of other people knew about this.

Why?

Why did that damned human legion commander, at that exact moment, so coincidentally and unusually, rush to be the first?

You should know that before this, he had read all the battle reports since the Calamity Army entered the Elf Forest.

This guy is incredibly lazy. He always prefers to stay in the back during battles and has never personally led the charge.

That's why he simply didn't believe that such a guy would lead the charge in this "final" battle.

This is completely out of character for him.

It's even less likely that they would have stumbled upon their backup plan.

Thinking of this, a thought that sent chills down his spine entered Elonnis's mind like a venomous snake.

There was a traitor among them!

"boom!"

Clearly, the moment this thought appeared, the impact was far greater than the instantaneous destruction of the Branch of Deathly Hatred.

The explosion made Elonnis's vision go black, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He turned his head sharply, his cold gaze sweeping over Hera and then over the faces of the trembling elders beside her.

Who is it? Who on earth is it?!

They betrayed the last hope of the elves to the enemy?!

The elves whose gaze swept over them all felt a chill run down their spines and instinctively took a half step back, as if they were being targeted by some abyssal monster.

However, Elonnis did not react on the spot.

After all, now is not the time to catch the mole.

The traitor can be settled later and dealt with slowly, but the Shenxia Legion outside the city will not give him even a second to breathe.

"Gentlemen..."

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the murderous intent and rage in his heart, his hoarse voice echoing in the chaotic hall: "The army of the Divine Xia Empire has entered the city!"

"We...have no way out!"

"We don't know exactly when the Legion of God will descend... but if we don't fight to the death, what awaits us is the annihilation of our race!!!"

One sentence silenced everyone's wailing, leaving them with immense sorrow.

They all turned to look at Elonnis, their eyes filled with helplessness, sorrow, and deep hatred. Clearly, things had turned out this way, far beyond their expectations.

At this moment, they hated their own weakness, because if it weren't for their weakness, they wouldn't have come to the brink of extinction.

They hated those Starsea pirates if it weren't for them coercing them to attack Divine Xia.

They could have had more time to grow and cultivate more strong individuals.

Compared to the former two, they hated Shenxia even more. They hated Shenxia's power, Shenxia's stinginess, and Shenxia's failure to give them any way out, which led them to their final moments.