The Last Sentinel

Report: The Homo sapiens army has split into three columns, left the fortress, and is attacking our camp.

"I saw it."

In front of the projected ice wall, Charlie, dressed in a noble silver-white prince's robe, stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes revealing the unique confidence of a successful person.

The last time I stood here, I felt like an ant, being choked by my younger brother, ignored by the elders, and abandoned by my father.

Now, his younger brother is dead, the elders are kneeling at his feet, and his father is unable to extricate himself from the grief of losing his son.

On the projection ice wall, from the screen perspective of Fortress No. 7, groups of people filed out. These Homo sapiens rode in captured giant beast sleds and headed in three directions: Lighthouse City, Snow Eagle Cliff, and Ice Dragon Valley.

These three locations are all important defensive cities that form a strategic triangle with the Perfect City, and each location is stockpiled with more than eight thousand elite Neanderthal warriors.

The total number of Homo sapiens was only three thousand. If these three thousand were divided into three teams, and each team had one thousand people, could one thousand Homo sapiens defeat eight thousand elite Neanderthal warriors?

Moreover, Homo sapiens were siege attackers, while Neanderthals were siege defenders!

The difficulty of this offensive and defensive maneuver is extraordinary.

Even if Charlie racked his brains, he couldn't understand what Homo sapiens was trying to achieve by doing something so reckless!

Charlie looked at Hua Xiaobai beside him, "Hua Jun, what are your thoughts on the Human Alliance's actions this time?"

Hua Xiaobai said, "Sir, to be honest, I don't really like giving you too much advice on human alliance battles. If the advice is right, you won't praise me; if the advice is wrong, you'll definitely suspect that I have ulterior motives towards you."

Charlie said, "You can say with confidence that, whether right or wrong, I will never doubt your loyalty to the Neanderthals."

"Alright then," Hua Xiaobai said. "In my opinion, sending out these three thousand people in three teams is just a smokescreen! The Human Alliance's real trump card isn't these three thousand people, but somewhere else! This is just bait that Qi Tian threw out to attract our attention."

At this moment, the Third Elder in the audience said, "Three thousand men are the last of Homo sapiens' forces on this continent. If all of them are killed or wounded, it will mean that Homo sapiens' attack has completely failed! To call such a life-or-death force a decoy is just too presumptuous of Homo sapiens."

Hua Xiaobai said, "My lord, why don't we shift our focus to the fortress city and see what the Homo sapiens' leaders, Qi Tian and the others, are doing?"

Charlie said, "Someone, as Hua Jun instructed, focus your attention on Qi Tian, ​​the leader of the Homo sapiens!"

The perspective shifted on the projected ice wall, landing on Qi Tian.

At this moment, Qi Tian, ​​Zhuge Mengde (Eighty Brother), Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and other core members stood in front of a high platform. This platform had five layers and nine steps, on which stood a bronze cauldron that was three zhang (approximately 10 meters) in size. Around the cauldron were four ancient-style banners with ancient patterns depicting the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise.

Beneath the four banners, rows of small flags of various colors stretched out like a sea. As the snow wind blew, it stirred the small flags like a raging fire, boiling and burning.

Charlie stared at the scene, lost in thought. "This is... a ritual!"

Hua Xiaobai said, "The most important matters of the state are sacrifice and war. It is a normal practice to hold a sacrifice before a war. There is nothing strange about it."

Charlie nodded and continued reading.

At this moment, Qi Tian raised his left hand, and visible emerald divination symbols shot out from his palm. Countless divination symbols converged into a dazzling blue flame that soared into the sky, vast and mighty like a celestial waterfall of blue light cascading into the heavens. Ripples of bronze radiance surged outwards like ocean waves.

The countless small flags, enveloped by the bronze divination flames, suddenly ignited, the azure flames roaring fiercely. The giant cauldron in the center slowly awoke from its slumber, the entire cauldron trembling wildly under the influence of the flames.

In the center of the giant cauldron, which is three zhang tall, visible halos of bronze vitality are constantly gathering.

"Now!"

Qi Tian shouted, "Gentlemen, lend me your strength! Awaken the ancient bronze tree and rebuild the Great Tang army!"

Behind them, many experts unleashed their power.

"His horse tramples the yellow earth, shaking mountains and rivers; his army rises amidst the chaos, what can Heaven do! God Dian Wei!"

"A brave man should sing the Song of the Great Wind; how many petty villains can withstand him? God-like Xu Chu!"

"The world, after a long period of unity, tends to divide; after a long period of division, tends to unite. Man proposes, God disposes. I will do my utmost and await the will of Heaven! —Zhuge Liang!"

Behind Qi Tian, ​​three magnificent, colossal shadows of imperial power suddenly rose up, none other than Dian Wei, the red-clad divine general who had appeared once before.

Xu Chu, the Black-Light God General.

Surrounded by white light, the god Kongming with a swan soaring above his head!

The three masters revealed their true forms, simultaneously extending a hand towards the bronze cauldron above, and loudly recited: "The world is vast, all is the king's land; the shores of the land are all the king's subjects. The officials are not equal, but I alone am virtuous. My four steeds are strong, and the king's affairs are plentiful. I am fortunate to be young, and young to be a general. My strength is still vigorous, and I manage affairs in all directions. Some live in comfort, while others devote themselves to the country. Some rest in bed, while others never cease their journeys..."

The three chanted in unison, and a beam of divine light shot directly into the bronze cauldron from the palm of each of their hands, as if activating this war artifact.

At this moment, even Charlie, who was watching the battle, realized that something was wrong.

These Homo sapiens are up to something big!

They must be up to something big that they don't even understand!

Their experts don't fight on the front lines of war; instead, they're used here as human sacrifices and biological batteries!

They are activating some terrifying weapon of war that they are unaware of!

Charlie turned around abruptly, about to ask Hua Xiaobai what was going on!

But when Charlie turned around, he found that Hua Xiaobai's seat was empty. Not to mention Hua Xiaobai, he couldn't even see a shadow of him!

What about people?

Charlie glared at him. "Where's the little white guy?"

The Third Elder, standing to the side, said, "Just now, when you were engrossed in watching, he said he had a stomachache and went out for a while. He hasn't returned yet?"

Charlie roared, "Find Hua Xiaobai right now! Hurry!"

Just as Charlie roared, the sacrificial scene on the screen in front of him was rapidly changing. The huge bronze cauldron, which had been dull and lifeless, seemed to have been awakened with vitality. A sapling grew from the bronze cauldron, a small sapling made of bronze. The moment the sapling appeared, the surrounding bronze flames blazed brightly, and the life force spread rapidly. The life-giving blue flames burned and melted the millennia-old ice of the frozen fortress, and the once bare walls, ground, and crenellations began to grow rapidly with blue vegetation...

At this moment, the recitation of the three people in front became even louder: "Mencius's Nine Chapters, recorded in the Book of Poetry: Some are unaware of how to cry out, some are toiling away in misery; some linger in seclusion, some are preoccupied with the affairs of the king, some indulge in pleasure and drinking, some are filled with fear of punishment; some are involved in gossip and criticism, some do everything they can..."

Under the convergence of bronze aura, the bronze sapling roared and soared into the sky, vast and magnificent!

One foot tall, two feet tall, five feet tall, ten feet tall, two feet tall, three feet tall, five feet tall, ten feet tall, fifteen feet tall, thirty feet tall...

The massive roots of the bronze tree spread out in all directions like pythons, and the vegetation areas that had been stained blue turned into the vines and soil of the bronze tree. This soil was still expanding, and the bronze tree continued to grow and increase in size, finally breaking through the limit of 100 feet!