The young soldier was clearly unwilling, but with Thousand-man Commander Jason Chun vouching for Ian Song, he could only swallow his frustration and shut his mouth.
At the same time,
The ten-thousand-man commander appeared once again.
With two thousand-man commanders dead, his anger was palpable.
Even with Jason Chun vouching for Ian Song, the ten-thousand-man commander still scrutinized him. This commander was already at the peak of the Creator realm—even Ian Song wouldn't be sure of winning in a direct fight.
Besides, making a move here was absolutely out of the question.
After all, this was the heart of the army, and plenty of experts here had power beyond the Creator realm.
Being suspected was bad enough—being framed was even worse.
Fortunately, with Jason Chun's protection, the ten-thousand-man commander didn't press the issue.
Once the ten-thousand-man commander left,
Ian Song gathered Mona Meng and the rest of the group.
"So, what do you all think about this situation?" Ian asked, looking around.
He swept his gaze over the group, secretly wishing he could use his Divine Ability 'Phantasm' to test them—but he couldn't risk it. Who knew if any of these Hosts had special Divine Abilities or items that could block Phantasm?
"Could it be Gavin Jiang?" Xavier Cheng mused.
Xavier Cheng said, deep in thought.
"It's possible," Ian Song nodded.
Ian Song nodded in agreement.
But in the end, they couldn't come up with any good solution and dispersed, frustrated.
"Damn it!" Ian cursed under his breath.
Ian Song clenched his fist in frustration. If Jason Chun hadn't vouched for him tonight, he probably would've been dragged off for interrogation.
His Divine Soul was strong, but if someone beyond the Creator realm interrogated him, he might not be able to keep his secrets.
Suddenly,
A chilling possibility occurred to him.
The mastermind seemed to know his situation inside out.
In other words,
There was probably a spy planted close to him.
He could rule out Mona Meng and Xavier Cheng, but what about the other nine Hosts?
Should he test them one by one?
The next day,
Battle broke out once again.
Both sides' vanguard camps entered the battlefield.
Ian Song led his men out from the thousand-man camp and moved to the front lines.
"Form up!" Ian Song called.
At his command, Ian and his hundred-plus men instantly linked together in a solid battle formation.
"Advance!"
With that order, Ian Song led his troops straight into the fray.
"Who authorized them to engage?"
Marshal Tony Chun of Prosperia Kingdom frowned, his voice low and stern.
At that moment,
Ian Song's unit accelerated toward the enemy and soon clashed with the opposing vanguard.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Their formation was like a razor-sharp divine blade, cutting into enemy ranks like a meat grinder, harvesting lives at terrifying speed.
In less than fifteen minutes,
Ian Song's vanguard killed nearly two thousand enemy soldiers, including several Sovereign realm officers.
Marshal Tony Chun, who had been frowning, suddenly smiled. "This unit is impressive!" he praised.
Thanks to Ian Song's unit, Prosperia's vanguard morale soared.
Half an hour later,
The enemy vanguard was routed, with only two thousand escaping, while Prosperia Kingdom lost fewer than a thousand.
A decisive victory.
Normally, after one side flees, the other should withdraw, but Ian Song's hundred-man company didn't. Instead, they pursued the retreating enemy.
Damn it!
Seeing this, Marshal Shawn Xian of Westpeak Kingdom was furious. "Send a thousand-man company to annihilate that hundred-man unit!" he shouted.
"Yes, sir!"
Immediately, a thousand-man company formed up and charged out from Westpeak Kingdom's main forces.
Boom!
Crack!
Soon, the two formations collided. Westpeak's thousand-man company thought they could easily shatter Ian Song's hundred-man formation.
They never expected...
The formation was shattered, but it wasn't Ian Song's—it was theirs.
"Kill!"