Chapter 502: Chapter 501: Roll Back and Start Over

“Thud!”

Li Dazhu knocked away an Insect Clan member approaching Lu Zixun and bellowed, “Yanzu, what are you daydreaming about?”

Lu Zixun moved his fingers slightly, his gaze somewhat hazy. Had he returned to twenty minutes ago?

Checking his phone, he indeed found himself back to twenty minutes earlier.

Sha Fei’s Army hadn’t yet entered the blind rage of battle within the canyon.

At this moment, knowing the Insect Clan’s ambush in the canyon, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes.

He hadn’t figured out how the command of the Insect Clan got reverted, but this time, Sha Fei had the upper hand.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Zixun directly used Spiritual Ability Transmission to speak to Tang Tianyu, “If we continue to fight like this, we will eventually be encircled by the Insect Tide and wiped out.”

Hearing this, Tang Tianyu snapped to attention, looked around at the overall position of the large army, and his heart skipped a beat.

How had they unknowingly arrived at such a perilous location?

“Crack.”

An Ice Blade flew out from the midst of the army, precisely splitting an Insect Clan member emitting red smoke hidden within the Insect Tide into two.

“Red Moon Worm, capable of spreading a scentless smoke that infects emotions.”

Lu Zixun, who was fairly familiar with Tang Tianyu’s temperament, knew that aside from matters concerning Bing Xue Ning, Tang Tianyu had never really lost control—something Lu Zixun had taken notice of.

Before the use of the Sky-splitting Gem, Tang Tianyu had completely lost his rationale, focused only on slaughtering, a fact that allowed Lu Zixun to realize what was happening.

Once he returned to the past, Lu Zixun successfully opened his Heavenly Eye and found the Insect Clan member capable of affecting emotions, directly executing it.

The red smoke on the battlefield dissipated in a short while, and the Sha Fei members, previously blinded by the battle rage, came to their senses, inwardly cursing as they felt the Spiritual Energy Acupoint in their bodies nearing depletion.

Meanwhile, Wang Yan, who sat fishing calmly, furrowed his brows upon hearing from Yiyu that Sha Fei’s Army had stopped their assault, “Why have they stopped?”

“Um…”

After a brief thought, Yiyu said, “The last Red Moon Worm was killed by an Ice Blade from who knows where, and as the infesting red fog disappeared, they sobered up.”

At this moment, Sha Fei’s Army was still very far from the ideal ambush spot.

In this state, they simply couldn’t surround and completely wipe them out.

After a moment of deliberation, Wang Yan decided to take a gamble.

“Send out the final Red Moon Worm, and keep sending Low-level Insect Clan to their deaths to exhaust their Spiritual Energy, lure them into the canyon, and then end this battle.”

Pausing for a moment, Wang Yan took a deep breath, “This time, you protect the Red Moon Worm, don’t let her die too soon!”

“Yes, Commander.”

Although Yiyu felt something was off, after hearing the certainty in Wang Yan’s voice, he sighed silently and agreed to the order.

Sha Fei’s Army was already on guard against the red smoke.

Now, the Red Moon Worm could no longer serve as a surprise element, making Wang Yan’s gamble somewhat risky.

Detecting the unnatural movement trajectory of the Insect Clan, Tang Tianyu could tell that they definitely had a Commander.

These batches of Insect Clan seemed to be chaotically charging without any Order, but in reality, they maintained just the right pace.

Each wave of insects that swarmed them wasn’t enough to kill anyone in the Sha Fei team, but managed to deplete their Spiritual Energy to the greatest extent—a fact Tang Tianyu didn’t consider coincidental.

With this in mind, Tang Tianyu made a snap decision not to entangle any further with these insects. After retreating to base camp to restore Spiritual Energy, they would reconsider their move.

“They actually want to retreat?”

Wang Yan, who was protected inside and out by three layers of Queen-level Insect Race members, suddenly opened his eyes in disbelief.

Even if the Red Moon Worm was killed, Commander Sha Fei couldn’t have recovered his senses so quickly. What exactly went wrong?

The problem, of course, lay with Lu Zixun.

The Ice and Fire Domain spread out, and the cool frosty air began to extend all around, nullifying the effectiveness of the red fog that was meant to infect emotions.

Under the effective command of Tang Tianyu, Sha Fei’s Army started to fight and retreat at the same time.

The Insect Clan seemed to fall into some kind of internal conflict and just watched as Tang Tianyu and his people pulled out.

Seeing this, Lu Zixun was somewhat puzzled. Could it be that the commander of the Insect Clan was a fool?

Such a full-scale retreat clearly showed that his strategy had been exposed. Not engaging in a pursuit to continue depleting the enemy’s forces, he merely watched idly. Did he really think Tang Tianyu would fall for the same trick twice?

“Commander, they are starting to retreat. Should we pursue them?”

At this moment, Yiyu, also sensing that something was amiss, looked toward Wang Yan and inquired.

“No, something must have gone wrong with our plan. It’s inappropriate to strike rashly.”

Wang Yan pondered for a moment: “Send the Eye Worms out. We need to investigate who managed to dispel the Red Moon Worm’s smoke.”

“Is that so…”

At this moment, a look of indescribable frustration appeared in Yiyu’s eyes, and he began to miss Han Mo.

In such a battlefield situation, Han Mo often performed better than Wang Yan.

Having successfully erased their tracks, Sha Fei’s Army, now dug in, began to recover their Spiritual Energy as fast as possible.

Meanwhile, Tang Tianyu took this opportunity to find Lu Zixun.

He recognized Lu Zixun at a glance within Captain Lin’s team, Tang Tianyu thought to himself, as expected.

It was Lu Zixun who had come to his team’s rescue during a transport mission before.

“Captain Lin, I wonder what your team’s thoughts are on today’s encirclement battle?”

Although the question was directed at Lin Siyin, Tang Tianyu’s gaze stayed on Lu Zixun.

“…”

A somewhat speechless Lu Zixun turned his head away, not making eye contact with Tang Tianyu.

The intent behind that look was too obvious; it was clear he was asking Lu Zixun what they should do next.

The problem was. if they brought Tang Tianyu for the making of a god, then there was a reason for not having Lu Zixun command everything. Otherwise, why would Lu Zixun go through so much trouble?

Before the battle for dominance even began, with the power of a J-level, he could have infiltrated the Insect Clan’s area and simply killed off the Insect Clan members participating in the battle.

Seeing that Lu Zixun had no intention of speaking, Lin Siyin pondered for a moment and said, “We’ll recover our Spiritual Energy and move out. Find a place that’s easy to defend and difficult to attack. Nighttime is when the Insect Clan’s battlefield really comes to life—they won’t let this go easily.”

“Mhm.”

Nodding in agreement, Tang Tianyu continued, “I just took a look around and didn’t see any sign of tunneling insects. If there are no tunneling insects participating in the battle, we can reduce our defenses on the ground.”

On hearing this, Lu Zixun frowned. How did Old Tang reach the level of a top commander with that kind of skill?

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zixun said indifferently, “Who in a game of Fight the Landlord starts with a bomb and follows up with four twos?”

No sooner had Lu Zixun spoken this than he regretted it.

A look of shrewdness appeared in Tang Tianyu’s eyes, and he smiled at Lu Zixun, “Oh? Captain Lin, may I know who this is…”

“Fog Grass.”

Realizing that Tang Tianyu had set him up, Lu Zixun roared internally: “Well done, bushy-browed big-eyed Tang Tianyu, laying a trap and waiting for me to walk right into it!”