Chapter 243: The Protagonist Loses in his Own Field

Assassinations.

Sieges.

Urban warfare.

Desert warfare.

Mountain warfare.

He had commanded missions where a single wrong decision meant death.

And Shen Tian...

A rich young master...

Was beating him here too?

No.

Lu Chen’s breathing became heavier.

"Again."

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

Lu Chen gripped his sword.

"This isn’t over."

Shen Tian looked around.

His soldiers were surrounding Lu Chen’s remaining forces.

"It looks pretty over."

"NO!"

Lu Chen’s Qi exploded.

BOOOOOOOM!

Several nearby soldiers were thrown backward.

Shen Tian’s eyes narrowed.

Lu Chen roared.

"ALL FORCES!"

His remaining soldiers reacted.

"WITH ME!"

They charged.

No formation.

No careful strategy.

Just...

Force.

Shen Tian stared.

Then sighed.

"There it is."

Lu Chen charged at the front.

His remaining soldiers followed.

Rose watched from outside.

Her expression changed.

"No..."

Ghost frowned.

"What?"

"He’s angry."

Bear looked toward her.

"Obviously."

"No."

Rose shook her head.

"You don’t understand."

Her eyes remained on Lu Chen.

"I’ve seen this before."

"When Boss gets angry enough..."

"He stops commanding."

Ghost’s expression changed.

Rose continued.

"He starts fighting."

There was a difference.

A massive one.

Lu Chen was an excellent fighter.

An excellent commander.

But when his pride was wounded...

Sometimes...

He forgot which role he was supposed to be performing.

Shen Tian had noticed.

Of course he had.

Rose stared at him.

He had deliberately kept talking.

Kept mocking.

Kept pressing.

Not randomly.

He was provoking Lu Chen.

Rose’s eyes widened.

"He wanted this."

Bear looked toward her.

"What?"

"Shen Tian."

She pointed.

"He wanted Boss angry."

. . .

Shen Tian watched Lu Chen’s army charge.

Then...

His spear rose.

"Archers."

Lu Chen continued.

"CHARGE!"

Shen Tian’s expression became cold.

"Fire."

The sky darkened.

Thousands of arrows fell.

Lu Chen’s soldiers collapsed.

Dozens.

Then hundreds.

The charge broke.

Shen Tian’s infantry moved.

Shield wall.

Spears.

Perfect formation.

Lu Chen’s scattered soldiers crashed into them.

And...

Were slaughtered.

The counter dropped.

271

203

141

Lu Chen stared.

"KEEP MOVING!"

98

"FIGHT!"

53

"GET UP!"

21

Then...

0

Silence.

Every soldier under Lu Chen’s command disappeared.

Only Lu Chen remained.

Across the battlefield...

Shen Tian still had over six hundred.

The battlefield became quiet.

Lu Chen stood alone.

Shen Tian stood behind his army.

Then...

He raised one hand.

Every soldier stopped.

Shen Tian stepped through them.

Alone.

Lu Chen stared.

Shen Tian approached.

"What?"

Lu Chen’s face twisted.

"Come to gloat?"

"No."

Shen Tian stopped.

"I came to finish it."

Lu Chen’s eyes became bloodshot.

"YOU THINK YOU’VE WON?!"

Shen Tian looked around.

"Yes."

That simple answer...

Made something snap.

Lu Chen roared.

"SHEN TIAN!"

His cultivation exploded.

The inheritance fragments inside his body reacted.

Killing intent erupted.

Bloodlust filled the battlefield.

Lu Chen’s aura began changing.

Peak Spirit Perception.

Then...

The barrier appeared again.

Domain Manifestation.

Xu Ning’s eyes widened.

[Host!]

Cracks appeared around Lu Chen’s realm barrier.

[He’s forcing a breakthrough!]

Shen Tian smiled.

"Good."

Xu Ning stared.

[Good?!]

"More Fate."

[HOST!]

Lu Chen roared.

CRACK!

The barrier shattered.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A massive domain erupted.

Blood-red energy spread across the battlefield.

Ancient weapons appeared in the air.

Thousands.

Killing intent flooded everything.

Lu Chen floated slightly above the ground.

His eyes became crimson.

DOMAIN MANIFESTATION REALM

Rose stared from outside.

"Boss..."

Bear laughed.

"He did it!"

Ghost smiled.

"Domain Manifestation."

Rose should have been relieved.

She should have been happy.

Their commander had broken through.

Instead...

She looked toward Shen Tian.

He was smiling.

Again.

No fear.

Rose’s heart beat faster.

What are you going to do now...?

She genuinely wanted to know.

. . .

Lu Chen slowly descended.

His entire presence had changed.

Stronger.

Heavier.

More dangerous.

He looked toward Shen Tian.

Then laughed.

"Now..."

Shen Tian sighed.

Lu Chen’s eye twitched.

"What?"

"You keep doing that."

"Doing what?!"

"Breaking through."

Shen Tian scratched his cheek.

"Then immediately assuming you’re stronger than me."

Lu Chen’s expression darkened.

"I AM!"

His Domain expanded.

BOOOOOOM!

The ground cracked.

Shen Tian’s soldiers were pushed backward.

Lu Chen laughed.

"FEEL IT!"

"This is Domain Manifestation!"

"This is power you haven’t..."

Shen Tian raised one finger.

Sovereign Suppression.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Lu Chen’s Domain...

Stopped.

His eyes widened.

Then...

CRACK!

A fracture appeared.

Lu Chen froze.

"No."

Another crack.

CRACK!

"No..."

Shen Tian walked forward.

CRACK!

Every step...

Another fracture.

Lu Chen stared in horror.

"Impossible."

Shen Tian continued walking.

His green eyes remained completely calm.

"You broke through badly."

Lu Chen froze.

"What?"

"You forced it."

Another step.

CRACK!

"You were angry."

Another.

CRACK!

"Your foundation was unstable."

Another.

CRACK!

"You absorbed an incomplete inheritance."

Another.

CRACK!

"And then..."

Shen Tian stopped directly before him.

"...you immediately used a Domain you don’t understand."

Lu Chen’s face became pale.

Shen Tian raised one hand.

Placed it against the Domain.

"Congratulations."

He smiled.

"You reached a new realm."

Then...

His fingers closed.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The Domain shattered.

Completely.

Lu Chen coughed blood.

He flew backward.

The entire battlefield shook.

Rose’s mouth fell open.

Bear became silent.

Ghost stared.

Shen Tian walked through the disappearing Domain.

His green eyes locked onto Lu Chen.

Lu Chen slowly pushed himself upward.

Blood dripped from his mouth.

His mind couldn’t accept it.

He had broken through.

He had reached Domain Manifestation.

A realm most cultivators could only dream about.

And...

Shen Tian broke his Domain.

With his hand.

Lu Chen’s thoughts became chaotic.

[Why?!]

Rose heard.

[WHY?!]

She flinched.

[Why does he keep winning?!]

Her expression changed.

[The city.]

[Qingya.]

[Meilin.]

[The Blood Pool.]

[The spear.]

[The inheritance.]

[Now this?!]

Lu Chen’s eyes became increasingly bloodshot.

[WHAT DOES HE HAVE THAT I DON’T?!]

Rose stared.

Then...

Her eyes slowly moved toward Shen Tian.

Her own answer appeared.

Control.

Shen Tian had control.

Over himself.

His power.

His emotions.

Even when arrogant...

He remained controlled.

Lu Chen?

He was unraveling.

Rose felt something painful in her chest.

This was her commander.

Someone she respected.

But...

She couldn’t lie to herself.

Shen Tian had beaten him.

Not only physically.

Mentally.

Strategically.

Repeatedly.

And every loss was making Lu Chen worse.

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