This familiar tone, this familiar way of scolding!

General Ma's body froze, his eyes widening in total disbelief.

The young man turned his head and looked at this group of stunned old comrades. His eyes reddened slightly as his grin widened even further. "What? Worked with me all your lives, got chewed out by me every single day, and now you can't even recognize me?!"

Everyone was completely stunned by these words!

A dead silence fell over the entire command center, leaving only the sound of heavy, ragged breathing.

"Th-This is impossible..." General Qi's lips trembled as he took two steps back, his hand shaking as he pointed at the young man. "This aura, this tone of voice... You... You are..."

General Ma's eyes turned bloodshot. Recklessly, he lunged forward in a single stride and grabbed the young man's wrist.

It felt warm and powerful to the touch!

What shook him even more was that dormant within this young body was a powerful, familiar Origin!

It was a power that belonged uniquely to the supreme commander of Great Xia Nation!

"Marshal?!" General Ma's voice cracked, tears streaming down his weathered old face. "Is it... is it really you?!"

"Not dead... You're actually not dead! Waaah..." Another tough, iron-willed man covered his face and wept.

Only then did everyone snap back to reality!

This was... this was actually Marshal Zhao Qingcang, who had passed away not long ago?!

He had actually come back to life?!

Not only had he revived, but he had also rejuvenated and become so young!

"Alright, alright! You're all in your fifties and sixties—what's with all this weeping and wailing?! Where are your manners!" Although Zhao Qingcang scolded them, he reached back and firmly squeezed General Ma's rough palm.

He looked around at these old brothers who had fought alongside him through life and death for decades.

"I'm too tough to die, even the King of Hell wouldn't take me!" Zhao Qingcang patted his chest, feeling the strength of his Peak physical condition, and spoke aloud, "And I'm not the only one who came back. Look, who's this?"

Zhao Qingcang stepped aside, revealing the woman who had been standing quietly behind him.

Only then did everyone force themselves out of their massive shock to look at the gentle, young woman.

The woman took a step forward, her eyes glistening with grace. Smiling politely and elegantly, she nodded to the veteran generals. "Generals, long time no see. I saw you discussing military matters earlier and didn't want to interrupt."

"P-Principal Lin Zhu?!"

"My goodness..." General Ma's brain had completely fried.

He looked at Marshal Zhao, who looked to be in his early twenties, and then at Vice Principal Lin, who was also impossibly young. The world had gone completely mad.

"General Chen! Wh-What on earth is going on?!" General Qi turned around and stared at Chen Huaishu, who had been smiling all along. "Didn't the Marshal and Principal Lin already...?"

For a time, many veteran generals wept tears of emotion and confusion.

Seeing this group of veteran generals nearly losing control of their emotions, Chen Huaishu smiled and spoke in riddles.

"Gentlemen, the twists and turns of this tale are a long story, and now is not the time for explanations. Once this war is completely over, I will sit down, brew a pot of good tea, and explain everything to you from start to finish!"

Everyone scratched their heads in frustration, but they knew the military's secrecy discipline well. Since Chen Huaishu put it that way, it meant major implications were involved.

"That's right!"

Zhao Qingcang slammed his hand on the table, pulling everyone's attention back to the tactical sand table.

Reining in his warmth, his expression turned cold and resolute.

"We can reminisce after we return to Great Xia!" Zhao Qingcang leaned his hands on the tactical table, his aura overpowering, making the high-ranking generals present afraid to even breathe heavily.

He sneered, staring at the red dots on the sand table that represented the last resisting forces of Sakura Country.

"This war has dragged on long enough..."

"It's time to bring it to an end!"

"Pass down my command!"

Zhao Qingcang's booming, majestic voice exploded inside the command center, causing the holographic projection above the sand table to tremble.

"Advance on all fronts! Forget echelon Formations and forget so-called probing attacks!"

"I want you to completely shred those sons of bitches' defense lines and flatten them within twelve hours!"

General Ma was thrilled, veins bulging on his neck. He immediately snapped to attention, saluted, and roared, "Yes, sir! Task guaranteed to be completed!"

The other generals also stood at attention, their eyes brimming with Battle Intent. With these two SS-Rank Experts sitting at their Peak state, they no longer had the slightest hesitation in their hearts.

Zhao Qingcang turned his head to look at the gentle Lin Zhu beside him, a sharp smile forming on his face. "Let's go, Great Principal Lin. Having slept for so long, it's time to stretch our limbs. Let these Sakura Country scumbags experience true despair."

Lin Zhu covered her mouth with a light chuckle, though her eyes glinted with killing intent. "By your command, Marshal."

On the frontline battlefield, flames of war raged continuously.

The remaining elite corps of Sakura Country were relying on a massive, complex mountain defense Formation to desperately pour out firepower. This was their final natural barrier. The Formation shield radiated a thick, earthy-yellow glow, capable of withstanding multiple concentrated bombardments from conventional missiles.

"Hold the line! For the glory of the Great Sakura Empire! Fight to the death, no retreat!" A Sakura Country general waved his command sword, howling at the top of his lungs.

However, his roars had barely faded.

A lush green leaf suddenly drifted down from the sky.

Immediately following it, a sky-filling green rain began to fall.

Dressed in an elegant, simple dress, Lin Zhu floated in mid-air. She raised her palm and pressed down gently.

"Ten Thousand Trees—Strangulation."

A colossal boom rang out—!

The ground vibrated violently as countless thick, giant vines burst forth directly from deep within the hard bedrock! Before these giant vines infused with SS-Rank Wood Law, those indestructible defense Formations were utterly frail and shattered instantly!

"Aaaaah! What kind of monster is this?!"

"Help! My leg is entangled! Save me!"

Screams and the sounds of collapsing structures intertwined. Like living pythons, the giant vines frantically strangled the Sakura Country defenders on the position, tearing their defense line to shreds.

Amidst the debris flying all across the sky, Zhao Qingcang's figure flickered unpredictably.

Without even using a weapon, relying solely on subtle spatial jumps, he flashed directly into the core command area of the enemy forces.

"Spatial Collapse!"

A single punch thrown out!

His attack possessed no flashy light or shadows, only pure violence. The space in front cracked inch by inch and then collapsed inward, instantly sucking hundreds of Sakura Country elites along with their heavy armor into the the void's turbulent currents, without leaving behind even a single drop of blood!

Following behind the two SS-Rank Experts, the Great Xia warriors let out sky-shaking roars, sweeping across and completely crushing the remaining defender army of Sakura Country!