Free Web NovelChapter 76: Chapter 76: Broken Spear Battlefield
The first thing Qin Yuheng saw was a spear.
It stood alone in the gray earth, broken halfway down its shaft. The blade was rusted, cracked, and stained with something darker than blood. Around it stretched a vast battlefield under a dim sky.
Broken weapons covered the ground.
Swords without hilts.
Shields split in half.
Arrowheads buried in stone.
Armor pieces filled with dust.
And spears.
Thousands of spears.
Some stood upright like grave markers. Some lay shattered across trenches. Some were buried so deeply that only their blades remained visible.
The air smelled of iron, ash, and old rain.
No living army remained.
But the battlefield did not feel empty.
A mission panel appeared.
[Floor 7: Broken Spear Battlefield]
[Main Mission]
Survive the battlefield spirit wave and reach the War Remnant Stone Platform within 12 hours.
[Side Missions]
1. Defeat 20 battlefield spirits.
2. Collect 10 Broken Spear Fragments.
3. Maintain war intent stability above 60%.
[Warning]
Battlefield memories may interfere with perception.
[Current War Intent Stability]
Qin Yuheng: 92%
Qin Yuchen: 86%
Qin Lian: 88%
Qin Mo: 79%
Qin Mo looked at his number.
"Again."
Qin Lian said, "At least you started above sixty."
"That is not praise."
Qin Yuheng looked toward the horizon.
A stone platform rose far in the distance, barely visible through gray mist. Between them and the platform lay trenches, ruined camps, collapsed towers, and drifting spirit lights.
"Formation," Qin Yuheng said.
Qin Yuchen took the right.
Qin Lian moved left, but remained visible.
Qin Mo placed a marker at the starting point.
The moment his formation needle entered the ground, the broken spear nearby trembled.
A whisper spread through the air.
"Hold the line..."
Qin Yuheng raised his hand.
Everyone stopped.
The whisper faded.
Qin Yuchen’s expression was serious. "Memory echo."
Qin Yuheng nodded. "Do not respond."
They moved forward.
The first battlefield spirits appeared near a ruined trench. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
They looked like translucent soldiers wearing broken armor. Some carried spears. Others held shields. Their faces were blurred, but their movements were disciplined.
[Battlefield Spear Spirit]
[Level: 16]
[Type: War memory spirit]
[Weakness: Spirit core, weapon hand, formation link]
Unlike beasts, the spirits attacked in formation.
Three spear spirits advanced together, one thrusting high, one low, one guarding. Qin Yuheng deflected the first spear and immediately sensed the danger. Their attacks carried war intent pressure, not just physical force. Blocking them made the mind feel as if it had entered a battlefield charge.
Qin Yuheng stabilized his spirit.
Qin Yuchen adapted quickly, cutting the low spear’s shaft.
Qin Lian moved behind a ruined shield pile and struck the spirit core of the rear guard.
Qin Mo used a small spirit-clearing formation to weaken their link.
The spirits dissolved after a short fight, leaving pale fragments behind.
[Broken Spear Fragment x2 acquired.]
Qin Yuheng inspected one.
[D Grade Broken Spear Fragment]
[Contains faint battlefield intent and old metal essence.]
[Eligible for Evolution.]
Useful.
Possibly very useful for Qin family spear inheritance, forging, or war intent training.
He stored it.
As they advanced, the battlefield became more oppressive.
Every few hundred steps, memories flickered.
A line of soldiers charging through rain.
A commander raising a spear under a broken banner.
A wall collapsing under black flames.
A young warrior refusing to retreat even with arrows in his chest.
The visions were not strong enough to trap them, but they weighed on the mind.
Qin Mo’s war intent stability dropped fastest.
Qin Mo: 72%
Qin Yuheng noticed.
"Clear Mind Powder."
Qin Mo used it immediately.
"Battlefields are exhausting even when everyone is already dead."
Qin Yuchen looked at the distant platform.
"The spirits are increasing."
Qin Lian nodded. "And they are moving like patrols."
The second encounter involved six spirits.
This time, they included a shield spirit and an archer spirit.
The archer spirit was dangerous. Its arrows made no sound and targeted weak points. Qin Lian intercepted one with her dagger, but the impact forced her back.
Qin Yuheng used Thunder Shadow Flash to close distance.
The archer spirit tried to retreat behind shield cover.
War Thunder Advance.
Qin Yuheng stepped through the spear pressure and broke the shield spirit’s formation line with a heavy slash. Qin Yuchen followed, piercing the archer’s core.
The battle ended, but their stability dropped.
[War Intent Stability]
Qin Yuheng: 88%
Qin Yuchen: 80%
Qin Lian: 82%
Qin Mo: 69% fгeewebnovёl.com
Qin Mo frowned.
"I am becoming emotionally recruited by dead soldiers."
Qin Yuheng looked around and found a collapsed stone shelter.
"Rest there."
They rested for ten minutes.
During the rest, Qin Yuheng noticed something strange.
Several Broken Spear Fragments in his inventory pulsed faintly when he looked toward the platform.
His panel appeared.
[Broken Spear Fragments resonate with War Remnant Stone Platform.]
[Possible offering or reconstruction mechanism.]
Hidden mechanism.
Of course.
Qin Mo saw his expression and sighed.
"You found something."
"Yes."
"Is it dangerous?"
"Probably."
"Wonderful."
They continued collecting fragments.
By the sixth hour, they had defeated twenty battlefield spirits and collected twelve Broken Spear Fragments.
Side missions completed.
But the battlefield spirit wave had not yet occurred.
That likely waited near the War Remnant Stone Platform.
As they approached the platform, the ground changed.
The spears became denser.
At the center stood a massive broken spear, taller than a tower, embedded in stone. Around it were countless kneeling spirit shadows, heads lowered.
Qin Yuheng’s blood stirred faintly.
Not violently.
Not like the Broken Seal Ruin.
This resonance felt solemn.
A whisper entered his mind.
"Heir..."
Mu Qinglan’s warning flashed through his memory.
If you hear a voice calling you heir, do not answer.
Qin Yuheng’s eyes became cold.
He did not respond.
The whisper faded.
The panel appeared.
[War Remnant Stone Platform reached.]
[Main Mission progress updated.]
[Battlefield Spirit Wave will begin in ten minutes.]
[Optional Mechanism detected.]
[Offer Broken Spear Fragments to awaken Broken Spear Trial.]
Qin Mo stared at the panel.
"No."
Qin Yuheng looked at the kneeling spirits.
Then at the giant broken spear.
The Tower had placed another choice before him.
Survive the normal wave.
Or awaken the trial.
But this floor was different.
The resonance touched Qin history.
And some memories were not safe to accept.
