I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 728 - 523: Icejade, Full Team Advancement

Just as Qin Tian returned to the depths of the ruins to seek further opportunities, the remaining Empire prodigies were, according to the orders of the overall person in charge of this exploration—Commander Shen Qingyue—being questioned one by one, giving detailed accounts of their exploration experiences and everything they had seen and heard.

From Ice Element, monsters, the Ice God Treasure Vault, to the Mogara avatar and the Frozen Throne, every detail was precisely recorded.

The staff team in charge of compiling and archiving worked through the night, pruning hundreds of statements, cross-checking and corroborating them, and finally condensed them into a detailed and complete report.

This document, bearing the core secrets of the ruins, was sent at top priority to the central conference halls of the Royal Council and the Military Department, instantly causing an uproar at the highest level.

An ancient Ice God Race with thousands of years of profound civilization, the extra‑territorial Demons that wiped out an entire race, a Demon Heart that had lain dormant for millennia yet not perished, and the top‑tier Divine Artifact Frozen Throne that could suppress the Demon Heart and possessed a small‑world‑level domain field…

Every piece of information contained in these ruins was enough to warrant the Empire’s utmost attention.

The Royal Council and the Military Department urgently convened a joint council to fiercely debate the potential value and risks of the ruins, and finally, they rapidly reached a decision—

Immediately deploy the main force of the Empire’s Twenty Ninth Army stationed around the ruins; all troops are to enter the ruin zone and, with a carpet‑style advance, conduct all‑round, no‑blind‑spot searches and probes of the entire ruins, to thoroughly clarify all its secrets, seize all core resources, and at the same time investigate and eliminate any remaining monster threats.

……

Da da da

The heavy metal soles crushed the Ice Crystal at the ruins’ entrance as the main force of the Twenty Ninth Army surged in like a tide.

According to orders, the hundred‑thousand‑strong army quickly split into twenty detachments, advancing simultaneously in different directions within the ruins.

Each detachment had identical configuration: the vanguard was the Spiritual Warrior Army, soldiers clad in dark‑gold Spiritual Energy Armor and wielding Alloy Battle Sabers; on both flanks was the Spiritual Mage Army, and in the rear the Steel Armor Knight Army, nearly three‑meter‑tall black powered armor that combined heavy firepower with Spiritual Energy defenses.

Western front

“Five kilometers ahead, a large monster gathering detected, mostly Tier Four and below Low Tier targets!” The smart system inside the steel knight’s helmet gave the first warning, red scanning beams locking onto the disturbance across the icefield ahead.

Soon after, a large horde of monsters came charging over in a roaring mass.

“Warrior Army, charge! Mage army, set up barriers and provide long‑range suppression!”

At the order of the detachment commander, the front‑rank soldiers of the Spiritual Warrior Army stepped forward in unison, runes on the dark‑gold armor flaring, Spiritual Energy pouring into the Battle Swords, golden blades bursting forth as they pounced into the monster horde like tigers.

With each swing of the blade, monster bodies were easily torn apart, and the flowing armor runes could even absorb demonic energy to replenish the wearer.

One Warrior was besieged by three monsters. Instead of retreating, he pressed forward, a sweeping slash beheading two, then took the bite of the third head‑on on his shoulder; the armor was left with only a shallow mark, and with a backhand slash he finished off his foe.

On both flanks, the Mage army chanted in unison, “Ice Spear! Fireball! Thunderstorm!” The chorus of incantations rose and fell as Elemental Magic rained down on the monster horde like a meteor shower.

Ice Spears pierced and froze monsters solid, Fireballs burned away Demonic Qi, Thunderstorms wove nets that paralyzed large swathes of targets, clearing the way for the Warrior Army’s advance.

“First squad, palm cannons to low‑power charge, chain-swords online!”

At the order of the Knight Army commander, dozens of Steel Armor Knights spread out, the right arm armor unfolding to reveal a pitch‑black muzzle as Energy lines lit up with a soft glow; at the same time the chain-swords at their waists snapped out, teeth spinning at high speed with a piercing whine.

They weaved along the battlefield’s edges, using high‑power Energy beams to precisely eliminate any escaped Low Tier monsters; with a sweep of the chain-swords, swathes of weaker monsters were shredded.

The armor covered in Spiritual Energy runes could withstand heavy blows from monsters below Tier Four, and the advancing formation was like a mobile wall of steel, efficiently mopping up battlefield rabble and easing the pressure on the Warrior Army.

In just a quarter of an hour, this detachment had cleared all monsters in front of them.

The seamless coordination between the various arms made the battle efficient and swift.

“Keep pushing forward, and search for Ice Element at the same time!”

At the commander’s order, the detachment took a brief rest, then set out again, advancing toward the depths of the ruins, while the other nineteen detachments were also methodically conducting their own clearing and exploration operations in their respective directions.

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“Tsk tsk, worthy of being the Empire’s elite troops.”

Qin Tian stood high in the sky, overlooking the scene below.

As an elite force stationed in the region around the Royal star, the Twenty Ninth Army Warriors’ level of military discipline, teamwork, individual strength, and the sophistication of their equipment were all in the highest tier of anything he had seen so far.

Compared to them, the Warriors of Ice Extreme Pass, including the Barbarian army under his command, were practically like militia from some remote backwater, with crude and simplistic methods of warfare.

“A long road ahead~”

Qin Tian sighed. With the upcoming large‑scale development of Mingwang Planet, the troops under his command would definitely grow in number, but whether his forces could reach the level of these elite units would depend on his investment, management, and training.

In this regard, he still had a lot of work to do.

Qin Tian observed the situation of the main force. At the moment, the primary objective of the Twenty Ninth Army was to eliminate all monsters in the ruins and collect Ice God Race remains and Ice Element, literally digging three feet into the ground.

But even so, they still would not be able to find the Ice God Treasure Vault where Li Qi and the others were located.

The reason was very simple. Even though he and Zhuge Yu and the others had described their experiences and gains in the Ice God Treasure Vault in their personal reports, when it came to the Vault’s specific location, under his prior hint, everyone glossed over it ambiguously.