Chapter 55: The Cost of Winning (Part 1)

  "Gong Miao is resting, but Xuchu has arrived!"

  One ride ahead, Xu Chu's nearly nine-foot-tall massive body charged horizontally in the chaotic army, with the nine-ear-eight-ring elephant nose knife in his hand flashing a blood-red coldness, rampaging in the air and repeatedly taking the lives of the surrounding soldiers.

  He Ziqiao and Gao Shun were locked in a fierce battle, when suddenly they heard a loud angry roar not far away, and they both looked around to see where the sound came from.

  In the dark of night, the chaotic camp was stormed by Cao's army, with blood splashing and limbs scattered everywhere. Suddenly, a ferocious general with a hideous face burst out of the chaos, riding his horse like an evil spirit.

  "Bandits, stop your madness!" Seeing the situation was dire, Guan Yu swiftly raised his blade to deflect He Qi's spear and charged towards Xu Chu with a loud battle cry.

  "Rise!" A cold gleam flashed momentarily, and two horses crossed over in an instant.

  He suddenly stood up from his war horse, Xú Chǔ looked at the latter who was close at hand, and the elephant nose knife in his hand instantly produced a strange chill. He made a move to break the mountain and cut off the flow, striking down with great force.

  "Despicable thief! You're asking for death!!"

  "When." "Hiss——" Gao Shun suddenly felt his mind go blank, originally an instinctive move, but at the moment when the two knives touched, the latter was actually numb in both hands, with a thread of blood flowing from the tiger's mouth, and there were also bursts of buzzing sounds in his ears, constantly ringing.

  "Ahhh..." A loud roar, suddenly emitted from Gao Shun's mouth, as he watched the fierce attack of his opponent, Gao Shun was shocked for a moment, but then his heart made a sudden decision, and his face even revealed a hint of determination.

  "Don't be so arrogant!"

  At this time, He Qi had already stood to one side, watching Xu Chu single-handedly deal with Gao Shun. Just then, the latter's second knife suddenly roared out and directly smashed the opponent's long knife.

  One sword with a momentum like a landslide split Gao Shun's long sword in two, and the latter was also continuously retreating at this moment, unable to resist even slightly.

  Stunned, he stared at Xu Chu's incredible strength, while He Qi on the side was also watching in astonishment. It was as if Gao Shun, who was evenly matched with him, had been defeated by just two blows without being able to counterattack.

  However, at this time Gao Shun did not have any intention of admitting defeat.

  Even though his hands had lost some sensation, Gao Shun's face remained fearless. With great effort, he pulled down his sleeves and tied them around his bleeding hands. His eyes were bloodshot as he gripped the long knife that had been split in two by the previous blow, stubbornly holding on.

  "Dong! Ding!! Dang!!!"

  A loud, metallic clang echoed through the air, spreading out in all directions. In the following moments, Gao Shun was pressed step by step by Xu Chu, each knife strike forcing his opponent back several meters at a time.

  The latter has already lost all power to resist, yet still refuses to give up.

  Propping himself up, the arm that was dislocated by Xu Chu was actually due to the former's terrifying strength. His hands were stretched out to their maximum extent, and the fresh blood flowing out had stained his entire arms. Gao Shun's face still wore an unyielding expression, his eyes cold and bloody.

  "Good! You're indeed a man of your word!! My general was right about you!!!"

  At this moment, Gao Shun couldn't help but be stunned by what he had just heard.

  But just then Xu Chu suddenly stopped his attack and said with a hint of playfulness on his face.

  "What... what do you mean?" Gao Shun asked.

  Xu Zhu sneered, "My family's General Cao Xin once said that in this world, the only one who can achieve invincibility and never retreat is you, Gao Shun! Today I, Xu Zhu, have learned my lesson!"

  "Did he really say that?" A look of surprise flashed across his face, and Gao Shun couldn't help but say in a daze.

  "Gao Shun observed you and thought you were a decent person, a talented individual. Why not surrender to our General's household instead? Why be a lapdog for Lü Bu?"

  Suddenly hearing this, Gao Shun was stunned at first, then burst out laughing, "Hahaha... As the saying goes, a loyal minister does not serve two masters. I, Gao Shun, thank General Cao Xin for his undeserved praise. Today, seeing the wisdom of your family's general, I should yield to him. However, wanting me to surrender? Ha! Even if I agreed, my brothers in arms would not agree!! Does Cao Xin deserve to be my master?"

  With a loud laugh to the sky, Gao Shun was covered in wounds at this moment, but he was still laughing with abandon, his laughter so hearty that it moved He Qi beside him.

  "How dare you insult my general! You're looking for death!!!" With a loud roar, Xu Chu didn't care about anything else at this moment. As soon as he heard Gao Shun not only refusing to surrender but also speaking insolently, all his reservations were eliminated and his desire to kill surged up.

  The nine-ear eight-ring elephant nose knife danced again in the sky, and the war horse suddenly accelerated and rushed to Gao Shun's side.

  But at this moment... the latter... had closed his eyes.

  Even revealing a hint of calm smile, yet this smile is filled with sarcasm and ridicule, as if it were the last words before death.

  "Drink——" Seeing that his opponent had no reaction at all, Xu Chu became furious again and instantly swung his knife towards the back of the other's head.

  "Right away!"

  Suddenly at this moment, a strange change occurred.

  Gao Shun had originally seen that the situation was already hopeless and his hands were completely numb, so he had prepared to be killed by the opponent.

  Just as Xu Zhu's elephant nose knife was about to approach the latter, at this critical moment, Gao Shun suddenly felt a sudden darkness in front of him, and then he saw an iron block like a giant approaching him, making a loud crashing sound.

  The next moment, Xu Chu's elephant nose knife was suddenly shaken open by this sudden force.

  "Wow, who is this?!" Gao Shun reacted instinctively, but it was the person who had previously beaten him to a pulp, Xu Chu, being sent flying by his opponent with just one slash. Gao Shun's eyes widened in shock.

  But in the next second, he saw a young general about eighteen years old standing in front of him with an expressionless face, and that huge black iron block was his weapon.

  This person gave Gao Shun a strange feeling, although the other looked very young, but whether it was because of the bloodstains on his body or the slightly cold expression on his face, he always gave Gao Shun a lingering fear.

  "Are you Cao Xin?" Gao Shun immediately felt suspicious and asked again: "Why did you want to save me?"

  At this moment, Cao Xin didn't care about the other party. He had almost become a bloody man. However, at this time, Cao Xin suddenly raised the black iron in his hand and shouted loudly: "I won!!!"

  Suddenly a sentence, yet it was an instant that made Gao Shun suddenly wake up and hurriedly look around.

  It is also unknown when the battlefield suddenly fell silent, but the battle had already ended unknowingly.

  This sudden scene made Gao Shun hard to accept for a moment.

  "We won!!!!!! We won!!!!!!!! We won!!!!!!!!!"

  "We won!!!!!! We won!!!!!!!! We won!!!!!!!!!"

  The soldiers around the battlefield shouted in unison, causing Gao Shun's heart to sink to the bottom again at this moment, muttering the three words "trap array camp" in his mouth, and for a while, his heart was as dead as ashes.

  Blood soaked every piece of armor and flesh on his body, Gao Shun suddenly saw the blood all over Cao Xin's body, and he was suddenly enlightened.

  "You butcher..."