Chapter 74: Killing God

  Lü Bu's performance was truly astonishing, not only did the soldiers of Li Jue's army opposite him become stunned and bewildered, but even the Tiger Warriors behind him were somewhat dazed.

  The arrow shower just now shot down several cavalrymen who followed Lü Bu in the charge, and now Lü Bu is galloping far ahead of everyone else, with the closest cavalryman more than twenty paces behind him. It can be said that there was no way to coordinate with the commander-in-chief at all.

  If it were usual, Lü Bu would never make such a mistake, but since he had a fight with Nan Hua, Lü Bu has made it clear that his strength has already exceeded the cognition of ordinary people, and he no longer needs to follow the old habits to charge into battle.

  Moreover, he had a belly full of fire at the moment. If he didn't vent it properly, he was worried that he would suffocate and get internal injuries. After he deflected all the arrows shot by his opponents, he became even more reckless: "Today I will go on a killing spree and make you know the ferocity of Lü Bu!"

  He thought so, the general opposite would not know, the captain who previously ordered to shoot arrows was also stunned at this time, but this person reacted quickly, seeing Lü Bu rushing forward, he immediately shouted to the archer: "Lü Bu is brave and fierce, shoot his war horse!"

  Lü Bu was fierce, but without the aid of his warhorse, he couldn't withstand the siege of so many people. This man's reaction was quick and his judgment wasn't wrong either. He gave an order, and immediately the archers behind him changed from shooting arrows high into the air to shooting them straight ahead, another dense rain of arrows. All that could be heard was a loud whistling sound, followed by a thud, and the warhorse fell to the ground with countless arrows stuck in its body.

  The school lieutenant was overjoyed, just about to shout out loud, when he suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Lü Bu's shadow anywhere. He was puzzled for a moment, and then suddenly felt a darkness above his head. Before he could even lift his head to look, he felt a redness in front of his eyes, and then everything went black.

  He didn't know, but the soldiers behind him saw it clearly. Lü Bu actually jumped up at the same time as his war horse was shot by chaotic arrows, jumping very high, and then from top to bottom, a single slash cut the front lieutenant into two pieces - symmetrical on both sides, not even a little bit different.

  Everyone was shocked and didn't know how to react - Lü Bu's jump was too high, it wasn't something a human could do. In their daze, they thought Lü Bu had flown up, then plunged down and struck the general with one swift slash.

  "Fei Jiang..."

  I don't know how, but this term suddenly popped out of my mind. However, the next second these people would no longer think about this title because after Lü Bu rushed into the army, he was not surrounded by the hundreds and thousands of soldiers around him. Instead, he swung his halberd and cleared a space in the blink of an eye.

  But Lü Bu's spear thrust forward, and the soldier opposite him was quite quick to react, immediately dodging backwards. Under normal circumstances, Lü Bu's thrust should not have hit him. This man had also calculated the length of Lü Bu's spear and made this move accordingly. Yet, he couldn't understand why his head had been pierced by a hole even though he hadn't been stabbed by the spear?

  This not only made him unable to understand, but also the soldiers next to him couldn't understand. Especially when Lü Bu's momentum was not exhausted, he raised his halberd and that soldier was strangely lifted into the air. The man was at least a few steps away from Lü Bu's halberd, but it seemed as if he had been stabbed by the halberd.

  The scene that followed immediately dispelled the doubts of the crowd, for the man was lifted up high, with fresh blood gushing out, and just happened to splatter a piece in front of him. The crowd then saw that between Lü Bu's halberd and the corpse, there appeared a blurry long blade stained red with blood, flickering in and out of sight between the corpse and the tip of the halberd. If not for the trail of blood, perhaps no one would have noticed this thing.

  "What is... this?"

  There were soldiers who stared with wide eyes, and the completely incomprehensible scene in front of them made their heads a bit dizzy.

  But some of the soldiers were more discerning and, seeing this scene, immediately shouted: "Sorcery!" If they hadn't been surrounded by their comrades on both sides, they would probably have thrown down their weapons and run away.

  Lü Bu's move was indeed a magical technique, which was also derived from that mantra.

  Lü Bu had not yet mastered this move, and his cultivation was not enough to use it. However, when he fought Nan Hua that time, it stirred up Lü Bu's emotions and also brought out the idea of never giving up and wanting to become stronger that he once had.

  More importantly, Liu Xuan forcibly infused some dragon energy into his body, although it was all withdrawn in the end, but it had a stimulating effect on Lü Bu to some extent. With several reasons combined, Lü Bu finally performed a very practical move in this battle: True Empty Blade!

  This move is simply the ultimate killing technique of a martial general. Once mastered, the so-called numerical advantage will be reduced to a very low level. What's more, it's Lü Bu, a martial general who has already crossed the initial threshold, chopping those small pawns that can only be considered ordinary people?

  If one word could be used to describe what Lü Bu is doing now, then words like "killing" or "massacre" would not even come close. The most fitting term should be: mowing the grass!

  Lü Bu's current actions were like mowing grass, only to see him holding the halberd horizontally with his right hand grasping the end of the halberd, and with a fierce swing, the dozen or so soldiers surrounding him were either cut in two by the halberd or slashed open with a bloody mouth by the vacuum blade, and those who were slightly luckier were also cut open with a blood mouth, continuously gushing out blood, and before they could even stop the bleeding, Lü Bu's second blow had already arrived, and this time they couldn't dodge it, thus losing their lives.

  The soldiers around him were all cut down, Lü Bu took advantage of the momentum to step forward a few steps, and then rushed into the crowd again. The guandao in his hand was swung once more. This time, because they were too close, several soldiers were swept away by the long pole of Lü Bu's guandao, but this did not mean they could escape their fate.

  What kind of strength does Lü Bu have now? With just one swing, even if it's just a long pole sweep, it can be a deadly killer that takes people's lives. These few soldiers didn't open their chests and spill their guts, but with this heavy blow, the intense pain inside was like a tsunami, those who were lucky enough died immediately, while those who were unlucky lay on the ground in extreme agony, unable to die quickly, their mournful cries made the people around them even more fearful.

  It only took two trips for Lü Bu to kill at least fifty or sixty soldiers, and an entire team of soldiers was wiped out. In fact, Lü Bu's military achievements were far more than that. Just now, in the chaos of the battle, at least two of the enemy generals were beheaded by Lü Bu on the spot, and another one lay on the ground crying out in a pitiful manner.

  Shangguan's downfall made his subordinates even more fearful, and although Lü Bu only killed fifty people, he directly caused at least two hundred to lose their will to fight.

  Li Jue's soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to advance, while Lü Bu's elite Tiger Cavalry had already charged forward. These Tiger Cavalrymen were originally the elite cavalry of Bing Province, and they were also seasoned veterans. Although they were initially shocked by Lü Bu's performance, he was after all their commander-in-chief. The more courageous the commander-in-chief was, the higher the morale of his soldiers would be.

  Previously, seeing Lü Bu charge into the enemy army alone made him break out in a cold sweat. Unexpectedly, Lü Bu charged left and right, killing so many people in just the blink of an eye. Looking at the scattered limbs and severed arms on the ground, as well as the land that had already been dyed red with blood, these cavalrymen were also extremely excited, shouting loudly as they charged forward, launching a fierce pursuit against Li Jue's army, which had completely lost its will to fight.

  Cavalry generally do not charge infantry formations head-on, as charging a well-formed infantry formation is suicidal. However, Li Jue's army had already been thrown into chaos by Lü Bu's fierce attack, and the Tiger Riders saw an opening and charged through it. The cavalry did not bother to kill the enemy soldiers they encountered, leaving that task to their comrades behind them.

  After the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry charged through, Li Jue's army completely collapsed. The officers could no longer control their soldiers, who were fleeing in all directions, ignoring their commanders' orders. They just wanted to get as far away from Lü Bu as possible, even if it meant being caught by the enemy cavalry. It was better than dying at Lü Bu's hands - anyone who died under his sword ended up mangled beyond recognition.

  At this time, Lü Bu did not give up the fight because of Li Jue's defeat, but instead got a horse from his subordinates and rode it to charge forward, wielding his halberd to unleash a storm of blood and rain. Wherever he passed, severed limbs and broken arms flew everywhere, and fresh blood glistened in the morning light, creating an eerie yet strangely beautiful scene.

  Later, Cao Xing and Song Xian arrived, looking at Lü Bu leading the Hu Bao riders back and forth, killing them, and for a while they were stunned.

  "Is this still human?" Hou Cheng's words came out in a rush, and as a result, he earned the cold stares of everyone around him. However, no one scolded him because they all had similar thoughts: "Hou Cheng shouldn't be considered human anymore, right?"

  Even if he thought of the battle between Nan Hua and Lü Bu later, he immediately said: "That old Tao is not even considered a human being." which further confirmed his judgment.

  However, Lü Bu's formidable strength made the several generals under him even more delighted. Many of them thought to themselves: "With General being so brave and fierce, if we can follow him closely, we will definitely be able to achieve great merits that will be remembered for generations to come." Especially when they thought about how they had also learned the Emperor's martial arts techniques, did this mean that one day they could become as powerful as Lü Bu?

  With such random thoughts, he commanded his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and this battle was surprisingly taken down so simply - the vanguard army killed more than 800 enemies, captured 1,300, and escaped unknown numbers. However, they thoroughly defeated the opponent, and it is estimated that these troops of the opponent are completely useless. Even if they escape back to Li Jue's army, they may not have any combat effectiveness, but instead may affect the morale of Li Jue's army.

  Lü Bu's victory was not considered excessive, especially since his own side had suffered almost no losses, with only a few dead and a dozen or so wounded. Thinking of this, the morale of the generals, which had been low due to Nanhua, suddenly rose again, even showing a trend of breaking through the limits, and Cao Xing was eager to fight voluntarily.

  "Wei will lead five hundred elite cavalrymen to go and scout out Li Jue's camp location."