So strong.
Fujimaru Kyoya felt the force coming through his hands. Even the opponent's casual strikes weighed over a thousand pounds, as if he were fighting one of the powerhouses from the Age of Gods.
Were monsters like this everywhere during the Three Kingdoms era?
Fujimaru Kyoya grumbled inwardly, but his hands showed no mercy as he struck back with an even fiercer blow.
Bang!
The deafening clash of the two Long Spears stunned not only the students, but even the cavalrymen. Their commander had always been invincible. Before encountering Lu Bu, he had never suffered a single defeat, and there had never even been anyone capable of matching him blow for blow.
Who exactly could fight Zhang Wenyuan to such an extent?
"Senior Disciple, are you all right?"
Discouraged Brother came to Zhou Yu's side. In the current situation, they needed a military commander to lead the students through the enemy lines, and Zhou Yu was the best choice.
"I'm fine. Is he your friend?"
Zhou Yu turned to look at the two men fighting. He had thought there were only a few monsters in the world as powerful as Bo Fu, but these two... though not quite there, were not far off.
"Calling wind and rain is your specialty. Don't slack off this time."
Zhou Yu glanced at Discouraged Brother, then calmed the students. He only needed to wait for the weather to change before leading them out.
"Slacking off?"
Discouraged Brother sighed. He merely wanted to survive in troubled times, not seek fame among the Daimyo.
"It's time for the wind to rise."
Discouraged Brother watched the skies. Before long, winds surged and clouds gathered, while rain began falling as though it would never stop. Zhou Yu looked toward a distant hill.
They had to get around that hill within half an hour. Otherwise, they would be the ones buried beneath it.
"Everyone, follow me!"
Zhou Yu led the students forward through the mud and rain. Behind them, Fujimaru Kyoya held Zhang Liao back alone while enduring the cavalry's harassment, immediately placing him in a difficult position.
Who the hell are you?
Fujimaru Kyoya was about to fall into despair. Even after the Age of Gods, had his combat ability depreciated this badly?
How could some random nobody be this hard to deal with?
But he was not the only one despairing on the battlefield. Zhang Liao was in no better shape. Losing to Lu Bu was one thing—Lu Bu was the current God of War, so there was no shame in that.
But now he could not even defeat some random student. What in the world had happened to this world?
I Never Thought About That
Frustrated.
Zhang Liao was so frustrated that he felt ready to explode.
Damn it. He had finally secured an opportunity to capture people from Water Mirror Manor, only to be blocked by some unknown person and miss his chance for nothing.
There were quite a few children of prominent clans in Water Mirror Manor who carried great expectations. If he could seize them, the Allied Warlords would surely be thrown into turmoil. This had clearly been Zhang Liao's hard-won battle to make a name for himself.
Drip.
A raindrop fell to the ground. The previously clear sky had somehow become covered in dark clouds.
Zhang Liao looked toward the Water Mirror Manor convoy. Who could change the weather without any preparation?
Guo Jia? Pang Tong? Or Zhou Yu?
"The weather has changed? It must be senior disciple Zhou Yu's sorcery. Among Water Mirror Manor's students, senior disciple Zhou Yu is the best at controlling water."
"That's right. Senior disciple Zhou Yu must have prepared thoroughly."
"Eh? Who's that following senior disciple Zhou Yu?"
"No idea. Probably a servant."
Those idle remarks reached Zhou Yu's ears. He could only shake his head at such ridiculous words. He was indeed skilled at controlling water, but there had to be water for him to control first.
"Let's go."
Zhou Yu spread his hands, and the rainwater on the ground instantly rose into a wall of water, separating them from Dong Zhuo's soldiers. Even if someone broke through the water wall, a frail-looking man would hurl lightning at them and force them back.
Scholars of this era entered court as ministers and left it as generals. Even if their physiques were lacking, they could make up for it with sorcery.
[You fought amid the rain. Facing many enemies alone was unfavorable, but you held back the enemy's strongest elite by yourself, buying Water Mirror Manor enough time to retreat.]
Fujimaru Kyoya shook his spear, deflecting the incoming attacks. A familiar feeling gradually returned to his body, and the hot blood that had lain dormant for over a decade was finally ignited.
[After more than ten years of life, you finally found the feeling of battle again. Your brain operated at full speed, and you missed none of the details of combat.]
"Come."
With a single thrust, Fujimaru Kyoya unleashed explosive strength and knocked two enemy generals from their horses before charging toward Zhang Liao.
Danger. This was the signal Zhang Liao's mind sent him. Before meeting Lu Bu, he had never experienced such a feeling, yet this sensation was stranger than anything Lu Bu had given him.
If Lu Bu was an uncrossable chasm, then the man before him was his equal. It was the thrill of life and death, so thrilling that... his cock went hard.
Bang!
The two Long Spears clashed amid the rain, and tremendous force traveled through both men's arms. With the support of Ghost Brain, Fujimaru Kyoya could carefully observe every change on the battlefield. Yet strangely, the man before him suddenly flushed red and began panting heavily.
Was this guy's stamina really that poor?
That last strike did not seem to suggest so.
[You gradually recovered the feeling of battle. Fighting real people completely activated the simulated training that had accumulated in your mind over the years, and combat became increasingly natural to you.] [You noticed several capable enemy generals planning to bypass you and pursue Water Mirror Manor's convoy. Even if you had to expose a massive opening, you would stop them.] [Without armor to protect your back, you were pierced by an enemy spear. Fortunately, your internal organs were unharmed, and you delayed those generals.] [Talent "Fight to the Last" awakened: When protecting the weak while facing many enemies alone, as long as you retain the will to fight, you will never fall before you are completely dead.]
Fujimaru Kyoya let out a long breath.
He did his best to ignore the wound on his back and kept himself in peak condition.
Fight to the Last? That didn't sound very pleasant. It made it sound like I was at the end of the road.
Fujimaru Kyoya smiled, then raised his long spear and charged into battle again. The simulator's prompt had reminded him of something.
He was fighting to protect the weak. But those weak people were not the Water Mirror Manor students he barely knew; it was only that lazy Discouraged Brother.
Though he did not want to admit it, "Zhao Tian" had only one friend in this world. He could not let him die here.
"Come."
The Long Spears clashed again. Zhang Liao could clearly feel Fujimaru Kyoya's strength rising once more. Did this man become stronger the more injured he was?
"How can a mere student be this strong? How did you do it?"
Zhang Liao could not understand. He had trained in martial arts since childhood so that he could one day astonish the world. But did this man not study? How could he be evenly matched with him in martial skill? It made no sense.
"Strong? Sorry, I've never thought about that."
Using the effects of Fight to the Last to suppress his injuries, Fujimaru Kyoya seemed to transform into a fierce general who feared neither pain nor death.
Wounds for wounds, wounds for lives. The more blood he spilled, the more people died.
"Zhao, come back!"
Discouraged Brother's voice finally rang out. By then, the convoy had passed through a valley and gone far ahead. Zhou Yu stood nearby, controlling the water flow and waiting for the right moment to collapse the mountain and bury this road.
"If you can, come after me."
Fujimaru Kyoya broke away and retreated. Though the situation had begun to turn around, even if he could kill this "unknown nobody," he might not survive afterward.
The decline in combat power after the Age of Gods was way too ridiculous.
"Don't run!"
Fujimaru Kyoya withdrew helplessly, and Zhang Liao naturally refused to let him go. But Zhang Liao's warhorse had been cowed by Fujimaru Kyoya's Killing Intent. No matter how Zhang Liao urged it, it refused to get too close to Fujimaru Kyoya.
"Damn it... I should have borrowed a Red Hare."
Lu Bu commanded a Red Hare unit, and his own mount had practically become a spirit. Zhang Liao could have borrowed one, but he had considered that he possessed no achievements and would not be able to convince others if he borrowed a Red Hare. He had planned to do so after succeeding this time, but who would have thought...
A huge sense of danger suddenly struck him. Zhang Liao looked at the collapsing mountainsides as massive amounts of mud, sand, and boulders came crashing down.
It was a scheme to lure the enemy in deep, but weren't you afraid of getting caught in it yourself?
Zhang Liao stared in shock at the heavily wounded man before him. He was clearly fleeing, yet he seemed like the victor. That fearless spirit...
This man would definitely become a great enemy in the future.
Fujimaru Kyoya's fine horse leaped at the final moment, rushing out of the gorge and avoiding the landslide, while Zhang Liao was buried beneath it.
That would not kill him.
Fujimaru Kyoya thought so instinctively, but his injuries were real. He could not remain here any longer.
"Even an unknown nobody can be this strong. Did people after the Age of Gods become weaker, or stronger?"
Fujimaru Kyoya endured his injuries and returned to the convoy. This Campaign Against Dong Zhuo was clearly not going to be a pleasant "outing."
[You experienced a great battle, which helped you recover the feeling of combat. After leaving your family's protection, you once again threw yourself into the currents of history, and the sensations of the past finally awakened.] [Talent "True Eye of the Mind" awakened: An outstanding insight cultivated through training and tempering, capable of accurately predicting an opponent's actions and escaping dangerous situations. Even when forced into a desperate situation, you can calmly grasp both your own and the enemy's condition amid disadvantage and find a path to survival—a "combat theory."]
Gathering of Famous Figures
Name: Zhao Tian Gender: Male Strength: B Endurance: A Agility: A Mana: C Luck: A Noble Phantasm: Not acquired Tear of Love: A A tear mole born at the corner of the eye. Regardless of gender, others will feel favorably toward you and will not fight you unless necessary. Even if they do fight, they will be affected and must resist with powerful Magic Resistance or willpower. Ghost Brain: B A brain beyond the bounds of humanity, capable of perfectly controlling the body's strength and conducting simulated training within consciousness. True Eye of the Mind: A Predicts an opponent's actions and adjusts your own condition. Even when forced into a desperate situation, as long as there is a 0.1% chance of reversal, you can seize it perfectly. Fight to the Last: B When protecting the weak while facing many enemies alone, you will fear no pain. As long as you live, you will never fall.
Fujimaru Kyoya looked at the panel before him. This definitely did not count as weak. As expected, the issue lay with his talents.
Unlike Divine Ancestral Regression, which had turned Lloyd into a stat-sheet monster, or Benevolent Dark Emperor, which had strengthened Shadow by connecting him to the masses despite his otherwise ordinary stats, Fujimaru Kyoya did not possess such powerful talents.
But that did not matter.
The simulator only simulated a single life. Even if he died here, he would not truly die.
After escaping that wave of cavalry pursuit, Water Mirror Manor's convoy soon arrived at the camp where the Daimyo were gathered. A group of students was currently examining the secret letter alongside the strategists.
"Aren't you going to solve the puzzle?"
Fujimaru Kyoya looked at Discouraged Brother, who had found a nice spot to sleep nearby. He had clearly seen through the ambush on Water Mirror Manor's convoy at a glance earlier, so he should possess considerable intelligence.
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