Xu Chu's Inner Journey

To put it bluntly, Xiahou Dun and the other three were in a bad way, and the army charging behind them was no better.

Charge!

Oh no!

Run!

A charge of nearly twenty thousand men could not be stopped on a dime. Seeing Xiahou Dun and the other three surrounded by Lu Bu and unable to advance even an inch, the commanders in the rear hurriedly ordered the army to halt by waving their signal flags.

With twenty thousand people, some were bound to react quickly and others slowly. In the ensuing chaos of pushing and shoving, quite a few were trampled and seriously injured. In the end, however, they managed to stop outside the circle surrounding the four men, then began retreating in great strides.

Lu Bu had shown up. Who knew whether the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had come with him? This was completely different from what they had expected.

They had thought that, with the four masters of externalized Qi at the forefront, they could smash through the Xiliang Iron Cavalry's momentum. Then the ten-thousand-strong army would become entangled with the cavalry. Destroying the enemy might be impossible, but securing a great victory should have been easy.

Facts proved that what I thought would always remain merely what I thought.

Actually, Lu Bu was quite happy. He had not had a chance to properly stretch his muscles in a long time. With four sparring partners this time, he could let loose and display his abilities freely, testing all kinds of techniques, moves, and ideas on the four of them in turn. They were enemies, after all. He would not feel bad if they died.

After barely a hundred exchanges, Xiahou Dun and the other three could still manage some counterattacks at first. But as the battle dragged on,