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Chapter 251
Chapter 251
Chapter 251
Chapter 251 – Running Into the Sworn Brothers
Tong killed the nearest spearman and stole the iron spear, after which he made a half-moon sweep, sending incoming soldiers flying .
"Men, break out from this and regroup with our infantries!"
All surviving horsemen turned around and cut a path for their escape while Tong protected their rear .
Jiang Man’s archers gathered with the previous group . The number increased to 500, which they finished reloading their crossbows .
"Fire another volley!"
Jiang Man disregarded the allied soldiers and ordered another barrage . Meanwhile, several soldiers blew horns and rang warning bells to warn the troops from the front and call for the reinforcement .
500 Arrows flew to the sky .
Seeing that the arrows came at him again, Tong made a risky decision .
"[Create Food], burning oil!"
Instead of pointing his palm or finger at the ground soldiers, Tong pointed his finger at the arrow rain .
Flash flood of boiling oil gushed out from the void, becoming a water current . The fountain of oil hit the arrows, blocking their momentum and flushed them away . The liquid fell down on earth later as the gravity pulled them down, raining upon Jiang Man’s soldiers .
"WAAH!"
"AAAAHH!"
The hot oil burnt the men alive, which freed Tong from the pursuing troops .
Lilith had banned Tong from using this skill directly at living beings, but Tong decided to use it in this situation . He prayed that Lilim did not know about this .
Two seconds later ... ten seconds later .
Lilim did not send a warning message, which relieved Tong .
He turned around . The horsemen managed to break through the surrounding enemies, but they were waiting for Tong . josei
Instead of escaping with his horsemen, Tong bellowed .
"Regroup with the others and slowly press forward with three-line formation! Do not chase after me!"
Finished giving the instruction, Tong leaped over the burning ground using the corpses and the struggling soldiers as the footing . He rushed at the group of archers with crossbows .
Seeing the lone rushing soldier, archers with a loaded arrow aimed at Tong .
*BANG* *BANG*
*BANG* *BANG*
Tong countered them with the gun before they could shoot, which killed fifteen soldiers as Tong emptied his clip . Using the chance that the archers were shocked by the gun, he dove into the formation of archers .
The steel blade in his hand sliced the necks of the surrounding men . Though Tong did not use the lamia step, he slipped through the packed formation .
In his left hand, which had put away his gun in his cloth, grabbed a crossbow from a dead soldier . His eyes locked at the location where Jiang Man was while the crossbow pointed at the same direction .
Forty lock-on crosshairs targeted all parts of Jiang Man’s body .
*WHOOSH* *WHOOSH*
Light arrows trekked through the sky, making an arc and chasing after Jiang Man, who was hiding behind a carriage .
Seeing the magic arrows coming after himself, Jiang Man grabbed two nearest soldiers and used them as his shield while he leaned his back against the carriage .
*SEUK*
Thirty-five arrows pierced the meat shields, three hit the carriage behind Jiang Man’s back, and two got his shoulder and his right eye .
It was fortunate that the arrow flew down from the high angle, so it did not penetrate into Jiang Man’s brain beyond his eye socket .
However, the pain was still there .
"FOOOOOOOK!!"
Jiang Man screamed as he pulled out the arrow from his right eye . Clear liquid dripped down from the eye socket, and red blood followed .
Though angered, Jiang Man pushed the two meat shield corpses away and dashed toward the nearest horse, which was used to drag the carriage behind him .
His sword cut the ropes which bound the horses . He jumped on one of the horses and galloped away without hesitation .
*RUMBLE*
At this moment, the black cloud in the sky had reached its limit . Raindrop poured down onto the land as the cloud could not contain the humidity anymore .
It began with several droplets of water at first, but a downpour followed after a few seconds .
Tong, who had reloaded his gun and was about to chase after Jiang Man, was surprised by the sudden rain . Rainwater got into his eyes, which broke his focus on the battlefield .
’Rain or not, you’re a threat!’
Tong exerted his leg strength and his overclocked brain to the fullest . He kicked the ground, ignoring the nearby soldiers and chasing after Jiang Man .
The burst of 2-winged demon’s speed was faster than a workhorse . Tong got into the range of 50 meters behind Jiang Man in ten seconds .
However, at 100 meters in front of Tong and Jiang Man, more than five thousand soldiers of Zou Jing main army were running toward them, coming to help the rearguards .
The Glock pistol pointed at Jiang Man’s back .
Jiang Man also sensed the terrible killing intent from behind . He tilted his body to the side by instinct .
*BANG*
The bullet missed!
90 Meters until Jiang Man could escape!
Tong changed the target . He aimed his gun at the horse instead .
"Karma, bitch!"
*BANG*
The horse neighed in pain and stumbled down on the ground, rolling and throwing Jiang Man off its back .
Jiang Man, who was sent flying by the horse, slammed on the wet ground and tumbled for a few flips before he could stop rolling .
The reinforcement was 50 meters away .
Tong glanced at the oncoming thousands of soldiers and pointed the muzzle at Jiang Man’s head .
*CLICK*
He ran out of ammo!
Tong frowned as he remembered that he had just reloaded his gun and fired two shots . There should have been several bullets left in the magazine .
He ejected the clip to look at it . Indeed, there was no bullet .
Tong recalled that he almost spent all bullets in one of the clips, but he kept it in his cloth . He must have reloaded the old clip into the gun instead of using a prepared one .
The hands of Tong touched his cloth to get a new clip, which he found nothing . All the prepared clips were inside his luggage on the horseback, which he had left behind when the horse fell .
"Goddammit!"
Tong drew his blade from his back and ran at Jiang Man, hoping to finish this person .
"Die!"
*CLANK*
One of Zou Jing’s horsemen reached Tong first . He slashed his halberd at Tong, which was parried by Tong’s blade .
Using this chance, Jiang Man crawled away .
The reinforcement had reached them!
The infantries helped Jiang Man and escorted him away as he looked important from the outsider’s point of view .
Tong glared at Jiang Man with hatred . He could have used [Time Stop] and kill this person, but he decided to save it as a lifesaving skill in the emergency . He also wanted to pursue, but a dozen horsemen were about to rush him .
Clicking his tongue, Tong vented his anger on the soldiers around him . His blade cut through horses and human alike, killing everything in its path .
As soon as he killed all riders, the corner of his eyes caught sight of someone he was looking for .
Zou Jing!
Behind Tong, his troops got annihilated the rearguards saw their lord in the middle of the enemy reinforcement legion .
"Follow the child of heaven!"
"Follow the young master!"
The slogan "The Han is dead" resounded in the middle of the rainstorm . At the same time, Zou Jing’s troops also realized Tong’s identity .
"Zhang Tong is isolated . Surround him!"
"Stop the Yellow Turbans!"
"That monster Zhang Tong is in front . Kill him!"
Tong ignored everything and displayed his footwork . He danced into the oncoming pack of soldiers as he sliced all living beings in his path .
Zou Jing noticed the identity of the lone Yellow Turban . His face paled as he hid behind his bodyguards by instinct .
"Zou Jing, you coward . How long are you going to keep hiding!?"
Hearing Tong’s voice and his threatening stance, Zou Jing also cried .
"Retreat! Sound the retreat!"
Tong got used to the way that he could slip through the crowd of soldiers . He got into the range of 100 meters in front of Zou Jing, leaving a trail of cut corpses behind .
"[Firearm Creation], give me a bullet!"
A handgun bullet appeared in Tong’s hand . Using his left hand, he loaded the shell into a magazine while his right hand still swung his blade or parried from the incoming attacks .
Then, he loaded the magazine with only one bullet into his pistol .
By the time he finished loading, a long-beard tall man in green cloth had rushed at Tong with his horse .
"Brat, you go no further!"
Tong glanced at the rider by reflex . The image of the horseman astonished Tong as he could recognize this person right away .
’Guan Yu! Why is he here!?’
As the overclock mode was still active, he could also see a scruffy wild man and a long-ear man chasing after Guan Yu from behind .
’The three hypocrites! They really appear here this year, and they’re together in the same platoon as Zou Jing? The novel version said they should have appeared next year in a different legion . ’
Tong gritted his teeth as reality was usually different than his expectation .
’One bullet . Should I use this on one of the three or should I save this for Zou Jing? There’s also that annoying strategist in Zou Jing Army . ’
Tong regretted the earlier action that he had wasted so many bullets on ordinary soldiers . He could have killed them with his blade, yet he wasted them to save times .
He glanced at the system menu and his quest details . He had many days to complete, but Tong did not want to take the risk of failing his quest .
The punishment for failing the quest was his location exposure, which equaled to a death-sentence had his location was revealed in a system map .
’I want to kill all of you, but Zou Jing is my target!’
Tong dashed further to shorten the distance as he shouted, "[Time Stop]!"
As soon as Tong shouted, Guan Yu saw the isolated Yellow Turban soldier blinked and reappeared further away behind Zou Jing .
But it did not shock him more than what happened afterward as Zou Jing’s head was flying in mid-air . The general was killed right under his nose!
"How the hell!?"
"It’s that magic again!"
"General!"
"Lord Zou Jing!"
Guan Yu stopped his horse and gazed at Tong in shock . Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were surprised as well .
"This is the rumor sorcery?" Liu Bei muttered as he recalled Lu Zhi’s letter contents . Lu Zhi had warned Liu Bei not to become Tong’s enemy, but the ambitious disciple did not heed his master’s words .
"Yunchang, Yide, don’t pursue! Come back!" Shouted Liu Bei .
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei turned to Liu Bei and nodded in understanding . The opponent was a dangerous sorcerer so they should not fight him without preparation .
"Where is little Jiang? Hasn’t he said that he wanted to get something from the logistic troops? The rearguards and the logistic troops are defeated . I hope he ..." Guan Yu was worried about Jiang Man .
"He’ll be fine . For now, we should ..."
Before Liu Bei could finish his sentence, Tong bellowed .
"Didn’t you lots want a piece of me? Where is your bravery now? Oh right, there was an old saying that only a brave man can become a soldier, but I’m seeing no soldier . Hell, I doubt there were even men in front of me . "