Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2165 Cunxiao saves Wu Zixu, successfully crosses the river, and wins the battle in Qingnan.

Xuanyuanba knew that her strength was no match for Li Cunxiao's.

If she couldn't stop him from hitting Zhang Churang, even if she managed to block it, it would still cause some injury to Zhang Churang as a buffer.

This is the second strongest fighter among them, second only to him. If he were injured, how could they possibly surround and kill Li Cunxiao today?
Fortunately, Xuanyuanba was quite clever. Although she couldn't match the strength, she cleverly manipulated the points of force applied to the two weapons. By utilizing the principle of leverage, she achieved the greatest effect with the least amount of force.

Thus, Xuanyuanba, Zhang Churang, and Geng Biao cooperated and defended against each other. In addition, Xuanyuan Zhang Hui on the outside could not find an opportunity to attack Li Cunxiao, and could not even lock onto Li Cunxiao with his aura.

However, he seized several opportunities to attack Li Cunxiao's warhorse.

With the four of them working together, they actually managed to hold off Li Cunxiao.

This scene also surprised Shi Le, the highest military commander of the Great Yan in Qingnan Road.

He gathered four great generals—Xuanyuan Ba, Zhang Churang, Geng Biao, and Xuanyuan Zhang Hui—with the ultimate goal of surrounding and killing Li Cunxiao.

But what's the situation now?
The four generals not only failed to do anything to Li Cunxiao, but even felt that they were at a disadvantage.

It's worth noting that they used a similar setup when dealing with Nangong Qixing. Initially, they used the four great generals Xuanyuan Huang, Xuanyuan Ba, Li Mu, and Yin Jiao to fight against Nangong Qixing.

Among them, Li Mu's level is no higher than Zhang Churang's, and Xuan Yuan Zhang Hui's role is no less than Yin Jiao's Fan Tian Yin. The only difference is that Geng Biao's strength is definitely not comparable to Xuan Yuan Huang's.

Yes, Li Cunxiao's strength is definitely no match for Nangong Qixing's!

With the deaths of Lü Shenmo and Yun Yizhi, and the changes in Nangong Qixing's strength, his ranking even surpassed that of Wu Taidou. Before his death, Nangong Qixing's highest ranking on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking was third, taking the place that Lü Shenmo had previously held.

However, in the latest Dragon and Tiger Ranking, Li Cunxiao only ranked thirteenth, which is still quite a distance from Nangong Qixing's highest ranking.

If this were Li Yuanba, who is currently ranked third on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, these four people working together wouldn't be able to defeat him.

But now, these four people working together can't even beat the thirteenth. What's going on?

In fact, if it were Li Yuanba in this situation, at least half of those four would be dead by now, if not all of them. If they hadn't run, they would probably all be stuck here!

Li Yuanba is not the same person he used to be!

Or rather, the top three on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking are no longer what they used to be.

Whether it's Xiang Yu, who ranked second in the latest Dragon and Tiger Ranking, or Li Yuanba, who ranked third, they have finally taken the last step, shedding their falsehoods and achieving a sea of ​​blood, becoming true peak god generals.

From then on, two more people joined the pinnacle of martial arts.

But regardless, in a four-on-one situation, it seems the opponent still has the upper hand.

At this moment, Shi Le truly felt numb!
If we don't achieve any results, and we just open up all the ferry crossings along the line to let the Han army come up, it will cause problems, both in terms of morale and how to explain it to Xuanyuan Huang afterwards.

If I had known, I would have been better off not hiding people to ambush Li Cunxiao, but instead pulling everyone out and killing Wu Zixu directly!

Now, they can't even get the watermelon, but they've also lost the sesame seeds.

However, Shi Le was equally unaware that even if he wanted to ambush Li Cunxiao, there was absolutely no need to hide Xuanyuan Zhang Hui and the other two.

Even if he were to reveal these three people directly, Li Cunxiao would jump out when he should, and would not be afraid to jump out as Shi Le thought.

Speaking of Wu Zixu, the battlefield where he fought happened to be not far from here. Shi Le, carrying a shield, jumped onto a chariot and took in the scene of Wu Zixu's battle.

What comforted him was that the plan to ambush and kill Li Cunxiao seemed to have failed.

However, this sesame seed may not have really been lost.

After Wu Zixu broke away from the battle, he did not manage to retreat successfully, but was blocked on the way by Xue Ju with a spear.

"Ding, Xue Ju's Overlord (Pseudo) skill has been activated."
Overlord (pseudonym), the Overlord of Western Qin, a hero of the chaotic world. Those who possess the title of Overlord have a certain probability of awakening, and the effects of awakened skills vary from person to person.

Note: When the owner of a Overlord skill dies, the current owner can absorb other Overlord-type skill owners, thus elevating the skill to the Overlord level. If the owner of an Overlord skill is killed, the Overlord skill can be directly absorbed and strengthened to the Peerless Overlord skill. However, if the owner of an Overlord skill kills three Overlord-type skill owners, the skill will also be strengthened and advanced to the Peerless Overlord skill.

Effect 1: Grants immunity to half of the negative skill effects received.

Note: This skill will not work when facing a true god general or a high-ranking god general or above.

Effect 2: In a one-on-one duel, you can reduce the enemy general's strength by 1 to 5 points depending on their strength.

Effect 3: In group battles, it can reduce the attack power of all enemy generals by 1 to 4 points.

Fourthly, when commanding troops in battle, it can reduce the enemy's combat strength and damage their morale.

Yang Xuangan, Gao Ang, and others were praised by their contemporaries as "reincarnations of overlords" because of their bravery.

However, Xue Ju was different. Like Xiang Yu, his title of Overlord was their royal title, and also a symbol of their status.

Xiang Yu was the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, while Xue Ju was known as the Hegemon-King of Western Qin during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Of course, in ancient times, the term "Overlord" never referred to Xiang Yu alone. In fact, he was not even the first Overlord; he was just the most famous one.

The first person to use the title "Overlord" was actually King Goujian of Yue.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was another Chu Kangyuan who called himself the Hegemon-King of Southern Chu.

However, like Guan Yu and Yang Xuangan before him, Xue Ju also benefited from this powerful skill.

With his strength at the peak of the Heavenly Realm, he was not actually qualified to possess immunity to negative skill effects.

Unfortunately, he awakened the top-tier skill "Overlord," and even though it was only an incomplete version of this top-tier skill, it still gave him the same skill effect as Guan Yu back then.

However, compared to Yang Xuangan's Overlord skill, although Xue Ju's Overlord skill is also not in its complete form, it is much stronger.

"Ding! Xue Ju's Overlord (Pseudo) skill effect two activated. In a one-on-one duel, using 'Chizha' can reduce the enemy general's martial strength by 1-5 points, depending on the opponent's martial strength. Wu Zixu's martial strength -2, current martial strength reduced to..."

Xue Ju's strength was already quite good among the peak Heaven-level cultivators, and he also had the full-scale boost from Shi Le's army, while Wu Zixu was already seriously injured.

Furthermore, Wu Zixu's blood essence had been almost completely depleted during his battle with Xuanyuan Ba.

Therefore, after being stopped by Xue Ju, with all his low-level buffs already fully stacked, he was already at a disadvantage in just ten rounds. It was only thanks to Gan Ning's timely assistance that he was able to hold on until now.

As for Shi Le, although he was not completely unaffected by the death of his father at the hands of Gan Ning, he was not as grief-stricken as others.

Of course, at least, the feeling was deeper than when his own son died at Gan Ning's hands.

Shi Le rose from a slave to an emperor in history. Although he did not achieve unification, at least during his reign, the north was transformed from division to unity.

You could say he was born an emperor. Compared to others, they had far less emotional depth.

For someone like Shi Le, awakening a combination skill effect similar to that of a father and son or brothers is extremely difficult.

Or rather, very few emperors were able to awaken this type of combination skill.

The Han Dynasty has encountered quite a few emperors as rivals, whether it be Nurhaci, Wanyan Aguda, Yelü Abaoji of the Eastern Yi, or Shi Le in the present day, none of them have awakened this kind of skill effect.

Among those who have served as emperors, only Xuanyuan Huang has awakened this type of skill effect.

Although Xuanyuan Huang was not an emperor, this was because the title of emperor did not exist in their era, and his actual status was no different from that of an emperor.

“Nephew, that unknown Han general is no match for your father!”

"It was only with Gan Ning's help that we were able to barely hold on!"

"I would be grateful if my nephew could lend General Zhaoxuan a hand!"

Li Cunxiao realized that killing him would be difficult unless Xuanyuan Huang appeared on the spot, but how could that be possible? He couldn't possibly teleport a thousand miles away!
Therefore, having already failed to cut down this watermelon, Shi Le decided to turn his attention back to this sesame seed.

Xue Ju's son, Xue Rengao, is also a brave and skilled general. He is only in his early twenties and recently broke through to the Heavenly level.

With his intervention, he was able to hold off Gan Ning, giving Xue Ju the opportunity to kill Wu Zixu.

As expected, with Xue Rengao's arrival, Xue Juteng was able to deal with Wu Zixu alone, and the battle situation, which had been barely maintained, was now completely reversed.

By this point, Wu Zixu's blood essence had been almost completely depleted, greatly reducing his combat power. Coupled with his injuries, he was like a small boat adrift on the sea, at risk of being capsized by the storm at any moment.

At the crucial moment, it was Li Cunxiao who shouldered everything again.

After all, Wu Zixu was not far from him, and while he was fighting, he was also keeping an eye on the seriously injured Wu Zixu.

When Wu Zixu was in danger once again, it was Li Cunxiao who made his move. For this, Li Cunxiao gave up the opportunity to seriously injure Geng Biao and bravely took the attack of the four men. Then, he rode his horse out of the encirclement of the four men.

The four men's attack landed on Li Cunxiao's back, but unfortunately, there were still four of them, not one.

If the four of them were one person, Li Cunxiao might get injured if they attacked.

Unfortunately, there were four people who struck Li Cunxiao in four different places on his back. Although they tore his armor to shreds, they also made Li Cunxiao's blood and qi turbulent.

However, that was all; it didn't actually cause any real injury to Li Cunxiao.

At this moment, Wu Zixu's weapon had already been knocked away by Xue Ju, and it seemed that Xue Ju's spear would pierce Wu Zixu's chest in the next instant.

It seems that although the two sides are not far apart, Li Cunxiao is still going to be too late.

However, at that moment, Li Cunxiao simply threw his long spear over as a large hidden weapon.

Xue Ju heard a whooshing sound coming towards him, and before he could even see what it was, he instinctively raised his spear to protect his chest.

However, when the three hundred-plus pounds of the object suddenly came crashing down, Xue Ju was still unable to block it. Although the block relieved a large part of the force, the thrown weapon still weighed down on his spear, placing its weight on him.

Suddenly, Xue Ju's throat itched, and he let out a groan before spitting out a mouthful of blood. His once threatening expression turned pale in an instant.

Then, without even thinking, he turned his horse around and left.

Because, in that instant, he had already seen it clearly.

What a joke! Even the four of them combined couldn't beat this thing. If he were to face it alone, and he's injured now, he'd probably be defeated in one or two moves. Whether he could even last three moves is another question.

Whether Xuanyuanba and the other three will be able to save him in time is still unknown.

Xue Ju is not the kind of person who would entrust his life to someone else.

Therefore, his first reaction at this moment was to leave immediately.

"Oh! What a pity!"

"It was just a hair's breadth away!" Upon witnessing this, Shi Le slammed his fist on the chariot frame in front of him.

Although Wu Zixu is not famous yet, he is certainly no match for Li Cunxiao, who is renowned in the Han army. Moreover, Li Cunxiao is also a relative of the Wang family.

However, the strength of the opposing general is undeniable.

If he could actually take the other person's head and then retreat, even if it wasn't as perfect as Li Cunxiao's, it would still be a passable explanation.

However, Shi Le was now quite clear-headed and knew that it was about time to withdraw.

As wave after wave of Han troops crossed the river and stormed the ferry, the number of enemy soldiers joining the battle grew increasingly larger.

Therefore, it is time to leave as soon as possible.

If the number of troops crossing the river continues to increase, the retreat will become even more difficult.

Moreover, since Shi Le had decided from the beginning not to defend the ferry crossing, he was naturally prepared to retreat.

Therefore, when the time came to actually decide to retreat, they did so decisively and left the battlefield immediately.

Li Cunxiao led his troops, who had already crossed the river, in pursuit. Although they killed some of the Yan army's soldiers, they almost fell into an ambush set up by Shi Le. Fortunately, Wu Zixu, who was injured and following him, reminded them, and they escaped the disaster.

However, having made ample preparations, Shi Le managed to retreat in time before the Han army could cross the river in large numbers!
Although the Han army did not achieve great success in this battle, it successfully crossed the river and advanced the battlefield to Qingnan Road, taking the first step in this battle.