I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1001 Breakthrough of Boundaries, Descends of a God (5K2)

"It's over!"

"Run!"

"Our army is defeated, our army is defeated!"

In the narrow valley, the booming sounds of explosions, the roars of elephants, and the cries of soldiers mingled together.

The more than 10,000 Kushan troops who had ventured deep into the valley cried out in agony. They were trampled by their own war elephants, attacked by their own men, and pursued and slaughtered by the Han army. They suffered a crushing defeat and were utterly humiliated.

Su Yao himself pursued the enemy, wielding a long-handled sword and hacking through the crowd, chasing the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers as they fled in disarray.

The impact of these humanoids even directly destroyed the Kushans' reserve forces left outside the valley to provide support.

At first, the Kushan army's reserves saw the defeated troops rushing in and mistook them for their victorious comrades.

It wasn't until they saw the terrified faces and the out-of-control war elephants that they realized the situation was dire:

"General Su... General Suren? Is it General Suren?!"

"Hurry! Retreat! Get back to Yucheng City as soon as possible!"

Just two hours ago, General Suren was full of vigor, but now his face was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, and his magnificent armor was nowhere to be seen. If it weren't for his personal guards protecting him at the cost of their lives, he would have been trampled to death by the fleeing soldiers.

"The Han army possesses sorcery! They can summon heavenly thunder!"

The strategist who escaped with him also cried out in a disheveled state:
"The war elephants have gone mad! Our army is finished! Retreat! Retreat!"

The generals left behind looked at each other in disbelief. Before they could react, they saw smoke and dust billowing from the valley entrance. A war elephant covered in blood and carrying flames on its back charged out first, knocking soldiers flying and trampling them wherever it went.

"Form ranks! Stop them!"

Some people tried to organize a defense, but it was all in vain.

The overwhelming tide of defeat was unstoppable. The terrified defeated soldiers surged in like a tidal wave, shattering the defensive formation of the local troops. Even more terrifying, the frenzied war elephants rampaged through the crowd, crushing everything in their path into dust.

"Hahaha! Kushans? Is that all?"

Su Yao, dressed in red robes and riding a white horse, emerged from the chaotic valley entrance, shining like a star.

The war elephants, which were galloping about, could not get close to him due to his superb horsemanship, which made them one with his horse. Instead, he drove them towards the Kushan army formation.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Don't let them get away!"

In this situation, even the most foolish and stubborn person would know that things are beyond saving.

"Retreat! All troops retreat!"

General Suren ignored his remaining troops and fled in a flash, disguised as a common soldier.

The other Kushan soldiers also panicked, and without having time to pack their belongings and supplies in the camp, they scrambled to escape, fearing they would be crushed by the war elephants behind them.

But would Su Yao let them escape so easily?
"Chase me!"

"Leave no scraps of armor behind!"

The kill order had been issued before the battle.

The first to pursue were naturally the Hun knights who had previously feigned defeat and fled.

These lightly armed riders, having suffered countless humiliations, were now filled with the strongest killing intent.

They moved with incredible speed, bursting out of the valley from behind the war elephants and immediately spreading out like beans, launching a relentless pursuit, hacking and killing anyone in sight, their bloodshot eyes spreading despair and fear.

However, not everyone is obsessed with killing.

Two thousand of them were still relatively rational. They followed Zhang Liao and Yufuluo's banners closely, galloping away without engaging the fleeing soldiers, heading straight for the valley entrance to the north to secure the area.

Although there is more than one exit to the north from this place, people cannot live without water.

The Kizil River is the only river that flows through the valley. If we go upstream and block the river's outlet, even if others escape, their chances of survival in this unfamiliar place are extremely slim.

"asshole!"

"My army, my army!"

Under the cover of his personal guards, General Suren fled into the valley in a sorry state. Looking back, he saw billowing dust and heard screams incessantly behind him.

His painstakingly built army of 30,000 has now collapsed like an avalanche, and less than 3,000 of them were able to escape here with him at the first moment.
"General, let's go!" the captain of the personal guards shouted urgently, pulling on his horse's reins. "The Han army is catching up!"

General Suren glanced at the approaching Han cavalry, sighed deeply, and with a sudden flick of his whip, fled into the mountains without looking back.

Behind him, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

"That feels great! That's fucking great!"

Ultimately, this three-day encounter ended in a great victory for the Han army.

The Han army blocked the mountain pass, and of the 30,000 troops, only 4,000 cavalrymen escaped with General Su Lun and others; the rest were all wiped out.

Night falls.

When Su Yao returned to the rendezvous point after a day of fighting, covered in blood and carrying his sword, the Han army's temporary camp had already taken shape.

"The Tang Emperor has returned!"

"The general is back!"

Upon hearing the news, the soldiers rushed to greet him, and Lu Su, beaming with excitement, hurried off with a stack of books to report:

"Your Highness, our army has won a great victory! Our army has won a great victory!"

"In this battle, our army beheaded more than 8,000 people, captured 13,000, seized 67 war elephants, and countless other supplies and provisions!"

The onlookers all beamed with joy upon hearing this, and Zhang Fei, in particular, danced and shouted with glee:
"Haha! That's exhilarating! Fighting with the General is truly exhilarating!"

"That's right!" Hufro laughed heartily, his previous gloom gone. "How mighty is General Tian! Those few Kushan barbarians are utterly no match for him!"

"Great job! Everyone did a great job!"

Su Yao planted the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) in the ground and gave the order:
"Let the soldiers rest well tonight. Tomorrow morning, we'll head straight for Yucheng and wipe the Kushans out of Dayuan!"

Just then, Guan Yu hurried over, his face grave: "Your Highness, those war elephants are causing some trouble."

It turned out that although the Han army had captured dozens of war elephants, these enormous creatures were extremely difficult to calm after being frightened. At this moment, the elephants were constantly bellowing in the camp, and several soldiers had been injured while trying to tame them.

Su Yao raised an eyebrow: "Take me to see."

Upon arriving at the makeshift elephant enclosure, they saw dozens of war elephants restlessly swinging their trunks, while several Kushan captives stood at a distance, trembling as they tried to calm them down.

All around, soldiers were packed in layers, ready to fight for their lives in case anything went wrong.

"Your Highness, be careful!" Zhang Liao hurriedly stopped Su Yao. "These beasts are untamed."

Su Yao waved his hand and walked straight through the crowd toward the most ferocious war elephant. Seeing someone approach, the giant elephant immediately raised its trunk and let out a threatening roar.

"Ha! You long-nosed beast, you have even more guts than your master!"

Su Yao approached slowly, empty-handed, and the giant statue's emotions became even more agitated and restless.

"What is that Han general trying to do? Could he be trying to tame elephants?"

"Huh? How is that possible? This isn't horse training!"

The prisoners murmured amongst themselves at the sight before them, and an old elephant handler with a wrinkled face even sneered out:
"These Han Chinese probably haven't even seen an elephant, yet they dare to overestimate themselves and provoke Baruch?"

"This is simply courting death!"

Baruch was General Suren's mount and the leader of this elephant herd.

It was a proud male elephant, originally the king of elephants who ruled over a region in the Indian jungle.

The Kushans paid a heavy price to capture it, making it a trump card in their army.

On the battlefield today, it was startled by the shrapnel and deafening roar of the grenade, which caused it to throw General Suren off its back and run wildly out of the valley. It was only when it got tired of running that it was caught.

However, the stimulation during the day was too intense, and as its strength recovered, Baruch became extremely irritable again.

Not only could the animal trainers not get close to it, but even the other war elephants were agitated by its temperament.

This livestock enclosure, hastily erected by the Han army, could be destroyed at any moment by a herd of mad elephants.

The Kushan elephant handlers, far from being in a hurry, actually showed a hint of delight, as if they were happy to see it happen.

"Run them over, stomp them to death!"

"Let these overconfident Han Chinese pay the price in blood!"

Taking advantage of the language barrier, the Kushan captives outwardly tried to appease the Han people, but secretly they cursed the elephants, hoping to teach the Han people a lesson.

Clearly, neither they nor the elephants were convinced of what had happened during the day.

Defeated by sorcery, not by any fault of war!
However, they were unaware that Su Yao had already identified their language through the system and heard their words clearly.

However, Su Yao ignored this and jumped into the elephant enclosure with a cold laugh.

"Baruch, from now on you will be my mount!"

Su Yao pointed a finger, startling Zhang Liao into breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Your Highness, you mustn't take this risk!"

Zhang Liao tried to dissuade him again, his hand already on the hilt of his sword.

Su Yao simply smiled slightly and raised his hand to signal everyone to step back.

Immediately, a system notification sounded in my mind.

The skill to tame wild beasts has been activated.

That's right, beast taming skills!
This is naturally an innate skill of beings from the past Dynasty Warriors world.

As a game simulating the Three Kingdoms period, Meng Huo, the southern barbarian, will always have a place.

With Meng Huo, there were naturally fierce beasts from the southern barbarians, and thus, the talent for taming beasts also existed.

Although this skill was practically useless in the past and was separate from riding skills, making it an extremely unpopular skill, it now happens to give Su Yao an opportunity to utilize it.

Once the Beast Taming skill is activated, as long as the target's stamina is defeated or exhausted within a limited time, a strong master-servant relationship will be established between the two parties.

Not only do they gain a mount and animal companion, but they can also enhance their abilities through skills, even achieving a state of perfect harmony between human and beast, controlling each other as if they were extensions of their own limbs. However, at the same time, once this skill is activated, the target will immediately enter a berserk state, beginning a frenzied attack on the caster.
"Roar--!"

Baruch let out a deafening roar, his eyes instantly turning blood red. He swung his trunk, his thick elephant legs slamming heavily into the ground, causing the entire enclosure to tremble.

"Oh no! The elephant herd has rioted!" the old elephant handler shouted in alarm.

This is the power of the Elephant King.

Under his command, dozens of war elephants went berserk simultaneously, and the wooden fences of the elephant pen shattered instantly under the immense force. The soldiers retreated in panic, some even falling to the ground in fright.

However, they soon discovered that the elephants had a surprisingly consistent goal: they rushed out of their enclosure and charged towards Su Yao in a dense formation!

"Oops!"

"Your Highness, retreat quickly!"

Zhang Liao drew his sword and charged forward.

Su Yao burst into laughter: "You've come at the perfect time!"

Su Yao first grabbed Zhang Liao and threw him away, away from the center of the riot, then shouted amidst the attack of several war elephants:
"The Overlord has arrived!"

After a long absence, Su Yao once again unleashed his unparalleled awakening skill.

A surge of power welled up from within him, and his attributes on the system interface multiplied.

At this critical moment, Su Yao poured all the experience points he had painstakingly accumulated during the previous battles into it.

War elephants were approaching, the earth was trembling, and the crowd was screaming, but Su Yao only had his own world in his eyes.

On the panel, the attribute values ​​were skyrocketing.

Finally, in that instant, this surging power helped him break through the barrier!

"puff--"

"How can this be?!"

A system administrator somewhere stared at his interface panel, completely dumbfounded.

"He broke through without cultivating any techniques or secret arts, relying solely on brute force?!"

It's important to know that the human body has its limits!
Once a certain level is reached, further breakthroughs often require advanced techniques to better utilize energy and improve one's physical condition.

The system administrator was certain that such a cultivation technique did not exist in this world, which was why he felt comfortable letting Su Yao conquer the world.

No matter how much experience you collect, it's all for nothing if you don't know how to use it.

But he never expected that Su Yao would break down that door in the most straightforward and unpretentious way.
"madman!"

"Energy exceeding its limits will tear your body apart!"

"You're GAME OVER!"

The game is over.
"General?!"

"Your Highness, the King of Tang!"

"No! No!"

The scene, with blood splattered everywhere, elicited gasps of alarm.

Four war elephants charged at Su Yao simultaneously, some with tremendous force, others with their trunks.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yao, bathed in flames, was shot straight into the sky, scattering blood everywhere.

Everyone was shocked.

They had never seen a person bleed so much, not even the person Su Yao had cut in half at the waist.

It was absolutely terrifying; the amount of bleeding was so much that it was as if the person had exploded.
The people at the scene were puzzled, as the elephant was clearly not injured.

But someone knowledgeable would immediately recognize that Su Yao had indeed exploded.

The surging energy tore his body apart, blood gushing out, and he had no chance of survival.

"wrong."

"Why isn't he dead?!"

The system administrator was dumbfounded.

He thought everything was over, but he never received news of Su Yao's death.

He frantically searched his system, even projecting the scene of Su Yao right in front of him.

Blood rained down from the night sky, and Su Yao's body traced an arc in mid-air.

However, just when everyone thought he was doomed—

A golden light burst forth from Su Yao's body, enveloping his entire being.

The golden light was as radiant as the rising sun.

Enveloped in light, the torn wounds were rapidly healing.

In the short time he hovered in mid-air, Su Yao's body had already been reshaped.

"How can this be?!"

"A breakthrough cannot reshape the physical body!"

"Ah—I understand!"

"Peerless Awakening! It's Peerless Awakening!"

"You've got some nerve using your skills like that?!"

The system administrator finally realized what had happened and slapped his thigh in frustration.

Su Yao's Peerless Awakening - Overlord's Descent comes with a full health recovery effect.

At the moment Su Yao broke through the critical point, he activated his Peerless Awakening, amplifying his power while repairing his body.

This is what he has been thinking about.

Even Su Yao himself couldn't guarantee 100% that there wouldn't be any problems with forcibly breaking through.

"What a madman! A gambler!"

"He actually used the power of my system to help him break through!"

"If you were truly a mortal, you would have died a hundred times over!"

His roar went unheard as Su Yao arrived in the blink of an eye.

The golden light vanished, and Su Yao, covered in blood, descended from the sky and crashed to the ground. The violent impact created a small crater, and two war elephants, unable to stand steadily, were shaken and staggered backward.

"bring it on!"

With a roar, Su Yao charged straight at Baruch, who was leading the group.

The beast, oblivious to what was happening, instinctively roared angrily upon seeing Su Yao charging at it, raising its long trunk to lash out at Su Yao. This blow was enough to shatter the bones of an ordinary person, but Su Yao neither dodged nor evaded, taking the blow head-on with his shoulder.

"boom!"

With a dull thud, Su Yao remained motionless, while Baruch's long nose was jolted high into the air.

"not enough!"

Su Yao laughed loudly, grabbed Baruch's trunk with both hands, and pulled hard. The giant elephant, weighing several tons, was pulled so hard that it stumbled and fell to the ground!
"Oh my God!"

“He’s not a human!”

"What the hell are we fighting?!"

The Kushan captives stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief. Their proud elephant king was now being toyed with like a puppy by Su Yao.

Baruch let out a painful hiss and frantically shook his long nose, trying to break free and get up.

However, Su Yao had already stood up at the same time and jumped onto Baruch to deliver a heavy punch.

bang-bang-bang-

The brutal, bone-crunching attacks made Baruch see stars and howl in pain.

Seeing this, the other war elephants rushed forward to help. Su Yao, however, was not afraid at all, suppressing Baruch while dealing with the attacks of the other war elephants.

His movements were as fast as lightning, and his strength was astonishing; every punch and kick carried the force of thunder.

A war elephant lunged at him with its tusks, but Su Yao dodged to the side, grabbed the tusks with his backhand, and flipped the entire elephant to the ground!
Another war elephant swung its trunk at Su Yao, who caught it with one hand and used the force to throw it heavily to the ground.

The battle between humans and elephants left everyone speechless.

The Han soldiers had long forgotten their fear and cheered for Su Yao. The Kushan prisoners, on the other hand, were ashen-faced, some even kneeling on the ground, muttering to themselves as if they had seen a god descend to earth.

In less than three minutes, under Su Yao's relentless onslaught, Baruch could no longer hold on, letting out a mournful cry as he slowly knelt down, signifying his submission.

Seeing this, the other war elephants also stopped attacking, lowered their heads, and showed their submission to Su Yao.

[Ding! Taming successful!]

As the voice system beeped, Su Yao let out a long breath, jumped down, laughed heartily, and patted its big head:

"From now on, you will be my mount!"

Baruch let out a gentle growl and lightly touched Su Yao's hand with its trunk, as if to acknowledge him.

This scene completely shocked everyone present and overturned their understanding.

The Han soldiers cheered and shouted, "Great General, you are mighty! Long live the Great General!"

The Kushan captives completely submitted, kneeling down in a flurry, no longer daring to harbor any disloyal thoughts.

The once arrogant old elephant handler was now ashen-faced and completely devoid of any temper.

Su Yao, however, didn't seem to care much about any of this.

After handing the scene over to Zhang Liao and the others, he leaped away several times and disappeared from sight.
(End of this chapter)