Mythical Three Kingdoms: Martial Arts Reach Divine Ranks, I Alone Rule the World

It seems I must try to make a trip to the Central Plains before the end of this year.

otherwise.

When the country is transformed next year, the old Taoist priest may not be able to find the time to come to this border region of Yanmen.

Once this thought took hold, Zhang Mu, having received a satisfactory answer from Lü Bu, immediately decided to leave. However, before departing, Zhang Mu still extended an invitation to Lü Bu, who was still a commoner at the time.

"Fengxian, with your abilities, you will only waste your life by continuing to stay in the ruins of Wuyuan County."

"Not as good as..."

"How about we return to Yanmen Commandery together with Mu to guard the border and protect our Han people?"

The imperial court was wary of the demonic nature within Lü Bu and dared not use him, but Zhang Mu had no such concerns.

Even if Lü Bu went berserk, his martial prowess could still restrain him.

Moreover.

After this brief time together, Zhang Mu also discovered that Lü Bu's mental state might not be so bad, and he was basically still under Lü Bu's self-control.

Lu Bu showed interest in Zhang Mu's invitation, but then resolutely refused.

"Kouji, if you had said that ten years ago, Bu would definitely have agreed."

"But now..."

Lu Bu's previously calmed blood energy suddenly surged, and his eyes were filled with an overwhelming hatred that could not be dispelled.

"The revenge for my master remains unavenged!"

"The blood feud of the people of Wuyuan County remains unresolved; how can I leave this place with a clear conscience?"

Lu Bu's emotions even affected the halberd stuck in the ground, causing the entire halberd to tremble incessantly, exuding bursts of sharp, metallic energy.

"The revenge for your master remains unavenged?"

Zhang Mu was shocked, his face filled with disbelief.

Lu Bu's words were tantamount to telling him directly that Li Yan, the halberd god of the late Han Dynasty, was not the elusive figure rumored to be, but had long since died.

Combined with the blood feud between the people of Wuyuan County and Lü Bu...

Zhang Mu immediately realized that there must have been something fishy about the upheaval in the two prefectures of Shuofang and Wuyuan ten years ago.

"Fengxian".

"What exactly happened in Wuyuan County back then? How could even an unparalleled expert like your master, Li Yan, have perished?"

As a powerful figure on par with the spear god Tong Yuan, Li Yan, the halberd god, was not as strong as Tong Yuan ten years ago, even though he was now suspected of having entered the Overlord Realm. However, his combat strength was definitely not much weaker.

At least.

He should possess the strength of a peak Martial Aspect Realm cultivator.

"What happened?"

When Lü Bu said these words, his eyes flickered slightly, filled with pain and indignation.

"When the Xianbei Chanyu Tanshihuai led 200,000 iron cavalry southward, before the great battle had even begun, the defensive formations of the two prefectures of Wuyuan and Shuofang had already been severed by the shamans accompanying the army using the blood of the border people of our Great Han who had been collected in advance, supplemented by the secret methods of the foreign tribes, to cut off the connection between the two prefecture cities and the earth's veins."

"Without the protection of the city's defensive formation, the garrison generals in the two prefectures of Shuofang and Wuyuan, who have not even reached the Martial Prime realm, are simply unable to withstand the Xianbei army's attack."

"Gongzhi, can you imagine that scene?"

Lu Bu said with emotion, "The enemy army below the city is boundless. My Han family general, who is at the peak of the Gathering Qi Realm, joined forces with five thousand soldiers in the city to form a battle formation and fought to the death. They roared and charged into the Xianbei army formation. The battle was so fierce that they were all killed before they could even drink a cup of tea. Not one of them returned to the city."

"The Prefect of Wuyuan, his scholar's robe stained with blood, exhausted all his literary talent, was pierced through the lungs by an arrow from a Xianbei archer who was lying in ambush among the chaotic army, and nailed to the city wall. Even in his dying moments, he was still shouting to kill the traitors."

"As for my teacher..."

Lu Bu finally mentioned Li Yan, and he gave a staggering, sorrowful smile.

"Actually, with his peak Martial Aspect Realm strength, if he wanted to leave, no one could stop him."

"But he chose to stay."

"By staying, they completely lost their chance to survive."

"Because what awaited him was the Xianbei Chanyu Tanshihuai, who was also at the peak of the Martial Prime Realm, as well as the three Wuhuan kings Qiuliju, Supuyan, and Wuyan, who had also reached the Martial Prime Realm and had been lurking in the shadows at Tanshihuai's invitation."

"Four kings hunted together, and my master..."

Lu Bu still can't forget the scene of that day.

A colossal martial arts avatar, standing between the city of Wuyuan and countless Xianbei soldiers, fought fiercely, charging into the enemy army to fight alone against the four kings of the foreign tribes—a tragic and heroic feat.

Even with the teacher's courageous intervention, Wuyuan County still fell in the end.

Because his teacher Li Yan could restrain the four foreign kings led by Tan Shihuai, but how could the soldiers and civilians in Wuyuan County be a match for the 200,000-strong Xianbei army?

Lu Bu only remembered.

As he forcefully broke through to the next realm by consuming the blood of his own kind, and was about to have his reason extinguished by slaughter and violence, he saw his teacher Li Yan's battle halberd shatter, his back as he dragged the four alien kings away in a frenzied battle.

And after he miraculously broke through the cultivation level and regained his senses...

What one sees is corpses everywhere inside and outside the city of Wuyuan, with the bodies of Han soldiers and civilians piled up layer upon layer.

What he couldn't see was his master, who treated him like his own child.

Even after Lü Bu finished speaking, the overwhelming hatred within him remained unabated.

His bloodshot eyes made Zhang Mu have no doubt that if the Xianbei Chanyu Tanshihuai, who died three years ago, were to be resurrected in front of Lü Bu, this fierce tiger of Wuyuan would devour him alive.

Zhang Mu didn't know how to comfort Lü Bu.

Don't persuade others to be kind to others without suffering.

As an observer, he couldn't bring himself to say the absurd thing he did: tell Lü Bu to give up his revenge.

Therefore.

Zhang Mu simply patted Lü Bu's shoulder lightly, but as he patted, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

He suddenly realized a problem.

With Lü Bu's current strength, it would not be difficult for him to kill the three Wuhuan kings who are still alive.

With the assassination attempt under cover of darkness, none of the three kings will survive.

If he could kill him, why didn't Lü Bu kill him?

Are they afraid of alerting the enemy? That they might disturb their true target?

in this way.

Doesn't this mean...?

"Fengxian!"

Zhang Mu revealed a truth that even he himself found utterly absurd.

"Could it be that the news of the Xianbei Chanyu's death three years ago was a hoax, a staged death?"

Only if Tan Shihuai, who killed Li Yan, is still alive can Lü Bu's current words and actions be explained.

"snort!"

"If Tan Shihuai were really dead, at least it would prove that he died from severe injuries sustained in a bloody battle with my master, and my master's death wouldn't have been in vain."

"But what one company is worried about is..."

"He faked his death to secretly recover from his injuries, hoping to break through to a higher realm."

"Once that scoundrel Tan Shihuai breaks through to the Overlord Realm, who knows when Bu will be able to take revenge."

After saying that, Lü Bu glanced at the collapsed Yanran Mountain, which he had looked at more than once during this period.

"I never expected that old dog Tan Shihuai to be so patient. Our battle even shattered their sacred mountain, yet he still managed to hold back and not show his face."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao immediately understood why Lü Bu had taken the initiative to use the Asura Martial Arts to attack his elder brother Zhang Mu when the latter was near Yanran Mountain.

It turns out that such thoughts were hidden within.

However, a sense of dissatisfaction with Lü Bu arose in Zhang Liao's heart.

Because of Lü Bu's actions, he had essentially dragged his unsuspecting brother Zhang Mu into a dangerous situation.

Once the Xianbei king Tan Shihuai, who faked his death, breaks through to the Overlord Realm, this place will be his brother's burial ground.

"Brother!"

Zhang Liao shouted, trying to remind Zhang Mu that this place was not a good place to stay.

however.

Even faster than him was Lü Bu, who spoke first.

"Kongji!"

"Do you have the courage to accompany me to the Xianbei royal court tonight and slaughter them until the sky darkens? I don't believe that Tan Shihuai can sit idly by and watch all this happen."

"If we could kill Tan Shihuai..."

"Even if you rebel against the court in the future, I will be at your beck and call."

Lü Bu harbored immense hatred for Tan Shihuai.

So much so that he was willing to make such a heavy promise, just to kill Tan Shi.

To avenge his master and the blood feud of the people of Wuyuan County.