"Damn it, I haven't done anything horrific, why are they targeting me like this?" Wang Xuan had just complained when he suddenly came to his senses and understood the cause and effect of the whole thing.
The reason he was targeted by the Heavenly Dao of the main world was entirely due to the unfinished Heavenly Dao within the Heavenly Dao Talisman!
The main world is a mythological world, and it must have already formed a complete Heavenly Dao. How could it possibly accommodate the will of an external world?
Previously, Wang Xuan's nascent Heavenly Dao was dormant within the Heavenly Dao talisman, and the Heavenly Dao of the main world did not pay much attention to Wang Xuan, which allowed him to get away with it.
But today, the half-finished Heavenly Dao that Wang Xuan was raising actually dared to devour Hua Xiong's remaining soul. This is stealing food from the Heavenly Dao's bowl in the main world!
At this point, how could he possibly hide it from the Heavenly Dao of the Main World? The Heavenly Dao immediately unleashed a calamity, and a killing calamity targeting Wang Xuan was about to sweep in.
"Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao of the main world did not directly unleash a tribulation of lightning to obliterate me, which gave me a glimmer of hope. If I were truly in a hopeless situation, I could have used the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to travel to another world."
Wang Xuan forced himself to calm down and analyzed the potential danger he might face.
Although he possessed the world will of another world, which was a half-finished Heavenly Dao within the Heavenly Dao Talisman, this wisp of world will was too weak to warrant the main world's Heavenly Dao sending down a tribulation of lightning—after all, sending down a tribulation of lightning also required energy!
Moreover, Wang Xuan was trapped in the battlefield, and the allied forces of the Guandong warlords had 6 million elite troops. If we also include Dong Zhuo's side in Xiliang, then it would be tens of millions of elite troops!
With tens of millions of elite troops, countless fierce generals and strategists, and an astonishing number of soldiers dying on the battlefield every day, the Heavenly Dao of the Main World only needed to exert a slight influence to ensure that Wang Xuan would appear on the list of those killed in battle the following day.
"The threat to kill me comes either from within the allied forces or from Dong Zhuo's army on the other side!" Now that Wang Xuan had figured this out, he naturally dared not delay any longer and immediately went to find Li Dian and Yue Jin.
Regardless, with Li Dian and Yue Jin, two experts in the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, protecting him, Wang Xuan would have a better chance of survival.
He walked out of his residence and headed directly towards the room next door where Li Dianle and his companion were staying.
But when Wang Xuan entered the room, his expression changed again, because Li Dian and Le Jin were not in the room at all!
"This is bad! Since the Heavenly Dao of the Main World is about to unleash a killing calamity upon me, Li Dian and Yue Jin, those two experts, are most likely also tied up!"
This almost cost Wang Xuan his life. Without it, with the two experts Li Dian and Yue Jin protecting him, even if Wang Xuan's cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm, what would he be compared to this army of thousands?
From the time Cao Cao forged an imperial edict to call upon the warlords to attack Dong Zhuo, only a little over half a year has passed. The main world spans millions of kilometers, making the journey extremely long. Those who were able to arrive at the Suanzao Alliance in such a short time were all elite troops and fierce generals. Even an ordinary infantryman had a cultivation level of at least the sixth level of the Acquired Realm, and the cavalrymen had reached at least the eighth level of the Acquired Realm!
Such an army wouldn't even need the enemy general to make a move; a few dozen elite soldiers could easily form a battle formation and surround and kill Wang Xuan!
"Wang Xuan, are you looking for Li Dian and Yue Jin?"
Wang Xuan was still somewhat unwilling to give up. He searched all over the place where Liu Bei's army was stationed, but he couldn't find Li Dian and Yue Jin. However, he did run into Miss Cai Yan.
The news the young woman told Wang Xuan filled him with despair: "The two of them came back once before, but you were still in seclusion cultivating, so they didn't disturb you."
"They asked me to tell you that they hit it off with Cao Cao today and were invited to his tent for a gathering. They will return later, so you don't need to worry."
Chapter Sixty-Two: The Peerless Lü Bu!
What the hell do you mean by "don't worry about it"? This concerns my very life, how can I not worry about it?!
And that Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, that shorty Cao is no good either, he's rotten to the core! I'm still alive and kicking, not even dead yet, and he's already trying to steal my man! I can't tolerate this either!
Although Wang Xuan knew that this was mostly the result of the Heavenly Dao of the main world exerting influence in secret, he still harbored resentment towards Cao Cao.
"Since Li Dian and Yue Jin are not here, I will follow the two fierce generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." Wang Xuan turned around and went to find Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, while telling Miss Cai Yan not to follow.
He is currently being targeted by the Heavenly Dao of the Main World and is facing a deadly calamity. If Cai Yan is by his side, she will definitely be implicated as well.
But just as Wang Xuan had walked a few hundred meters, an unexpected incident occurred.
A sudden explosion rocked the entire allied camp, shaking the earth. After a chorus of shouts and neighing horses, the battle cries rose into the sky.
Wang Xuan listened intently and heard someone shouting, "The enemy forces from Xiliang are attacking the camp tonight! Everyone, quickly prepare to meet them!"
"No way, it's starting so soon?!" If you told him this wasn't a calamity sent down by Heaven specifically to kill Wang Xuan, he wouldn't believe it even if you beat him to death!
Wang Xuan quickly used the power of the Heavenly Dao Talisman to empower himself and looked into the distance.
Hundreds of miles away, a person rode a horse through the sky.
The man wore a three-pronged purple-gold crown, a crimson brocade robe adorned with a hundred flowers from Sichuan, and a chainmail armor with beast-faced heads. A lion-headed belt cinched his waist. He carried a bow and arrows, wielded a halberd, and his aura of malevolence emanated from him, transforming into a roaring crimson dragon!
The warhorse under this man's horse was also extraordinary. The horse was fiery red all over, covered with dragon scales, and its hooves seemed to tread on wind and clouds, moving as fast as lightning!
"Hiss! Among men, Lü Bu is the best; among horses, Red Hare is the best. I never expected it to be Lü Bu who has come to kill us!" Wang Xuan gasped, almost wetting himself in fright.
Lu Bu's combat prowess was truly monstrous. He charged forward alone on horseback, crashing straight into the foremost military camp. Even with hundreds of thousands of allied troops attacking simultaneously, they were unable to stop his onslaught.
Although the hundreds of thousands of troops in the camp formed a unified and incredibly powerful military aura, and countless magical nets set up by martial arts masters within the camp weakened the power of Lü Bu's attacks by 99%, each swing of Lü Bu's halberd could still kill or wound hundreds of elite soldiers.
In the short time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, tens of thousands of elite soldiers had died at the hands of Lü Bu. By this time, the Xiliang cavalry had already followed Lü Bu and stormed into the military camp.
After a battle cry, the entire camp collapsed. From generals to soldiers, no one had the will to resist and they all scattered and fled.
"That military camp seems to be where Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, stationed his troops?!" Wang Xuan was horrified, breaking out in a cold sweat.
It's important to know that although Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, didn't have any top-tier experts at the Celestial Realm, he brought a full 600,000 elite troops! His Danyang elite soldiers were world-renowned!
It can be said that Tao Rang, the governor of Xuzhou, was among the top five of the eighteen warlords, yet he was crushed by Lü Bu and his troops in a short time. It was truly terrifying!
After Lü Bu led his men through the camp of Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, he did not rush to exterminate them. Instead, he immediately turned his forces around and attacked the camps of other warlords.
His purpose in coming here was a surprise attack, to take advantage of the fact that the allied forces of the lords were unprepared and to maximize his gains. If he were to linger in Tao Qian's camp for too long, and the other lords reacted and swarmed in, it would likely be Lü Bu's turn to flee in disarray.
"Not good! Judging from the direction of Lu Bu's attack this time, it is clearly the camp of Gongsun Zan, the governor of Beiping!" Wang Xuan's heart tightened, and he dared not stay in Liu Bei's camp any longer.
Because Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were close friends, their military camps were connected. When Lü Bu attacked Gongsun Zan's camp, he would most likely also raze Liu Bei's camp to the ground.
"As expected, this damned fate is trying to kill me!"
Just as Wang Xuan left Liu Bei's camp, Lü Bu led his troops and fiercely stormed into Gongsun Zan's camp.
Gongsun Zan was no pushover either. His cultivation had reached the perfect Transcendent Realm, with one foot already in the Celestial Realm. Seeing Lü Bu leading his men towards them, he showed no fear. He mounted his warhorse and charged forward with his followers, determined to fight Lü Bu head-on!
"kill!"
The two men, one wielding a halberd and the other a spear, clashed head-on.
Lu Bu's combat strength was naturally much stronger than Gongsun Zan's, but Gongsun Zan had the support of hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, which increased his strength several times over, and he managed to barely hold off Lu Bu!
"General Gongsun Zan of the White Horse truly lives up to his reputation. Now you're qualified to make me take you seriously!" Lu Bu, straddling Red Hare, laughed arrogantly.
He pointed his halberd diagonally at the sky and slashed it with what appeared to be a slow but actually swift motion.
The entire space froze under the impact of this halberd strike, as if muffled thunder was heard, and Gongsun Zan fell directly from the sky.
Those elite troops from Beiping fell to the ground like wheat being harvested, thousands of them instantly, their bodies bearing no visible wounds, yet all lifeless.
"Lu Bu! I, Gongsun Zan, will never forgive you for this!" Gongsun Zan had just gotten up from the ground when he saw this scene, and his eyes immediately turned bloodshot as if they were about to spit fire.
"Naive, do you really think you still have a chance for revenge?" Lu Bu sneered, as hundreds of thousands of Xiliang cavalry charged forward behind him. The overwhelming military morale boosted his strength rapidly.
Just as they were about to kill Gongsun Zan, another cavalry force suddenly charged out of Gongsun Zan's camp.
This cavalry force was not large, only about 10,000 men, all riding white horses and holding silver spears. Their imposing presence even surpassed that of hundreds of thousands of soldiers!
"The White Horse Cavalry, follow me to kill the enemy and save our lord!"
"kill!"
"So this is the White Horse Cavalry? They truly live up to their reputation, worthy of being called the top-tier Daoist soldiers of this era!" After a fierce charge, Lü Bu's expression turned solemn.
The White Horse Cavalry that suddenly appeared was far more powerful than Lü Bu had imagined! If it weren't for the support of the hundreds of thousands of Xiliang cavalry behind him, even Lü Bu would have had to give way if he encountered the White Horse Cavalry!
"My lord, we came here for a surprise attack, so it's not wise to get entangled with Gongsun Zan for too long. Why don't we abandon Gongsun Zan and turn around to attack the camps of other lords?"
Just as Lü Bu was getting into the swing of things, a silver-armored general suddenly rushed over and said to Lü Bu.
This man is Zhang Liao, a general under Lü Bu!
Chapter Sixty-Three: The Catastrophe of the Caught in the Crossfire
Although Lü Bu was in a frenzy of killing, he was not blinded by his fighting spirit.
Upon hearing Zhang Liao's suggestion, he immediately accepted it, no longer engaging in further conflict with Gongsun Zan, and turned his forces to attack the nearby military camp.
If that military camp wasn't Liu Bei's, then what else could it be?
Wherever Lü Bu's troops went, they were like tigers among sheep, causing Liu Bei's army to suffer a crushing defeat.
It's a pity that Liu Bei wandered for so many years and finally managed to accumulate 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers, only to have 20% or 30% of them destroyed by Lü Bu in the blink of an eye.
Just then, a roar suddenly came from afar: "You traitorous slave, I, Zhang Yide of Yan, will fight you to the death today!"
No sooner had the voice fallen than a figure flew over quickly, wielding a long spear and engaging Lü Bu in battle.
The newcomer was none other than Zhang Fei!
The will of Heaven in the main world wanted to kill Wang Xuan. Even Li Dian and Yue Jin had temporarily left for various reasons, so how could they allow Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to stay by Wang Xuan's side?
Just half an hour earlier, Liu Bei suddenly had a whim and took his two sworn brothers to visit Liu Dai, the governor of Chongzhou, to reminisce about their shared kinship.
But no sooner had they left than Lü Bu attacked.
While the Heavenly Dao can certainly influence all living beings, once their cultivation reaches the level of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the Heavenly Dao can no longer directly interfere with their will.
Seeing Lü Bu wreaking havoc in their own camp, how could Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, these two fierce generals, possibly stand it up?
Zhang Fei flew in first and engaged Lü Bu in battle.
"Bang!"
Lu Bu was already stronger than Zhang Fei, and with the added morale of hundreds of thousands of troops he had gathered, Zhang Fei only had twenty or thirty thousand men, making the difference extremely obvious.
Lu Bu's halberd gleamed, and his Red Hare steed leaped and swayed like a whirlwind. With a single strike, he sent Zhang Fei crashing to the ground like a meteorite.
Upon seeing this, Wang Xuan couldn't help but curse, because Zhang Fei was smashing the weapon right in his direction!
Without thinking twice, he immediately used the Lingxu Step to run away, putting in all his strength.
Wang Xuan had only run a hundred meters or so when Zhang Fei crashed heavily onto the ground, like a giant circular object hitting the earth, creating a crater over a hundred meters wide!
Needless to say, Wang Xuan was also caught in the crossfire. He felt an immense force strike him, as if a ferocious beast was trampling on him, sending him flying.
Even with the Heavenly Silkworm Robe protecting him and the half-finished Heavenly Dao within the Heavenly Dao Talisman, he still spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if countless knives were constantly churning inside his body, causing him excruciating pain.
The aftershocks from Zhang Fei's slam into the ground alone were enough to severely injure Wang Xuan!
However, Zhang Fei's injuries were actually much less severe than Wang Xuan's. Zhang Fei immediately climbed out of the crater and prepared to fight Lü Bu to the death again.
But before Zhang Fei could make a move, Lü Bu had already struck first.