With a single swing of his halberd, Lü Bu unleashed a beam of light hundreds of feet long!
When that halberd's edge strikes, everything within a thousand meters will likely be reduced to dust. Even though Wang Xuan was thrown a distance by the aftershock of the attack, he was only five or six hundred meters away from Zhang Fei, definitely within Lu Bu's attack range.
"Damn you, God! You're ruthless! Your grandpa Wang Xuan isn't going to play along today!" Wang Xuan was both shocked and furious. He prepared to activate the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to escape the main world and begin a new round of transmigration.
But just then, Guan Yu arrived.
"Yide, don't panic, I'm here to help you!" Guan Yu, wielding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, leaped forward to block Lü Bu's halberd strike.
"Could there still be hope? Is there no need to escape?" Wang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.
The halberd's edge was indeed shattered, and Guan Yu was sent flying.
The shattered halberd light scattered in all directions, and one of the fragments happened to shoot towards Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan was speechless. As a nobody caught in the crossfire of the three fierce generals, he was bound to suffer collateral damage. It was no wonder he couldn't survive!
It's best to just escape; staying in the main world will surely mean certain death.
Wang Xuan harbored a deep hatred for Lü Bu. Regardless of whether Lü Bu was influenced by the will of Heaven, he had indeed nearly taken Wang Xuan's life.
"Lu Bu, just because of this incident today, my Diao Chan will never be allowed to fall into your hands!" The thought had barely crossed Wang Xuan's mind when everything went black, and he vanished from the world completely.
"Boom!" The shattered halberd light crashed down almost simultaneously, blasting a huge crater tens of meters in diameter and bottomless in the spot where Wang Xuan had just stood.
At this moment, the three mighty generals, Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, were locked in a fierce battle and paid no attention to Wang Xuan. According to their spiritual senses, Wang Xuan was merely a minor figure in the mid-stage of the Innate Realm, not worth their concern.
Lu Bu was at the late stage of the Celestial Realm, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm. Even when the two joined forces, they were still defeated by Lu Bu and forced to retreat.
A master at the late stage of the Celestial Realm is equivalent to three masters at the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm in terms of combat power. Moreover, Lu Bu has the support of hundreds of thousands of troops behind him. How could Guan Yu and Zhang Fei possibly defeat him?
However, this place was, after all, the territory of the allied forces of the feudal lords, and soon Gongsun Zan led his White Horse Cavalry to come and reinforce them.
When Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's armies joined forces, they managed to defeat Lü Bu and put him at a disadvantage.
Seeing that reinforcements from other warlords were also converging on this place, Lü Bu dared not linger. He swung his halberd and led hundreds of thousands of Xiliang cavalry out of the encirclement, heading straight for Hulao Pass.
When the great battle came to an end, after a count, it was found that Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, had lost more than 200,000 soldiers, with casualties reaching almost half. Without a long period of rest and recuperation, they would hardly be able to form much fighting power.
The situation of Gongsun Zan, the governor of Beiping, was slightly better, but he still suffered nearly 100,000 casualties, with a casualty rate of 30%, and he also needed some time to recuperate.
The most pitiful one was Liu Bei. He originally only had 30,000 elite troops, and after Lü Bu's devastation, only a little over 10,000 troops remained.
When Liu Bei returned to his camp, he looked at his fallen comrades and burst into tears with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
This was the wealth he had painstakingly accumulated over half his life, and he lost most of it in one battle. He then developed a deep hatred for Lü Bu.
However, Liu Bei and his men did gain something from today's battle. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fought together against Lü Bu, and although they were still no match for him, they did gain some insights.
Once they've digested the gains from tonight's battle, both of them have a sliver of hope of breaking through to the late-stage Celestial Realm!
After learning these things, Liu Bei's sorrow turned to joy.
Liu Bei had clearly felt Lu Bu's terrifying combat power today. If his two sworn brothers could both break through to the late-stage Celestial Realm, they could freely roam the vast world!
Chapter Sixty-Four: Time Travel Again
After a moment of dizziness, the scenery before his eyes changed, and Wang Xuan found himself in another world.
In order to save his life, Wang Xuan activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth at the critical moment, and underwent a new round of time travel.
He released his innate spiritual senses and sensed the spiritual energy of this world.
"As expected, even if you use 100 points of luck to travel to another world, the world you end up in won't be much better!" Wang Xuan had already realized this.
This world's level should be slightly higher than that of the Water Margin world, but not by much; it can barely produce cultivators at the early stage of the Innate Realm.
"So, does that mean I'm invincible in this world?" Wang Xuan nodded in satisfaction. This time, his start in this transmigration was much, much better than when he went to the Water Margin world last time.
Back in the Water Margin world, because he wasn't very familiar with the business, although Wang Xuan had made a name for himself as the Dao Ancestor and spread his teachings far and wide, most of that was earned through his fists.
Wang Xuan called himself the Dao Ancestor, and anyone who dared to oppose him was taught a lesson by him with his fists. Many people were only outwardly compliant but inwardly unconvinced.
In this world, Wang Xuan possesses invincible strength from the moment he appears, and with the added blessing of the half-finished Heavenly Dao within the Heavenly Dao Talisman, he can be considered a living god to the people of this world.
If that's the case, then it will be much easier for Wang Xuan to spread his teachings throughout the world. He no longer needs to use his fists to recruit disciples; he can win people over with virtue... At least that's what he thinks now. As for whether he will resort to violence again in the future, who knows?
"By the way, after my nascent Heavenly Dao devoured Hua Xiong's remnant soul, it was strengthened. How far can it influence this world now?" A thought flashed through Wang Xuan's mind, and he quickly took out the Heavenly Dao talisman from his pocket.
As he activated his will, the Heavenly Dao Talisman emitted a blue light from both inside and outside, and then an invisible wave instantly spread out in all directions.
This is the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao that Wang Xuan has refined, and it is influencing the surrounding space.
What surprised and delighted Wang Xuan was that the range that the nascent Heavenly Dao could influence was no longer the hundred-zhang distance in the Water Margin world, but a full thousand zhang!
A thousand zhang, or more than three thousand three hundred meters, is already an extremely vast space.
Wang Xuan could sense that the extent to which his Heavenly Dao prototype could influence had expanded so much. While this was partly related to the strengthening of the Heavenly Dao prototype, the main reason was the nature of this world!
The world he is in now is only a low-level martial arts world, and unlike the world of Water Margin, it is not a low-level martial arts world that has fallen from a high-level martial arts world.
Although the martial arts level of the Water Margin world is not as high as that of this world, the world will of the Water Margin world was born with a trace of spirituality in ancient times, which is much stronger than the world will of the low-martial-power world!
The situation Wang Xuan is currently in is still shrouded in mystery regarding the will of the world, which is merely instinctively resisting the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao. The world's rejection is far less intense than that of the Water Margin world.
"I wonder if this unawakened world will is easy to fool?" Wang Xuan was somewhat eager to try, manipulating the nascent Heavenly Dao and attempting to communicate with the world's will: "I am a very good person. I have come here with no hostility whatsoever. I am here purely to spread friendship!"
The world's will trembled slightly, then there was no further reaction.
Wang Xuan tried to communicate again: "I came to your world to spread the Dao and the flame of martial arts! The beings of your world who cultivate the martial arts I have taught can become stronger, and you too can evolve!"
As soon as the word "evolution" was uttered, under the observation of Wang Xuan's Golden Eyes of Fortune, the gray-black aura of calamity that had been spreading from all directions instantly dissipated by 90%!
Clearly, the world's will towards Wang Xuan has weakened considerably.
This was hard for Wang Xuan to believe. The will of Heaven in this world was too easy to fool. This was practically a complete novice!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. In a world where no Heavenly Dao has been born and even the World Will is in a hazy state, isn't Heavenly Will just a newbie?
Of course, if you want to deceive the world's will, you first need a way to communicate with it. Wang Xuan relied on the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao; apart from him, there was no one else in this world who could directly communicate with the world's will.
Wang Xuan laughed a few times and strode forward.
He was now in a forest, just like when he traveled to the Water Margin world last time. He was surrounded by desolate mountains and dense forests, with no sign of human habitation.
If it were an ordinary person, being suddenly thrown into this forest would definitely lead to them getting lost. But Wang Xuan was different; his will was one with the Heavenly Dao talisman, allowing him to see every blade of grass and every tree within a thousand feet.
Just two or three miles away from him, there was a gravel road about ten meters wide, and a large group of people were lying in ambush in the grass beside the road.
In Wang Xuan's perception, the group of people were all holding large knives and spears, their faces covered with black veils, staring fiercely at the road ahead, just like ferocious beasts waiting for their prey to come to them!
"What a coincidence! Last time I transmigrated to the Water Margin world, I immediately encountered a group of bandits. And this time, the first people I met were also bandits and robbers. Is it just that I have such a strong connection with bandits?" Wang Xuan's lips twitched, and a few black lines appeared on his face.
They're just bandits, nothing more. They're the only living people within a thousand feet. Let's find them and find out what's going on in this world first.
Without much thought, Wang Xuan walked directly towards the group of bandits. As the saying goes, "skill breeds boldness," and he wasn't afraid of any bandits. If they dared to harbor ill intentions towards him, they shouldn't blame him for being ruthless.
Wang Xuan's cultivation has now reached the mid-stage of the Innate Realm. Although he is not traveling at full speed, he is still moving forward very quickly, covering seven or eight hundred meters in a short time.
But at that moment, Wang Xuan suddenly stopped and looked at the gravel road ahead with a playful expression.
Because, according to his senses, a group of people was heading this way from the other end of the gravel road.
That group of people did not look like ordinary people. Dozens of knights on the outer perimeter were carrying swords and bows, while several luxurious carriages surrounded them in the middle.
"Judging from this, those bandits were planning to ambush this group!" Wang Xuan said with a playful expression. "I wonder if it's just a simple act of violence driven by greed, or if they have some other purpose?"
Since such a good show was about to unfold, Wang Xuan wasn't in a hurry to go. He leaped onto a tall tree and waited to watch the spectacle.
Without making him wait long, about half a cup of tea's time passed before the group of people who had suddenly appeared walked into the bandits' ambush.
Seeing that their prey had taken the bait, the bandits did not hesitate any longer. After a loud roar, a volley of arrows was fired, and then two or three hundred men rushed forward with knives in hand.
Chapter Sixty-Five: Purple Qi Comes from the East
The bandits had an overwhelming numerical advantage and had laid an ambush beforehand. A barrage of arrows killed or wounded many of them; if it had been ordinary guards, they would have collapsed on the spot.
But this group of people who suddenly appeared were clearly not ordinary. The dozens of knights surrounding the carriage were all tough guys, veterans who were used to fighting on the battlefield!
They fought and retreated, and although they were at a complete disadvantage, they stubbornly resisted the bandits who outnumbered them several times over, and firmly protected the carriages in the middle.
Seeing his men dying one after another, the bandit leader could no longer sit idly by. Two masked, burly men wielding long spears charged into the midst of the knights. Their spears moved with incredible force and skill, and in a short time, the two of them had killed or wounded five or six knights!
But just then, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and a tall, burly man from Shandong, eight feet tall, with a sallow complexion and wielding golden double halberds, charged over on horseback.
"Who are you, villains, daring to commit evil deeds in broad daylight!" The man wielding double halberds roared and charged directly into the group of bandits.
This man was incredibly brave; wherever his twin halberds passed, no one could withstand a single blow from him. In a short time, more than twenty bandits fell beneath his twin halberds.
Wang Xuan glanced at the person wielding the double halberds and quickly made a judgment in his mind: this person's strength was roughly equivalent to a martial artist at the eighth level of the Acquired Realm.
In the main world, such strength would naturally make one indistinguishable from the crowd, only able to serve as a lowly soldier, or at best a squad leader, leading a dozen or so underlings.
However, if placed in the world of Water Margin, this level of strength would be enough to sweep away all the Liangshan heroes; at least in a one-on-one fight, no one would be his match.
"Such a person could not possibly remain unknown in a low-level martial arts world; he must be a hero whose name is known!"
Just as Wang Xuan made his judgment, the bandits chose to retreat. Before leaving, they shouted, "Who are you, bastard, daring to interfere in our affairs? Do you dare to leave your name?"
The man wielding twin halberds remained fearless and laughed loudly, "What is there to be afraid of? A true man never changes his name or surname. I am Qin Qiong, Qin Shubao!"
"So it's Qin Qiong!" Wang Xuan suddenly realized, and a smile appeared on his face.
Since the person in front of him is Qin Qiong, he can then judge the general situation of this world.
This should be a parallel world from the late Sui and early Tang dynasties!
Now that the world is about to descend into chaos and heroes are rising up, it is a perfect time to spread our teachings.
Wang Xuan only needs to support one warlord in unifying the world, and ideally, take that warlord as his disciple. When his disciple becomes emperor, he can naturally open doors of convenience for him.
"I wonder who Qin Qiong has saved this time?" Wang Xuan looked again with the help of the nascent form of the Heavenly Dao. The carriage in the middle had been opened, and two men stepped out of it.
One of them was about forty years old, dressed in a python robe, exuding an air of nobility. The other was a young man around twenty years old, carrying a sword and a longbow at his waist, looking at Qin Qiong with extreme admiration.
"Thank you so much for saving my life, my benefactor. I am Li Yuan from Taiyuan, and I will never forget your kindness!" The middle-aged man stepped forward and bowed in gratitude.
"Li Yuan of Taiyuan? That name seems familiar." Qin Qiong pondered for a moment, then quickly remembered something and exclaimed, "Could you be the Duke of Tang?!"
"It is indeed I." Although Li Yuan's tone was deliberately indifferent, Wang Xuan could still sense some arrogance from him.