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Chapter 422: Zhao Yun vs. Dian Wei
Cao Cao looked at Gu Rubing with expectant and passionate eyes. Gu Rubing was still in deep thought with his brows still furrowed. He accidentally caught a glimpse of Cao Cao's fiery gaze and wondered why Cao Cao was looking at him like a treasure.

The moment their eyes met, Gu Rubing followed Cao Cao's gaze and suddenly realized that the other party was not staring at him, but at Guan Yu behind him.

At this moment, Gu Rubing suddenly remembered something. Before this, Gu Rubing had also studied the rules for obtaining famous general points and legendary general points. In addition to winning major battles, points can also be obtained by killing generals of the same level or the next level. As for killing generals of a higher level than oneself, huge amounts of famous general points and legendary general points can be obtained, but this situation is really rare.

The last one is that if you can survive a fight with a general of a higher level than yourself, you can also get a lot of famous general points and legendary general points bonus. Combined with the fact that Dian Wei and Xu Chu survived under Guan Yu before, it means that Cao Cao should also know this mechanism, and everything Cao Cao did today should be a preparation for being able to fight Guan Yu now.

"Hahaha, all right, Zilong, go and fight with General Dian."

Gu Rubing waved to Zhao Yun behind him, signaling Zhao Yun to go and fight with Dian Wei. The smile on Cao Cao's face slowly froze. He thought about it a lot, but he never expected that Gu Rubing would not send Guan Yu out in the end. He felt that for Gu Rubing, if he wanted to win, it would be the safest way to send Guan Yu.

"What's wrong, is there any problem?"

Gu Rubing said with a smile, the sincere expression on his face made Cao Cao feel uneasy. Gu Rubing sneered in his heart, since you want to use Guan Yu to become a legendary general, then I will use his own method to counter him, let Zhao Yun use Dian Wei to become a famous general, and you, Cao Cao, will end up with nothing!

"No, no problem."

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and stared at Gu Rubing fiercely, then turned around and glanced at Dian Wei. Dian Wei leaned down, and Cao Cao whispered a few words to Dian Wei. Dian Wei nodded, then jumped off the platform, raised his short spear and waved at Zhao Yun provocatively.

Gu Rubing turned to look at Zhao Yun. "Zilong, is everything okay?"

"Don't worry, my lord. I just need a big battle to sharpen myself."

Zhao Yun, holding the Longdan Silver Spear, also jumped down from the school platform. The two men stood facing each other. Although Zhao Yun had well-developed muscles, he still looked a little small in front of Dian Wei.

"Hey, pretty boy, your grandpa Dian Wei is not good at horse riding, do you dare to fight your grandpa on foot?"

"I'm afraid you're your grandson!"

Zhao Yun was not afraid at all, although he was only a first-rate general, he took the initiative to attack Dian Wei. The Longdan Silver Spear drew a silver-white arc in the air and smashed directly towards Dian Wei. Nezha's momentum in making trouble in the sea was most focused on using momentum to gain advantage. He tumbled in the air to accumulate enough power for this attack.

Dian Wei grinned and said that competing with him in strength would be simply seeking death.

"Do you really think everyone is Guan Yu?"

With an angry shout, Dian Wei rushed forward, with the sharp blade of his halberd raised, red light scattering everywhere, and he was determined to chop Zhao Yun on the spot. The two of them were fighting in a tit-for-tat manner.

The white light roared like a dragon and swooped down, and the red light howled like a wolf, meeting the challenge head-on. The two sides suddenly collided with each other, and a strong breath spread out, rolling up the dust on the parade ground and spreading it around. All the soldiers were blinded by the sudden dust and fog. They raised their hands to cover the front, trying to observe the situation in the center of the parade ground through their fingers, but the strong wind swept the dust, forming a small artificial sandstorm with the two people as the center.

Fortunately, all the people present were at least special soldiers with the basic attributes of third-rate generals, otherwise the aftermath of the all-out collision between these two people would be enough to overturn the nearby soldiers.

These first-rate generals on the field, including those above the first-rate generals, all narrowed their eyes. They could see some scenes inside through the raised dust, among which the flashing red and white light were extremely dazzling. The red and white light in the field complemented each other, and raised the sandstorm that had finally calmed down again.

Finally, when the dust settled and the two figures reappeared in everyone's sight, there were several bloodstains on Zhao Yun's white armor, which were all broken by Dian Wei's attack. Although the wounds were not fatal, they highlighted the gap between the two to a certain extent.

Looking at the wounded Zhao Yun in the center of the venue, Cao Cao sneered, and the meaning was self-evident. In his opinion, among the five people brought by Gu Rubing, except for Guan Yu who was a legendary general, the others were all famous generals, because Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao were all generals who had many interactions with Cao Cao on the battlefield. Their strength was such that it took several first-class generals to join forces to stop them, so Cao Cao would naturally think that they were famous generals.

As for Huang Zhong, although they did not have much interaction, since he was brought to Xu Du by Gu Rubing like Guan Yu and others, he must be an extraordinary figure and possibly a famous general.

From Cao Cao's perspective, Gu Rubing's side should be a group of four legendary generals, and the meaning of Cao Cao's cold snort just now was very clear. He was mocking Gu Rubing's subordinates, saying that except for Zhang Fei, no one else was a match for Dian Wei and his men. He intended to force Gu Rubing to send Guan Yu to the battlefield, so that Cao Cao could make good use of Guan Yu, the only catfish, to keep his group of sardines active.

Facing Cao Cao's sneer, Gu Rubing turned a deaf ear to it. Others didn't know, but didn't he? Zhao Yun, a first-class general, fought against Dian Wei on his own. It would be hard for anyone to believe this, but they didn't know the reason, so they thought it was funny that Zhao Yun was defeated by Dian Wei.

"Let the spear fly for a while longer."

Seeing Zhao Yun in a disadvantageous position, Gu Rubing was not worried at all. Instead, he looked at Zhao Yun who was fighting against Dian Wei with expectation. At first, Cao Cao did not think too much after hearing this, but now, he could not help but think about it. Finally, Zhao Yun's continuous attack ended. This time, he did not gain any advantage. All the attacks were easily blocked by Dian Wei.

At this moment, Zhao Yun's aura suddenly burst out, as if he had become a different person. He leaped up like a tiger with his spear in hand and stabbed Dian Wei diagonally. Dian Wei sneered. In the collision of their attacks just now, Zhao Yun suffered the loss without exception. His strength was not proportional to Dian Wei's at all.

If it weren't for Zhao Yun's advantage of holding the long spear and his familiar spear skills, he would have been captured by Dian Wei by now. So when Dian Wei saw Zhao Yun fighting him head-on again, he took a deep breath and prepared to capture this pale-faced young general.

Before his death, Cao Cao specifically reminded him that if there was any chance during the battle, he should kill him at all costs. At that time, no matter how angry Gu Rubing got, or how he asked Guan Yu to start a killing spree, Cao Cao would not care. His careful planning from beginning to end was broken by Gu Rubing's light words in the end. This made Cao Cao feel very uncomfortable, and he could no longer care about anything else at this moment.

However, Cao Cao also knew that although Dian Wei could defeat Zhao Yun, it would still take some effort to kill him here. Gu Rubing and others would certainly not watch Zhao Yun get into trouble, so the ultimate purpose of this plan was to anger Gu Rubing and force Guan Yu to die, thus achieving his own goal.

Cao Cao really disliked this kind of life controlled by others. It seemed that as long as Guan Yu was still around, he would never be able to defeat Gu Rubing. It was imperative for him to have a legendary general under his command.

Just when Cao Cao was working hard to have a legendary general under his command, Liu Zhang had already arrived in the territory of Yizhou with more than 200,000 young and middle-aged people from the Western Regions plundered from them. It was really difficult to travel with more than 200,000 civilians, otherwise Liu Zhang should have appeared in Xu Du by now, facing Gu Rubing together with Cao Cao.

If that were the case, Cao Cao would be more confident in capturing Gu Rubing. After all, the two sides have a combined army of nearly 400,000. To put it bluntly, one person's spit could drown more than a thousand people.

In the arena, Dian Wei and Zhao Yun were still fighting. The two separated and fought again. The generals present keenly discovered one thing, that is, Zhao Yun's aura was not only improved, but also his martial arts value was greatly improved. Zhao Yun, who could only rely on his spear skills to barely compete with Dian Wei, can now fight against Dian Wei on equal terms.

The spear dancing up and down also became more powerful. It was no longer like before, which was easily pushed away by Dian Wei. Dian Wei also noticed the change in Zhao Yun and was a little surprised, because Zhao Yun's improvement was too high, a little too high. Even if Dian Wei activated the two skills of Ancient Evil and Endless Fury at the same time, the bonus he got was almost the same as Zhao Yun. How could Dian Wei not be surprised?

"I didn't expect that a pretty boy like you actually has some abilities."

Dian Wei rushed forward suddenly, holding the handle behind the halberd with his right hand and holding the other hand loosely. After jumping up, he held the handle with his left hand and chopped it hard. The two men's weapons met, and circles of air waves continued to spread out from their bodies. The fight between the two men has almost never stopped from the beginning to now. It's either you attacking or he attacks. It seems that the two men have no physical strength to consume and have been colliding with each other with all their strength.

It was another full-force collision. Zhao Yun flipped three times in the air, held the butt of the spear with his right hand, swung the spear down violently, and hit Dian Wei's halberd blade. A crisp ding sound was heard, and Dian Wei was actually knocked back several steps by Zhao Yun's attack. This was the first time that Dian Wei was knocked back by Zhao Yun since the two men fought.

"You've seen it, right? I have a lot of abilities. I'm just afraid that you're not good enough and you won't be able to fully display my abilities before I kill you."

Zhao Yun held his spear in the position of dripping water and deflected Dian Wei's three attacks in succession. Then he thrust out with his spear again, blocking Dian Wei's action of retracting his halberd. He was actually going to knock Dian Wei's halberd down. However, Dian Wei was not someone who could have his weapon taken away so easily. He pulled back with both hands and actually trapped Zhao Yun's spear.

Originally, Zhao Yun wanted to knock Dian Wei's halberd away, but Dian Wei countered and controlled Zhao Yun's spear. Zhao Yun reacted quickly and immediately let go of the spear in his hand. He pulled out the sword that Gu Rubing had the blacksmith make for him from his waist and stabbed it straight into Dian Wei's face. Zhao Yun had kept the sword hanging behind his waist, and it could not be seen without careful observation.

Dian Wei was forced to retreat by this sudden change. Although the sword's stabbing was sharp, it was not as agile as the spear, and it did not have the length advantage of the spear. After briefly forcing Dian Wei back, Zhao Yun immediately sheathed his sword, switched from the sword to the spear, and continued his attack.

Seeing that Zhao Yun's strength was increasing suddenly, Dian Wei seemed to be unable to suppress him anymore. He no longer held back and after repelling Zhao Yun with one halberd, the halberd fell to the ground. A majestic aura slowly emerged from Dian Wei, and the two major skills of Ancient Evil and Endless Rage were activated at the same time.

The unique red light appeared again beside Dian Wei. The thing that looked like a faint red mist was Dian Wei's murderous aura that was so strong that it had materialized.

Seeing this scene in the field, Gu Rubing smiled slightly. Although he had absolute confidence in Zhao Yun, facing a strong general like Dian Wei, Gu Rubing was still a little worried. What Gu Rubing was worried about was not that Dian Wei was too strong, but that Dian Wei was not strong enough to push Zhao Yun into a desperate situation and trigger the characteristics of Desperate Dragon's Fury.

This is what Gu Rubing is worried about. Dian Wei’s strength is definitely higher than Zhao Yun’s. After all, one is a famous general and the other is a first-class general. The gap between the two is still obvious, but this gap is far from enough to force Zhao Yun into a desperate situation.

In other words, Zhao Yun can feel the pressure from Dian Wei, and he will be suppressed by Dian Wei all the time. Maybe until Zhao Yun is killed by Dian Wei, Zhao Yun will not be able to reach a desperate situation, and thus cannot trigger his own characteristics, because Zhao Yun's Desperate Situation Dragon Fury can only be felt when he is in a desperate situation, not that Zhao Yun will immediately gain the bonus of this characteristic once he is unable to defeat the enemy.

This is why, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei had been fighting for a long time, until Zhao Yun was covered with scars, and then he gained the adversity bonus. Only when Zhao Yun felt particularly great pressure from the enemy, he would gain the desperate situation bonus. Just after the battle, Dian Wei did not have the ability to put Zhao Yun into a desperate situation, but his strength was stronger than Zhao Yun, which led to a possibility, that is, he could defeat Zhao Yun, or even kill Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun could not trigger adversity at all, which was like boiling a frog in warm water.

But everything is different now. It is obvious that Dian Wei has some powerful skills or characteristics that enhance his abilities. This skill or characteristic has a very high bonus to himself. Dian Wei, who is already stronger than Zhao Yun, has activated this skill now. It is only a matter of time before Zhao Yun falls into a desperate situation.

Seeing Gu Rubing sighing with relief, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel puzzled. At this time, Liu Bei, aren't you worried about Zhao Yun's life or death? Not only are you not worried, why are you acting like he's finally here?

(End of this chapter)