Battle Royale of the Sinners

"LOOK HERE! THIS ASSHOLE'S FACE LOOKS LIKE A POINTY DOG HEAD! ARE YOU TRYING TO BE A DOG!? YOU WANT TO BE A DOG SO MUCH THAT YOU MIMICK THEM!? HILARIOUS!"

As Tong did not respond to Zhang Fei's taunt, the loud third brother of Liu Bei continued to berate the knights who wore pointy helmets.

These medieval knight helmets were optimized for the defense as they could redirect the attacks to the side, protecting the wearers from slashing or thrusting attacks.

The knights of Tong also knew about how these helmets worked. However, Zhang Fei just called them that they mimicked a dog's face, which angered them.

They wanted to charge at Zhang Fei and kill him right away, but Xun Yu sent a signal, telling them to stand firm.

"THE UNDERLINGS WANT TO BE AN ARMY OF DOGS WHILE THE LEADER IS PRETENDING TO BE AN IMMORTAL! WHAT A SUITABLE MASTER AND SERVANT RELATIONSHIP!"

"WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR!? AN ORDINARY MAN IS CHALLENGING THE MIGHTY IMMORTAL INTO A DUEL, BUT HE IS COWERING BEHIND YOUR BACK! IS HE REALLY AN IMMORTAL OR A WANNABE!?"

"COME AND SMITE ME, GREAT IMMORTAL! OH, YOU CAN'T! I REMEMBER THAT I SMITE YOUR MOTHER SO HARD THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M YOUR FATHER, OR YOU'RE JUST A SON OF ANOTHER PASSER-BY WHO BOUGHT YOUR MOTHER! I DON'T REMEMBER THAT AN IMMORTAL COULD BE BORN FROM A WHORE!"

Xun Yu and Jia Xu glanced at Tong in worries. If they were the target of these insults, Xun Yu and Jia Xu would have ordered someone to kill Zhang Fei already.

As firm as a mountain, Tong stared at Zhang Fei with an indifferent expression.

Although insulting his mother irked Tong, he simply closed his eyes and sighed, ignoring the noisy fly.

<<Your unwavering heart has weakened the sin of [Wrath].>>

<<Resisting the great [Wrath] two more times, and this sin shall be cleansed.>>

'Another one. Thanks for the boost, Zhang Yide.'

Opening his eyes, Tong smiled at Zhang Fei.

As he smiled, Tong glanced at the clan chat log, waiting for Li Feihong and the rest.

Tong: "Where are you now?"

Li Feihong: "I've opened a portal 5km south of your location. We'll flank Yuan Shao from behind."

Zhang Liao: "My men is getting out of the portal. We'll be there in a few minutes."

Tong closed his eyes to simulate the placements of Yuan Shao forces, his legions, and the coalition members. From the information of his radar map, only Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were there at the moment.

No one else stayed within the radius of 10 kilometers!

"Wenruo, Wenhe, do you think we can kill Yuan Shao today?"

Hearing the unreasonable request of Tong, Jia Xu and Xun Yu also simulated hundreds of scenarios in their mind.

Jia Xu came up with a conclusion first, "We can, but you might die. I'll need you to fight both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Or the second choice, we can sacrifice Zhang He and Zhang Liao to kill Yuan Shao and Liu Bei."

Tong shook his head as he did not like to chess-piece-trading tactic of Jia Xu. It could win the battle, but it crippled Tong's long term plan.

Xun Yu did not answer as he took his time to think. The depth of his thought was displaying through his facial expression and the dripping blood from his nostrils.

Tong did not rush this strategist as he knew that Xun Yu was doing his best.

Jia Xu also bit his lower mouth in shame. He took a deep breath and redraw the battle scenarios again in his mind, trying to find a better solution.

Another two minutes passed, Xun Yu finally opened his eyes amidst of Zhang Fei's noisy taunts.

"It's underhanded. I'll also have to use you, my lord."

"Tell me about your plan."

"We'll transfer all remaining shotgun shells to you and two of our thousand-man-commanders. We'll send you to duel Zhang Fei, and we'll assassinate him with the extra firepower."

"In another word, we cheat the duel."

"Yes. You will be likely to face both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at the same time. Are you sure that your injuries won't relapse again, my lord?"

"No. I think it will be back at a crucial time. My luck is not that good."

"Then, we shouldn't go with my plan. To optimize the survivability of our soldiers, we shouldn't fight a decisive battle without a preparation like this."

"Even if we can use Li Feihong's assassin gate technique?"

"Sir Li can only use gates three times a day. He has already used it twice. The first gate is for taking all soldiers into his world upon hearing the retreating order. The second time, he used it to release Zhang Liao's legion from his dimension. Thus, he can only use it one more time, which we can only kill either Guan Yu or Zhang Fei with this move."

At this moment, Jia Xu also stopped calculating, "I agree with Wenruo. Don't forget that Yuan Shao's troops are only half of his entire army. That Yan Liang is still around with 50,000 soldiers at Hulao Gate, and we might have to fight other minor lords, including Cao Cao. We are underprepared, my lord."

"So, we can't fight a decisive battle."

"We can, but our military will be crippled for many years."

Tong groaned. He wanted to finish off Liu Bei and Yuan Shao here, but he would not be greedy like the other day again.

'At first glance, I can crush them all at once. In reality, I'll have to pay a high price for that. I even forgot that Cao Cao is still around with Pu Jing. If they come after me, I'm screwed.'

Meanwhile, Zhang Fei was surprised that Tong could maintain his composure despite the insults. Instead of taunting the others, he got angered by the unmoving Tong.

"YOU DARE IGNORING ME!? NOW DIE!!"

Zhang Fei galloped his horse and charged at the prepared formation of spearmen alone!

"Idiot! Yide, come back!"

Guan Yu chased after his third brother, following Zhang Fei to the spearwall formation as well.

At this moment, Tian Feng's eyes gleamed. His pupils expanded as if he interested in this battle.

"My lord, if Zhang Tong doesn't have a reinforcement coming at our flanks, we can kill him."

Yuan Shao was surprised, "What do you mean?"

"I think Zhang Tong is planning a surprise attack at our flanks. If not, he wouldn't have waited for so long and not shown any sign of retreating. It's obvious that he's waiting for reinforcement from his other legions."

Yuan Shao turned to look behind his army in reflex, "So Zhang Tong's two legions had already crossed the river, and they will coming behind us?"

"Most likely. Zhang Tong's planning to kill us all in one battle."

"Then, shouldn't we retreat?"

"Indeed, but I want to reap some profits from this fight. I want to kill Liu Bei first."

"Are you nuts!? Why do you want him dead now?"

"We have lost Wen Chou, and we lack talented generals. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can replace him, but Liu Bei is in the way. Let me send this greedy bastard to his death, so we can recruit his two brothers."

Yuan Shao grinned, "Do as you wish. You have my authority."

"Thank you, my lord."

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Meanwhile, Zhang Fei's horse collided with the wall of shields while his serpent spear cut through the knight armors like butter.

Tong stared at the phenomenon in disbelief as the law of physics could not explain how Zhang Fei's iron spear could be stronger than steel armors.

"Impossible!"

"How in the hell!?"

Xun Yu and Jia Xu were also baffled by the sight of their men getting killed left and right.

As Tong observed the fight with a deep frown, it took him another minute until he found the reason.

Covering Zhang Fei's serpent spear, white angelic aura glowed in a pale light.

Guan Yu also jumped into the fray as he paved a way to reach his brother, killing anyone who got on his way. His green dragon glaive also glowed in the same pale light.

'Since when have those two awakened their wing power!? This awakening should arrive in the next decade! How did they get those powers!?'

A nightmare appeared before Tong. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei began to grow more wings while Tong could not use his power, Liu Bei would rise to power before Tong could unify the Northern Provinces of China.

Seeing that his men would be wiped out at this rate, Tong pulled out his gun and aimed at Zhang Fei.

*BANG*

*CLANK*

His bullet was deflected!

"Ha! I knew of your trick! You can't kill me with that toy!"

Zhang Fei did not deflect the pistol bullet by chance. He could see the trajectory of the oncoming shell!

Elated and excited, Zhang Fei cleaved a path through the wall of knights, rushing at Tong.

"Hmm."

*BANG*

*Hieeeee*

Tong did not panic. He repeated his action when he fought Zhang Fei for the first time at Ji City by shooting at Zhang Fei's horse.

History repeated as Zhang Fei experienced a déjà vu. His horse died, and he fell off the saddle.

Fortunately, Tong did not follow up or try to kill him like the last time.

*BANG*

*Hieeeee*

Guan Yu's horse also fell down.

"Kill!"

"SHAAA!!"

The knights rushed in with their spears, thrusting at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"WOOOOOIIIIIII!!"

*BOOM*

Zhang Fei let out an outburst and a 360 spinning swing, cutting through the stomach of the knights. As serpent spear's length was longer than the standard spears in Tong Army, Zhang Fei's reach was farther than Tong's spearmen!

"HAAAH!!"

*BOOM*

Guan Yu also unleashed his power as he dashed forward and cleaved the closest knights in half.

"YIDE, RETREAT!!"

"I KNOW!"

Those two brothers were sane enough to know when to retreat as they could not continue rampaging within Tong's knight formation forever. They were also afraid of another thing.

*BANG*

*BANG*

*BANG*

*BANG*

*BANG*

Tong spammed his trigger while aiming at the back of Zhang Fei. He did not believe that Zhang Fei could parry them forever.

*PU*

"FUDGE!!"

As Tong had predicted, Zhang Fei made a mistake and got a bullet in his right thigh.

*BWOOO*

"SHAAA!!"

Before the knights and Tong could finish Zhang Fei, all soldiers of Yuan Shao and Liu Bei parted into two legions.

10,000 men, led by Liu Bei, was charging directly at the knight's disarrayed formation. Meanwhile, Yuan Shao and Tian Feng guided the rest of 10,000 footmen toward the east, moving toward Tong's left flank.

Xun Yu bellowed, "Damn it! Get into the defense array! All cavalries, cover our left flank!"

Because of the abrupt change from Liu Bei and Yuan Shao coalition, Xun Yu forced the men to stop hunting for Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, correcting their formation and getting ready for another battle.

Using this chance, Guan Yu got to Zhang Fei's side and dragged him away from the scene.

As these two brothers fled from the knights, they could see Liu Bei on a horse and running footmen heading toward their direction.

Liu Bei bellowed, "CHARGE! GET ME THE HEAD OF ZHANG TONG!"