“Who goes there!” the man in black sneered. "I advise you to retreat quickly, lest you lose your life for nothing."
"You're nothing but a fart! How dare you talk nonsense in front of me? Believe it or not, I'll kill you!" Lu Bu sneered, gripping his Fangtian Hua Ji tightly. "What are you guys, anyway!"
The man in black stared at Lu Bu, drawing his bowstring to the fullest, his eyes filled with resentment. "You want to fight? Who are you, and how can you have such skill!"
"Fight? You're not worthy," Lu Bu sneered, gently twirling his Fangtian Hua Ji. "Even if all of you die by my hand, this general will remain unharmed."
The men in black swarmed forward, firing three arrows in quick succession. Lu Bu parried and blocked left and right, the arrows clattering to the ground. The men in black’s faces turned cold. "Who exactly are you? With such skill, why do you trouble us? Do you really think we have no temper?"
"I'd like to know what skills you have. Fight!" Lu Bu raised his Fangtian Hua Ji high. "You attack, and let's see what skills I have."
Arrows were fired several times continuously, but Lu Bu's expression remained relaxed as he batted them to the ground. The men in black's faces grew grim. They were no match for Lu Bu.
"Perhaps we can each take a step back. If you don't protect him, we'll share half of the reward with you when we get it!" the man in black said ingratiatingly. "And we won't interfere with your actions!"
Sun Jian looked at Lu Bu with pleading eyes and said, "I will certainly not cause trouble for the King of Chu. I beg you, General, to lend me a hand!"
The faces of the men in black changed. It had something to do with the King of Chu, and with such strength. Who else could it be but Lu Bu.
They were absolutely no match for Lu Bu and might even lose their lives here!
The men in black hastily tried to flee. Lu Bu's face turned grim, and he charged forward with his Fangtian Hua Ji. The leader of the men in black roared in haste, "Go quickly! We are no match for him!"
"I am Lu Bu! Who dares to fight me?" Lu Bu charged forward with his Fangtian Hua Ji. "Fight to the death!"
The men in black frantically tried to escape, but it was too late. Lu Bu pierced a bloody hole in one of them. The man in black fell straight to the ground, reaching out and shouting in haste, "Go quickly!"
The remaining men in black fled in a hurry. Lu Bu chuckled and quickly ran up to grab one of them. "Still trying to escape? Do you think you have the ability?"
"General, spare my life!" the man in black said quickly. "Sun Jian has escaped!"
"Do you think this general will believe your lies?" Lu Bu sneered. The man in black trembled instantly, wanting to escape but held firmly by Lu Bu.
This, however, served as a reminder to Sun Jian. He pushed himself up with his hands and hastily tried to escape. Lu Bu heard the rustling leaves but didn't turn back in a hurry. After all, where could the seriously injured Sun Jian escape to? He spoke slowly to the man in black, "You want to escape? How likely is that!"
"Are you going to let Sun Jian escape for nothing?" the man in black reminded him urgently. "You won't be able to complete your mission then!"
Lu Bu suddenly understood. The men in black had mistaken him for one of them. "If he escapes, he escapes. What does it have to do with me!"
"Do you really want to fail the mission?" the man in black roared, almost out of his mind. "How will you account to your lord then!"
"Why should I account to my lord? Regardless of what happens to Sun Jian, it has little to do with me!" Lu Bu's Fangtian Hua Ji fell again, and another man fell to the ground.
In just a short moment, two of the men in black's brothers had fallen to the ground. Their faces instantly turned grim, and they hastily tried to flee!
"Go quickly!"
"Big brother, since we can't negotiate, let's fight him!" one of the men in black shouted in haste. "As long as we kill him, what do we have to fear!"
"Alright, let's give it our all," the man in black agreed in a hurry, no longer trying to escape. Instead, he drew his bow and shot arrows in quick succession. In an instant, several arrows flew out. Lu Bu was caught off guard, and several bloody marks appeared on his arm.
Lu Bu reached out, touched the blood, and licked it into his mouth. His expression changed. "You really are quite skilled. If you want to fight, then come!"
The men in black knew that Lu Bu had gone mad. If they escaped now, and Lu Bu pursued Sun Jian, there was a chance they might get away.
"Go quickly!" The men in black shot a few arrows in haste, and instantly, another man in black fled in a hurry.
"Go quickly! I'll hold him off." With a desperate cry, another man in black, seeing that he could hold off Lu Bu, rushed forward and hugged Lu Bu's thigh, laughing wildly.
"As long as you escape, the楼主's mission can still be completed!" the man in black roared, but the one who had escaped walked step by step towards the man in black.
"You still refuse to escape for his sake? Do all of us deserve to die?" the man in black was stunned. "Do we all deserve to die?"
Regardless, it had come to this. The man in black hugged Lu Bu's thigh and laughed coldly. "This time, I will live for myself!"
"Go quickly!" The man in black fled in a hurry. Lu Bu turned to look at the man in black hugging his thigh and asked slowly, "Do you think you can still escape!"
The man in black's face was filled with sorrow. "I know I am doomed to die. Please, General, give me a quick death."
"Fine, I'll grant you that," Lu Bu sneered. "I'll give you a quick death. But if you can tell me who is behind you, I might spare you!"
"Heh heh, even if Lu Bu wants to spare me, I'm afraid the King of Chu wouldn't agree. Let's fight then." The man in black's face turned grim. "As long as you kill me, the General will surely be rewarded!"
"You think this general is here for a reward?" Lu Bu heavily brought down his Fangtian Hua Ji. "This general will not receive any reward, but I simply enjoy watching you all die by my hand."
"Who exactly is the楼主?" Lu Bu asked heavily, and the man in black's expression changed instantly.
"Who exactly are you? Why do you know of the楼主's existence?" the man in black asked in a hurry. "The楼主 is someone you absolutely cannot afford to provoke. Let me go, and perhaps there is still a chance. Otherwise, you will surely die without a burial place."
"Do you think this general really has no plan? You've probably forgotten who is behind this general?"
The man in black thought for a moment. "The King of Chu? He will support you? Ridiculous, he will help you!"
"Guess who sent me this time?" Lu Bu asked with a smile. "If not for the King of Chu, who else could have made the decision to save the King of Chu!" Lu Bu chuckled. "Do you really think I can make my own decisions?"
"Even if the King of Chu ordered you to act, he wouldn't necessarily have ordered you to kill us," the man in black cursed in a hurry. "If you kill us, the楼主 may not spare the King of Chu. Then, for the sake of self-preservation, the King of Chu might push you out to take the blame, which is not impossible."
Lu Bu grabbed his Fangtian Hua Ji and rotated it without hesitation. The man in black let out a scream instantly, his face grim. "Lu Bu, you will surely die a horrible death!"
"Hmph hmph, whether this general will die a horrible death, I don't know yet. But you will surely die without a burial place. I'm afraid the wolves outside can't wait any longer!" Lu Bu sneered. "I didn't expect it to end like this. Do you have any regrets?"
"I have never regretted anything, Lu Bu, kill me if you dare!"
Lu Bu did not hesitate, raised his Fangtian Hua Ji, and thrust it down heavily. The man in black suddenly lost his breath.
"Truly skillful!" Lu Bu turned and saw that Sun Jian was no longer there. He sneered. "Trying to escape? A dream!"
Sun Jian fled in a hurry, constantly looking back to see if Lu Bu was pursuing him. After a while, he heard the rustling of leaves behind him and quickly turned to look, only to find no one there!
"Are you looking for me?" As Sun Jian turned around, he saw Lu Bu smiling at him, and he trembled all over. "You really thought you could escape."
Lu Bu's light words sent a shiver down Sun Jian's spine. He immediately wanted to escape. "Do you really think this general will show mercy to you, Sun Jian?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Lu Bu chuckled. "The General of Jiangdong thought he could benefit from this general without paying any price!"
"Absolutely impossible." Sun Jian quickly put on a smile. "General, you're in a good mood. You couldn't deal with the men in black, so you came looking for me instead."
"You want to sit back and reap the benefits, preventing me from explaining myself to the King of Chu? Dream on!" Lu Bu's icy words made Sun Jian tremble all over.
"The one who wants to deal with him is none other than the most powerful King of Chu currently. Even Emperor Ling fears him, let alone me, a puppet general who has to beg for favors."
"The King of Chu, what does the King of Chu want!" Sun Jian asked hysterically.
Lu Bu paused for a moment, then adjusted his emotions. "It's not what the King of Chu wants now, but what the General wants. The King of Chu has given the General opportunities!"
"What can I do?" Sun Jian showed a smile that was more like crying than laughing. "It's either the King of Chu or Emperor Ling. Do I have any other choice? If it is the King of Chu's command, please kill me, and everything will be fine."
"Hmph!" Lu Bu snorted. "General, do not mistake a gentleman's intentions with a villain's mind. If the King of Chu wanted to kill you, why would he send this general to save you?"
Sun Jian's hand moved slightly. "Then, then what exactly does the King of Chu want?"
"The King of Chu only hopes that the General will remember one sentence: the common people suffer whether the country prospers or perishes. The ones who want to deal with you are likely only these two factions. Please return to Jiangdong quickly and maintain the situation. That will be the greatest repayment to the King of Chu!"
"Good, even if our political views differ, I will certainly maintain order in Jiangdong and will not cause trouble for the King of Chu!" Sun Jian promised with a serious expression.
Lu Bu casually threw a document to Sun Jian. "From here, it's Jiangxia. Because the King of Chu saved Emperor Ling, I will give the King of Chu some face. General, you can return directly to Jiangdong and you will not encounter any bandits!"
"Thank you, King of Chu. If there is a chance in the future, I will certainly call on you to thank you. Please bear with me, King of Chu!" Sun Jian clasped his hands and replied in a hurry.