Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1426: Chapter 1374: Near Death

Lyu Bu, clad in golden armor like a Celestial God, stood on top of the Great Kun, gazing down at nearly a hundred large ships across from him. Since his last duel with the Xianbei, this was the second time he faced a legion alone.

If Lyu Bu showed reverence towards the legion during his first encounter, after destroying it once, his eyes now reflected only the confidence to dominate the world as he faced the Kushan Legion for the second time.

”Strike with all your might, kill the opponent at all costs!” The horn of the Kushan Commander-in-Chief echoed throughout the fleet. At this moment, the situation was irreparable, and further negotiations were meaningless. Victory or defeat was the only way to change the course of events.

As for the captain who placed the entire navy in this situation due to the hunt for the Great Kun, he might need to resign afterwards, but now he must unite everyone’s strength to break through the current predicament. Even if the opponent seemed as powerful as a god, there was a slim chance of survival in battle, whereas retreat would mean certain death!

No sailor believed that the man resembling a Celestial God would let them go once he discovered their weakness. The strong would only negotiate with the strong; the weak had only death!

After transforming into a ten-zhang-tall Golden Armored Giant, the Kushan Navy’s hovering Military Formation began to emit numerous golden radiances, which then gathered at the bows of each ship, absorbed by the captains with the help of their escorts.

The overwhelming auras of both sides created a powerful whirlwind that collided violently, pressing the sea level several feet lower within the perimeter, and the closer to the clash of the auras, the more intense the madness, forcibly pressing a funnel into the sea.

”It’s you!” With his halberd gripped in both hands, Lyu Bu finally used his instincts to locate the Kushan Navy’s Commander-in-Chief, knowing that capturing the ringleader was always a paramount rule.

As he spoke, Lyu Bu launched a full-force attack, the Inner Qi within him surging outward, turning him into a sun**** that repelled everything around him. His Sky Piercer extended into an unmatched light blade that stretched for thousands of meters and struck the Kushan Navy’s fleet without peer.

Meanwhile, nearly a hundred legion attacks, each close to one hundred meters, forcefully resisted Lyu Bu’s attack after he shattered the legion’s defense.

”Mere Inner Qi without will, large yet useless!” Even though Lyu Bu’s Sky Piercer was pushed back slightly under this massive Inner Qi attack, a layer of light of faith suddenly extended from his Sky Piercer!

This was Lyu Bu’s strongest technique; his godlike power could attach to real-world attacks. In that instant, Lyu Bu’s attack shattered the frontal assault devoid of pure faith, fiercely striking the Kushan flagship.

At this moment, Lyu Bu’s outburst, while cutting through the Kushan flagship, also slashed a trench extending thousands of meters across the sea surface. The force of the attack created towering waves dozens of meters high, capsizing several nearby warships.

However, just as Lyu Bu shattered the Kushan Navy’s legion attack and split the sea with one swipe, the Kushan Navy’s legion attack also landed on Lyu Bu’s Golden Armored Celestial God image.

”Ha!” Lyu Bu frantically drew the endless Inner Qi from the Great Kun, solidifying the outward appearance of the Golden Armored Celestial God once again, resembling an invulnerable Vajra.

Yet, nearly a hundred legion attacks mixed with the commanders’ faith fiercely struck Lyu Bu’s outward appearance, each attack powerful enough to kill an Inner Qi Manifestation!

”Dong!” Enduring the pain in his meridians, endless Inner Qi gushed from Lyu Bu’s body. This frenzied siphoning even made the Great Kun let out a mournful cry!

”Boom~” The furious explosion sounded, and nearly a hundred attacks equivalent to an Inner Qi Manifestation hit Lyu Bu standing on the Great Kun almost simultaneously. A colossal wave rose straight from the sea, and at such close range, it directly capsized several ships protected by legion formations.

This power, like a heavenly change, saw tons of seawater crashing onto the ship’s defenses, making the Kushan fleet appear on the verge of capsizing at any moment.

”Crack...” The violent turbulence, even though these ships had been nurtured over a long period, did not mean wooden ships could withstand an impact exceeding millions of tons. Despite the ship’s auto-protection, many were directly shattered by the impact of a million tons of seawater.

An entire quarter hour later, the disaster-like situation finally ended. Indeed, the power of the Inner Qi Manifestation was formidable, but a legion-level attack, unhindered by the Cloud Qi, was terrifying on a disaster scale!

”Report, fifteen of our battleships have sunk, seven have lost navigation abilities and can only rely on towing, five have suffered severe impacts with flooding in their holds and lack long-range capability. The remaining sixty-four battleships, despite suffering significant impacts, can be repaired on the spot to restore functionality,” the adjutant reported to the fleet’s second-in-command after the disaster ceased.

”First, confirm the opponent’s status and the Great Kun’s condition!” The second-in-command trembled as he spoke. The opponent’s strength had completely surpassed human comprehension, and even with nearly a hundred legion attacks, not even the second-in-command dared to assume the opponent was dead.

”Boom!” At this moment, Sky Piercer, thrust from the sea, directly pierced through a warship, cleaving it in half while sending it flying at the same time.

”Pop!” Lyu Bu arduously flew up from the seabed. That moment was likely his closest brush with death, proving once again that clashing with a legion is courting death unless one’s divine might can easily crush the enemy’s attacks like a Military Spirit or Millennial Will.

At this moment, Lyu Bu, flying up from the seabed, found his armor dyed crimson with blood, large wounds glaringly apparent on his chest and thighs. However, this did not mask Lyu Bu’s strength; merely his rising had the Kushan Navy near collapse.

An opponent who could withstand nearly a hundred Inner Qi Manifestation attacks and survive - this despairingly vast gap - made every captain in the Kushan Navy aware that they could not mount a second strike.

Meanwhile, the Great Kun also surfaced with several over-ten-meter-long wounds. Although at the last moment, the nearly hundred attacks combined with Lyu Bu’s strikes shattered space, allowing Lyu Bu to teleport away, just a dozen sworn attacks following Lyu Bu into space fractured his Celestial God state.

The remaining attacks, despite Lyu Bu’s desperate resistance, still left several large wounds, making Lyu Bu realize that despite possessing endless Inner Qi, the maximum output possible dictated that ten or more simultaneous Out-of-Body Level attacks were enough to kill him when he was at full strength.