Vol 9 Chapter 111 (2/2)

“Yaa!” That person was already charging back at me while I was recovering and pointed her blade to the ground to deliver an upward attack.

*Dang*!

Our blades met yet again but it seemed like her blow this time was harder than the one before. Looks like this lieutenant is slowly easing improving her form.

“Yaa– Hah!” When I tried to push her weapon away, she withdrew her blade and I used the opening to stab and slash at her in quick succession. She dodged the first attack and blocked the second before knocking away my blade and slas.h.i.+ng down diagonally.

*Dang*! *Dang*! *Dang*!

Another 3 diagonal slashes but I was somehow able to block all of them. Her blade always changes paths mid-slash, making it difficult for me to predict where her blade would land and block her attacks but I was somehow able to do so thus far.

After that, we continued to exchange another 10-20 blows. I initially thought that Zhang Liao liked to attack from the side but she deliberately changed her attack patterns halfway through and I was forced to adapt to her new style. By now, she was completely silent and did not even make any grunting noises as she continued to attack over and over. And because of that, I lost 1 source of information and was finding it even more difficult to deal with her attacks.

“…”

Wu! She’s going for my face!

*Dang*!

I was in realising where she was stabbing at and hurriedly raised my blade, somehow managing to deflect it away in time. At the same time, my hat was nearly blown away by this attack.

Kuh! It’s becoming too much for me to handle!

As expected, Lu Bu’s lieutenant is no cakewalk. But there is no choice but to fight on as it is still far too early to bite the bullet and retreat.

“Yaa!” I roared as I swept my blade out and did a horizontal slash at Zhang Liao, who showed an opening after her weapon was deflected. She was not able to dodge and was forced to lean to the side.

Alright! That should do it!

“Watch out! Li Dian!”

Un?

“…”

Just as I was thinking that Zhang Liao was forced to leap off her horse from my attack, Cao Ren yelled and I saw that she was holding her breath again, which meant that she was going to attack. I looked closer and saw that as she leaned over, she swung her blade for me–

Wu! I hurriedly pulled my blade back to block–

*Dang*!

Because my strength was insufficient, and thanks to the additional momentum from her body weight, my arm felt numb when her blade slammed into mine. Immediately, I lost my balance and keeled over.

It’s over, I thought as I reached out and tried to grab my reins but to no avail.

But an idea flashed in my head and I turned my weapon around so I could use my hilt to grab the reins. Immediately, my body shook as it came to a stop thanks to my quick thinking. At the same time, I turned and looked at Zhang Liao. She did indeed lean over to the side and was holding on to her reins with 1 hand and 1 foot as she smiled mischievously at me.

“Hmhm~ You’re pretty good huh?” She said as she pointed her blade at me with her free hand.

“Li Dian!” Just then, Cao Ren yelled out from behind. Naturally, I knew what she meant and hurriedly pulled myself up before I turned my horse around and left.

I looked at the lieutenant out of the corner of my eye. She seemed like she understood why Cao Ren yelled to me as well but she merely stood rooted to where she was and looked at us. Is she not going to retreat to where her troops are?

When I looked ahead, I saw Cao Ren with her blade raised and pointing in my, or to be more precise the enemy’s, direction, “Everyone! Charge!”

After Cao Ren roared, the troops yelled with a single voice that pierced the heavens as the layers of cavalry and heavy infantry troop lines waved their weapons and charged. As expected of Cao Ren, she seized upon the perfect time to charge. If I were to continue fighting any longer, I would have been exhausted.

When I saw this, I turned my horse around and waited for the troops to reach where I was before joining the charge at its head.

Kill!!

In a moment, the enemy troops yelled as they began charging as well. When I looked in their direction, I found that Lu Bu was at the head of the charge.

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