Chapter 159 - Rampage (1) (1/2)

Chapter 159 – Rampage (1)

Translated by Bloodfalcon, Edited by Krayto

“COUGH, COUGH!!!” Sun Ce half-knelt on the ground. His Conqueror Spears are located on his hand, trying to support his body. The blue stone under his foot is already crushed, his arm is s.h.i.+vering and Sun Ce’s face is pale due to blood loss. His armor is broken and his right-side also bleeding profusely along with his right shoulder. Just a little more, his right arm will be lost forever like Jiang Qin with his left-hand.

Changing pinnacle of super-cla.s.s to hyper cla.s.s. So 3rd cla.s.s, 2nd cla.s.s, 1st cla.s.s, super-cla.s.s, hyper-cla.s.s generals.

He lost this battle!!! He who had reached the hyper-cla.s.s lost because his opponent was too strong.

“HAHAHAHA!!!”Sun Ce laughed wholeheartedly. That laugh was not a forced chuckle or sneer, but a genuine happy laughter because he met someone who is more powerful than him. A military commander has two things that can make him most happy in battlefield. First one is flawless victory, second one is to find a worthy adversary.

So, even in defeat, Sun Ce found huge excitement.

“Prepare to die, Sun Ce!!!”Huang Zhong exclaimed. He is also very tired, when he fought Jiang Qin earlier, even though he tore up Jiang Qin, that still required extreme concentration and it wore him down a lot. After that due to his carelessness, he was besieged by three generals, facing the same predicament like Lu Bu in Hulao Gate. Even after doing a very grueling battle like that, he still needed to battle in order to pacify each gates.

On Huang Zhong’s curved dao, there is a clean hole on the center, also on his chest his armor was destroyed by Sun Ce’s ultimate move, “Country Destroyer”.

“Country Destroyer” is the ultimate move of Western Chu Conqueror Xiang Yu, he is first do this move when he was invading Qin Dynasty’s capital in Xianyang and helped to crumble the dynasty. But it is a pity that the “Country Destroyer” move was lost when Xiang Yu commit suicide in Wu River but due to sheer genius of Sun Ce, he was able to recall back that move and execute it on Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong’s eyes are locked-on Sun Ce. This person is truly a genius among genius and will be a big threat in the future. He is able to breakthrough to become a hyper-cla.s.s general just by being severely wounded in battle and even used Huang Zhong in order to temper his strength. Huang Zhong himself needed to build up and refine his strength slowly in order to reach this level. If this boy did not die now, the next time he did sortie, he will be very hard to kill.

“Die?” Sun Ce sneered “Yes, I lost, but I refuse to die here!!!” He quickly moved his hand in order to support his body with Conqueror Spear.

But today Sun Ce saw genuine Tu Long Shu unexpectedly. Huang Zhong’s earlier technique was called “Dragon Slayer”. “Is that really the Dragon Slayer technique?” Sun Ce pondered in his heart while looking at that hollow hole of golden curved dao. Sun Jian, The Tiger of Jiangdong and also Sun Ce’s father was an expert in using curved dao and have told Sun Ce that there is another skill that can only be used by someone whose skill in curved dao is already reached pinnacle of curved dao skill, that skill is called “Dragon Slayer”. His father said, when he managed to get the skill “Dragon Slayer”, he will p.r.o.nounce himself to the land that he had already evolved to the Dragon of Jiangdong, when Sun Ce heard Sun Jian’s proclamation, he just smiled and treated it as a joke.

TL: Dragon Killer, just like the wuxia novel Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre. Indonesian readers might remember it as Golok Pembunuh Naga dan Pedang Langit Tandingannya” The famed To Liong To with Thio Bukie as the protagonist

The terms of “Dragon Slayer” harked from Zhuangzi and Lie Yukou anecdote. The anecdote told that one man from Zhu country wanted to study the “Dragon Slayer” technique. He sold all of his properties, closed his stores and gave all of his money to the people, then went to a mountain where he met a hermit who could teach him “Dragon Slayer”.

After three years, he learned the “Dragon Slayer” technique and went down from the mountain but due to peace times, he was unable to find work and can only work as a coolie in a rice shop. When Zhuangzi and Lie Yukou wrote that anecdote, they also provided another information that the person from Zhu truly managed to learn “Dragon Slayer” technique and that his skill in wushu is unmatchable but due to peace times and “Dragon Slayer” technique was no longer used, so it disappeared from history, but today Sun Ce truly saw the “Dragon Slayer” technique with his own eyes.

TL: Zhuangzi and Lie Yukou: both of them are pre-Qin Taoist Scholars

Looking at Sun Ce wanting to stand up, Huang Zhong exclaimed “Oh, you want to do a last stand, eh?!” Huang Zhong is very shocked due to his “Dragon Slayer” being unable to kill Sun Ce, but Sun Ce is already severely wounded and will die in two bouts with Huang Zhong. As long as Sun Ce dies, the battle is decided.

“Last stand? Hahaha, you could not afford to kill me!!!” Sun Ce knows that he is not Huang Zhong’s match but the situation has rendered himself to be un-killable.

“Are you saying that I am unable to kill you, huh?! Earlier it is because our skills the Dragon Slayer and Country Destroyer are matched up in damage, but now you die!!!” Huang Zhong’s eyes quickly flashed dangerously and gripped his golden curved dao to kill Sun Ce.

In Huang Zhong the hand the gold knife brandished again got up to overrun toward Sun Ce.

Sun Ce quickly made a stance to avoid it, although he himself already evolved from strong to mighty, his life is at bigger risk compared to Huang Zhong’s.

But, Huang Zhong’s golden curved dao is unavoidable and Sun Ce can only defend, but when he tried to parry Huang Zhong’s slash, he was unable to withstand the momentum and vomited black blood and said “So, it is not a lie, when you said you are able to kill me in two bouts!!!”

Huang Zhong then exclaimed “Oh, since you know you cannot fight back, then give me your life!!! I will make sure your last moment is painless!!!” Huang Zhong also really admired Sun Ce. At this age, he is already a warlord commanding 100,000 troops and able to become a hyper-cla.s.s general. Although Huang Zhong himself is already a hyper-cla.s.s general, his achievement is miniscule compared to Sun Ce’s.

Huang Zhong was really envious of this Sun Ce. Sun Jian really had a good son. If Sun Jian was still alive, then the Sun's danger will be threefold and perhaps his lord Lu Bu must withdraw and attack Jing Province.

Fortunately he died under Huang Zu and Cai Mao's arrows, at this very moment, Huang Zhong felt thankful to Huang Zu.

“Cough, cough!!!” Sun Ce coughed out a lot of blood. He is truly tired. This battle really took the toll for him as well giving him lots of experiences and insights. This loss actually is not so bad, as Sun Ce able to gain a lot experience from battling Huang Zhong. But all in all, this is battle where people kill each other, so Huang Zhong right now wanted to kill Sun Ce and make him the same like those of ordinary soldiers who died here.

“I know that I will die in two bouts, but before that, I will have some people to accompany me!!!” Said Sun Ce while smiling, Huang Zhong really admired that Sun Ce can smile in his dying moments.

“Oh, want to take me with you, huh?!” An executor is usually anxious when wanted to execute a hapless man, but this did not happen to Huang Zhong. He is already old, and being old brings calmness to one heart.

“Oh, not you!!! It is your little lord who will come with me!!! Our respected His Highness Prince of Shu!!!” Sun Ce pointed his Conqueror Spear toward Liu Mang's direction.

“Um?!” Huang Zhong's brow wrinkled. He quickly turn his head and panicked. His little lord Prince of Shu was besieged by two generals Chen Wu and Dong Xi and more and more of the Danyang soldiers are climbing the city wall. Now the amount of Danyang soldier’s personnel already matched with the Urban Army.

Although in two bouts, Huang Zhong can kill Sun Ce but the time will take too long. Those two commanders will tear apart Urban Army. Huang Zhong will never let any harm happen to Liu Mang out of life debt to Liu Mang for healing his son and Liu Mang is his little lord.

“Humph!!!” Huang Zhong humphed coldly and he prepared to leave Sun Ce's location and goes to Liu Mang.

“Stop him!!!” Sun Ce said it while coughing. His order is very decisive and no hesitation at all.

“Yes, sir!!” Danyang soldiers of Zuo quickly attacked Huang Zhong. They could not disobey Sun Ce's orders and their brothers also have been killed by Huang Zhong.

“Sun Ce, do not force my hand even further!!!” Huang Zhong's eyes is flas.h.i.+ng killing intent. This Danyang soldiers of Zuo will perish shortly by Huang Zhong.

“Hahaha, I really do not care anymore!!! All I need to do is to halt you here!!!” Sun Ce knows that Huang Zhong wants to rush toward Liu Mang and will ignore him. Sun Ce really took fancy on this Huang Zhong, but unfortunately he will not be able on his side forever. “That Lu Bu Lu Fengxian and Liu Mang Liu Hanyang, what good do they have for having a loyalty of such a valiant general? That G.o.dd.a.m.ned Slave of Three Surnames and Fake Prince of Shu, d.a.m.n you both!!!” Though Sun Ce.

Danyang soldiers are gathering up one by one. Danyang soldiers feared death, but once you killed one of their people, more and more hatred gathered up turning into a craze. As we have said before, Danyang soldiers come from one town where the town only had one surname, so every single of the Danyang soldiers killed is a brother, an uncle or a father is killed.

So, Sun Ce's strategy now is to halt Huang Zhong until he managed to breakthrough Wancheng city. After that, Huang Zhong only had two options which are to surrender or continue to fight. If he surrendered then good, he will certainly hold a very high position in Jiangdong's army and may possibly lead 100,000 soldiers under him.

However Sun Ce had misjudged the situation because all of a sudden Huang Zhong said “Oh, why should I go there? As long as I have you as a hostage, it is the same as helping my little lord!!!” Huang Zhong quickly redirect his feet toward Sun Ce.