Chapter 251 Running Into the Sworn Brothers (2/2)
He ran out of ammo!
Tong frowned as he remembered that he had just reloaded his gun and fired two shots. There should have been several bullets left in the magazine.
He ejected the clip to look at it. Indeed, there was no bullet.
Tong recalled that he almost spent all bullets in one of the clips, but he kept it in his cloth. He must have reloaded the old clip into the gun instead of using a prepared one.
The hands of Tong touched his cloth to get a new clip, which he found nothing. All the prepared clips were inside his luggage on the horseback, which he had left behind when the horse fell.
”Goddammit!”
Tong drew his blade from his back and ran at Jiang Man, hoping to finish this person.
”Die!”
*CLANK*
One of Zou Jing's horsemen reached Tong first. He slashed his halberd at Tong, which was parried by Tong's blade.
Using this chance, Jiang Man crawled away.
The reinforcement had reached them!
The infantries helped Jiang Man and escorted him away as he looked important from the outsider's point of view.
Tong glared at Jiang Man with hatred. He could have used [Time Stop] and kill this person, but he decided to save it as a lifesaving skill in the emergency. He also wanted to pursue, but a dozen horsemen were about to rush him.
Clicking his tongue, Tong vented his anger on the soldiers around him. His blade cut through horses and human alike, killing everything in its path.
As soon as he killed all riders, the corner of his eyes caught sight of someone he was looking for.
Zou Jing!
Behind Tong, his troops got annihilated the rearguards saw their lord in the middle of the enemy reinforcement legion.
”Follow the child of heaven!”
”Follow the young master!”
The slogan ”The Han is dead” resounded in the middle of the rainstorm. At the same time, Zou Jing's troops also realized Tong's identity.
”Zhang Tong is isolated. Surround him!”
”Stop the Yellow Turbans!”
”That monster Zhang Tong is in front. Kill him!”
Tong ignored everything and displayed his footwork. He danced into the oncoming pack of soldiers as he sliced all living beings in his path.
Zou Jing noticed the identity of the lone Yellow Turban. His face paled as he hid behind his bodyguards by instinct.
”Zou Jing, you coward. How long are you going to keep hiding!?”
Hearing Tong's voice and his threatening stance, Zou Jing also cried.
”Retreat! Sound the retreat!”
Tong got used to the way that he could slip through the crowd of soldiers. He got into the range of 100 meters in front of Zou Jing, leaving a trail of cut corpses behind.
”[Firearm Creation], give me a bullet!”
A handgun bullet appeared in Tong's hand. Using his left hand, he loaded the shell into a magazine while his right hand still swung his blade or parried from the incoming attacks.
Then, he loaded the magazine with only one bullet into his pistol.
By the time he finished loading, a long-beard tall man in green cloth had rushed at Tong with his horse.
”Brat, you go no further!”
Tong glanced at the rider by reflex. The image of the horseman astonished Tong as he could recognize this person right away.
'Guan Yu! Why is he here!?'
As the overclock mode was still active, he could also see a scruffy wild man and a long-ear man chasing after Guan Yu from behind.
'The three hypocrites! They really appear here this year, and they're together in the same platoon as Zou Jing? The novel version said they should have appeared next year in a different legion.'
Tong gritted his teeth as reality was usually different than his expectation.
'One bullet. Should I use this on one of the three or should I save this for Zou Jing? There's also that annoying strategist in Zou Jing Army.'
Tong regretted the earlier action that he had wasted so many bullets on ordinary soldiers. He could have killed them with his blade, yet he wasted them to save times.
He glanced at the system menu and his quest details. He had many days to complete, but Tong did not want to take the risk of failing his quest.
The punishment for failing the quest was his location exposure, which equaled to a death-sentence had his location was revealed in a system map.
'I want to kill all of you, but Zou Jing is my target!'
Tong dashed further to shorten the distance as he shouted, ”[Time Stop]!”
As soon as Tong shouted, Guan Yu saw the isolated Yellow Turban soldier blinked and reappeared further away behind Zou Jing.
But it did not shock him more than what happened afterward as Zou Jing's head was flying in mid-air. The general was killed right under his nose!
”How the hell!?”
”It's that magic again!”
”General!”
”Lord Zou Jing!”
Guan Yu stopped his horse and gazed at Tong in shock. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were surprised as well.
”This is the rumor sorcery?” Liu Bei muttered as he recalled Lu Zhi's letter contents. Lu Zhi had warned Liu Bei not to become Tong's enemy, but the ambitious disciple did not heed his master's words.
”Yunchang, Yide, don't pursue! Come back!” Shouted Liu Bei.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei turned to Liu Bei and nodded in understanding. The opponent was a dangerous sorcerer so they should not fight him without preparation.
”Where is little Jiang? Hasn't he said that he wanted to get something from the logistic troops? The rearguards and the logistic troops are defeated. I hope he …” Guan Yu was worried about Jiang Man.
”He'll be fine. For now, we should …”
Before Liu Bei could finish his sentence, Tong bellowed.
”Didn't you lots want a piece of me? Where is your bravery now? Oh right, there was an old saying that only a brave man can become a soldier, but I'm seeing no soldier. Hell, I doubt there were even men in front of me.”