I rely on myself

Chapter 342: The Backhand of the Turnaround

"........."

Lin Yuan was a little dumbfounded at this moment, not for anything else, but because of Edmund's sudden invitation.

Because it was so unexpected, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a little curious, and asked, "Invite? It's still a word I didn't expect. But then again, don't you think it's a bit too unrealistic to suddenly invite me to join your staff under this circumstance?"

"of course not!"

Edmund answered with an unusually confident tone: "I am different from those cowards who are full of ambition but do not take action because of worries about this and that. I will not be like that. It is just a failure. It is not enough to defeat me. What do you think? Lin Yuan, join me. With your ability and my talent as a king, we can definitely conquer this world!!!"

Although Edmund spoke with great enthusiasm and was very contagious, perhaps because people's joys and sorrows are different, Lin Yuan simply thought it was a bit noisy.

At the same time, if you think carefully about his words, you will understand that he did not say anything useful from beginning to end. He just kept emphasizing joining him to conquer the world and become the master of this world. All of them were empty words and had no practical value at all.

So Lin Yuan’s reply to Edmund’s invitation was————

"Is that all the crap you have to say?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's cold words, the enthusiasm on Edmund's face faded, and he even looked a little gloomy.

"From what you said, it seems that Lin Yuanyi is not going to accept my invitation."

"Isn't this natural? You said that with my ability plus your talent as a king, we can conquer the world. You are kidding me. If you really have the talent as a king, you wouldn't be caught by me like you are now, and you will even become a prisoner. So, you'd better surrender as soon as possible, so as to end this boring rebellion as soon as possible."

Lin Yuan directly rejected Edmund's empty invitation and reminded the other party of his current situation. But even after hearing this, Edmund still looked arrogant and spoke with a regretful tone.

"Is that so? What a pity. You have such a powerful ability. If you can use it to conquer this world, it will definitely save a lot of effort... But since you won't join my side, I have no choice but to kill you. Go! General Guredan!!"

“Oooooohhhh…!”

With a howl full of momentum and awareness, General Guledan suddenly appeared behind Lin Yuan like a mirage, holding a strange sword and swung it hard at Lin Yuan's wide-open back.

“Successful!!!”

"Qiang!"

With a loud metallic collision sound, this determined and counterattacking attack was blocked by a spear at a distance from Lin Yuan's back.

"What!?"

This sudden change made General Guredan's face change, and even Edmund's expression froze when he noticed this scene.

"Well……!"

General Guredan used all his strength, even disregarding his own burden, and extracted a large amount of magic power to strengthen his own strength, but the sword still did not move forward at all. The spear that blocked it was as unshakable as the thick earth.

Lin Yuan turned his head slightly to look at the battle behind him, then turned back to look at Edmund and said, "Is this your reliance on turning the tables? It's a bit disappointing. I thought you had more powerful things and means, but this is it? Get rid of him, Xiang Yu." "No problem!"

Xiang Yu replied with great confidence, and at the same time, he suddenly exerted force with the wrist holding the spear, and the spear shook, instantly knocking the sword blade on it away.

A huge force came from the deflected sword blade. General Guredan grabbed the hilt with both hands to prevent the blade from slipping out of his hand, but the huge force also hit his arms.

He took several steps back in embarrassment before he was able to relieve the huge force. But even so, General Guredan's wrists and arms were completely numb, with almost no feeling, and it was difficult for him to use any strength.

'What an amazing power! ! '

As a general, Guredan certainly has to go to the battlefield many times, and this means he will inevitably have to face the enemy's automatons, so he has trained himself to have a strong body that is capable of confronting the automatons head-on.

But even so, facing Xiang Yu, the force of just a shake of his spear was enough to completely numb his wrists and arms. How could he not be surprised?

Just when General Guledan had just stood firm, Xiang Yu was not going to just stand there and watch. He turned his wrist, held the spear upside down with one hand, and then stabbed the enemy behind him with force.

The gunshot came through the air. General Guredan, who had just stood firm and whose arms had not yet recovered to the point where he could exert force, saw this and his face suddenly changed, with cold sweat suddenly appearing on his forehead.

Looking at this seemingly ordinary stab, the shadow of death rose in General Guledan's heart. He was only bounced away by the opponent's spear, but his arms were almost completely numb. This showed that the strength of both sides was a world of difference. He absolutely could not take it head-on.

"…………!"

Not daring to delay for a moment, General Guredan immediately activated the ability of his puppet and pierced his body with the spear in an instant, but the next moment his body twisted like a mirage and gradually dissipated.

"!"

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu was very surprised, because he didn't expect that this attack would miss. Then he quickly retracted his spear and became alert, guarding against the opponent launching another surprise attack on his puppet.

But this was unnecessary worry. General Guredan did appear again, but he appeared in front of Edmund.

He put on a fighting stance with an unpleasant look on his face, and said to Edmund behind him: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I failed. The most important thing now is your safety. Please retreat and I will buy you some time."

"……Well……"

Edmund's face was very gloomy at this time. In fact, without General Guredan telling him, he understood that the situation was indeed hopeless now. Even the final raid had failed. It could be said that it was completely powerless to turn the situation around at this time.

But to escape in such a disgraceful manner, even though General Guredan said he wanted to retreat, anyone with a discerning eye could see through it, and Edmund certainly could not accept such an outcome.

Moreover, this was despite the fact that Edmund had previously said that he would become the king of the world, which made it possible for the ambitious Edmund to accept it.

Just when Edmund was struggling over whether to retreat or not, Lin Yuan spoke.

(End of this chapter)