New Three Kingdoms Tales: Starting as the expressionless Liu Bei

Under Guan Yu's intrigued gaze, Sun Qian's arms began to slowly shrink and become slender, a stark contrast to the usual bizarre pattern of body expansion.

What's even more chilling is that a long, furry tail slowly grew from Sun Qian's rear end. It looked somewhat cute, but when it swayed gently, it carried a heavy, eerie pressure.

Most importantly, Sun Qian's entire face began to change. Sharp, fine hairs emerged from the pores of his face, quickly covering half of his face.

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, his expression finally becoming serious.

The eerie resurrection is the strongest form of the eerie.

Humans surrender all bodily power to the supernatural to handle certain crisis situations, while they themselves fall into a deep sleep.

This sleep might be the last time she wakes up.

As long as the strange creature is willing, it can keep possessing this body, letting the original owner watch the new Three Kingdoms ten thousand times and listen to the song of Guan Yu ten thousand times in its place.

At this moment, the wooden demon within Sun Qian's body finally broke free from its painful nightmare, its resentment emanating from its entire body in a frighteningly intense manner.

The natural aura of wood spirit power surrounded him, carrying a hint of black, eerie green, and very strange and unsettling.

All things in the universe are interconnected and mutually restraining, and this is especially true of the elements.

The Wood Spirit possesses the power of the Wood Spirit, which happens to counter Guan Yu's power of the Water Spirit, something Guan Yu must be wary of.

The Five Spirit Kings are masters of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which restrain each other.

The most effective way to defeat Sun Qian, who possesses the power of the Wood Spirit, is to use the power of the Metal Spirit.

Guan Yu doesn't have any right now, but that's not a big problem; he has other types of crickets that can fill in.

With that thought, Guan Yu felt relieved. The next moment, he saw the Wood Demon completely revived.

Sun Qian's original appearance has been completely destroyed, replaced by a monkey covered in vines.

Wooden Charming Ape!

The eerie aura of a 20,000-strong enemy spread outwards like a tide, and the Wood Demon Ape suddenly opened its blood-red eyes, its glare fierce and menacing.

He glanced around and saw three water monsters slowly approaching from behind. Instead of panicking, he grinned and whispered:

"Sun Qian, you can go in peace. I've avenged you. Now you can go and watch the new Three Kingdoms for me."

Seeing the overwhelming aura of arrogance emanating from the Wood Demon, Guan Yu frowned and said coldly:

"Wood Spirit Ape, I admit you are indeed my weakness, but stop showing off. I have other elemental killer moves up my sleeve, you have absolutely no chance of winning against me."

The Wood Spirit Ape smiled faintly: "Then come on, go ahead and make your move."

Seeing how confident the Wood Demon Ape was, Guan Yu began to have doubts.

After all, this was his first time facing the Wood Spirit Ape, and he happened to be at a disadvantage in terms of attributes, so he hesitated and wavered for a moment.

However, after only a moment's hesitation, he heard a voice resound in his mind.

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu's worry turned to joy. He snorted inwardly and showed a disdainful expression.

Heaven's Will had just told him that the Wood Spirit Ape would use its Ice Path Killer Move—Frosty Ice Wall—to block his attack.

Although Guan Yu couldn't understand why Sun Qian had an ice-type cricket, it didn't matter. With fate on his side, it would be a piece of cake for Guan Yu to beat this Wood Spirit Ape.

Guan Yu's lips curled slightly upward as he slowly channeled his strange power, unleashing a fiery killing move—Warm-up.

This was the method Tianyi had just taught him to deal with the situation—a powerful finishing move. As long as he successfully countered the Wood Spirit Ape's defense, the power of the next finishing move would increase fourfold.

In addition, he has other fire-type crickets, and fire counters wood. Once he successfully counters them and gets four times the damage, he can instantly kill the Wood Spirit Ape and take the wood spirit power from its body.

At that time, Guan Yu's strength will increase again, making him a match for 50,000 men, and he will also master the power of wood spirit, water spirit, and strange power.

Guan Yu grew happier and happier as he thought about it, and even considered popping champagne halfway through the game.

He suddenly released his warm-up, staring intently at the Wood Demon Ape, waiting to see surprise on its face so he could take the opportunity to stroke his long beard and put on a show of bravado.

To Guan Yu's surprise, he saw no shock on the Wood Demon Ape's face.

Instead, the other person's lips curled into a slight smile, a playful expression on their face, and they scoffed softly, "Do you really think I'd use an ice wall?"

What? Guan Yu's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously tried to stop warming up and switch to defense.

But it was all too late.

The expected ice wall did not appear. The Wood Spirit Ape leaped high into the air, did a 180-degree spin, and its fluffy, seemingly harmless tail suddenly tightened and slammed down.

boom!

A deafening explosion ripped through the alley, creating a large crater in the ground. Guan Yu was slammed into the crater, a gaping wound opening on his head from which blood gushed forth, flowing down his face and neck, soaking his armor in a dark red hue.

With a single strike, he severely injured Guan Yu! The Wood Demon Ape's strength was astonishing, truly terrifying!

The Wood Spirit Ape landed back on the ground, clapped its hands, and laughed:

"Guan Yu, do you think I haven't had any thoughts after watching the new Three Kingdoms series so many times?"

"I have long seen that the will of Heaven is hidden within me, and He can see through my every thought."

"That's both a weakness and a strength! I just used that to my advantage and outsmarted you!"

Guan Yu slowly crawled out of the sunken ground, his face covered in blood, but he seemed to feel no pain at all.

Instead, he gave a cold laugh and clapped his hands, saying:

"Good, good, good Wood Spirit Ape! There are countless heroes in the world, you are remarkable, I underestimated you."

"I admit you did a pretty good job of putting on a show. But even though I failed to get the four-fold bonus, the base bonus from the warm-up is still there."

"Next, how will you deal with this devastating fire attack, 'Great Flame Burst'?"

The smile on the Wood Demon Ape's face froze for a moment, then fell silent, as if he were pondering a solution.

Guan Yu was also quickly calculating the next move in the game.

Although Guan Yu possesses the strength to defeat 30,000 men, that strength only counts after he has become unpredictable.

Guan Yu's transformation into a monster is related to Liu Bei. Now that Liu Bei is not by his side, he can only exert the strength of a thousand men at most, and he is only able to keep going by the crickets in his hands.

As for the power of water element, it's even more unreliable, since wood overcomes water, which is a natural counter.

Now, Guan Yu has three paths to choose from.

First, defense: rely on defense to wear down the Wood Spirit Ape's eerie power and wage a protracted war.

Second, listen to the will of Heaven, take the initiative to attack, and let the will of Heaven predict what move the Wood Demon Ape will make next.

The first option is definitely not going to work. Heaven's will is already urging him on, saying that Liu Bei is on his way and they must act quickly. Either kill the Wood Spirit Ape on the spot and take away its power, or capture it first, take it out of Xiaopei City, and then refine it slowly.

The second option was a bit risky. Guan Yu was afraid that the Wood Demon Ape might still have a backup plan and could attack him again, which would be disastrous.

That blow just now left a large gash on his head, causing him mental damage. Although it wasn't fatal, it still had a significant impact.

Of the three monsters that fell into the water, only one is still able to move. The other two can only stand there dumbfounded, offering no help to the battle.

Then we can only take the third path.

Guan Yu slowly raised his gaze and looked at the Wood Demon Ape, who was also staring at him.

The clues given by fate were a jumbled mess, with more than a dozen killing moves flashing back and forth. One second the Wood Demon Ape was thinking about this move, and the next second it had a different idea.

Even the all-powerful will of Heaven was rendered unpredictable by the other party's fickle and unpredictable thoughts.

Guan Yu thought to himself that he still had a buff active, which would double the damage of his next attack.

What will the Wood Sprite choose? Dodge, defend, or launch an attack?

A preemptive attack is virtually impossible. As long as Guan Yu unleashes his fire-based killing move, not only will it be elementally countered, but it will also have the added benefit of a warm-up attack, making it impossible for the Wood Spirit Ape to withstand.

Then it will most likely just hide or defend itself.

Once his thoughts settled, Guan Yu looked at the Wood Demon Ape once more.

Things shouldn't happen more than three times; the second time your eyes meet, that's when you should make your move.

The next moment, Guan Yu moved. The Wood Demon Ape also moved.

It raised its hands, a ball of green light shining from its palms, and shouted, "Wood Spirit Shield!"

The Wood Spirit Shield, a martial skill of the Wood Spirit Ape, does not require a cricket to activate; it is an innate ability of the Wood Spirit Ape.

As long as Guan Yu's attack is blocked, a counterattack will be launched immediately, and thorns will sprout under Guan Yu's feet, trapping him firmly.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu's lips suddenly curled upwards, and he abruptly opened his arms, assuming a warm-up stance.

Guan Yu actually used the warm-up technique twice!

And this time, he gambled on the Wood Spirit Ape's defense.

If you successfully counter it, the damage of the next attack will increase fourfold, plus the one-fold warm-up damage that hasn't been dealt yet, making it a full fivefold!

Next, all that's needed is a simple, unadorned fire-based killing move: a close-range flaming claw. With such terrifying damage, if it hits, the Wood Spirit Ape will definitely not be able to withstand it and will immediately lose its ability to fight.

Was the game successful?

As Guan Yu warmed up, he glanced at the Wood Demon Ape, trying to catch a glimpse of panic on its face.

But the Wood Demon Ape slowly revealed a triumphant smile on its face.

A series of emerald green orbs shot out from its palm and accurately entered Guan Yu's chest.

Guan Yu felt a sharp pain in his chest, so intense that he could barely breathe.

The Wood Spirit Ape smiled and said, "I've outmaneuvered you again, haven't I, Guan Yu? This is my Wood-based martial skill, Stealing Life!"

"Who says I can just pull off whatever move I call out? Do you think I'm stupid?!"

"This is a status skill, not a defensive skill. So your warm-up was completely ineffective."

"Now you only have double damage output, but the price is that I've stolen ten years of your lifespan!"

Guan Yu's face aged visibly, his beard turning mostly white. Yet, he still managed a low, hoarse laugh:

"Oh? Really? Then turn around and see who's behind you?"

What? That's impossible! Weren't those three water monsters unable to move?

Oh no! I've been misled by fate!

Just as the Wood Spirit Ape was about to turn its head, a tremendous force struck it from the back of the head.

Its vision went black, and before it could even utter a sound, it collapsed limply to the ground.

The last controllable water monster scooped up the small, thin body of the Wood Demon Ape and brought it to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu snorted coldly, stroked his half-white beard, and said arrogantly:

"You little brat, you'll have to wait another five hundred years to fight me."

Just as he was about to reach out and collect the wood spirit power from the Wood Spirit Ape, the Heavenly Will within him suddenly cried out urgently:

"Hurry! Take the Wood Spirit Ape and get out of here! Get out of the city quickly! I've prepared a cave for you ten miles outside the East Gate, and I've also prepared a bear."

"With this bear around, you'll absorb the power of the wood spirit even faster."

Guan Yu dared not delay. He punched the two water monsters into blood mist with two punches, and then led the last water monster and the Wood Demon Ape out of the city.

On the way, he asked the heavens why adding a bear made absorbing the power of the wood spirit even faster.

Heaven replied:

"I previously manipulated this bear to eat a lot of soil, which contained trace amounts of earth elemental power. Although it wasn't much, it was enough. By combining water elemental power with earth elemental power, we can draw out wood elemental power more quickly."

Guan Yu didn't quite understand, but was greatly shocked. He nodded and asked again:

"You previously said that Sun Qian is the Wen Guan Yu, who controls the power of wood spirits; and that Shui Gui Sha Yi is the Jie Guan Yu, who controls the power of water spirits. Do you have any leads on the others?"

Tianyi remained silent for a moment, as if he was calculating whether or not to tell him.

After a few breaths, he finally spoke slowly:

"The five elements correspond to the five forms. Metal corresponds to Guan Yu with the mark, wood corresponds to Guan Yu with the writing, and water corresponds to Guan Yu with the boundary."

"I can only find information on Wu Guanyu (Zhou Cang) and Biao Guanyu at the moment. Zhou Cang controls the power of earth spirit and is extremely strong, but the earth spirit has not yet truly recognized him, and his power is still sealed. Right now, he is still an ordinary person."

Guan Yu's heart warmed, and he quickly asked, "What about Guan Yu?"

Tianyi hesitated for a long time before slowly saying, "You are the one who will be called Guan Yu."

"Guan Yu, you possess the power of the Golden Spirit within you. However, this power is hidden deep within your heart and is difficult to unleash unless you are in dire straits."

Is the power of the Golden Spirit hidden within his own body?

Guan Yu was stunned; he hadn't expected things to turn out this way. If Heaven already knew, why hadn't it said so?

He quickly pressed on, "Fate is mysterious, you know everything, could you please tell me when I will finally become the Five Spirit Kings?"

The voice of destiny returned to calm, without the slightest ripple:

"The height of a fountain can never exceed its source. Your attainment of the Five Spirit Kings is a predetermined cycle of destiny."

"There's no need to rush now; dawn will eventually come."

Guan Yu was somewhat helpless, but he had no choice but to give up.

He desperately needed the power of the Five Spirit Kings to fight against Liu Bei. That Liu Bei, nowadays, loves to show off and is ridiculously strong. Guan Yu dislikes him but can't beat him, so he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

Since fate has spoken this way, let's wait and see.

He quickened his pace and hurried toward the cave that fate had arranged.

On the other side, when Liu Bei rushed over, the alley was left in a mess.

He was too late after all. The eerie atmosphere of the battle that lingered in the alley had been completely erased by fate. Liu Bei could only ask the local people who had come to watch the commotion, hoping to find some clues.

But these people are not only NPCs, but also puppets of fate.

Upon hearing Liu Bei's question, they all grinned foolishly, "I don't know! I was just thinking about what to eat!"

"Yeah! What should we eat?"

"What to eat! What to eat! What to eat!"

The people on the street seemed to have lost their souls, repeating the same sentence over and over again.

Helpless, Liu Bei could only use them as provisions and add a few more dishes to Guan Yu's table.

By the way, what about Guan Yu? Is he also researching what to eat?