New Three Kingdoms Tales: Starting as the expressionless Liu Bei

Not long ago, outside Chenliu City, Lü Bu was challenging the enemy.

"Listen up, all you warlords within the pass! You are all cowards, cowering like turtles. Watch how I, Lü Bu, teach you a lesson!"

After saying that, he flicked his wrist, twirling the halberd in a chilling flourish in his hand, and then slammed it heavily onto the ground.

With a loud clang, the iron ferrule at the end of the halberd slammed into the stone slab beneath their feet, sending shards of stone flying and raising clouds of dust.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd atop the city wall, Lü Bu reached behind his back and retrieved the jet-black longbow, drawing out an arrow and slowly nocking it onto the bowstring.

He tilted his head slightly, squinted one eye, and instantly drew the bowstring to its fullest extent. The sharp arrowhead gleamed with a chilling light in the sunlight, and he aimed steadily at the commander's flag fluttering in the wind on the city wall.

The soldiers guarding the city wall looked at each other and whispered among themselves.

"This guy is too arrogant! I really want to go down and chop him down!"

"What is he trying to do? Does he intend to shoot us dead with his arrows?"

"Impossible! He's a full two hundred meters away from us! Forget about shooting us, he might not even be able to hit the city wall, unless he's not human!"

Before they could finish speaking, a sharp gust of wind whistled past their ears.

Before anyone could react, a soldier suddenly screamed, covered his ears, and bright red blood instantly gushed from between his fingers.

His companion, upon closer inspection, was terrified and pointed at his ear, screaming in a trembling voice, "Your ear! Your ear... it's been pierced through and is bleeding!"

Before the crowd could recover from their shock, a sharp crack rang out, and the wooden pole supporting the banner hanging high above their heads snapped. The entire banner crashed down, tumbling and falling to the base of the city wall, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Seeing the chaotic garrison on the city wall, Lü Bu lowered his longbow, threw his head back, and let out a deafening roar of laughter: "Warlords within the pass, don't you have eighteen garrisons? Today, I, Lü Bu, will deliver eighteen arrows to you!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Lu Bu's fingers moved rapidly; with each taut bowstring, a commander's flag on the city wall snapped in two. The crisp sound of the flagpole breaking was barely audible before the horrified screams of the defenders echoed throughout the city walls.

A soldier had already huddled behind the wall, but the arrow that came flying through the air strangely changed direction just before it passed over his head, piercing straight through his shoulder and then embedding itself hard in the wooden pole of the commander's flag behind him.

The soldiers guarding the city wall were completely panicked. They scrambled away from the high-flying banners and hid in what they thought were safe corners, no one daring to stand in the open anymore.

Strangely, no matter how well they hid, as soon as the sound of wind breaking through the air was heard, a scream would inevitably come from the corner closest to the commander's flag.

Those arrows seemed to have eyes—no, they were even more bizarre than having eyes!

They would dodge obstacles, turn corners, and after hitting the hiding defenders, they would leap upwards again, accurately snapping the wooden pole of the commander's flag in half.

Chaos had already broken out on the city walls. The surviving defenders stared at the flags crashing down, their faces filled with disbelief and fear.

Finally, someone shouted out everyone's thoughts: "Sorcery! This isn't human! Lü Bu is ten times more heroic than Hua Xiong!"

This was indeed everyone's truest thought. Although Hua Xiong was invulnerable to swords and spears, at least he couldn't climb the city walls.

Lu Bu's tracking arrows, which could curve, were a real death scythe hanging over everyone's head.

After all eighteen commander's flags were shot down, a deathly silence remained on the city wall for a long time before a daring garrison cautiously poked half their head out.

Lu Bu had already placed his halberd across his horse's back and was leisurely drinking water from a water bag, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, completely disregarding the guards on the city wall.

A sharpshooter hiding behind the battlements gripped his bow tightly. Lu Bu's nonchalant attitude was, in his eyes, an utter disgrace.

He took a deep breath, slowly drew the bowstring to its fullest extent, and the arrowhead emerged from the gap in the crenellation, gleaming coldly in the sunlight, and was steadily aimed at Lü Bu's unsuspecting throat.

At this moment, Lü Bu simply tilted his head back and gulped down the last mouthful of water, casually wiping the water stains from the corners of his mouth, not even bothering to lift his eyelids towards the city wall.

Since Prime Minister Dong bestowed upon him this unpredictable and mysterious power, he has been invincible in every battle and has no rivals in the world.

At first he was quite happy, but now he just finds it boring, too boring.

He even secretly hoped that a real opponent would emerge in Chenliu City, allowing him to taste the feeling of being on the verge of death once again.

"Whoosh!"

A cold arrow suddenly flew through the air from the crenellations of the city wall, aiming straight for Lü Bu's throat.

Lu Bu raised an eyebrow slightly, without even lifting his eyelids, and casually tilted his head to the side. The poisoned arrow flew past his ear.

too slow.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping like a blade over the trembling archer on the city wall. A contemptuous sneer curled at the corner of his mouth, and he roared:

"You bunch of cowardly ants, hiding like mice and turtles! Don't you know that I, Lü Bu, am the greatest general in the world? How dare you resort to such despicable tactics as shooting arrows from the shadows!"

He used the same trick again, slamming his halberd heavily onto the ground. The iron ferrule at the end of the halberd smashed into the ground, sending stones flying everywhere. The sound suddenly rose a few decibels, echoing like thunder across the city wall.

"Since I started learning martial arts, I've always been the one shooting others; who dares to shoot me? They're just waiting to die!"

He drew his black longbow from behind his back, the arrowhead firmly locked onto the pale-faced archer on the city wall. Just as he was about to release the bowstring halfway, a muffled booming sound came from the city gates.

Lu Bu paused, glancing to the side. He saw the city gate of Chenliu slowly open, and three fast horses galloped out of the gate, each carrying a weapon, rushing straight towards him.

"Oh?" A hint of amusement flashed in Lu Bu's eyes. He casually tossed the longbow onto his horse, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his lips.

Finally, a few suicidal men arrived. He cursed and shouted outside the city for a long time until his throat was practically burning, and he almost fell asleep on horseback.

He cleared his throat, pointed his halberd at the three men with one hand, and arrogantly shouted, "State your names! Under my halberd, Lü Bu does not slay nameless generals!"

The three generals, however, seemed not to have heard him at all, and charged forward without stopping, each shouting at the top of their lungs:

"Lu Bu! I've heard that you break into the palace every night, sleep on the emperor's bed, and wantonly rape the concubines and palace maids, behaving like a beast! I, Han Yong, will today act on behalf of Heaven and rid you of this scourge!"

"Lu Bu! I've heard you boast of being the best in the world? To be honest, I, Liu Sandao, am terrified. But my lord made me think about it from another angle: if I kill you, wouldn't I become the new best in the world?!"

"Red Hare?! I, Ju Yi, will make sure you never return!"

Lu Bu's smile gradually froze, the curve of his lips hardening before it could even fade.

The last two sentences were barely passable, but what was the first one even talking about? Spending the night on the emperor's bed? Raping the concubines? When had Lü Bu ever done such despicable things? Who the hell spread this rumor!

At the same time, Cao Cao, who was drinking in his command tent, suddenly sneezed, and the hand holding the wine cup trembled inexplicably.

He rubbed his nose suspiciously, then chuckled, completely unaware of what had happened.