New Three Kingdoms Tales: Starting as the expressionless Liu Bei

Yuan Shao frowned slightly, glanced at Liu Bei with a look of utter contempt, as if looking at an ant at his feet, and said coldly:

"Liu Bei, you lowly weaver of mats and sandals! Don't be impatient, wait until I kill Cao Cao, then I'll come and take your dog's life!"

After saying that, a strange power surged out from his body, and he was about to teleport towards Cao Cao.

Cao Cao snorted coldly, no longer holding back.

The skin on his back suddenly ripped open, and a hideous crack shaped like the eye of hell burst open from his spine, from which black, sticky tentacles wriggled out.

The ends of those tentacles were all adorned with rotating human eyeballs.

Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat. He looked closely and recognized all those eyes:

Han Fu's cloudy eyes, Liu Biao's terrified eyes, Tao Qian's weary eyes, and even Yuan Shao's eerie green eyes...

Cao Cao's body was also expanding rapidly. The eyeballs that were originally scattered at the ends of his tentacles became larger and larger as his body swelled, eventually transforming into giant black and white spheres that silently revolved around him like planets.

A thought flashed through Liu Bei's mind in an instant.

Why didn't Cao Cao threaten Yuan Shao with Yuan Shao's soul?

But at this moment, he had no time to think about it. If Cao Cao killed Yuan Shao, the mission entrusted to him by Heaven would have failed completely; if Yuan Shao killed Cao Cao, history would have undergone an irreversible change.

He had to keep the two in check, neither allowing Cao Cao to kill Yuan Shao nor allowing Yuan Shao to kill Cao Cao.

He cried out urgently, "Alliance Leader Yuan, General Cao, please don't..."

Before he could finish speaking, a deafening tiger's roar suddenly erupted, swallowing up the rest of his words.

A huge golden figure, accompanied by a foul stench, rushed towards him. Liu Bei's pupils contracted sharply. Looking up, he saw that Sun Jian had activated his bizarre transformation and was pouncing on him.

Sun Jian's body did not undergo any obvious changes, but beside him, a golden tiger half the height of a man was about to leap into the air, its sharp claws aimed straight for Liu Bei's throat.

Sun Jian laughed loudly, "General Liu, if you want to help Cao Cao, you'll have to get past me first!"

Liu Bei took a deep breath, and the anger of being slighted surged up from his chest.

He glanced sideways at the spot where Yuan Shu had just been standing; it was now empty except for a wine bowl lying askew on the ground.

Yuan Gonglu, without anyone noticing, slipped away.

Well done, well done.

Liu Bei withdrew his gaze, and his tense shoulders relaxed a little.

With Yuan Shu gone, he had no more scruples and could unleash his full power to have a true man's duel with this arrogant tiger of Jiangdong.

Once the decision was made up, he no longer hesitated.

With his left hand, he drew the sword of benevolence, its warm white light flowing like ripples on the blade; with his right hand, he drew the sword of righteousness, its sharp blue light flickering uncertainly on the edge.

He held the sword of benevolence horizontally in front of him, protecting his vital organs, its blade as steady as a shield; the sword of righteousness stood upright beside him, its tip pointing diagonally to the ground, poised to strike.

With his legs slightly apart and his center of gravity lowered, he was like a fully drawn bow, his gaze fixed on the golden tiger pacing ten steps away from him.

The firelight from the ruins reflected on the blade, and two beams of light, one white and one blue, flickered alternately in his hand.

Sun Jian paused, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

When did Liu Bei acquire this strange power? And judging from those two sword beams, they don't seem weak at all.

He has always believed in the principle of the strong bullying the weak, using overwhelming power to devour the resources of the weak, and then feeding back to himself, snowballing bigger and bigger, and then going on to bully even weaker opponents.

But this was the first time Liu Bei had revealed his true hand to him. This unknown fact instilled a sense of apprehension in him instinctively.

Just as he hesitated, Yuan Shao's voice came from behind him, urging with a hint of impatience: "General Sun, what are you hesitating about? That Liu Bei is nothing but a commoner who weaves mats and sells shoes, why should we be afraid of him!"

Yuan Shao paused, his tone becoming increasingly urgent.

"I fought him twice before, and both times I defeated him soundly. If someone hadn't intervened, he would have been dead by my fins! This man is reckless and cowardly, nothing to worry about! Go all out! Don't forget our agreement. You don't want everyone to know about that, do you?"

Sun Jian gritted his teeth, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

Without further hesitation, he unleashed the full power within his body. The golden tiger's blood-red eyes suddenly snapped open in fury, a deep roar emanating from the depths of its throat. Then, it pawed at the ground with its four claws, transforming into a golden lightning bolt as it pounced towards Liu Bei.

"Well done!" Instead of retreating, Liu Bei advanced, suddenly exerting force with his feet, and charged forward head-on.

Just a few days ago, he might have been a humble weaver and sandal seller being bullied and humiliated; today, he wields the swords of benevolence and righteousness, and it's time to change the way things are.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate Liu Bei's poverty!

"boom!"

A loud bang.

In a single exchange, the arrogant golden tiger was cleaved away by a sword strike, its massive body smashing through several charred palace pillars before crashing heavily into the ruins, raising clouds of dust.

That terrifying force was even greater than that of Lu Bu's bizarrely transformed halberd.

Sun Jian's expression changed drastically. Before he could even recover from the shock on his face, a piercing pain exploded in his chest.

The monstrous tiger was his summoned creature, connected to his mind and spirit. If the summoned creature was injured, he would also suffer the backlash. He clutched his chest, staggered back half a step, and stared at Liu Bei in disbelief.

He didn't understand. Why? Why was Liu Bei, who had once been utterly defeated by Yuan Shao, now so powerful?

What he didn't know was that Liu Bei's physical strength and swordsmanship were among the best in the world. In terms of pure martial prowess, in one-on-one combat, no one in the world could surpass him.

Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two unparalleled warriors, joined forces, they were no match for him.

Otherwise, why would Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have formed such a humiliating spiritual chain when they swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden?

Liu Bei conquered these two unruly "Pokémon" with sheer force of his fists.

Unfortunately, after the strange invasion, the two brothers gained strange powers and, knowing that Liu Bei could not defeat them, began to act recklessly.

If Liu Bei hadn't been able to threaten them with suicide, these two brutes would probably have already been defecating and urinating on his head.

Now, seeing that he had cleaved the monstrous tiger away with a single sword strike, even Sun Jian, known as the "Tiger of Jiangdong," stared wide-eyed in disbelief. Liu Bei felt that all the humiliation he had accumulated earlier had been released at this moment.

He could no longer suppress the turmoil in his heart, and he threw his head back and laughed loudly: "Sun Jian! If I were you, I would never fight Liu Bei! You would only build him a huge stone tomb, and then hide behind it in a powerless rage!"

He slung his twin swords over his shoulder, gave a cocky shake of his head, and wore an undisguised sneer on his lips. "Because, as long as Liu Bei has a breath left, he is invincible!"

Sun Jian was so angry that he trembled all over, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

He abruptly raised his hand and roared at the golden tiger struggling to rise from the ruins, "Use your martial skill!"