37. A Reputation That Shakes the World (2)
37. A Reputation That Shakes the World (2)
Who could possibly stop the Unrivaled Under Heaven, Lu Bu?
Yu She of Yuan Shu's army and Pan Feng of Han Fu's army had been killed by the Dudu, Hua Xiong. They had already suffered massive losses just from Hua Xiong, so there was no way they could easily defeat Lu Bu.
They sent out their generals with a shred of hope.
However, as even Mu Shun of Zhang Yang's army and Wu Anguo of Kong Rong's army, who had faced Lu Bu, were killed, none of the warlords wanted to send out their precious generals anymore.
Just then, a person named Liu Bei, who was under Cao Cao's command, stepped forward.
She confidently stated that her sworn sister, Zhang Fei, could easily take on Lu Bu, and after Cao Cao agreed that giving her a chance wouldn't be a bad idea, Zhang Fei was sent out to battle.
'Is she even capable of spouting nonsense at me?'
Two horses kicked up clouds of dust.
Amidst the fast and sharp exchange of spear strikes, Lu Bu realized that this rookie general named Zhang Fei was actually quite skilled.
For Lu Bu, it was quite a handful.
Having only faced Mu Shun and Wu Anguo, who were nothing more than chaff, Lu Bu looked at the existence of Zhang Fei, who appeared to be a capable warrior, with eyes filled with exhilaration.
"Kueut! Not bad for a bitch with three dads!"
Zhang Fei, who had blocked Lu Bu's strike, shouted.
At the girl's words, killing intent overflowed from Lu Bu's eyes.
She had intended to savor the fight as much as possible since she had finally met a worthy rival, but the insults coming out of the girl's mouth kept poking at Lu Bu's anger as if testing it.
"Three-dad bitch, you've got some strength, huh?"
"Shut your trap!"
Lu Bu shouted at Zhang Fei's words.
Spewing rage, she brought down her Painted Halberd.
Zhang Fei swallowed a groan at the attack of the Painted Halberd, which was like a ferocious weapon of death.
"But are you a Yeo, a Jeong, or a Dong? There are so many, I'm confused, hey."
"Kuaaaa!!"
Lu Bu let out a bestial roar at Zhang Fei's continued provocations.
Any other general would have pissed themselves at her killing intent. But Zhang Fei boldly endured the anger of the Unrivaled Under Heaven and continued the duel.
'I thought if I made her lose her reason, she might let her guard down, but her attacks are just getting stronger! What kind of monster is this?!'
The Painted Halberd fell like a thunderbolt.
Zhang Fei, who was blocking it, clicked her tongue, thinking that even she, who had survived countless brushes with death during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was unlikely to make it out of this one in one piece.
But she had no intention of giving up.
Especially not to a bitch with three dads.
"Hey! Whose surname are you going to take next? Well, it won't be Yeo, Jeong, or Dong! Lu Bu, I'm asking you, which surname are you going to switch to next?"
Good god, non-stop insults about her parents.
Lee Seong-hwi, listening to Zhang Fei's booming shouts, wiped his face with his hand.
He had roughly expected this scenario.
But hearing those insults in real life, he couldn't help but be flustered.
Does that girl have ten lives or something?
He thought as he watched Zhang Fei taking on Lu Bu's ferocious rage with her whole body.
"You bitch, get ready to die!"
Lu Bu landed a strike with her Painted Halberd.
Gradually, Zhang Fei was pushed onto the defensive, and as the attacks continued, it was visible that she was tiring from Lu Bu's monstrous strength.
On the other hand, Lu Bu was perfectly fine.
After all, she was someone who maintained peak stamina even after fighting on the battlefield for several hours.
She was an inhuman existence.
The possibility of a human beating an inhuman existence, especially in a duel, was practically non-existent from the start.
'It's about time for the Liu-Guan-Zhang sisters to all show up. But even if they all come out, is it possible to win against Lu Bu? I should at least get ready.'
Could Lu Bu end up in danger?
Of course, the possibility of her being in danger was slim, but Lee Seong-hwi decided to prepare to sortie at any moment just in case.
"Repeat after me: I'm dead."
Lu Bu brought down the Painted Halberd.
With a menacing expression, she kept applying force, trying to take Zhang Fei's head.
"Gueuuuugh, this bitch really!!"
Zhang Fei poured all her strength into her Serpent Spear.
However, the Serpent Spear she held to block the Painted Halberd just lost its strength and was pushed back.
She would die like this.
The warning of death kept hitting her intuition.
While she was lamenting that it was too early to defeat the Unrivaled Under Heaven, Zhang Fei received reliable support from her sworn sisters.
"Zhang Fei!"
A gray-haired woman swung a Crescent Blade.
At the appearance of the woman who suddenly showed up and swung her weapon, Lu Bu released the Painted Halberd that was pressing down on Zhang Fei and swung her weapon at the newcomer.
Ka-ang!!
The two weapons collided.
Lu Bu realized from that brief attack alone that the newly appeared woman was also quite a strong warrior.
They began to appear one after another.
Strong warriors, enough to clash weapons and aim for each other's lives, appeared. Lu Bu, on the contrary, was greatly pleased and revealed her ferocious cruelty.
"Yes, this is how it should be! How can there be no strong warriors in a fight for the world!!"
And even a woman rushing in with twin swords.
A total of three female warriors began to coordinate to take on Lu Bu alone.
Lu Bu did not back down.
She was attacked by the three of them from different directions. However, Lu Bu swung her Painted Halberd and made them all retreat at once.
"She's a real monster! Zhang Fei, didn't I tell you not to play with dangerous people!"
It's a quite lively voice for a general.
The woman with white hair that looked simple yet beautiful was the eldest sister with two sworn sisters. She aimed her twin swords at Lu Bu.
Perhaps she was skilled in twin sword techniques, as she skillfully blocked and parried Lu Bu's Painted Halberd.
"Are you all sisters? Hey, you guys. Because you failed to raise your youngest properly, today is the day of your funeral. I'll send all three of you to the afterlife together. Of course, I'll kill everyone, starting with the youngest and ending with you."
The Unrivaled Under Heaven, she had no intention of backing down.
It's just the beginning, so why would she back down?
She had thought about keeping them alive quietly for later enjoyment, but for Lu Bu, who was in a state of rage due to the insults Zhang Fei had spouted, the word mercy did not exist.
"Us three sisters and you, the one with three dads! Yes, as you said, let's have a fight to the death!"
Zhang Fei aimed her Serpent Spear.
Perhaps because she had time to recover her stamina thanks to her two older sisters, she looked energetic again and threatened Lu Bu.
As she regained her strength, her mouth seemed to loosen up too, and she kept saying the number 3 to provoke Lu Bu.
"One, two, three, hey!! You bitch with three dads!"
Perhaps Zhang Fei is the only person who has managed to keep her life so far after heaping so many insults on Lu Bu.
Grind.
Lu Bu ground her teeth.
She regretted her actions, thinking she should have killed that bitch quickly and then dealt with the others.
"I'll kill you all!"
Lu Bu raised her Painted Halberd again.
And while the Liu-Guan-Zhang sisters were tense and aiming their weapons, the gate of Sishui Pass opened, and Lee Seong-hwi came riding on a horse.
"Hey, let's stop and retreat now."
"What? No! Absolutely not! Even if I die, no!!"
He had expected this from the moment Lee Seong-hwi arrived.
But Lu Bu adamantly refused, saying she couldn't retreat like this.
Acting like a spoiled child.
Lee Seong-hwi clicked his tongue at Lu Bu's stubbornness.
"It's getting dark. Usually, when Mom tells you to come eat, you stop playing and go home."
"Are you my mom?"
"Why, should I be your dad?"
Zhang Fei butted into the conversation.
"Then does she have four dads?"
He almost burst out laughing.
Lee Seong-hwi calmed his twitching mouth and rode his horse to stand between Lu Bu and the three sisters.
"Let's stop here."
Lee Seong-hwi suggested.
At his suggestion, the three sisters also nodded, seemingly having no intention of dragging it out any further, and sheathed their weapons.
Ignoring Zhang Fei, who was shouting "bitch with three dads" until the end, Liu Bei and Guan Yu decided to retreat quietly, saying the fight was over.
"Are you that... general who stopped Sun Jian?"
Lee Seong-hwi knew the woman who had asked him the question.
A named ruler in the Three Kingdoms worldview.
Because she was Liu Bei, famous as one of the three major ruler heroines along with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
As a representative heroine, her appearance was very beautiful.
Her white hair, reminiscent of a rabbit, gave off a mysterious feeling along with an innocent beauty. And she was the owner of massive breasts, reaching an H-cup, possessing weapons comparable only to Lu Bu's.
"Among the generals who fought tooth and nail with Sun Jian, I'm the only one who's still alive and well."
"Setting aside that bitch... why is someone like you following Dong Zhuo?"
Unlike her innocent appearance,
Liu Bei was a person with a personality that could pop out anywhere, just like her youngest sister Zhang Fei.
The woman who appeared to be Guan Yu sighed.
Perhaps she had suffered a lot as a mediator between her older sister and younger sister, she was wearing a bitter smile while holding her Crescent Blade.
"A day will come when you'll find out later. It would be good to remember what I just said."
Lee Seong-hwi answered like that.
As if hinting at what he was about to do in advance, he left those words while looking at the Liu-Guan-Zhang sisters one by one.
Regardless of how the aftermath of the duel spread, Lee Seong-hwi, who had brought Lu Bu back from the duel, let out a sigh of relief that he had spent another day safely.
Today is a very meaningful day.
Didn't he meet the Liu-Guan-Zhang sisters, who can be called the most important figures in the Three Kingdoms? He vowed to himself that he would conquer Liu Bei someday.
"What are you grinning about?"
"Sorry."
Lu Bu seems to be in a shitty mood.
Unlike my mood, which was like a fan who had met a popular idol in person, Lu Bu's mood was sliding down like the Korean KOSPI.
"That bitch with the bun hair, I'll definitely kill her someday. I missed the chance to kill her because of you! How are you going to take responsibility for this?"
"No, why are you taking it out on me?"
It's your fault for not winning in the allotted time.
At Lu Bu's behavior of starting to take her anger out on me after the fight ended in a draw due to time over, I shrugged my shoulders and claimed my innocence.
"It's because I was worried about you."
Saying that, I decided to soothe Lu Bu.
It was an obvious ploy, but it worked well on Lu Bu. At the direct confession, Lu Bu's face turned bright red.
"Y-you talk well! If you interfere in my fight again, I won't let it slide a second time."
"Yes, I understand."
Lu Bu's anger slowly subsided.
It's good that our lord is simple.
If the lord I served was Cao Cao, I would have had to write over 10 pages of reflection papers to barely get her to calm down.
"Why do you go out alone so dangerously? You should have at least taken Sister Zhang Liao with you."
"Why do you keep calling Mun-won 'Sister'?"
"Because she looks like a sister. She's cool, beautiful, and above all, innocent. If I were given time, I could even submit 100 reasons why Jang Mun-won is great."
"Are you crazy?"
As I started to give a long-winded speech about why Sister Zhang Liao is great, Lu Bu shook her head.