PFC Chapter 6982 Friendly Forces and Neutral Units
Chapter 6982 Friendly Forces and Neutral Units
Chapter 6982 Friendly Forces and Neutral Units
"Prepare to rescue them!" After the Bone Eagle transformed into a flying vehicle and took off at an unimaginable speed, Liu Bei spoke with a sigh. To be honest, it would have been easier to rescue them if they had been killed by Zhao Ying directly, but now...
Zhao Yun nodded upon hearing this. "To fly so fast and swiftly across the sky, what else could it be but courting death? Look at all these veterans who can fly, how many dare to fly hundreds of meters high? Even Sun Er didn't dare to fly that high. To put it bluntly, he was afraid of becoming a target."
The moment Liu Bei spoke, eleven or twelve arrows, each carrying a different kind of light and flame, appeared from all directions and flew toward the trajectory that had streaked across the sky.
"Flying so high and so fast, shouldn't we give it a shot?" Sun He watched the Bone Eagle streak across the sky like a shooting star and instinctively drew his bow and shot an arrow. A beam of light with a dazzling scarlet color appeared directly on Sun He's treasured bow and then chased after it with a speed no less than that of the Bone Eagle. It was a very pure talent for precision. As long as you aimed, you would definitely hit the target!
As a beginner-level talent, it's already incredibly powerful to Sun He for it to be trained to this extent. Considering that this talent is for enhancing naval cannons, it's not surprising that it has this effect when used to attack people. Of course, the only thing to consider is its power.
"What the hell is that? So arrogant." Zhang Zhong was squatting on the mountaintop, grilling meat, thinking of making some smoke to attract the silly kid over, and then sniping a couple of times from a distance to get some kills. But before he could even start, he saw the Bone Eagle flying across the sky.
Without a second thought, he fired a Light Chasing Arrow with a lock-on will at the shooting star. This thing was a variant of the Curved Light Arrow, specifically designed to deal with those who dared to fly away with their inner energy.
The Light Chaser Arrow's characteristic is that it will chase the light it initially locks onto. In any special flight method, the faster it flies, the stronger the light becomes, and the Light Chaser Arrow will absorb this light to accelerate. Theoretically, the way this thing dodges is to stop and slow down in place, thus deceiving the Light Chaser Arrow.
The problem is that Zhang Zhong added a will lock, which means if you dare to stop, you'll be impaled on the spot. Do you understand? The Han Dynasty's top archers are masters of this trick!
"What a strange thing." Li Zhe looked at the thing flying over his head, and without thinking, he used Infinite Transformation to create a light spear, added Mirror Image Pursuit and Lock-On, and threw it directly at the meteor flying over his head. Then, Li Zhe didn't even look at it again, and just waited for it to explode.
"This looks like a Hun." Si Liang, who was studying the differences between his body in the small world and his body in the outside world, suddenly turned his head as if he had sensed something in advance. He then saw the small white dot in the sky. However, in the next instant, his special visual talent focused on the dot and magnified it. Si Liang immediately judged that the other party was a Hun.
"I can't let you go now!" Si Liang took out an armor-piercing arrow, pierced his finger with the tip, and channeled the will arrow, which was infused with his own blood and qi, into the arrow. This was a more advanced directional arrow that Si Liang had developed based on the Bowing Arrow Technique. This arrow could directly replace him in chasing and attacking the enemies he wanted to attack.
A crimson arrow rose from Si Liang's bow, swirled in the air in a wide arc, and chased directly toward Gu Du Ying and Qiu Lin Nian.
"It's here, it's here, a big one has arrived! Perfect, all the brothers are here!" Yue Verus roared excitedly. With their eyesight, they could naturally see clearly what was flying across the sky, but it didn't matter. Now, whatever it was, as long as it flew over their heads, they had to shoot it down. So Yue Verus shouted, "Six Gods Combine!"
Then, the six brothers, with Yue Verus at the core, directly combined into a huge luminous figure draped in a cloak of rosy light. This luminous figure then condensed into an arrow as long as a person, which was nocked and shot towards Qiu Linnian, who had already gone far away.
With a phoenix cry, a crimson arrow, glowing with light and fire, hurtled towards Qiu Linnian. In the instant it passed Qiu Linnian, the crimson arrow suddenly expanded into phoenix wings, transforming into a giant phoenix that turned sideways and pecked down at Qiu Linnian.
At that moment, Qiu Linnian knew he had made a fatal mistake. Just looking at the several colorful light arrows behind him that were constantly approaching him, Qiu Linnian knew he was doomed.
"It's really flashy." Hou Jing, a member of the elderly Great Sage team who was surfing in the sea, shook her head involuntarily when she noticed Qiu Linnian and the several extremely powerful arrows behind him. Are arrows like this?
"Soul Steal!" Hou Jing stood still on the water's surface, drew back his large yellow bow, and arrows, as black as metal and composed of the light of complete will, gradually appeared as the bowstring was pulled back. When Qiu Linnian appeared above Hou Jing's head, Hou Jing released the bowstring.
There was no trajectory, no light, only the Bone Eagle shattering on the spot. Qiu Linnian was hit squarely between the eyebrows. If Liu Bei hadn't known Qiu Linnian was doomed from the moment he took off and quickly notified Zhao Yun to stop him, this attack would have been enough to reduce Qiu Linnian's will to dust.
However, even with Zhao Yun blocking the attack, the pure willpower attack still stunned Qiu Linnian, and then eleven or twelve special arrows hit Qiu Linnian almost one after the other.
A dazzling light burst forth above Hou Jing's head. If Zhao Yun hadn't stepped in to create a defensive barrier, these dozen or so arrows would have been enough to obliterate Qiu Linnian, leaving not even ashes behind. He would have been cremated on the spot and his ashes scattered violently.
"That's strange. The feedback at the last moment seems to indicate that it didn't hit that guy." Actaeon glanced at the ball of light in the sky, but finally gave up thinking about it. After all, Huang Tao, who had recovered to his peak, was coming to kill him with his sword.
To reiterate, Huang Tao's actual combat skills are basically at the bottom of the seventh level, but even so, if he is well prepared, Huang Tao is absolutely confident that he can kill most of the sixth level opponents.
While Aktaion is indeed strong, after revealing his techniques to counter Huang Tao, once Huang Tao has blocked Aktaion's path, it will be time for Aktaion to be eliminated.
"If I'm not mistaken, among those dozen or so arrows, there seems to be one that's actually an armor-piercing arrow or something?" Chen Xi squinted at Qiu Linnian and Gudu Eagle's final exit, and asked Liu Bei with some suspicion, "What's going on? How can there be a real arrow?"
In its final stage of development, the archer profession primarily uses energy arrows and willpower arrows, with physical arrows becoming virtually nonexistent. This isn't because the latter lacks power, but rather because, realistically, the latter suffers energy loss when traversing the atmosphere. If the distance is too great, it becomes like a spent arrow, its power exhausted and unable to pierce even the finest silk, as described in historical records.
Therefore, the development path of top archers is basically based on energy-based or will-based hybrid items. Purely physical arrows, well, let's just say they're a bit far-fetched!
"I'm not mistaken, that is indeed an armor-piercing arrow, shot by a Kushan veteran." Liu Bei looked at the Kushan veteran named Herbert with a complicated expression. When top archers use energy arrows and willpower arrows, if someone uses an armor-piercing arrow that a normal archer would use, then that archer who looks the most normal is definitely not normal.
As the flames dissipated, Qiu Linnian barely withstood the attack under the protection of Zhao Yun's internal energy. However, due to the complexity of the attack, even though Qiu Linnian survived, he fell into a coma. Then, Chen Xi clearly saw the armor-piercing arrow that had pierced through Qiu Linnian's chest.
"There's definitely something wrong with this. How can a regular arrow travel so far and be so powerful? Of course, I acknowledge the arrow's strength, since I produced it, but it should at least be based on some physics, right?" Chen Xi looked at Qiu Linnian, who was gradually turning into light and then being pulled out of the small world by Zhao Yun's grasp of his will. The arrow that pierced through Qiu Linnian surprised Chen Xi to some extent.
"That's normal. Apart from the added will lock, the rest of that arrow is all about speed. A physical arrow can arrive first even after being launched later, so its power is beyond doubt." Zhao Shuang scoffed at Chen Xi's doubts. This kind of thing is something that everyone can calculate together. What's the point of pretending?
Just as Chen Xi said earlier, no matter how powerful the idealism is, it must respect the real physical steel plate. The arrow that Herbert shot out also follows the same principle - no matter how incredible the thing is, it must respect this kinetic energy!
"To put it simply, it transforms one's own idealism into the speed added to the arrow, making the kinetic energy contained in a conventionally fired arrow incredibly astonishing." Seeing that Chen Xi was still thinking, Zhao Shuang gave the answer directly, "In short, the conversion rate is extremely high, although the reason may be because the application is extremely narrow."
"What kind of talent is this?" Chen Xi turned to Huangfu Song and asked.
“This isn’t talent. Not everything can be categorized as talent. If we’re really going to talk about it, this kind of thing falls into the category of solidified idealism. Just like Zhao Junqing said, idealism has been distorted into terrifying speed. Even the shield guards you prepared couldn’t block this kind of arrow,” Huangfu Song said slowly.
"How many are at this level? How many legions does the Shield Guard have?" Chen Xi scoffed at this. There are plenty of veterans who can beat the Shield Guards. Not to mention anything else, any of the veterans who are fighting in the small world right now could easily beat the Shield Guards.
The Shield Guard's strength lies in its exceptionally high skill floor and astonishing scale. How many of Herbert's caliber can the Northern Nobles produce? Five? Maybe just this one!
At the same time, all the archers who witnessed this scene fell into a kind of contemplation. They recalled the trajectory of the armor-piercing arrow, deduced the opponent's location in reverse, and after a few moments of preparation, decided to go and meet this extraordinary person.
"Truly, the younger generation is to be feared." Hou Jing smacked his lips. He was directly below Qiu Linnian, so he could see the most clearly and therefore could better understand what kind of godlike operation it was to use a physical armor-piercing arrow to kill someone at this distance.
While it's true that all archers who can hit Qiu Linnian are basically at the same level in terms of power, with each having their own biases, what Herbert did is too peculiar to other archers. It's like lighting the Olympic torch with a laser in outer space. This operation is extremely difficult, and if it were actually done, other countries in the world would definitely not be able to sleep at night.
But if someone fired a bullet from the moon with a rifle, it would pass through the Earth-Moon system, and then, as it passed through the atmosphere, it would miraculously remain at a level that wasn't completely obliterated. The last bit of its hot debris would then land right in the Olympic torch, and be extinguished the moment the torch was lit.
What's in front is called technology; what's behind is called an inhuman miracle.
Although the difference between energy arrows and kinetic energy physical arrows in attacking Qiu Linnian shouldn't be that big, any archer who understands this feels the need to go and see what's going on with this guy. Wait a minute!
As a member of the Le'an County Princess Team, Herbert was unaware that what he considered normal behavior was completely unreasonable to other archers.
After all, following Falgon, he has always used kinetic solid arrows, and other arrow skills have been basically put aside and specialized in them. Herbert has never felt there was a problem with this. Solid arrows are pretty good too!
"Qiu Linnian has been captured." Zhao Yun bowed to Liu Bei and Liu Tong.
"Have the palace guards lock him up." Liu Tong nodded to Zhao Yun. In Liu Tong's opinion, taking a thousand-cavalry commander with the talent of leaving his body and having internal energy to leave his body to perform the sacrificial ceremony was already quite respectable.
"Give Jiang Guang, Zhao Ying, and Xu Yuan each a first-class noble rank, and the other veterans who joined forces to attack Qiu Linnian will be considered as support," Liu Tong said to Xu Yue, who was taking notes.
"If it's General Zilong, then reward him with a plate of fruits and vegetables," Liu Tong said after thinking for a moment. Zhao Yun is already a marquis, so the merit of being a mere commander of a thousand Xiongnu cavalry is certainly not enough for a promotion. Besides, this isn't a major achievement, so it would be better to give Zhao Yun some fresh fruits and vegetables in winter.
"Thank you for your reward, Your Highness." Zhao Yun said gently. He had completely sealed Qiu Linnian's internal energy and handed him over to the group of veteran soldiers stationed in the palace to keep an eye on him.
"Speaking of which, Qiu Linnian's actions at the last moment were successful, weren't they?" Liu Bei frowned and looked at Chen Xi, asking, "Since so many Han Dynasty veterans saw it, then many Xiongnu veterans must have seen it as well, right?"
"That should be the case. Qiu Linnian may not be unaware of the dangers of a forced takeoff, but things like Legion Talent and the ability to separate internal energy from the body are far too important for the Xiongnu, who are trapped on the inner side of the world." Liu Tong gave the correct answer by following someone's line of thought.
"So what's next?" Liu Bei raised an eyebrow and glanced at Chen Xi. Chen Xi turned her head. For such a simple question, as long as Liu Tong was connected to Chen Xi, he could get the exact same answer. There was no way around it. When the relevant basic knowledge was similar and the way of thinking was almost simulated through mental talent, or even directly identical, the conclusion would be exactly the same as that of the person with the cheat talent.
"I estimate that the Xiongnu might actually produce one or two individuals who can separate their internal energy from their physical form. After all, according to our calculations, the Xiongnu have had several decades more time than us due to the difference in their time flow, and their top-level Qi Refining to the Gang stage has probably already been honed in every aspect." Chen Xi said with a certainty, and then involuntarily looked at Liu Bei as he spoke.
To be honest, Chen Xi actually suspected that Liu Bei also met this condition. In fact, a long time ago, Liu Bei should have already reached the limit of refining Qi into Gang in terms of essence, energy, and spirit. As for issues such as anchoring beliefs, Liu Bei had a lot of things that were enough to support his beliefs and move forward.
Even setting aside this era, in official history, the indomitable Liu Bei had no shortage of things that supported his beliefs and will.
Therefore, Liu Bei definitely meets the conditions for advancing to the Inner Qi Separation stage. Moreover, compared to those who later achieved Inner Qi Separation through methods such as divine rebirth or extracting the essence of gods and Buddhas, Liu Bei's advancement is closer to the advancement method of the group at Hulao Pass.
However, over the years, Liu Bei has not made any progress in this area.
"Zichuan, what are you looking at?" Liu Bei asked Chen Xi with a hint of doubt.
"I just suddenly realized that you, Lord Xuande, meet all the prerequisites for advancing to the stage of Qi leaving the body, and even using the same method of anchoring your beliefs is enough." Chen Xi didn't hide anything and told Liu Bei the truth.
"You only just noticed?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.
“I’ve thought about it before, but I don’t usually pay much attention to these things. This time, because of the comparison, I have a clearer and more accurate understanding.” Chen Xi said very seriously, “Why doesn’t Lord Xuande advance to the Inner Qi Separation stage? He clearly has all the necessary conditions.”
"Wait until A Dou takes the throne from the princess before breaking through to the point where his inner energy leaves his body. That way, I can help you with some things." Liu Bei turned to look at Chen Xi, his eyes full of understanding.
“Well, actually, there’s really no need for that. If we drag it out until then, Lord Xuande, you’ll be too old and will have passed the best time.” Chen Xi quickly advised, “Lord Xuande is not even fifty years old yet, and is still in the late stages of his peak. Breaking through the internal energy separation barrier will be a natural process and there won’t be any difficulty. As for what happens after that, I have some plans.”
"It's about going with the flow. If I succeeded in breaking through at that time, it would mean I was still young. Wouldn't that be perfect for leading you through another struggle?" A touch of the amiable kindness characteristic of an elder appeared on Liu Bei's face.
Chen Xi was silent for a moment, then said, "Actually, I already have a plan. Kongming is capable of taking on these tasks, and I believe he can do them very well."
"And what about you? Will you be sailing on Yunmeng?" Liu Bei said with a light laugh. "I am still young. Will you be old by then? If you don't want to be prime minister, you can at least be something else."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xi sighed softly. Sometimes, Liu Bei was truly irresistible, or to put it more directly, pure goodwill, exchanging sincerity for sincerity. Chen Xi wasn't heartless.
"Then we'll go together then." Chen Xi pondered for a moment before finally giving a positive answer.
"Alright, when you feel that the Central Plains are settled and it's time to withdraw, let me know. I'll advance my internal energy separation technique and then take you to see other possibilities." Liu Bei was just like he was twenty years ago, much had changed, but more remained the same.
On the other side, Liu Tong seemed to be deep in thought. Her communication channel was always connected to Chen Xi, so Liu Tong could hear anything Chen Xi could hear. Of course, Liu Tong would usually choose to listen or not, but if Chen Xi spoke, Liu Tong would listen for a few words in order to understand the situation.
This time, Liu Tong heard something quite important.
"Lord Chen, so you're still going to run, aren't you?" After Liu Bei cut off the telepathic communication, Liu Tong went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"After reaching a certain point, I have to step back to determine whether the structure can continue to exist stably. Just like some pillars are unnecessary, while others are meant to bear weight, I hope that one day I will become a pillar that is dispensable, thus proving that the system I have built is not operating solely on my personal strength." Chen Xi explained very simply.
It's not a good thing to achieve something by relying on someone else, since that person will eventually leave us. So, we need to do the verification before they leave.
"You've chosen Zhuge Liang as your successor?" Liu Tong glanced at Zhuge Liang and said, "Lord Chen, honestly, how different are you from Zhuge Liang at the same age?"
"I dare not accept your words," Chen Xi said with a smile, but he understood Liu Tong's intention. At Zhuge Liang's age, Chen Xi had already suppressed the world and completely ended any possible interference from aristocratic families.
If after Ye City he simply embarked on the right path but still needed the support of the Yuan and Chen families, then by the time Chen Xi was 28, he had already taken control of the world. The saying "A sage appears every five hundred years, Chen Zichuan stands alone under the moon" came about around that time.
"Kongming is very strong, but he cannot inherit everything you left behind. To put it bluntly, Zichuan, do you really think that those who stand behind you are truly behind you?" Liu Tong didn't hold back and directly attacked his conscience.
“Idealism is non-negotiable, but it’s clear that the current court no longer has idealism,” Chen Xi said calmly. “In contrast to idealism, even with great hatred, as long as the interests are sufficient, compromise is possible.”
"Then guess what the simplest way to break your invincibility is after you've proven yourself invincible?" Liu Tong said with a light laugh. She hoped that Chen Xi would continue to serve because she had experienced so much and knew very well who was the most suitable to be prime minister. For the emperor, for the people, for the noble families, and so on, Chen Xi was the most suitable to sit here.
“Of course, defeating the successor chosen by Chen Xi is the best way to prove Chen Xi’s mistakes.” Chen Xi’s expression remained unchanged, showing no dissatisfaction at Liu Tong’s words. “To be honest, this is even a necessary challenge.”
It's so hot in Xi'an lately, we can't live without air conditioning anymore!