Chapter 773: You Two Join Forces

Let's sort out the current situation.

Ao Yulie went out to make money, ran into a woman, and she saw through his (special) identity.

Ao Yulie saw through that she had seen through his identity, so he played along, lured her over, and made a bit of money on the side.

After she arrived, the woman saw through that Ao Yulie had seen through her identity, and deliberately spoke up to provoke a reaction from everyone as a probe.

Zhuge Liang's heroic spirit soared to the heavens; truly worthy of a strategist clad in armor, leading from the front — admirable.

Ao Yulie, in turn, saw through her position.

The woman saw through that Ao Yulie had seen through her position, so she changed her probing plan and chose to flee.

Zhu Bajie saw through that the woman had seen through that Ao Yulie had seen through her position, appeared behind her, and kicked her to the ground.

This is a battle between nesting dolls.

The hidden game within it can be called the peak of brain-dead stupidity!

Because Liu Wuxiu's side had more nesting dolls, they ultimately secured the victory.

The woman clearly hadn't expected her position would actually be discovered; the astonished expression on her face still lingered.

"Battle Spirit, or Spirit Master..."

Liu Wuxiu looked at that woman, but didn't approach.

His strength actually wasn't strong; compared to Zhuge Liang, he was more like the kind of strategist with no strength to truss a chicken, needing someone to protect him.

As for a Spirit Master, even if their own strength is fairly strong, usually they still can't compare to their own Battle Spirit.

Because the stronger the Spirit Master's strength, the stronger the Battle Spirit they can summon.

The strength of the summoned Battle Spirit is related to luck, and also related to the Spirit Master's own strength and resource consumption.

Now kicked down by Sima Yi, this woman's strength didn't seem strong.

Could she be a Spirit Master?

The woman sprawled on the ground reacted quickly; the astonished expression vanished rapidly, and she didn't stand up — her rear leg lifted, kicking straight at Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie stepped back one step, dodging the incomparably insidious groin kick.

But he didn't counterattack; instead he shouted loudly: "Kongming, don't worry, fire at me!"

Zhuge Liang over there had already moved.

He casually grabbed, a black thing appeared in his hand, he hoisted it onto his shoulder, swiftly adjusted the angle, didn't aim at that woman, but tilted slightly to aim at midair.

Pulled the trigger.

"Boom!"

"Whoosh!"

A sound like iron chains snapping, followed by a whistling sound.

The arrow traced an "arc."

In an instant, the woman's position and the nearby ground were both covered by dense, countless arrows.

Each of those arrows was as thick as an adult's forearm, making one involuntarily think of things like "siege crossbow bolts."

Liu Wuxiu saw that after Sima Yi, that crafty old fox, finished saying "fire at me," his figure immediately vanished.

Sure enough, not some righteous self-sacrifice.

And what surprised him was that woman.

Before the arrow rain reached her, her body turned transparent.

Those arrows completely pierced through her body, yet caused her no injury.

"I'll remember you!"

The woman let out an incomparably resentful cry; her originally lovely features turned terrifying — she looked unharmed, but in reality she wasn't unaffected.

Leaving those harsh words, the woman instantly turned into a wisp of white smoke and flew toward the horizon, vanishing without a trace.

Zhuge Liang, carrying the thing on his shoulder, thought for a moment, and didn't launch a second attack.

"Amei, I'll come find you again!" Ao Yulie waved his hand twice, "Our feelings, though brief, were so beautiful; given the chance, let's relive them."

Rather than saying it was a repeat, it was more like a threat; who knows if that "Amei" heard it.

"Amei?" Zhu Bajie appeared beside Ao Yulie.

"Hirata Mi." Ao Yulie smiled, "Don't know if that name's real."

"Hirata Mi? Could she be from the Hirata clan!" Liu Wuxiu couldn't bother looking at the thing Zhuge Liang was carrying, and cried out in alarm, his voice somewhat distorted.

"Is she famous?" Ao Yulie asked.

Liu Wuxiu nodded: "It's a very powerful extraordinary clan, but they basically isolate themselves from the world, rarely interacting with outsiders."

"I once heard the Hirata clan has a secret treasure called 'Hirata's World,' which can, according to the user's will, influence reality to a certain extent."

"Oh, so that's how she dodged my Zhuge Repeating Crossbow?" Zhuge Liang said.

Liu Wuxiu couldn't help but say: "You call this thing a repeating crossbow?"

Zhuge Liang had already set down the black object he'd been shouldering, holding it in his hand.

This thing was a cube overall; one face had rows of black circular holes, loaded with giant crossbow bolts.

It looked somewhat like some kind of dense artillery shell launch device.

Liu Wuxiu had thought that given Zhuge Liang's current build, his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow would be at the Gatling level.

Didn't expect he still underestimated it.

What he brought out was simply a gun emplacement!

"Wait!" Suddenly Liu Wuxiu discovered another blind spot, "Your surname is Zhu, right? Why is this called the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow?"

The matter of it being named Zhuge Repeating Crossbow but actually being a Zhuge Gun Emplacement, he didn't want to quibble over anymore.

But the name, he absolutely had to get straightened out.

"Oh, because 'Zhu Lian Nu' sounds too awful." Zhuge Liang spoke with reason and evidence, truly worthy of a man who serves as a military strategist.

Instantly rendering Liu Wuxiu unable to refute.

"Brother Fengxian! Your blessing has benefited me immensely!" Zhuge Liang turned to address Tang Luo, who was still sitting motionless in the vehicle, steady as Mount Tai.

"It is only right." Tang Luo smiled. "The reason I, Lu Fengxian, can win every battle is because I know how to strengthen the soldiers under my command."

"You two really didn't swap identities to trick me?" Liu Wuxiu's gaze shifted back and forth between Tang Luo and Zhuge Liang.

Both men shook their heads simultaneously.

Really no trick, really no swap.

You have to believe in your War Spirits!

"Forget it, let's go quickly." Liu Wuxiu said, "We've been targeted……"

"Wrong, it's them who've been targeted." Zhu Bajie let out a hehe chuckle, fully stepping into the role of this crafty old fox Sima Yi.

"What…… do you mean?" Liu Wuxiu looked at Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie said: "I've already left a backdoor on Hirata Mi. Now I have complete grasp of her whereabouts. Not only that, when needed, I can also 'see' the situation on her end."

"Then why don't we hurry up and give chase!" Liu Wuxiu was very excited. Hirata Mi is definitely a Spirit Master!

Although the Spirit Master Battle has no numerous rules restricting it, that is only in terms of combat methods; whether fighting fair and square or ambushing, both are allowed.

In other aspects, there are definitely restrictions.

Those directly participating can only be the Spirit Master and War Spirits; outside aid can only provide support in intelligence and supplies.

After all, it concerns the major matter of supernatural continuation; in reality, there are also supernatural powerhouses and powerful factions watching.

They can't let people run completely wild.

As for why those big shots don't directly participate.

Everyone has already achieved fame and success; who would be willing to go down and slaughter?

Opportunities to seek wealth in danger have always been left for people like Hirata Mi and Liu Wuxiu.

The big shots have had wealth and status for a long time.

When a Spirit Master dies and a War Spirit disappears, the relevant parties who engaged in battle will, to a greater or lesser extent, receive some enhancements.

As long as we kill this Spirit Master Hirata Mi, our side's strength will inevitably increase.

Liu Wuxiu knew there had once been a Spirit Master Battle.

There was a weak Spirit Master and his War Spirit who grew stronger with each battle this way, ultimately achieving victory.

The opportunity is right before our eyes now.

"No chase." Zhu Bajie kicked the opportunity to the horizon with one foot. "She is our intelligence agent."

"Hm?" Liu Wuxiu asked, "What do you mean?"

"The literal meaning." Ao Yulie spoke in Zhu Bajie's place. "As long as A-Mei doesn't die, she can continuously provide us with intelligence. We just need to find a place to lie low. Once we've gathered enough intelligence, we'll make our move."

"Wouldn't that…… be letting the tiger return to the mountain?" Liu Wuxiu frowned. "After all, she already knows what we look like. And if she deliberately leaks our intelligence, attracting other Spirit Masters and War Spirits, what then?"

"That's even better." The one who spoke was Tang Luo. "Saves us the trouble of going to find them."

At this moment, Liu Wuxiu finally felt that this Lu Bu had a bit of the domineering aura one would imagine Lu Bu should have.

Like a lazy tiger dozing, stretching its body slightly, sharp claws and fangs flashing by in an instant.

As a Spirit Master, the most important thing is naturally being able to listen to the War Spirits' opinions.

Liu Wuxiu accepted advice like water flowing; anyway, even if he opposed, no one would pay him any mind, unless he used a Spirit Edict Order.

A Spirit Edict Order cannot be used recklessly before the critical moment.

Besides being able to forcibly command War Spirits, this thing has another important effect: enhancing War Spirit strength.

As a consumable that each War Spirit can only use twice.

It's best if this "Sleeve Tattoo" can keep blooming until the very last moment.

"No way." Liu Wuxiu looked at his own business van with reluctance, making up his mind: if this Spirit Master Battle can achieve final victory.

He must buy a new car, preferably a sports car.

This kind of business van, forget it.

If he loses but doesn't die, he'll definitely have to come back and drive his beloved business van home.

Thanks to the passionate, sincere, yet brief romance between Ao Yulie and Hirata Mi, everyone now…… has a bit of money.

After a simple calculation, it can probably support about a week.

"No, why do we have to stay somewhere this expensive?" Inside the luxury presidential suite costing ten thousand a day with no discount, Liu Wuxiu lay sprawled on the soft sofa, muttering quietly.

"We are War Spirits; after this battle we have to return to our hometown." Ao Yulie argued righteously. "What's wrong with enjoying ourselves a little?"

"True……" Liu Wuxiu nodded. He was becoming easier and easier to persuade.

In the other room, the study, Zhuge Liang was wielding his brush and splashing ink, writing his "Marvelous Stratagems in Brocade Pouches".

Tang Luo, with nothing better to do, drew a few Blood Talismans and tossed them over to Liu Wuxiu's side: "Take them. When you use them, just slap them on your body."

"……"

Liu Wuxiu put away the Blood Talismans and nodded silently.

Normal.

Zhao Zilong the pretty boy, the moment he appears he gets into an ambiguous relationship with the enemy; Zhuge Liang a burly tough guy; Lu Bu a white-haired youth who can draw talismans to strengthen soldiers — all normal situations.

Liu Wuxiu looked at "Sima Yi": "Brother Zhongda, how is the situation on that end?"

"Interesting." Zhu Bajie laughed, waving a hand.

A stream of water formed a transparent water screen, displaying the scene on Hirata Mi's end.

In the clear water screen, Hirata Mi, clearly a Spirit Master, was kneeling on the ground, assuming a dogeza posture, her body even trembling slightly.

She is scared, she is terrified!

"Huh?"

Everyone immediately became interested.

"Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang, come out and see the fun." Ao Yulie also called out to Zhuge Liang in the study to come out.

Zhuge Liang opened the door and walked out, seeing the scene in the water curtain also somewhat puzzled: "What's going on?"