novelraw Chapter 677: Taking In the Rebuttal Beast — That Skill’s All Show, Gotta See What’s Going On
Chapter 677: Taking In the Rebuttal Beast — That Skill’s All Show, Gotta See What’s Going On
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Before leaving.
Lu Ding dealt with the remaining Pan family members, cleaning up the place so thoroughly it was spotless.
Just look at the Golden Finger.
The already manifested text was waiting for Lu Ding to read and receive it.
This was the second time he had stacked rewards of the same type.
The first time was back in the Third Circle when he cleared out the Di family's Wax Corpses, which stacked into the Cured Silk Scattered Meat Technique for him.
【Contained Monster: Bo Beast】
【Containment Reward: Iron Hooves' Mournful Song·Border Breaker】
【Iron Hooves' Mournful Song·Border Breaker: Twelve Zodiac Horse Method, the Hour of the Horse has arrived, break through borders, cross boundaries, KILL!!!!】Lu Ding's mind was enlightened.
In a daze, it was as if he saw the vast plains, countless beasts stampeding, a figure holding a gleaming golden lance, riding a handsome unicorn horse, an aura that ten thousand men could not stop, charging at the very front.
Roaring.
"The Hour of the Horse has arrived, break through borders, cross boundaries, KILL!!!!"
Behind him, thousands upon thousands of troops, swords, spears, and halberds.
Encountering a mountain, they shattered the mountain;
encountering a river, they severed the river.
War fires rose, beacon smoke ascended.
The battle was so brutal, in the end, only the man riding the unicorn horse and holding the lance remained.
Killing aura surged wildly around him, blood had already soaked through his armor.
Facing the enemy army forming a battle array ahead.
He tugged the reins, the unicorn horse's front hooves rose into the air, on both sides around him, dead soldiers, war beasts, and vengeful spirits lined up in two rows, forming a path guiding the way forward.
The man gripped the lance tightly.
Alone, he shouted that phrase once more.
"The Hour of the Horse has arrived, break through borders, cross boundaries, KILL!!!!"
One man piercing the formation, the wildly surging momentum cracked the surrounding earth, crashing into the enemy army ahead, sending flesh and blood flying everywhere.
The scene ended there.
Lu Ding snapped back to reality, looking at the words on the Golden Finger. No wonder this Pan Fusheng's family was so good at fighting, especially his mother, so fierce that she could actually kick him back a step with one foot.
So it was a Bo Beast.
Bo, also called the Flattering Tiger.
Ancient texts like the 【Classic of Mountains and Seas】 and 【Lost Book of Zhou】 have records of it, but the details are largely similar with minor variations.
In the 【Classic of Mountains and Seas】 it says:
【Three hundred li further west is Mount Zhongqu......... there is a beast..... its shape is like a horse with a white body and black tail, one horn, tiger teeth and claws, its sound is like a drum, its name is Bo, it eats tigers and leopards, and can ward off weapons.....】
Here it has a horn.
In the 【Lost Book of Zhou】
【In the true north, Yiqu has the Zibai, the Zibai is like a white horse, with saw-like teeth, eats tigers and leopards.....】
This mentions saw-like teeth, doesn't mention a horn, nor a tail.
Aside from these issues, they are basically the same.
As for why it's called the Flattering Tiger, that's another story.
It also reflects, from another angle, how ferocious and domineering this thing is;
even tigers and leopards have to fear it.
But the most important thing isn't this story.
It's the channel through which Lu Ding learned about the Bo Beast.
In his previous life, when he was young, he liked Cao Cao.
And Cao Cao had a special forces unit called the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
The first commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Cao Chun, rode this very Bo Beast.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also truly had 'tigers and leopards'.
At the time, Lu Ding was shocked when he saw this, thinking... unofficial histories are this wild?
He liked it!!!!
Who reads official histories? Those things aren't fun.
Lu Ding was young back then and had no idea there was even a character named Cao Chun.
His fondness for Cao Cao was all because the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was good to watch at the time, and in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the character Cao Chun basically had no screen time.
It was also from here that Lu Ding began to enjoy various little stories, unofficial histories, and ancient legends.
With these things, you really only need to be slightly inattentive to discover surprises and see interesting stuff.
For example.
Liu Bei's two daughters, after being captured by Cao Cao, were given to Cao Chun as concubines. To help Liu Bei eliminate this key threat, his two daughters used tactics on Cao Chun.
That guy, one hundred and eight styles of bedroom secret techniques, trying them in every way possible, even someone made of iron couldn't withstand it, ultimately causing the Cao camp to lose a great general.
Of course, unofficial history.
This stuff is half-true, half-false, not very credible. Cao Chun, the first commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, drained to death? Could that possibly be real?
The ancients really had wild imaginations, lewd and violent, not subtle at all.
But still, as long as it's fun.
Not just the Three Kingdoms.
Water Margin, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, all have similar stuff.
Lu Ding read a lot of fun things back then.
But now his thoughts have indeed flown far away.
He'll think about it another time if there's a chance.
The text on the Golden Finger hasn't disappeared yet.
What was just given was the Bo Beast reward, belonging to Pan Fusheng's father.
There's still the same-source stacked reward behind it.
【Contained Monster: Bo Beast (Same-Source Stack)】
【Containment Reward: Formation-Piercing King-Tipping Lance】
【Formation-Piercing King-Tipping Lance: Method arrives, spirit arrives, form does not arrive, can be used in conjunction with Iron Hooves' Mournful Song·Border Breaker, mount the horse, two armies lining the path, pierce the formation, tip the king, one-hit kill】
Although this is just a secret method, possessing its spirit but not a substantial weapon.
Lu Ding is already very satisfied.
Imagine, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry lining the path on both sides, at one end is him, at the other end is the enemy.
He mounts the horse, tugs the reins, draws the lance.
Release the horse, charge straight out!!!
Under the gaze of the multitude, directly tip the enemy to death.
Isn't that cool!!?
Cool skills, Lu Ding likes;
powerful skills, Lu Ding also likes.
This kind that's both cool, showy, and powerful, he likes the most!!!
Spells are countless, the new ones are the best-looking;
there's no coolest, only cooler.
Combined with the long-unused General's Armor Affixing, and the mysterious-colored special weapon petals from 【Qi of the Ticket Wind】.
Alright.
Combo skill.
Lu Ding can't even imagine how cool he's going to be.
This thing is practically the finishing cinematic.
Like playing a fighting game, who doesn't like that final brutal finishing move against the opponent?
Speaking of games.
He thought of another highly praised three-word game.
It featured Cao Chun.
The lines were pretty badass too.
【Broken army, abandoned horses, lost helmets and armor, weary soldiers, broken formation, how can you withstand me.....】
"Tsk...."
Lu Ding felt a bit regretful. If it weren't for coming to this world, he would definitely make that three-word game highly praised!
"Mmff mmff......"
Yang Sui struggled in Qian Jin's grip, thinking Lu Ding's "tsk" was directed at him in dissatisfaction.
Now that the restrictions on his body were gone, he absolutely had to have a good 'chat' with Lu Ding.
Little did he know.
It was precisely this sound.
That directly moved up his execution date.
Lu Ding's eyes lit up.
A smile gradually spread across his face, making him look like no good person: "You've got quite the nerve, daring to raid an execution ground."
Yang Sui: ???????
When the hell did I raid an execution ground?
Where's the execution ground?!
Don't randomly pin crimes on me!!!
"Mmff mmff mmff........"
"Not speaking means pleading guilty. According to the Great Han legal code, those who raid an execution ground shall be beheaded!!"
"You also threatened a Great Han 749 Bureau special envoy. Multiple crimes combined for punishment, immediate beheading!!!!"
Putting aside the previous grudge for a moment, this guy dared to come and rescue Pan Fusheng, so Lu Ding definitely wouldn't let him off easy.
Now bring back the previously set-aside grudge. Since there's already a grudge, would he let you live?
Things like releasing the tiger back to the mountain, Lu Ding never does.
He's not that kind of soft-hearted person either.
Arriving at the great plain outside the Pan family's backyard.
Lu Ding pointed into the distance: "Put him over there for me."
Still think 'might makes right'~
Threaten me.
Damn, I'll crash you to death.
Couldn't pick a better name, Yang Sui, amniotic fluid.
Lu Ding planned to directly send him off for reincarnation.
Perfect to use Yang Sui to christen 【Iron Hooves' Mournful Song·Border Breaker】 and 【Formation-Piercing King-Tipping Lance】!
New clothes need trying on, let alone these cool new skills.
Lu Ding absolutely had to see what this was all about~
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Folks, don't take the wild stuff seriously. If you're interested in these things, you can go to a larger, older library in your area to look. They're usually in corners or on top of shelves. The characteristics are old, with small print on the spine that's hard to read. That kind definitely has something to say.
Asking for a wave of follow-up reads and small gifts.