Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

Watching Sun Rui's figure, the captain frowned and muttered to himself, "Is it just my imagination?"

The captain sensed from Sun Rui's journey that Sun Rui was different from his behavior during the day, but based on the captain's understanding, he did not believe that Sun Rui could improve his strength in just one day, and thought it was just his imagination.

"Old Liu, can you feel it?" Sun Yang's voice reached the captain's ears again, but he was nowhere to be seen.

"You felt it too..." The captain looked at a shadowy spot with a surprised expression. There was no one there, but the captain knew that Sun Yang was in that spot. The captain's surprise was not because Sun Yang could detect Sun Rui's changes, but because he could confirm that Sun Rui's strength had indeed increased.

"Don't be so surprised. I've told you before that our young master is very talented. I've inquired about his performance over the past few years, and I can say that I, Old Sun, have never seen such a talented person in my entire life." Sun Yang's praising voice came from the shadows.

"Is that so?" The captain looked thoughtful after hearing Sun Yang's words.

The sun slowly set, forming a fleeting bridge between the valleys. The light grew dimmer until the earth returned to black, where everything dwelled. Torches were lit in the military camp, illuminating the place.

After finishing their meal, the soldiers formed five squads. Sun Rui, who hadn't joined any squad, was pulled into Wang Huan's squad. At this moment, the soldiers were like a battle sword ready to be used at any time, silent when still, and sharp when in motion. Standing among them, Sun Rui felt the unified momentum of these less than two thousand people, which gave him a thrill. This was the spirit and courage of the soldiers.

"Lu Bu!" The captain's loud voice rang out.

“Here!” Sun Rui responded loudly.

Their voices echoed through the valley, highlighting the surrounding silence.

"By order of the Prefect, Lü Bu has been appointed as the captain of the sixth squad of the special forces. Since there are no new recruits at the moment, Lü Bu will train in the first squad while waiting for new recruits to arrive." It is clear that while Sun Rui was cultivating, the Commander-in-Chief had already gone to Jiuyuan City and discussed the matter with Lü Liang, and the result was the same as Sun Yang had expected.

"Yes."

"Begin night training."

"Yes!" more than a thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

The forest was dimly lit, with tall, straight trees blocking most of the moonlight. Only dappled light shone through the branches and leaves, making the forest exceptionally mysterious and eerie. A misty haze permeated the forest, yet it was strangely quiet, as if no living creature had ever set foot there. Sun Rui looked at the scene before him and turned to look at Wang Huan beside him.

Wang Huan also felt Sun Rui's gaze and said, "The training in these deep mountains and forests at night mainly focuses on marching without making a sound and fighting at night."

"A battle?" Sun Rui was confused after hearing Wang Huan's explanation and asked, "Are there any enemies?"

"Yes, there are the remaining four teams," Wang Huan answered Sun Rui's question in a low voice, glancing around.

Upon hearing that the enemy was the fourth squad under his command, Sun Rui's spirits lifted. He scanned his surroundings with his eerie double pupils, but found that due to the dim light and fog in the forest, visibility was poor, and he could only rely on his hearing to probe.

"Cloud." After Wang Huan uttered a word, the three hundred-man team began to move, and Sun Rui, who was unaware of what was going on, also started to move. As soon as he started moving, Sun Rui realized the difference between himself and the others. The three hundred people did not move very fast, but the sound they made was almost negligible, while the sound he made could travel a long distance.

"Don't use your toes, use your whole foot, and try not to swing your arms..." Wang Huan didn't blame Sun Rui for making noise and instructing him on how to exert force.

"Hoo..." Sun Rui thought of the breathing technique the captain had taught him today. He first calmed his breathing, and then followed the precautions Wang Huan had reminded him of. Although he still made some noise, it was much quieter than before.

Wang Huan nodded at Sun Rui's performance, quite satisfied with his ability. However, Sun Rui was not so satisfied. He realized that his control over his body was not very good when he tried to move quietly while controlling his strength. In order to control his strength, Sun Rui moved much slower and gradually fell behind Wang Huan, falling to the back of the group and barely keeping up.

At this point, Wang Huan stopped taking care of Sun Rui and did not slow down Sun Rui's pace according to the normal marching speed.

"Someone's there!" With the hearing he'd honed from killing snakes, Sun Rui heard a sound behind him and shouted.

"Water!" Wang Huan, standing at the head of the group, gave the order. The three hundred men stopped abruptly without any confusion. They picked up the long spears on their backs and quickly formed a defensive formation, their eyes warily scanning their surroundings.

Sun Rui also held his own wooden rifle, which was issued by the army when entering the mountains. Only after Wang Huan explained did Sun Rui understand why wooden rifles were issued.

Sun Rui did not rush out on his own. He was still self-aware. He was now a member of the first team and could not act on his own. Moreover, he could no longer sense the soldiers hiding in the shadows, so he did not act rashly.

"Young Master, where is the location you sensed?" Wang Huan quietly approached Sun Rui and asked in a voice only Sun Rui could hear.

"I heard a slight noise in the direction my spear was pointing," Sun Rui replied, trying to keep his voice low.

"Rain!" Wang Huan shouted suddenly after hearing Sun Rui's words, pointing his spear in the direction Sun Rui indicated.

More than fifty people took out bows and arrows, drew them to their full length, and fired them swiftly, giving no one a chance to react. Sun Rui watched the arrows disappear into the darkness, and then he heard the clanging sound of wooden arrows against armor. Soon after, more than a dozen people emerged from the woods.

Sun Rui saw that there were more than a dozen people, his whole body tensed up, ready to exert his strength at any moment.

"Don't be nervous, these people have already been killed according to the rules." Wang Huan explained to Sun Rui after seeing his actions, telling him not to be too nervous. "You, you go check the forest." After explaining to Sun Rui, he ordered two other people to go and check the forest.

"Yes." The two soldiers, each holding a long spear, slowly walked towards the site of the attack.

"You guys go back first."

"Yes." The dozen or so defeated soldiers obeyed Wang Huan's orders and disappeared into the darkness.

"Reporting, Captain, we found no other traces of anyone following us." The two soldiers who went out to search also returned and reported the situation to Wang Huan.

"Should we split up?" Wang Huan pondered, head bowed, after hearing the soldier's report.

"Be careful, our location has been exposed." After thinking for a while, Wang Huan looked up and warned the soldiers standing around him.

None of the soldiers answered, but Wang Huan knew they all understood. The entire unit continued to use the defensive formation, while Sun Rui was outside of it. He had no idea where to go. Wang Huan needed to coordinate the whole team and didn't have time to guide Sun Rui. The soldiers were all focused on their surroundings and no one was explaining things to him, so he became someone who was detached from the formation.

"Aren't you being too hasty? Letting our young master participate in the battle, he hasn't learned anything yet." The captain, who was observing Sun Rui from the shadows, was talking to Sun Yang while they were standing on a tree.

"It's precisely because he hasn't learned anything that we're letting him experience the difference between him and the soldiers," the commander-in-chief said coldly.

"You..." Sun Yang knew that saying anything would be useless, so he shut his mouth.

"Let me see what your talent is like." The captain looked at Sun Rui clumsily following the team forward, his gaze slightly profound.

As time passed, Sun Rui felt that his eyes could see further. He knew that this was because he had adapted to the light in the jungle and his eyes were starting to adjust themselves. However, Sun Rui's attention was not on the surrounding environment, but on the movement and changes of the team and the position of each soldier.

Sun Rui didn't want to become someone who followed in others' footsteps and couldn't stand on his own. Since no one taught him, he learned on his own. Ever since his parents passed away, Sun Rui had developed a tenacity deep in his bones. If it weren't for this tenacity, Sun Rui wouldn't have started selling pancakes at his own stall. Now he was very confident in himself, or rather, in the model of Lu Bu. Since he could even steal general skills, why couldn't he learn formations and positioning? This was Sun Rui's current thought.

"Rain." A voice came from the depths of the forest. Sun Rui had just heard Wang Huan mention this word not long ago and knew what it meant.

"Earth." Wang Huan reacted quickly, immediately ordering thirty soldiers to take off their shields and prepare to stack them together.

"Whoosh, whoosh..." Before the shield was even fully stacked, dozens of wooden arrows flew out from the depths of the forest and struck the man holding the shield.

"There's a gap." The archers and shield-bearers in the entire team were caught off guard by the barrage of arrows, their defenses incomplete. Sun Rui noticed this and, with a quick movement, appeared in front of the soldier drawing his bow. His spear danced, unleashing the "Surging Waves Spear Technique," deflecting all the incoming arrows.

Wang Huan, who was about to fill in, stopped what he was doing, looked surprised for a moment, and then focused his attention on commanding.

"Rain." After Sun Rui filled in, the enemy's arrow barrage did not harm the archers, only causing the loss of a few shield bearers. Wang Huan immediately ordered the archers to fire.

"Earth." A defensive sound came from the darkness, and arrows flew into the depths of darkness with a clanging sound. It was clear that Sun Rui's timely replacement had reduced the loss of his side's ranged attack power, catching the opponent off guard and eliminating a considerable number of them.

"Thunder." Wang Huan sensed the panic on the other side and decided to take the initiative, charging into the depths of darkness first.

"Kill!" Except for the archers, all the remaining soldiers followed Wang Huan and charged forward.