Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

Without further hesitation, Sun Rui picked up his gun and joined Wang Huan's attack. After the two sides clashed, Sun Rui discovered that the formation had changed again, and he was now alone again, unable to cooperate with others.

"Drink." Sun Rui thrust his spear straight at the soldier in front of him, no longer wanting to cooperate with others.

As the fight progressed, Sun Rui realized that he couldn't defeat the soldier. Although his reaction speed and skills were superior to the soldier's, the soldier and his teammates coordinated their attacks to cover up any weaknesses and blocked him with just a set of basic marksmanship. This puzzled Sun Rui greatly.

After exchanging more than ten blows with the five soldiers, Sun Rui realized that there was still a gap between him and the soldiers. However, the soldiers narrowed the gap with him by using simple moves, powerful movements and the cooperation of their teammates, which made it difficult for him to defeat them.

"Too many useless moves." After realizing his weakness, Sun Rui carefully controlled his moves, but he couldn't improve much in the short term. He could only wait for others to finish their battles and come to his aid.

"Whoosh." An arrow flew past Sun Rui and headed towards the soldier he was fighting. The sudden arrow disrupted his rhythm, but Sun Rui's eyes lit up. He didn't let this opportunity slip by and increased the force of his attack, pressing hard to prevent the soldiers from regaining their footing.

"Clang..." The sound of the wooden spear clashing with the armor signaled that the soldier who had fought Sun Rui for more than twenty moves with the help of his teammates had been eliminated by Sun Rui. The rest of the battle became much easier for Sun Rui. The five-man formation was full of holes due to the absence of one person, and the remaining four were eliminated by Sun Rui in less than twenty moves.

"Phew." After finishing the battle, Sun Rui found that the battle between the two sides was nearing its end. Due to the advantage of Wang Huan's team in the first round of ranged attacks, they then seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which expanded their advantage. Now, the other team's members were almost all eliminated. The battle between the two sides had lasted less than five minutes, which was very fast.

"Hou Zai, stop struggling, your team has no advantage." Wang Huan shouted to the person he was fighting. Sun Rui also recognized the person as Hou Zai, who had introduced himself as one of the five team captains today.

"Damn it, you're lucky, otherwise..." Hou Zai seemed very unwilling, muttering to himself, but he stopped attacking and separated from Wang Huan.

"Luck is also a kind of strength on the battlefield." Wang Huan seemed very happy.

The conversation between the two signaled the end of the battle, and both teams of soldiers stopped fighting.

"Young Master, you saved this kid this time, but you also tricked me, Old Hou, once." Hou Zai complained as he walked up to Sun Rui.

"Haha, Lao Hou, don't be unconvinced. The young master is now a member of my team. If I don't help him, who will I help?" Compared to Hou Zai's dissatisfaction, Wang Huan seemed very happy.

"Young Master, how did you learn this marching and defensive formation?" Wang Huan asked, voicing his doubts. Others might not know Sun Rui's background, but Wang Huan knew it very well. The young master, who initially couldn't even move silently, was now able to fill in the gaps. It was impossible for someone who didn't understand the changes in the formation to fill in the gaps in time.

"I learned it. You've been maintaining this formation for quite some time now. The formation changes aren't complicated. You can remember the general idea after watching it twice," Sun Rui said frankly, not lying about it.

"You learned it after watching it twice?" Wang Huan and Hou Zai were stunned for a moment. Then Wang Huan realized what was happening and said with a wry smile, "Although I knew you were very talented, young master, I didn't expect you to be this talented. Watching it twice..."

Wang Huan couldn't continue speaking at the end, so he turned to Hou Zai, who was standing next to him with a blank expression, and asked, "Old Hou, how many times did you watch it before you learned it?"

Upon hearing Wang Huan's question, Hou Zai stopped his blank expression, turned his head, and muttered to himself, "I watched it several times back then..."

"No, what do you mean 'watched it several times'?" Hou Zai came to his senses and glared at Wang Huan, saying, "Don't you know that you can learn it by watching it a few times in this military camp?"

"Haha, just kidding." Wang Huan had anticipated Hou Zai's reaction and still smiled.

Looking at the grinning Wang Huan, Hou Zai sighed, then turned serious and said to Sun Rui in front of him, "Young Master, you are truly talented. Perhaps you don't have a direct understanding of it. Please don't waste your talent."

“Yes, I know.” Sun Rui was not puzzled by the two people’s performance; he was the one who understood his physical talent best.

"Coo coo..." Just as the three were talking, a pigeon flew down from the sky and slowly landed on Wang Huan's hand.

Wang Huan and Hou Zai exchanged a glance, nodded, and both said to the soldiers behind them, "Alright, organize the ranks and return to the barracks. Training is over for today."

"Is this pigeon a signal for a gathering?" Sun Rui stared curiously at the pigeon in Wang Huan's hand; he had only ever seen it on television in real life.

“Yes, these are carrier pigeons specially trained by the military to deliver messages. Training them to find us in the jungle at night is a kind of training.” After hearing Sun Rui’s question, Wang Huan stroked the pigeon with great affection and continued, “Young Master, these carrier pigeons can be said to influence the war. In fact, war information is very important, and these carrier pigeons can deliver information.”

"Yes." Sun Rui nodded. He understood the importance of information in war.

"Alright, we'll impart the knowledge later. Let's go back to the barracks now," Hou Zai reminded him from the side.

As the two units left, the dark forest returned to silence. However, after a short while, two people emerged from the darkness; it was Sun Yang and the chief commander.

"Old Liu, did you see that? That's our young master's talent. With his learning ability, are you worried that he won't be able to lead the team well?" Sun Yang looked in the direction Sun Rui left with admiration.

"His talent is indeed very high." This time, the captain did not refute, but said, "However, he still needs to be polished."

"Haha, of course." Sun Yang seemed very pleased with his old friend's approval.

"Let's go back," the commander said, striding towards the military camp.

All five teams in the military camp had assembled. Although more than a thousand people were gathered together, there was no noise at all, and it was very quiet. The only sound in the camp was the crackling of the campfire.

"Good, everyone's here." A moment later, the commander-in-chief arrived at the center of the camp, looking at the more than 1,000 soldiers with a scrutinizing gaze, and continued, "Which team was eliminated today? Captain, step forward."

Following the captain's order, Sun Rui saw Hou Zai and the Zhang family member step forward, while the rest of the people remained motionless.

"You know the punishment, right?" The captain said coldly, looking expressionlessly at the two men standing in front of him.

"Yes," Hou Zai and the Zhang family replied, straightening their posture.

"Alright, dismissed. Go and get some rest." After the two finished answering, the captain read out the order to dismiss.

With the commander's order, the solemn atmosphere that had been built up by more than a thousand people instantly collapsed, and everyone seemed listless and weak.

Looking around, Sun Rui was somewhat puzzled. In his opinion, the training at night was much easier than the training during the day.

"Why does everyone seem so listless?" Sun Rui asked as he returned to Wang Huan's tent.

"Of course, the battle at night is not only physically tiring, but also mentally tiring. Besides, after a day of training, our physical strength is already almost depleted, and then we have to fight this tonight, so our physical strength hasn't recovered yet." Wang Huan explained to Sun Rui after hearing his question.

"Oh." Sun Rui understood. He knew it was his own subjective consciousness that was causing the problem. He had the "Overlord's True Scripture" and his abnormal physical abilities, so of course he recovered quickly, while others couldn't.

"You should go to sleep first. I'll talk to you about my problems tomorrow." Seeing how tired Wang Huan looked, Sun Rui felt bad about bothering him any longer and told him to rest.

"Mmm..." Wang Huan uttered only one simple word before drifting off to sleep.

After seeing Wang Huan fall asleep, Sun Rui also assumed the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture on the bed and began practicing the "Overlord's True Scripture".

"Player Lü Bu, the ninth stage of the Nine Revolutions of Overbearing Power has been completed. Inner Force Proficiency: Level 0, 100%. Do you want to break through?"

As the system notification appeared, Sun Rui exited his cultivation state. Looking at the system message, he sighed inwardly, "Finally, I can advance."

"breakthrough."

"Player Lü Bu, choose to break through and begin the realm breakthrough."

Sun Rui felt the deep purple mist-like internal energy within his body begin to boil, circulating according to the route of the "Overlord's True Scripture," and then entering his dantian to impact it. The speed of the internal energy circulation increased, and the impact on the dantian also increased. Sun Rui felt that a breakthrough was just around the corner. Just then, Sun Rui felt a pain in his meridians, and then the speed of the internal energy circulation slowed down.

"Player Lu Bu's strength is insufficient, breakthrough failed."

Hearing the system notification, Sun Rui realized that he was still bound by the Power Binding Rope and only had 10 points of martial power, which was not enough to break through the Qi Accumulation stage. According to the official explanation, there are ten realms in this game: six realms of acquired nature and four realms of innate nature. Each realm requires a corresponding amount of martial power, with 10 points required for each realm. However, Sun Rui was currently restricted by the Power Binding Rope and only had 10 points of martial power, which was far from meeting the requirements for breaking through a realm. Sun Rui smiled bitterly and thought to himself that he would go to the captain tomorrow and ask him to remove the Power Binding Rope first so that he could break through a realm before putting the Power Binding Rope back on.

After thinking it over, Sun Rui closed his eyes again and continued to circulate the "Overlord's True Scripture," feeling the internal energy nourishing his damaged meridians.

"gather."

Sun Rui cultivated the "Overlord's True Scripture" for a while longer until the assembly call came from outside. Only then did he open his eyes. Sun Rui exhaled a breath of foul air, and his eyes opened, with deep purple lightning flashing deep within his double pupils. He exuded a powerful and arrogant aura that was captivating and aloof.