Chapter 283 - The Legacy of the Halberd (1/2)

Lyu Hao lay supine on the grass. He raised his right hand slowly to grab at the night sky.

Then he slowly put down his hand and asked himself, “Is a night sky without any visible stars really a night sky?”

“Lad!”

Suddenly, as he was still lost in a daze, Lyu Bu arrived from behind. He quickly got up and said, “Senior… you’re done with reminiscing so soon?”

Lyu Bu heard him and shook his head. “It certainly can’t take so short a time, right? You let Chan and I meet again. You are my benefactor. I’m here to repay my debt of gratitude.”

“What? Senior, you taught me the Overpowering Halberd and also guided me. I’m already indebted to you. These things are what I ought to do. You don’t need to repay me.” Lyu Hao vigorously shook his head.

“That’s not right. The person I care most about is Chan. You have helped me so much. How can I not repay you?” Lyu Bu frowned.

“There’s really no need to. Ah…”

Lyu Hao was still thinking of declining when Lyu Bu grabbed him. “No need for words. I will surely repay you this debt. But since my body is dead, there’s nothing I can give you.”

“How about this: I will pass on all my halberd skills to you. Then I will teach you how to inspire more aggression in yourself, as well as the halberd strokes I created myself!”

“But that will consume your primordial spirit. Just let me comprehend myself. Miss Diao Chan needs your company. You shouldn’t exert your primordial spirit.” Lyu Hao frowned.

Lyu Bu heard him and immediately knocked him on the head. He said, “Enough of such nonsense! I know how much of my lifespan I should expend. Just accept the gift!”

Then, he injected spirit minds into Lyu Hao’s mind sea. He explained to him why each stroke ought to be executed in a certain way, as well as what else he needed to take note.

After retracting his spirit mind, he said to Lyu Hao, “Remember, the Overpowering Halberd was created by the Warlord of Chu, Xiang Yu. You must execute your strokes with every inch of your strength.”

“Each stroke must be even more aggressive than the last. Each time you execute them, you must aim to unleash even more of the halberd’s power. Exert yourself to the limit, or even exceed it!”

“This is the only way your halberd can be strong, weighty and brutal. And it also helps train your aggression. When the halberd moves, so must your body and your mind. Wherever your mind attempts to go, your breath shall devour the earth!”

Lyu Hao carefully tried to comprehend the skills. After some time, he gave Lyu Bu a cupped fist salute. “Thank you, General Lyu. I will surely not shame the legacy of Warlord Xiang Yu.”

“Good.”

Lyu Bu slowly nodded. Then he took the double-bladed halberd in his hand. “I will next show you the halberd strokes I created. Watch carefully, especially the details.”

With these words, he began flourishing the halberd in his hand. The Endless Sea of Dragon, Constant Wild Waving, Heavenly New Moon, Crazy Flower Sands, Offering One’s Neck to the Spirits, Cleaving the Moon with Stars, Magic Dragon in the Sky…

He taught Lyu Hao all the halberd strokes he knew and executed them once through. But his own execution was clearly more natural and proficient than Lyu Hao’s. His aggression and power with the halberd was several times the latter’s.

There were many details which Lyu Hao had not noticed before. They might seem minuscule, yet they meant vast increments in halberd power. For example, the way how one ought to raise the elbow, or twirl the wrist.

Or how one should pivot the body, or support it on one’s feet. Such slight differences would result in an immediate boost in power.

“You’ve seen and understood everything?” Lyu Bu retracted his halberd and asked.

“Yes. Thank you for your guidance, senior.” Lyu Hao nodded.

“Very good. I will now teach you the last two strokes. These are new strokes I created for Diao Chan, the essence of the fruit of my Taoism. Watch carefully!”

Lyu Bu bellowed and then shook his halberd vigorously, immediately raising sands and pebbles all around. At the same time, he injected all his surging spiritual strength, blood vigor and vitality into the halberd, merging them into one.

“Extinction of a Floating Life!”

There was only a ferocious growl. Lyu Bu had hacked the halberd brutally down.

“Rumble!”

The double-bladed halberd merely moved without releasing its spiritual strength. The earth underneath crumbled into broken bits. Had he unleashed its full power, it might really have caused a minor earthquake.

But its range was small only when compared to the actual earthquake he might have unleashed. Had that happened, it would have been absolutely devastating—registering at least a five on the Richter scale.

“Whoosh!”

But just when the halberd was about to completely cleave down, Lyu Bu retracted his power. His retraction utterly astounded Lyu Hao. This stroke had been so aggressive, and yet he could retract it!

The more powerful the stroke, the more difficult for its executor to retract. If one forcibly retracted one’s strokes, one must pay a hefty price. Sustaining broken bones or torn tendons would be considered mild.

Yet Lyu Bu had been able to do so with ease. Not only that, he had twirled the halberd and then kept it on his waist. His entire person had spun three times rapidly with the halberd.