31: Chapter 31 He's gone mad, he's gone mad with killing!

As Xu Xuan mounted his horse and charged forward with Hu Zi Mei and four other savages...

Yamamoto Aratora, who was camping by the stream, eating grilled meat and enjoying a massage from a female savage, had no idea that danger was imminent.

Clop-clop, clop-clop!

The sound of something approaching seemed to drift from the distance. Everyone looked up curiously, searching for the source of the noise.

"What's that sound?"

"Sounds like hoofbeats."

Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeshita Asuka were both trying to figure out where the sound was coming from.

Meanwhile, Yamamoto Aratora was completely unconcerned, with a woman on each arm, enjoying being hand-fed meat by a female savage.

"What's all the fuss about? There are plenty of wild horse herds around here. Our next step is to figure out how to domesticate them."

Hearing the hoofbeats, Yamamoto Aratora lacked any sense of crisis regarding the approaching danger.

Why would he have any sense of crisis?

In this surrounding area, there were a hundred million Japanese Lords—all his own people. Aside from that Xu Xuan on the Floating Island, there were simply no other enemies.

Besides, these hoofbeats were a common occurrence. What was there to be surprised about?

It was just a few sounds. Had they never seen the sight of hundreds of wild horses galloping together? Yamamoto Aratora was used to it; he had long since become immune to the sound of hoofbeats.

"It's just a bunch of wild horses. Even if it really were an enemy, based on these hoofbeats, there are at most ten horses. Could there really be a madman leading a few riders to charge me?"

"Even if we consider the worst-case scenario, wild horses have such fierce temperaments; how could they be tamed just like that?"

Following Yamamoto Aratora's analysis, everyone felt that it did indeed make sense.

That was indeed the logic.

They had tens of thousands of troops. An enemy couldn't possibly charge them with just a few riders, right?

In the midst of such laxity, screams suddenly erupted from the front.

A group of savages shrieked, "Someone is riding monsters! Monsters!!"

The savages didn't know what to call horses, so they could only say people were riding monsters, but the Lords all understood.

Yamamoto Aratora, who had been enjoying his meat, suddenly stood up from his chair. "What? An enemy is charging over on horseback? How is that possible?!"

Before they could react, the sound of arrows whistling through the air rang out from ahead.

The hoofbeats grew closer and closer. An arrow tore through the air and struck one of the Lords directly in the head.

The bronze arrowhead pierced straight through the skull of a Japanese person, and that Lord died instantly.

Seeing this, Yamamoto Aratora's eyes widened. "Bronze?! They've already developed bronze smelting technology?"

He sucked in a cold breath. Listening again, the hoofbeats were almost right in front of them.

Looking up, a white steed burst out from the man-high wild grass. On the horse sat a youth wearing a Xia Country school uniform, aiming a drawn bow and arrow at them.

"Save... Save me!!"

Yamamoto Aratora was struck with terror and immediately pulled two female savages in front of him to act as human shields!

With a *swish*, an arrow pierced through the neck of one of the female savages. The blood sprayed from the arrowhead splashed all over Yamamoto Aratora's face.

Is he crazy!?

He's crazy!!!

When he looked at Xu Xuan, several lines of information popped up over Xu Xuan's body.

[Lord: Xu Xuan]

[Affiliation: Xia Country]

[Lord Ladder Ranking: Lone Wolf Lord #1]

[Age: 18]

[Titles: Prehistoric Conqueror, prehistoric tyrant]

A madman!

An absolute madman!

This kid brought only five riders—yes, riders! They couldn't even be called cavalry yet.

Because without stirrups, they could only be called riders; it was very difficult to fight on horseback.

Although he couldn't use a spear on horseback, as long as he stabilized his body, he could still manage to draw a bow and shoot arrows.

Especially since Xu Xuan had the 'prehistoric tyrant' title, his physical attributes were ten times those of a savage!

The Dongyi Bow he held was an improved version given to him by Chi You; it was even more accurate than a regular wooden bow.

He drew his bow, notched an arrow, aimed at those Japanese Lords from forty or fifty meters away, and released!

The scene fell into chaos as Xu Xuan, Hu Zi Mei, and the other six riders charged into the enemy ranks, throwing the enemy headquarters into complete disarray.

Those savages holding wooden clubs and stone axes were completely unable to force these wild horses to a stop.

These horses weren't the kind raised in stables; these wild horses were strong, heavy, and extremely fierce, weighing nearly 1,200 kilograms—just over a ton.

When a wild horse weighing over a ton charged, the savages blocking the way were knocked flat onto the ground and trampled by hooves.

Think about it—a ton-heavy horse's hoof stepping on a person? It was a sickening crunch!

Riding on the horse, Xu Xuan could hear the crisp sound of bones being crushed after the wild horse trampled over them.

He was relying on his boldness born of great skill, especially his attributes being ten times that of a savage and the aura of the prehistoric tyrant.

After all, this kind of opportunity to catch them isolated would only happen once!

The enemy leaders only had a few hundred savage guards around them and were seriously disconnected from their main force. Such an opportunity was rare!

Combined with the thick hides and heavy builds of the wild horses, and the fact that the enemy's weapons were truly pathetic...

Those wooden planks and stone axes hitting the wild horses only caused minor superficial injuries.

The opponent had no spearmen, so they simply couldn't stop the wild horses' charge.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry truly exerted pure dominance over infantry.

Especially when the opponent didn't even have spears or any anti-cavalry weapons—wouldn't they die even more miserably?

However, Xu Xuan's targets weren't those minor grunts. Every arrow he aimed was at the enemy Lords—all high-value targets!

Draw bow, release arrow, and harvest the heads of the Japanese Lords!

Yamamoto Aratora had completely lost his previous bravado, fleeing into the stream like a stray dog. Xu Xuan seized the moment and fired an arrow!

The arrow struck Yamamoto Aratora in the back, hitting right on the head of the descending tiger tattoo on his back.

With a miserable scream, Yamamoto Aratora fell into the stream, his blood dyeing the surrounding water red.

Xu Xuan immediately aimed his arrow at the others, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Seeing the arrow pointed at him, Tokugawa Ieyasu screamed in terror, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

"Die!"

Xu Xuan showed no mercy. With the prehistoric tyrant buff active, he felt like a general from the Three Kingdoms—fierce as hell, fully capable of charging through enemy lines seven times over!

He aimed at Tokugawa Ieyasu from over 50 meters away and released!

As the arrow flew, that old rogue Tokugawa Ieyasu actually dodged behind his son.

Pfft!

The arrowhead pierced through Tokugawa Shinta's chest. He felt a sudden heat in his heart as blood began to stain his white shirt red.

"Father, you..."

Tokugawa Shinta looked at his father in disbelief. They say even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs; his father actually used him to block an arrow?

But soon, Tokugawa Shinta felt his vision go dark and his body grow cold. His eyes remained wide open in resentment as he collapsed into his father's arms.

However, it wasn't that Tokugawa Ieyasu cherished his child and wouldn't let go.

It was because holding his son allowed him to continue using him as a shield!

At that very moment, the global announcement rang out.

[Global Announcement: Xia Country Lord Xu Xuan is on a killing spree, having already killed 13 Japanese Lords in a row!]

This kid is crazy, daring to charge into an enemy camp with only 5 riders!