Mythical Three Kingdoms

In Jingzhou, upon learning that Zhuge Liang had no intention of becoming his uncle’s disciple, Pang Tong felt so dejected that he didn’t say another word before he packed his bags and prepared to leave Jingzhou. Even the so-called encyclopedic teachings that Lord Pang De wanted to impart to him, he packed up only a couple of hundred-page books to take with him.

Pang Tong had indeed decided to compete against Zhuge Liang to the very end; he was determined to settle the score between them. He had heard that Zhuge Liang was already aware of his own Talent Attribute, whereas Pang Tong was still clueless about his, which greatly dissatisfied him. Zhuge Liang, who was two years younger than himself, had also awakened to his Talent, and Pang Tong, who had always been rather arrogant in Zhuge Liang’s presence, felt deeply affected.

Now, as Pang Tong faced this Daoist priest, though he had encountered Mountain Bandits and Thieves on his way out of Jingzhou, a Strategist with an intelligence of over ninety naturally had some self-preservation techniques. Traveling abroad to learn a few commonly used spiritual power attack techniques wasn’t a problem for dealing with the likes of riffraff. However, he had now encountered a strange individual.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk,” the Daoist priest circled around Pang Tong, sizing him up and clicking his tongue in wonder, ”Strange, why do I see the time of my death upon meeting you? This is really quite interesting.”

”Why would you say that, elder? You look radiant and youthful, hardly someone who would die today,” replied Pang Tong with a playful grin. He knew well that one must never offend a Daoist priest encountered in the wilderness.

”I didn’t say today. It’s just that I saw the time of my death on you, which is truly odd. I had calculated that I should be able to Become Immortal; how come I am destined to die because of you?” Elder Zixu continued to circle around Pang Tong.

”Young man, you are heading for Xuzhou, right? Although it feels strange to see the time of my death upon you, I am actually pleased to see a different future. I’m in a good mood today. Tell me, what do you want to learn, what do you want to know? I can lend you a hand. Forget going to Xuzhou; you might not be able to return if you go,” Elder Zixu said as he finished circling and stood in front of Pang Tong, stroking his beard.

”Hm?” Pang Tong was puzzled. Whether or not the other party truly had the ability, anyone who would be happy about seeing their own time of death was not normal. Pang Tong’s eyes spun as he said, ”Young Pang Tong asks the elder to reveal my Spiritual Talent,” as he released his immense Spiritual Capacity, looking at Zixu with pride.

In an instant, Zixu saw a future that kept collapsing and reviving, until at last, the entire future began to plunge into chaos, shining a light into Zixu’s eyes. Back when he had seen several different futures in Li Ru, he had enlightened Li Ru. But now, this youngster was even more outrageous; just containing his spiritual power could create different futures, and with it fully released, the future disappeared entirely!

No future, or rather, a future shrouded in chaos, meant that this young man before him was one of the creators of future weathering. The direction the future would take had too much to do with the choices of this young man. Thus, in this young man’s future, nothing was set in stone; everything was up to him to forge.

”Hahaha, your name is Pang Tong? Very good, very good,” laughed Elder Zixu heartily, quickly beginning to speculate, wildly exercising his ability to calculate Pang Tong’s potential. After a while, he looked at Pang Tong and said, ”Young man, you are the finest, most potential-filled Strategist I have ever seen; perhaps even the finest and most potential-filled in the world. You don’t possess the kind of power similar to Spells or Divine Skills that others with Spiritual Talent do, but you have a foundation of strength far surpassing theirs!”

Thanks to Elder Zixu’s explanation, Pang Tong quickly understood his own Spiritual Talent. If Zhuge Liang’s Talent was to enhance his own side’s Spirit Attributes, then Pang Tong’s Talent was to add a certain proportion of the enemy’s Attributes to his own!

Perhaps the degree of stacking was not very high, and the more intelligence Pang Tong gained, the less each enemy Sage could add to his Attributes. But even a small increase meant that with every new Sage, Pang Tong’s Attributes were climbing. Beyond the threshold of one hundred points, each point signified a qualitative change. While the enemy experienced incremental change, Pang Tong underwent a qualitative transformation...

Simply put, if Zhuge Liang is playing with skills, Pang De simply adds points directly, forsaking all skills for pure domination! After all, as long as my basic attacks deal more damage than your skills, it doesn’t matter whether I use skills or not.

Because of this, Pang De does not fear strong opponents. Even if a dozen Sima Yi were to come at him, once Pang De devoured Sima Yi’s attribute points and added them to his own intellect, Sima Yi’s talent would be ineffective against someone like Pang De who, relying on his Spiritual Capacity, could maintain his attributes. Then, a god-slaying Pang De could certainly show Sima Yi just how strong an opponent can be!

In summary, Pang De belongs to that category of fighters who do not fear powerful enemies. If the opponent is strong, he becomes stronger; if the opponent is weak, he is strong enough to steamroll them. What Pang De despises most are those characters who are not weak but also not strong, from whom he cannot extract attribute points to add to his own!

Clearly, when entering Sichuan, Zhang Ren was just at that threshold. Accustomed to overpowering others on the level of intellect and assuming that those from whom he couldn’t extract attribute points were weaklings, he made a misjudgment and was directly doomed by Zhang Ren.

Comparing Pang De’s encounters with Cao Cao and dealing with Zhou Yu, to facing Zhang Ren, one could see how capable he was when dealing with masters. Yet, during the battle with Zhang Ren, it was painfully obvious that he had underestimated his enemy, treating him like a weakling.

Pang De, with his intellect, very quickly understood that a talent like his was most suitable for fighting against multiple opponents and for battling from a weaker position against stronger ones. Moreover, his Spiritual Talent was not at all inferior to Zhuge Liang’s, and in some areas, even surpassed him. Although he was somewhat skeptical about how the other calculated these things, he knew he could verify this information when the time came.

”Thank you, elder, for your guidance.” Regardless of whether the information was accurate or not, Pang De felt that there was indeed some sense to what the elder had said; after all, when he had activated his talent, he watched as Zhuge Liang awoke his own, considering him a rival, and it felt as if his own thinking had suddenly intensified.

[If that’s the case, if I consider Zhuge Liang a lifelong opponent, it seems like I could borrow a part of Zhuge Liang’s intelligence, oh my! Alright, Kongming, from now on you and I will be lifelong adversaries.] Pang De’s mind worked rapidly, he knew he was exceptional, but whether he admitted it or not, he seemed to be slightly weaker than Zhuge Liang. With this logic, there seemed to be quite a few attribute points from Zhuge Liang that he could add to himself...

From that moment on, Pang De resolved to become both adversary and ally to Zhuge Liang, confident that he could scrape together enough attributes from him. With these attributes, Pang De was sure he would no longer fear Zhuge Liang.

Pang De was completely unaware that in history he had also encountered this person and had formed a bond with him, though it was clear that this world’s Zixu was not nearly as ruthless!

Nor did Pang De know that in history, it was precisely because of his bond with Zixu that when he entered Sichuan, Zixu felt a fateful connection on its way and thus gave misleading advice to Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, and the rest. As a result, Zhang Ren, having a moment of enlightenment regarding Zixu’s words, easily disposed of Pang De, and the rest is history.

Having successfully eliminated a protagonist with Great Fortune, Elder Zixu naturally suffered backlash. A few days later, Zhuge Liang arrived with a vast army. Zixu, already nearly wasted due to the backlash, was hit by the disaster of war and went to join Pang De in death—such a ridiculous twist of fate… (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please come to Qidian ) to vote and support me. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)