Chapter 292 At this moment!
There is no doubt that Wang Yao's inference is completely correct.

Looking back at the confident Wang Yao, Sima Yi finally sighed: "You haven't changed at all. Not only are you quick-witted, but you can also see people and things very clearly."

After a pause, Sima Yi said frankly: "I admit that I arranged Lu Bu and Xiahou to be on the top lane partly out of my personal selfishness. As you said, I just wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife! Although I can't kill them, at least I can ruin their reputation! For a hero, there is no more humiliating thing than being killed by a soldier. This is the only thing I can do for Maomao and the others. But."

At this point, Sima Yi swept away his previous depressed mood, turned his mouth slightly up, and slowly revealed a devilish sneer: "Don't get me wrong, private matters are private matters, but our hostile identities will not change because of my selfishness! Today, one of you and I is destined to die here!"

The originally subtle and peaceful atmosphere suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse because of Sima Yi's words!

"Why?!" Seeing the sneer on Sima Yi's face, Wang Yao suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He instinctively took a step forward, his voice faintly revealing a bit of uneasiness and panic: "We are from the same team, and we have shared life and death together and fought side by side! Since you are willing to avenge Maomao and the others today, it means that you still care about our old friendship. In this case, why don't you return to Shu? As long as the two of us join forces, we can..."

Before Wang Yao could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by Sima Yi: "Ayao, stop deceiving yourself!"

Wang Yao stood there in a daze.

Sima Yi stared at Wang Yao with a look that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and said coldly: "You know very well that we can't avoid a war today. Because we not only have different camps, but also different beliefs! You just don't want to admit it. In your heart, you are still looking forward to everything starting over again, and you are trying to change some established facts! But I tell you, from the moment I left Shu, all this can never go back to the past! I am no longer the Shu soldier, but the Wei military advisor who is second to none! This means that since you and I have met in this canyon, we are destined to not coexist!"

Wang Yao gritted his teeth, speechless because his thoughts were seen through.

That's right, in fact, he understood it from the beginning; although Sima Yi deliberately arranged this confrontation to allow him to take revenge, Sima Yi's subsequent behavior of harvesting the low-health Zhao Yun had already shown that Sima Yi had already prepared mentally for a fight with him!

This is a fact.

However, Wang Yao was unwilling to give up! He had lost too much along the way. If possible, he would rather persuade Sima Yi instead of forcing each other to the death!
"Can't you reconsider it?" Wang Yao said almost pleadingly: "As long as you are willing to come back, we can continue to fight side by side like before. We can work together to win this war and unify the entire Three-Part Land. We can even quell the war on the King's Continent and then liberate the soldiers across the continent and protect them from the ravages of war!"

Sima Yi's face showed no emotion, but in his cold eyes there was a harshness that Wang Yao had never seen before: "This is why it is impossible for you and I to cooperate!"

Wang Yao was stunned again.

Sima Yi stared at Wang Yao with frosty eyes and said, "Ayao, you are too kind. Although I don't know where your real hometown is, I can almost conclude that your hometown should be a peaceful place. It is precisely because of this that you have such an overly kind character. Even if you have experienced many vicissitudes of life, you can't erase the kindness in your bones!"

Sima Yi said: "I have heard that every time you encounter the enemy line, you always persuade the enemy soldiers to surrender, right? In my opinion, your starting point was wrong from the beginning, because those lowly and ignorant soldiers are not worthy of our heroes' sympathy, let alone your sacrifice for them!"

Wang Yao was stunned, his pupils widened. He could never have imagined that Sima Yi, who was originally a small soldier, would one day turn around and deny his former companions!
Sima Yi continued to speak righteously, "Being a soldier is indeed their greatest misfortune. But have you ever thought about it? Over the years, even though the soldiers have been repeatedly oppressed by the heroes, they still don't have even the slightest consciousness of resistance, and are willing to be ruled and driven by the heroes. Are such self-degrading and unconscious fools worth saving? I have said it a long time ago, in this world where the strong prey on the weak, their weakness is a kind of original sin, and they deserve to die! Even if we take a step back, what does the life and death of those weak people have to do with you? You are fully capable of transcending the world and enjoying the status and power that belong to you. Why should you be burdened by these soldiers, and why should you offend the forces and heroes of all parties for these soldiers?"

Wang Yao took a step back in horror, even wondering if he had heard it wrong!
I still remember the night when Sima Yi just left Shu. Although his words were a bit extreme, at least his purpose was the same as his. They were all for the purpose of liberating the soldiers of the whole world. However, his answer now has fundamentally changed!
and so.

Wang Yao asked sternly, "Have you completely forgotten what you said at the beginning?!" "People always change." Sima Yi said with a cold expression that Wang Yao could hardly understand, "This world is not something that you and I can have the final say. Your behavior has, to some extent, challenged the bottom line of the supreme rulers. If you continue like this, it will harm you sooner or later. Ah Yao, I advise you not to be stubborn anymore. You can't save all the soldiers, you can only save yourself! To put it more thoroughly, when you are ruined, the soldiers will not even be grateful to you, because their bad nature has made them accustomed to being ruled. They will only foolishly obey the heroes. This is the humbleness of being a soldier. They hate the status quo and desire peace, but they are afraid that changing the status quo will lead them into a worse situation. That's why they have been willing to be ruled by heroes and dare not rise up. You say, for people like this who just want to live in peace, what does it matter whether they save them or not? What does it matter if 10,000, 100,000, or 1 million people die?!"

The battlefield fell completely silent, so silent that time seemed to have stopped flowing.

"Do you know what you are talking about?"

Wang Yao looked at Sima Yi in disbelief. He had lost all trace of his former self. He said this with gritted teeth: "Do you really think so?"

Looking at Wang Yao who was staring at him, Sima Yi smiled. It was a cold-blooded smile that Wang Yao felt was unfamiliar: "Yes."

boom! !

In an instant, as Sima Yi finished speaking, it was as if a volcano that had been suppressed for thousands of years suddenly erupted. The overwhelming and terrifying pressure suddenly burst out from Wang Yao's body, ravaging the entire world like a violent tornado!
Under the calm gazes of Sima Yi and the astonished gazes of Sun Shangxiang, the blood groove on Wang Yao's head began to rise rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. As his clothes fluttered, the lines between his brows gradually became tough and resolute!
Snap——

Terrifying pressure continuously poured out from Wang Yao's body. The soldier absolutely could not face such high pressure that it even instantly cracked the ground, causing stone chips to fly wildly!
Wang Yao took a step forward and slowly pointed the famous sword Sima Ming in his hand straight at Sima Yi, his only remaining close friend. His face was as cold as the ice in the Far North, with no expression but coldness and determination!

“Every life should be respected. Maybe the soldiers are indeed weak, but this is no reason for them to die! Don’t forget that not every soldier is as lucky as you and me to be promoted to a hero. Most of them are also struggling, just like you once did, longing for peace and freedom!” Wang Yao changed his previous gentle tone and spoke in a cold voice.

That was a different time, this is a different time! The thought Sima Yi had just shown had completely deviated from his original intention, which was also what Wang Yao could not accept the most.

But Sima Yi, with his long hair flying under the pressure, remained indifferent to Wang Yao's rebuke: "You are too idealistic and underestimate the ugliness of human nature. Even if we are determined to liberate the soldiers, what benefits can we get except offending those supreme rulers? Nothing! On the contrary, once we offend various forces, a hundred years later, when you are known as the infamous devil and known to the world, who will the future generations point at and scold? In this case, why should we make ourselves unhappy? Even sacrifice our lives for this? Ah Yao, a man who knows the times is a hero. You are a smart man, but why can't you even figure this out?"

Wang Yao was furious and said, "Who on earth instilled such an idea in you?! We do something not because we will get something in return, but because we firmly believe that it is right! Isn't that right?!"

But in the blink of an eye, his face quickly turned cold: "Forget it, now that things have come to this, I don't want to argue with you anymore!"

Sima Yi glanced at the famous sword in Wang Yao's hand, which was as bright as autumn water, and sneered, "Why? Do you want to kill me?"

"No." Wang Yao shook his head coldly: "Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I will capture you and bring you back to Shu, even if I have to imprison you in a dungeon for ten, twenty, or thirty years, until you change your mind!"

"Ha! Do you think I'm still the same soldier?" As if he had heard an extremely ridiculous joke, Sima Yi covered his face and laughed wildly, then suddenly raised his right hand. The moment he spread out his five fingers, a strange, blazing black flame began to burn on his hand.

Sima Yi raised his face, and his eyes, which were filled with a strong aura of death, slowly lit up with a strange blue light like a ferocious beast!
"I don't think I can beat you now!"

(End of this chapter)