No one would have thought that someone would dare to openly provoke Sartonilos after what happened to the unlucky outsider.
The gladiators in the city had heard of Zhang Heng's name before. They knew that the latter was a newcomer who had recently risen to fame in the Victor Arena. Of course, because Zhang Heng had only participated in a few battles, everyone had a limited understanding of him. And the gladiators from outside the city had no idea where this oriental man came from.
After Sartonilos got Commodus's promise, he immediately turned around and walked towards Zhang Heng.
The gladiators present could feel the burning anger in his eyes, let alone Zhang Heng, who was at the center of the maelstrom.
Habitus quietly moved his feet, distancing himself from Zhang Heng. Although the two belonged to the same gladiator school, Habitus did not like Zhang Heng very much. It was normal. Initially, only Bach was competing with him to be the ace gladiator in the arena, and Bach had not fully matured yet. Habitus was confident that he could defeat Bach in the first half of the competition. With that, he would have more bargaining chips to negotiate with the gladiator school and fight for more benefits for himself.
But now, this oriental man, who had been quiet all this while, suddenly appeared, killed Nasika, and began to gain Mark Reuss's favor. Since then, Habitus could clearly feel that the gladiator school's attitude toward him had become tougher. Besides, he was in big trouble. He gritted his teeth and was ready to accept the conditions put forward by the old trainer to strengthen his strength. However, he did not expect the latter to tell him that the plan was canceled.
Although Habitus had no evidence, his intuition told him that Zhang Heng was related to the latter matter. Hence, it would be strange if he liked Zhang Heng.
The other gladiators from the Victor Arena, except for Bach, were all old men. They were closer to Habitus. Seeing that Habitus made it clear that he did not want to get involved in this matter, they remained silent. On the other hand, Bach was a fearless Germanic. He had just arrived in Rome not long ago, and he had never experienced Sartonilos's most glorious period. Hence, he was eager to get into action.
But then he heard Zhang Heng's voice. "Stand still. It's none of your business."
Bach was furious when he heard what Zhang Heng said. He almost wanted to fight Zhang Heng, but when he thought that he could not defeat Zhang Heng, he could only swallow his anger. He had made great progress recently, and even Gaby praised him. So, the little flame in his heart to challenge Zhang Heng again was reignited. However, when Bach witnessed Zhang Heng's gladiatorial performance, he finally realized that it was impossible for him to catch up with Zhang Heng in a short period of time.
While the two were talking, Sartonilos also walked in front of Zhang Heng.
The two were very close to each other, and Zhang Heng could smell the alcohol on Sartonilos's body. However, Zhang Heng knew very well that Sartonilos was not as addicted to alcohol and women as he appeared to be. It should just be his disguise. Obviously, the gladiator school behind him also attached great importance to this gladiatorial performance. They started planning a month in advance to use this method to reduce the vigilance of other opponents against him.
However, this disguise might be able to fool others, but it could not fool Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng could see that after a month of rest, Sartonilos was in his best state. The second gladiator under Sethnets was quite strong. Now that Commodus and the entire Roman ruling class were here, he could not use any weapons in this fight. In other words, Zhang Heng's Level 4 swordsmanship could not be used.
All he could rely on was his own footwork and some boxing skills that he learned from Sherlock Holmes in the Deductive Reasoning quest. However, Zhang Heng thought about it and felt that he could still cope with the current situation.
He had no choice. It would be difficult for him to leave a deep impression on Commodus tonight with conventional means. He could only use Sartonilos. Although it was a little old-fashioned, the rule of the gladiator world was to see who had the bigger fist. If a newcomer wanted to make a name for himself, he would have to step on the seniors. If he could win this fight, no one would say anything.
"Are you the one who said that just now, boy?" Sartonilos moved his face closer and asked coldly.
Zhang Heng did not rush to answer. Instead, he looked at Commodus from the corner of his eye. Unsurprisingly, the young emperor was very interested in Zhang Heng. He was trying to figure out Zhang Heng's background from Mark Reuss.
Mark Reuss, on the other hand, was sweating profusely. Before he came here, he had prepared a set of words to introduce his gladiators, especially Zhang Heng. When he saw Commodus walking towards him, he had already prepared a script. However, he did not expect something unexpected to happen. Zhang Heng did not know what was wrong with him, and he suddenly opened his mouth to provoke Sartonilos.
However, there was nothing he could do now. He could only bite the bullet and introduce Zhang Heng to Commodus. At the same time, he prayed that Zhang Heng could control the situation.
However, Zhang Heng's next words completely shattered his dream. "Yes, I guess you are not old enough to ask me to repeat myself."
Sartonilos sneered when he heard what Zhang Heng said. "Interesting. I haven't shown up for a month, and all kinds of trash dares to come to me."
"Have you ever considered the possibility that you are a garbage dump?" Zhang Heng was not frightened by Sartonilos's gaze. He looked back at him calmly.
However, what greeted him was Sartonilos's fist.
The speed of this punch was very fast, and the distance between the two was very close. Hence, Sartonilos did not expect that his fist would miss its target.
The easterner in front of him just tilted his head and dodged his attack. Immediately after that, Zhang Heng launched a counterattack.
Zhang Heng's punch landed accurately on Sartonilos's right face, knocking the latter to the ground. He looked very embarrassed, but Zhang Heng knew that Sartonilos's injury was not serious. As a top gladiator, his ability to withstand blows must be top-notch.
In the absence of a weapon, it was not easy to defeat a gladiator with just their fists.
Sure enough, Sartonilos, who had fallen to the ground, quickly stood up again, and it seemed that he was really angry this time. Without saying a word, he rushed at Zhang Heng again. Zhang Heng waved his hand and continued to fight the next round of the battle.
The two's figures wrestled in the front hall, and the other gladiators would avoid them wherever they went.
Unlike what most people imagined, Sartonilos obviously received more punches from Zhang Heng. Basically, Zhang Heng had to punch him three times before Sartonilos could return one punch. And the easterner on the opposite side could always reduce the force of Zhang Heng's punch by half at the critical moment.
He had a strange gait, and it seemed that his footsteps and breathing were integrated into one. After fighting for a while, the expression on Sartonilos's face became solemn. At his level, it was rare for a gladiator to be overwhelmed by anger. Most of the time, anger was just a disguise. When he calmed down, he immediately realized that he had met his match.
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