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Chapter 792: 792

Chapter 792: Battle In The Front Hall

Nobody had expected that somebody would so brazenly provoke Sartonilos in such a blatant manner after witnessing what happened to the unfortunate gladiator .

The gladiators in the city had heard of Zhang Heng’s name before . They knew that Zhang Heng was the newcomer who claimed the twelve-man mixed fight championship at Victor Arena . However, he had completed too few battles; hence, no one knew too much about him . Those gladiators from outside the city had never even seen Zhang Heng before, nor did they know where he came from .

Sartonilos turned around immediately after getting Commodus’s permission and walked towards Zhang Heng . The gladiators who were present could feel the raging anger in his eyes, and he had the oriental man clearly in his sights .

Immediately, Habitus quietly moved a little away from Zhang Heng . Although the two belonged to the same school, Habitus did not like Zhang Heng very much . This was also completely normal . Initially, Bach was the only ace gladiator that competed with Habitus to become Victor Arena’s trump card . However, Bach was not fully mature yet . Hence, Habitus was confident that he could overtake Bach in the first half of the competition . If he managed to do that, he would have more chips in hand to negotiate with the gladiator school .

But now, his plan was ruined . The oriental man who had been keeping quiet had suddenly unleashed his entire force, and he managed to achieve a flawless victory in his first battle . After he killed Nasika, Mark Reuss began to pay attention to him . Since then, Habitus could clearly feel that the gladiator school no longer treated him as well as before . Besides, he came across another unfortunate matter after that . He decided to accept Dadatis’s proposal to fortify his position, but the latter told him that the plan was canceled .

Although Habitus had no evidence, his intuition told him that Zhang Heng had something to do with it . And that was why he hated Zhang Heng .

The other gladiators from the Victor Arena, save for Bach, were all old men . These men were closer to Habitus . Seeing that Habitus had made it clear that he did not want to get involved in this issue, they had all decided to do nothing . On the contrary, Bach was not afraid of him at all . He, too, had just arrived in Rome not too long ago, and he had never gotten the chance to witness Sartonilo’s most glorious moment . He was all too ready to beat him up .

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, and he almost started a fight . When he remembered that he could not beat him, however, he could only stand down . That said, he had made a lot of progress recently . Even Gaby praised him . It made Bach want to rechallenge Zhang Heng . But when Bach witnessed Zhang Heng’s previous gladiatorial performance, he finally realized that it would be impossible to catch up with Zhang Heng for now .

After the two talked, Sartonilos walked up to Zhang Heng . The two were very close, and Zhang Heng could already smell the alcohol on Sartonilos . However, Zhang Heng knew very well that Sartonilos’s alcohol addiction was not that serious . It was a disguise of his . The gladiator school that he was in placed great importance on this performance, and they started to use this strategy a month ago to lower his opponents’ guard .

He might be able to fool others with this disguise but not Zhang Heng .

Zhang Heng could see that Sartonilos was in his best condition after a month of intensive training . The second most powerful gladiator after Sethnets was actually quite strong . Now, Commodus and the entire Rome’s ruling class were here . In such a case, Zhang Heng would not be able to use any weapons . In other words, Zhang Heng would not be able to make use of his Lv4 swordsmanship .

All he could do was rely on was his physical strength and some boxing skills that he learned from the Deductive Reasoning quest . After Zhang Heng analyzed the situation, he felt that he should be able to cope with it .

Zhang Heng was left with no other option . It would be challenging to impress Commodus tonight with conventional means . Hence, he could only take advantage of Sartonilos . Although the method was old-fashioned, the stronger individual would eventually prevail . Such was the rule of the gladiator world . If a newcomer wanted to rise to the top, he had to first step on the veteran’s head . If he could win in this battle, no one would say a word about him .

“Kid, were you the one that talked to me just now?” Sartonilos asked coldly, bringing his face closer to Zhang Heng .

Zhang Heng did not rush to answer . Instead, he looked at Commodus that standing not far away from him . Unsurprisingly, the young emperor seemed very interested in Zhang Heng, and he was asking Mark Reuss about Zhang Heng’s origins .

Mark Reuss was sweating profusely . Before he came here, he had prepared a speech to introduce his famous gladiators, especially Zhang Heng . Seeing Commodus walking toward him, he was ready to tell Commodus everything about Zhang Heng . However, he did not expect Zhang Heng to provoke Sartonilos .

But at this point, there was nothing he could do about it . He could only bite the bullet, introduce Zhang Heng to Commodus, and pray that Zhang Heng had the situation under his control .

But the thing that Zhang Heng said next completely shattered his dream, “Yes, I guess you are so old that you need me to repeat everything that I had just said to you . ”

Sartonilos then smiled slyly, “Interesting . I haven’t shown up for a month . And some rubbish is bold enough to provoke me . ”

“Have you ever considered that such a thing happened because you are a garbage dump?” Zhang Heng wasn’t intimidated by Satonilos’s gaze . Instead, he looked back at him calmly .

In the end, it was Sartonilos’ fist that greeted him .

His fist flew at breakneck speed . Seeing how close the two were, Sartonilos did not expect that his first strike would fail to land on Zhang Heng .

Zhang Heng dodged his fist by just turning his head . Right after that, he began to strike back . And Zhang Heng’s fist accurately landed on Sartonilos’ right cheek and knocked him to the ground . It was a very embarrassing scene for Sartonilos . Zhang Heng, however, knew that Sartonilos’ injuries were not that severe . He still had enough strength to strike back .

Since they were not allowed to use any weapons, it was not easy to tell who would win this battle by swinging their fists .

Sartonilos, who had fallen to the ground, quickly stood up again . This time, he seemed furious . Without saying a word, he rushed towards Zhang Heng again . And Zhang Heng also moved his fist to prepare for the next round of battle .

The two were embroiled in a fierce fight in the front hall, and the other gladiators had to evade them whenever they got close .

On the contrary to what most imagined, Sartonilos seemed like getting more beat by the second . On average, Zhang Heng got to punch him three times before he could return the punch . Moreover, Zhang Heng, on the opposite side, seemed to be able to neutralize half of Sartonilos’s strength whenever he attacked him .

Zhang Heng utilized a rather strange way of moving in this battle as if he could integrate his steps and his breathing . And he was incredibly agile .

After fighting for a while, the expression on Sartonilos’s face had changed . He was calmer now . A veteran gladiator like him would rarely be affected by anger . Most of the time, his anger was just a disguise . When he calmed down, he immediately realized that he had encountered a formidable opponent .

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