Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

"You look more like a scholar," Zhou Pu said with a smile.

"I, Zhou Pu, love making friends with heroes. If you can beat me, how about we make friends? If you are not good at martial arts, tell me and I will show mercy."

"As long as they are willing to support Da Yan and serve the court, they are like-minded people. Why not make friends with them?" Liu Rengui said with a smile.

"But there is no need to show mercy. Although I am a civilian, I have long been determined to join the battlefield, and my martial arts skills are not inferior to those of ordinary people."

"Then you better think about it. The copper hammer in my hand is very heavy. Can your sword bear it?" Zhou Pu said, holding up the weapon in his hand.
"There is no high or low in weapons. The most important thing is how its owner uses it."

Liu Rengui drew out his long sword and held it across his chest. "And your copper hammer is a heavy sword, but my sword is also very sharp."

"Then I won't be polite." Zhou Pu roared and raised the copper hammer to smash over.

"Bang," the sound of weapons clashing pierced everyone's eardrums. Although Liu Rengui looked like a scholar, his first move in the fight was to take a few steps back from Zhoupu.

Zhou Pu shook his numb hands and felt it was unbelievable for a moment, but he refused to believe it. He shouted loudly and spun the copper hammer several times in the air.

Then he gripped the hammer handle tightly, and attacked the bull ghost from different directions with his left and right hands.

"Hey, kid," Cheng Yaojin said as he looked at the ring, who do you think will win in this first round of competition? "

"General Cheng, what do you think?" Li Kuan did not rush to answer, but asked in return.

"I think Zhou Pu has a good chance," Cheng Yaojin said seriously. "Based on my many years of experience, the copper hammer is very powerful and consumes a lot of physical strength. Anyone who dares to use it as a weapon is definitely not an ordinary person."

"As for Liu Rengui, I think he is more of a wise general. He may not be very good at fighting with his own hands. And if you want to deal with the copper hammer, you also need to use a special weapon. When he blocked it with his sword, I felt numb in the palm of my hand."

"But in my opinion, the copper hammer has more power but less flexibility, while the sword emphasizes lightness and agility. Maybe in the end, Liu Rengui will win this match."

Li Kuan made inferences while looking at the arena.

"Huhuhu..."

"The copper hammer whizzed past, but most of them were hit by a large piece. Zhou Pu was originally planning to use the advantage of the two-handed hammer, first using one copper hammer to block his sword, and then using the other copper hammer to break his moves."

Who knew that Liu Rengui had been unwilling to fight him head-on from the beginning until now, but used flexible steps to first dodge his attack, and then suddenly moved forward with his sword, and used force to strike him when he was not yet stable, thus disrupting his reality.

In this way, although Liu Rengui always strikes back, he can always gain an advantage over his opponents.

Zhou Pu was not convinced, so he increased his speed and hit Liu Rengui hard, but after several attempts, he didn't seem to gain any advantage.

Zhou Pu roared, first stomped the ground hard with one foot, then stretched out his arms and spun quickly, smashing towards Liu Rengui.

The copper hammer was extremely powerful to begin with, and coupled with its rotation speed, Zhou Pu had a momentum of "strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves", but as Zhou Pu got closer and closer, Liu Rengui showed no signs of panic.

He dodged at the last second, then went around Zhou Pu's back and kicked him hard. Zhou Pu almost fell off the ring because he couldn't control the force.

He turned around, wielding the copper hammer, and shouted at Liu Rengui: "If you have the guts, come and fight me head on. What's the point of you retreating all the time?"

"Okay," Liu Rengui nodded, then he raised his sword and attacked Zhou Pu.

Zhou Pu felt that he could seize the opportunity and turn defeat into victory, so he excitedly used all his strength, intending to decide the outcome within a few moves.

"Clang clang clang," After a few moves, Zhou Pu's double hammers had clamped Liu Rengui's sword!

Just as he was about to launch the next attack, Liu Rengui suddenly exerted force with his right hand, flipped the sword, and separated Zhou Pu's double hammers.

Before Zhou Pu could react to this sudden change, Liu Rengui suddenly turned the sword and cut his wrist with it.

Feeling a sharp pain, Zhou Pu instinctively dropped the bronze hammer. Liu Rengui quickly seized the opportunity and kicked Zhou Pu off the stage.

The outcome was decided, Liu Rengui put away his sword and bowed:
"I'm sorry, thank you for letting me."

"I'm fine, just a little bleeding," Zhou Pu is also a relatively open-minded person.

"Indeed, you are more powerful. I am willing to admit defeat."

The audience cheered, and Cheng Yaojin was a little surprised:

"I never knew that Liu Rengui was so powerful. How come I didn't notice him when I was in front of him?"

"I have always felt that Liu Rengui is hiding his edge," Li Kuan said affirmatively.

"I dare say he will achieve great things in the future."

Xue Rengui's competition was in the seventh round. However, during this round, Li Kuan was a little dumbfounded, because the person he was competing against was actually Xi Junmai!
Both of them are famous generals that Li Kuan wants to recruit. Although Li Qiu also wants to see who is better between the two, it is really awkward for them to meet in this situation.

Li Kuan took a look and found that both Xi Junmai and Xue Renze had impressive achievements, especially in archery, where their results were almost on par with each other.

Looking at the proud backs of Xi Junmai and Xue Rengui, Secretary Li can be sure that this duel will be extremely exciting.

"My name is Xi Junmai, and I live near Chang'an," Xi Junmai asked during the exchange of greetings before the duel.
"You are the Xue Rengui, right? I have been paying attention to you since the time when you were lifting the tripod. I admit that you are really strong, but I am afraid that your strength alone is not enough to defeat me."

When lifting the tripod, Xue Rengui was telling the truth. It was indeed a light object that was not easy for him to lift, and he did not have any other intentions. He did not expect that he would get so much attention because of this.

However, Xue Rengui had no intention of explaining and just said:
"It was fate that we met. If we hadn't worked together during the weight wrestling, I'm afraid we wouldn't be here on the ring. It's a pity that in this ring, I have to give it my all."

"Of course, but I wonder where Brother Xue learned such great arm strength from?" Xi Junmai asked curiously.

"My master trained me when I was young," Xue Rengui told the truth, but Xi Junmai smiled.

"I see. My family has been practicing martial arts for generations, and all my skills are inherited from my family. Today I came here specifically to ask Brother Xue for advice."

The weapons used by both men were long spears, which were not only widely used in practical applications but also very entertaining to watch. Seeing that the two men on the stage were not ordinary people, the people around them all stared with their eyes wide open or stood on tiptoe, not daring to look away from the wonderful fight.
Xi Junmai took the initiative. He shot the gun slightly backwards and then thrust it hard in the direction of Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui also stretched out his gun and blocked it back with his own strength.

Xi Junmai took the gun back, but swept the tip of the gun forward. Mr. Xue Rengui stepped back slightly to avoid it, then raised the gun in his backhand and blocked the opponent's gun.

The first round of the battle between the two was completed.

Xi Junmai was obviously an excellent marksman. He first retracted the gun, then became agile and struck the gun down like a stick.

Xue Rengui dodged and "bang!" With a crisp sound, the floor tiles cracked, showing the huge power of this attack.
Then Xi Junmai pointed his spear towards the sky, ready for an attack, while Xue Rengui pointed his spear towards the ground, ready for a tight defense.

"Swish!" Xi Junmai swung the gun fiercely at Xue Rengui's arm. Xue Rengui first raised the gun to resolve the opponent's attack, then turned from defense to offense and hit Xi Junmai on the shoulder.

"Bang-yi," Xue Rengui was born with supernatural strength, and that shot was definitely not a trivial matter.

Xi Junmai first took a shot head-on, but when he found that his knuckles were cracked, he decided not to fight back. Instead, he used his smooth shooting skills and clever moves to dissolve Xue Rengui's strength.

Xi Junmai said that what he learned were all family martial arts, and judging from his spear skills, it can be basically confirmed that he is not lying.

The seemingly simple spear was instantly transformed into a myriad of different shapes in his hand.

He kept pulling Xue Rengui's spear from various angles, thereby dissolving its power and giving himself the initiative.

Xue Rengui felt that he had everything, but he couldn't use it.

"Hu Yi," Xi Junmai retracted the spear, then held the spear body with his left hand, grasped the bottom of the spear with his right hand, and continued to thrust forward.

Xue Rengui was unable to stop it for a moment and could only keep retreating.

"Wrong, boy," Cheng Yaojin suddenly asked, "Which of them do you think will win?"

"I don't know about that." Li Kuan spread his hands.

"Oh." Cheng Yaojin suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Why is General Cheng sighing?" Li Kuan asked curiously.

"I want to lament that both of the two people on the stage are talented. It would be a loss if either of them were eliminated at random.

Cheng Yaojin said, "I think it would be best to take them both in together."

Seeing that Xi Junmai's attack was getting more intense, Xue Rengui did not retreat, but thrust his spear out from his waist and charged forward.

Just by listening to the sound, others could feel how powerful the two were.

However, when it came to the third sound, the situation became a little awkward.

"Kong——" The sound was not like the collision of metal, but rather the sound of wood breaking.

Everyone opened their eyes and looked carefully, and found that the spear in Xue Rengui's hand had broken, and the tip of the spear and a piece of wood had fallen to the ground.

However, the weapon that Xi Jun bought was still intact, and the tip of the gun was still pointing at Xue Rengui.

The people below the stage immediately started talking about it, because this final match was particularly important, so everyone must have brought their best and most skilled weapons, so no one expected that the weapon would break.

Although according to the rules, one loses only if he falls off the stage, but Xue Rengui's weapons are broken, so how can he continue fighting?
At this time, Xi Junmai suddenly retracted his spear, facing Xue Rengui, and said:
"Brother Xue, during the competition, I could tell that you are not very good at spearmanship, and the material of this spear is not particularly good. In my opinion, this is probably not your best weapon."

"To be honest, Brother Xi, it is true," Xue Rengui sighed.

"On the day I bid farewell to my master, he told me that I had to find the weapon that belonged to me by myself."

"But Xue has been poor since childhood, and has no money to make anything good. To be honest, I borrowed this spear from someone, and now it's like this..."

"Xue Rengui," Li Kuan suddenly came to the stage, "try this weapon and see if it works well for you."

You are very clear about Xue Rengui's situation, so you ordered people to make a long halberd for Xue Rengui based on your own Fang Tian Huaji.

Although there is a gap between the two items, the halberd was also a weapon that Xue Rengui spent a lot of money to make and mobilized the best craftsmen in Chang'an.

There is absolutely no problem in the quality of being a personal weapon for a famous general.

Sure enough, after Xue Rengui received the weapon, his face was filled with joy. He kept looking at it, and looked back and forth several times:
"This halberd is indeed a good one, not too long or too short, not too light or too heavy, and very convenient to hold. Your Majesty, what is your intention in throwing this thing to me?"

"I already have a weapon. I have left it idle for several years and have always wanted to find a master for it. In this situation, you can use it for now. If you can win the arena, I will give it to you."

If he was telling the truth, it would be difficult for Li Kuanjing to explain it clearly, and even if he did, other people would not believe him.

“But you have to ask Xi Junmai’s opinion on whether the competition can continue. Although you haven’t fallen off the stage yet, it was Xi Junmai who broke your weapon. If he insists, you will lose the competition.

"I don't mind," Xi Junmai said, "Brother Xue, since you have chosen your weapon, then in the next battle, show off all your skills."

"But Brother Xi, this is obviously unfair to you," Xue Rengui hesitated.
"My weapon is indeed broken. You have clearly won. You don't have to..."

"The spear in my hand is an heirloom from my ancestors. Although it cannot be said to be invincible, it is definitely a magical weapon," Xi Junmai said with a smile.

"I used the advantage of this ancestral spear to defeat you. There were so many people watching, and His Majesty was standing next to me. If I had just won like this, not only would others say that I won unfairly, but His Majesty would also have an opinion of me. That would be truly unfair to me."

(End of this chapter)