Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 470 - 443: Gesture Gesture!_2

Chapter 470: Chapter 443: Gesture Gesture!_2

If Zhang San were to bring out his own weapon, the opponent might feel that Zhang San was being unfair. Of course, Zhang San was more worried that later someone could use a better weapon against him.

After all, his provocative act aimed to engage in a good sparring with the military generals present.

Guided by Changsun Bubai to open his Five Viscera Wheel Seas and step into the Spiritual Platform Realm, Zhang San was refining his Lung Divine Treasure bit by bit, simultaneously enhancing his proficiency in his Martial Style.

Seeking a battle was naturally the best way to improve.

Thus, Zhang San took a Mo Blade and glanced at Shen Buxing who was opposite him.

Better not say it, but the nearly fifty-year-old veteran did appear a bit weak at the kidneys now.

"Please!"

"Please!"

The two shouted explosively and then charged at each other at the same time.

Zhang San’s Mo Blade cleaved downwards from above, instantly forcing Shen Buxing to dodge.

As Shen Buxing moved, although he wanted to continue advancing towards Zhang San to swing his whip,

the Mo Blade in Zhang San’s hands was a full ten feet long.

Swinging it forced Shen Buxing to retreat.

With this retreat, Shen Buxing realized that the situation was turning dire.

For what followed were Zhang San’s blade strikes without specific techniques, yet they raged like a torrential rainstorm, howling towards him.

Especially in slashing attacks, several consecutive cleaves forced Shen Buxing to defend with his steel whip, making him retreat again and again.

Eventually, Zhang San’s Mo Blade smacked directly onto Shen Buxing’s waist, sending him flying.

At that moment, Shen Buxing vaguely felt that the side of his abdomen really might be compromised.

Seeing that Shen Buxing might be injured, a general immediately protested Zhang San’s fierce attack, "This is a military sparring match. How can you strike so ruthlessly? Shen Buxing is old enough to be your father! Is this how you treat a military elder?"

Zhang San had not expected that within the army there would also be those willing to engage in verbal attacks and even play the seniority card.

Unfortunately, this was nothing to someone who had seen the harshness of the internet... Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Is that all?

Zhang San looked at the protesting general and smiled, "You, zero points."

Whatever you say, I’ll just keep attacking intensely and that’s it!

Upon hearing Zhang San referring to him as zero points, the man realized he was even worse off than Shen Buxing and grew angrier.

Speaking a word to Mei Fei and without waiting for a response, he rushed out, picked up a lance and prepared to confront Zhang San.

After all, Shen Buxing had suffered because his weapon was too short.

In certain respects, men need something longer to be stronger.

However, this unnamed zero-point general, who charged in, had his lance split by Zhang San’s blade, then Zhang San seized the moment to sweep kick the man’s side abdomen, rendering another waist useless![Note 107]

Two battles, two victories, something even Zheng Poyue had not anticipated.

He naturally knew Zhang San’s strength, considering that back when Zhang San was still in the True Core Realm, he had almost killed the Qi Filling the Majestic Sea himself.

However, Zheng Poyue had always felt that it was not a matter of his strength being inferior to Zhang San’s but because Zhang San had been scheming, leaving him in disarray and unable to respond effectively.

Recently, with the news from the Zheng family reaching him and the arrival of substantial cultivation resources from them, he had finally refined his Wheel Sea Water to its limit and had advanced into the second stage of the Spiritual Platform Realm—Spiritual Platform Illusion.

Now he was a stage higher than Zhang San.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to lose to Zhang San.

With this in mind, Zheng Poyue bowed to Mei Fei, expressing his willingness to fight Zhang San, "to liven up the spirits with a battle!"

Mei Fei, of course, knew that Zheng Poyue didn’t truly mean to liven up the atmosphere but rather to seize the opportunity to confront Zhang San.

"Agreed!"

Zheng Poyue also took up a Mo Blade.

The two young men, each with a Mo Blade, shimmered with a chilling glow in the night wind.

The next moment, both men made their move simultaneously.

Zheng Poyue, after all, was an expert with years of military experience. He had noticed earlier that Zhang San’s blade technique was not the Mo Blade technique, full of brute force but messy in execution.

Therefore, although Zheng Poyue also rushed forward, he was not in a hurry to attack immediately, but rather wanted to engage Zhang San in a deadlock for a while.

He was certain that as long as he fought with Zhang San for some time, Zhang San’s flaws would become increasingly apparent.

In the end, when Zhang San was full of flaws from head to toe, that would be the moment to take advantage of him.

However, as soon as the two engaged, Zhang San’s Mo Blade burst forth with tremendous power, directly knocking Zheng Poyue’s Mo Blade away.

The contest was meant to be a friendly spar, where they hadn’t really used Qi, relying instead on physical fitness and blade techniques.

But now, Zheng Poyue felt that he was far inferior to Zhang San in terms of physical fitness.

How could this be!?

This guy is supposed to be from the Technique Stream sect, right?

How is he so strong in martial style as well?

Additionally, Zheng Poyue vaguely realized that Zhang San was not the type who balanced attack and defense.

Attack!

Just attack!

Only attack!

At this moment, Zhang San was like a sharp dagger, fiercely stabbing straight at Zheng Poyue.

Zheng Poyue initially thought about holding on to let Zhang San reveal his flaws.

But quite quickly, he was overpowered into a purely defensive position.

At this moment, Zheng Poyue indeed saw Zhang San’s flaws, and Zhang San’s blade technique was indeed showing more and more flaws as he had anticipated.

But there was a serious problem, knowing the flaws and where they were did not help because the moment he attacked, he would be struck by Zhang San first.

So, he could only defend.

At this moment, Zheng Poyue felt a frustrating sense that although he was stronger and more discerning, he just couldn’t overcome Zhang San.

This frustration felt as if he were helplessly watching his long johns hanging below slowly being moved by the heavy quilt next to them, and ultimately the quilt accused them of invading its space, helplessly observing, yet powerless to intervene.

As the two contnued fighting, with a diagonal slash, Zhang San’s Mo Blade directly cut Zheng Poyue’s Mo Blade in half.

The next instant, Zhang San turned around, sweeping the base of his Mo Blade handle across Zheng Poyue’s waist.

With a snap.

For the first time, Zheng Poyue vividly felt his kidneys, and then, he couldn’t feel anything at all.

Having defeated three men in a row, Mei Fei’s expression was not a good one.

After all, Zhang San now belonged to the Lingwu Army, not his side.

Then, Mei Fei glanced at Deputy General Wang Lihui beside him.

Wang Lihui immediately stepped forward.

Seeing Wang Lihui about to make a move, Changsun Bubai couldn’t help feeling alarmed, thinking "This is bad!"

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[Note 107] Small Weaponry Tip

A popular view you might have seen before claims that the lance is a noble’s weapon because it is costly to produce, especially the lance’s shaft which has high requirements and is hard to manufacture; only a superb craftsman can ensure a 30% success rate. If you have encountered this view before then congratulations, you have been misled.

The production of a lance’s shaft—involving wrapped bamboo strips—is not expensive, nor does it take a long time. The purpose of wrapping the bamboo slats is to prevent the long shaft from being easily cut by enemies, and applying cloth wraps and lacquer is meant to prevent damage from moisture and to enhance structural strength. This weapon is not a divine artifact, but it gained wider application during that era due to the lance tip’s effective armor-piercing capability. It’s good to have cultural confidence, but there’s no need to mythologize.

Actually, more cost is involved in the lance tip, largely because most lance tips are made from steel and require a lot of high-quality steel material, and also because the tip needs to be long to prevent being easily cut by enemies. That’s why horse lance tips usually about 80 centimeters long. Some lance tips unearthed from the Southern and Northern Dynasties period can even measure up to 84 centimeters.

Moreover, as metallurgy technology improved, the lance tip gradually evolved from an eight-sided to a six-sided and even four-sided structure because it saves more time and effort.

The manufacture of weapons largely depends on cost-effectiveness, since they must be used on a large scale in the military.