Chapter 553: Injury in Exchange for Life
The distance between the two sides was not far, and Ma Chao followed Odin III's troops to the defense zone of the Sixth Eagle Flag Legion.
The Sixth Eagle Flag had also received the intelligence and was prepared , and both sides had special confidence in themselves.
The three defense zones in northern Rome were all guarded by the Eagle Legion, the Citizen Legion, and the Barbarian Legion.
Achino, the leader of the Sixth Triumphal Legion, was a very steady person. During the first battle, he was always worried about being backstabbed by the barbarians. He was not the leader of the legion at that time, but that kind of painful atmosphere made him very uncomfortable.
Even Rome could not bear the daily suspicion of the loyalty of its barbarians.
Now, all the barbarians in their northern defense zone have been replaced by African barbarians. Although these barbarians are even more speechless than the European barbarians.
But their physical fitness is indeed good, especially these African barbarians who survived the African beast tide. They don’t need any training and can be directly pulled onto the battlefield.
This is not an open war. He is defending the city. There is no way he would abandon the city and run for his life.
Just withstand the pressure and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive.
Even Achino still had the intention of attacking and killing indiscriminately. Their sixth eagle flag was one of the eagle flags designed by Augustus himself.
Moreover, it was created by Augustus based on the method reserved by Caesar. It is no exaggeration to call it the work of the god of war.
"General, there is a challenge outside the city!" When Achino was studying the city defense, a soldier came to report.
"They come so fast! They've arrived just after I received the intelligence! Such a large army has come!" Achino frowned. It had been less than three days since he received the intelligence and the other party had already attacked.
They say speed is of the essence in war, but this speed is too fast.
"General, there is only one legion! There is a general under the city who wants to duel!" the soldier explained quickly.
"Let's go and take a look!" Achino was very confused. What the hell was this one-on-one fight? What the hell was Great Britain doing?
When Achino reached the top of the city wall, Ma Chao was challenging him underground.
As an expert in courting death, Ma Chao's ability to provoke others is certainly unquestionable, and his words are the quintessence of Chinese culture.
"Traitor, villain, traitor..."
A young man like Achino couldn't stand it at all and became furious after hearing just two sentences.
As a young noble in the Senate, he had never suffered such an insult before.
Are the knights of Great Britain so shameless now? Haven't they always advocated chivalry? Why is this guy so annoying today?
"Where's the city guardian? He wants to fight alone, so tell Yarikana to go down and kill this guy!"
Although Achino was angry, he also knew that he was not strong enough. The man below was obviously at the level of having internal energy leaving the body. If he went down with his internal energy in the form of a Gang, he would be courting death.
The city guardian named Arikana was very confident in his own strength. After hearing Achino's order, he jumped off the city wall without saying a word and faced Ma Chao.
"What a young city guardian!" Yarikana's face showed jealousy. He had only reached that realm in his middle age, but Ma Chao had already reached that realm at such a young age.
Ma Chao narrowed his eyes. It was obvious from the hand that jumped down that it was an internal energy leaving the body. But why was there no pressure? Could it be that he was a fake?
However, Ma Chao did not think about it too much. He was not afraid of anyone at this level of internal energy leaving the body, so he directly started to mock them using his secret technique.
"Finally someone is here, old man, what's your name? I'll erect a tombstone for you later!"
"Arrogant boy, I will leave you a breath!" Arikana rushed forward in anger.
"Interesting! Let's fight!" Ma Chao excitedly took out his tiger-head spear and faced Arikana head-on.
The soldiers on both sides shouted loudly and cheered for their commander.
But after just two moves, Ma Chao realized that something was wrong. It was true that the person on his opponent had internal energy leaving the body, but why did he feel that he did not have the momentum that a normal person with internal energy leaving the body should have?
It was as if this strength was completely forced upon him, and every move was completely out of place.
Ma Chao was not careless. The repeated abuses he suffered in Great Britain made him realize that there were also strong people abroad, and the other side might be playing the pig to eat the tiger.
The two sides fought back and forth, and Yarikana felt more and more powerful. The battle with the boy opposite made him clearly feel his own growth.
"Blind ascetic training is not advisable. Do we need a trial by combat?" Yarikana was shocked. They in Rome basically did all the ascetic training, occasionally fighting against the beasts with internal energy, and the number of battles was very few .
This can be considered a drawback of their cultivation system, and of course the Senate’s calculations are also involved.
The empire needs stability. In this mode of asceticism, the progress of barbarians without cultural heritage will be much slower.
If the fighting and growth mode is really activated, who knows how many elite soldiers will emerge from the barbarians. By then, it will be hard to say what the name of Rome will be.
Rome had no talent for legions and relied entirely on the glory of the eagle flag. Although it was rigid, it was always smooth as long as it followed the path of its predecessors.
Unlike the Han Dynasty, which only cared about killing but not burying people, the Romans really taught you step by step.
Although every boundary breaker will not obtain the legion's talent, they will all obtain a kind of blessing, such as wind, fire, thunder and lightning, which is quite outrageous.
As Arikana progressed, Ma Chao finally confirmed one thing.
That is the internal energy leaving the body in front of him, which is a type that is completely unseen in the Han Dynasty. It is the type that requires hard training even without talent.
It would be fine if he had outstanding talent, but I have never seen such a fool in the Han Dynasty who has no talent and is not willing to fight.
He has seen the talented player Zhao Yun, the fighting player Lu Bu, and Ma Chao.
But this was the first time Ma Chao had seen someone who was so stupid and unwilling to risk his life.
As the two men fought, Yarikana's momentum gradually increased. As someone who often challenged strong men, Ma Chao could not help but understand what was going on.
"Go to hell!"
The shadow of Thunder God with angry hair and beard appeared behind Ma Chao. After confirming that his opponent had no fighting experience, Ma Chao quickly understood how to fight.
He completely ignored Arikana's attack and directly stabbed the tiger-head spear into Arikana's body.
"Qi, actually dodged it!"
Ma Chao's original aim was to attack Arikana's heart, but at the critical moment, the arrow dodged and only hit his chest.
Ma Chao himself was stabbed in the abdomen, but he didn't care at all and continued to attack Yarikana with a life-threatening attitude.
Yarikana, who originally wanted to use the secret technique to heal his wounds, was a little slow. This time he had no luck and was stabbed in the vitals by Ma Chao and died on the spot.
The fatal attack barely left a new scar on Ma Chao's body.
Arikana, who lacked combat experience, was quickly killed in the face of Ma Chao's life-threatening attack.
The basic qualities of the two sides are not much different, but there is a huge gap in combat experience and fighting will.
