Valo's Story

Valo's Story

Over the past seven days, Zhang Heng had gained a basic understanding of gladiator training. No matter the method, it generally focused on building strength, agility, and endurance, while also teaching some basic footwork.

Zhang Heng was not particularly satisfied with the current curriculum.

Of course, considering that he was now in the second century AD, he had not expected the training methods here to be particularly scientific. Still, aside from obtaining the status of a free man, he truly hoped to learn something useful during this time. After all, he was in the Roman Empire during the height of gladiatorial spectacles.

This most important form of entertainment for the Romans had vanished in later generations due to its excessive bloodiness and brutality. Yet there was no denying that it had indeed created a number of heroes and legends in its day.

Of course, Zhang Heng's Blade Mastery had already reached lv4, and combined with the combat experience he had accumulated across more than a dozen instances, even if Spartacus came back to life, he would most likely not be Zhang Heng's match. But that did not mean his fighting techniques were already flawless, with no room left for improvement.

For example, in the fight he had watched between Habitus and Bach, Habitus had been at a disadvantage in terms of strength, yet he had used nimble footwork to toy with the brute-force Bach in the palm of his hand, driving the latter into a furious roar. Zhang Heng was rather interested in his dance-like movements.

Zhang Heng's own movement style also prioritized agility, honed amid wind and waves, and it happened to counter Habitus perfectly. If he faced Habitus, Habitus probably would not last three moves. But that was due to the difference in the time they