Chapter 2549
: Unaware of the severity of the attack
Chapter 2549: Unaware of the severity of the attack
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Before Ma Chao could put this idea into practice, Ardashir, who was given the task and thought he was carrying hope, became the sixth challenger.
Ma Chao accepted all the challenges, relying on his excellent experience in fighting against enemies, rich experience in resisting various weapons, and even extremely rich experience in being beaten.
It can be said that even at the same level, Ma Chao is far ahead in various experiences and skills.
And looking at Ardashir, who was equally handsome and young, Ma Chao always felt like he was looking at Sun Ce.
It was because of this feeling that Ma Chao became unconsciously familiar with the strength and striking parts while beating Ardashir.
Parts like the face have become the focus of beatings.
If it weren't for the five previous fights, everyone around would have thought that Ma Chao was going to kill him, and some of the Parthian masters watching were even more frightened.
After all, he is the grandson of Fars Sassan. If something really happens to him, it will be impossible to determine the responsibility.
In the end, Ardashir still couldn't save his face and was defeated in humiliation, and then was greeted with Ma Chao's wild laughter.
That sense of shame and pressure forced Ardashir to have greater motivation and pressure to work hard to become stronger.
As for recovering from physical injuries, that was not a problem at all. The recovery speed was even extremely fast. No one in Parthia found it strange. Instead, many generals of the Han Empire felt strange.
Later, as the masters of both sides got to know each other, everyone also learned some information.
In the Parthian Empire, as long as one achieved the breakthrough of internal energy leaving the body, the cultivation of internal energy and physical training became secondary.
As long as you are still alive, after the internal energy leaves the body, it will gradually grow. The only difference is the speed.
As for physical exercise, it is not something that can be achieved in a day, and the process of exercise is quite painful. Only few people can persist.
In comparison, learning and developing secret techniques is simply the only way to quickly enhance combat effectiveness.
Learning a secret technique can increase your combat power by 10-20%. Isn't this faster than cultivating internal energy? Isn't this easier than exercising?
Anyway, no one has ever seen the path of internal energy leaving the body, and no one knows how to break through. Plus, it has been like this for decades, so no Parthian general thought there was anything wrong?
So this was also the time when Ma Chao started sparring, and the Parthian generals noticed that Ma Chao did not use any secret techniques, and they knew that this was just a sparring match.
Ma Chao was from the Han Empire, and they were from the Parthian Empire. They were all from the empire, and they were masters, so naturally they had to save face.
Ma Chao didn't use secret techniques, so why should they use them? Wouldn't that make them appear incompetent?
It's not a matter of life and death on the battlefield, so naturally there is no need for those life-threatening secret techniques.
It can be said that the Parthian masters, whose fighting power was reduced by half after losing all their secret skills, almost had their mentality broken when facing Ma Chao, who had extremely rich sparring experience.
So much so that when facing Ma Chao, many people would not look down on Ma Chao because of his age and appearance, but would instead show him more respect.
It can be said that in this process, the only one who was unwilling to admit defeat was Ardashir.
As a person of the same age, Ma Chao was really interested in the masters of his age. Sima Yi couldn't control him anyway, so he just had to leave the army to others and then come to compete with others.
Adhering to the principle of discovering an outstanding young person, as a senior in martial arts, one must definitely guide him for a while, let him experience the feeling of real punches, and at the same time have the desire to conquer him.
Unfortunately, Ardashir himself had an extremely strong will. Even though he had never won once, he never thought of surrendering.
After fighting several times, Ardashir also found that the gap between him and Ma Chao seemed to be gradually narrowing.
After realizing the narrowing gap, Ardashir became even more unwilling to admit defeat. He adhered to the idea that with my talent and hard work, I will definitely win in the future, and he continued to work hard and make progress.
It was this unwillingness to admit defeat shown by Ardashir that made Ma Chao feel familiar, and he attacked with more and more force.
However, Ma Chao had no idea how long the fight could last, and he also felt a sense of pressure.
Judging from the opponent's speed of progress, if he didn't work hard, he might be defeated by the opponent in less than three years.
If he were to be beaten by someone who had been beaten by him before, especially with force, Ma Chao found it a little difficult to accept.
It can be said that with this idea in mind, Ma Chao, who had been a little slack, began to be active and diligent again, and was not blinded by his previous illusory battle records.
What's more, in addition to his peers, there are countless strong people ahead of him. How can one be content with the status quo?
It can be said that except for the first few competitions, there were some concerns, but in the subsequent competitions, even Fars Sassan had no worries.
Because Fars Sassan could not only see Ardashir becoming stronger in this process, but he could also see the morale becoming more stable and stronger.
Seeing this kind of battle firsthand, seeing this kind of inhumane warfare on their own side, helped many Parthian soldiers, who were still obsessed with the failures of the past hundred years, to get out of this trough and gradually become stronger.
Ardashir's persistent, unyielding and never-say-die spirit also infected the soldiers who witnessed all this.
Because the situation shown by Ardashir is very similar to that of the current Parthian Empire. They are all constantly failing and constantly in a trough, but the spirit is still there, the will is still there, and the future will naturally be there!
From the perspective of the army and the country, this is a benefit. From a personal perspective, Fars Sassan also knows that this is a benefit.
Everyone has selfish desires, even Fars Sassanid is no exception, it’s just that the proportion of selfishness varies.
For Fars Sassanid, commanding the army of the Parthian royal family and being an excellent commander of a large army was a supreme honor and a manifestation of power.
If possible, Fars Sassanid naturally hoped that someone from his family could take over his position and become the next commander-in-chief of the Parthian Empire's army.
However, this position is different from other high-ranking officials. This position requires someone with real strength, especially when facing the huge foreign enemy of the Roman Empire. It requires sufficient strength and ability to be able to do well and hold on to this position.
(End of this chapter)