Residents in Rome will still remember this day until many years later.
Not only because of the grand gladiatorial show held today to celebrate the new emperor of the empire, but also because they saw an authentic western cowboy bullfight for the first time in the Flavi amphitheater.
This may not be a rare entertainment item in later generations. After all, the golden age of western culture has long passed in the 21st century. It's as shocking as a wild Pikachu.
Especially after seeing Zhang Heng dodging the bison's attack again and again, and performing a wonderful scene of flying and riding a bull, this exciting bullfighting performance has completely captured the hearts of everyone present. It was as if an invisible hand was manipulating the emotions of the audience in the stands, making them marvel at the figure in the arena, worrying at times, and beaming at times...
His Majesty the Emperor himself is one of them, but it is Marcruz who is most worried.
As the owner of Zhang Heng and the master of the gladiator school, he has been running this business for quite some time, and he has seen thousands of gladiators, but Zhang Heng did not bring him all these people alone. It's so exciting, the latter's ability to find trouble has completely exceeded his imagination.
In less than a day, he first provoked Satonillos, a formidable opponent, for no reason, which made Marcruz feel a big headache. As a result, it took half a day for Zhang Heng to let go of the good gladiator again. , chose a bison as an opponent, and Marcruz almost collapsed when he saw this scene.
He was about to yell at Zhang Heng, can't you honestly take that damned championship? If you insist on playing so many moths, what good will it do you? !
As Zhang Heng is his most valuable asset now, Marcruz asked himself that he loves Zhang Heng more than his wife and daughter, but the latter doesn't seem to appreciate it at all. After repeatedly challenging his bottom line, Marcruz was no longer as confident as he was when he talked with Gabi before. He began to realize that people like Zhang Heng would never be controlled by anyone, not just him, even Kang Promo had trouble taming the beast, too.
So his face became gloomy, but now Marcruz has to rely on Zhang Heng, but once Zhang Heng wins the championship, he is bound to get out of his control even more, which also makes Marcruz's mood complicated.
After several rounds of confrontation with the buffalo, Zhang Heng gradually figured out the latter's mode of action, and at the same time, it has met his expectations in terms of viewing, so he decided to prepare for the end of the battle.
With Zhang Heng's current skills, the process will not actually be so thrilling, or it should be said that it is precisely because of his current skills that the whole process can appear thrilling without posing any real threat to him. This is like a deliberate play in a movie, the purpose is to stimulate the nerves of the audience and make the audience feel satisfied.
The ending method used by Zhang Heng also continued this drama. When the buffalo rushed towards him again, he jumped on the back of the buffalo, so the buffalo jumped up and down again, and tried every means to get Zhang Heng out of the way. It was thrown off its back, and it rushed towards the edge of the arena again after the conventional methods failed.
But this time it didn't get what it wanted, because just as the side of its body touched the big net, Zhang Heng on its back had already moved its body to his side, and at the same time firmly grasped its waist. The mane, without falling off it.
There was a burst of applause from the stands, and when the bison ran back to the center of the arena, Zhang Heng also freed his hand and successfully put the rope on the bison's head. The more the bison struggled, the tighter the rope became, almost Tightening its skin and flesh, the buffalo gasped louder and louder. Although its eyes were full of unwillingness, it finally had to succumb to the cruel reality and stop.
So Zhang Heng also loosened the rope a little bit, but then the bison broke out again, struggling and shaking with more violent steps, trying to throw away that annoying human being on its back, but unfortunately the same kind that Zhang Heng had dealt with was better than it. I have seen it many times, and I have been on guard against it for a long time. After a not-so-violent fight, the bison knelt down again, and this time it really knelt down, because Zhang Heng tied its legs with a rope. Also knotted.
In the end, Bison had no choice but to surrender.
And when Zhang Heng got off the back of the bull, he also received the biggest cheers since the completion of the Flavi Amphitheater. All the audience, including Commodus, stood up, and the sound waves flooded the entire arena, so that No one could even hear what His Majesty the Emperor was saying, except Queen Krispina.
Flowers and copper coins fell like raindrops. This novel and exciting bullfight performance must become the most popular topic of conversation in Rome for a while, and those who were lucky enough to witness this scene gave birth to a sense of honor. A strong sense of satisfaction from this trip.
Even because of this performance, there will be a new entertainment activity in Rome in the future, that is, unarmed bullfighting. However, because of lack of professional training, many heroic slave matadors died under the horns, which once became a death rate. The highest performance activity, of course, these are things for later.
And the instigator of all this was the same as in the previous performance. He didn't stay in the arena for a long time. After bowing slightly in the direction of Commodus, he turned and walked to the lounge.
Up to now, Zhang Heng's goal has been overfulfilled. I believe that after these few battles, Commodus's interest in him has also climbed to the peak. When the performance is over, the young emperor will definitely come to contact him. After that, what will happen? Find the whereabouts of Ortrus.
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Unlike the heat outside, the rest room was deadly silent at the moment.
The gladiators inside had different expressions. Habitus and Satonillos were not fools. Although they couldn't see the bullfighting process, they knew from the outrageous cheers outside that Zhang Heng had completely conquered the Flavian circle. In the shaped theater, and now the gladiatorial performance has not even ended, they have no idea how Zhang Heng did it.
Of course, the worst thing is the people who will appear on the stage later. Their limelight has been completely taken away by Zhang Heng. They don't know what they should do to capture the hearts of the audience, and they seem a little at a loss.