210 Dusted.
Shi Lang was standing on a platform surrounded by thousands of the soldiers of the first fleet. His guard detail was not allowed to be close and the deputies had issued a pretentious statement, that if the new general could stand and fight against the people for a whole day, then he will be accepted.
Well, this was an unfair competition they had proposed for Shi Lang, but the young man agreed. The deputies promised that they will let him go back alive. However, the response from the opposite side was very lukewarm. His calm made the people feel worried.
Hayley also did not say anything, she was commanded to stand on the sidelines. After the rules were established, Shi Lang took off his coat and came to stand on the platform. He was carrying only a handgun and a nanobot melee weapon.
Hayley was standing calmly as she watched the soldiers lining up in front of the platform, they all were going to fight Shi Lang. She shook her head and the adjutant she had punched earlier from the side, said, “Why? Are you worried that your general will be hurt?”
The girl cast him an indifferent glance and said, “We will see.”
The Deputy General did not pay attention to her words, in his eyes, Shi Lang was just a bit lucky because he had good martial skills, however, he would certainly not be able to last. After he saw, that the soldiers were still lining up, he said, “General Lang, shall we begin?”
Shi Lang said, “Have them run up without delay, let us not waste time.”
That said, he shifted the nanobot staff in front of him. The deputy General snorted and said, “Begin.”
The first soldier in the queue ran up and was followed by the others behind him. The distance was not too big, but it was enough to give Shi Lang the time he needed. As the opponent reach the staff’s range, Shi Lang kicked the staff, making the end fly up in an arc and make smooth contact with the chin of the opponent.
The impact left the guy unconscious, and Shi Lang held the other end in his hand and spun it around in the air, the second person was met with this attack. They were baffled however, according to the rules, once a person falls, they are out, so they could not do anything.
The soldiers kept rushing and Shi Lang kept fending off, none of the opponents lasted for more than one blow. In the next twenty minutes, Shi Lang had taken down close to a hundred opponents. It was not like all the people were sheep for the slaughter, but even those who dodged the attacks the first time fell for the second one.
When someone managed to get close to Shi Lang the boy smartly used his body to deal with them. One of the people had a strong defensive ability, and Shi Lang used his handgun to put the man down. Someone with ocular prowess also tried to outdo the guy, but he was directly told that the speed of a phaser beam was stronger than his body. Fast eyes did not make a difference.
When the foot soldiers failed, bigger designations began to climb the platform. Shi Lang gave up the staff, and they started hand-to-hand combat. The effect was terrifying. The murmurs in the field were suppressed by the wails from the platform. Shi Lang directly broke the hands and legs of the people.
The message was simple, the higher your rank, the more gruesome your punishment. The adjutant of the deputy major could not tolerate it, and after excusing himself, he went to queue up. Shi Lang did not care, he did not remember everyone he had beaten by now. The higher the ranks the bigger the gap they gave Shi Lang in climbing on the stage. However, what shocked the people most was that Shi Lang would use their abilities against their comrades.
The Deputy General suddenly asked, “Colonel Edwards, why don’t you queue up?”
Jenkins had been promoted and thus he was standing among the higher-ups. He turned to look at the people and said, “I have no trouble following him, why should I challenge him, sir?”
The Deputy asked, “I understand that he was the leader of your old team, but do you mean that you are inferior to him?”
Jenkins nodded and said, “I am inferior to him.”
The surrounding officers cast him a surprised look and the young man replied, “I have no shame in accepting my defeat. Only then can I move forward and get stronger, as for those who think they can defeat her, please go and beat him up, I will support you.”
The people were shocked, after all, they had not expected such a sharp statement from this guy. Jenkins was very straightforward. He did not mangle his words even in the slightest. They turned to look back at the platform and found Shi Lang to be fighting with the people.
It has been an hour now, and the boy had yet to take more than three steps back and forward. His skills on the battlefield were unmatched. However, as the time passed the progress became slower, the higher-ups thought that Shi Lang was tired and will soon lose, however, slowly did not mean to stop. The young man was still moving forward smoothly.
Shi Lang made a gesture to Hayley to pass him a bottle of water as he was thirsty. Hayley was aware that this action was to provoke the higher-ups, but she still did it. After all, when this battle finishes, he will be the one calling shots in the first fleet.
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After six hours, the soldiers were look at Shi Lang with a strange awe. This young man was still looking the same as he was before the battle started. Even some adjutants have been defeated. The people of the first fleet could not believe that this young man had such terrible skills.
Shi Lang did not say anything, he kept facing the enemies with a calm expression, he had no hurry to face the guy. The deputies could sense that the wind in the fleet was changing and was flowing in favor of the young man. They could not let this happen, again.
The deputy General said, “It seems the time has come to put things to end.”
The rest of the officers nodded, and they began to climb the platform in order of ascending superiority. Shi Lang sighed and he increased his output as well, suddenly the speed sky-rocketed, and the opponents were left in a state of shock.
They did not expect this guy to have such energy left inside himself. If these people were told that Shi Lang was cultivating as he was fighting with them, the impact will definitely break their hearts. The planet was brimming with spirit energy. Shi Lang did not know what was the source of this energy, but it was very useful to him.
Shi Lang was filled with spiritual energy, he did not know the meaning of tiredness at this moment. He was not only cultivating but also taking time to treat the exhausted body by infusing the spiritual energy in the affected regions. He was a cultivator and not a god.
After the last pawn was put down, the Deputy General stood up against Shi Lang. He said, “You do have a few skills. Howe…”
Shi Lang did not say anything and directly shot at the person. The Deputy General did not expect such a response from Shi Lang, after all the boy was dealing with all the others calmly. He did not know why was this guy so eager to fight himself.
Hayley understood that Shi Lang was going to show this guy his place. Just because Shi Lang accepted the rules did not mean that he had no grudges in his mind. The deputy general was properly planning on taking him down with the cycle battle strategy, but he did not know that Shi Lang had reached the peak of the foundation realm and his strength was not so weak to fall into pits of schemes.
Shi Lang vanished from his spot and appeared behind the Deputy General. The latter turned around with his leg extended and a handgun in his hand. However, he did not meet Shi Lang, but a phaser beam that directly hit his base leg.
Deputy General did not expect this, but since his left leg was stunned and his right leg was high in the air, he lost balance and was about to fall down. However, he used his ability and his fall slowed down. Shi Lang watched this and predicted that this was the special ability of the general and exploited it.
His handgun fired shots, surrounding the deputy general in a net. The ability to slow down time was rare, and it only had a certain range of attack, thus, he retreated before firing the shots. The junior officers saw this and gulped, they did not expect for Shi Lang to figure out the weakness of the Deputy General so quickly.