Chapter 095 – Enemy
Translated by: Ting
Edited by: Robin, Leo and De Andre
As he looked at the eighteen bronze figures in front him. The more terrifyingly Bing described these bronze figures, the more Tang Tian was eager to try.
He scanned his eyes at the bronze figures, as if they were meat about to be slaughtered at a farm. The eighteen bronze figures did not seem to sense Tang Tian’s stares, as they stood in solitude. The glossy bronze reflected light as they looked unusually serene. There was actually only eighteen bronze figures, but Tang Tian could sense an indescribable vicious aura.
Tang Tian’s expression became solemn. He looked straight with wide eyes as he stared at the bronze figures.
He advanced with precaution.
Clap!
One of the bronze figurines opposite him suddenly woke up, and with a crisp sound, it raised its head. Its lifeless eyes lit up like two bright stars. This bronze figurine was well-proportionate, with both arms touching the knees, wide palms and a shiny head. It was just like a bronze ball. All of its five sense organs were crude. It could be seen that the person who produced it did not spend much time on it. As such, the bronze figurine carried a crude taste to it.
The top of the bronze figurine’s chest was marked with a ‘1’.
Tang Tian had just noticed that on the chests of all the bronze figurines, there was a number. Tang Tian wiped his mouth.
Slap!
As the number 1 bronze figurine took its first step, it was like an arrow leaving the bow as he pounced toward Tang Tian.
“Hey!” Tang Tian shouted as he sent a punch forward. An invisible ripple hit onto number 1 bronze figurine.
A strong gush of energy passed through from the fist. Tang Tian moaned and sneered. It was as if he was skiing his way as he slided on his back for a few metres.
Clap, clap, clap!
A series of joint sounds crawled into Tang Tian’s ears. He looked up hurriedly to see all the bronze figurines awaken.
Tang Tian’s scalp was numb all at once. He could not care about other things and shouted: “Hey, old man. You’re crazy…”
Before he could finished his sentence, all eighteen bronze figurines rushed from all directions towards him like they were evil tigers pouncing on their preys.
In a blink of an eye, he was surrounded by them. All around him were silhouettes of the bronze figurines. Tang Tian was stunned. He held onto his head in preparation to dash outside, but within the creases of his hands, he could see what looked like an iron metal. Oh no, it was the number 9 bronze figurine!
Tang Tian looked at the number 9 bronze figurine, who had a thinner, smaller bronze leg than himself. As the number 9 bronze figurine took a step forward, a thunderous sound resonated and the floor trembled.
Tang Tian was dumbfounded. My god. Without a second word, he turned and ran for his life.
Swish!
Silhouettes of three bronze figurines appeared in front of him.
4, 5 and 6. These three bronze figurines formed a triangle around him but…
Tang Tian was once again in a daze.
The three bronze figurines were just like three bronze hedgehogs. They had several arms attached to their bodies. Tang Tian swallowed hard, as these arms all held different weapons. The three bronze hedgehogs stood there, blocking his way.
This method would not work…
Without a second word, Tang Tian dashed to his left.
Phew! The bronze figurines on his left looked more normal. There was no difference in terms of build, between them and Tang Tian. Tang Tian’s courage grew and with a sound ‘whoohoo’, he ran forward!
He had to get out of this circle!
Bing is such an asshole, so shameless! Tang Tian thought, what Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures? These bronze figures all came one after another, he did not expect that they would actually move a bit, and all eighteen of them would attack together.
Such immoral behavior….so aggravating….
After exchanging fists with the no. 1 bronze figure, Tang Tian knew that they were very strong, one against one, he could not assure his victory, and adding on that eighteen of them were fighting at once, there was not a slight chance for victory!
Although Tang Tian enjoyed fighting, toward things that were determined to be at a disadvantage, he was not the least bit interested.
“Recruits use tears of blood to experience the first law of the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, absolutely do not try to run.” Bing floated in the air, and said somewhat sorrowfully.
Bang Bang Bang!
Tang Tian could only feel that his surroundings were full of fist images.
He could not make it in time to react, and his eyes went black.
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“Get up! Stupid! Don’t stay where you are!”
“Where’s your Staining Fall!? Idiot! Do you not know how to use it!?”
“Focus on your energy! Focus on the opponent’s energy! React faster! So slow, did you eat?”
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Bing ranted incessantly as he heard the punches from the bronze figurines land on Tang Tian. Bing was agitated. After been quiet for so long, he finally released all his passion and it was as if a volcano had erupted, poor Tang Tian. He became the only one to take it all in.
Tang Tian struggled at the hands of the Eighteen Bronze Figurines for ten consecutive days.
“Garbage! For a record, the rookie of the Army managed to break The Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures the second time he entered. How many days have you taken?”
“Retaliate! Retaliate! What are your hands for? Is it merely for you to defend? I will never tolerate my recruit defending like an idiot or a coward. You are a man, you have to greet your enemy with punches!”
“How many times do you need me to remind you? Staining Fall!”
…
After lecturing for a while, Bing seemed to be exhausted. He stopped.
Floating in mid air, he watched Tang Tian as he struggled in pain. He regained his poker face as his eyes fell flat on the boy in a sorry state. Although Tang Tian’s performance was not impressive, Bing was expecting a lot.
Any recruit, when they stepped into The Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, had a standard of the sixth level.
Tang Tian was the first to enter The Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures at the fourth level.
Young lad, all the best!
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When Jing Hao woke up to see the bruised Tang Tian, he was shocked: “Bro Tang, what exactly happened to you?”
Tang Tian’s eyelids twitched. It was a pity, his eyes were swollen badly. He could not even see, though he smiled forcefully: “Ah, when I was cultivating, I accidentally overdid it.”
During the ten days in the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, he completely had no recollection of how much he had taken a beating. He felt it to be a miracle that he was still alive. As there were too many bruises and injuries on his body, even the bamboo leaf queen bee’s adhesive did not manage to remove them all. As such, when Tang Tian appeared in front of Jing Hao, he was completely bruised.
“Overdid it?” Jing Hao was confused. He could not imagine how much was overdone to be able to land himself in such a state. But Jing Hao was a crude man. He did not like being a busybody, so he did not asked much. He merely asked: “Then, does Bro Tang still want to spar?”
Tang Tian clenched his teeth: “Come on!”
This time, Jing Hao could sense that Tang Tian was different.
Previously, although Jing Hao felt that Tang Tian’s defense was thorny, he ultimately managed to suppress Tang Tian. Both of them were like rehearsing for an attack and defense show. Jing Hao was the one who attacked, while Tang Tian was the one who defended. The entire process, Tang Tian only seemed to focus on defending, with no intention of attacking at all.
But today, Tang Tian was different. He still was in a state of defending, but his defense had a strong intention of retaliating. Although Tang Tian’s retaliations were always disrupted, Jing Hao was shocked at his improvements.
In such a short night, Tang Tian had such tremendous improvements!
Jing Hao was curious, so he gave it his all.
Tang Tian only felt a steep increase in stress. But compared to the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, this was a huge difference. At the Chamber of the Eighteen Bronze Figures, he could not do anything but struggle. But when he faced Jing Hao, he was not afraid. Even when Jing Hao was exploding, Tang Tian still did not collapse.
For ten continuous days of hardship and torture, Tang Tian was starting to get used to retaliating. Although he was still far from mastery, it was enough to make Jing Hao not underestimate him.
The last round of sparring was longer than the previous one. Tang Tian tolerated a whole twenty minutes before he collapsed.
[Robin: This was slightly confusing to me, basically, while they spar for a whole day, they don’t do it “nonstop”. They do like many many “rounds” of sparring, and those rounds didn’t usually last twenty minutes, which is why it’s impressive that TT lasted for so long :)]
Jing Hao’s qi was slightly chaotic as he was shocked. Previously, although he would sense fatigue too, this time, his fatigue levels were way higher than the last time.
This rascal… was more than what he seemed…
Tang Tian still bared his teeth and looked energetic.
Noticing Tang Tian was looking at him, Jing Hao spat out a word to take out Tang Tian’s intention to battle: “Meditate!”
Then, he looked at Tang Tian who started meditating unwillingly, before Jing Hao let a sigh of relief. In terms of Tang Tian’s clinginess, he still had fears. This rascal was a living pervert who seemed to not know of fatigue.
The two started meditating to recover. An hour later, Tang Tian, who was completely recovered, jumped up first.
Tang Tian was preparing to ask for another round when suddenly, there were sounds of people from the outside. He exclaimed in surprise: “There’s someone!”
At the same time, Jing Hao opened his eyes, stood up, his expression changed, traces of killing intent appeared on his face, he said softly: “Prepare to fight.”
“Fight?” Tang Tian’s eyes suddenly grew big.
“It is not our people. Our camp people, I’m only afraid….” Jing Hao did not finish, the killing intent on his face grew even heavier, quietly flying towards the crack.
Tang Tian was surprised, but when he understood, his face became serious, and without hesitation he followed Jing Hao closely.
The camp people….
Sounds of a group of people came from outside the crack.
“I thought that the fellows from the Honorable Martial Group were supposed to have some skills? Their standards were shit!”
“Only the baldie was considered to be a tough bone.”
“No matter how tough the bone, they still get broken by Brother Qiang!”
“Haha!”
…..
Killing intent appeared in Jing Hao’s eyes in the crack.
These words travelled to Tang Tian’s ears as well.
The young lads at the camp did not interact much with him. Tang Tian could not even name them. The only one he was familiar with was the one he had beaten up, Baldie Biao Ge. And even so, Baldie Biao Ge did not interact much with Tang Tian either. The only one that left a deep impression on Tang Tian was the incident of Green Sandal-Arm Ape. Although baldie was full of fear, he still came over to help him with the corpse.
This led Tang Tian to realise and feel that Baldie Biao Ge was actually not bad.
But…
“…It might be tough to come here, but you can enjoy being treated as an Iron Ranked Martial Artist. Your family members are well taken care of, too. Anyway, my talents are very bad, my future is bleak. It’s enough that my family can benefit from it…”
Baldie’s calm and satisfied face appeared in Tang Tian’s mind.
Tang Tian’s fists quickly tightened.