Chapter 23: Hand-to-Hand Combat
Fortunately, this Land of Exile was inherently a place where the strong preyed on the weak, and Shi Chun had long grown accustomed to all kinds of brutal incidents, so there was no talk of anger. He just hadn't expected that even Zhixu City, a place that supposedly upheld heavenly laws, would descend into chaos.
As for one-on-one duels, he wasn't afraid.
What he worried about was the rules of this duel: ten drumbeats, and if a winner wasn't decided within those ten counts, both combatants would be executed.
Giving such a short time, what kind of duel was this? The problem was that if he were executed, it wouldn't just be him; only one side was allowed to leave alive, so if he lost, Wu Jinliang would also lose his life.
He wasn't afraid of dueling, but there was a fatal loophole in the rules: if the opponent found themselves at a disadvantage and adopted a dodging strategy, it would be easy to drag out the ten counts and lead to everyone's death.
While pondering a countermeasure, he seized the opportunity of his restraints being removed to quickly cast a spell and check his physical condition.
Fortunately, the torture hadn't lasted long.
Although he looked severely injured on the surface, they were merely flesh wounds, not harming his bones. For someone like him, who was accustomed to frequent injuries, it was nothing new.
The real pain was that during the torture, the strange illusion in his right eye had flared up again, tormenting him terribly.