Chapter 1291: Vajra

Although he knew Liang Yue was very strong, when had Zhang Yi ever taken risks?

For this kind of wheel battle, it was only natural to let the cannon fodder go first to probe and test the opponent's capabilities.

Suolang Deji nodded.

Then his gaze shifted to the side, landing precisely on the Grand Commander of the Private Soldier Guards, Chodak.

"You go first."

Chodak had also studied and knew the story of Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy.

However, the sons of the Snowy Plateau Region were men of mettle.

When had he ever feared death?

Pagyi Gesang also gave Chodak a firm look.

"If you can't win, just surrender. Don't push yourself too hard," Pagyi Gesang earnestly reminded.

This kind of wheel battle was extremely brutal. In the past of the Snowy Region, families often engaged in such duels to compete for pastures and water sources.

Although usually, if one surrendered verbally, the other side wouldn't go for the kill. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

But these sons of the Snowy Region considered surrendering on the battlefield a disgrace, preferring to fight to the death rather than yield.

Now, however, Chodak was also one of the Pagyi Family's important combat assets. Pagyi Gesang would rather see Chodak lose than see him die in battle.

Chodak hesitated for a moment, then still nodded, saying in a muffled, gruff voice, "I understand, Family Head."

Both sides withdrew their soldiers, clearing out a vast battlefield on the enormous snowy plain before Nahamu City for the warriors.

The two sides faced each other across the snowy plain. Chodak was the first to step onto the battlefield.

He swaggered over with an exaggerated posture, then roughly tore off his robe, revealing his lean and solid muscles.

As a reinforcement-type superhuman, he wasn't accustomed to using those flimsy combat suits to protect his body.

"Come on, come on! Who are you sending out? Come over here and receive your death! Let me show you the might of a son of the Pagyi Family!"

Chodak shouted loudly, his face showing not a trace of fear, but instead a hearty, booming laugh.

Seeing this, Deji's gaze fell upon La Min Ouzhu and Xia Zha Gyatso.

"For this martial contest, each of our three families will send one person. Don't hold back, you two. Send out your most powerful superhumans!"

La Min Ouzhu and Xia Zha Gyatso were now in a difficult position, unable to back down.

In a three-on-three wheel duel, those sent out would most likely find it hard to survive.

By the end, it was common for five to die and only one to live.

Sometimes, in the most brutal outcomes, all six would perish.

They were unwilling to let their superhumans participate, but since they had come, if they didn't send anyone, there was simply no way to satisfy Deji.

The consequences of offending the Sangha Monastery and the Yasha Langtai Family were something they could not bear.

La Min Ouzhu's face was pale as she spoke reluctantly, "Let the warrior from our La Min Family fight first!"

Since it was a wheel battle, both sides would definitely save their strongest for last.

So letting her subordinate fight first had the highest chance of victory.

In the first round, neither side would likely send their most powerful person, as the intention was to probe the opponent's capabilities.

When La Min Ouzhu requested to fight first, neither Deji nor Xia Zha Gyatso objected.

She went to the rear and called over one of her right-hand men.

"Gele, come here!"

A burly man with two small braids walked up to La Min Ouzhu and bowed respectfully.

"Family Head, are you asking me to fight?"

His skin was dark and chapped. He didn't look like someone of noble status, more like a shepherd commonly seen across the Snowy Plateau Region.

Gele was indeed not a member of the La Min Family; he had no surname.

A surname was something only the nobility of the Snowy Plateau Region were qualified to possess.

La Min Ouzhu looked at her loyal subordinate, this shepherd born with divine strength who had won battle after battle for the La Min Family.

Even this proud woman felt a twinge of heartache when she looked at him.

For Gele, this battle was almost certainly a death sentence.

Because Deji was watching, she couldn't allow Gele to surrender. That would be a disgrace to the entire La Min Family, and Deji wouldn't permit it either.

Only by dying would the Yasha Langtai Family owe the La Min Family a huge favor.

She extended her hand. Her pale, right hand was thin and bony like a chicken's claw. She placed her palm on Gele's head.

"Gele, fight well in this battle. Don't disgrace the La Min Family. If you win, from today onward, I will grant you official membership as a clansman of the La Min Family. Even if you die in battle, your son can possess the noble surname of La Min."

Gele's eyes were filled with excitement.

Being granted a surname, becoming a member of the most esteemed surnames in the Snowy Plateau Region, was his greatest wish in this life.

"As you command, my liege!"

Gele stood up, straightening his back. His frame was nearly twice the size of La Min Ouzhu's.

This man, over two meters tall and built like a brown bear, walked through the military formation towards the battlefield.

Chodak and Gele faced each other coldly across a distance of several hundred meters.

To each other's eyes, the opponent looked as small as an ant, yet both exuded an aura like that of a giant.

It was a kind of aura unrelated to pure strength, a fearless, undaunted aura—the aura of a warrior!

Chodak wiped the smile from his face, his expression turning extremely serious.

Even though Pagyi Gesang had allowed him to surrender, he knew he wouldn't do it.

Surrendering before the military formations of the Four Great Families would become a disgrace across the entire Snowy Plateau Region, something even harder to accept than death.

But since death was coming, then let it be a magnificent death, a glorious one, with his burning blood splashed across the battlefield!

Zhang Yi, Liang Yue, and the others were in the rear, watching this battle without blinking.

Zhang Yi was not arrogant.

His superhuman ability level was higher than these people's, but his combat experience might not be.

Watching battles between strong fighters was an excellent learning opportunity.

Liang Yue watched even more intently, because soon, she too would step onto the stage to fight. So she had to memorize every opponent's ability.

Both Chodak and Gele used their superhuman abilities at the first moment.

"Fierce-Eyed Vajra!"

"Eight-Armed Vajra!"

It seemed these esoteric sect followers all liked to use 'Vajra' in their names, after all, they wouldn't dare to appropriate the codenames of the Buddha or Bodhisattvas.

Chodak transformed into a pitch-black giant, a wrathful Vajra, his body like tempered black iron.

Gele's already massive frame swelled a bit more, and then six thick, powerful arms actually grew from his sides!

From the La Min Family's side, a superhuman immediately threw weapons to him.

Gele swiftly reached out and caught them: vajra pestles, vajra rods, demon-subduing rings, demon-suppressing swords—eight weapons in total, all grasped firmly in his hands.

As for Chodak, his weapon was only one thing: his iron-like body.

After transforming, both men let out earth-shaking roars from their mouths. Then the two giants, shattering the icy ground beneath their feet, instantly charged towards each other!

"Raaaaaah!!!"

Their roars were magnificent, frenzied like demons, carrying a resolute intent to die and a grand will to fight.

Two trails of shattered ice and snow were left in their wake, with a blizzard of ice and snow soaring into the sky behind them.

A few seconds later, the two Vajras collided fiercely in the center!

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