Kress had fought against the extremely weak Leenan, but no one had seen the strength of his heyday, when the Carthaginian beast was caught off guard, and the whole person drew a parabola and flew down the dark cliff.

The cliffs of the training ground were forty or fifty meters high, and below them were the seaside reefs, from which some slaves tried to venture out of it, but they all ended up falling to their deaths, and if Barka fell, it would be impossible to escape death.

At the critical moment, the black head Docott waved his hand, wrapped Barka with a long leather whip, and pulled him back hard.

Barka, who had fallen on the yellow sand, rolled over a few times, then lay on the ground and gasped violently.

Throwing away the two spears in his hand, Li Nan stood on the wooden platform and asked proudly, "Have I passed this?" ”

The addition of a good gladiator in the training ground meant a lot of money and prestige, especially for a rare Serrese like Li Nan, so the Quintus on the balcony were very happy.

Quintus stood up and announced in a loud voice, "The Serres win!" ”

Looking at Li Nan on the wooden platform, Quintus remembered that the slave did not have a name now, which was not suitable for the future competition.

After thinking about it for a while, Quintus gave Li Nan a name according to his skin color, called Huang Kill!

Li Nan, who successfully completed the trial, stepped off the wooden platform and hugged Vero in celebration, and Ashur was also snickering on the side, this time he won a lot of money.

Now that Li Nan defeated Barka head-on, he became the number two man in the training ground, so he was officially recognized by Kress and other gladiators, and he also received applause and cheers from everyone.

The competition continued, and there were two groups of fourteen new slaves, and only five of them were promoted to gladiators, and the rest of the slaves died on this wooden platform.

More than ten games were long and short, and now the night was getting darker, and there was only one slave left who had not yet played, and he was Spartacus the Seren.

Docott was very optimistic about Spartacus's potential, so he chose one of the strongest masters for him, the undefeated god of war in Capua, and the number one master in the training ground, Kress.

Both Spartacus and Kress chose the sword and shield as weapons, and the two of them, one a Thracian warrior and the other a Gaul pride, were both strong in martial arts.

In this battle, the two were evenly matched at the beginning, but after more than ten moves, Kress's experience and skill gave him the upper hand, and Spartacus's impatient personality was revealed.

Kress saw the opportunity and slashed Spartacus into the sword-holding arm with two swords in succession, bursting with blood, and then knocked him down with two fierce shield blows.

Holding his shield across Spartacus's throat, Kress aimed his short sword at his heart as he looked up at Quintus on the balcony.

"Useless Thracians!" Quintus muttered in disappointment, nodded slightly, and gave the order to kill.

Cress's face smirked, and the short sword in his right hand stabbed hard......

Just when everyone was sure that Spartacus would die, the scene took an unexpected turn.

A red strip of cloth tied to Spartacus' arm was stepped on by Kress, and Spartacus, who was about to die, suddenly pulled the strip of cloth, and Kress, who was unsteady on his feet, immediately stumbled and fell off the wooden platform.

This result surprised everyone, and the Quintus, who were watching the battle on the balcony, stood up in shock.

Spartacus was much more ruthless than Li Nan, he jumped off the wooden platform and picked up the short sword, and when he came to Kress, who had fallen a lot, he was going to kill the number one master of this training ground with one sword.

"Spartacus! Stop it! ”

Seeing this situation, Quintus, who was deeply afraid that his cash cow would be killed, quickly stopped him.

Li Nan looked at Spartacus and sighed, he used such a trick to get the qualification for the promotion, nine times out of ten he would not be accepted by these gladiators, and he was likely to be excluded.

All the matches were over, and the newly promoted gladiator slaves such as Li Nan, Vero, and Spartacus stood in a row facing Quintus, ready to recite the ancient gladiator oath.

Li Nan, who came from later generations, had no resistance to such things as oaths, and perhaps only these ancients would believe in the binding force of oaths.

"I am willing to give my flesh and blood! My soul! My will! For the glory of the training ground and the master Batitas, go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, even if you die under the sword, you will not hesitate, just to win the infinite glory in the arena! ”

After everyone had taken the oath, they were given a brand mark of the Batitas family, abbreviated letter B, on their right arm, which was also a mark of humiliation.

When he saw Quintus coming to him with a red-hot iron bar, Li Nan's heart was a little conflicted, should he continue to endure it and accept this humiliating brand, or should he just turn his face and die here with a bang?

If he dies here, then all the plans in the Great Song Dynasty will disappear, and then the Jin soldiers will invade the Great Song Dynasty in accordance with history, and thousands of compatriots will be killed and humiliated.

It was clear what was light and what was important, thinking of this, Li Nan had no choice but to grit his teeth and choose to swallow this humiliation.

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After becoming gladiators, the status of Li Nan and the others has indeed improved, not only have enough food and water, but also have special doctors to treat them, and they will get a bounty after winning the game, and even have a female slave assigned by the master to sleep.

With so many benefits, there will be more to pay, and under the whip of the black coach Docott, everyone ushered in an even more tragic and terrible training.

In addition to the regular practice of carrying wood and chopping, this time there was also sword wheel training.

The so-called sword wheel training is to install many sharp short swords on three or four wooden stakes irregularly, and the slaves rotate these sword stakes on the side, and the gladiators need to constantly walk through them, and if they are careless, they will have a few more bleeding wounds on their bodies, and if you are careless, you will be greeted with death.

Under this kind of desperate practice all the time, everyone's will and skill are improving by leaps and bounds, and soon the grand festival of the gods is ushered in.

On the eve of Vulcan's Day, Dorcott came to the training ground and announced: "The Vulcan Festival in honor of Vulcan is about to begin, and the master Batitas has decided to send twenty gladiators to compete, and the two strongest of you will fight as the generals representing the training ground of Rudes." ”

Being able to participate in the competition means getting a bounty, Li Nan looked at the other gladiators and decided to fight for the qualification of a general, only in this way can he earn enough 1,000 Ole gold coins as soon as possible and complete the task and return to the Great Song Dynasty.