Chapter 369: Chapter 369 Full Armor Combat
At lunchtime, besides Du Lin, there was also Zhao Wenyu, the owner of that weapon manufacturing factory.
Zhao Wenyu can acquire the most advanced steel from the military; his background is unfathomable. He opened this factory completely out of interest, taking orders mainly to balance the books, minimizing losses as much as possible.
Lu Zheng’s order is the largest since he founded the factory.
You must know the cold weapons produced by this factory are of the highest quality, something movie crews can’t afford, and general cold weapon enthusiasts can’t usually buy many.
And Lu Zheng?
Drumming Jar Golden Hammer, Yanyue Saber, Eight-footed Snake Spear, Dragon and Tiger Double Mace, Bright Silver Coiling Dragon Spear, Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd, Heaven-piercing Halberd, Tiger-Head Embroidered Spring Saber, Cloud Pattern Seven-Star Sword, Mountain-Opening Flower Axe, Water-Splitting Mount Emei Spike, Mixed Iron Leveling Rod...
Each kind of cold weapon, each type, with ten pieces minimum, and he wanted the factory to keep the molds for future use.
To be honest, if it weren’t for this being a modern society where killing requires guns, Zhao Wenyu would have wanted to call the police.
Are you preparing to travel back to ancient times to rebel?
So Zhao Wenyu became interested in Lu Zheng, not treating him as a regular customer, and would chat with him each time they met.
On one occasion, Zhao Wenyu got curious and, when Lu Zheng was picking up his goods, asked if he wanted to try his hand.
After all, cold weapon enthusiasts spar, so it’s quite normal.
Lu Zheng noticed Zhao Wenyu’s intent then, but since his status as a martial arts expert was already registered with the Hai City Bureau, he didn’t mind.
Taking the Mixed Iron Leveling Rod, Lu Zheng performed a Shaolin Staff Technique learned online, even showing a few tricks from film productions.
Zhao Wenyu: ∑(°Д°)!!!
A rod made of full steel! As tall as a person! As thick as an egg! It’s a struggle for an average person to even lift it!
But Lu Zheng wielded it as if it weighed nothing, just like a regular wooden stick.
The long rod swept through, the wind whistled, forcing Zhao Wenyu to hide six or seven meters away, where he felt the wind pressure on his face, trembling, fearing Lu Zheng might lose his grip and directly kill someone.
He was alright, holding on without losing face, but every other staff member found cover.
Since then, Zhao Wenyu began calling Lu Zheng Brother Lu.
What? Lu Zheng is younger than him? Since ancient times, knowledgeable ones are teachers, don’t you know?
This full armor combat event involves Du Lin, and since Lu Zheng was introduced to the circle by Du Lin, Zhao Wenyu first invited Du Lin out of courtesy, but he naturally came along for lunch.
"Brother Lu!"
Upon seeing Lu Zheng, Zhao Wenyu eagerly approached, making Du Lin glance at him in surprise.
"Wenyu! President Du!" Lu Zheng greeted them with a smile before sitting down, "I recall full armor combat was a competition in Europe; how come we have it now?"
Lu Zheng had heard of full armor combat before but hadn’t paid much attention since he hadn’t obtained the Mind Jade Seal then; he only knew it was an emerging project.
Just hearing Du Lin mention it, he looked it up online and found out it was held annually in spring in Europe, and this year’s tournament had already happened.
As for the competition...basically, it’s a bunch of rich and idle ancient cold weapon enthusiasts brawling, without much technical content, with tactical use not necessarily better than gang fights.
Lu Zheng participated out of interest and also due to boredom.
"That’s the origin of full armor combat, held once a year with the strongest reputation, considered the highest honor." Zhao Wenyu explained to Lu Zheng, "But fighting once a year is too little! So actually, each club engages in private matches."
"Private matches..."
"Ahem, our goal is to promote full armor combat, striving to make it a formal sports project." Zhao Wenyu immediately switched terms.
"Difficult." Du Lin shook his head, throwing cold water, "Currently, full armor combat’s regional distinctions are significant, with each country mainly using its historical weapons and armor, making equipment performance not all so fair, and there’s even no distinction in weight classes, and everyone’s loaded with iron, making it less spectacular."
"That’s because there are no experts; before, it’s just enthusiasts at most, just keeping fit, not even considered athletes."
Wenyu said, "But now it’s gaining traction, attracting more athletes and even martial artists.
After all, full armor combat involves protection, requiring more technical skills than physical strength, with lower thresholds than boxing or UFC."
"For instance, this time our Hai City Wuyue Club faces Japan’s Sixth Heaven Club; besides team competitions where enthusiasts participate for fun, each found experts for individual matches."
"Oh?" Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "There are team and individual contests, so many rules?"
"Brother Lu, you didn’t know?" asked Wenyu curiously.
"I thought it was just a bunch of people armoured up brawling." Lu Zheng said.
Zhao Wenyu, "..."
Du Lin, "..."
"Actually, there are many events, World Full Armor Combat Championship, individual combat featuring weapon duel matches, including short weapon contest, double-handed weapon contest, long weapon contest, sword and shield pair contest."
Zhao Wenyu explained, "There’s also individual comprehensive combat without weapon type or usage restrictions, and finally the team contest, divided into five, ten, and fifty-person matches."
"Wow!" Lu Zheng was genuinely surprised, he really didn’t know.
"This time we rented Hai City Gymnasium as the venue for two days, the first includes individual weapon and comprehensive combat contests, and the second is the team contest." Wenyu said, "In individual matches, each club may enter two competitors per match; additionally, each participant can register for up to three matches outside of team contests."
"There’s even this restriction?" Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, a bit disappointed.
Wenyu nodded, "It’s to prevent any club from hiring an expert who would dominate the whole show."
Wenyu gazed intensely, "Brother Lu, are you interested in trying out?"
"Have you invited others?" Lu Zheng asked.
Wenyu said, "I only came to ask Brother Lu; other friends also seem to know formidable experts, claiming they’ll each ask them to try internally before crushing those nicely living folks in the event."
"You guys really want to beat them up?"
"It’s not us wanting to fight, but this contest was suggested by Japan."
"Oh?"
"Since all-armored combat is just starting in Hua Country, with only three clubs nationwide: Beidu, Hai City, and Shenzhen, it’s actually the Japanese trying to take advantage of our nascent stage to beat us," Wenyu explained.
Lu Zheng blinked and then told Wenyu, "When’s the competition? I need to order a Fish Scale Armor."