In the overcrowded prison where Sarpi was staying, the jailers organized fights to the death to have fun at the inmates' expense.
Everyone was very angry with Sarpi, as he was the only one who shared his cell with a princess, giving him several benefits, including his always clean clothes and better food than the other prisoners.
The princess (Zhou Jinli) was enchanted by him, since he didn't know what to do, he was being slightly aggressive with her, pushing her away whenever possible.
What he didn't know was that the more he did it, the more value he had in her passionate eyes.
Due to the princess's requests, he didn't have to sleep on the stone bed, but on a single bed with small mattresses. Even though his bed and her bed were separate, he always woke up with her cradled in his arms.
Everyone when they woke up saw this and imagined that Sarpi had "fun" all night, little did they know that Sarpi slept like a rock all night.
The prisoners' revolt mounted more and more, to the point that the guards were convinced to prepare a 1v1 Sarpi fight against the most dangerous guy inside, a Dacian assassin captured in Anatolia. The detail being that said killer had a makeshift blade hidden in his clothing.
Sarpi agreed as he was already getting rusty, but he didn't know who the opponent was and they didn't even tell him it was a fight to the death.
The fight begins, the assassin in a hurry attacks Sarpi, who, sensing the danger, dodges to the right, counterattacking with a left hook.
The assassin defends himself from the blow, but is pushed back a few steps.
Surprised by Sarpi's strength, he starts to act more cautiously.
and so the fight drags on for a few more minutes, then Sarpi with his super sharp instincts starts to see something strange. As if he wasn't fighting a person, but a tiger just lurking around waiting for him to get tired to pounce.
So Sarpi feigns fatigue, and when the assassin pulls out his makeshift knife, Sarpi punches him in the nose faster than he can see and when he gets dizzy, Sarpi takes the knife and cuts it through his chest, turning it a few times to get sure he was dead.