King of Close Combat

Pinhua Ren2015

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Word count: 1.5M words
Chapters: 24

Summary

King of Close Combat is an urban supernatural novel by the web author Pinhuaren, serialized on Zongheng Chinese from 2015 and later completed across multiple platforms, totaling about 1.4761 million characters. The protagonist, Li Yang, is a special forces soldier code-named "Fierce Beast," who returns to urban China bearing formidable combat power. "Fierce" means savage, unreasonable, madly brutal, and reckless of death; "beast" means shamelessly thick-skinned, simple, crude, and a true man. Back in the city, he becomes embroiled in a series of conflicts while escorting Lin Wan'er, Chen Xueqing, and others, clashing head-on with local powerful clans such as the Shangguan family and gradually gaining a foothold and gathering forces in Tianhai City. As the plot deepens, clues about the fragments of Emperor Qin's imperial seal, his parents' origins, and the Xuanming Sect lineage surface one after another; Li Yang fights a series of earth-rank masters such as Wang Ying and Yuan Badiao and thereby comes into contact with the hidden-world realm. He ventures to Wild Beast Island, where encounters such as the Netherworld Art and the Demonic Flood-Dragon Fruit vastly increase his power, and he ultimately reclaims his ancestry with the Li family of Yanjing. In the finale, Li Yang unites the forces of the city and the hidden world, engages in a final showdown with the Huangfu family, the Sword Sect, and other powers, unravels the conspiracy surrounding the imperial seal, and fights with all his might for the woman he loves. The work centers on ferocious battle scenes, escalating power struggles, and abundant emotional entanglements—a typical urban soldier-king power-fantasy novel.

Editor's review

如果你怀念那个“兵王回归都市”最风行的网文时代，这本书是绕不开的一本。《近战兵王》篇幅约一百四十余万字，在同类作品动辄数百万字的体量里算得上“轻量级”，却把兵王流的核心爽点塞得相当密集：开篇海滩救人、给美女当保镖、遇到豪门子弟就狠狠压制，节奏非常快。作者品花人对“狠”与“糙”的把握很直接，主角李阳的代号“凶兽”被反复点题，战斗写得直来直去，不玩花哨招式，读起来痛快。后半程作者没有停留在单纯的都市打脸，而是引入传国玉玺碎片、玄冥宗传承与“隐门”世界，把格局从一座城抬到一个隐秘的江湖，蛮兽岛一段更是全书想象力最放飞的部分。当然，作为早年的男频爽文，它对女性角色的处理、配角的塑造都带着那个年代的套路痕迹，设定也有不少经不起推敲之处。适合抱着放松心态、想找回当年追更感觉的读者。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢都市异能、兵王回归题材的男频网文读者
偏好节奏快、战斗描写直给的爽文读者
对“隐门”“古武”“传国玉玺”等设定感兴趣的读者
想重温 2015 年前后网文风格的怀旧读者

Not a good fit for

偏爱严肃文学与细腻人物刻画的读者
对套路化描写、脸谱化女性角色敏感的读者
不喜欢长篇连载式重复打脸结构的人

Reading tips

前期以单元式打脸为主线，可快速浏览；重点看作主角如何在天海市站稳脚跟。
进入“蛮兽岛”与“隐门”章节时再放慢速度，这段是全书的设定转折点。
本书卷帙较长，建议按“都市线—隐门线—终局”三段分批阅读，避免疲劳。
如与同类兵王流作品对比阅读，可留意本书“凶狠野蛮、简单粗暴”的风格定位。

Chapter 1 The Stunning Beauty on the Beach
Chapter 2 Being the Beauty's Bodyguard
Chapter 3 The Dazzling Lin Wan'er
Chapter 4 You're Not Thinking of Going Back on Your Word, Are You!
Chapter 5 The Young Man Who Barged In by Accident
Chapter 6 Cross Me and I'll Break Your Leg
Chapter 7 This Is Pink
Chapter 8 So Many Luxury Cars—Are They Shooting a Movie!
Chapter 9 Trouble—the Entire Shangguan Family Turns Out!
Chapter 236 The Undying Body of the Nether King
Chapter 237 Li Yang Returns
Chapter 238 Cooperation Is Fine, Submission Is Hard
Chapter 239 Rather Shattered Jade Than a Whole Tile
Chapter 240 Love and Hate—It's Her
Chapter 252 Battle Against Two Earth-Rank Masters
Chapter 256 Li Yang's Revenge Comes Without Delay
Chapter 268 Encountering an Ancient Ruin
Chapter 276 The Hidden World of Penglai
Chapter 281 Between Father and Daughter
Chapter 293 The Fierce Beast's Frenzy
Chapter 305 Brutal Overkill
Chapter 311 The Heart of the Strong
Chapter 312 Returning to a Strange Land, Missing Familiar People
Chapter 314 Reclaiming One's Ancestry

FAQ

《近战兵王》的作者是谁？

作者是网络作家品花人，作品 2015 年起在纵横中文网连载，后于多平台发布并完结，全书约 147.61 万字。

这本书和《近战兵王闯都市》是同一本吗？

不是。《近战兵王闯都市》作者为天下君子，主角是萧辉；《近战兵王》作者为品花人，主角是李阳，两者是不同作品。

《近战兵王》有没有正式出版？

目前查到的信息显示它是网络小说，先在纵横中文网连载，后于多平台发布完结，暂未核实到正式出版的 ISBN 信息。

主角李阳的“凶兽”代号是什么意思？

书中的解释是：凶指凶狠野蛮不讲理、疯狂残暴不要命，兽指无耻厚黑不要脸、简单粗暴真男人，用来概括其战斗与行事风格。

书里的“隐门”是什么设定？

隐门是书中独立于普通都市的隐秘古武世界，李阳在剧情后段进入其中，并由此牵扯出传承、世家与传国玉玺相关的阴谋。

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About the author

Pinhua Ren Author

Pinhua Ren is an author in Chinese online literature about whom limited public information is available; the representative work currently known is Close-Combat Soldier King. Based on the library's records, this work is categorized as male-oriented fiction and urban fiction. Its subject matter tends toward hot-blooded growth and close-quarters combat set against an urban backdrop, typically unfolding around the protagonist's practical experience, changes in identity, and emotional threads. The pace is brisk and the conflicts are concentrated, matching the common reading expectations for male-oriented urban soldier-king fiction. Pinhua Ren's overall writing style is difficult to summarize fully from the available materials, but the creative direction clearly targets readers who enjoy action scenes and urban social dynamics, and the author tends to highlight characters' tough temperament and emotional relationships within tightly plotted stories. Only this one work can be confirmed at present, and the author's nationality, birth and death years, and writing career have not been made public. Public information is therefore limited, and a more complete introduction to the author's life and overall creative profile is not yet possible.