Chapter 760 - 758: Jackie’s Disdain
After a while, the applause stopped, and the entire venue became quiet.
At this moment, the referee Zhang Jie stepped onto the ring and continued saying, "Earlier, Teacher Shen Yan has explained the competition rules once. I will emphasize them again here to prevent any mistakes. Contestants registered from South Sea high schools can draw lots to challenge at will. The loser is directly eliminated. If the third place is taken out, the winner rests for ten minutes before continuing to compete against the second place, and so on. The final winner will be the champion."
"Did everyone hear that clearly?" Zhang Jie turned around and asked the ten South Sea high school contestants behind him, as well as the three foreign ring masters.
"We heard clearly." Everyone answered in unison.
"Good, then next, let’s invite the ring masters to come on stage to greet everyone. First is the expert from the United States, Jackie, please give a round of applause to welcome him. He is a sophomore student from a renowned high school in the United States, extremely powerful, especially with remarkable leg techniques, known as the Western Shadowless Leg."
Zhang Jie spoke without exaggeration, as Jackie’s leg skills were truly top-notch, beyond doubt.
"Next, let’s welcome another person, a Muay Thai expert, Shi Kekuang. As we all know, Muay Thai is quite a formidable fist technique in international martial arts competitions. Its attacks mainly rely on joints as well as knees and elbows, with substantial force in these areas, making its attack power very strong and easily causing serious harm to opponents. So during the upcoming matches, I advise competitors against Shi Kekuang to be cautious to avoid problems later," the referee Zhang Jie reminded.
"Hual...a..."
At this moment, there was a commotion below the stage, clearly already familiar with this Muay Thai, a super powerful fist technique, which is the opposite of our Tai Chi.
This vigorous Muay Thai and our Tai Chi that neutralizes strength with softness are inversely related, each having their strengths. It is not about which technique is more powerful, but about the practitioner’s level and understanding of the technique.
"Alright, everyone quiet down, continue listening to my introduction of the next person."
The referee Zhang Jie looked at the students and leaders still discussing below the stage and smiled before continuing, "The person I introduce next will definitely surprise everyone, and not for any other reason, but because she is a versatile beauty expert aged 19, named Zhenzi. Not only are her leg techniques excellent, but her punches are even better, with overall strength indicators being the strongest among her age group in Japan. Her power and speed are truly astonishing; during the match later, pay attention and you’ll find that she can be regarded as a divine-level expert."
Upon hearing this, Chen Tianlong furrowed his brow. No wonder she is the leader among the three; previously, seeing her speed and power, Chen Tianlong knew she was not simple.
Although Zhenzi is only a nineteen-year-old girl, her overall qualities show she is more than just a student, definitely having another identity.
The only identity Chen Tianlong could think of was an assassin. Only an assassin could cultivate their power, speed, and other skills to such a masterful level in such a short time.
"Alright, the ring masters have been introduced, now let me introduce our challenge team members. There are a total of ten people, four from our organizing school, South Sea No.1 Middle School, and six from other high schools in South Sea."
The referee Zhang Jie felt there was nothing special to introduce about their capabilities, and their strength wasn’t documented properly either as each wrote ambiguously about challenging themselves or having strong abilities. Zhang Jie reviewed a few and couldn’t be bothered.
Meanwhile, Chen Tianlong straightforwardly reported his Yellow Dao’s four-star strength because when he registered, he hadn’t broken through yet, but later rose two levels consecutively. The two levels were improved in such a short time; if it weren’t for Hao Kan having fought him, he wouldn’t have known his strength had reached this level.
However, the only person who knew Chen Tianlong’s true strength was in the hospital, and everyone else basically thought he was Yellow Dao four-star, including the three foreign experts.
Zhenzi had seen Chen Tianlong fight Hao Ren not long ago and clearly thought he was Yellow Dao four-star strength, so today she was unrestrained, without worry. She thought these people were utterly foolish to come, if not for the inability to kill, she really wanted to take out all ten contestants.
"Alright, all participants have been introduced, so next we will begin. Please all players get ready."
Zhang Jie circled the ring to inspect, found no problems, and then continued, "Alright, next the first ring master to take the stage is the expert from the United States, Jackie. So who will challenge this Western Shadowless Leg master from the United States?"
"I’ll do it."
As soon as the words fell, a robust-looking man stood up. Though he appeared to be in his twenties, likely a senior high school student, which school precisely only his classmates knew, but that wasn’t the focus, so the referee didn’t introduce his identity or background.
Chen Tianlong and Zhao Lei were taken aback; this person seemed strong but was actually Yellow Dao three-star strength. This kind of strength going up against a Yellow Dao five-star expert from the United States was simply asking for trouble.
"Alright, this student volunteers for the challenge, quickly get up on the stage and match with Jackie, remember everyone, aim to stop at the right moment," the referee didn’t want unexpected incidents in front of many leaders, so he reminded.
"Don’t worry, I’ll definitely make him beg for mercy, haha."
The big guy was quite arrogant, but looking at his strength, one couldn’t see the real skill level of the others. However, truth be told, aside from Chen Tianlong, Zhao Lei, and Yang Xinru, nobody could see the specific strength of these three foreign masters.
So, at this moment, this tall guy was very arrogant, thinking his strength meant he could disregard everything, clearly picturing the scene of the big guy getting defeated later.
Sure enough, Jackie glanced at this person’s strength and then coldly laughed, somewhat disdainfully.
"Are the two of you ready?"
The referee Zhang Jie saw that both stood facing each other, so he asked.
Both did not speak but nodded, and then slowly began walking toward each other. The big guy was clearly the type to act like a wild bull, seeing Jackie as white and soft, somewhat dismissive, moving forward intentionally cracking his bones loudly as a taunt to Jackie.
Jackie wasn’t that arrogant and started to become cautious. He heard that in South Sea, many people suppressed their strength to play the pig to eat the tiger.
They knew one person who did that, and that was Chen Tianlong.
Although on the surface he was Yellow Dao four-star, he could beat the five-star Hao Ren to a pulp, clearly indicating he suppressed his strength without a doubt.
As for Chen Tianlong’s true strength, they also weren’t certain.
"You two, listen up!" Zhang Jie raised his right hand and then watched the two of them, checking if they were ready. After three seconds, he suddenly shouted, "Ready, begin!"