Martial Arts Song

Chapter 294: Absolute Shadow
This man suddenly jumped onto the stage, catching the Ryuying security team around the stage off guard.

When he landed on the ring and cursed Takasugi Naoto, the surrounding Ryuo Security Team finally reacted.

The next second, the members of the Ryuying Security Team in the innermost circle around the ring turned their guns and aimed at the man who jumped onto the ring.

It was not until this moment that the people around him could see what this person looked like.

This is a young man wearing gray shorts, cloth shoes, and a crew cut. He looks to be in his early twenties.

At this moment, his face was filled with indignation.

But he looked around the ring with great fear, pointing his gun at his Ryuying Security Team, not daring to act rashly.

After a moment, his eyes finally turned to Takasugi Naoto and he asked coldly, "What? Are you scared? I have so many people from your Ryuuu Security Team pointing guns at me, but you dare not fight back?"

In the arena.

Takasugi Naoto, who was wearing a white upper body and black lower body and holding a bamboo sword in his hand, looked at this man after he jumped onto the ring.

After listening to the man's abuse, his face was calm and there was no emotional fluctuation.

He just raised his left hand that was not holding the bamboo sword, pressed down on the Ryuying security team around the ring, and signaled them to put down their guns.

After the people from the Liuying Security Team put down their guns, he looked at the newcomer and said calmly, "Which martial arts school are you from? I have challenged many martial arts schools in your Huhai before. As the old saying of your Central Country says, I don't fight with nameless people. Tell me your name."

"I'm not a martial arts student. I just had the honor of learning martial arts from a master for a few years. Listen to me, grandpa! The man who beat you up today is called Xu Chenggang!"

After saying that, the man's steps changed rapidly, and his claws with both hands kept grabbing alternately, catching the gusts of strong wind, and his whole body quickly attacked Takasugi Naoto from left to right.

However, facing his attack, Takasugi Naoto stood still, but slowly raised his right hand and held up the bamboo sword in his hand.

When the opponent came within a certain distance, he raised the bamboo sword and swung it diagonally to the lower left!

"Shh!"

The bamboo sword was swung, causing a whistling sound!

The young man named Xu Chenggang saw that he finally swung his sword, and he kicked his feet. His body, which had been moving left and right, suddenly changed direction and pounced to the right side of Takasugi Naoto, attacking the gap next to the opponent's sword trajectory, and attacked the opponent's right waist with his hands in claws.

However, when he was halfway in his move, Takasugi Naoto's bamboo sword, which was swinging towards the lower left, suddenly paused and actually stopped in the middle of the swing!
Then, the bamboo sword in his hand changed direction and swung to the right. The speed of the sword suddenly accelerated, leaving an afterimage!
"call out!"

Accompanied by a strong sound of breaking through the air.

The afterimage of the bamboo sword accurately slashed Xu Chenggang's neck!
"Snapped!"

A huge muffled sound followed.

The young man named Xu Chenggang let out a muffled groan, his eyes turned black, and he fell unconscious on the stage.

After doing all this, Takasugi Naoto still had a calm expression on his face, without any emotion, as if he had just done something insignificant.

Without even looking at the young man Xu Chenggang who had fainted at his feet, he spoke a word in Ryuying language to the two Ryuying security team members next to the ring.

Then, he once again faced the direction of the most Central Country people outside the arena, raised his bamboo sword and pointed at the crowd and said, "The next sick man of Donglu."

As he continued to provoke, the two Ryuying Security Team members he had just spoken to also put their rifles on their backs, walked onto the stage, and carried the unconscious young man Xu Chenggang down.

The second floor of the teahouse.

Chen Qing and his group, who were standing high, could clearly see that the two Ryuying Security Team members carried the knocked-out young man off the stage, then one of them cleared the way with a gun while the other dragged the man to the side of the road and threw him directly there.

Seeing this scene, Chen Qing frowned and said, "That person was just thrown on the side of the road. Will he be okay?"

Hearing this, Luo Zongping continued to look down, but replied: "Although this man is not very strong, he is fighting for our Hu Hai warriors. The Hu Hai warriors will not ignore him. Huiyang, keep an eye on him. If no one is watching him later, take him to the teahouse and take good care of him."

"Yes!"

The driver Xiao Zhao next to him responded immediately.

Chen Qing didn't say anything after hearing this.

But Lu Hongfeng on the other side spoke at this time.

Lv Hongfeng commented in a neutral voice, "This Ryuuko man's swordsmanship is indeed quite capable. He has already reached a state where he is not restricted to the basic sword styles and can change sword styles at will. This swordsmanship alone makes it difficult for those who have not yet reached the limit of their kung fu to approach him. As for those who have reached the limit of their kung fu and want to defeat him, they will at least have to take a bamboo sword blow first."

"Ah? Master, is this guy so powerful?!"

Hearing what Lu Hongfeng said, Zheng Shaohong next to him widened his eyes and said, "What if this man is not holding a bamboo sword, but their Ryu-Ying sword? If he wants to defeat him, doesn't he have to get stabbed first? Will he still be alive..."

"That situation is different again."

Lu Hongfeng said calmly: "This is an arena competition, not a life-and-death fight. The fighting styles of a life-and-death fight and a competition are different."

"What's the difference?"

Zheng Shaohong asked doubtfully.

After hearing this, Lu Hongfeng frowned, glanced at him, and said impatiently: "Can't you use your brain to think about it? You have to ask everything!"

Zheng Shaohong shrank his head when he was yelled at and curled his lips, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Seeing this, Chen Qing smiled and explained: "In a competition, the most you can do is get injured. But in a life-and-death fight, there are no rules and you can use any method. If you have a life-and-death fight with him, you don't need to fight him in close combat. As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. You can't use your weaknesses to fight the enemy's strengths, but you have to play to your strengths."

"If he uses a knife, you can actually use a gun. If that doesn't work, you can throw hidden weapons like stones at him from a distance, or use anything you can to interfere with his weapons, or even use lime and mud to blur his eyes. In short, as long as you can kill the other person, you can use any means. This is a fight of life and death."

"……hiss!"

Hearing Chen Qing's words, Zheng Shaohong and Xin Guiqing's first disciple next to him took a deep breath.

"Isn't this... this... a little too despicable?"

Zheng Shaohong murmured.

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Lu Hongfeng snorted coldly, looked at him and said, "It's a life-and-death battle, so why are you talking about being mean or not? Are you a child?"

After being scolded, Zheng Shaohong shrank his head again and dared not say anything more.

At this time, Luo Zongping smiled and said, "Okay, Lao Lu, be patient when teaching children, don't be so fierce all the time. Xiao Zheng, don't be scared by your master, you should still ask questions in the future. It's better to be scolded than to be beaten or killed in the future, don't you think?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Shaohong could only smile awkwardly.

While they were chatting about this, on the stage in the street below, after the first young man was knocked unconscious and thrown on the side of the road, several more people came on stage one after another.

However, although these people had practiced some martial arts, it was a pity that under Takasugi Naoto's swordsmanship, which had reached the level of "doing whatever one wants", as Lü Hongfeng said, it was basically difficult for them to even get close. All of them were hit in the vital parts by the bamboo sword when they attacked, and fainted on the ring.

After several people who came on stage one after another were knocked unconscious by a bamboo sword, many Central Chinese people who were originally excited outside the ring finally realized that this Ryuying man on the ring seemed to be really powerful.

This caused the curses from the people in the center of the crowd to gradually change, and turned into shouting for the famous martial arts master of "Hu Hai" to deal with the Ryuukaku on the ring.

However, what most of them don't know is that many of the martial arts schools in "Hōkai" have been challenged by Takasugi Naoto and lost.

Most of the Central Country people who were able to come here to watch were from West City, and they only knew about the martial arts school in West City.

So, for a while, only the cheers of the crowd around the ring could be heard, but no one from the martial arts school came on stage.

Compared with the anger of the Central Chinese people around the arena, people from other countries around the arena were more just watching the fun.

After seeing Naoto Takasugi knocking people out with his bamboo sword several times in a row, the people from other concessions below, especially those from Western Land, cheered and clapped their hands regardless of the ugly faces of the Central Chinese people around them.

All of this was seen by Chen Qing and others on the second floor of the teahouse.

"Why haven't they come yet? Are the people in West City waiting for us in East City to lead the charge?"

Lu Hongfeng, who had the most straightforward temper, looked at the situation on the street below and said with dissatisfaction.

Xin Guiqing, who was standing by, folded his hands and narrowed his eyes as he heard this. He said, "This 'Takasugi Naoto' has challenged many martial arts schools in West City before. No one in his age group can match him. If these martial arts school disciples who have been challenged go on the ring again, they will only lose face in front of the public once more. They may even be laughed at by this 'Takasugi Naoto'."

"As for the other martial arts schools in West City that have not been challenged, as long as they don't have young disciples with strength that is unique among the many martial arts schools in West City, who would dare to go up? No one in those martial arts schools that have been challenged can match this 'Takasugi Naoto', and it is difficult for them to have one in their school either. Going up would only be embarrassing. Moreover, the sooner they go up, the easier it is for them to be remembered, so of course they don't want to go up."

After hearing his words, Lu Hongfeng frowned and said, "Are we going to let this bastard continue to be so rampant? If he continues to knock people out with his sword, we will be infamous as the 'Sick Man of East Land'!"

After that, he turned his head to look at Zheng Shaohong beside him and said, "Shaohong, go meet him. Remember to hold on a little longer and don't let him knock you out all at once!"

"what?"

Zheng Shaohong was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and pointed at himself, "Me?"

"how?"

Lu Hongfeng glared, "You can't go?"

Zheng Shaohong immediately revealed a smile that was uglier than crying, and quickly replied: "You can go...you can go..."

After saying that, he turned around with a bitter face and walked towards the stairs to the second floor.

However, before he took a few steps, Luo Zongping, who had been watching the situation below, suddenly said, "Xiao Zheng, you don't have to go."

A look of surprise suddenly appeared on Zheng Shaohong's bitter face.

But he didn't dare show it, he just turned his head and looked at Lu Hongfeng.

Although Lu Hongfeng felt his gaze, he ignored it. Instead, he looked at Luo Zongping, frowned and said, "Lao Luo, if he doesn't go, who will go?"

As he spoke, his eyes turned to Xiao Zhao, the driver next to Lu Hongfeng.

Xiao Zhao froze and quickly turned his head to look downward, not daring to meet Lu Hongfeng's eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Hongfeng looked at Chen Qing again.

Chen Qing sensed Lu Hongfeng's gaze, but he did not avoid it. Instead, he went straight to meet him and said, "If I go, I have to prepare first."

Although Luo Zongping had said before that since he had invited the disciple of Master Jue, he probably wouldn't need to go on stage, he was just asked to come and watch the fight just in case.

But he had also imagined the situation where he would need to go on stage if he really encountered that "what if" situation.

Therefore, he also has some corresponding countermeasures.

So, when he saw that Lu Hongfeng wanted him to go on stage, he didn't feel any waves in his heart.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Luo Zongping said, "There is no need for Little Friend Lin to go."

"Ok?"

Chen Qing was startled when he heard this.

Lu Hongfeng frowned and asked directly, "Lao Luo, what on earth are you up to?"

Luo Zongping, who had been looking down, turned his head to look at him, smiled, then raised his hand and pointed at the street below, "Look who that is."

Upon hearing this, Lu Hongfeng looked in the direction Luo Zongping pointed.

After searching for a while, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he said with a look of realization: "So it's him."

"Who's coming?"

Chen Qing on the side asked curiously.

At the same time, he also looked towards the street below in the direction Luo Zongping pointed.

But because of the angle and the dense crowds of people on the street below, he found it difficult to tell who Luo Zongping was referring to.

Luo Zongping turned around and saw that he had been looking for her, so he smiled and said, "At the other end of this street, a little further back, just as he walked into the crowd, there's the guy with curly hair, patched clothes, and a knife on his back."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing looked towards the other end of Hongjiang Road, and then searched the crowd for a figure that matched Luo Zongping's description.

Soon, he found the right person.

Because the distance was too far, he actually only saw a figure with patched clothes and a suspected knife on his back.

As for whether the hair was curly or not, he couldn't actually see clearly.

After finding this figure, Chen Qing was surprised to discover that after this figure walked into the crowd, wherever he passed, the people around him, regardless of whether they saw him or not, actually moved away on their own!

It was as if they were making way for him on purpose!
In other words, these people were pushed away by an invisible force surrounding this figure!
Seeing this scene, Chen Qing suddenly had a guess in his mind, but he still asked, "Who is this person?"

Luo Zongping smiled slightly and said the answer he guessed: "He is 'Jueying', the disciple of Master Jue."

really!

Hearing this answer, Chen Qing's face was not surprised, but he frowned slightly and said: "He is here? Is he ready to go on stage?"

Hearing his words, Luo Zongping immediately laughed and said, "Do you really think this is a big show? The protagonist only appears at the end? The warriors in West City have already lost face, so they don't want to lose it again. They haven't come out yet because they are waiting for Jueying."

(End of this chapter)