Chapter Twenty-Three: A Series of Blows

  The arena for the challenge was a square, ten meters long and wide. Although the first challenge wouldn't begin until nearly half an hour later, many people had already gathered around it to place their bets.

  Xia Yan sat on the challenger's seat at the edge of the arena, while the enchanting Yafen had already left. Just now, a staff member from the venue brought over a set of protective armor, but Xia Yan refused it.

  Generally, challengers challenge the champion. Whether it's the champion or the challenger, they will wear protective armor provided by the venue. After all, in a fierce and merciless battle, wearing protective armor reduces the risk of injury.

  When Xia Yan refused to put on the armor, the surrounding onlookers let out a wave of whispers and sighs.

  "Is this guy out of his mind? Challenging the champion and not even wearing protective armor? I think he's probably going to get himself killed by Tai Shan!"

  "It looks pretty steady, if it's a challenge to an ordinary champion, I might even put some money on him. However, the champion he wants to challenge is Taishan..."

  "Hmph, I think this guy will last at most three minutes, in three minutes, he'll definitely be knocked down!"

  "This guy can't be a master invited by the organizer, right? We all bet on Taishan, but if this guy happens to win? The organizer will make a huge profit!"

  "They shouldn't be doing this, and even if they did, they wouldn't let him go out like that without wearing any protective armor!"

  ……

  As for the discussions of the onlookers below, Xia Yan seemed as if he hadn't heard them at all, without even moving his line of sight half an inch.

  In a spacious and bright room on the first floor, Yafen was standing in it, holding a delicate ceramic cup in her hand, looking at the arena with a leisurely attitude.

  Inside this room, you can clearly see the ten boxing rings below, which is also a unique design of the venue.

  "Miss, that challenger named Ling Luo refused to wear our protective armor!" The staff member who had just delivered the armor to Xia Yan reported back to Yafen.

  "What?" Yafen's eyebrows twitched, her eyes flashing. "He doesn't even wear protective armor? Ha ha, how interesting! I'd like to see what he's capable of! Alright, I understand, you can go now!"

  After a slight astonishment, Yafen returned to normal, with a charming smile at the corner of her mouth, and her bright red lips lightly pursed, taking a sip of fragrant tea.

  Xia Yan, sitting in the challenger's seat, naturally didn't know that Ya Fen was paying attention to him. He just wanted to start the challenge quickly, win five games in a row, and then enter the intermediate champion!

  The Holy Emperor told him to buy the medicinal herbs, he must buy them early, so that he can strengthen his body and temper his spiritual energy earlier, and refine and merge the martial skills he has been absorbing.

  "Thud thud thud~"

  A tremor on the ground, rapidly spreading from under everyone's feet upwards.

  Xia Yan's eyes flickered, and in a daze, a huge figure squeezed in from the back door. No mistake, it was squeezing! The back door was three meters high and one meter five wide, but this person came in, still giving people a feeling of squeezing in.

  Inside the armor, you can vaguely see the developed muscles, and the transverse muscle on his face is shaking with each step.

  "Wah wah wah~"

  The gamblers below shouted one after another, frantically shouting. Obviously, the person who came in was the number one champion Taishan. Taishan had won four consecutive games on the first arena and no one dared to challenge him for two days, extremely popular among gamblers.

  With a huge body shape, after squeezing over from the back door, he surprisingly quickly arrived at the main seat of the ring.

  Xia Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, this Taishan's body was indeed massive, but not clumsy at all, quite formidable! Afterwards, Xia Yan chuckled lightly.

  Yafen had been paying attention to Xia Yan's changes, and at this time, she couldn't help but shake her head, because she found that when Xia Yan saw Tai Shan come in, his body didn't show any stiffness.

  Normally, when people see their opponent in such a state, they will definitely have some physical reaction, just like a man seeing an extremely beautiful woman, his body will definitely change.

  However, Yafen was somewhat disappointed! This Ling Luo, not even a slight change in his body! She didn't even blink her eyes staring at Ling Luo, but indeed did not see any changes, no matter how small!

  Could it be that he really has a problem with his brain? But just now when I was talking to him, I didn't find anything abnormal about his mental state. A few hints of surprise flashed across Yafen's enchanting beautiful eyes.

  "Hmph..." Seated in the main chair, Taishan was grinning at Xia Yan with a ferocious gaze, his eyes gleaming with an unusual intensity, as if he were staring at his prey.

  Mount Tai's weapon is a huge meteor hammer, and just looking at the weight of this meteor hammer makes people tremble with fear. No wonder, for two consecutive days, no one dared to challenge Mount Tai. If they were hit by this meteor hammer, they would be crippled if not dead.

  Half a time unit later, the bell on Ring No. 1 rang out. A staff member gestured to the two of them to stand up, and the challenge began.

  Xia Yan slowly stood up from his seat, his eyes fixed on Mount Tai, and a software appeared in his hand.

  Tai Shan let out a loud snort and stood up, his heavy breathing audible to people within a 10-meter radius.

  "Little kid, prepare to die!" Taishan's coarse and heavy voice, revealing a big yellow tooth, fiercely spat saliva at Xia Yan.

  Xia Yan shook his head, neither confirming nor denying.

  "The challenge officially begins!" The staff shouted loudly.

  Tai Shan had already lifted his foot and rushed towards Xia Yan before the staff's voice had even fallen.

  "I'll tear you apart!" Tarzan bellowed!

  The entire crowd around the No. 1 arena was boiling! Wave after wave of loud shouts, continuously spreading out.

  "Kill him! Kill him!"

  A huge meteor hammer brought up a whistling sound and heavily smashed in front of Xia Yan. Xia Yan, however, seemed to be frightened silly, standing still on the spot without any sign of dodging.

  At this moment, a huge meteor hammer was less than twenty centimeters away from his face!

  "Haha, this kid thinks his mask can rival Tai Shan's Flowing Star Mallet?"

  Someone below the platform laughed and said.

  "Whoosh!"

  Footsteps! Strange footsteps moving!

  Just as the meteor hammer and the mask on his face were about to make contact, Xia Yan moved, it was his feet that moved. A few seemingly simple yet extremely strange footsteps appeared in everyone's line of sight. Of course, many people noticed.

  But it was these few simple footsteps that caused Taishan's fatal Flowing Star Hammer to fall empty!

  The fierce look on Taishan's face was met with a stunned expression, his Flowing Star Hammer seemed to be about to smash the opponent's head like a watermelon, but it inexplicably fell empty! He didn't even see how the opponent dodged this originally sure-to-hit blow.

  However, Taishan is not an ordinary person, he has rich combat experience. After a hammer falls empty, he quickly moves to the right side of his body, his right hand flows star hammer quickly transferred to his left hand, and then slammed to the left. The martial arts that Taishan cultivates are "Returning Wind Linked Ring Hammer". Once this technique is performed, it will be linked one by one, and the attack will also be compact.

  Look at you, you little brat! I'll smash you into a pile of minced meat! Ahhh... Taishan's eyelids twitched violently for a few times, and the Flowing Star Hammer in his hand seemed to have grown eyes as it smashed towards Xia Yan.

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