Chapter 24: Defeated with One Move

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  Yafen, who was watching from a spacious room on the first floor of the Extreme Challenge Arena, was also shocked by Xia Yan's strange footwork that had just dodged Taishan's attack. Taishan's seemingly fatal blow had somehow missed?

  The gamblers' frantic cheers reached a climax when the hammer of the champion, Tai Shan, was about to strike the masked face of Xia Yan. With odds of only 10:1, it seemed like a sure win. Ling Luo, this guy with no challenge record, was clearly a rookie, how could he be a match for the number one champion Tai Shan?

  "He actually dodged it..."

  "He's too lucky to have dodged it, but next, once Taishan's 'Revolving Wind Ring Fist' is unleashed, this Ling Luo will definitely be unable to withstand three punches!"

  "This Ling Luo is participating in the challenge for the first time, and there's no information about him at all! I think he's probably a poor devil who doesn't care about his life."

  The gamblers' shouting voices decreased a lot as Xia Yan dodged successfully, but their confidence in Taishan remained full!

  Mount Tai's hammer struck sideways, attempting to knock Xia Yan flying from the left. He no longer dared to underestimate Xia Yan now. The previous strike seemed ordinary and unadorned but was actually one of the most exquisite moves in his "Returning Wind Linked Ring Hammer" technique. Yet that crucial strike inexplicably missed its mark.

  Although Tai Shan has four limbs developed, it does not mean that he is simple-minded. On the contrary, he is very clever. The guy in front of him who looks ordinary is obviously a mastermind.

  Bang!

  Just as Tai Shan was about to unleash the "Returning Wind Linked Ringing Mallet" to counter Xia Yan, his Flowing Star Mallet was blocked by a soft sword. The sword and mallet clashed, sending sparks flying everywhere. The unstoppable momentum of the Flowing Star Mallet suddenly came to an abrupt halt, and the massive mallet hovered in mid-air.

  Tai Shan's face changed greatly, he had already known that he was facing a master at this moment, but he didn't expect the opponent to dare use a soft sword to harden his Flowing Star Hammer. To know, his strength plus the weight of the Flowing Star Hammer, even if an expert with internal power higher than him wouldn't dare to harden his Flowing Star Hammer head-on, let alone this small and weak-looking kid wearing a mask?

  But in fact, his meteor hammer was blocked by the soft sword, and he didn't even have a slight advantage, and it didn't move at all in the air. Taishan's face suddenly stiffened, and apparently, the next move couldn't be made as expected.

  Before accepting this challenge, Taishan had already fought four battles on this stage. In each of these four battles, he simply used a few attacks to severely injure his opponents and sweep them off the stage. But today's battle was different, making his eyes bulge out in shock and his heart extremely shaken.

  Not just Taishan's expression was frozen in place, but also the numerous gamblers below the stage were all stunned!

  A sword and an axe, as if frozen in mid-air!

  Next, before Tarzan had any reaction, his sturdy body had already fallen to the ground with a loud "boom". Tarzan didn't even know how his opponent had knocked him down, he only heard one word "down"! Then his body involuntarily fell down, and he couldn't control it at all.

  Along with it, the ground made of solid slate began to shake violently!

  When Taishan's massive body completely fell down, the treasure holder under the stage finally took a cold breath and woke up. However, it was still dead silence!

  This situation seems completely different from what I imagined before!

  Taishan came and went, defeated in one move! Now, he's lying on the ground waving his limbs. And that Ling Luo, has one foot stepping on Taishan's back, Taishan's hands and feet are supporting the ground, but can't get up!

  This scene looks quite comical.

  The slender Xia Yan surprisingly pinned down Tai Shan, who was two or three times his size, to the ground and he couldn't get up.

  It took a long time for the gamblers to murmur, and it was clear that Taishan had lost, and he had lost thoroughly! He didn't even let his opponent make a real move!

  This was an extremely unimpressive challenge, yet it attracted the attention of most of the gamblers. The gamblers who were originally watching other arenas also shifted their astonished gazes over here.

  "Ah...!" Yafen's slender eyebrows almost knotted together, she couldn't believe that the number one fighter Taishan would be so vulnerable to a single blow!

  "My intuition was right, this Ling Luo..." Yafen's slender eyebrows suddenly relaxed, the corners of her mouth curled up into a perfect arc, and she took a sip of fragrant tea with her bright red lips.

  "Get ready to arrange the Ling Luo to receive the next challenge, I want to see just how strong this Ling Luo's power is! Let the evaluation team evaluate immediately and find out how much power that sword that blocked Taishan Flowing Star Hammer earlier had!" Yafen ordered a black-clad staff member.

  Taishan's Flowing Meteor Hammer, combined with his martial skills, should not have only been able to unleash forty percent of its power. Yet now, Taishan was defeated in a single move by Ling Luo!

  On the arena, the staff has already announced that Ling Luo's challenge was successful and she has been promoted to Arena Master. She will now accept challenges from challengers!

  "No! This can't be! How could Taishan lose to this newcomer?"

  "Damn it, he must have been too lucky! Is Taishan's legs soft today? Can't play to his strength? Look at that punch just now, it was so weak and I can even block it!"

  ……

  In the great hall on the first floor, a huge placard was brought out with several large black characters written on it: Half an hour later, No Shadow Challenge Number One Champion Ling Luo.

  Most people think that Xia Yan won by luck. A small number of insightful people are skeptical, because the strength Xia Yan showed earlier didn't seem strong, yet Tai Shan mysteriously lost! Only a handful of people can truly see Xia Yan's abilities.

  When the huge placard was slowly lifted out, the crowd in the entire hall suddenly boiled up. This Ling Luo, actually became the champion and immediately accepted the challenge. And the next person to challenge him is Wú Yǐng! Wú Yǐng is an old-timer of the Extreme Challenge Arena, from several years ago, Wú Yǐng has been challenging or being challenged in this arena, with extremely rich combat experience, and a very good battle record, in the minds of the gamblers, Wú Yǐng is undoubtedly a strong contender.

  No shadow, good at speed, and the weapon used is a three-foot green steel long sword.

  Yafen's enchanting eyes fluttered slightly as she gazed at the crowd of gamblers in the hall, a dazzling smile spreading across her captivating face.

  "These people, don't have any insight! Most of them actually bought Wu Ying Sheng! This round, Ling Luo will definitely win again! Although Wu Ying's strength is not bad, he is no match for Ling Luo. I wonder how much time it will take for Ling Luo to defeat Wu Ying, can't wait!"

  The odds of Ling Luo are one to one!

  Xia Yan sat in the main seat, his eyes slightly closed. The entire battle process had just lasted for less than two minutes. And the noisy gamblers below had no effect on Xia Yan, as if he couldn't hear anything.

  But what Xia Yan was thinking in his mind at this time was: "Ten gold coins are already in hand, the next one is twenty gold coins!"

  Looking at Xia Yan's face with a mask, Yafen kept guessing what this mysterious person was thinking about. If she knew that Xia Yan was thinking of ten gold coins at the moment, she would probably collapse.