Xu Haifeng pushed the case and stood up, making a fist to the surrounding crowd, saying loudly: "This official does not want to be a cowardly ghost, so Im going to go fight, temporarily taking my leave." After finishing speaking, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Tang Rouer on the right side seat, turned around and left, his movements clean and efficient, without any hesitation.
Tang Rouer was swept by his gaze, and her heart was slightly startled. From his tone, it seemed that he had only acted after hearing her previous words. Being able to hear such a soft voice from so far away was unheard of, and this terrifyingly keen sense of hearing was unprecedented. The glance that guy gave before leaving was filled with fiery emotions, causing her pretty face to blush slightly for the first time.
Fang Lingtian and Fang Lingde, the two brothers, exchanged a bewildered glance. They both knew that Xu Haifeng was not someone who liked to act impulsively, but today he had become reckless, being provoked by words and falling into a trap.
Fang Ling Tian slightly shook his head, and Fang Ling De also let out a helpless sigh. They didnt have much confidence in Xu Haifeng because they knew that more than ten days ago, he was just an ordinary person who didnt know any martial arts. Although he had received the inheritance of the legendary master Taiyi Zhenrens extraordinary abilities, to say that he could become a top expert in just over ten days would mean that Taiyi Zhenren was truly a god.
Xu Haifeng moved, and his three bodyguards naturally followed behind him. Xu Haiming and Lin Changkong were fine, but the giant Qin Yong caused a stir. The crowd saw them walking towards the arena and wondered if Qin Yong would dominate the arena again.
Intimidated by Qin Yongs invincible reputation, they walked into the crowd smoothly, and no one dared to block the way of this giant who had just been appointed as the number one brave warrior in the world.
He arrived at the front of the stage and stopped, at this time there were two people fighting fiercely on the stage. Looking at their moves, they were far inferior to Cheng Kuian, only a second-rate level in the Jianghu. Xu Haifeng watched for a while, secretly letting out a sigh of relief. If his opponent was only at this level, then he thought it would be hard to lose.
Actually, as soon as he stepped down from the podium, he had some regrets. This challenge, if won, would be fine, but if lost, it would be a case of losing more than you gain, and not being worth it.
After a brief moment, one person on the stage suddenly displayed a set of fast knife kung fu. He saw that his knives were faster than each other, and in an instant, he had already chopped out thirty-six linked knives. His opponent was caught off guard, flailing about, and finally fell to the ground with shame at the thirty-second knife, defeated.
Xu Haifengs heart skipped a beat, these soldiers who had the confidence to go on stage all had their own unique skills, he couldnt underestimate anyone, otherwise, if he let his guard down for even a moment, he would regret it forever.
He took a deep breath and walked slowly onto the stage, clasped his fists and said: "I am Hei Qi Juns Xu Hai Feng, here to ask for guidance."
That swift swordsman was taken aback, his eyes scanning Xǔ Hǎifēngs face before suddenly recognizing him as the Black Flag Army commander who had just spoken out against Qín Yǒngs murderous intentions on the southern platform. He felt a bitter taste in his mouth, never having imagined he would encounter such an opponent, and could only cup his hands in respect: "I am Chen Sīliáng, Commander of the Qílín Armys Thousand-Man Unit; General, please spare my life."
Xu Haifeng smiled slightly, drew out the unremarkable black sword, and assumed a defensive stance, saying: "Please..."
Chen Siliang took a look and found it was just what he wanted. Most of his skills were in this knife, and the one he was best at was this quick knife skill. Generally speaking, quick knife skills emphasize offense over defense. Since Xu Haifeng had made it clear that he wanted him to attack, Chen naturally wouldnt decline. He said a sentence: "Im being presumptuous." Then he wielded his knife and rushed forward.
At the beginning, he was intimidated by the great name of the Black Flag Army and did not dare to launch a fierce attack. However, after more than 100 slashes, Xu Haifeng still only defended and did not counterattack even once. His courage grew, and his movements became faster and more agile. He unfolded his moves, circling around Xu Haifeng as the center, spinning around in circles, with his hands flashing with knife lights, slashing faster and faster.
No matter how swift he was, Xu Haifeng merely swung the unbreakable divine sword in his hand to tightly guard the entrance. Within a three-foot radius around him, the swords shadow was dense and impenetrable, not allowing even a drop of water to leak through.
The two of them exchanged blows quickly, and it was a good show, constantly triggering bursts of applause from the spectators. However, in the eyes of true masters, their moves were fast but powerless, with too many openings, and fundamentally posed no threat. But there were probably fewer than a thousand people in the arena who had such discerning eyes.
After a while, Xu Haifeng saw that Chen Siliang had used all his strength, but could not pose a fatal threat to himself, so he gradually increased his strength and introduced the Xizizi into his swordsmanship.
Chen Siliang didnt think much of it at first, but as Xu Haifengs sword absorbed more and more power, he began to feel uneasy. Every time their blades clashed, a sticky force would appear on the opponents weapon, luckily his knife skills were extremely fast, and he managed to shake it off several times. From then on, he was extremely cautious and didnt dare to let his blade touch the opponents again. The so-called "fast knife" technique emphasizes being swift and uninterrupted, but now that he had this concern, his knife skills power was greatly reduced, and the more they fought, the more awkward it became.
He suddenly exerted himself, quickly slashing out with his knife and jumping out of the circle. The previous wave-like offensive had already consumed a large amount of his physical strength, even if Xu Haifeng hadnt used the "Absorbing Character" technique, he would have been unable to continue soon anyway, now it was just that this result had come a little earlier.
Chen Siliang took a few deep breaths, calming down his slightly disordered inner energy, and looked at Xu Haifeng again, who still had a smile on his face, without a single sweat bead on his forehead.
Ashamed in his heart, he thought that Xu Haifeng had deliberately not used a killing move to spare him some dignity and avoid embarrassing him in front of everyone.
He was also a straightforward person, knowing that he wasnt a match for him and feeling grateful, so he cupped his hands and said: "General Xu, thank you for sparing my life, I am convinced." After finishing speaking, he jumped off the stage and went to be an onlooker.
Xu Haifeng held his ground without yielding, and returned a distant courtesy to him.
Just nows trial, Xu Haifeng didnt show any earth-shattering or astonishing skills, overall performance was just average, the only thing that was slightly better than others was a defensive move.
There are not a few people under the stage who can hold their own against Chen Siliang, and they all have their own small abacus. Chen Siliangs inability to break through Xu Haifengs defense does not mean that they are not capable of it. If they happen to win against the leader of the Black Flag Army, their reputation will be greatly enhanced, and this deal is a good one no matter what.
Then, five more people came up to challenge. The kung fu of these five people was obviously higher than Chen Si Liangs, especially the last one, whose martial arts skills were already very close to those of a top-notch master. Xu Hai Feng spent nearly half an hour grinding away at his inner strength before forcing him to concede defeat.
Up until now, Xu Haifeng has consecutively defeated six people. As long as he can defeat one more person, he will become the champion of this years Military Games martial arts competition.
In this martial arts competition, there is an unwritten rule that the challengers martial arts skills must be above those of the previous failed challenger. If someone rashly takes the stage without self-awareness and their martial arts skills are not even as good as the previous challenger, they will be ridiculed and despised by everyone.
So when the sixth challenger failed, most people had given up in their hearts, and for a while, no one came on stage to continue the challenge.
Actually, everyone on and off stage who knows the goods is muttering to themselves in their hearts. Seeing Xu Haifengs performance like this, Fang Lian brothers are half joyful and half worried.
In the previous few matches, Xu Haifeng took a defensive stance from start to finish without exception. No matter how his opponents launched a fierce attack, he calmly and steadily defended his own territory, then relied on his superior endurance to exhaust his opponents energy bit by bit. Until finally, his opponent was exhausted and had no choice but to surrender.
In such a martial arts competition, the most important thing is to win quickly and decisively, because ones energy is limited, and it is extremely difficult to succeed in taking on seven people at once unless there is an overwhelming gap between them.
So they often adopt thunderous tactics when encountering slightly weaker opponents, striving to solve the problem in the shortest time possible and leave some energy for future battles.
No one has ever been like Hai Feng, regardless of the opponents strength, he would engage in a battle of endurance and internal energy with them. This kind of war of attrition was something that no one could afford to sustain. With the combined internal energy of these six opponents, it had already surpassed that of a first-rate master by a large margin, almost equivalent to the internal energy of a top-notch master. In other words, if it were someone like Cheng Kuian, at this point they would have exhausted their strength and be at the mercy of others.
This final challenge is of great importance, without the strength of a top-notch master, its pointless to even take the stage.
But among the onlookers, there were a few who had the ability to do so, but they either admired Xu Haifengs benevolent actions or had other plans, and in short, no one was willing to take advantage of this ready-made opportunity and provoke public outrage. In their eyes, Xu Haifeng was doing it to save the challengers face, so he didnt mind wasting his true energy and using this clumsy method.
Xu Haifeng did this, indeed saved his opponents face, won the favor and respect of most soldiers, but his own situation was not too good, slightly panting, slightly tired.
However, they didnt know that although Xu Haifeng wasnt good at other things, if it was just a matter of endurance, he was indeed the number one in the world.
Since he discovered the fine wine, his body has been able to absorb the essence of the wine, and he began to drink heavily. By now, he had accumulated an endless amount of spiritual energy in his body. At this moment, even taking down five people was just a small test, equivalent to doing some warm-up exercises. The fatigue on his face was deliberately pretended, with the intention of confusing others, making them think that he was running out of energy and had no strength left.
Gu Dao and Min Zhi Tang exchanged a glance, clearly seeing the murderous intent in each others eyes.
Especially the ancient Taoist was furious in his heart, they didnt know that Xu Haifeng had received the transmission of Taiyi Zhenren, one of the three great masters, and even if he knew, he wouldnt believe that someone could reach the realm of a top-notch master in just a few days.
If martial arts were that easy to cultivate, Gu Dao Yan would have become a top-notch master long ago. So Gu Dao Yan still thought that Xu Hai Feng was deep-minded and deliberately concealed his skills in the Western Regions.