She couldn't straighten her back; every movement aggravated her injury, sending waves of excruciating pain through her.
Her arms were trembling, and her teeth were grinding together.
But little by little, swaying and staggering, she managed to stand up again.
Although she stood crookedly, like a sapling bent over by a strong wind, she was still standing!
"Whoosh—!"
A suppressed gasp rose from the audience.
This time, it wasn't just a spectacle or a commotion; it was a genuine shock from the heart!
"My God... this... this can still stand up?" a male soldier muttered to himself, looking at Chen Xiaocao as if he were looking at a monster.
"Is this girl made of iron? If I had taken that kick, I'd probably be waiting for a stretcher by now."
Gao Kai's pupils constricted sharply. He stared at the stubborn little figure, his heart pounding as if struck by something. He had initially thought Chen Xiaocao's courage was just a fleeting moment, but she hadn't expected her resilience to far exceed his expectations!
Su Tang stood still, motionless.
She looked at the figure swaying in the wind, yet refusing to fall, and something deep in her eyes was slowly turning hot.
Little girl, did you see that?
This is our little grass.
A weed that no one can kill.
Bai Wei's smile froze completely.
She never expected that Chen Xiaocao could still stand up after all that.
This made her feel inexplicably irritated and humiliated.
What right does an ant have to look at me like that? What right does she have not fallen? What right does she have to lie on the ground begging for mercy like a dead dog?
"Very well." Bai Wei's voice was as cold as ice. "Since you like standing so much, then I'll beat you until you can't stand up anymore!"
Before she finished speaking, she lunged at him again!
Whip kick! Elbow strike! Side kick!
This time, her attacks became more frequent and more vicious!
Bang!
A whip kick landed hard on the outside of Chen Xiaocao's thigh.
Chen Xiaocao's body swayed and she almost fell again, but she managed to steady herself by relying on her other leg!
Bang!
Another chop to the back of her neck.
Chen Xiaocao's vision went black, and she staggered forward two steps. Just when everyone thought she was going to fall face down, she used her toes to push off the ground and miraculously stopped her momentum, managing to stand up again!
She was like a small boat in a stormy sea, tossed about by the wind and rain, on the verge of capsizing at any moment, yet time and time again, she miraculously managed to keep the boat steady!
No one in the audience spoke.
Everyone's heart was in their throats, following that swaying figure.
What they witnessed was no longer just a fighting match.
This is a battle of wills!
A frail girl, with her unyielding spine, is fighting against violence far stronger than herself!
"Stand up!"
"Little grass! Stand up!"
I don't know who was the first to shout it out.
Immediately afterwards, more and more people began to spontaneously cheer for her.
"Chen Xiaocao! Well done!"
"Stop! Don't fall!"
The shouts converged into a torrent, impacting the entire training ground, and also like sharp knives piercing Bai Wei's ears.
Bai Wei has completely lost her mind.
On what grounds?
Why should this good-for-nothing receive everyone's applause?
Why is it that even after being beaten like this, she still refuses to lie down like a dead dog?
"Down you go!!"
Her patience was completely exhausted as Chen Xiaocao stood up again and again. Bai Wei let out a hysterical scream, concentrating all her strength, anger, and humiliation into her right leg.
She lunged forward, leaping into the air, and delivered a powerful side kick that tore through the air with a whistling sound, aiming a vicious blow at Chen Xiaocao's already severely injured and unsuspecting abdomen!
She used all her strength in that kick!
She wanted to kick that annoying girl, along with all those irritating shouts, until she was completely ruined!
She used all her strength in that kick!
She wanted to kick that annoying girl, along with all those irritating shouts, until she was completely ruined!
"don't want!"
"Little grass!"
A chorus of terrified screams erupted from the audience.
Su Tang's pupils contracted sharply into dangerously small pinpoints in that instant.
It's over.
Chen Xiaocao stared blankly at the shoe sole that kept growing larger in front of her.
She tried to dodge, but her body was completely out of her control. The intense pain and utter exhaustion prevented her from even raising her arm to block.
She could only watch helplessly.
In the last second before losing consciousness, she tried her best to tug at the corners of her mouth in Su An's direction.
Sister Su An, I... I didn't embarrass you, did I...?
Bang--!
A deep, chilling thud echoed clearly throughout the deathly silent training ground.
Chen Xiaocao's body flew backward like a leaf caught in a category 12 typhoon, crashing heavily to the ground three meters away.
Her small body bounced on the ground, then curled up into a ball and remained motionless.
A trickle of yellowish-green bile-mixed liquid slowly spilled from the corner of her mouth.
She fainted.
The entire training ground was deathly silent.
All the shouts ceased abruptly the moment the kick landed. Everyone was stunned by this bloody and brutal scene.
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