After Chen Yang got Wang Feng's name tag, he decided not to look for anyone else and went straight back to the side of the ring to hand over his own name tag. At this point, there was no time left before the end, and most people had already handed over their name tags.
Once you hand over your name tag, you can only stay in the ring and can no longer participate in the competition. The number of name tags you win will also be fixed.
Because some players were resurrected multiple times, the number of top-tier players was more than twice the number of participants.
However, many people only handed in one name tag, or even gave up after their name tag was torn off.
The brand battles don't actually have a big impact on the final result; their biggest significance is simply to prevent top players from directly competing against each other and being eliminated too early.
Most martial artists are aware of their own skill level, so it's better to let the experts advance to the semi-finals. This way, the chances of them being eliminated by encountering top players are lower, and they might be able to get a good ranking.
In the last ten minutes of the name tag battle, the remaining people returned one after another. Some left with their name tags torn off, while many more were dejected, and quite a few of them had their name tags torn off.
Sha Rong and Wang Feng also returned. Wang Feng took over quite quickly. After getting his name tag back, he teamed up with Sha Rong and snatched two name tags, totaling 15.
When they returned, they all looked at Chen Yang with hostility, but Chen Yang simply ignored them.
Chen Liu returned last, and he came back with an absolute haul of over twenty name tags. Keep in mind, that's only about the number of participants in his age group, meaning he practically snatched everyone's. If duplicate names hadn't been invalidated, he would have had the most name tags.
More than half of the participants in the martial arts tournament were from Chen Yang's age group.
Chen Yang snatched eight name tags from Wang Feng that were duplicates of his own, so his final number was thirty. As far as he knew, there were nearly fifty people in his group.
It seems I've been outdone by my son.
"How did you do that?" Chen Yang asked, curious as to why Chen Liu was able to obtain name tags from almost everyone in his group.
“I only said two words from beginning to end,” Chen Liu said, a hint of cunning in his pure little eyes.
"What?"
“Trash, I call everyone whose name tags I rip off trash, and then they all come to me in gangs,” Chen Liu said.
"You won everything?"
"If there are many people, run; if there are few, fight. We've won both ways," Chen Liu honestly said.
After thinking about it carefully, Chen Yang realized that this seemed a bit despicable. If you can't win, you run away; if you can win, you fight; and after you're done, you call the other person trash.
Just then, he suddenly saw a little girl, about ten years old, crying and pointing in their direction. The little girl was very cute, but her big eyes looked red. Her parents, standing next to her, were looking at Chen Yang and Chen Liu with dark faces.
Chen Yang was stunned for a moment. He didn't think he had seen this person before. This person was not in the same group as him, but was in a higher age group.
Thinking back on Chen Liu's words, he stared at Chen Liu with wide eyes and asked, "Son, you even hit such a cute girl? Didn't you manage to coax Mo Xi and Su'er so well?"
Chen Liu said matter-of-factly, "That's because I needed to. I haven't been in contact with that girl since. Besides, I didn't hit her. She fell down on her own, and I tore off her name tag."
Did you call her trash?
"Of course it does. That's how more people will seek revenge against me, especially girls. The effect is obvious."
Chen Yang rubbed his forehead, utterly at a loss for words regarding Chen Liu. A girl had fallen, and not only did he not help her up, but he took advantage of her vulnerability and then called her trash. This was simply outrageous.
Chen Yang led Chen Liu to apologize to the girl. Chen Liu was obedient and apologized very sincerely, which made the girl's parents' expressions much better.
“You’re really something else,” Chen Yang said, looking at Chen Liu.
Chen Liu is not much like Mo Xi in other aspects, except for this charming and shrewd personality. I don't know if he inherited it from Mo Xi or learned it from his surroundings. It seems I need to talk to Mo Xi later. This can't go on.
After everyone returned, the rankings were released.
Chen Yang was actually second, while the first place went to Xiao Lin's wife. Although it was obvious to everyone that Xiao Lin had helped his wife get the name tag, since Xiao Lin himself only had one, which was his own.
For Xiaolin, he didn't need to be in the top ten to make it to the finals, so he gave it directly to his wife.
If Chen Yang continues the name tag ripping game in the final stretch, he'll likely be first, but he doesn't care. Second place is fine; it's neither embarrassing nor conspicuous.
Chen Liu was undoubtedly the champion of the children's group, leaving the second-place team by more than ten points. However, when the rankings were announced, the children and their parents didn't look at them very kindly.
Even Chen Yang, who usually doesn't care about other people's opinions, blushed a little.
"Be more humane in the future, and give people some face," Chen Yang whispered to Chen Liu.
Chen Liu nodded earnestly to indicate that he understood.
"I'll be more careful next time. I really shouldn't have been so ruthless. There's always the possibility of meeting again in the future, so I should have saved some face. It might come in handy later."
At such a young age, he already understands the wise saying, "Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future." This should be something to be happy about, but Chen Yang could only feel like crying.
He just hoped that Chen Liu would be a little rebellious when he entered puberty. Fighting, dyeing his hair, skipping school, dating, and hanging out in internet cafes were all fine, as long as he didn't get anyone pregnant, he didn't care about any of it.
Chen Yang and Chen Liu made it into the top ten, so they don't need to participate in tomorrow's competition; they can just come and watch.
Chen Yang wasn't very interested in one-on-one matches. There were only a handful of players who posed a real threat to him, and they were all basically in the top ten. He'd see them in the semifinals.
However, he still plans to come and take a look tomorrow, as opportunities to observe various martial arts styles are rare.
Chen Yang had a good day, with several one-on-many battles posing a threat to him and giving him more experience.
I always practice with the same few people, so my progress isn't very noticeable anymore.
The old man traveled all over China and ventured to many places abroad to achieve his current success. Chen Yang has far less experience in this area.
However, Chen Yang's advantage is that he has been in contact with more things in nature and many animals.
Xingyiquan itself imitates animals, and Chen Yang initially grasped the true essence of Xingyiquan from various animals, which was a very good start.
Today's achievements lay a solid foundation for Chen Yang to reach the grandmaster level in the future. Grandpa Yun has already decided that Chen Yang can surpass him. Even he doesn't know how far Chen Yang will go in the future, but in short, he will not be inferior to those famous people in history.
After the first day's name tag battles ended, Chen Yang and his team did not stay in the arena to fight or watch like the others. Instead, they went back to eat and entered the Micro Realm as soon as it was eight o'clock.
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