He took a step to the side and struck a strange pose.
Zhang Yuan prepared to fight, but saw that the old man Ma's body was trembling strangely, as if he was brewing something, but he hesitated to make a move.
Zhang Yuan waited for a while, but Ma Baoguo still didn't make a move. He couldn't wait any longer and suddenly remembered what Ma Baoguo had said: his "Receiving, Transforming, and Firing Continuous Technique" was extremely powerful.
A chemical reaction?!
Does this mean I have to hit first, and then he'll take over, neutralize, and release?
Zhang Yuan seemed to have understood the characteristics of the hand techniques.
So, he threw a tentative punch.
He used less than 20% of his strength in this punch, which was lighter than the punch he used against the Taekwondo black belt and the boxer. It was mainly to test how powerful Ma Baoguo's receiving, neutralizing, and striking techniques really were.
"Hey, why aren't you responding?"
Even with less than 20% of his strength, Zhang Yuan's attack speed was still quite fast. It wasn't that Ma Baoguo didn't want to dodge, but that he simply couldn't react in time.
Then, a fist slammed into his face!
Ma Baoguo's nose gushed blood, he staggered a couple of steps, and fell directly onto the ring with a heavy thud.
Everyone was speechless!
The "Mount Tai and Big Dipper" of Tongcheng's martial arts world was so easily defeated by an unknown kid?
Is he really a martial arts master?!
Zhang Yuan held back some of his strength at the last moment because he saw that his opponent was old and was not defending or taking the hit, fearing that something might go wrong.
Otherwise, it probably wouldn't be as simple as a nosebleed and a fall.
Ma Baoguo shakily got to his feet, trembling with anger. He pointed at Zhang Yuan's nose and shouted, "I was prepared! How could you launch a sneak attack!"
"How could you be so rude to a martial arts senior who is almost seventy years old?"
"Young man, you have no sportsmanship!"
"I advise you to take care of yourself."
"You must apologize to me today!"
Ma Baoguo, hands on his hips, grabbed Zhang Yuan like a shrew and wouldn't let go.
Zhang Yuan was a little dazed!
What do you mean you're not ready? Didn't the referee already say the competition has started?
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone so shameless and so disrespectful to their elders!
Zhang Yuan suddenly realized that he had gone too lightly.
The referee standing to the side was also speechless at Ma Baoguo's antics.
After shouting and yelling, Ma Baoguo demanded that Zhang Yuan apologize.
Zhang Yuandao: Apologize? And then compete again?
Ma Baoguo was speechless. He touched the bruise around his eye and suddenly turned and left the ring.
He jumped off the stage, shakily, took a few steps towards the door, then suddenly turned around: "Young man, you lack martial ethics, I'm not fighting you anymore!"
After saying that, he left the arena in a disheveled state.
The stadium was silent at first, then erupted in a burst of laughter.
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Finally, the referee announced Zhang Yuan's victory in the fourth match. According to the competition rules, contestant number 36, Zhang Yuan, achieved four consecutive wins and directly advanced to the second round of the semi-finals.
Congratulations, Zhang Yuan!
Thunderous applause erupted from below the stage.
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After finishing his match, Zhang Yuan packed his things and left the first group's competition venue to find his teammate, Li Hu.
Li Hu was in the second group, right next to the first group, and Zhang Yuan quickly found him.
Since no one volunteered to go on stage for the second group, the judges were randomly selected by computer. It's not Li Hu's turn yet, but according to his ranking, it's estimated that it will be his turn in the afternoon.
At this moment, Li Hu still needed to observe the strength and fighting style of other opponents, so Zhang Yuan said goodbye to Li Hu and prepared to return to school first.
Back in the stadium lobby.
The place was still bustling with people, including event staff in uniform, martial arts enthusiasts who came to watch the excitement, and news media workers with microphones and cameras.
The hall was bustling with activity, with announcements constantly broadcasting the matchups and results of each game.
Zhang Yuan had already changed into his own clothes, was carrying a crossbody bag, and was standing at the main entrance looking at the two huge LED displays in the center of the hall.
One screen displays the wins, losses, scores, and number of matches for each group and each participant, while another screen shows the list of participants who have advanced to the second round of the semifinals.
The first round of preliminary competitions is expected to take three days to complete. Today is the first morning of the first day, so there are only two names on the LED screen on the left that records the names of those who have advanced to the second round of semi-finals.
1. Group 2, Niu Er, 30 years old, convenience store manager, 4 consecutive wins, 8 points, total match time 8 minutes!
2. Group 1, Zhang Yuan, 21 years old, a student at Tongcheng University, 4 consecutive wins, 8 points, total match time 12 minutes.
Zhang Yuan stared intently at the information about the person named Niu Er.
Niu Er?
What a strange name!
The match lasted a total of 8 minutes?
This player seems to be a master! I wonder if we'll meet in the semifinals?
Just as Zhang Yuan was about to turn and leave, another message appeared on the left-hand LED screen: another new player had advanced to the second round of the semifinals.
Meanwhile, the lobby loudspeaker announced: 3. Group 4, Zeng Xianli, four consecutive wins, 8 points, advances to the semifinals ahead of schedule, the four matches have a total time of 26 minutes...
Zeng Xianli?
As Zhang Yuanzheng pondered whether Zeng Xianli was the owner of Jiuzhuotang Pharmacy, a burly middle-aged man dressed in black martial arts attire walked out of the hall exit.
Zhang Yuan recognized him at a glance; he was the owner of Jiuzhuotang Pharmacy!
Zeng Xianli came out carrying a blue suitcase and was walking towards the exit of the hall. He had a faint smile on his face and a fine bead of sweat on his forehead from the competition.
As he passed through the hall, he felt a gaze fixed on him. Zeng Xianli looked over and then froze.
Are you also participating in the competition?
"Yes, what a coincidence!"
"Congratulations, Mr. Zeng, on advancing to the semi-finals!"
"Haha, thank you!"
"The same to you!"
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two walked out of the stadium lobby together. Zeng Xianli had already called a Didi (ride-hailing service), and the car arrived. He got in and said goodbye to Zhang Yuan.
See you in the semifinals!
After Zeng Xianli left, Zhang Yuan stood at the entrance of the gymnasium, waiting for the traffic to pass before heading to the bus stop diagonally opposite to catch a bus back to school.
At that moment, two muscular men, one tall and one short, walked out of the gymnasium.
Dog San has a keen nose and sniffed the air.
"Brother Niu, I think I can smell the scent of the human cultivators we're supposed to hunt down."
The bull demon was immediately alerted and quickly covered the dog demon's mouth.
"Keep your voice down, don't say 'chase' so loudly."
The stadium lobby was crowded with people, all busy with their own things, so no one paid attention to the conversation between Niu Er and Gou San.
The bull demon whispered in the dog demon's ear, "Where is it?"
The dog demon tilted its head back, its nostrils flaring from its nose, which was much larger than a normal person's. As it walked forward, it saw a short-haired young man standing on the roadside about five or six meters away from the stadium entrance, looking around and checking the traffic.
The bull demon took out a scroll portrait he carried with him, unfolded it, and the human cultivator in the portrait and the young man standing by the roadside looked eight or nine parts similar, both with short hair and high nose bridges.
Based on the scent detected by the dog demon's nose, the bull demon was certain that this human was the human cultivator that the Flood Dragon Demon King was hunting down.
"It's like finding a needle in a haystack! Here it comes, here it comes..."
The bull demon forgot the second half of the sentence.
The dog demon thought for a moment, then grinned and added smugly, "It came without any effort at all!"
"Little Dog, you're the smartest one!"
The two demons exchanged a few compliments, and Zhang Yuan had already crossed the road and was waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
"Come on, hurry up and keep up."
The bull demon put away the scroll and chased after the dog demon from the entrance of the stadium.
Just as I stepped out of the stadium, a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing pajamas, with a bloated figure, a head of curly hair like a landlady, and breasts as big as watermelons, was carrying a vegetable basket and swaying as she passed by the entrance, bumping right into the bull demon who was rushing out!
"ah!"
The middle-aged woman screamed as she was knocked off her feet by the bull demon. Tomatoes and onions from her basket fell to the ground, and the large watermelon on her body trembled violently!
The frightened middle-aged woman angrily pointed at the bull demon and cursed, "Can't you watch where you're going? Are you in a hurry to be reincarnated? How could you bump into such a wide road!"
You must have done that on purpose!
At this moment, the bull demon completely ignored the foul language uttered by the middle-aged woman; its large bull eyes were fixed on the middle-aged woman's large watermelon!
A glistening strand of saliva involuntarily dribbled down from the corner of his mouth.
So big!
He thought of his old sweetheart cow in the Daxing Mountains, which was about the same size!
The woman in the pajamas with curly hair covered her ample breasts and took a few steps back: "So he's a perverted lecher! A creep!"
The dog demon tugged at the bull demon's arm: "Brother Bull, stop looking, hurry up and chase after them."
The bull demon then remembered his business and reluctantly shifted his gaze away from the middle-aged woman.
After the bull demon and dog demon crossed the road, Zhang Yuan had already boarded bus number 21 and left.
Behind them, the middle-aged woman was still shouting, "You pervert, don't run away!"
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