In the locker room of the home team—Wensheng School,
Master Ni Mingfei wore a pretty traditional exercise clothes for the occasion. He stroked his beard and said, "I won't say anything more. Zhengquan, you'll be going out second. Do your best!"
"Yes, Master." Zhou Zhengquan nodded calmly.
Ni Mingfei then looked at Hou Yue, who looked restless on his seat, "Little Yue, you'll go out first. Either Lin Que or Lou Cheng very suitable opponent for you. You should go all out to find the gap between you and the top fighters of Professional Ninth Pin."
When he heard this, Hou Yue abruptly withdrew all of his restlessness and activity and said solemnly,
"Yes, Master!"
In the broadcast room of Donglin TV station, the host Wang Tian interrupted the guest, Lin Maosheng and laughed, "The lineup order of players has been sent from the front. The order of Donglin Squad is: the first is Hou Yue, the second Zhou Zhengquan, and the third Zhuo Yanjun. While the order of Songcheng University Martial Arts Club is: the first is Lou Cheng, the second Lin Que, and the third Sun Jian."
"Which also means, the first battle which is about to start is between Hou Yue and Lou Cheng!"
Hou Yue VS Lou Cheng!
Yan Xiaoling moved the video window and put it side by side with the live posts in the forum so that she could put more attention on the battle.
Once the order of active players was determined, that meant that the battle was about to start anytime!
Cai Zongming led Zhang Jingye, Wu Qian and the others to rush into the stadium of Wensheng School. Because they didn't know this place very well, it wasted them a lot of time to find this stadium which located on the hillside and made them barely miss the beginning of this match.
The moment they crossed the threshold, they were startled by the solemn and quiet atmosphere. They even thought they had gone to the wrong place, so they were stunned for a while and looked around. Until they found Lou Cheng and the other players had gone out of the locker room and sat on the reserved seats, they finally felt relieved and spat out a little.
"I feel something strange..." Wu Qian whispered to Zhang Jingye on his ear.
It makes me feel very depressed and very uncomfortable, and is totally different from the excitement through which I have expected to unbosom myself!
To "cheer up" for the team, Zhang Jingye had made up a lot of martial arts knowledge for a period, but he still couldn't understand the strange atmosphere of the host stadium. He could only explain, "Maybe different host team has different features..."
The mountain breeze blew that made him can't help but shudder and he always thought here was like a grave where had woken up the ancient zombies.
Here are too old and too cold!
Cai Zongming coughed twice to attract the attention of Zhao Qiang and others. He looked like taking a group of primary school students to travel and lead them to find seats to sit.
At that moment, the referee boarded on the ring and looked at both sides before he said,
"The second round of the Songcheng division quarterfinal knockout. Fearless Squad versus Songcheng University Martial Arts Club."
"Round one, Hou Yue vs. Lou Cheng!"
Lou Cheng looked very calm. He took off his jacket and clapped hands with Yan Zheke next to him.
"Don't care about it too much..." Yan Zheke told him with her bright eyes.
Lou Cheng grinned, "Okay, relax!"
He added to say "Coach Yan" silently by only opening his mouth!
He had discussed the issues about Hou Yue with Yan Zheke for many times.
After having seen his girlfriend purse her mouth and smile, he clapped his hands with everyone along the seats and shouted their slogans together. Then he turned around and walked towards the ring along the road with the gaze of many quiet audiences.
"Lou Cheng, fighting!" Cai Zongming cried out unconsciously.
Because his behavior was entirely different from the surrounding atmosphere, and suddenly it made him suffer from the eyesight of audience which looked like regarding him as a fool. He couldn't help but blush and he whispered to himself, "How f*cking embarrassing it is!"
After hearing of this solitary cheer, Yan Zheke looked at Guo Qing and Lin Hua. Then all of them stood up from their seats at the same time, and shouted together,
"Fighting, Lou Cheng!"
This was the tacit understanding and friendship they had gained gradually from the previous months when they were together training in the Martial Arts Club.
After receiving their response, Cai Zongming no longer felt embarrassed. He raised his hands and shouted following those girls.
"Fighting, Lou Cheng!"
Why should I care about the views of others?
Cai Zongming had set a good example for the others, so Wu Qian, Zhang Jingye and other students also became brave gradually. They made their hands open like a trumpet and shouted,
"Fighting, Lou Cheng!"
The sound echoed in the stadium. They inspired each other to integrate slowly into the group and began to shout more enthusiastically. And they also cooperated with Yan Zheke and others, in the end, they broke the quiet and serious atmosphere of this stadium.
Even though the number of them was limited, their minds were firm enough!
Some of the spectators with formal suits began to feel restless. They felt that they seemed to be more foolish if they didn't do anything, so they started to applaud prettily.
Accompanied with the messy applause, Lou Cheng stepped on the ring with a smile. He felt very warm for the cheering of Yan Zheke and Cai Zongming.
In the opposite side of him, Hou Yue shook his legs and scratched the side of the head. Then he smiled sincerely.
"You're very strong, so I'm a little nervous. Could you please don't talk with me? Is that okay?"
Lou Cheng felt speechless and laughed. He nodded politely.
"Sure!
"He is really a kid who was less than 18 years old..." He thought this and just regarded himself as an old man.
During the three minutes of dialogue period, the guest, Lin Maosheng in the broadcast room of Donglin TV station slightly smiled and said, "I have checked the material and just found that Lou Cheng was already a fighter of Professional Ninth Pin. So it didn't need to emphasize that he is a fighter without any rank every time you introduced him because now he is stronger than most of the fighters of Professional Ninth Pin."
"There was a period that I thought that Lou Cheng would try his best to develop his supernatural ability and tempered his body to such an extreme state so that he could find an opportunity to participate in the Ranking Event of Professional Eighth Pin. And he could get the certificate of directly Professional Eighth Pin." The host, Wang Tian, also commented, "Coach Lin, do you think that Hou Yue has any possibility to defeat Lou Cheng at last?"
Lin Maosheng thought for a while and said, "The possibility is small. However, Hou Yue is an important disciple on whom Wensheng School had put lots of attention, so definitely he would have something extraordinary. If Lou Cheng looked down upon his opponent, maybe he would suffer some lost and it would influence the final result of this battle to a large extent."
Wang Tian nodded slightly and said, "Coach Lin has got the point. A few reporters in the stadium have interviewed several disciples in Wensheng School and they found those members believing in Hou Yue, yes, groundlessly..."
While they were explaining the battle, in the fan forum of Lou Cheng, "Brahman" sent an emoji which looked like a person was twisting with arm akimbo and said,
"These people aren't professional enough. The Little Dragon is really powerful, he even knew that my idol had got his certificate of Professional Ninth Pin the same day Lou Cheng got it!"
"Unparalleled Dragon King" froze there for a while and said, "When did I become a 'little dragon'? Are you guys plan to call me 'little loach' the next time? And, as we know, as long as you knew his name and his registered permanent residence, you could check him on the official website."
After hanging around with "Brahman", "Eternal Nightfall", "Wonton Seller" and other girls like them, he felt his mind also became very young and he would say something cute or behave very cutely unconsciously.
How great and terrible the internet is!
"Little Dragon, Little Dragon, Little Dragon, how much attacks of Lou Cheng do you think could defeat this unknown 'monkey'." Yan Xiaoling answered without too many considerations.
"Unparalleled Dragon King" answered with a contemptuous emoji, "Don't underestimate any fighters of Professional Ninth Pin. If there didn't appear anything unexpected, Lou Cheng couldn't win the game swiftly and quickly!"
"Oh oh oh, I see!" Yan Xiaoling didn't feel embarrassed and didn't mind exposing her weak IQ on this aspect.
On the ring, Lou Cheng kept his commitment and didn't interfere with Hou Yue. While he was adjusting his physical condition to the best state, he also began to plan his play style in the battle next.
During this process, he vaguely felt some depressions and anxieties which was like it was blowing up for rain.
Lou Cheng knew clearly the anxiety didn't come from Hou Yue, but because of the second player, Zhou Zhengquan. "Others only know that I have unlimited stamina and isn't afraid of attrition warfare, however, they don't know that my spirit is limited and I can attack several times of Thunder Roar Zen but only three times of Frost Force. If I wasted many spirits on Hou Yue, then I couldn't create the best winning opportunity for my Brother-in-law when I confronted with Zhou Zhengquan.
So I have to save as much as energy in the battle with Hou Yue!
And the best way to save energy is to go all out and never restrain the attacks. I should try my best to end this battle within four or five attacks!"
Lou Cheng took a breath. And gradually his heart lake became quiet and the water in it also coagulated into ice.
After a while, the referee looked at the electronic clock and raised his right hand. Then he swung it down with great force before announcing.
"Start!"
Lou Cheng was like a sprinter who just heard the starting gun and erupted the power stored for a long time. Then he exerted force into his legs, straightened his bent knees and rushed to Hou Yue quickly as a clouded hunting leopard.
He knew that Hou Yue also specifically visited a teacher to study other martial arts besides "Fly Fall Punch", which was called the "monkey shape". This martial art made him be good at the dodge, therefore Lou Cheng didn't prepare the Frost Force and Thunder Roar Zen directly, and he thought it would waste his energy if he couldn't hit on him successfully.
Confronted with the sound attack of Lou Cheng, Hou Yue swung his body like a flexible ape and moved to the side of Lou Cheng in a flash before he took out his right leg away quickly and suddenly.
At that moment, Lou Cheng bounced his spine and twisted his waist. He shook his mercurial balance and suddenly changed his direction which made Hou Yue's kick lost its target.
His mind immediately visualized the rolling clouds and he pressed the corresponding muscles in his body. Then he twisted his waist and took out his right arm which punched heavily like a hammer.
This was the Thunder Roar Zen!
Hou Yue's expression slightly changed and he suddenly moved back before he did the three somersaults which helped him not only keep a safe distance but also firmly maintain the center of gravity.
Lou Cheng did not give up on chasing him. He exerted force into his feet which even smashed the black bricks and ran after him hard.
Although your somersault is quite quick, it's still slower than my rush!
As soon as Hou Yue stopped, Lou Cheng had been closed to him. Then Lou Cheng tightened the muscles in palms, forearms and upper arms and punched out his left fist.
The second blow of Thunder Roar Zen!