After Zhao Yuanyou and Dong Xiao stood on the ring, the atmosphere in the audience was tense.
Different from the "rookies pecking each other" in the previous game, this one is undoubtedly a strong confrontation.
Although Zhao Yuanyuan's strength on paper is higher than Dong Xiao's, due to the impact of the previous "upset" between Yao Qiang and Wu Dai, everyone is now less sure about the outcome of this game.
On the stage, Zhao and Dong both had solemn expressions and tensed nerves, as if they had entered a fighting state.
It's too late, it's faster than that! After the two sides exchanged simple salutes, they both got into trouble.
At the beginning of this victory or defeat, their choices were unanimous. They all chose to rush towards their opponents with all their strength at the first moment...
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Time, go back a little bit.
A quarter of an hour ago, two streets away.
In a private house not too far away from the competition venue, there was a man sitting in the house drinking tea.
Her name is Ling Sheng'er.
Although Ling Sheng'er did not go to the scene to watch the battle in person, she still knew everything about what was happening on the other side of the ring based on the news that was constantly coming from the spies in Tingfeng Tower.
Therefore, at this moment, she has speculated that... there will probably be someone coming to find her before the next game starts.
And that person didn't keep her waiting too long.
"Lord Ling...do you know that Li will come?" When Li Chongda opened the door and came in, he didn't knock at all. He just walked in with his head held high and asked.
Of course, there is a reason for him to speak like this - when he was outside just now, the gang members of Tingfeng Tower said as soon as they saw Li Chongda: "The owner of the building has already given instructions. If Mr. Li comes, there is no need to inform him. He can directly invite you." Just go inside."
"Ha..." Faced with Li Chongda's question, Ling Sheng'er just smiled and didn't answer. After the smile passed, she pretended to say, "Meet your lord, the daughter of the people~"
As Ling Sheng'er spoke, she began to move her huge body, as if she wanted to get up from her seat and kneel down to say goodbye.
"Hey~ ok, no courtesy." Li Chongda looked at her figure, which was even more exaggerated than Deng Tianlin, and her slow movements, and realized that she was just being polite.
"Thank you, sir." When Ling Sheng'er said her thanks, she was already sitting down again.
Let's put it this way, from the time she said the previous sentence to the end of this sentence, her butt didn't completely leave the stool.
Li Chongda didn't care about this. He didn't wait for the other party to ask him to sit down, so he stepped forward and sat down opposite Ling Sheng'er, and then said: "Since Ling Louzhu has expected that Li will come, he must also Can you guess what happened to Li?"
After hearing this, Ling Sheng'er immediately sneered in her heart, and thought to herself: "This old fox came to the door all by himself, but asked me to tell him his purpose first. He is really testing others at every turn... No wonder those big bosses fight so hard But you."
After thinking about it, she still managed to force out a smile with her face full of flesh: "Ha, if the little lady guessed correctly, Mr. Li came here probably because he wants my subordinate Zhao Youtuo... to cooperate with you." Are you making a show?"
"Hmm..." Li Chongda nodded and said in a deep voice, "I have heard that Ling Sheng'er, the owner of Tingfeng Building, has a clever plan. It seems to be true."
"It's easy to say..." Ling Sheng'er smiled, "Compared with Mr. Li, I'm just a little clever."
Li Chongda did not answer her question, but continued: "Well, if you understand clearly, I won't beat around the bush anymore. We don't have much time now. The fight between Feiji and Chen Acai will be finished at any time. Let me tell you straight. Well, I hope you can help me..."
"... Let Zhao Yuanyou deliberately fight Dong Xiao so that both sides will be injured and both will be eliminated?" Before Li Chongda could finish speaking, Ling Sheng'er had already finished the second half of the other party's sentence.
"Oh?" Li Chongda raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Have you figured this out?"
"What's so difficult about this?" Ling Sheng'er responded in a matter-of-fact tone, and then said, "I know that from your standpoint, Mr. Li, you hope that Hao Jingyu can continue to win. After all, he is For the imperial court... If he becomes the leader, you will definitely be happy to see him.
"However, Wu Dai's opponent in the next match, Luo Yu, is a difficult person to bribe; let alone in a short period of time, even if you can predict a few days in advance that he will compete with Hao Jingyu in the semi-finals On the contrary, even if his relatives catch him and threaten him, he may not give in.
"So, the next round between Wu Dai and Luo Yu must be 'serious'..."
After Ling Sheng'er said this, he paused for a moment, raised his cup, took a sip of tea, and moistened his throat: "Of course, it doesn't hurt to come for real, because that 'Wu Dai'... although I don't know who the master is yet." He is pretending, but it is known that his martial arts is at least not weaker than Yao Qiang. Let him fight Luo Yuzhen, and the chance of winning is very high.
"What you are worried about now is nothing more than two things...
"First, Wu Dai's strength has now been exposed. Luo Yu knows that his opponent's martial arts are superior to him, so he will be prepared in case this 'number one ruthless man in Dingyuan' does something wrong in the next round, resulting in Wu Dai was seriously injured before the finals, which was not good.
"Secondly, unlike Wu Dai, Zhao Yuan's side... once he passes Dong Xiao, he only needs to beat the winner between Feiji and Chen Acai in the next game to enter the finals. This is undoubtedly better than Wu Dai's. The game was much easier, so when Zhao Yuanhao entered the finals, he was probably unscathed; in addition, Zhao Yuanhao's skill was already on par with Yao Qiang, and the 'Shadowless Sword' was another skill that could be used in weak fights. With his strong martial arts, the possibility of Wu Dai falling into his hands is not small...
"Therefore, just to be sure, you will definitely come to me...
"You also know that Luo Yu and I are different.
"I am a person...everything can be discussed."
By the time Ling Sheng'er spoke, the expression on Li Chongda's face had changed several times.
A few seconds passed, Master Li thought for a moment before replying: "What you said can only explain how you guessed that I would come to you, but you still didn't explain... how did you 'accurately' know, I want Zhao Yutao to retire with both sides injured in this round."
Ling Sheng'er smiled: "Because if it were me, I would make the same plan..."
It was obvious that she had settled the other party's account in her mind.
"The finals are different from the previous ones. In this final battle, every move and every detail on the ring... will be watched to death." Ling Sheng'er continued, "If Zhao Yuan was allowed to be in the finals, If he 'acts' again, the risk is too great... Once his flaws are revealed, the result of the entire competition may be questioned and overturned... All the losers will take the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction, and then the 'Leading Cup' will become Busy work in vain...
"Furthermore, what if there is a situation where 'Wu Dai has been seriously injured, but Zhao Yuanyou is in very good condition'? How do you want him to act?
"Similarly, it won't work if he is allowed to defeat Dong Xiao first and then deliberately lose to Fei Ji or Chen Ah Cai.
"Therefore, it is better to make a calculation early and let Zhao Yuanyou 'accidentally miss' in this round of the quarterfinals, and Dong Xiao will suffer a loss, and both will be eliminated.
"In this case... even if Wu Dai defeats Luo Yu in the next round, it doesn't matter, because his opponent in the final is just the winner between Feiji and Chen Acai. With his martial arts skills, fighting against that kind of thing, One hand is enough.”
Hearing this, Li Chongda also smiled: "Ha... Okay, very good." He paused, "Ling Louzhu is really smart. Li admires me, but I don't know... will you help me with this favor?"
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Time, back to the present.
On the ring, Zhao Haoyao and Dong Xiao both fell to the ground.
The fight between the two did not even last more than ten seconds before it was over.
Zhao Youyou is a really good actor. The moves he uses are fierce and vicious.
As he rushed toward the opponent, he raised his hand and unleashed several ultra-high-speed invisible sword energy, aiming at Dong Xiao's limbs and joints.
At first glance, his attack showed no mercy, but in fact, Zhao Yuanyou deliberately came to a relatively close distance from the opponent at this time, and adjusted the direction of the sword energy to just right... He was rubbing against the opponent. The body was swept out.
To describe it, it is like a person wearing a glove full of blades on his right hand, and then using the "ten fingers interlaced" gesture to hold his left hand...
Zhao Yuanyou made such an attack that Dong Xiao could not avoid it, but at the same time, he would not be able to take the attack in the right direction - each sword energy brushed against Dong Xiao's limbs, swept towards Dong Xiao's back, and hit the ring and nearby areas. There were ferocious sword marks left on the walls.
Whether it was the person involved, Dong Xiao, or the bystanders, seeing the power of these sword energy sweeping over other things, they would all feel that Zhao Yuanyou was rushing to kill people with these hands.
So Dong Xiao also tried his best, and rolled out the jade sword in his hand, hoping to restrain the opponent's further offensive in the form of confrontation.
And this...is exactly what Zhao Youtuo wanted.
From the beginning, Lao Zhao had planned to "lose both sides" with Dong Xiao, and it would be difficult for him to deal with it if the other party gave in.
As a result, a pop was heard at that time, and a piece of skin and flesh was cut off from Zhao Tuotuo's shoulder by the opponent's precious weapon. The blade pressed directly against the collarbone, and blood spurted out like a spring.
When Zhao Yuanyou was hit, he quickly used his right hand to launch the "Three Swords", pointing directly at the opponent's Shaofu, Quze, and Jianjing acupoints.
Originally, Zhao Yuanyuan's attacks on Dong Xiao's various joints in the first wave of offensive had already caused some damage to the opponent. Coupled with the three swords that "really didn't hold back" at this moment, Dong Xiao naturally lost his fighting ability.
After the two of them exchanged moves in this round, they both stumbled and fell to the ground.
Dong Xiao was okay, but he couldn't stand up in the short term and couldn't hold the knife again.
As for Zhao Youyou... he first sealed his acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, and then passed out with satisfaction.
Even the commentator was dumbfounded by this result.
In the previous rounds, it is not that there have been precedents for both sides to lose their fighting ability at the same time and be eliminated together, but it was still beyond everyone's expectation that this happened in the eight-to-four contest.
But an accident is an accident, and what should be judged must still be judged.
The two fell to the ground almost at the same time, and neither of them had the strength to fight anymore, and it was impossible for them to fight in the next round, so they were declared eliminated together.
Now, the situation has suddenly changed.
As Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Xiao left the field hand in hand, the semi-final match between Luo Yu and Wu Dai in the other half was regarded as a battle where the "champion was decided in advance".
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At the same moment, outside the competition venue.
"Sir, we found it. Yesterday at noon, someone in Chenjia Village downstream found a body in the river. The local land security immediately reported it to the police. However, the Yamen has been short of manpower in the past two days and has not sent anyone to take care of the matter for the time being. Son, the body has been temporarily placed in the village ancestral hall. From their description of the deceased’s appearance... it should be Deng Tianlin.”
Li Chongda stood on the street, listening to Bai Zhulong's report, stroking his beard and saying nothing.
After thinking for a moment, he sneered: "Hmph... Fat Deng, Fat Deng, this is called 'run away, sooner or later you have to pay back'."
"Sir, in my opinion... this is consistent with the traces that the brothers found on the river embankment this morning. I think Fat Deng was kicked down the embankment while walking his dog." Bai Zhulong was still there at this time. He was thinking about the problem with his "case handling" thinking, so he added another sentence.
"Oh, it's not important how he died." But Li Chongda's thinking was different from his, "What's important is, who should be responsible for his death?"
When Bai Zhulong heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Subordinate, go right away..."
"No." Li Chongda said before he could finish speaking, "That's not necessary." He said, looking up at the crowded venue in front of him, and smiled, "We just need to wait for the 'leading cup' inside to open. When it's over, the murderer will surface."
