With the beginning of summer, the weather is gradually getting hotter, but it was still a bit cool in the early morning, especially since it rained just yesterday.
It can be said that this World Heroes Conference is also full of fate and unique. It is not that there have been fatalities in previous conferences. Some people were accidentally killed, and some were killed deliberately. However, the first day has not officially opened. The previous Wulin The leader of the alliance died on the spot...it was unique.
As for Chen Fengping's death, God actually gave him face - wasn't Chen Fengping the leader of the Sihai Gang and known as the "Nine-Headed Dragon King"? This time "The Dragon King returns to heaven", it rains like this.
The rain was not heavy, but its scope was unimaginably wide, covering almost 80% of the waterway sections in Shengguo. In other words, Shengguo's water transport industry "invariably" came to a standstill for a day yesterday. The meeting of heroes in the world was also postponed because of the rain. We can't let the heroes compete in the rain and watch the ceremony, right?
This matter... you can say that it is a supernatural phenomenon that happened by chance. It is not impossible to say that Chen Fengping, who is proficient in astronomy and good at weather forecasting, planned to die today and leave a magical legend behind.
But He Nan, the grandson, commented very inappropriately: "If God really doesn't want Chen Fengping to die, then he should help him rise to the top. What's the use of fake mercy now?"
There is indeed some truth in saying this, but in fact many people, including himself, have very complicated emotions.
In short, this rain made countless people sigh.
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Back to the present, which is the serious "second day". When the martial arts heroes entered the venue one after another, they found that there were already people standing on the stage in the rain and wind, waiting.
This man has thin eyebrows and long eyes, a straight nose and a wide mouth, and a strange hairstyle. He looks like a potato with a peeling knife scraping a strip from the middle. The scraped potato skin is still hanging on it, and his clothes are also similar to the regular clothes of Shengguo people. The difference is that the upper body is made of loose sleeveless clothes, and the lower body is made of loose-legged culottes. The biggest feature of his outfit is that there is a strange pattern embroidered on the left chest and back - five cross darts arranged in a ring, symmetrical with the center line as the axis.
This is the family emblem of the "Suhara family", a large family in Izumo country, and the only person who is qualified to wear the family emblem and fight against the heroes of the Central Plains is the head of the family and the head of the Suhara Itto-ryu, Suhara Ga.
Logically speaking, Suharaga's move was somewhat unruly or "presumptuous", but he didn't care. Anyway, he was not here to compete for the leader of the martial arts alliance: "I, Suharaga, am the student of Toyo Izumo Junior High School." The current head of the original Itto Ryu' has heard of the outstanding people in the Central Plains. In order to seek the ultimate goal of swordsmanship and to prove the exquisite swordsmanship of our Izumo country, I traveled thousands of miles to come to the Central Plains to find one of the strongest swordsmen. War, please don’t hesitate to give me some advice.”
Suharaga's Shengguo dialect is very standard, and there is no weird accent at all. Moreover, he not only speaks one language, he is also very proficient in the culture of Shengguo.
Culture includes many kinds, and what Suharaga masters is one of them. Take his above words as an example - although his behavior of standing on the stage without saying hello is not very good, his words are still very beautiful, especially the point of "I want to fight the swordsman" .
In addition to the competition for the throne of the leader of the martial arts league, there are many competitions that take place in the world's heroes meeting. For example, two strong players who are indistinguishable in the same field, or two people or two gangs who have grudges. If they rush After attending this grand event, he went on stage to fight. This is how Li Sui's reputation as "the fastest knife in the world" came about.
As for Suharaga's purpose...it's also very simple. Let me say that I'm not satisfied with what I said first. We can follow the request of my "guest". If there is a swordsman among you who defeats me, I will surrender with all my heart. Yes; but if all the swordsmen present are not my opponent, then I am the "best swordsman in the world", and the title of the best swordsman in your prosperous country's martial arts world is won by me, a foreigner, which also proves that you are nothing but in this way. And if you send someone who practices some other martial arts to fight me, if you win, you will win without force, and if you lose, I will be honored even though I am defeated - there are "etiquette" and "reason" here to suppress it!
Lowering one's posture, regardless of whether it is true or false, is called "humility", and the advantage of humility is that it can gain more emotional understanding from others, and it will end well even if you lose - otherwise you will be awesome. He jumped out and said that he wanted to challenge the entire martial arts world and strive to be the best in the world, but as a result, he was beaten hard in the first round. How could he still have the nerve to continue to hang out in the world?
As for why Suharaga has to restrict the condition of "swordsman", it's not because he doesn't dare to face masters who practice other kung fu. It's because he considers himself a swordsman and is proud of being a swordsman. What he pursues is the ultimate goal of swordsmanship. , he did not lie about this and would not lie about it.
As soon as Suhara finished speaking, several people jumped onto the stage, ready to teach this foreign swordsman a lesson and tell him how to write "There are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the world".
These few people are relatively young and have relatively fiery personalities, so they can’t wait to get on stage. Although there are no great masters among them, they are not that weak. The second and third rate are after all. some.
Some people may want to ask, why do such a group of "second- and third-rate" swordsmen dare to be so bold to take on the trick of Suhara Ga, who has at least one chapter of the scene?
Well, that's easy to say. First of all, these people all have names, and if their life stories were written down, they would almost be able to fill a chapter; secondly, they don’t know that Suharaga has already “had” a chapter in the story we are about to tell, and they It just appeared in this chapter; thirdly, and no joke - they have either seen or heard that Suhara Ga's son Suhara Yota's performance at the Youth Heroes Association was inferred from his son. After looking at his father's strength, I felt that he wasn't that good either, so he came on stage.
The logic of their reasoning is this - although Xiao Kerong is the leader of the "Youth" Heroes Association, he is under twenty years old, so his martial arts skills are definitely not better than his own, and Suhara Yota not only won in the first round Among the eliminated contestants, these two had a "direct conversation". Xiao Kerong took off the burden on himself and defeated the brat from Izumo Country. It seems that Suhara Yota is nothing more than that. , and then deduced from "a tiger father has no dog son" that "a dog son has a dog father", it shows that this Suharaga is not very good.
I won’t go into details about the flaws in this logic. Anyway, you can see the result in a short battle.
Of course, they didn't mean to go together, they just didn't communicate well in advance, but now they had enough time to communicate and decide the order of fighting Suharaga.
"Flying Cloud Sword" Zhu Feiran was in the best position on the stage, facing Suharaga. He also looked around and said loudly: "Brothers, why don't you give this opportunity to take the lead to Zhu Feiran?" How about so and so?"
The man closest to Zhu Feiran's left has a more cheerful personality, it is "Quick Sword Like the Wind" Qiao Xiaoman. This guy immediately answered: "Brother Zhu, I have to say something - this 'leader' is the leader in the entire martial arts world. It seems like it wouldn’t be appropriate to leave it to you, right?”
The fat man on Zhu Feiran's right also chimed in. This man was the second among the "Five Tigers of Thunder Ridge". He used an epee as a weapon. The second fat man said in a loud voice: "Can you compete with a foreign country?" The opportunity to compete with masters from other countries is rare, and I must strive for it."
The last one among the four does not have a nickname. He is also the oldest one in terms of age, but he is not over thirty. He is the head of the "Luoshan Sword Sect", Luo Jue - this is a small-scale sect. The sect, and its address is not in a place called Luoshan. The name Luoshan comes from the founder of the sect. It is not difficult to see that the position of the leader of this sect is mainly hereditary. Luo Jie stood a little behind Zhu Feiran. Seeing that the three people were arguing endlessly and about to start a fight before they could fight Suharaga, he said something fair: "Don't be impatient, in my opinion. Let Brother Zhu Xian come and give him a try first."
What's Luo Jue's idea? It might as well be a hint here: Feiyun Sword Zhu Feiran has a good relationship with Luo Jie, and they have close contact, and Zhu Feiran's martial arts is somewhat inferior to Luo Jie - if Zhu Feiran can defeat this outsider, then he will be considered a gift. He was just a favor; if Nasuharaga could narrowly defeat Zhu Feiran, he could just go up and take him down and show off his power; and if Zhu Feiran was instantly killed by the opponent, then he wouldn't have to go up and throw him away, right?
Luo Jue's plan was very successful, but the accident did not come from these four people, but from Suhara Ga.
"There's no need to argue, the four of you come together!" Suhara Ga crossed his hands on his chest with a calm look on his face.
"What did you say?" In an instant, the four people's expressions changed. Even if they were retreating in their hearts... they couldn't go down.
If the Young Heroes Association adopts a "knockout competition", then the World Heroes Association adopts a "mixed competition system of arena competition and knockout competition." In this martial arts world where rules are everywhere nowadays, the method of selecting the leader still maintains the relationship between warriors. The most original and simple rule - "Whoever can stand at the end is the strongest."
Of course, this kind of primitiveness and simplicity has also caused some problems, such as people from a sect swarming up to beat one person, and a group of people using extremely despicable "wheel warfare" to deal with one person, etc., which make the title of martial arts leader lose credibility. , finally, under the leadership of the nine major sects, a relatively complete rule was finally formulated - in the "first eight match days" of the World Heroes Association, the person who is still standing on the court at sunset on each match day is the leader of the alliance. alternates, and these eight will have a one-on-one elimination match in the last one to two days, and the final winner can aspire to the martial arts world.
This competition system does not only test force, but also secretly includes factors such as resourcefulness, connections, and influence. For example, if a notorious guy stands on the stage, he will face more opponents than others; if If the winner on the first day is extremely strong, other competitors can choose to "save their strength" for the second half of the group to avoid meeting this person early in the knockout round.
Of course, since you are the leader of the "Martial Arts" League, the most important thing is the level of martial arts. Other factors can only be regarded as incidental at best. So if you are so strong that you will slap everyone no matter who comes, then the leader of the "Martial Arts" League is very You belong to none.
Then again, there are people like Suharaga who take the initiative to propose one-to-many, because a victory won by one-to-many is more "valuable".
In other words, this is the "master's confidence".
But on the other hand...the self-confidence of a master also requires some "low hands" to achieve. Unfortunately, no one in this world is willing to be a "low hand".
Therefore, these four swordsmen felt angry, and their strength also underwent some changes because of "anger"...
