Holy Fist
Chapter 489 - 246 wants to surrender? No way!_2

Chapter 489: 246 wants to surrender? No way!_2

However, Bai Xiao remained calm and composed, his smile growing even thicker on his face.

He slowly spread his strong and massive arms, about to say something, when suddenly he turned his head to look. The Eastern Five Stars in the courtyard also looked over in quick succession.

One after another, strong and terrifying auras shifted their focus.

Toward the doorway where Liu Xinzong stood.

A slender figure wearing a red fighting suit stood stiff on the spot.

Feng Yan placed her right hand on the doorframe, her entire being took a sharp breath, her trembling heart felt as if it were gripped fiercely by a large hand, and cold sweat drenched her back. She felt six domineering gazes filled with oppression repeatedly sweeping over her body. She felt completely transparent, all secrets laid bare.

"Liu Xinzong, Hao Lie, Si Yu, Ghost Mask, Gui Luotian..."

"Good heavens, all five members of the Eastern Seven Stars are here!"

"Bai Xiao is here too!"

"What are they doing? Conspiring?"

Feng Yan’s heart was filled with many shocked thoughts that flashed by, and she returned to reality. The gazes from the six individuals caused hot sweat to burst forth from her palms.

"Uh... that..."

"The competition this afternoon is about to start, it’s... it’s been moved up an hour..."

"Because there are also placement matches, the organizers are worried about running out of time."

Feng Yan said in a stumbling voice.

The next second, the terrifying auras retracted, as though what just happened was only an illusion. She sighed with immense relief and exhaled a hot breath.

"Tap tap tap..."

One after another, powerful figures left, some even brushing shoulders with Feng Yan.

Finally, only two tall and robust men remained in the courtyard.

Hao Lie’s gaze was fixed on Bai Xiao, his lips curling up into a reckless and unrestrained smile. He lifted his right hand, his three fingers held together, with the middle and index finger bent upright. He first gestured with his two fingers towards his own eyes, then extended the two fingers towards Bai Xiao’s eyes, the gesture seeming like a provocative challenge.

"I’ll be waiting for you."

Hao Lie turned and walked straight toward the exit.

Behind him, a deep and calm voice suddenly echoed.

"Soon, you won’t have to wait too long."

...

He Xian Martial Arts Hall, Martial Arts Arena, one o’clock in the afternoon.

The second round of the elimination competition continued, and after its conclusion, there would be a losers’ bracket to determine rankings. Only after everything was finished would the third round begin. Thus, the overall time was quite pressing, and the matches were moved up an hour.

Bai Xiao sat quietly in the Fierce Bird Sect’s viewing area.

Time slowly passed, one match after another began and ended, and by around two-thirty in the afternoon, the second round of the elimination competition and the ranking matches were finally all concluded. He saw some familiar faces; half of the top ten fighters from the Nanjiang Province competition had been eliminated, each securing a ranking position.

"Probably only two or three people from Nanjiang Province will make it into the top 16."

Bai Xiao internally estimated and made a judgment.

At two-thirty in the afternoon, the sunlight was warm, the sky was blue with white clouds, and a light breeze was blowing.

After confirming that no one challenged any of the seven seeded players, the host announced the start of the third round. And at the end of the third round, it would be the top 16!

"Please welcome the contestants to the stage!"

The referee’s announcement signified the official start of the third round.

As the Dark World Martial Arts Tournament proceeded to the third round, a significant number of participants had been screened out, leaving only a dozen or so contestants who were indeed elite fighters.

Based on the rankings, they were already comfortably within the top 25!

Therefore, the fights on the stage became even more exciting to watch, with higher quality.

Bai Xiao was no longer meditating with his eyes closed as before, but instead paid more attention to the matches that intrigued him, with some ingenious Secret Martial moves catching the eye. More than half an hour passed, and several matches had already concluded.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, the referee in black loudly declared.

"The next match."

"Fierce Bird Sect, Bai Xiao!"

"Heavy Smoke Fist, Huo Feng!"

"Damn it!"

At the Heavy Smoke Fist residence, a tall man dressed in a light purple fighting suit cursed under his breath, feeling quite unlucky. Why did he have to face the biggest dark horse of the Eastern Dark World Martial Arts Tournament? Before Bai Xiao’s second match, Huo Feng actually had a bit of confidence, feeling that although the chances of winning were small, there was still an opportunity if he could catch a flaw. However, after Bai Xiao strongly defeated Yuan Wei from the Magic Gun Martial Arts Hall, he had resigned himself to fate.

Yuan Wei was already stronger than him before, and had prepared two trump cards for this Dark World Martial Arts Tournament. In the end, he was pushed to the brink, and despite employing a variety of techniques, he was still defeated as if breaking dry branches.

Bai Xiao is not an opponent you can match by force!

Only the Eastern Seven Stars can contend with him.

Huo Feng, with a mind as clear as a mirror, decided to surrender as soon as he stepped on the stage.

Even if it’s just his bad luck...

Thinking thus, Huo Feng felt as if a heavy burden was lifted, and his whole being relaxed.

"Please have both contestants step onto the stage!"

The judge, clad in black, reminded aloud.

Immediately, two figures slowly approached and ascended the stage.

Each stood to one side, facing each other from afar.

Bai Xiao stood quietly on the left, his tall and burly figure towering, with two strong arms hanging at his sides, his face expressionless, his gaze icy cold. A faint, extremely dangerous aura exuded from him, a domineering and powerful presence that instilled fear in one’s heart.

Huo Feng marveled at Bai Xiao’s formidable aura.

Fortunately, he had already decided to surrender on the spot, so there was no need to endure Bai Xiao’s brutal take-down on the stage. Huo Feng’s mindset was relaxed, and his expression was calm.

He even had the leisure to size up Bai Xiao and took the initiative to speak.

"Bai Xiao, you are indeed formidable, even Yuan Wei is no match for you."

"This martial arts competition, to think a character like you would emerge. Perhaps you might really make it into the top eight or even the top four..."

"But no matter how strong you are, it doesn’t matter to me anymore."

On the other side, Bai Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard these words.

Just then, the black-clad judge next to the stage loudly announced.

"The match begins!"

As the voice fell.

Huo Feng let out a sly smile, with a hint of inexplicable pride in his eyes.

He opened his mouth: "Hehe, I surren..."

"Bang!!!!!"

A vein-bulging, large hand swooped down, its fingers snapping towards Huo Feng’s face, as if wanting to explode his head, stirring up a terrifying gust of wind.

Bai Xiao’s huge figure appeared expressionlessly in front of Huo Feng.

His face seemed to forcibly squeeze out a trace of anger.

"You laughed? You just laughed!"

"Are you mocking me!? Do you look down on me!? I take pride very seriously, everyone around knows, I can’t stand the slightest grievance. Anyone who mocks me, it won’t last the night... the grudge will be settled on the spot!"

His deep voice, like the tolling of a heavy bell, echoed in Huo Feng’s ears.

"So, don’t blame me for what comes next! If you have to blame someone, it was you who mocked me first, I really was left with no choice but to make a move. You forced my hand!"

In the corner of the stage, Huo Feng was stunned, completely dumbfounded.

He said in some disbelief: "Hey, no..."

"I wasn’t mocking you; in fact, I was trying to surren..."

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump!"

A flurry of attacks came like a storm, each punch and each kick carried terrifying force, interrupting Huo Feng’s explanation. Following that, he couldn’t explain anymore, as Bai Xiao’s assault was so suffocatingly dangerous, unbelievably so. A moment’s distraction could lead to serious injury.

So, Huo Feng could no longer speak; he could only grit his teeth and endure as hard as he could.

For the next minute, he moved restlessly under Bai Xiao’s assault, trying to find a gap to breathe and loudly announce his surrender to the judge.

But Bai Xiao’s punches and kicks were fierce and precise, spreading like quicksilver, overwhelming like wave after wave.

They placed Huo Feng in a situation where he simply had no chance to speak, yet there seemed to be a sliver of chance, so he could only clench his teeth and fight back with all his might.

All his moves and trump cards were wrung out dry, his brain squeezed for tactics.

Yet, it was still not enough.

With a "thump", Huo Feng was sent flying and landed on the ground.

He fell to the ground, spitting blood, his face filled with unwillingness as he shakily lifted his right hand, pointing at Bai Xiao on the stage: "I...I didn’t provoke you..."

"Just now, I was actually trying to surrender..."