In the first round of ten games, all the southern martial arts masters showed up, but they only won one.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
The faces of the three elders and three elders in the South were all blackened.
They feel like they are sitting on pins and needles, like a thorn in their backs, or a lump in their throats.
Embarrassed to death.
The southern warriors in the audience, as well as the local audience, were in an uproar and were very excited.
They couldn't accept this fact, and some even started to curse, either calling the northern warriors despicable and shameless and disrespectful of martial ethics, or scolding the southern warriors for being disgraceful.
But no matter how people react off the stage, the game on the stage will continue.
According to the rules, the winner can choose to stay in the ring and continue the game, or temporarily step down and then continue the game.
After a brief deliberation, the ten winners decided to continue accepting the challenge on stage, except for one Wu Ying-dan who was physically exhausted.
Wu Yingdan was in the North San Arena. After he left the stage, he was replaced by a northern martial artist.
This resulted in that among the ten arenas, except for the southern five arenas, the other arenas were all filled with northerners!
The southern warriors were all disgraced, but they could only accept the fact.
The second round started soon.
Who among the southern warriors will participate in the first round and who will participate in the second round has been decided long ago. Even who will participate in which arena is decided in advance.
However, according to the original plan of the three elders, after all the top ten masters in the south became the champions, the contestants in the second round would then compete.
Unexpectedly, all the top ten masters are now on the street...
The strength of the southern warriors who came to power in the second round was generally not as good as in the first round.
On the other hand, on the northern warriors' side, the nine defenders were already quite strong, and with the power of victory, they would have an absolute advantage in both strength and morale.
As for the person to replace Wu Yingdan, Su Yi thought about it slightly and chose his second disciple Bill Underwood to play.
Bill Underwood has rich experience and very strong actual combat ability. With him on the stage, there will basically be no problems in this game.
As for those who were dealing with Nan Mantis Boxing in Nan Wu Arena, because the last test failed, Su Yi simply stopped specifying who would play this time. Instead, he released the news and let the northern warriors choose on their own.
Finally a boxing master came on stage.
The second round of competition officially begins.
There is no doubt about the result of the game - still nine wins out of ten!
Nine wins for the North and one win for the South!
The one who won in the south was still the master of Nan Mantis Boxing Zhu Jingu.
His performance was very stable. Facing a master of boxing, he struggled with his opponent for more than ten rounds before finally using his unique move to knock his opponent off the ring.
"Humph! It's just inexplicable!" Master Dong, one of the three elders in the south, turned red with embarrassment and walked away as if he had no shame in staying any longer.
The other two elders were also very embarrassed, but they all tried to keep their faces and sit back.
Each match between warriors seems to last only a few minutes, but it consumes a huge amount of physical strength and energy.
After two games, some ringmasters were so exhausted that they gave up on defending the ring and chose to step down temporarily and fight again later.
The rules of the competition stipulate that each warrior must fight at least twice a day to complete the competition task. These warriors who have won two consecutive games have all completed their tasks today.
However, there are still four people who choose to stay on the stage to compete, such as Bill Underwood who just came on stage, Ma Chengzhi in the North 1st stage, Li Yuanzhi in the North 5th stage, and Hong Shixian in the South 3rd stage.
Su Yi will send six more newcomers to the stage.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Jingu of Southern Mantis Boxing also chose to step down and not continue fighting. This made Su Yi a little regretful, because he had just seen the trick and planned to prevent the birth of the first champion of the South.
In the third round of competition, the "quality" of the northern warriors also declined, with good and bad mixed. This time the north only achieved seven wins out of ten.
The four northern defenders who had already won twice before, all won!
According to the rules, Ma Zhicheng, Li Yuanzhi and Hong Shixian become the champions. They will have to fight three more times, but as long as they win two games, they will qualify in this selection and become the only Chinese who can participate in the main event of the World Fighting Championship.
One of the representatives of the national martial arts!
There were three winners from the South this time. Two of them played quite well, nothing to say, but one of them cleanly defeated the northern masters who were classified as "second-class" by Su Yi.
This man's name was Rong Canghai. He used Xiajiaquan. His attacks were quite neat and he had a strong body, which left a deep impression on Su Yi.
Although the South still lost more and won less in the third round, it was finally not as embarrassing as the first two rounds. This also made the warriors in the South breathe a sigh of relief.
But immediately after the fourth round, the mood of the southern warriors instantly fell to the lowest point!
This round, the northern warriors won all ten battles!
The entire army of southern warriors was destroyed!
Even Rong Canghai, whom Su Yi was very optimistic about.
To be on the safe side, Su Yi specially arranged for his founding disciple Jiang Tieshan to participate in the battle. The two fought fiercely. In the end, Jiang Tieshan won half a move and knocked Rong Canghai off the ring, winning the match.
As the fourth round came to an end, Bill Underwood also became the champion, while Ma Zhicheng, Hong Shixian and Li Yuanzhi have achieved four wins!
As long as they win one more game, they will qualify directly!
On the other hand, in the south, not even a champion has been born, and only Zhu Jingu has won two games in a row.
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely low. The southern warriors all felt as if they were mourning for their heirs and refused to believe this fact.
Even the two southern elders remaining on the stage could not sit still. Ye Wen, who had always kept to himself, had an embarrassed look on his face.
Su Yi was a little speechless, I didn't even use any force...
He thought for a moment, then called someone to whisper a few words and asked him to bring a message to Gong Baosen.
Gong Baosen quickly received the message from Su Yi. He glanced at the two southern elders on the side with strange eyes and said, "Tell Liangchen that he is the team leader and it is his business to make decisions. There is no need to ask us."
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After the messenger left, Li Shuwen cast a questioning look at Gong Baosen, meaning what did the boy say.
Gong Baosen came closer to him, lowered his voice and moved his lips: "He wants to be merciful."
There was a smile in Li Shuwen's eyes and he said: "That's right. After all, it's about selecting talents, not a fight between the north and the south. Keep a line as a person so that we can meet each other easily in the future."
Su Yi thought the same way. The purpose of this selection competition was to select talents, and it was not to rub the faces of the southern warriors on the ground. If the southerners lost in the end, it would be too ugly and the blow would be too great, and the gains would not be worth the losses.
Therefore, he planned to stop arranging troops and let the northern warriors perform freely.
Su Yi was sure that if he continued to make arrangements, he would only be able to select a handful of southerners.
After getting Gong Baosen's reply, Su Yi directly told the people who were lined up to deliver the news to withdraw, and he planned to watch the whole process. He originally planned to remind Li Yuanzhi that he had exhausted nearly half of his physical energy and should go down and rest.
But Li Yuanzhi seemed to be dazzled by the successive victories and wanted to fight again.
Now, he doesn't bother to remind him.
The fifth round begins!
This time Rong Canghai became the challenger among the southern warriors. He did not choose to challenge Jiang Tieshan, who had just defeated him, but chose Li Yuanzhi from the Beisan Arena.
Upon seeing this, Su Yi started to mourn for Li Yuanzhi even before the game started.
Another heavyweight player from the south also took the stage, Zhu Jingu, the successor of Southern Mantis Boxing.
This time Zhu Jingu's opponent was also in the northern arena, and he chose a martial artist who was classified as "second-class" by Su Yi.
In the southern arena, Cai Yongming, Mo Liang and Zhang Xiaocai, who had already lost one round before, also chose to use up their last chance and come back on stage in this round to challenge their northern opponents.
This round is definitely the most exciting round today. The ten games were all very intense.
But in the end, it ended with the North winning six games!
Only Rong Canghai, Zhu Jingu, Mo Liang and Zhang Xiao achieved victory in the south!
Southern master Cai Yongming lost again against a northern second-class martial artist. He lost two consecutive games and was directly eliminated. He became the first player to be eliminated in this competition!
And with the end of this round, the first and second players to qualify for this event were also born!
That is Ma Zhicheng and Hong Shixian!
Li Yuanzhi suffered a complete defeat. Facing Rong Canghai, he was already in poor physical condition and had no power to fight back. He was directly knocked off the stage. Only then did he wake up from his dizziness.
As Su Yi intentionally let go and gave up on arranging his troops, the southern warriors gradually became more successful, and there were also eliminated players in the north.
By noon, there were five people qualifying from the North, three of whom were Su Yi's disciples - his eldest disciple Jiang Tieshan, his second disciple Bill Underwood, and the seventeenth-year-old Hong Shixian.
There are two other people, one is Chen Style Tai Chi Ma Zhicheng, and the other is Wang Ziqing, a famous wrestling master from Hebei Province.
These five people all qualified directly with six wins from six games, without any defeat!
The two qualifying teams from the North - Rong Canghai and Zhu Jingu.
Among them, Zhu Jingu won six out of six matches and Rong Canghai lost two out of eight matches.
It is worth mentioning that Rong Canghai's second defeat was when he won three consecutive games after defeating Li Yuanzhi. Although his physical strength was declining, he still continued to compete. As a result, he met a famous Xingyiquan master who had fought against Su Yi before.
Zhu Guofu.
Zhu Guofu's Xingyiquan was dense and steady. Rong Canghai originally wanted to fight quickly, but when he encountered Zhu Guofu who couldn't make progress, he had no choice but to fight to the end. Before Zhu Guofu could make a move, he had no choice but to raise his hands.
Admitted defeat.
Rong Canghai rested for 20 minutes and then fought again, winning the fifth game.
Then he stepped down again and rested for two games. Finally, he challenged a low-ranking player from the north, successfully completed his last game and successfully qualified.
There is a three-hour pause at noon, which is the time for referees and players to eat and rest.
Su Yi went up to join Gong Baosen and the others, but unexpectedly, the two elders from the south came with Ye Wen to greet Su Yi. They were very enthusiastic and invited Su Yi to have dinner with him in the evening.
After the two elders from the south left, Li Shuwen smiled and said to Su Yi, "They are asking for your favor."
Su Yi smiled and did not answer.
The two southern elders really deserve this kind of love.
If Su Yi had not chosen to give up on arranging his troops, but had been deliberately sniping at the warriors in the south, then it would be a matter of doubt whether Rong Canghai and Zhu Jingu would be able to advance, and whether a champion would be born in the south.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the game resumes.
Although Su Yi gave up the formation of troops and allowed the northern warriors to perform freely and compete freely, even so, the northern warriors still had a great advantage in the face of the southern warriors.
The southern warriors felt shocked and unbelievable, but in the eyes of knowledgeable people such as Su Yi and Gong Baosen, this situation was quite normal.
In recent decades, although the northern martial arts world has had various problems and has been stuck in a situation of hesitation, thanks to the efforts of Gong Baosen and others, overall, the martial arts environment is still open to exchanges, integration and competition.
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Bagua Xingyi merged, Tai Chi sects Xunzu, Yanqing, Paochui, Tongbei and other boxing styles exchanged martial arts secrets of each sect and joined the Chinese Warriors Association.
In addition, under the auspices of Gong Baosen and others, large and small competitions are held every year, which has resulted in a prosperous scene of martial arts in the north. Even in the rough waves, many martial arts talents can be found.
On the other hand, the martial arts community in the south is basically a fragmented world, with everyone playing their own game.
Each sect has its own style, all based on the model of ancient small workshops.
Even with the exception of a very small number of boxing sects, most sects have not implemented commercial teaching, and their disciples only have two or three kittens and puppies, which is very pitiful.
The most typical one is Wing Chun. As the birthplace of Wing Chun, now only Ip Man remains in Foshan. Ip Man represents Wing Chun.
There is only one person in a sect. Is this conceivable in the north?
Something that is simply impossible.
No matter how small a sect is, if there are too few people, the head of the family will be worried until his hair is pulled out.
But do you think Ip Man is anxious?
Every day he drinks tea, goes to the hall, listens to plays with his wife, or wanders around to collect rent, play horse hanging, and practice boxing.
I don't care at all whether Wing Chun should be promoted or not.
The situation of Wing Chun is not an isolated case. Many sects are like Wing Chun, with few people and no one worries about whether to promote the sect.
In the perception of most southern martial artists, a small sect is good, and this is how martial arts inheritance should be. If there are more people who know it, won't their own martial arts become useless and worthless?
Therefore, it can be said that the current situation in the southern martial arts world was intentionally caused by these conservative martial artists.
Now, it's time for them to bear the consequences of their conservatism.
A serious lack of communication and a lack of keeping pace with the times has resulted in the martial arts and fighting experience of southern warriors being very backward, which has led to the current situation of more defeats and fewer wins.
Even without Su Yi's formation, at the end of the day's competition, Southern Wulin would have lost miserably.
At the end of the day, there were a total of eleven people who qualified, including nine warriors from the north, and only Rong Canghai and Zhu Jingu from the south.
In addition to the eleven qualifying candidates, twenty-seven champions were born. Among them, twenty-one were warriors from the north, while only six were warriors from the south.
A total of 119 people were eliminated on the first day, including 34 northern warriors and 85 southern warriors!