"The above 18 contestants have been introduced. The 22nd Martial Arts Conference is now——"
The host raised his arms high and waved violently:
"Opening!"
The audience burst into enthusiastic cheers, and the players returned to their respective lounges to prepare for the upcoming fierce battle.
Heather and Bangu sat on a high judging table with sun visors and a refrigerator filled with ice water and drinks.
"Mr. Banggu, how's your practice going?"
Heather opened a bottle of ice-cold soda and handed it to Banggu next to her.
"I've just scratched the surface. The Six Styles is really a broad and profound martial arts school. The more I delve into the Six Styles, the more I understand the infinite possibilities of this martial arts, which fascinates me deeply. Ah, thank you."
Banggu took the soda and said thanks:
"Heather-Jun, I really didn't expect you to agree to appear here as a judge of the martial arts competition."
Heather also opened a bottle of soda herself: "Is it weird? Although I am a pacifist who doesn't like violence against others, I do like to watch others fight."
As he spoke, he asked in a low voice: "I heard recently that one of your disciples is making a lot of noise?"
As soon as he mentioned this disciple, Bang Gu's face became serious:
"In fact, I came to the martial arts competition this time just to hunt down this disciple of mine, Hungry Wolf.
Because he has been hunting professional heroes recently, B-level heroes can no longer satisfy his appetite. Now A-level heroes are in danger. I taught this evil disciple, so naturally I have to deal with this problem myself."
"You mean, he is very likely to come to the martial arts competition to hunt down Lightning Max and Snake, two A-level heroes?"
"More than that, Hungry Wolf is a genius who can learn the opponent's martial arts moves very quickly just by fighting against him. The martial arts competition is a grand fighting event where the world's top masters gather together. To Hungry Wolf, it is like an unlimited time limit.
A luxurious buffet, the more martial arts he learns, the more difficult he becomes."
Banggu turned his attention to the auditorium:
"He is not among the players. I am observing the audience. Outside the arena, my brother Bump is following the A-level heroes to see if he can catch the hungry wolf."
"Tornado Iron Sword Bump? The two of you are going to clean up the house together. It seems you don't need my help."
Heather took out a bag of potato chips from nowhere:
"Oh, the game is about to begin."
On the fighting stage, the first match has begun, with Lightning Max and Lingling facing each other.
The two sides went back and forth with their exquisite moves, which made the audience cheer and cheer.
"A very outstanding young man. Even without the special equipment of a professional hero, Lightning Max's martial arts foundation is very solid."
Bang Gu took a potato chip from Heather, and while observing the audience looking for hungry wolves, he took the time to watch the game.
In his opinion, these two people are both very potential martial arts juniors, and given time, they may achieve great things.
In the end, Lightning Max was superior and kicked Lingling out of the fighting ring with a "Lightning Windmill" and successfully advanced.
Heather now maintained her status as a senior and suppressed a yawn. To be honest, even from the perspective of ordinary people in the Hunter World at the beginning, the battle between Lightning Max and Lingling was not exciting.
The gap between the top and bottom of the world of One Punch Man is really huge. Even if we don’t count the EX level like Bald Saitama, the gap between fighters like Bungu and Lightning Max can be described as ‘a world of difference’.
Next up is [Dili Yongmen] Bu Squirrel versus [Snake Bite Fist] Snake.
One is a "berserker" who has long been famous in the martial arts world, and the other is a martial artist who is an A-level hero. One is strong and the other is soft. The fight is much better than the previous group.
Cloth Rat is a typical berserker who becomes more courageous with every setback and is not afraid of pain. Whenever he is bitten by a snake bite fist, the injured area will be tightly wrapped with a bandage to seal the wound and further increase his attack power.
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At the beginning, Snake could still have a certain upper hand, but as he continued to fight, he felt something was wrong, and the opponent became stronger and stronger.
The two fought for about ten minutes. Snake was exhausted and Squirrel caught the flaw and blasted him out of the field with a 'Bad Power Fist'.
Bakuzan, who was watching the battle in the audience, couldn't help snorting. Is this the so-called A-level hero? Whether it was Lightning Max just now or Snake's Snake Bite Fist now, in Bakuzan's eyes, they are just weak bastards.
If he was hit by his own ‘Hell Burial Knife’ with all its strength, I’m afraid it would turn into a puddle of flesh on the spot, right? Heh heh heh!
Thinking of this, Baoshan turned his attention to the water dragon on the other side of the fighting stage who was watching the battle. As expected, the biggest obstacle to his victory this time was this water dragon.
As long as you can kill the water dragon, you can win the championship and then challenge the God of War.
The so-called A-class heroes are all such rubbish, and the S-class heroes must not be much better, not to mention that the God of War can be seen as a vase put out by the Hero Association as a front.
Hehehehe, Water Dragon and God of War, just be my stepping stones to become the strongest in the world!
The next game also went on in an orderly manner.
Except for the two seeded players, Shuiryuu and Baoshan, the other players have initially determined the winner.
The winners are [Shanghai Style Karate·Max], [Dili Yongmen·Bu Squirrel], [Gatling Boxing·Boboga], [Elector Bloodline Fighting·Joze], [Primitive Ape Slap Style]
But to select the top eight players, Max and Lotto need to fight the seeded players Suiryu and Bakuzan respectively to decide the winner.
"Then the next step is the much-anticipated battle between the seed candidates!"
The host stood on the fighting stage and continued to heat up the atmosphere:
"I didn't expect to see this man appear again on this day! Everyone in the venue must be so excited that they can't help themselves!"
At the venue, the noise and cheers from the audience intensified, and the camera shutters and mobile phone flashes kept ringing.
"Welcome the water dragon player!!"
The handsome Suilong walked out of the contestants' viewing area and stepped onto the fighting stage like a real actor and star.
"His opponent is the player Max who defeated Lingling with an overwhelming difference in strength in the previous competition!"
At this moment, Max was full of confidence. He stared at the water dragon opposite and said loudly:
"Water Dragon, you are extremely small compared to the powerful monster Deep Sea King I once faced. The stage I long for is in a place far away from you.
As a hero, I must become stronger in order to protect everyone, just like the God of War."
Huh! He pointed at the water dragon: "Although I feel a little sorry, I think you are a very strong guy, so let me let you be my training opponent for the new special move I use against monsters!"
"Heh... Oh, by the way, are you a professional hero?"
Shuilong sneered, showing an indifferent expression:
"I see, training yourself with such noble ambitions, everyone has their own reasons for pursuing strength. But, I don't look down on the so-called professional heroes at all. So..."
He raised his finger at Max:
"Just let me enjoy the joy of completely defeating a professional hero from body to mind, okay?"
Just at this moment, the referee issued an instruction——
【Game start!】
Max could no longer hold back and rushed toward the water dragon. He rolled several front somersaults on the fighting platform and then jumped high. With the fierce momentum, he raised his heels and struck down the water dragon below:
"[Big Wheel·Double Sky Splitting Down]!!"
Bang!!
A fast, hard, and accurate kick passed through Max's violent kicks and defensive posture, and accurately hit Max's cheek!
Click! Max felt his head go numb for a moment, and the joints in his neck made a dull bone sound. His whole body stagnated in the air for half a second, and then hit the stone fighting platform diagonally behind like a cannonball.
The ground made a loud thud, and the audience could even see Max hitting the ground and bouncing up, and then being hit in the chest with a kick from the water dragon.
This time, even the referee could hear the sound of bones breaking from Max's chest.
Bang! Max was kicked hard by the second kick and flew all the way to the edge of the fighting platform before he stopped, leaving a long series of blood marks.
The place suddenly became silent.
Shuilong kept kicking his legs and said with a relaxed smile: "Are you going to get out by yourself? Or continue to fight me?"
The referee standing in the audience hurriedly came to Max and asked: "Player Max, do you want to admit defeat?"
"Who wants to admit defeat!!"
Max clutched his neck and chest, put his elbows on the ground, and tried desperately to get up regardless of the bleeding from his mouth and nose.
"Ahaha, yes, that's it. I like fighting against a strong-willed opponent like you, because it reminds me of why I am strong."
Shuilong smiled and clapped his hands:
“It’s to live a relaxed and comfortable life. Being strong is neither an obligation nor a shackle, but a tool that makes life more interesting.
Now it seems that I am stronger, sorry about the weak [Hero]."
"You...uh!"
Max could no longer hold on and fell to the ground with a thud and fell into coma.
After counting down five seconds, the referee decided that Max could not continue fighting and announced that the winner was Water Dragon.
The audience was silent for a while, and then burst into enthusiastic cheers. They didn't care whether they were heroes or not, they only knew that Shuilong had put on a killer performance and deserved to be cheered for.
"Oh, he can easily kill A-level heroes in seconds. He is a very talented young man."
Heather nodded: "And there is a bit of prejudice against professional heroes. Mr. Bangu, what do you think?"
"Ordinary people who are stronger than professional heroes, powerful people who are usually unknown in society, this is a matter of course. Not everyone who is good at fighting will take the path of professional heroes."
Bang Gu touched his beard:
"Perhaps in their view, professional heroes are just another form of star."
Heather whistled: "Oh! Mr. Bangu has seen it very clearly!"
Max was taken away by the medical team. After the fighting stage was cleaned, the battle between Bakuzan and Lotto began immediately.
The lottery player who looks exactly like Leping from Dragon Ball uses the Tiger Claw Fist [Tiger Fang Wind Fist]. Gee, he even copied the boxing technique?
As expected, although he was able to resist for a while, within a minute the lotto player was directly chopped off the ring by Bakuzan's hand knife. It could be seen that he had lost consciousness and the gi on his chest was stained red with blood.
The next game is the official quarter-finals, with Liuji playing against Squirrel.
Didi! Banggu's cell phone suddenly rang. He apologized to Heather and then answered the phone and lowered his voice:
"Hey, Onii-chan? Hmm... No trace of the hungry wolf was found at the venue... What? Is there an attack on A-level heroes? As expected of Onii-chan! I'll be there right away!"
After hanging up the phone, Bangu whispered to Heather: "I'm sorry, Heather, my brother Bangpu discovered an attack on A-level heroes in N City, most likely by hungry wolves. I have to rush there immediately.
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"I understand. Leave this to me." Heather made an OK gesture.
"I can't thank you enough." Banggu immediately jumped down from the judging table and jumped out of the fighting dome in a few leaps.
The staff who were closer were confused and hurried over to ask if there was something wrong with the conference. Heather just deduced that Banggu had received a request to eliminate weirdos and went to rescue civilians.
Naturally, the staff wouldn't say much about this.
Heather had the judging table to herself, and she was given potato chips, snacks and iced drinks, completely treating this place as the best seat to watch the competition.
The battle on the fighting stage continues.
[Chosen Bloodline Fighting] Qiao Ze made very dangerous remarks about racial supremacy as soon as he came on stage, and declared that his race would rule the world.
Qiao Ze’s opponent is Bobojia from [Gatling Boxing]. He is a taciturn man.
The battle between the two was fierce, and in the end Qiao Ze was the better one, knocking Bobojia unconscious to the ground.
[Ultimate Karate]'s Ryuutora Sakaki is facing off against [Primordial Ape Slap Style] Goria. The former is a strong young man with orange hair, while the latter is a strong man with a very rugged appearance and dark complexion.
The winner is Goliath.
[Funeral Etiquette Kicks] Rokuji versus [Bi Li Yongmen] Bu Squirrel, the former uses super-fast kicks to suppress the latter, without giving the opponent any chance to counterattack.
In the end, Liuji used the "Eighteen Phases Send Flying Dragon Kick" to kick the cloth squirrel out of the ring and successfully advance.
What everyone present does not know is that a large number of strange attacks have suddenly occurred all over the world, and the disaster level has reached ghost level and above. In some cities, dragon level strange people have even appeared.
This seemed like a specially planned large-scale attack.
Because all the targets of the attack were A-level professional heroes, and based on the characteristics of each hero, monster troops were sent with attributes that were incompatible and whose numbers were suppressed.
Suddenly attacked, the Heroes Association was immediately overwhelmed.
When contacting S-class heroes for help, they find that the mobile phones distributed to S-class heroes most likely cannot be reached. Only 'Metal Bat', 'Super Alloy Black Light', 'Child Emperor' and 'Devil Cyborg' can.
contact with.
Among them, the metal bat was sent to protect the wealthy father and son who were sponsors of the British Association, and they started a fierce battle with the weirdo troops that appeared in S City.
Super Alloy Black Light was originally the guardian of City A, but now he has been given the important task of guarding the headquarters of the New Heroes Association.
Tong Emperor is in his private laboratory in Y City, and Y City is temporarily safe.
Although the police dog man could not be contacted, he has always been stationed in Q city, and Q city is the safest among these cities. The cities surrounding Q city have begun to evacuate people and gather in Q city.
Finally, there is the Devil's Cyborg. He seems to be in City B, and the bald caped man is also with him.
New Heroes Association Headquarters, Disaster Countermeasures Department.
The phone kept ringing in the huge room, and the nervous and rapid voices of the liaison officers came and went.
"Have you not contacted the God of War and Silver Fang yet?"
The head of the Disaster Management Department was shouting loudly.
"All their contacts are turned off!" The beautiful liaison officer nervously dialed the number repeatedly, but was unable to contact the two of them at all.
Oops, this is a hunting operation targeting high-level heroes. If the opponent targets S-level heroes and targets them, those S-level heroes who cannot be contacted are likely to be isolated and helpless!