Chapter 96: Complete Enemies (1/2)
Chapter 96: Complete Enemies
Seeing Ye Xuan finally cease his breathing and his eyes glossing over with the absence of life, Wang Chao finally let out a long sigh towards the sky. Feeling an icy-cold sensation in his arms and legs, Wang Chao loosened the pores and immediately felt his entire body grow wet with sweat.
In his battle with Ye Xuan, Wang Chao had used up the entirety of his spirit and strength to fight. Although the battle hadn’t even been 10 minutes long, the exchanges they had had been instantaneous, numerous, and deadly.
It could even be said that in these scant few minutes, Wang Chao had traveled the road of life and death a hundred times.
This also had to be the most difficult battle he had ever faced in his entire life.
He hadn’t felt such a pressure even when he fought Zhang Wei. In the competition between him and Zhang Wei, it had been a matter of personal business. When it came to his battle with Ye Xuan, not only did he have to fulfill the expectations the organization had for him, but he also had to represent the entire Chinese martial arts world.
Zhang Wei’s return to the Jianghu had been unavoidable; from the very beginning, his drive had been whittled away. Although Wang Chao had showed his skill at the very end, the outcome of the match had been ultimately up to the heavens to judge.
Ye Xuan had been a youth with a power strong enough to engulf everything he touched. Despite being so young, his wisdom and perseverance had been terrifying. Even after his own hand had been reduced to a mangled flesh, Ye Xuan had been able to withstand the pain and retaliate with a swift whip kick.
Even more important, Ye Xuan’s martial arts had been even stronger than Zhang Wei’s.
“In the previous century, perhaps this is what Huo Yunjia had felt when he was on the stage.”
When the moment came for the entire audience to start singing The Great Wall Will Never Fall, Wang Chao had felt some sort of power well up within him and inspired him.
It was this type of inspiration that allowed him to make use of the “Sudden Thrust” to take the upper hand. With the roar of a tiger, Wang Chao had been finally able to strike at Ye Xuan’s weak point and render him harmless until he died.
In the final chopping motion, Wang Chao had brought out all of his inner potential to cross those eight steps and shatter the platform with an indomitable strength.
One could not lose strength in a competition. When strength is lost, the heart grows weaks. And when the heart grows weak, then the will will be ineffective. When the will is ineffective, the body will not work as well as intended.
But because he was in front of this audience, Wang Chao had been given an unparalleled amount of strength.
It was then that Wang Chao had realized. He had understood the reason why so many people had stood out when China had been in pieces. It was because they all had the spirit of the Chinese that inspired them. Ordinarily, this type of inspiration wouldn’t be felt. But at the most crucial moments, this feeling would come exploding out to gather together.
This was the spirit of a dragon.
For an inch of the world, an inch of blood would be given.
“How…how could this happen…” Yagyu Haruko was in utter shock as she looked down at the stage; desperately hoping that whatever she had seen was not true.
In her heart, Ye Xuan was utterly invincible. He was a young grandmaster that could walk forward and kill Buddha or even any god that stood in his way.
But then, this young grandmaster had been killed prematurely by another.
The death of one legend had been the birth of another legend.
The entire coliseum exploded into a tsunami of sound almost as if this was the Olympics, and China had used won the gold medal.
Although the fighting rings were merciless, it was the easiest way to rouse someone’s excitement. This rang especially true when one ethnicity went head to head with another ethnicity. Even though this was a matter of people instead of the government, no matter if this was a legal or illegal fight, a clash of ethnicities would always lead to such an effect.
In the era of peace and security, the hot-blooded passion of the people hadn’t disappeared, it had only retreated to the depths of their hearts.
“Good! Excellent match! Dai Jun and I are convinced that you are the best master of this generation!”
Just after Wang Chao had killed Ye Xuan, Liao Junhua had suddenly regained himself. Against such a display of power, he had been moved as well. However, as a high ranking member of society with a high ranking position, he was far more calm-headed than everyone else and immediately remembered just where he was.
As one of the Three Tigers of Guangdong, Dai Jun was very hard to impress after experiencing hundreds of battles. But his spirit of a martial artist still remained. This victory had caused him to respect and admire Wang Chao from the very bottom of his heart.
As the two walked down, they immediately had people surround Wang Chao so as to avoid any accidents from happening to him.
“What a true man!” A single tall man dressed in leisurely clothing had spoken. Along him, there were several other people that walked with a calmness in their steps.
These men walked in a pace that was well timed with the other, evidently, they were all men from the military.
“This is the senior ranking officer of the Jilin Military District, Officer Xu.” Liao Junhua introduced as Wang Chao nodded his head with a smile.
“You’re just like Huo Yunjia himself! How spectacular!” Officer Xu had been like a child in giddiness. “Back during the Asian Cup of Football between China and Japan, our entire military district were all chanting the national anthem to the TV. But unfortunately, those fucking grandsons of turtles really failed to live up to expectations and lost. I didn’t think that after chanting The Great Wall Will Never Fall you would actually win, how refreshing! Where are you from? Allow me to receive you as my guest tonight!”