NABC Chapter 374: 374: Challenging the Establishment
Chapter 374: 374: Challenging the Establishment
Chapter 374: Chapter 374: Challenging the Establishment
Liu Sandao’s lips curled into a smile.
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Jingwu Hall.
Tiemu Zha was preparing for tomorrow afternoon’s match.
An assistant coach spoke up, “Coach, are you really going to fight that kid tomorrow?”
“Otherwise?” Tiemu Zha sneered, “You don’t expect me to surrender, do you?”
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“Of course not!” The assistant coach hastily shook his head and then said, “I just think, with your status, fighting that kid is giving him too much credit, isn’t it? Plus, from the looks of it, the kid’s strength doesn’t seem to be lacking either.”
“What do you suggest then?” Tiemu Zha, hesitating, looked at his assistant coach.
“Let our men handle it.” Xiao Han’s lips slightly lifted, then he said, “Our hall has three masters, right? Let them go first. Maybe they can defeat Xiao Han without you personally stepping in, and even if they all lose, it wouldn’t reflect poorly on you. Plus, it would save your strength and wear down Xiao Han’s stamina. When the time comes, you can take the stage with ease and beat the kid until he’s kneeling and begging for mercy, scattering his teeth across the ground!”
“Haha...” Upon hearing this, Tiemu Zha immediately burst into laughter, “Good, good, this idea isn’t bad. Xiao Han is a dead man this time.”
“Coach, put some extra men on the field tomorrow.” The assistant coach sneered, “It’ll put some psychological pressure on them. Just in case, I mean, in case you slip up, we can resort to swarm tactics. That kid won’t be able to call for help; who would dare assist a poor student? Our hall has hundreds of members; we can easily flatten him.”
“Hmm, you’re right!” Tiemu Zha nodded in agreement.
The next afternoon.
The sports meet had been completely abandoned by Xiao Han. He was entirely focused on preparing for the afternoon’s hall challenge. Since it was a hall challenge, he naturally had to be ruthless. Xiao Han was fully prepared for the afternoon’s challenge. With his strength, defeating Tiemu Zha was merely a matter of a few words.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, Xiao Han was dressed in a gray tracksuit, wearing a pair of sports shoes.
“Let’s go!” Xiao Han said.
“Let’s go, let’s go!” Zhang Feng hurriedly waved his hand.
Liu Bin and Zhang Dagou also stood up, with Zhang Dagou putting down the novel in his hand and Liu Bin setting aside his mouse. All four were ready, exchanging glances and high-fiving each other.
“Victory!”
A roar erupted.
At that moment, Lan Yudie rushed over in a hurry.
“Idiot, how could you go without calling me?” Lan Yudie panted.
“Xiao Yu, you were still dismissed.” Xiao Han looked at Lan Yudie with concern and then said, “This time, I have a bad feeling.”
“Then I have to go even more.” Lan Yudie quickly said, “No matter what, I am a teacher at Shuimu University after all. They will give me some face. Moreover, as a teacher, my words carry some weight here—they’ll listen to me to some extent!”
Xiao Han hesitated for a moment, then said, “Alright, if you’re set on going, then let’s go. I’ll protect you!”
Then, they headed outside together.
At the entrance of Jingwu Hall.
A crowd of students had already gathered, buzzing with excitement. The duel between Xiao Han and Tiemu Zha that had taken place on the field the day before had become common knowledge, spreading across the entire Shuimu University like wildfire, as well as to other nearby schools.
At the entrance of Jingwu Hall, there were probably over a hundred students on the outside looking on.
“Sigh, Xiao Han is bound to lose today.”
“Why?”
“He’s underestimating the enemy too much and is way too arrogant.”
Outside, many people were discussing. Some were optimistic about Xiao Han, while others were not.
At the entrance of Jingwu Hall, two disciples immediately stopped Xiao Han’s path.
“What are you doing!” one disciple said coldly, “This is Jingwu Hall, not just anyone is allowed in.”
“Damn it, we’re here today at the invitation of Tiemu Zha to cause a scene,” Zhang Feng chided from the side.
“Hmph!” the disciple said with disdain, “What trash. With just a few of you looking like that, you think you can cause a scene? I bet you can’t even beat the two of us!”
The two gatekeeping disciples wore expressions of scorn, clearly not taking Xiao Han and his group seriously.
A sneer formed at the corner of Zhang Feng’s mouth, and then he said, “You two cowards, believe it or not, I can take on both of you alone.”
“Such arrogance!” The disciple’s face turned sour upon hearing this.
Zhang Feng took a swift step forward and grabbed the disciple’s collar, lifting him right off the ground, a full twenty centimeters in the air, legs dangling. The disciple’s face turned red with embarrassment as he desperately grasped at Zhang Feng’s iron fists, struggling to shout, “Let...let me go!”
The other disciple, seeing this, urgently scolded, “You bastard, let him go.”
“Hmph!” Zhang Feng looked at him with contempt and scoffed, “You’re not even as good as one of my fingers.”
The disciple standing opposite became frantic and charged at him, fists swinging.
Bang!
At that moment, Zhang Feng flung the Jingwu Hall disciple he was holding straight at the oncoming one. They collided, and just like that, both were taken down by Zhang Feng, lying motionless on the ground.
“Let’s go!” Xiao Han stepped forward and walked straight in.
The rest quickly followed him inside. The place was empty, with a large fighting ring in the center—a sanda fighting ring used for daily practice at Jingwu Hall.
Zhang Feng scanned the surroundings and then said, “Where is Tiemu Zha, Xiao Han has come to challenge the dojo today.”
“What a nerve!” At that moment, a burly sturdy man came out and said, “To dare cause trouble in my Jingwu Hall, it seems I need to properly teach this arrogant brat a lesson, or else I’m not Lu Da.”
The man, Lu Da, was Tiemu Zha’s first batch of students. After finishing his training, he helped out at Jingwu Hall, where his sanda skills improved daily. Now, he had a small reputation as a sanda fighter both provincially and nationally, known for his mighty strength. Once caught by him, your bones would surely be crushed.
“Heh!” Xiao Han looked at him with disdain and then said, “Just you?”
“You want to fight my master? Then you have to get through me first!” Lu Da huffed.
Standing seven feet tall, muscles bulging, his fists twice the size of an ordinary person’s. But his strength was countless times greater than an ordinary person’s, a fact that was both shocking and astonishing.
“Well then!” Xiao Han said with a disdainful smirk, “Let’s get rid of these small fries first.”
Lu Da roared,”Damn, you’re the small fry!”
Finishing his words, Lu Da charged over quickly.
A smile tugged at the corner of Xiao Han’s mouth. To handle such a big lug, a single move was enough—that was speed!
These behemoths generally had slower reactions. Play to your strengths, exploit the enemy’s weakness.
There was no doubt that Lu Da’s mobility was not as good as his own; Xiao Han was exceptionally agile. As long as he had enough speed, he could take down his opponent. Xiao Han chuckled, glanced at Lu Da, and a smile formed on his lips.