Chapter 718 Grandmaster's Hostility

On that day, after all the matches of the third game of the second round were over, Su Yi, who had a bye in this game, and the other 17 victorious warriors advanced to the third round and entered the "National Talent Competition".

The rules of the third round of the competition restored the points system. The 18 people were divided into three groups, each with six people, and they fought in turn. The winner scored one point and the loser scored zero points. Everyone had to fight with every opponent in the group for five games.

After five games, the person with the most points in the group advanced and compared the points with the first place of the other two groups. If there was a winner in points, he would directly become the champion.

If the points were the same, an extra game would be required until the champion, runner-up and third place were decided.

The third round of grouping was decided by drawing lots in the evening of the day when the 18 qualifiers were born. Because Su Yi left directly after the game, after applying, Su Yi's subordinate Kuan Ge was authorized to draw lots on his behalf to divide the groups.

This naturally caused some criticism and dissatisfaction, especially from Ma Liang.

"People who don't follow the rules should be disqualified from the competition!" Ma Liang said unhappily.

But of course this is impossible. If Su Yi is disqualified at this time, the spit of all the people in Tianjin will drown Ma Liang.

Besides, Zhang Zimin and the other masters will never agree.

"Geng Liangchen is injured, and the situation is special. Master Ma, you know this, you should be more understanding." Gong Baosen said.

"Can you do whatever you want just because you are injured?" Ma Liang sneered, "He is injured because of his own fault. I haven't blamed him for causing our event to be suspended for four days, but he is trying to be special first? Do you really think that you can ignore the rules just because you have the false reputation of a Tianjin hero?"

Ma Liang was full of complaints, but in the end, Brother Kuan drew the group lot for the third round of the competition on behalf of Su Yi.

Su Yi was assigned to Group B, and his five opponents were:

Chang Dongsheng, a disciple of Ma Liang, was a master of Chaquan, and was born in a wrestling family. He was very good at wrestling and was known as the "Northern Wrestling King".

Tong Zhongyi, the successor of Dai's Xinyi Liuhequan in Shanxi Province, relied on his ruthless Xinyi to defeat all opponents and advance to the third round.

Zhu Guofu, a master of Xingyi Bagua, was a disciple of Li Cunyi, the senior brother of Gong Baosen. He was a direct descendant of Xingyiquan and had great kung fu.

Benny Leonard, a lighthouse boxer, was 1.8 meters tall and weighed 85 kilograms. He was a black man and very strong. He fought all the way and his heavy punches were unmatched.

The last person was Su Yi's old acquaintance - Ota Tokusaburo, who represented Wudang Taiyi Sect and used the alias He Ota!

He performed well in the second round, won three consecutive games, and advanced to the third round. He was also assigned to Group B and became Su Yi's opponent.

Starting from tomorrow, Su Yi needs to fight with these five people in turn to finally decide the final winner!

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, each player needs to play two games a day, and play the last game on the morning of the third day to complete the third round of group matches.

The order of duels is also determined according to the number plate.

In Group B, tomorrow morning, Su Yi's opponent is Xingyi master Zhu Guofu; in the afternoon, he will fight against Ma Liang's apprentice, the northern wrestling king Chang Dongsheng.

In the two games the day after tomorrow, Su Yi will fight Tong Zhongyi of Xinyi Liuhequan and lighthouse boxer Benny Leonard respectively.

In the last game on the morning of the third day, Su Yi will play against Ota Tokusaburo.

After the draw, Yu Xuezhong, Zhang Zimin and the eight great masters appeared together and awarded 10,000 yuan in bonuses to 18 people.

Su Yi was absent from the scene, so naturally his subordinate Kuan Ge continued to take the prize on his behalf.

This made Ma Liang even more unhappy. When presenting the award, he also made a few sarcastic remarks to Kuan Ge, which made Kuan Ge extremely angry, but he was afraid of causing trouble for Su Yi, so he dared not speak out.

This made Ma Liang feel a little refreshed, but he soon stopped feeling refreshed.

In the interview session after the award ceremony, eight out of ten reporters asked questions related to Geng Liangchen.

For example, "General Yu, what do you think of Geng Liangchen?"

"Mr. Gong, what do you think of the martial arts of the Jinmen hero?"

"Master Li, the sharpshooter, what do you think is the chance of Geng Liangchen winning the championship?"

And so on.

When asking Ma Liang, the reporter asked like this: "Mr. Ma, you are the chief instructor of Chaquan and wrestling at the China National Martial Arts Museum. In recent years, Chaquan has shined in major national martial arts competitions across the country. Among the 18 masters who advanced to the third round this time, five of them practiced Chaquan..."

When the reporter asked this, everything was still normal. Ma Liang looked very pleased and seemed to be very pleased.

But then, the reporter changed the subject: "But both of your disciples were defeated by Geng Liangchen in this competition. Do you think Geng Liangchen can become the nemesis of Chaquan?"

"He is a nemesis!"

Ma Liang was furious, slammed the table, pointed at the reporter and cursed: "Can you speak? Who is Geng Liangchen? Chaquan nemesis? If someone hadn't taken extra care of Geng Liangchen, he wouldn't even be able to enter the third round. Do you really think he is so powerful? When there are no heroes, the young ones become famous. It's ridiculous!"

When these words came out, the masters and officials on the stage all changed color, and the reporters and audiences below the stage were also in an uproar.

Zhang Zimin's face turned black, he glared at Ma Liang and shouted: "Mr. Ma, be careful what you say! Do you know that you are responsible for every word you say! Groundless speculation is just to spread rumors! You said that someone took extra care of Geng Liangchen , Do you have evidence? As long as you show evidence, I will expel this person from the Chinese Martial Arts Academy now! But if you don’t have evidence, you must apologize to everyone now and retract your words in public!”

Ma Liang lost his words in anger, and was a little annoyed at first. But after hearing what Zhang Zimin said, he risked his life.

He suddenly sneered and said: "Evidence? If I can produce evidence, do you still need Zhang Zimin to come forward? But does it mean that there is no evidence? Geng Liangchen was shot in the body. The bullet hit his chest and injured the bones. Such an injury, Anyone who doesn't do it will die miserably, but now? Isn't it a big joke that this Geng Liangchen is still alive and kicking on the stage? "

As soon as this statement came out, the scene was once again in an uproar.

Because this is the first time someone has confirmed Su Yi's injury in public.

Before that, even when reporters asked Su Yi himself, he got a vague statement that "the injury was not serious."

But now, Ma Liang clearly told reporters that Su Yi's injury was serious and even life-threatening!

"Mr. Ma, are you sure that Geng Liangchen's injury is so serious?" A reporter immediately questioned, "But Geng Liangchen also played two games after being shot, and won easily. There is no sign that he was injured at all. Look."

"He played all the games in the first round on the first day. How many days did he rest after that?" Ma Liang said, "Thirteen days! Originally, he could only rest for nine days at most, but what happened? The game was delayed for four days. Genius restarts, these four days are the time that some people specially bought for Geng Liangchen to recover from his injuries!"

"Ma Liang, if you keep talking nonsense, get out!" Zhang Zimin was extremely angry, and the other masters also looked very embarrassed.

But Ma Liang had completely let himself go. He sneered and said, "What? Since you can do it, why are you afraid of others telling you?"

"Look at the two games Geng Liangchen played. In the first game, No. 137 vs. No. 1. Such a draw result is a rare occurrence in a century, but Geng Liangchen happened to meet him! Two days after taking the stage It's incredible that Geng Liangchen won after they had a tacit understanding..."

"The second game against the foreigner, haha, you may not know that Geng Liangchen's martial arts foundation is foreign martial arts, not a national martial art at all! Who knows if that foreigner is his senior brother..."

The noise at the scene was getting louder and louder, and everyone was very excited, because what Ma Liang said was so exciting!

"Kick him out!" Zhang Zimin was strangely angry.

As for the remaining seven masters, they all left the meeting in protest.

"No, I'll go by myself!" Ma Liang stood up and sneered, "If you have the ability, don't use any tricks next time. Let's see if Geng Liangchen's true colors will be revealed? He has only been recovering from his chest injury for ten days, so he can be a little more aggressive. The injuries will collapse and worsen..."

"Shut up!" Zhang Zimin was extremely angry, pointing at his nose and yelling, "Ma Liang, you announced Geng Liangchen's injury in public, which is equivalent to telling everyone about his weakness, what are you worried about?"

"I am a public-spirited person!" Ma Liang was also angry and slapped the table, "That's all I am. If Director Zhang doesn't like me and wants to exclude dissidents through jealousy, you can expel me, huh!"

After that, Ma Liang walked away.

"You bastard!" Zhang Zimin couldn't hold back the curse words in the end.

Ma Liang's words caused an uproar, although most newspapers spoke for Su Yi when they published it, overtly and secretly mocking Ma Liang for making dark speculations about others without any evidence, and for being a villain and judging a gentleman's heart.

However, there is also a part of the public opinion that is very unfavorable to Su Yi and begins to question whether Su Yi is really engaging in match-fixing and receiving unfair special treatment to others as Ma Liang said.

There are also some newspapers that maliciously publicize Su Yi's injury, and "call" on Su Yi's opponents to use Su Yi's injury to defeat him, and eloquently promote the benefits of defeating Su Yi.

This third type of argument mainly comes from reports in Tetsuba newspapers. Needless to say, it is naturally the work of Tokusaburo Ota.

Tokusaburo Ota has not been having a good time recently, because his identity as a "fake master" was revealed by Takaji Wachi. Ichiro Kameda, the loyal dog of Takaji Wachi, told Tokusaburo Ota without concealing his murderous intent. If this time In the national martial arts elite competition, Tokusaburo Ota cannot win the championship, and there is only a dead end.

It would be a lie to say that he has no regrets and is not afraid. Tokusaburo Ota complained bitterly. He is one of the few people in Zhepeng who knows something about the Chinese martial arts world. He knows very well that there are many experts in the Chinese martial arts world. Tokusaburo threw it in, but he couldn't even get anything out of it.

Therefore, he has always been very coveted for the unique skills of various sects in China. He has always tried his best to steal them and learn them by any means.

His goal in participating was to get into the top ten. He didn't even think about winning the championship. He knew very well that it was impossible with his martial arts.

But he didn't expect that Wazhiyingji would force him to die, forcing him to complete this impossible goal.

Ota Tokusaburo even knelt down and begged Kameda Ichiro to let him go.

But all he got was two hard slaps.

Kameda Ichiro's cruel eyes told Tokusaburo Ota that if he couldn't do it, he would really die.

So he had no choice but to fight and use any means necessary.

In the first round of the championship competition, Tokusaburo Ota basically relied on bribery and coercion to win ten consecutive victories.

In the second round, because the opponent had to be drawn on the spot, Tokusaburo Ota could not cheat. He was forced into a desperate situation, so he could only fight hard.

Unexpectedly, he actually won three games in a row!

This made Tokusaburo Ota's confidence surge.

But it was a surge, but he had no confidence at all against Su Yi.

He still remembered clearly that before on the Dengying Building, he couldn't even beat Su Yi's bodyguard Yixiantian.

Moreover, the scene where Su Yi threw a knife from the first floor to the third floor and killed Hu Desheng with one knife is still engraved in his mind, and it also makes him very scared of Su Yi.

Not to mention, this person is used to using any means, and it is impossible to expect him to be fair and honest without doing tricks.

So when he heard Ma Liang's bombardment at the draw site, he decided to guide Su Yi's opponents to attack Su Yi's weaknesses through public opinion.

He is Su Yi's last opponent. Before facing him, Su Yi still has to play four more games.

He did this in the hope that his previous four opponents could make Su Yi's injury relapse, and it would be best if he could directly retire from the competition due to serious injuries.

In this way, he would not have to face the terrifying Geng Liangchen.

In addition to dealing with Su Yi, Ota Tokusaburo must also ensure that he can win.

The guillotine of Kazuchi Takaji is hanging over his head. Once he loses a game, it will fall and make him beheaded, so he cannot lose, and dare not lose!

After the draw, Ota Tokusaburo immediately went to collect information on the four opponents except Su Yi, trying to find out their weaknesses and see if he could deal with the opponents off the court.

As a result, he soon discovered something.

He found that Benny Leonard was a gambler and was very greedy for money, so he immediately tried to contact this person and wanted to bribe him to play a fake game.

Benny Leonard opened his mouth and directly offered a price of $100,000. In the end, Ota Tokusaburo bargained and sold it for $20,000.

"If you can cause damage to Geng Liangchen in the match with him, then I will give you a considerable bonus." After the deal was reached, Tokusaburo Ota said to Benny Leonard in a bewitching tone.

The greedy black boxer's eyes lit up immediately.

He easily dealt with the lighthouse boxer, but the remaining three warriors directly refused his bribery after Tokusaburo Ota revealed his intentions.

Chang Dongsheng told Tokusaburo Ota to wait for death; Tong Zhongyi said that he should just fart and let him go; as for Zhu Guofu, he directly told Gong Baosen about the matter. Gong Baosen severely reprimanded the leader of Taiyi Sect and said that if he committed the same offense again, Tokusaburo Ota would be disqualified from the competition.