Chapter 734: Taking without a Knife

Being beaten up in public, Ma Liang was humiliated. But it didn't matter. Ma Liang didn't care about face. He was just angry that he was beaten.

He knew that he didn't have a good reputation among the masters. In the early years, he compiled a book called "New Chinese Martial Arts" and wanted to take it to the Central Guoshu Museum to promote it, but Zhang Zimin ignored him.

This guy was immediately unhappy. He ran from Lu to Jinling and made a scene at Zhang Zimin's house. Zhang Zimin had to help him promote the book in order to keep things quiet.

When the other masters saw this kind of guy, they quickly agreed when he came to ask for help, fearing that Ma Liang would make trouble.

So Ma Liang was shameless and had no friends among the masters.

But having no friends does not mean having no allies. Gong Baosen has been leading the Chinese Martial Arts Museum for many years. Not everyone obeys him, even Gong Baosen's nephew Shang Yunxiang has a lot of opinions about him.

Shang Yunxiang is a master of Xingyiquan. He has always been upset that Gong Baosen, a Baguazhang monk, merged his own sect and became the head of the sect.

There is also Sun Lutang, who is known as the "world's best" and is particularly good at writing books and packaging himself. Gong Baosen and Li Shuwen, "pragmatists", look down on such people, so the two sides can't pee in the same pot.

Finally, there is Ma Yingtu, who hates evil and has a fiery temper. He can't pee in the same pot with Ma Liang and his ilk. He was originally a friend of Gong Baosen, but the reason why he is against Gong Baosen now is that during the first national martial arts exam, he and Gong Baosen had a conflict over one thing, and since then he has stopped "playing" with Gong Baosen.

This is what happened. A man named Wan, who was a disciple of the great hero Du Xinwu from the north and south, took the exam during the first national martial arts exam.

This person, Wan, was very famous at the time. In addition to Du Xinwu, he also learned from many famous teachers. So when he came to take the national exam, he was expected to be very high in the martial arts community.

The result was shocking. Wan was not good enough and was eliminated in the second round.

Afterwards, Wan explained that it was because of diarrhea that he performed poorly. He even went to the Central Guoshu Museum to make a scene, hoping to be given a chance to retake the exam.

But how is it possible?

Wan was not able to do so, and out of shame, he did something very strange. He actually attacked Tai Chi master Yang Chengpu!

Yang Chengpu was defeated by Wan, which was a great loss of face. Wan boasted to the outside world that he "defeated" Yang Chengpu.

This incident once caused an uproar in the martial arts community.

When dealing with this matter, Gong Baosen considered the "overall situation of the national examination" and was a little too concerned about the face of Wan's famous masters. He personally went to Yang Chengpu to persuade him not to meet with the younger generation, and also found someone to match Wan with a respected person named Liu as his teacher. Then Liu took Wan to apologize to Yang Chengpu in person, and the matter was settled.

Gong Baosen thought he had handled the matter properly, but Ma Yingtu was not happy.

What do you mean, Gong Baosen? The villain surnamed Wan made our old brother suffer such a big loss, and you dealt with it and dealt with it like this. It's not authentic!

So he held his breath and challenged Wan on the stage in a public occasion: "Wan, the stage is not dismantled yet, let's compete, if I can't beat you in three strokes, I will write the word Ma backwards!"

Even with such a clamor, Wan didn't dare to go on stage.

Why?

Because Ma Henzi was famous for his ruthless fighting, Wan knew his own weight and was definitely no match for Ma Yingtu.

Just when Wan was at a loss, Gong Baosen stepped in and stopped Ma Yingtu's behavior, saying that Ma Yingtu "was not a decent person to bully the weak".

Ma Yingtu was furious at the time, pointing at Gong Baosen's nose and cursing, saying that he was a worthless person and a hypocrite, which made Gong Baosen lose face.

After this incident, the two had a grudge against each other and had conflicts since then. Ma Yingtu basically opposed everything Gong Baosen wanted to do.

By the way, Wan published a memoir in his later years. When recalling this past event, he described his sneak attack on Yang Chengpu as going to challenge the master. In addition, he said that although he only played one game in the first national martial arts examination due to illness, all the masters at that time said that he was the well-deserved first, so they named him the champion. He also said that Zhang Zimin said that he was the undisputed first, and the others were not worth mentioning...

Wan forgot that there was such a thing as "historical materials".

In short, even the masters had dirty grudges, and not all masters were good at fighting.

There was a master who was not present, who was a standard "Wang Yuyan"-style hero. He was very eloquent in theory, but in actual combat, a farmer with a little strength could knock him down, so all the actual combats of this recognized master were exhibition matches, which was despised by people.

In this regard, Hu Tou Shao Bao was better than this "Wang Yuyan-style" master. Although he packaged himself, he was at least not an embroidered pillow.

As for Ma Liang, this person was a half-baked person who was not packaged too much, and the thing he was best at was to recognize apprentices.

Ma Liang's beating was just an episode, and soon the matter was over.

On the stage, the match between Xiao Xizhi and Bill Underwood had already begun.

Xiao Xizhi proposed to compete with fists and feet, while Bill Underwood wanted to compete with weapons. After the draw, it was decided that the weapons would be the competition.

So, a good show of Chadao versus English fencing was staged on the stage.

Almost all the audience in the audience were cheering for Xiao Xizhi. After all, it was Chinese people versus foreigners. Regardless of whether they liked Xiao Xizhi or not, it was always right to cheer for him.

Ma Liang's attention quickly focused on the stage, and his expression was slightly excited, because in his opinion, Xiao Xizhi would win soon.

His judgment not only comes from his confidence in Xiao Xi's strength, but also from the situation in the ring.

Although the competition equipment was proposed by Bill Underwood, it is Xiao Xizhi who currently has the advantage.

Xiao Xi used his long sword to great effect, his moves were vicious, powerful and heavy, and he had the ferocity of a battle formation. Bill Underwood, on the other hand, was clumsy, and the sword in his hand was light and thin. Under Xiao Xi's powerful and heavy attack, it was quite difficult to deal with it, and he looked extremely passive and embarrassed.

Xiao Xizhi is a combination of strength and skill, while Bill Underwood is pure skill. Obviously, the latter is at a disadvantage and suffers more.

Soon Bill Underwood on the field screamed because Xiao Xi's knife hit him on the right shoulder.

Fortunately, both of them were wearing armor, so the blow was not fatal, and Bill Underwood did not lose his fighting power.

However, the mobility of his right arm was obviously affected. Xiao Xizhi attacked him twice in succession, and the sword in his hand was shot down!

At this moment, the audience cheered loudly!

What does it mean for a swordsman to have no sword?

It means he has become a guest.

Xiao Xizhi shot down the sword in Bill Underwood's hand and seemed quite excited. He immediately took advantage of the victory and pursued it, hoping to completely establish the victory.

This man indeed has two skills. Although his sword skills are not his best, his level is even better than most warriors who are good at weapons.

His physical attributes include long hands and long legs, tall and strong. The style of Zha Dao is dense and ruthless, with great openness and great closure.

The combination of the two, the effect is that one plus one is far greater than two. It is precisely because of this that Bill Underwood was suppressed and had a sharp and light swordsmanship, but he did not even use half of his abilities. If you come out, you will be defeated.

If this were a modern fencing competition, Bill Underwood would have been declared the loser.

But the rules at this time were not so detailed and sound, so the competition between the two continued.

"Uh-huh!"

Another scream came from the ring, but it was Xiao Xizhi who hit Bill Underwood again.

This time he hit Bill Underwood's thigh, knocking him to the ground on the spot.

Bill Underwood was screaming and rolling on the ground, and Xiao Xizhi had already begun to grin.

Not only the audience and his master, but also he himself felt that he was sure to win.

He was even a little surprised, why didn't this foreign devil admit defeat even though he was like this?

Bill Underwood's fighting spirit is still very tenacious.

He struggled to get up again, grinning and limping, keeping a distance from Xiao Xizhi.

It was obvious that he wanted to fight again.

But things have become like this. If we continue to fight, wouldn’t we be bringing humiliation to ourselves?

"Bluff!" Xiao Xizhi suddenly pounced forward, frightening Bill Underwood and running back like a frightened rabbit.

Seeing this surprising scene, the audience suddenly burst into loud laughter.

On the guest stage, Ma Liang laughed the loudest, as if he had seen the most ridiculous thing in the world, and he hit the table with laughter.

"The scar hasn't healed yet. I've forgotten the pain." Ma Yingtu said sarcastically.

"Can you take care of me?" Ma Liang was very proud. "Ma Henzi, do you have such a good apprentice? Haha! Don't look at you dancing happily now. In a few years, when you become a poor old man, I will look at you. Who are you going to cry to?"

"I'm holding your wife and crying." Ma Yingtu retorted.

"That person at home..." Ma Liang's face turned dark.

Gong Baosen glanced here and couldn't help but shake his head while looking at the stage.

Xiao Xizhi was a little carried away. Before the competition was over, he actually started to play tricks on his opponent.

To put it nicely, this is called carelessness; to put it worse, it is called having no martial ethics.

On the stage, Xiao Xizhi kept compressing Bill Underwood's space for movement, and made gestures to scare him from time to time.

And every time he gave a scare, Bill Underwood scurried around like a frightened rabbit.

As soon as Bill Underwood scurried about, the audience below erupted in cheers and laughter.

The louder the noise below, the more proud and excited Xiao Xizhi becomes, playing tricks on Bill Underwood more and more.

After doing this several times, Bill Underwood seemed to be exhausted and was forced to move less and less.

And Xiao Xizhi is getting closer and closer to Bill Underwood.

At this time, most people felt that the game might be over in the next second, and the outcome was determined.

But only a handful of discerning people noticed something was wrong.

The distance between Xiao Xizhi and Bill Underwood is a little too close!

In equipment competitions, the safe distance between the two parties is more than two meters.

But Bill Underwood lost his weapon, and the safe distance between the two sides also shortened, to about one and a half meters.

This distance is almost within the attack range of unarmed combat, but relatively speaking, if Bill Underwood wants to attack, he has to step forward first. One more movement will mean one minute slower, so Xiao Xizhi is still safe. of.

But now, Xiao Xizhi was approaching again, and the distance between the two was only about one meter.

This distance is considered a dangerous distance for both parties!

Bill Underwood can hit Xiao Xizhi further, and Xiao Xizhi is already completely within his attack range.

Perhaps due to the sensitivity of a warrior, this distance made Xiao Xizhi feel a little uncomfortable. Xiao Xizhi stopped playing with Bill Underwood and decisively attacked Bill Underwood with a knife.

A shocking scene happened.

Bill Underwood, who had no power to defend himself before, did not retreat but advanced instead. He suddenly ducked and got into Xiao Xizhi's arms in the next second!

Then he moved like lightning, holding up Xiao Xizhi's elbow holding the knife with one hand, and twisting Xiao Xizhi's wrist with the other hand like a golden snake, breaking the opponent's wrist directly with the joint reversal technique!

Crack!

Before Xiao Xizhi screamed, the knife in his hand was already in Bill Underwood's hand.

The blade turned around, Bill Underwood held the knife with his left hand, put the blade on Xiao Xizhi's right shoulder, and suddenly jumped up, pressed the back of the knife with the forearm of his right arm, and pressed it down hard.

Puff!

Bill Underwood used all his strength to push, and the blade pierced through the gap in the armor and directly embedded into Xiao Xizhi's flesh!

"Ahhh..." Xiao Xizhi screamed and staggered backward.

Bill Underwood suddenly jumped up and leaned back, like a rabbit kicking an eagle, and kicked Xiao Xizhi's chest hard with both feet, kicking him directly off the ring.

Plop!

In the long silence, the sound of Xiao Xizhi falling heavily to the ground was particularly clear.

The next moment, the whole audience was in an uproar!

Reversal!

No one expected that in the situation of Bill Underwood's overall disadvantage, he actually completed a reversal with amazing fighting spirit!

Xiao Xizhi, who was originally sure to win, lost to his pride and carelessness, and watched the victory that was within his grasp pass to others.

"No knife, it's amazing!" Su Yi said "tsk" in the audience, and couldn't help but want to applaud this foreign devil.

Putting aside the national standpoint, Bill Underwood's victory is absolutely wonderful.

Su Yi especially admired his fighting spirit of not giving up easily.

Bill Underwood's last move of grabbing the knife with bare hands was a move of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu of the Zhepeng sword school, called "no sword grab". The key to this move is to rush into the opponent's arms at a perfect time, control the knife, and then take it away to complete the counterattack.

This is the ultimate move of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, and I didn't expect it to be mastered by a British.

Sure enough, no one who can get to this point is simple.

Su Yi looked at Bill Underwood who was shouting excitedly on the stage, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

This person is a good whetstone.