“…Ji Huaiyu! The highly anticipated Ji Huaiyu, he once again deservedly won the competition!”
The commentator Hao Yongyun's exclamation resounded throughout the venue.
“…Okay, let’s take a short break and wait for the next game to start.”
During the intermission, at the door of the contestants' backstage lounge, several middle-aged men in suits were pacing back and forth, with anxious looks on their faces.
"… Why hasn't he come yet? It's his turn already!"
"Ask Xue Jing's agent when he can arrive?"
"I've already asked, and they said they're on the way and will be here soon..."
"What do you mean by soon? When is soon? The game is about to start now!"
The middle-aged man was very anxious.
The attention to this elimination round suddenly surged in the middle of the game, attracting a large number of viewers, and all this was thanks to Xue Jing.
At least half of the audience came to watch the game just for him, and many even bought expensive scalper tickets to get in...
If Xue Jing hadn't appeared, God knows how many angry letters of complaint would have drowned him...
…
At this time, outside Fengcheng.
A plane landed on the grass, the door opened, and Xue Jing walked out.
"Let's just stop here. Going in by plane is a bit too conspicuous and will make things difficult for the organizers."
Xue Jing said to Xu Ren and Mandrill who came out to see him off.
He smiled and said, "It was quite fun to go to the border area this time. If you have any commissions in the future, you can come to me again."
"Of course, you know the reward."
Void Blade said speechlessly: "God's relic, right... You God's relic fanatic."
Xue Jing laughed: "You understand me."
"That's it then. Goodbye."
Watching the plane fly away, Xue Jing picked up his cell phone to check the time.
16:13.
"It's much later than expected..."
"My game is about to start. I need to find a way to get there..."
Xue Jing pondered for a moment and looked at a three-meter-high tree next to him.
After thinking for a while, he walked to the big tree, stretched out his hand, gathered his strength, and swung out two sword qi, cutting the top and bottom of the tree in half, cutting out a cylindrical piece of wood in the middle.
"It flew straight into the air, with two dragon horns. It's a bit shocking... Let's just leave it like this."
Xue Jing said to himself.
He stretched out his hands and lifted the log above his head.
Then he took a deep breath, circulated his strength, made a rough estimate, and threw it hard in the direction of Fengcheng Gymnasium!
"call out!"
The log tore through the air and soared into the sky.
Xue Jing followed closely behind, using his dual speeds. The soil beneath his feet exploded and he disappeared from the spot in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already stepping on a flying log.
"I've wanted to COS Tao Baibai for a long time!"
…
“… Then we would like to invite contestant Du Mingluan!”
The passionate voice of the commentator sounded, and under the spotlight, a short, handsome and stern-looking boy walked out of the player channel.
"The rising star from the famous Xuanjiao Club was the most popular talent in our outer ring last year! He is the favorite to advance to this knockout round!"
"Let's look at his stats..."
"Attack 9, Speed 8, Defense 9, Skill 10, Heart 9, Intelligence 8."
"Horrible, absolutely horrible, an almost perfect hexagon!!"
The commentator continued to introduce until there was nothing more to say, then he began to speak hesitantly:
"Then... Then the next thing is the most anticipated part of this elimination match..."
"Let us invite ..."
"—Contestant Xue Jing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole stadium erupted in extremely terrifying cheers, almost overturning the entire stadium, and it lasted for a long time.
However, under the spotlight, no one appeared at the contestant entrance.
Soon, everyone noticed the abnormality, the cheers gradually stopped, and puzzled discussions began to arise one after another.
"What's going on?"
"Where's Xue Jing?"
"Where's my husband? Why hasn't my husband come out yet?"
At this moment, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the sky.
In the contestant viewing area, the strong teenagers all noticed something, turned their heads to look at the sky, and then their eyes were filled with shock.
"That is..."
Under everyone's shocked gaze, a log suddenly fell from the sky with a whoosh.
"boom!!"
There was a loud bang on the ring.
A huge log was inserted diagonally into the center of the ring, causing bricks and stones to explode on the ground.
In the smoke and dust, a figure was standing on a log.
Xue Jing slowly walked down from the log, dusted off the dust on his body, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Am I late? Sorry."
Chapter 173: Secret vs. Secret, the invincible Xue Jing, the shocking Ying Man Yue (4K)
As Xue Jing appeared on the stage, the entire stadium, with more than 20,000 people, fell into silence that lasted for several seconds.
Then, there was a thunderous uproar of discussion.
"Xue Jing!?"
"My husband is finally here!"
"Does he have to wait this long to make his debut? Is he sick and will die if he doesn't show off? Everyone is getting impatient waiting."
“But to be honest, it’s really cool…”
"Well done, well done!"
"Hello? There's a Tao Baibai in the gym. I'm not kidding!"
"Why is he so handsome?"
“Husband, husband ahhhh!!”
The noise did not affect the two people on the ring.
Du Mingluan, who is only 1.6 meters tall and looks like a junior high school student, looked at Xue Jing with a hint of dissatisfaction on his handsome face.
He slowly said, "Xue Jing, you should know that my opponent today is me, right? Why are you late?"
Xue Jing uttered a sound.
He really didn't know who his opponent was today. He flew directly to the border after playing his last game a few days ago and didn't care about the subsequent victory or defeat at all.
After thinking for a while, Xue Jing smiled and said, "I had some things to deal with in the past few days, and I just came back."
Hearing this, Du Mingluan's expression eased a lot.
He was about to reply, but Xue Jing asked with a puzzled look:
"By the way, who are you?"
Du Mingluan's expression, which had just relaxed, immediately turned gloomy.
This person never took him seriously at all!
Damn, I really am looked down upon.
What a shame!
At this time, a staff member came to the three commentators in the commentary booth, lowered his head and said a few words in the ear of Hao Yongyun, who was in the middle.
After the staff trotted away, Hao Yongyun's voice rang out in the gymnasium.
"Uh... cough cough."
"I just received a message from backstage that contestant Xue Jing was delayed due to some force majeure personal matters. Therefore, in order to catch up with the competition, he had no choice but to use this method to enter."
“Please forgive me, audience friends…”
Upon hearing this, Xue Wan, who was sitting in the contestant viewing area and admiring his brother's pretentious heroic appearance, was stunned for a moment with a strange look on his face.
This organizer is too licking...
He was standing outside the player's lounge in a panic just now, but as soon as Ah Jing arrived, he immediately took the initiative to make up for him.
After hearing the commentator's explanation, the noise in the audience gradually subsided.
Several staff members trotted onto the ring and wanted to remove the log that was stuck in the ring to avoid affecting the competition.
"One, two, up!"
Several people put their hands on the log, shouted slogans, and worked together to pull the log up.
However, they tried so hard that their faces turned red, but the log hardly moved at all.
A log of this size was quite heavy, and it was inserted into the ground at an angle. It was impossible for the staff who had only a little martial arts training to pull it out.
Seeing this, Xue Jing said, "Excuse me, let me do it."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and placed his hand on the log.
With a burst of strength, his fingers instantly broke through the hard surface of the bark, and all five fingers penetrated into it.
Then he raised his arm.
With a snap, Xue Jing pulled out the log with one hand and raised it above his head.
His expression did not change, and he looked as relaxed as if he was lifting a small dumbbell, forming a sharp contrast with the size of the log.
"Where should it be placed?" Xue Jing asked.
The staff member blinked, his eyes showing shock. After hearing the question, he stammered:
"Put it... put it under the ring, and leave the rest to us..."
Xue Jing smiled and nodded, then he gathered his strength with one hand, and with Hidden Dragon Ruyi, he transformed it into pure soft strength and threw the log in his hand to the bottom of the ring.
The log drew a trajectory in the air and fell to the ground silently, making almost no sound.
If there wasn't a circle of visible air waves slowly spreading from under the log, blowing away the surrounding dust, one would almost think that the log was made of foam.
This move made the eyes of all the knowledgeable people present light up.
"Soft power, he used soft power!"
"What pure soft power! Just this one move is at least comparable to the skills of a master who has studied this skill for more than 20 years!"
"Is this really the U19 competition in the outer ring? He is only seventeen years old, and he has already demonstrated extraordinary strength and sword energy. He is even so skilled in using soft power..."
"I don't believe that he started practicing martial arts in his mother's womb... It's not that outrageous to start practicing martial arts in his mother's womb!"
Upon seeing this, several staff members breathed a sigh of relief, bowed repeatedly to Xue Jing to express their gratitude, and then quickly left the stage.