Destiny is ashes

Chapter 9: Eleven consecutive defeats

"Ah?" The boy, who was watching An Jing bullying the weakling and almost shouting "Push harder!" or "Knock that guy down!", was stunned. He raised his finger and pointed at himself in disbelief: "Knock An Jing down?"

"I?"

This young man was one of the three people who completed the whole course but did not challenge An Jing. His name was Cang Linzu. He was indeed quite strong and had even been to Dachen Martial Arts Academy. He had a good eyesight.

Because of this, he knew very well that An Jing was probably just a little "tired" the day before yesterday, while he had almost exhausted all his strength, and the physical strength gap was difficult to make up.

It is important for people to know themselves. Why bother?

However, after being named by the instructor, Cang Linzu became interested and looked towards the stage.

At this moment, after defeating nine people in a row, An Jing did show some signs of fatigue.

Anyway, I won’t be seriously injured... This is indeed a good opportunity!

"Okay, try it."

——Don’t blame me, An Jing, you are too strong. I can only take advantage of you a little to be able to perform on the same stage with you.

With this in mind, Cang Linzu stepped into the competition circle—and the original tenth challenger had already admitted defeat.

An Jing turned his head and looked at Canglinzu.

He was actually not tired at all, but when he defeated the fifth challenger, An Jing noticed the unusual movement of Instructor Li.

He was not stupid. He understood immediately that the "challenge" secretly encouraged by Xuanming Manor, including the meat he ate, was to encourage the disciples to compete with each other.

Next, the training in the village will become more and more rigorous, and the instructors will encourage the disciples to challenge each other to fight, select the elites with both ability and martial arts, and decide the real "big brother" before the final graduation.

But the premise is that the position of 'first' will change, attracting competition from all disciples.

If you are too strong, it will dampen the enthusiasm of others. Facing an opponent that they cannot beat at all, everyone will just give up.

No wonder Instructor Li has such a headache.

But that's none of his business.

An Jing will not lose. At most, he will just pretend to win and make others feel that they may win.

"excuse me!"

Cang Linzu did not carry any weapon, and An Jing also threw down the short stick in his hand, obviously wanting to compete in fists and feet.

The two sides saluted each other, and the next moment, there was a sudden sound of wind, Canglinzu stepped forward and threw out a cannon punch.

Dachen Martial Arts Academy is spread all over the country, and the imperial court uses it to recruit talents from all over the country. Every apprentice who can enter the martial arts academy will at least reach the state of inner energy like the tide in the future, which is enough to be able to guard a place.

Cang Linzu had not studied in the martial arts academy for too long before he encountered a frost disaster and became a refugee. But because of this, his martial arts were also seasoned with blood and fire. This punch was completely different from those of other challengers. It was filled with a bit of evil spirit and was as powerful as thunder, striking directly at the heart.

An Jing narrowed his eyes, he raised his left hand to challenge, and confronted Cang Linzu head-on. Both of their bodies swayed slightly at the same time, and then An Jing seemingly extended his right hand forward, but in fact he stepped forward with his right leg, stepping on the opponent's instep.

But Canglinzu's footwork was equally solid. He kicked his left foot to avoid An Jing's step, and hooked his hind leg to make it difficult for An Jing to dodge. He twisted his waist and exerted force, launching another series of punches to the heart.

An Jing had expected that Cang Linzu's boxing moves and footwork were solid, and he was indeed a professional, with practical experience. Even if he had more experience, it would be difficult for him to see the flaws and defeat the opponent with one move like before. So before Cang Linzu threw a punch, he suddenly exerted force with his right hand, which had been extended, and went straight to the opponent's right shoulder.

This blow of exchange of injuries was beyond Cang Linzuo's experience. After being hit on the right shoulder, his strength was reduced and he lost his accuracy, only hitting An Jing's left shoulder. The feeling of his fist was like hitting a leather bag wrapped in hard sand and gravel.

Each of them landed a hit, and both took a step back, looking evenly matched, but only a few could tell who had the advantage.

--Oops!
Knowing that he had lost the initiative, Cang Linzu simply squatted down and rolled on the ground. Sure enough, An Jing had already dodged and kicked him with his knee, missing nothing.

When he took this opportunity to dive sideways, he was hit by An Jing's left elbow. He had no choice but to fight back again, and his body froze in place.

This time, Cang Linzu was at a disadvantage. He was just about to take a step back to avoid the attack, but An Jing had already bumped into him sideways.

Canglinzu originally wanted to raise his leg and kick An Jing in the crotch to force him to retreat, but An Jing had already stepped on his other foot in advance, making him lose balance. At the same time, he leaned heavily on him, knocking him so hard that he gasped for air and almost fainted.

"I surrender!"

He staggered and could not stand steadily, and finally squatted on the ground. An Jing did not pursue him, and Cang Linzu simply lay on the ground and shouted to the sky in a very reckless manner: "Brothers and sisters, whoever is hiding his hands, please act quickly. If we want to defeat Brother An, I'm afraid today is the only day!"

An Jing took a breath and looked around at everyone present with a smile.

But no one made a move. No matter how much Instructor Li hinted at them, no one was willing to make a move.

From beginning to end, the eleven consecutive battles took no more than a quarter of an hour and a half to end. An Jing became the well-deserved eldest senior brother with absolute advantage, and the next challenge would be ten days later.

But everyone knows that even after ten days, no one will challenge An Jing, unless some people have made extraordinary progress. Otherwise, no one will bother themselves.

"Hey. Okay, okay, An Jing wins!"

Instructor Li announced An Jing's victory in a rather dull tone, and then, amid the cheers of Gu Yeqi, Zhang Ying and others, he said unhappily: "Begin training!"

He trained this group of young people severely, making all of them cry for their parents. Even An Jing's legs were shaking due to the highly targeted intensive squat and horse stance training. Then, Instructor Li returned to the center of Xuanming Manor, the medicine pavilion.

"Deputy Medicine Envoy."

He said respectfully to the old man who was on the fifth floor of the medicine pavilion, overlooking the martial arts arena and watching the entire challenge process: "An Jing is indeed the most talented person this time, but I never thought he would be so strong that others would not even want to challenge him."

"First fixed, what should I do?"

"The first place is fixed?" The old man turned his head and looked at Instructor Li with a look of a fool: "Since the first place is fixed, then let the second and third place also have a share of the spoils, and let those little guys fight for the second and third place, right?"

"At the very least, let the top five have a bite of the meat and get more shares."

"Are we short of these pieces of meat?"

After scolding Instructor Li in a bad mood, Deputy Envoy Yao turned around and looked at the martial arts arena with great interest: "But it is true... this batch of disciples is of excellent quality and contains unexpected surprises."

After thinking for a while, the old man nodded and said, "Then let's start early. Eliminate the disciples with the weakest physical strength and use the saved resources on others."

"It's time to make them fall in love with the feeling of eating meat."

(End of this chapter)