As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 159 Hearty
Zhao Lian truly lives up to his reputation as a ruthless individual who dares to stimulate his own muscles with a weak electric current for 24 hours a day, completely unlike the "Spirit Summoning Snail" whose life force has been drained by its guardian spirit.

With his knees and ankles locked, the high-frequency tremors in his leg muscles stretched his ligaments to their limit, allowing him to break free of Xiong Rulong's strangulation with a near dislocation-like movement.

Without even blinking, Xiong Rulong slightly turned his body, still holding his opponent's right leg, attempting to change from a two-legged takedown to a one-legged takedown.

Zhao Lian gritted his teeth, his expression almost distorted, and his right leg made a "crackling" sound. His pores instantly secreted a layer of almost transparent mucus, like a boneless, slippery eel, once again breaking free from Xiong Rulong's control.

However, he felt no relief at having escaped with his life.

Instead, his expression became increasingly surprised and fearful.

Because he realized that he had broken free too easily.

Just as his legs broke free of his control, Xiong Rulong took the opportunity to circle around behind him, his arms, thicker than his legs, firmly wrapped around his waist. Before he could exert any force, he had already squeezed his internal organs into a ball, almost causing them to gush out of his throat.

At this moment, more than half of Zhao Lian's "Seven-Star Electric Eel" had emerged from the summoning array, opening its blood-red maw full of fangs towards Xiong Rulong, with dark blue arcs of electricity leaping between the fangs.

However, the no-card style is not just about physical skills.

Instead, it uses its incredibly vigorous blood and energy to push the human life magnetic field to its limit, unleashing a divine soul power powerful enough to suppress the remnants of the past.

Therefore, those who practice the cardless style do not need to summon a guardian spirit.

Instead, he forged his passion and fists into an incomparably powerful guardian spirit.

Xiong Rulong roared.

From every 36,000 pores on his body, surging life force shot out like steam. Disturbed by the life magnetic field, it formed a blurry phantom behind him, as if a god had descended.

The burst of energy directly forced the "Seven-Star Electric Eel," which was only half-summoned, back into place.

Zhao Lian was lifted high from behind by Xiong Rulong, and slammed headfirst onto the ring in a fierce arc.

With a loud "snap," the combined weight of the two men, along with the thunderous acceleration, was applied to Zhao Lian's head and cervical vertebrae.

A clean and crisp diving spin, followed by a waist grab and slam!

Even though his cervical vertebrae weren't broken, his soft brain matter was violently shaking inside his hard skull, and you could tell from his expression that Zhao Lian had lost at least half of his consciousness.

Zhao Lian is ultimately a highly skilled single-card spirit master.

The defining characteristic of a single-card strategy is the extremely deep bond between the Spirit Master and the Guardian Spirit.

Even if the Spirit Master loses some of his consciousness and combat power, or even if the card reader and sealing card are severely damaged, the Guardian Spirit can automatically break out of the sealing array and save the Spirit Master's life.

Above Zhao Lian's head, the summoning rune array that had just been dispersed by Xiong Rulong's blood and qi reappeared.

Despite the dimming of the rune array and the disarray of the spiritual energy, the "Seven-Star Electric Eel" was greatly weakened.

This loyal guardian spirit, disregarding everything, still attempts to descend upon the blood-stained arena.

Unfortunately, Xiong Rulong's offensive was far from over.

In a sense, being stuck to someone who practices the cardless style is more terrifying than being bound hand and foot by the "Seven-Star Electric Eel".

The moment he successfully landed the takedown, Xiong Rulong used his head as a fulcrum, his enormous body spinning 180 degrees, and swung his elbow, which was more terrifying than a warhammer, fiercely smashing it towards Zhao Lian's bewildered face.

This elbow strike, or rather, "elbow axe," not only broke Zhao Lian's front teeth and nasal bone, but also caused the severely weakened "Seven-Star Electric Eel" to curl up into a ball, trembling in excruciating pain.

Confirming that Zhao Lian, already severely injured, couldn't escape, Xiong Rulong sat on him with relief and unleashed a barrage of ground punches. Enough.

Although Zhao Lian has not yet, or rather has lost the ability to surrender.

Everyone could see that this was no longer a competition, but a one-sided massacre.

As Zhao Lian's coach waved a white towel forcefully at the edge of the ring, signifying Zhao Lian's surrender.

The referee on the field also rode a thick-skinned, fleshy "bronze rhinoceros" specially designed to take hits, forcefully inserting himself between the two players, stopping the slaughter in time, and confirming that the winner was the red team player, Xiong Rulong from the Kuangtie team!
"Won!"

Xiong Rulong leaped three feet high, roaring like a gorilla, and raised his muscular right arm, more terrifying than a long-handled warhammer, towards the audience.

The audience remained silent for a full ten seconds.

This match went by incredibly fast.

As the referee tossed out the coins, Xiong Rulong comically manipulated the card reader.

Then his style suddenly changed, using a fierce and unparalleled diving takedown to finish the job, followed by elbow strikes and punches to complete the blow. The smooth and fluid combo lasted no more than five seconds.

Many viewers were still focused on the dazzling battles of guardian spirits on other arenas.

Turning around again, they saw Zhao Lian, the seeded player who had the upper hand, lying on the ring with his face covered in blood, foaming at the mouth, and convulsing.

"what's the situation?"

Many spectators looked at each other, thinking they had seen wrong—wasn't the one lying on the ring foaming at the mouth the same Xiong Rulong who was being electrocuted by the "Seven-Star Electric Eel"?

It wasn't until the large screen above the arena replayed Xiong Rulong's entire offensive at a reduced speed that the spectators were stunned and realized just how spectacular a moment they had missed.

No matter how dazzling the visual and auditory effects of a Guardian Spirit's ultimate attack are.

Scenes of humans engaging in close-quarters combat with their own flesh and blood, men on top of men, locked in a life-or-death struggle, can always ignite the most primal killing instincts in the audience, allowing them to experience the exhilaration of a successful hunt at a genetic level.

In previous competitions, everyone knew the strengths of those who practiced the cardless style and guarded against any attempts by them to get close.

Therefore, even if a cardless strategy wins, it often comes after a long and drawn-out battle of attrition, ending with simple, brutal, and visceral combat.

Few opponents would be so foolish as to give a practitioner of the no-card style such a huge opening, allowing them to execute the incredibly powerful and visually stunning diving slam almost perfectly, in a thoroughly enjoyable way.

After a ten-second silence, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Xu Yan guessed correctly.

The Shattered Star Club spent a lot of money and bombarded various media outlets for half a month, but it had the opposite effect.

The vast majority of readers and viewers are just people who enjoy entertainment. They see you digging deep into the negative news of Kuangtie Club for a long time, and the biggest scandal is nothing more than that Xiong Tieshan's teaching style is too rough and the training process is somewhat dangerous.

After waiting for several days for this "shocking scandal," citizens with high expectations began to feel cheated.

In addition, the "re-employment training courses" organized by the Kuangtie Club in recent days have accurately hit the pain points of the general public, and have won a lot of sympathy and goodwill.

Since the players of the Kuangtie team performed so well.

The audience, always eager for excitement and a good show, naturally didn't hold back their applause and cheers.

(End of this chapter)