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"He was knocked to the ground again and again, and then he got up again and again. This shows his ability to withstand blows. Nan Tianren's tenacity has far exceeded my imagination."

"Oh! F**k! You know what? Nan Tianren, I feel like I'm fighting a boss right now! It's one of those dung monsters from soul-like games, with high damage, strong body and hard to fight! Before I completely defeat you, I can't let my guard down at any time, after all, you could kill me at any time!"

Greco complained somewhat angrily.

Completely ignoring Greco's words, Nan Tianren once again launched a series of attacks at Greco's head, but for Greco who had already activated [God and Demon], the speed of these attacks was too slow, and the trajectory of the attacks was also too easy to see through.

"Too slow! Too slow! Are you really moving? Nan Tianren! Let me tell you! What is a continuous attack?"

After dodging Nan Tianren's attacks one by one, Greco turned around and launched a series of attacks at Nan Tianren. Although there were only a few attacks, they all bypassed Nan Tianren's defense and hit the vital points of Nan Tianren's body accurately, knocking Nan Tianren to the ground again.

Seeing Nan Tianren being knocked to the ground for the fifth time but still struggling to get up, Greco couldn't help but sigh:

"You are definitely not a human! Absolutely not! Even if you have been maintaining the Erhu Style? Diamond Form? Indestructible, you have blocked every attack of mine after hardening your muscles, successfully reducing the damage! You are definitely not a human!"

By activating the two mysteries of [Rely on God] and [Subdue Demons] at the same time, the burden that [Gods and Demons] brought to Greco's body was much greater than that of Nan Tianren who only activated [Liberation]. Seeing that Nan Tianren was not far from death, Greco decided to release [Gods and Demons] first to give himself some time to catch his breath.

──Now! Two Tiger Styles? Fire Sky Style? Fire Walk!

Nan Tianren was waiting for this moment! Nan Tianren, who was originally lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Greco.

──Two Tiger Styles? Vajra Fire Sky Form? Instant Iron Shattering!

Using the Erhu Style moves he had secretly learned, Nan Tianren's heavy punch immediately landed on Greco. Although Greco reacted in an instant and activated [God and Demon] and immediately folded his arms to defend, he was still caught off guard and staggered back a few steps.

After a successful attack, Nan Tianren stopped while he was ahead and did not pursue the opponent. Instead, he immediately distanced himself and regrouped to prepare for Greco's next attack.

"Since you won't attack me, then I will!"

Greco then quickly stepped forward, wanting to launch a counterattack against Nan Tianren, but Greco's reaction was already within Nan Tianren's expectations.

Anticipating Greco's attack, Nan Tianren dodged Greco's fist by leaning sideways. A powerful energy immediately turned into vibrations, traveling from the center of the earth 6,378,000 meters underground, through the inner core - the outer core - the mantle - the crust - the ground - directly to the ring, passing through Nan Tianren's legs and converging on his fist.

——Geocentric Core Explosion Fist!

Nan Tianren immediately used the most powerful move that he had used in the preliminaries of the [Kengan Fatal Elimination Tournament] at Greco's chest. Nan Tianren was confident that even if Greco used the Erhu Style, Vajra Form, and indestructible muscle hardening, he was confident that he could knock Greco down completely with this one blow.

──Two Tiger Styles? Water and Sky Form? Snake Dance!

Instead of taking Nan Tianren's attack head-on, Greco bent back and kept his upper body level with the ground. Nan Tianren's fist just passed over Greco's chest and nose.

Didn't hit! Nan Tianren's fatal attack didn't hit the opponent at all!

Nan Tianren secretly sighed and took several steps back, widening the distance between him and Greco again.

Greco also stood up straight, but when he turned to look at Nan Tianren, he suddenly vomited blood, and fell to the ground after releasing the [God and Demon].

Didn't Nan Tianren's attack miss Greco? What happened to Greco's body now?

That was of course because he activated [Rely on God] and [Subdue Demons] at the same time. In the [God and Demon] state, the load that Greco could withstand had reached the limit of his body.

"Hahahaha! Is your body no longer in good shape? Greco! You are such a small fry! Don't just hit me with your eyes open! Look for the reason yourself! Have you trained well in normal times? Has your strength increased? Don't complain that your enemy is too weak to be killed when you meet a strong enemy, okay?"

Seeing Greco's situation, Nan Tianren immediately had a ferocious smile on his face.

"TMD!"

Enraged by Nan Tianren's ridicule, Greco ignored the screams of his body and forcibly activated [God and Demon] and pushed the power to the highest level.

──Two Tiger Styles? Vajra Fire Sky Form? Instant Iron Shattering!

Greco flashed in front of Nan Tianren again and threw a heavy punch at the opponent's face.

——The next step is to make a quick decision! Right here! Destroy that Nan Tianren completely!

"Humph!"

Nan Tianren continued to smile, and after devoting his whole body and soul to defense, he had already predicted Greco's attack in advance, and then raised his hands to block Greco's heavy punch.

“It’s [First of the First]! It’s actually [First of the First]! I didn’t expect that the guy named Nan Tianren would be the first to break through to the realm of [First of the First] when he was on the verge of death.”

[Magic Spear] Kuroki Gensai finally revealed a serious look, because he could already sense that this guy named Nan Tianren would be the opponent he would meet in the semi-finals.

As for the so-called "before being ahead", it is the skill to detect the opponent's intention and then take immediate counterattack against the enemy at the moment when the opponent wants to take action.

By making good use of the [First to Strike] technique, even though his speed was far slower than his opponent's, Nan Tianren was still able to predict Greco's every attack in advance, thereby intercepting Greco's fist before his attack was completed and completely neutralizing the opponent's offensive!

On the other hand, Greco, although he had forced out the higher power of [God and Demon], could not hit the opponent as easily as before.

──My body! It's gone! I can't keep on maintaining the [God and Devil] anymore! My body can't take it anymore! If this continues! My life will be in danger!

Greco gritted his teeth, thought it over, and decided to cancel the [God and Demon] state.

── Damn Nan Tianren! Why can this guy's [Liberation] last so long? ! Judging from the previous situation! Shouldn't he have collapsed earlier due to the backlash of [Liberation]?

What Greco didn't know was that after experiencing the battle with [The Fang of Destruction] Gana, Nan Tianren's understanding of [Liberation] had reached a higher level. Although his [Liberation] still had a limit on the number of times, the duration of a single [Liberation] had been greatly extended!

"Hmm! Can't hold on again? You loser Greco! You can't hold on at this level! You really are a loser! If you are a beginner, then practice more! If you can't afford to lose, don't play [Kengan]! The past is the past! The present is now! Don't always use the past to talk about the present! If you keep using the past as the present! Buddy, why don't you compare it with when you were born?"

The smile on Nan Tianren's face became even more intense. He seized the flaw revealed by Greco when he released [God and Demon] and punched Greco's head hard.

Now it was Greco's turn to cancel the [God and Demon] state. He could not keep up with Nan Tianren's speed who had entered the [Liberation] state, and Nan Tianren's fist immediately hit Greco's face solidly.

"Nantianren! I love your horse!"

First, he was mocked by Nan Tianren, and then he was punched in the face. Greco was so angry that he couldn't be more angry:

"Even if it means risking my life, I will smash your head today!"

[Gods and Demons] Turn on full power again!

──Erhu Style? Secret Technique? Ghost Car!

In a rage, Greco wielded the Erhu Liu's ultimate strike move, the Crouching Parrot Horn, which was used by the founder of the Erhu Liu to fight against himself at the end of his life!

However, after his punch drew a perfect arc in the air, Nan Tianren, through the state of [Ahead of the First], predicted it in advance and blocked it.

Greco's final attack also missed! Just like the counterattack of Crouching Parrot Corner before his death, he failed to hit his opponent!

——Master, it turns out that this was the feeling you had after you failed to land this move!

At the last moment of his life, the figure that appeared before Greco's eyes was his master, Crouching Parrot Horn.

The next moment, Nan Tianren's heavy punch was already coming towards him.

It's over! After Nan Tianren knocked Greco to the ground with one punch, Greco's blood vessels suddenly burst, and blood immediately covered the entire ring!

The backlash of [Gods and Demons] completely broke out at this moment!

Greco is dead!

Died on the ring of the [Kengan Fatal Elimination Tournament].

"Due to the death of Greco, I declare! [Kengan Fatal Elimination Tournament]! The first match of the top eight! The final winner is! The president and fighter of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals──[Red Skull] Nan Tianren!"

When the host Katara Shoka finished her verdict, Nan Tianren, who was hanging on by his last breath, fainted on the stage.

Not only because of the severity of his injuries, but also because of the heavy load of activating [Liberation] for a long time, Nan Tianren did not wake up from his coma until the morning of the fourth day.

During this period, the remaining three matches of the [Kengan Fatal Knockout Tournament] from the top eight to the top four also came to an end.

In the second match, the representative fighter of Wakasakura Life, [Strangler King Kanai Microcosm], fought against the representative fighter of the Shinomiya Group, [Magic Spear] Kuroki Gensai, and in the end, Kuroki Gensai won the match.

In the third match, the representative fighter of Juou Communication, [Snake User] Ryuji Yamazaki, fought against the representative fighter of Yoikuniya Bookstore, [Street Fighter] Feilong, and in the end Feilong won the match.

In the last match, the representative fighter of United Clothing, [Sports Master] Lawrence Crocker, faced off against the representative fighter of Dust Group, [Bronze Tiger] Benjamin Turner. Since both companies belonged to Chen Ai alone, Sports Master simply announced his surrender and sent Bronze Tiger to the semi-finals.

"Doctor, what time is it now?"

This is the third time. It looks familiar... Hmm? No! The unfamiliar ceiling, Nan Tianren asked the figure beside him without turning his head.

"It's already the fourth day of the Kengan Fatal Elimination Tournament. In an hour, it will be your turn to compete again. Also, I'm not a doctor, I'm Shijo Hinako!"

Shijo Hinako made a clear female voice and poked Nantenjin's head with her fingers.

"Shijo Hinako? Why are you here?"

Nan Tianren turned his head and looked at Shijo Hinako's face and said.

"You've been unconscious for almost a day and a night. Doctor Yingchu has already planned to prepare for your funeral, so he started looking for someone to collect your body. I just happened to have met you before, and I was eliminated by [Bronze Tiger] in the second round. I have nothing to do now, so I took the initiative to come over to help!"

Shijo Hinako continued to explain to Nan Tianren while poking his cheek with her fingers.

"Is that right?"

Only then did Nan Tianren notice that he had changed into a white dress without knowing when, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, holding a white chrysanthemum in his hands.

"Don't worry. We are brothers. How could I not collect your body? Besides, I made this dress myself. Do you like it?"

"How could I possibly like it!!!"

Nan Tianren suddenly jumped up from the bed in the morgue, threw the chrysanthemums in his hand to the ground, and then tore off his white mourning clothes.

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"How can you be like that? If you don't like it, just say so! Why did you tear it up? This is the mourning dress I made myself! This is the first time I give a gift to another boy! You're going to die anyway, so if you don't need it now, you can use it next time! It's such a waste to tear up such a good mourning dress!"

Shijo Hinako said with a painful look on her face.

"No, sister, you just want me to die right now, right?"

Nan Tianren roared indignantly.

"Where...where is there..."

Shijo Hinako's eyes were wandering as she looked to the side, pouting her lips and touching her nose with her fingers awkwardly.

"I think you clearly do! Your expression has completely betrayed you! In less than a day, you've already made my mourning clothes. Don't you have any special fetish for collecting other people's corpses?"

Nan Tianren said as he looked at Shijo Hinako with disdain.

"Ah? How...how could that be? Hahaha..."

Shijo Hinako said this while still maintaining her lying expression.

"Hey! You actually like collecting other people's bodies? By the way, is the body next to me Greco's? Is he dead?"

Putting away his playful expression, Nan Tianren looked at the corpse on the morgue next to him and asked.

"Yes, he died. He died as soon as the match between you ended. His heart exploded because it couldn't bear the excessive load. He died on the spot on the ring. He was not as lucky as you. There is no way he can wake up.

It's just a pity that after his death, there was no one to collect his body."

Shijo Hinako also put away her playful expression and replied.

"Oh……"

Looking at the bodies of all the fighters in the morgue, Nan Tianren seemed to be lost in thought: