Martial Arts Master

Chapter 36: Spectators Accumulated One by One

Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

The bearded man in a dark down jacket and the young girl holding a cell phone followed behind Liu Yinglong, turning around to look at Ring Seven once in a while until streams of fighters and spectators completely blocked their sight.

Liu Yinglong advanced without a word, forming a great mass of depression over his junior brother and sister.

Finally, the young girl couldn’t hold her tongue any longer. She asked timidly, “Brother, where are we going now?”

Liu Yinglong stopped. He answered in a very low voice after a few seconds,

“The Emergency Room.”

The bearded man and the young girl exchanged a look with disbelief. “The student of no rank defeated our senior brother and injured him?”

Dead silence again shrouded them as they barged their way through the crowd towards the emergency ward.

Injuries were extremely common in martial arts competitions. Disability and death took place every so often. All formal tournaments cooperated with hospitals to set up an emergency ward somewhere inside the venue for immediate treatment.

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Lou Cheng, with a huge grin on his face, paced around excitedly. Words couldn’t describe how thrilled he was. He took his mobile back and logged on his QQ to share his victory with Yan Zheke.

“Ha-hah! I won my first ever official match! I won! I won!” His hands typed quickly, adding a proud smile in the end.

Of course, Yan Zheke was still flying in the air. She would get it as soon as 11 o’clock when she landed if there was no delay.

Lou Cheng calmed down a bit after sending that message. He decided not to inform Cai Zongming of this good news until after all were settled as he wasn’t sure how far he could go. “In case I lost in the second round, he would laugh at me for days.”

He opened the forum and clicked on the live broadcast post to check the progress of Road to the Arena and Invincible Punch but only to find out their fights were both scheduled in the afternoon. They were wandering about in the stadium and watching random fights in different rings.

“Unfortunately, my match attracted no attention. Not many spectators witnessed my victory…” Lou Cheng was upset for a second. He put away his mobile and moved to the central ring to broaden his views.

The central ring was reserved for more attractive matches which were usually between two finely balanced fighters. A martial artist of Professional Ninth Pin was not necessarily the key to a good fight as it could finish in no time if the opponent was weak.

Those reputed fighters were surely exceptions since many spectators came all the way to watch them fight. Their matches were undoubtedly arranged in the central ring.

A match just ended when Lou Cheng arrived at the central ring. Some spectators who obviously preferred close, live competitions than big screen videos were in a heated discussion.

“Baiyuan Martial Arts School is so strong. No wonder their reputation has spread to other cities in less than two years,” A young man with acne said impressively to his friend.

His friend, short and stocky, nodded along. “Yeah. The fighter of Amateur Fifth Pin was only one level higher than the opponent, but he won the match so quickly with ease!”

“Ha-hah. He jumped up and down like a monkey in a dizzying pace. The opponent could hardly follow his rhythm. What’s his name?” A middle-aged man wearing a black leather jacket interrupted.

“Something like Qin Zhilin, one of the better students of Baiyuan Martial Arts School.” The young man with acne, probably a local, seemed to know Baiyuan Martial Arts School pretty well.

“Who is the best student of Baiyuan Martial Arts School? I’ll go and watch his match.” The middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket sounded very excited.

The young man with acne answered after a moment of thinking, “Their senior brother Liu Yinglong. Liu from Liu Bei, Ying like ‘ought’ and Long like ‘Dragon’.”

The man in jacket wrote the name down so he could check out which ring the fight was arranged at the service desk.

As he stepped away, the two youths opened their mouth almost simultaneously.

“Let’s sign up for the Baiyuan Martial Arts School!”

Their conversation made Lou Cheng proud of himself. “He-heh! The greatest student of Baiyuan Martial Arts School has lost to me!”