Chapter 329: Zao Arena (Part )

"My dear brother, what do you mean?"

Boren looked at Bansang who was looking down from afar and explained, "Bansang holds a very high position in the Tsodan tribe and rarely appears at such occasions. He must have come to watch the battle in person today on Tsodan's orders."

After that, Boren cast an excited look at Liu Xunyi and asked excitedly: "Why did Cuodan ask Bansang to come to the fighting arena for no reason?"

Tang Cong was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Of course, they are selecting the best fighters who can participate in the Northern Gada League." Boren added, "In other words, Tsodan must be dissatisfied with his warriors, so he asked Bansang to try his luck in the arena. Although real good fighters are extremely rare, at least there is a chance to meet them in the arena where all kinds of people are mixed. You see, Zongba has an outstanding record and has attracted Bansang's attention."

At this moment, the whole place was silent. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Bansang slowly stood up, leaned over the railing and looked down at Zongba, who was full of fighting spirit, and started to speak a lot.

Before Liu Xunyi could ask, Boren had already translated in a low voice: "Bansang praised Zongba for his bravery and said he was the best warrior in the arena."

As Bansang praised Zongba endlessly, the atmosphere in the field gradually became excited. Zongba looked up at Bansang eagerly, and because of his excitement, he kept breathing heavily.

Suddenly, Bansang shouted loudly and pointed at Zongba. A thunderous cheer broke out in the silent arena, scaring the confused Liu Xunyi and Tang Cong.

"What are they doing?" Tang Cong looked at the cheering crowd with a blank face, like a confused monk, really puzzled.

"Bansang has promised." Boren was also very excited and explained, "As long as Zongba completes the last victory, he can be promoted to a noble and directly become a warrior participating in the Northern Gada League."

"Shouldn't this matter be decided by Tsoten? Why does Bansang..."

"Bansang is Tsodan's closest brother. His presence here today is enough to represent Tsodan in issuing any orders." Boren said, "Besides, the Northern Gada League is not a major military event. It would be easy for Bansang to promote a warrior as an exception."

While he was speaking, Zongba, who was full of fighting spirit, could not wait to start provoking the people around him.

He tore off his shirt, revealing a terrifying body of muscles, with dragon-like muscular structure and arms that could run like a horse, as if they were armor embedded in his body. His flesh was like cast iron, his bones were like fine steel, and the sweat on his body was crystal clear, reflecting a faint copper light that was so frightening that it was intimidating.

In the field, Zongba walked around with powerful steps, raised his arms and kept waving in all directions, with a ferocious expression and a roar that shook the sky.

Faced with such provocation, the crowds around him continued to cheer for him, but no one dared to go on the field to fight him.

Zongba had fought nine matches in a row, and won all of them. Logically, he should have been exhausted. But at this moment, facing the upcoming "glory and wealth", he seemed extremely excited, as if he had unlimited strength.

"He was insulting everyone around him as cowards," Boren explained. "Zongba couldn't hold it in any longer."

"What will happen if no one responds to the challenge?"

"The rules of the Zawang Arena are that challenges are taken in turns, and no one is allowed to break them, let alone overstep their bounds. Therefore, if no one challenges Zongba, the Zawang Arena will suspend the duel endlessly until someone challenges and the winner is decided." Boren said with a smile, "Right now, everyone present is intimidated by Zongba's momentum, and no one wants to be a scapegoat. They all hope that others will take action and wait until Zongba leaves before taking the field."

"How long will that take?" Tang Cong pouted, "Now is the time when Zong Ba has consumed the most energy. If we don't take action in time, when he recovers, won't it be a dead end?"

"Everyone knows the truth, but..." Boren smiled bitterly, then pointed at Zongba who was full of fighting spirit, and said jokingly, "He just received praise from Bansang, and he is in high spirits now. In the next game, he will try his best to beat his opponent, firstly to make a perfect ending for himself, and secondly to show his strength in front of Bansang. Therefore, who would be willing to ask for trouble at this critical juncture? Don't forget that a duel requires signing a life and death document. Maybe in Zongba's last battle, he will take advantage of his high spirits and strike without mercy, even... killing people."

“This…” Tang Cong was stunned and hesitated, “Will Ban Sang make an exception and exempt him from the last battle?”

"No." Boren said firmly, "The rules of the Tibetan King Fighting Arena were set by Tsodden. We must play all ten games. Not even half a game can be missed."

"Then just wait and see!" Tang Cong sneered, "I don't believe that no one would dare to challenge me."

"They can afford to waste time, but we can't." Liu Xunyi's voice rang out quietly. He looked serious and deep, staring at the arrogant Zong Ba without blinking, and said quietly, "My dear, just now you said that as long as we can defeat him, it will be equivalent to winning five games in a row. Is that true or false?"

"It is true." Boren was refreshed and said hurriedly, "This is the rule of the Tibetan King Fighting Arena. Everyone in Luoshui City knows it."

"it is good!"

Liu Xunyi stretched his muscles slightly, turned his head slowly, and the joints all over his body made a crackling sound.

"Master, you are..."

"My dear brother, please inform me that I need to sign a life and death document and fight Zongba in the next battle."

Hearing this, Boren and Tang Cong were both shocked. Compared to Boren's ecstasy, Tang Cong's eyes showed a hint of worry.

"Master, I don't doubt your martial arts, but wrestling is different from a martial arts competition. You have only been watching half of the fight and have not yet understood the key points. If you act rashly... I'm afraid you will suffer a loss." Tang Cong advised kindly.

"Although this is my first time to practice Tibetan wrestling, I know a little bit about Mongolian wrestling." Liu Xunyi said with a smile, "I just watched a fight and found that the two are very similar, so they are not unfamiliar."

"But……"

"Don't worry." Liu Xunyi waved his hand and said, "Don't forget, I am proficient in all kinds of fists, kicks and weapons, and I know all kinds of kung fu. Haha..."

After these words were spoken, coupled with Liu Xunyi's calm and confident look, Tang Cong was barely able to swallow half of the reassurance pill. On the other hand, Boren had a strange look on his face, his eyes sparkling, and there was an indescribable meaning in his eyes when he looked at Liu Xunyi, like surprise, admiration, suspicion, and expectation...

"Brother Liu, follow me!"

Boren led Liu Xunyi and Tang Cong through the dense crowd and struggled to get to the front. He walked to the sidelines alone and muttered a few words to a black-faced man who looked like a referee.

Hearing this, the black-faced man looked Liu Xunyi up and down with an unfriendly look, unable to hide a hint of contempt on his face, and then turned to whisper to Boren.

Boren's face turned a little embarrassed. He ignored the pushing of the black-faced man and kept shouting on the sidelines, seeming to be arguing with the man about something.

After a while, the black-faced man reluctantly took out a document. Boren's face lit up and he quickly called Liu Xunyi forward. Amid the increasingly excited shouts of the people around him, Liu Xunyi resolutely pressed his fingerprint on the document.

"Brother Liu, that guy saw that you were weak and frail, and was afraid that Zongba might accidentally kill you, so he didn't want you to go on the field." Boren accompanied Liu Xunyi to the field, and indignantly urged, "Fight well! Let these self-righteous Tibetans see how powerful we Han people are."

In a few words, Liu Xunyi was sent into the arena by Boren. As soon as he appeared, the noisy arena suddenly became more boiling.

For a while, shouts, whistles, laughter and scolding were heard one after another.

Looking at the various ferocious faces of the people around him, although Liu Xunyi could not understand their language, he could truly feel their contempt and ridicule towards him.

Indeed, the seven-foot-tall Liu Xunyi might be considered tall and strong in front of ordinary people, but standing in front of Zongba, who was as big as a beast, he looked frail and withered.

Zong Ba looked at the opponent in front of him who was much shorter than him, and his expression became somewhat strange. First he was stunned and surprised, then he couldn't believe it, and finally he was disdainful.

Zong Ba gave Liu Xunyi a sinister smile and cursed a few words, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Faced with Zongba's "rude remarks", Liu Xunyi didn't understand, nor did he want to understand.

At this moment, Ban Sang, who was sitting high on the third floor, had a meaningful gleam in his eyes. He looked at Liu Xunyi, who was motionless, with curiosity on his face, and a hint of interest and playfulness appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Gradually, the noise in the arena began to die down, and Zong Ba also stopped provoking. He found that in the face of his constant shouting, Liu Xunyi was neither happy nor angry, and even had no reaction.

Liu Xunyi's "arrogant" attitude made Zong Ba feel humiliated and angry at being ignored.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, Zong Ba, who had completely lost his patience, shouted loudly, then took a step forward and rushed towards Liu Xunyi. At the same time, his arms, as strong and sturdy as steel pliers, grabbed Liu Xunyi's shoulders with his claws and teeth.

In an instant, the crowd shouted together, and the temperature in the arena soared sharply, seeming to be extremely hot.

Facing the aggressive Zongba, Liu Xunyi stood there like a sculpture, motionless, with a calm heart and expressionless eyes.

It was not until Zongba's hands almost touched his robe that Liu Xunyi suddenly stretched out his arms, took the initiative, and instantly grabbed Zongba's collar. At the same time, he stretched out his right leg forward and inserted it directly between Zongba's legs.

It happened in a flash. Liu Xunyi's body suddenly leaned back. At the same time, he grabbed Zongba's collar with both hands and lifted him up. His right leg suddenly rose up and pushed forward.

Immediately afterwards, Zong Ba's body, like an iron tower, began to shake and quickly lost its balance after Liu Xunyi's series of movements, and then flew into the air.

With the help of the power of his waist and horse, Liu Xunyi thrust himself backwards and threw the big and strong Zongba far behind him. With a muffled "bang", Zongba, who was caught off guard and had not yet figured out what was going on, was thrown heavily to the ground.

Zongba fell flat on his face, looking extremely miserable.

"Master, your body must not touch the ground!" In a hurry, Tang Cong's eyes were full of urgency and he kept shouting in his heart.

Looking at Liu Xunyi again, after throwing Zongba away with lightning speed, his body leaned back, almost parallel to the ground, and was about to land on his back.

At this critical moment, Liu Xunyi's right leg, which was raised high, not only did not fall, but kicked suddenly towards the sky. With a huge force of inertia, Liu Xunyi's body flipped backwards in the air, his hair swept across the ground, and finally his feet stood firmly in place.

"Wow!"

It sounds slow, but in fact it happens in a flash.

In an instant, the whole place was completely silent, as if in death. Almost everyone stared with disbelief and astonishment at Liu Xunyi, who was standing still in the middle of the field.

If it weren't for Zongba, who was lying in the distance and uttering a few wails from time to time, everyone would have thought that everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

With just one move, he easily defeated Zongba, who had won nine games in a row. Although the opponent underestimated him, it could not conceal Liu Xunyi's terrifying strength.

Today, at the Zao Fighting Arena, the untouchable "Hashun" became famous in one battle.

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(End of this chapter)