The greatest respect for a respectable opponent is to be merciless! Gong Yangzhen had no intention of holding back, and with the inexplicable feeling guiding him to launch a series of sharp attacks, Hei Mu Xuan Zhai's iron-hard consciousness was gradually fading away.
In the end, it drifted away along with the fist shadows in the sky, leaving only a slightly melancholy voice.
"It was a good fight - I'll definitely use it for the next time..."
"boom!--"
Finally, this man who had never tasted defeat in his life fell down helplessly.
And then came——
【What a wonderful game! 】
[Most competitions decide the winner first and then award the prize money. But here... it's a bit unconventional~]
【Equipment procurement phase!!!】
Chapter 157: Prelude to a New Era
Now that all four rune slots are filled, after defeating Hei Mu Xuan Zhai, the most powerful enemy he had ever encountered, Gong Yang Zhen finally escaped from the tormenting situation of having to choose between strengthening runes and purchasing equipment, and entered the first equipment procurement stage.
——Soon he will possess another big item after the Steel of His Heart.
This is indeed an exciting thing, even Gong Yang Zhen would be excited about it.
But now is not a good time to deal with this matter.
Looking quietly at Hei Mu Xuan Zhai who was lying on the ground in front of him, Gong Yang Zhen was silent for a long time, but in the end he didn't say much.
What a hypocritical senior.
He was always harsh in words and merciless in fight, and seemed to be killing with every move until the very end... but that last "magic spear" was not aimed at piercing his heart at all.
Judging from the attack point, he probably wanted to imitate the "heart piercing" of the "sadist" Mutba Jizenga, using the slight vibration to shock his own heart and make it stop beating briefly, causing shock and elimination.
Unfortunately, he ultimately misjudged Gong Yang Zhen's abnormal nerve reflex ability and ended up trapping himself.
"…But no matter what, I received your kindness."
The unrivaled successor of the "Kaiwan Style", Master Kuroki.
In terms of pure "skills", Gong Yangzhen thought that he did not win, and this was not even the limit of Kuroki Gensai. In the original work, after the end of the fatal elimination match, Kuroki Gensai's pace of becoming stronger did not stop. After evolving again in the Omijia era, his next move after a few years was already the limit of the version -
He was even able to fight on equal terms with the "Connector" Shen Wulong!
In that surprise attack, the exquisite martial arts he displayed even won praise from the immortal who had accumulated skills for thousands of years.
Although it is still unknown who is stronger because neither side engaged in a serious fight to the death, Kuroki Gensai's talent and terrifying strength are already evident.
Even Kuroki Gensai, who was invincible in all the Knockout Tournaments and felt lonely at the top, was getting stronger at a terrifying speed. Now that he has learned from his mistakes and is braver, his momentum may be even stronger.
but.
Just as Tao Jing Wuyue said - the speed of ram shock evolution is faster than light.
You know, this guy has been practicing for less than a year since his debut in the fighting world!
Having been defeated once by Gong Yang Zhen, it will be difficult to catch up with his pace of growing stronger!
"'Ya', 'Magic Spear', you guys just keep chasing me. If you can keep up, come and see... I will continue to lead the way on the road to becoming the 'strongest'!"
Of course, before that—
It's time to reap the sweet fruits of victory!
"The winner has been decided! The winner is Gong Yang Zhen, who belongs to 'Nakano Private Hospital'!"
"——A new king is born! Friends! It took five days, and finally on this last day, the new king of Kengankai is born! Why don't we give him all our enthusiasm?!"
With the referee Momosa Tashiro's loud voice of judgment, which could not hide his excitement no matter how hard he tried to suppress it, and the live commentator Katara Shoka's unrestrained encouragement, countless spectators in the stadium woke up from their dreams!
Although there were too many things in this battle that they did not understand, and they did not know how Gong Yang Zhen finally seized the glimmer of hope and turned defeat into victory in a dead end where his heart was about to be pierced, this did not prevent them from truly feeling the monstrous strength of the two men in that battle.
And now, they will cheer and applaud the king who wins the monster battle!
"'Tian Lang' blasted down the 'Magic Spear'. Tian Lang is invincible!"
"Quack, 'Tianlang', we love you!!!"
I don’t know how long this respect and love will last, but there is no doubt that this feeling is absolutely sincere at the moment... and among the crowd, some people feel honored.
"Cai, Cai Ye Xiang! Did Gong Yangjun win?"
The moment the "magic spear" pierced his chest, he closed his eyes and dared not look directly at the tragic scene. But the next moment, the announcement of Gong Yang Zhen's victory and the deafening cheers from the surroundings came from the field. For a moment, Sakura Xiang felt that he might be living in a dream?
At this moment, she covered her ears to prevent her eardrums from being broken by the deafening noise, and then leaned close to Uehara Ayaka's ear and asked loudly as if she had doubts.
The pair of big, emerald eyes were still tightly closed, as if he still didn't believe it.
Seeing her silly look, Uehara Ayaka couldn't help but feel a little funny, and imitated her and leaned close to her ear to respond loudly: "Ah! I won! Gongyang-kun is the champion!!!"
Instead of hearing any sad news from her best friend, Sakura Hibiki finally dared to open her eyes, and saw the boy on the big screen with a smile on his face and one arm raised to greet everyone.
Although his body was covered in blood, it did not hinder his high spirits that were visible to the naked eye. Instead, it added a charming wildness to the boy who originally looked quite quiet.
Win, win? Champion?
"……so good."
Before she knew it, she was smiling like an auntie, and then as if she suddenly remembered something, Sakura Hibiki's eyes slowly widened.
"Oh, no... Wait a minute, if that's the case, then the president of Kengankai was chosen by Gongyang-kun and the others, right? Could it be that he will soon become a great figure? Kengankai is the organization that actually controls this country, right?"
"You have a very long reaction time... But that's probably it."
"Then if I ask Gong Yangjun to order the school to have 364 days off a year, or to get a coupon for all-you-can-eat meals at all restaurants in Japan, wouldn't that be successful too?!"
"?"
The second daughter of the Royal Cherry Academy Group, Zou Liuyuan Zhu Mei, immediately typed a question mark on the public screen.
Sakura-san, do you want to listen to what you are talking about?
Ayaka Uehara, who was standing by, was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"You are so good at this... But it's easy to skip school and enjoy delicious food for free. You can just do it in one go. Look, we are looking for a boyfriend, so why don't you just lure Mr. Gongyang over? Then he will support you, so why would you go to school?"
"What are you talking about?!"
Upon hearing this, Sakura Hibiki's face immediately turned red, but then he glanced in a certain direction of the audience and said in a somewhat inexplicable tone: "...Besides, this kind of thing is not my turn."
In the direction where she was secretly peeking, several pretty girls gathered together and were jumping for joy. The cheerful atmosphere could be felt even from dozens or hundreds of meters away.
Some people say that happiness is conserved, so when some people are happy, there will naturally be others who are sad.
For example, an ambitious person who missed his dream, or a fence-sitter who chose the wrong side and is now worried...
But the strange thing is that the person who is only one step away from success and should be the most painful and disappointed does not have any negative emotions at all at this moment, but is full of peace.
"..."
Feeling the wild wave of enthusiasm in the entire venue that seemed to be welcoming the arrival of a new era, the president of "Motorhead Motorcycle", Kirimi Takakaze, lowered the brim of his hat slightly and slowly exhaled a breath after a long time.
But he looked at the back of the man who had barely stood up at some point, declined the medical stretcher brought by the Quanyuanhui staff, and disappeared alone in the exit passage.
Instead of looking sad, there was a hint of joy at the corner of his mouth.
"...So you can lose too, Kuroki."
"But, think about it, it's really a wonderful thing, isn't it? At this age, you can still see new possibilities, sweep away loneliness and rekindle your fighting spirit... maybe you are the real winner."
"Well, then I should return to the 'sky' where I can fly... The 'eagle' will not stand still either."
Behind him, Nakano Maruo, the head of Nakano Private Hospital, and Nogi Group's head Nogi Hideki also began post-war negotiations... In fact, their deal had been finalized before the game started, and now it was nothing more than Nogi Hideki trying to win over the Nakano family, whose strength should not be underestimated.
"After I officially take office, two more vice-president positions will be created. One of them will be given to the president of the Yamashita Chamber of Commerce, Yamashita Ichizo, and the other one -"
Looking at the man in front of him who had already had a thousand entanglements of interests with his own forces, Nogi Hideki smiled and said, "Mr. Nakano, I'm sure you won't refuse this position, right?"
By then, the positions of president and vice president will belong to the same camp, assisted by those members who have already stood on their side and reached a consensus on cooperation in advance. Now, they will have their own faction's base as soon as they take office.
And how could Nakano Maruo refuse it?
Entering the decision-making level of the Boxing Association after winning the victory was what Gong Yangzhen thought was necessary when he discussed it with him before.
No matter what, standing high and seeing far, even if you just become a hands-off boss, is definitely different from the past state of being completely in the dark.
It's just that for a moment, I felt a little complicated.
"A mere private hospital director would actually rise to such a high position one day... Gong Yangjun, this is really--"
For a moment, I couldn't tell what I felt towards that young man. Gratitude? Admiration? It seemed like a little bit of both.
But in the end, thinking about the fact that the other party kidnapped one of their daughters and at the same time maintained unclear relationships with many women, it was really bad luck.
In this regard, the pure love war god Nakano Maruo still maintains his original point of view - the boy is indeed a dragon among men, but he is not a good man who can be entrusted with life.
But what's the point of his point of view? After all, the direction of life is decided by his daughter herself. At this point, it is no longer a situation that Nakano Maruo can interfere with. Now he just hopes that Nino can continue to be happy as he wishes.
But now is not the time to think too much about love affairs.
Taking a deep breath and putting those trivial matters behind him, Nakano Maruo's expression returned to its calm state, and he began to discuss with Nogi Hideki the further exchange of interests in the future.
Chapter 158 Pegasus Hope
At the same time, Gong Yangzhen slowly walked back to his temporary residence in Kengan Dome.
Everything has settled, a new era has arrived, and the final carnival funded by the former president of Kengankai, Katara Metsudo, is opening grandly.
There must be many people who respect and admire him, as well as girls who love and care about him, waiting for his appearance... But before that, it's time to take some time to get well.
His fingertips lightly touched the area on his left chest where the stain was the thickest. The hole that had been pierced deep into his lungs by Kuroki Gensai's "magic spear" had long since disappeared, and all that was left was the dark, mottled blood stain.
This injury, which would be considered a serious injury to an ordinary person, lasted for how long? Six seconds? Four seconds?
I'm not sure, I haven't counted carefully, but I guess it won't last long.
…I can only say that I am indeed becoming less and less like a human being.
And now, he was about to take a further step down this inhumane path.
——Equipment procurement stage!
"Should we say that he is worthy of being called the 'Magic Spear' uncle? He actually made the progress bar of the Fighting Spirit Arena, which had just entered the reward stage not long ago, fill up again in just one day..."
As expected of the officially certified ceiling of the human realm, he indeed put considerable pressure on Gong Yang Zhen during the competition. It is not surprising that he could produce so many fighting spirits.
So here comes the next question.
While filling the bathtub with hot water and turning on the shower head, letting the water column hitting his palms slowly warm up, Gong Yang Zhen thought to himself - which equipment should I buy?
It’s a bit embarrassing to say that his earliest equipment planning was very brainless - after all, as for Mundo, anyone who has played him knows that stacking double resistance and health is definitely the best choice with the highest return.
However, as the number of Heart Steel layers has increased exponentially, the health attribute no longer seems to be a valuable thing - the value provided by an equipment can be easily equalized by three or five hits of Ram Shock Steel, and the number of layers provided by each Steel will increase over time.
Sooner or later, relying solely on the maximum health value provided by the Heart Steel, Gong Yang Zhen will be able to reach that outrageous maximum health value of 100,000.
However, unlike the worthless health points, the physical defense and magic resistance carried by most meaty armor seem to have a meaning.
Today, his physical fitness has reached a terrifying level. Many things that might have hurt Gong Yang Zhen in the past, such as knives and small-caliber bullets, cannot even penetrate his muscles... Despite such a terrifying ability to resist damage, the physical defense value on Gong Yang Zhen's panel has not changed at all.
It was unclear what the reason was, but Gong Yang Zhen had a vague guess in his mind.
"——Because 'defense' doesn't refer to any physical parameter at all."
You know, in the game of the previous life, the function of defense is to reduce the physical damage from the enemy by a percentage. This is not in the scope of physical ability at all, but more like some kind of rule-based superpower.
And if this attribute also takes effect according to this mechanism when it is reflected in reality, then stacking resistance attributes will be very cost-effective.
In addition, the pure attack power has also depreciated for him - with the passive effect of "Practicing Medicine with Great Power", he can easily obtain this value symbolizing physical strength by stacking meat, and the offensive equipment seems to be seriously diluted.
"—except for that one."
With his mind immersed in the Fighting Spirit Arena, Gong Yang Zhen opened the equipment store. Each of the equipment in different shapes and forms had a unique yet powerful special effect. As long as he selected one, it would transform into a new power and become one with his body.
Although this was his first time entering the equipment store, as an old player, the memory that seemed to be engraved in his bones made him operate it with ease. He opened the screening list of warrior equipment with a backhand, and as far as his eyes could see, a long-handled double-edged axe with tough and rough lines came into view.
[Equipment name: Giant Hydra. ]
[Rarity: Legend.]
[Attributes: 30 Attack Power 500 Health Points]
[Passive - Colossus: Provides additional attack power equal to 2% of maximum health.]
[Passive - Cleave: Normal attacks come with additional physical damage attack effects, and can generate a shock wave to cause physical damage to enemies behind the target.]
A mere 30 points of attack power and 500 maximum health points may seem insignificant, but the passive effect below is the fundamental reason why Gong Yangzhen values this equipment.
