"What happened? Weren't you all acting tough just now? Waving your knives around like big shots? What's wrong now—got performance anxiety? Come on! Stab me! Let's see you do it!"
"Yeah, didn't you say you wanted to avenge Huazhou? Go ahead, take your shot! Don't hesitate—I’ll even close my eyes and let you hack away, how about that?"
"Heh! Linzhou Team, you guys are number one at being shameless. Harbor City’s fighters have been ambushed and killed by your dirty tricks more times than I can count—by now, the number of our guys who’ve died at your hands is in double digits. Time to settle that score today, isn’t it?"
Right now, in front of everyone, those three Harbor City grandmasters are pressing forward relentlessly. Under the crushing force of their gang-qi, the Linzhou team is falling apart—their defeat is just a matter of seconds.
The Harbor City stands are on their feet, electrified. Crushing Huazhou was exciting, sure, but that's happened before. Beating Linzhou, though—that’s never happened. If Harbor City wipes them out, it’ll flip the whole history of martial arts here. And just like the guys on stage said, Linzhou’s the most shameless of the seven cities. Most Harbor City heroes who’ve died met their end to Linzhou’s dirty tricks.
Right now, the thirty- and forty-something fighters in Harbor City’s section are the most fired up. Plenty of their friends fell to Linzhou ambushes. Nearly everyone’s gritting their teeth, wishing they could kill a few themselves this time.
But just then, a few figures suddenly move. Over in the waiting area, two whole squads ignore the staff and leap onto the platform.
It’s Jinzhou and Bazhou teams—now, instead of nine opponents, it’s suddenly twenty-seven.
Twenty-seven versus three—this has never happened in the history of the Seven-City Martial Arts Tournament.
"What are you doing? Right in front of everyone, you’re going to openly break the tournament rules?"
"Thirty-seven against three—you people actually have the nerve to do this? Ganging up on Harbor City, huh? You think we’re blind?"
"Organizers, you owe us an explanation today! If not, the Harbor City Martial Arts Association will take this straight to the provincial capital. This is a blatant attack on Harbor City!"
At that moment, every Harbor City fighter, big and small, starts shouting. Leonard Liu, president of the Martial Arts Association, even hurls his cane in furious protest.
"Isn’t this a bit much?" Even some of the event organizers look rattled—this is open cheating, and the tournament rules only allow two cities per match, never a third, let alone three-on-one.
With Harbor City raising a fuss, plenty of big-name families start shouting too, all turning their anger on the three rule-breaking cities.
But even with all that pressure, the Jinzhou and Bazhou fighters on stage don’t budge. Instead, they surround the three from Harbor City. Among them are grandmasters too—three in total from the three cities, plus twenty-four top innate experts. On paper, this combo is way stronger than Harbor City’s trio.
"What’s the problem? No need to report anything to the provincial capital—here’s a secret order from the Provincial Martial Arts Federation. This tournament’s final say belongs to Wuzhou, and it’s stamped with the Azure Dragon Society’s Dragon-Head seal!" On the VIP platform, Darren Deng, president of the Wuzhou Martial Arts Association, stands up arrogantly, waving a secret order. "See for yourselves—every team was supposed to register their strength in advance. Harbor City suddenly produced four grandmasters without reporting them first. That’s blatant cheating and a huge threat to every other team. They’re not here to compete—they’re here to kill. So it’s only right that the other city teams join forces against them…"
Darren Deng suddenly whips out a secret order and launches into a long, self-important speech. The crowd quiets down—not because they buy his nonsense, but because they’re all intimidated by the Azure Dragon Society’s power.
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But Ryan Ling, Harbor City’s team leader, doesn’t move a muscle. He knows this is pure bullying and a flagrant breach of the rules, but in real life, when it’s kill or be killed, rules don’t mean squat. Survival of the fittest—that’s the law everywhere.
Since Ryan didn’t say a word, the three Harbor City fighters on stage stay silent too. After seven days of brutal training with him, they can read his intent from a single glance.
"Come on, doesn’t matter how many you send—we Harbor City sons won’t even flinch. Three versus twenty-seven? Bring it! Harbor City invincible, we fear neither gods nor demons!"
"That’s right—Harbor City invincible! Today we’re going to wipe away all our old shame. Let’s show you what we’re really made of!"
"Bros, let’s do this!"
In a flash, the three Harbor City fighters forget all fear of death and charge straight at the enemy. Three against twenty-seven—the stage erupts into a wild melee.
Even outnumbered, the trio doesn’t back down at all. Instead of fighting solo, they instantly close ranks. It’s not just their own blood boiling—the grandmaster ghosts possessing them are fired up too, unleashing all their power.
With a crazed battle cry, the three Harbor City fighters unleash three raging whirlwinds of gang-qi. The enemy grandmasters can’t handle the century-honed force—they’re barely able to stand and stagger backward, while at least half the twenty-four innate experts are swept right off the stage.
"Harbor City invincible!"
"Harbor City invincible!"
"Harbor City invincible!"
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On Harbor City’s side of the stands, led by Leonard Liu, all the martial arts heroes link arms and shout their support for their champions at the top of their lungs.
Harbor City has never been this united—everyone’s hearts and minds are as one. Even the big-name families, aristocrats from Jiangbei, and some provincial powers are swept up in the moment.
Clearly, Harbor City has completely changed everyone’s impression today.
But just as everyone’s passion peaks, Darren Deng gives a subtle signal from the Wuzhou stands. Instantly, the last two teams—Bazhou and Wuzhou—also rush the stage.
Now, five city teams are openly ganging up on Harbor City’s three fighters. At this point, Ryan Ling finally can’t take it anymore...