When you do everything to the extreme

Chapter 117, Section 116: The Marathon Turns into a Melee! Wang Xiao is Surrounded!

The Japanese sports commentator at the scene initially focused his attention on Wang Xiao.

After all, Wang Xiao's performance in the past month or so in several matches for China has indeed been astonishing.

Anyone with even a slight understanding of the sports world will remember Wang Xiao, the Chinese athlete who created a miraculous record, and his identity as a martial artist.

The video of Wang Xiao and Lakadi's duel still has a high number of views on major international websites. The TV station, which only spent a few million to acquire the copyright, has already made a fortune.

Although the video was short, and Wang Xiao defeated Lacadi in almost one move, it still excited and thrilled many viewers around the world.

The island nation's host was even more enthusiastic than the Chinese host, shouting loudly from the start: "Wow, Wang Xiao from the Chinese Empire has started running... Will he seize the starting position like before?"

"Yes, he's incredibly fast from the start... but he's not the only one who can run that fast... China has martial arts masters like Wang Xiao, and our island nation also has its own warriors..."

"Saburo Kojima and Tsuyoshi Ito have caught up... Wow, there are more than twenty other runners who started sprinting like wild horses from the very beginning... I can't even run a 100-meter sprint that fast... Many other ordinary runners are stunned..."

"Several top ten international players were shocked...they were pulled down right from the start..."

"Huh? What happened?"

"It seems the athletes ahead were running too fast, and they tripped over each other... Several athletes collided with Wang Xiao..."

The island nation also used drones to track and film, transmitting footage of the starting line to a large screen.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the image above.

Just a few dozen meters after Wang Xiao rushed out, five or six figures rushed towards him. Two of them opened their arms and lunged at Wang Xiao, trying to grab him. Two others rammed their arms into Wang Xiao, and two others threw punches at his throat and back. Their hands gleamed with cold light, concealing sharpness!
However, the drone overhead did not capture the blades in the hands of the two men.

but……

Wang Xiao, however, sensed the sharp aura immediately.

Having mastered the Iron Shirt martial art to its perfect state, Wang Xiao possessed a keen intuition for sharp metal weapons.

Because the Iron Shirt technique was originally created to counter weapons and armor.

and so.

The moment the group rushed up.

Wang Xiao suddenly stopped in his tracks, and instead of dodging, he charged straight at the two of them like a tiger.

bang... bang...

With two muffled thuds, the two island nation athletes were thrown backward as if they had been hit, spitting blood in mid-air.

Wang Xiao easily turned around again, and his elbow struck another person's shoulder. With a crack, the person's shoulder bone shattered again, and he let out a scream before flying backward.

Wang Xiao turned around again, his steps light, and once again, he effortlessly delivered an elbow strike, sending yet another person flying!
Only the last two Japanese athletes, concealing sharp weapons, still had menacing glints in their eyes and refused to back down. They thrust their blades toward Wang Xiao's vest and throat, their goal being to cause him as much trouble as possible, with the best outcome being to seriously injure him.

The many onlookers outside were stunned by what they saw.

The other athletes next to and behind them quickly moved aside!

Guo Huai, Zhou Qing, Li Junkai, and several other athletes with deep and steady auras were all delighted. Seeing that Wang Xiao was entangled by several Japanese athletes, they all accelerated and rushed forward, trying to widen the gap with Wang Xiao so that it would be difficult for him to catch up even if he wanted to.

While Wang Xiao was dealing with the attacks from several island nation athletes, more than a dozen athletes rushed out like arrows released from a bow.

Wang Xiao shifted his stance, not attacking, but instead ramming his back into the last two men wielding sharp weapons. Clang... clang...

Two sharp weapons pierced Wang Xiao's back, producing a crisp sound like metal clashing.

The two Japanese contestants stared in shock, somewhat incredulous. They clearly felt as if they had struck metal, but the next moment, they were sent flying by the internal force that Wang Xiao unleashed from his back.

Everything happened too fast.

To the many ordinary people around, all they saw was six Japanese players ganging up on Wang Xiao, and then in the blink of an eye, all six of them were sent flying.

The host exclaimed in surprise, "What happened? They accidentally bumped into each other, and then six of our local athletes were sent flying by Wang Xiao... His strength is incredible... Wang Xiao didn't waste any time and rushed straight ahead... In the short time he stopped, the dozen or so athletes in front of him had already covered over a hundred meters... Everyone is so fast and so strong..."

"Among them are Ito Tsuyoshi, Kojima Saburo, and Inoue En, all from our island nation..."

"There are also several contestants from China: Guo Huai, Zhou Qing, Li Junkai... Zhang Rui... wait, Zhang Rui is a contestant from Taiwan..."

"And Zhao Xing from Southeast Asia... Liu Fei from Australia... Ye Jinzhen and Alex from North America... Jiang Wu and John from Europe..."

"Wang Xiao is already more than 100 meters behind... Can he catch up?"

"I didn't expect today's match to be so exciting right from the start..."

The host read out the names of the first dozen or so people in shock. Most of them were unfamiliar names that many people had never heard of. They were all new athletes participating in the competition for the first time, but the energy they unleashed exceeded their expectations, leaving many other well-known athletes far behind.

There were about a dozen people in the middle who were moving a little slower, but not by much...

Wang Xiao glanced at some malicious looks in the crowd, then ignored them, unleashed his inner energy, and charged forward.

Wang Xiao took a step and left a clear footprint on the ground. Then he leaped into the air, taking a stride of more than three meters. The moment he landed, he exerted force again and leaped another three meters. To the others, it looked as if Wang Xiao was flying, with each step covering more than three meters and his pace being anything but slow.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Xiao had run dozens of meters, significantly reducing the distance between himself and the dozen or so people in front of him.

Everyone who saw this stared wide-eyed.

Many media reporters exclaimed in surprise.

"God...he's flying..."

"Every step he took seemed like he was about to take flight..."

"Wang Xiao seems to be catching up... The Japanese can't stop him no matter what they try..."

"No one can stop him now."

……

Among the crowd, Ito Makoto's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He muttered in a low voice, "This guy's internal cultivation is too strong, his physical strength is too great, and his explosive power is too strong!"

A middle-aged man named Inoue Yu said in a complicated tone, "Inoue En is already the most outstanding genius in our Aikido. A year ago, he cultivated the internal martial arts of Aikido to perfection. His internal martial arts skills are even above yours and mine. Now he is focusing on cultivating the Arhat Fist, which he obtained from Shaolin Temple in China. He has also cultivated the Arhat Fist to the great mastery level. This is an internal martial art that focuses on physical training..."

"Therefore, Inoue En's current internal martial arts cultivation is already extremely powerful..."

Ito Shin nodded. He had long heard of Inoue En's genius and believed he was destined to become the number one martial artist in the island nation.

but……

Even a genius like Inoue En is no match for Wang Xiao.

Aikido is an internal martial arts technique that Japanese martial artists obtained from China. They combined it with their native martial arts and renamed it Aikido. In reality, it is an internal martial art with a method for condensing internal energy. Therefore, it is one of the strongest internal martial arts in Japan and one of the more complete internal martial arts training methods.

Inoue En cultivated the internal secrets of Aikido to perfection, and its effect was only slightly weaker than Liu Jingyu's perfected Hung Kuen. However, in actual combat, it was definitely better than Liu Jingyu because his internal strength was not as refined as Liu Jingyu's!

Inoue En also practiced Shaolin Luohan Fist. Although Luohan Fist was the introductory fist technique of Shaolin in the past, it was also profound and extensive. Like the three major internal martial arts of today, it can greatly temper qi and blood and improve internal cultivation. However, it does not have the method of condensing strength and is only a health-preserving fist technique.

Inoue En also mastered the Arhat Fist, and combined with the perfected Aikido internal martial arts techniques, his comprehensive internal martial arts cultivation was even stronger than Liu Jingyu's, Li Junkai's, Guo Huai's, and Zhou Qing's. He was not much weaker than Xuan Lin, the Wudang successor that Wang Xiao had encountered before.

Such a genius might not appear once in a hundred years in the martial arts world of this island nation.

However, compared to Wang Xiao, he seemed rather ordinary...

In fact, not just in front of Wang Xiao.

Even among the dozen or so athletes who were leading the pack, Inoue En was not particularly outstanding. There were at least several others who were no weaker than him, and some were even stronger.

This match!

It brings together a large number of martial arts geniuses from all over the world.

The top geniuses of island nations seem rather ordinary.

At this moment, leading the pack was none other than Zhang Rui from Taiwan, followed by Zhao Xing from Southeast Asia, Liu Fei from Australia, Ye Jinzhen from North America, Jiang Wu from Europe, and finally Inoue Yan!
This made both Ito Makoto and Inoue Yu take a deep breath; their expressions were not very good.

At first, they thought that as long as they targeted Wang Xiao and kept him occupied, Inoue En would have a chance to win the championship, keep the title in Japan, announce the existence of Japanese martial arts geniuses to the world, and make other countries' martial arts geniuses think twice before trying to win the championship in Japan.

But now it seems.

Even without Wang Xiao, Inoue En probably wouldn't have made it into the top three.

Inoue Yu stared at Zhang Rui, who was at the front, and said coldly, "Is this Zhang Rui from the Zhang family of Taiwan?"

Ito Shin shook his head: "I don't know, but it should be true. Apart from the Zhang family, it's impossible for any other master with the surname Zhang to appear on the island! The Zhang family is a branch of Longhu Mountain. They took away the martial arts heritage accumulated by Longhu Mountain over a thousand years and are the strongest lineage on the island. This Zhang Rui's aura already has a feeling of dragon and tiger fusion. He should have cultivated the Dragon Form Fist and Tiger Form Fist of the Zhang family to an extremely profound level."

Both of them looked on with envy.

Back then, a branch of the Zhang family from Longhu Mountain went to Taiwan, taking with them a thousand-year-old heritage. Several masters from the island visited them, hoping to obtain the martial arts lineage, but they were all refused. However, they later accepted two geniuses from the island as their disciples.

They also recognized the others behind Zhang Rui.

Zhao Xing is a member of the Zhao family in Southeast Asia, and Liu Fei is a descendant of the Liu family of the Hongmen. Both of them are extremely powerful, which makes many people, such as Ito Makoto and Inoue Yu, feel a little jealous.

The disciples trained by these Chinese martial arts traditions are all incredibly strong!

Among the famous geniuses under the Zhao family are Zhao Wei, Zhao Jun, Zhao Xing, and Zhao Han, each of whom is a top genius!
The Hongmen has many experts under the Liu family alone, such as Liu Jingyu, Liu Fei, and Liu Yilin, as well as two other major surnames, the Hong family and the Qi family!
The Zhao family is a top martial arts family in Southeast Asia, with a history spanning hundreds of years and an extremely profound foundation.

The Hongmen is one of the giants of the overseas underworld. Inoue Yu looked at Ye Jinzhen with a strange gaze and said in surprise, "Ye Jinzhen is a disciple of the Ye family in North America. Back then, the Yongchun Ye family was just a small lineage with obvious flaws in its boxing techniques and incomplete internal martial arts. Judging from Ye Jinzhen's extremely strong internal martial arts aura, have they already overcome the shortcomings of Yongchun boxing?"

Ito Shin shook his head: "I don't know... There are too many martial arts traditions in China. Yongchun is just an insignificant little fist technique! Even if the Ye family makes up for the deficiencies, it's nothing."

Neither of them paid much attention to Ye Jinzhen of the Ye family in Yongchun.

Compared to its three major internal martial arts styles and the Hung Mun Hung Kuen tradition, Yongchun is really not worth mentioning!
Not to mention the unique Taizu Long Fist and its accompanying Dragon Form Fist of the Zhao family of Southeast Asia, as well as the profound and formidable Buddhist and Taoist traditions within China...

In comparison!

The martial arts traditions of island nations are equally insignificant!
Ito Makoto now feels that it is simply unrealistic to rely on their own strength to defend this small piece of land in the island nation.

So many experts from all over the world come and go as they please, and once they arrive, they leave their most talented Inoue En, as well as the slightly weaker Kojima Saburo and Ito Gang, far behind.

"Wang Xiao is about to catch up with the people in front... However, the people in front have all sensed it and have started to accelerate at the same time... They don't want Wang Xiao to catch up..."

The host watched Wang Xiao speed away, chasing after the people ahead, and stood up nervously, shouting, "They're too fast... Zhang Rui, Zhao Xing, Liu Fei, Ye Jinzhen, and the others are all accelerating at full speed... and they've widened the gap with the others again... It seems our island nation's Inoue En can't keep up with this speed... and the others are gradually falling behind..."

"It seems like things will start to be more clearly structured from now on..."

"However, the other competitors are already a kilometer behind... Several of them are top international athletes who have won world championships, but now they can't even make it into the top thirty... I can only say that the gap is too big, times have changed... Their era is over, now it belongs to the masters of martial arts..."

"Wang Xiao has sped up again... My God, he can actually speed up again..."

Even drones had to fly at full speed to catch up with Wang Xiao and the others ahead of them.

The footage captured by the drone shows that Wang Xiao's strides have become larger, with each step covering almost five or six meters. Each step leaves a clear footprint on the ground and makes a dull thud.

woohoo hoo...

Wang Xiao controlled his breathing and internal energy, his eyes fixed on the people in front of him, like a sports car speeding at high speed, with the whistling wind already in his ears.

Li Junkai, Guo Huai, and Zhou Qing were quickly surpassed by Wang Xiao!

The three of them were already running extremely fast, almost at full speed, but they were still quickly overtaken by Wang Xiao, and could only watch helplessly as Wang Xiao caught up with Zhang Rui and the others ahead.

On a distant rooftop, Vincent held binoculars and watched the marathon race from afar, with several fierce-looking figures standing beside him.

One of them looked at the marathon in the distance and shook his head, saying, "Boss, he's too fast. We didn't have a chance to make a move."

Vincent nodded: "I know! I just wanted to see how he performed in the game. To be honest, I regret it now, and I want to give up this task."

Another person said, "This is a mission from the Hongmen and Yuan Long, and it's not something we can easily give up. Yuan Long has connections with Allen, and Allen might be pulling strings behind the scenes, trying to use us to get rid of this Wang Xiao from China. If we give up, we might end up on the bounty list too."

Vincent: "Yuan Long is dead, so we can't give up, or we'll be buried with him! Now let's learn more about this Wang Xiao and snipe him one more time before he returns to China, and try to take him down! No matter how strong he is, he's still made of flesh and blood! Let's get some heavy weapons; I don't believe he can dodge heavy fire."

One of them said, "Boss, Wang Xiao is quite cautious. He always appears in crowded places, so we don't have a chance to use heavy weapons!"

Vincent's face flashed with a ruthless glint, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's get it first."

"Okay, I'll make the contact!"

One of the team members immediately replied.

The group looked at the screen of the competition again.

One team member shook his head and said, "To be honest, I only recently found out that there are so many abnormally strong Chinese people."

Vincent nodded: "I'd heard before that some Chinese masters didn't like killing, only cultivating, so we had no idea they existed. I thought there weren't many of them, but now it seems there are far more hidden masters than those who enjoy killing outside, and they're even more monstrous in their strength... We'll have to be careful when we encounter them in the future..."

Upon hearing this, the group recalled the previous attempt to ambush Wang Xiao.

In less than a minute, Wang Xiao's strength exceeded their expectations. The powerful Yuan Long was killed by Wang Xiao with a single punch, Liu Jingyu, Zhu Yun, and Chen Ying escaped, and all ten well-trained soldiers were killed with just two shots.

If they had known Wang Xiao was so strong, they definitely wouldn't have accepted the bounty.

They had been in the underworld for over a decade. Before becoming mercenaries, they were all members of top special forces units in Europe and America. After retiring, they teamed up and carried out many high-difficulty, high-reward missions over the past decade. They have never failed and have sniped many martial arts masters, including Chinese, white, and African Americans.

No matter how skilled the opponent, they can kill them.

but……

Wang Xiao's strength surpassed that of any martial arts master they had ever seen before.

Their speed and explosive power were so great that even their carefully coordinated sniping attempts failed to hit them.

unless……

Only through close-range crossfire and heavy fire can they be confident of hitting Wang Xiao. If they can injure Wang Xiao and weaken him, they can kill him completely.

but……

This is an island nation, not some chaotic region like Africa or the Middle East where they can freely display the allure of guns and cannons.

Not only would the island nation not allow it, but the retired emperor of the island nation stationed in Yokosuka would also not allow them to cause trouble here.

…………

on site!

Wang Xiao was getting closer and closer to the people in front of him.

Saburo Kojima and Tsuyoshi Ito had already been overtaken by Wang Xiao. Both of them stared intently at Wang Xiao, their eyes filled with anger and hatred. Several times they had the urge to rush towards Wang Xiao, but when they saw that the leaders ahead were also several Chinese experts, and that Inoue En couldn't even get into the top three, he had no choice but to give up.

Continuing to target Wang Xiao is pointless for them. Even if they slow down Wang Xiao, their island nation's contestants won't benefit. On the contrary, it might benefit Zhang Rui and the others ahead.

Why not let Wang Xiao chase after Zhang Rui and the others to compete? There might be unexpected events that could give Inoue En an opportunity.

Therefore, Kojima Saburo and Ito Tsuyoshi simply watched as Wang Xiao overtook them and chased after Inoue En and the others.

The group chased each other for ten kilometers.

Wang Xiao maintained his high speed and had already caught up with Inoue Yan. Ahead of him were John, Jiang Wu, Alex, Ye Jinzhen, Liu Fei, Zhao Xing, and Zhang Rui.

Everyone was moving extremely fast.

But Wang Xiao had already caught up.

Everyone in front felt the pressure, and their expressions turned serious.

Suddenly, Inoue En shouted, "Everyone, why don't we join forces to make Wang Xiao withdraw from the competition? Without Wang Xiao's threat, we can compete for the championship properly! It doesn't matter who wins the championship, but we can't let Wang Xiao win it! Once Wang Xiao wins the championship, he will become stronger and harder to defeat in the future."

"To show my sincerity, I'll make the first move!"

"If we attack together, I don't believe he can defeat so many of us!"

After Inoue En finished speaking loudly, he charged directly at Wang Xiao, who had already surpassed him. His chest and abdomen heaved violently as he unleashed the internal martial arts secret technique of the perfected realm of Aikido in actual combat. It was somewhat similar to the Golden Toad Fishing Secret Technique that Wang Xiao obtained from the Chen family. Perhaps the Japanese also found the Taoist Golden Toad Fishing Secret Technique back then, brought it back to Japan, and integrated it into their own martial arts, which became the Aikido we know today.

boom……

Inoue En's internal energy erupted, his inner strength and cannon power condensed, and he punched towards Wang Xiao's back.

The "cannon force" is the most lethal and most suitable for direct, wide-ranging combat, which is why many internal martial arts focus on cultivating this force.

Liu Jingyu's Hung Kuen style primarily focused on cannon-like power.

Inoue En's Aikido training also primarily focuses on cannon-like power!
The people in front heard Inoue En's words and saw that Inoue En had actually made a move.

John, Jiang Wu, Alex, and Ye Jinzhen all stopped in their tracks and rushed toward Wang Xiao.

Liu Fei and Zhang Rui hesitated for a moment, then turned and rushed toward Wang Xiao at the same time.

They all knew that Inoue En was no match for Wang Xiao, and that after Wang Xiao dealt with Inoue En, he would continue to catch up and surpass them.

Therefore, they all felt that attacking Wang Xiao together at this time was an opportunity to get rid of him.

Only Zhao Xing did not stop to attack Wang Xiao, but continued to run forward at his speed, his eyes flashing with joy, wanting to take the opportunity to win the championship himself!
but……

Zhao Xing's idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel.

The group stopped together to attack Wang Xiao, just to prevent him from surpassing them and winning the championship. How could they possibly let Zhao Xing win?

and so!
Zhang Rui stopped in his tracks, about to attack Wang Xiao, when he discovered Zhao Xing had escaped. He immediately rushed towards Zhao Xing, his hand transforming into a tiger's claw as he grabbed at Zhao Xing's back, shouting, "Nobody's getting away!"

Zhao Xing had no choice but to stop and face Zhang Rui.

Wang Xiao was surrounded by several people.

All the viewers who saw this scene stared in shock.

Clearly, no one expected that something like this would happen at this point in the competition.

A marathon race suddenly turned into a chaotic brawl?
and……

It's still an unrestricted, chaotic fighting game.

A chaotic, unrestricted fighting battle where several people gang up on one person.

Most of the audience became excited instantly, while a small number of Chinese viewers, Yang Xiaoyu, Dong Yuexi, and others were filled with worry.

(End of this chapter)