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Three days was not a long time. Everyone was nervously preparing for the match. Soon, it was time for the match to begin.
The eight teams that qualified for the semi-finals and the other teams that were eliminated but did not leave the aircraft carrier gathered in the cabin that had been transformed into a combat hall.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Martin. I'm still the host of the semi-finals. Now, let me explain the rules of the match … "Martin, a middle-aged man in a black suit, walked into the ring with a wireless microphone and said enthusiastically to the many fighters below.
The rules of the semi-finals were basically the same as the preliminaries. The only difference was that the original time limit was removed and the winning contestant was given a ten-minute break between the contestants' turns. This allowed the contestants who were fighting in a row to perform better.
As for the opponents of each team, the two teams closest to each other would fight according to the previous grouping. For example, the mercenary team from the first group would be pitted against the female fighter team from the second group. The Japanese team from the third group would be pitted against the Dragon Tiger Fist team from the fourth group. The Esper team from the fifth group would be pitted against the Hungry Wolf Legend team from the sixth group. The Natural Enemy team from the seventh group would be pitted against the tester team from the eighth group.
"… Alright, let's welcome the first group of participants, a mercenary team from Brazil and a female Grandmaster of Combat team made up of three beautiful ladies!" After explaining the rules of the competition, the Grandmaster of Combat team continued. After explaining the rules, Martin raised his free arm and waved at the major and King in military uniforms.
Hearing the call, the two teams did not hesitate. They walked out of the crowd one after another, came to the edge of the ring, and sent out their first contestants.
The mercenary team sent Ralph, who was wearing a red headscarf, while the female fighter team sent Mai Shiranui, who was wearing a sexy red ninja outfit.
The two of them walked into the ring and stood in the middle.
"Game, start!" Martin, who had retreated outside the ring, looked at the two of them, and then announced loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ralph, who advocated taking the initiative to attack, rushed toward Mai Shiranui … Mai Shiranui did not show any weakness. He half-turned his body. He threw a paper fan that was spinning at high speed at Ralph.
The battle began at this moment.
As a soldier, Ralph's attacking methods were basically some military fighting techniques. Combined with the 'I Style' techniques that he came up with, he might be very strong in close combat. However, it was of little value in the medium to long range. If there were energy fluctuations, there would be no energy fluctuations. If he wanted to throw a weapon, he wouldn't even be able to restrain the enemy if he didn't have a throwing weapon. It could be said that the only thing he could do was pull away. On top of that, he had good throwing skills. It wouldn't be a problem to kite him to death.
On the other hand, although Mae Shiranui was a little weak in close combat, she wasn't completely useless. In fact, she was quite strong when it came to killing enemies with fire. She also had a paper fan in her hand that she could casually throw out to attack and restrain her opponent. Moreover, because she was born in a ninja sect, she had a much higher agility than the average person. For the clumsy Ralph, she was a complete counter to his rhythm.
Therefore, it wasn't long before Ralph made a mistake and was defeated by Mai Shiranui's killer skill, Ninja Bee.
Then, he fought with Clark, another person in the mercenary team.
Unlike Ralph, who was full of enthusiasm for the battle, Clark himself remained calm in the battle. Even if he was at a disadvantage, he wouldn't rush forward like Ralph. Instead, he would pay more attention to protecting himself and then look for opportunities to give the enemy a fatal counterattack.
Therefore, Mai Shiranui didn't get any results from Clark by using the method that she used to deal with Ralph. She had no choice but to launch a surprise attack at close range.
However, in this way, she fell into Clark's trap. After hugging, throwing, smashing, and hitting, Mai Shiranui, who didn't have a piece of intact flesh on her body, had to surrender and let her teammate take the field.
Then, King stepped into the ring as the second member.
With the efforts of King, who had rich combat experience and was proficient in Muay Thai, a close-combat fighting technique, it didn't take long for King to see through Clark's attacking habits. He also followed in the footsteps of his friend Ralph and was knocked out of the ring. The last member of the mercenary team, Captain Hardy, was called up.
What kind of person was Hardy? As a mercenary who specialized in doing illegal work, he never paid much attention to the methods used in battle. As long as it could help him complete his mission, no matter if it was assassination, poisoning, or frontal assault, he would use all of them as usual. Therefore, under the influence of this kind of mercenary life where death was a constant companion to him, he had developed an extremely strange set of combat skills and powerful assassination skills. He had terrifying experience in life and death battles, and was completely incomparable to the average Grandmaster of Combat.
Therefore, even though King had been in the underworld, fought in underground boxing, and seen many powerful people die, he still couldn't compare with Hardy's strength. In the end, he was injured by Hardy and defeated.
At this point, it was basically the same as announcing the fate of the female fighting team's defeat and elimination. Although Itazaki Yuri, who was the third person to fight, was also a martial artist, she was weaker than Mai Shiranui, let alone defeat Hardy, who was the captain. Therefore, after only a few rounds, she was mercilessly knocked out by Hardy.
"Thank you," Itazaki Yuri said to Hardy after walking to the edge of the ring and picking up her daughter.
Hardy nodded, accepting Itazaki Yuri's gratitude.
"The winner is the mercenary team!" Martin announced in a loud and excited voice.
After that, Hardy jumped off the ring and retreated back into the crowd with Ralph and Clark, leaving the ring to the Japanese team and the Dragon Tiger Fist team led by the veteran Mono Itazaki.
It could be said that this battle was the most exciting and noteworthy battle in the entire tournament.
However, there was a very good saying: God's power is no match for fate. Under the blessing of the protagonist's aura, which could gather the world's fate, the Dragon Tiger Fist team, who had trained hard to develop their absolute strength to more than 30%, were defeated by Hardy. In the end, they were defeated by the protagonist Kyo Kusanagi, who used more than 35% of his absolute strength, and lost the qualification to advance to the semifinals.
After that, Itazaki Yuri said to Kyo Kusanagi as he led his son and disciple out of the ring to make room for the Esper team and the Hungry Wolf Legend team.
The result of this battle was even more unsurprising.
First, Dong Zhang defeated the arrogant Shiki Yuri, who wanted to show off in front of Athena. Then, Andy, who replaced Dong Zhang, who was defeated by Athena, used bone techniques to defeat Athena. Finally, Zhen Yuan Zai, who deliberately went easy, saying that he was already an old man and didn't want to torture himself to death, defeated Andy. He lost because he also had the fate of the protagonist of the Hungry Wolf Legend team. Terry, who comprehended more than 30% of his absolute strength.
As for why Zhen Yuan Zai, who clearly had the power of the universe, couldn't beat Terry, who only had absolute strength, it was because of the power of the universe itself.
What was the power of the universe? In fact, it wasn't really a kind of power. At least it was invisible and traceless, and it wasn't like other things called power that were half-real and half-virtual. Although it couldn't be observed. However, he could feel the presence of an aura or something else. Instead, it was more like a kind of spiritual will, something like the light of the soul, as long as you had the opportunity. With that kind of understanding, and with enough dedication to a certain idea, item, or thought, you could comprehend it, even if you didn't have the foundation of the ultimate power.
This was also the main reason why Zhen Yuan Zai, who clearly didn't have the ultimate power, was still able to comprehend the power of the universe many years earlier, before many amazing Grandmasters of Combat.
According to China's saying, to put it bluntly, he had accumulated enough and comprehended the "magical power."
After understanding the basic nature of the power of the universe, let's talk about its types.
There were many types, such as the one that Zhen Yuan Zai comprehended, which could instantly see through other people's minds, like the power of psychic sensing.
For example, the one that Kyo Kusanagi comprehended in the later stage, as long as he didn't want to, it would never be annihilated, as if it was amplified by the will of a certain system.
For example, in the later stage, Chizuru Kagura seemed to have awakened the ability to see the future.
For example, the one that Eight Gods comprehended in the later stage, as long as he didn't want to, it would never be extinguished, until everything was burned to ashes.
And so on and so forth. But one thing was very obvious, and that was that not all the power of the universe was suitable for combat, such as Zhen Yuan Zai's power that could instantly see through people's minds.
Of course, if you had to say that you could use Mind Reading to predict the enemy's next move to fight, it could also be used like Ya Ye's Dragon Eye. But don't forget, the human mind was complex, and there might be a lot of information in that moment of thought. Just analyzing it might slow down your own movements, giving the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of and lose the match.
Moreover, there was the existence of the "Thoughtless" realm in the martial arts realm, which couldn't kill Mind Reading!
After losing the match, Zhen Yuan Zai didn't care. He walked down the arena with his disciples and left the arena to the contestants behind.
There were only two teams left, the tester team composed of Sei Itō, Mary, and Kaori Tengtang, and the Natural Enemy team composed of Iori Yagami, the future leader of the underworld, Billy the Stick King, and the legendary Ninja Ru Yue Ying, who had only participated in the King of Fighters Tournament once and whose whereabouts were unknown after this year.
"The next team is the Natural Enemy team against the tester team. Both teams, please come to the arena, "Martin's voice sounded timely.
Itō and the other two walked out of the crowd with Iori Yagami and the others and came to the edge of the arena. While Iori Yagami and the others didn't discuss it, Billy, who was wearing an American headscarf, blue jeans, and a denim shirt, jumped onto the arena with a red stick that was as tall as a man. His firm chest and abdominal muscles were exposed.
"Since he's my opponent, let me do it," Mary couldn't help but say when she saw Billy on the arena.
"Sure," Sei Itō nodded in agreement.
Kaori Tengtang also nodded in agreement.
After getting the two's agreement, Mary took off her coat and threw it to Sei Itō. Then, she jumped onto the arena and stopped in front of Billy.
"I didn't expect you to be my opponent," Billy looked at Mary with a cold expression and said.
"There's nothing unexpected about it. In this environment, no one will be surprised if they encounter each other." Mary crossed her fingers and stretched her palms out. Then, she raised them high above her head and pressed them down, stretching out her body and making her ample bosom more dazzling.
"If that's the case, then there's nothing to say," Billy held his stick and said in a cold voice.
Mary smiled and loosened her hands. Then, she moved her neck left and right. Then, she lowered her body and raised her arms in front of her with her fingers slightly apart, making her unique Grappling Technique starting gesture.
"Match, begin!" Seeing that the two were ready, the host, Martin, immediately announced loudly.
Mary stomped her feet and quickly ran toward Billy. Billy held the front part of the stick with one hand and swung it toward Mary who was running toward him. Mary dodged to the side and continued to run forward.
Billy bent his waist and swung the stick toward Mary's body.
However, at this moment, Mary suddenly jumped up and flipped around. Then, she grabbed Billy's head with one hand. Billy grabbed the stick with his left palm and at the same time, he released his right palm that was holding the stick and used his left hand to push the stick toward Mary who was in the air.
Mary grabbed the stick with one hand and hooked Billy's head with her leg. Then, she spun around and avoided the stick's momentum. Then, she fell to the ground with Billy.
"Bang!"
Mary didn't want to continue the fight after finishing the attack. She quickly jumped back.
At the same time, Billy bent his body and got up from the ground. Then, Billy stood up and swung the stick again. However, halfway through, the stick suddenly split into three pieces and shot toward Mary at an even faster speed.
Mary, who had expected this, jumped back twice and dodged Billy's attack.
Billy retracted the stick and combined it back into one. Then, like a pole vaulter, he pressed the stick into the shape of a crescent moon. Then, he straightened it and catapulted himself toward Mary.
This strange attack immediately made Sei Itō, who was watching from the side, think of the fourth secret of Jiuga Hall's staff fighting technique, Guide Father.
Mary dodged and moved out of the way.
"Bang!"
The stick hit the ground with a muffled sound.
Billy, who was still in the air, kicked both of his legs toward Mary.
Mary tilted her body and calmly dodged Billy's attack. Then, when Billy's feet landed on the ground and he pulled back the stick to smash it toward her, she clenched her hands into fists and smashed them on Billy's chest. Then, with a burst of strength, she stepped on Billy's body like she was stepping on a staircase and stood in front of him. She clamped her legs together and threw Billy into the air …
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