"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh——!"
Ruan Xinming cried out, his voice filled with anguish.
He didn’t know what was happening.
All he knew was that his body was acting against his will, suddenly attacking the terrifying Xia Team captain!
Besides, the speed was faster than anything he had ever experienced in his life.
Boom——!!
Ruan Xinming, with his neck stiffened, rammed his rocket head directly into Lin Yi’s stomach.
The next moment, Lin Yi cooperatively showed an expression of immense pain.
Then, he let out a miserable scream.
And was knocked off the stage.
Afterward, Lin Yi lay on the ground, eyes tightly shut, unconscious.
On the big screen, Lin Yi’s health bar instantly dropped to zero!
Everything happened too fast.
Most of the audience didn’t react in time.
Only the host and commentator Ah Liang quickly grabbed the microphone and screamed, "It’s a headbutt!!"
"The young player from Nanyue Country used a rocket headbutt against the Xia Team captain!"
"Too fast!"
"Even preventing player Lin Yi from reacting in time, resulting in him being knocked out of the stage area!"
"It’s a surprise move!"
"According to the rules of our competition, no matter what happens, as long as a player is knocked off the stage, he is immediately declared defeated!"
"Let us congratulate the Nanyue Country player Ruan Xinming!"
"He created the impossible!"
"Winning against the much-anticipated Xia Team captain in the first match!"
"The first dark horse of today’s competition has emerged!"
Ah Liang was emotionally charged.
The audience, after a brief moment of bewilderment, also reacted.
The whole place was in an uproar!
"Whoa! What’s going on??"
"Did Mr. Lin get knocked out??"
"Why did it end so quickly!"
"What the heck! Just lost like that??"
The Xia audience was completely perplexed.
They couldn’t accept this outcome!
Meanwhile, in the backstage lounge.
Zhao Enquan was also taken aback.
Huh?
Lost?
The opening match of the first round was lost just like that?
On his notepad, the battle between Lin Yi and Ruan Xinming was already marked as a victory.
No way anyone could predict such an outcome on paper, the disparity between the two was too great.
Zhao Enquan hadn’t thought of any possibility for Ruan Xinming to win.
But just now, this Nanyue Country player used a headbutt charge attack that was ridiculously fast.
It directly knocked Lin Yi out of the competition.
The other nine team members stared at each other in disbelief.
Guo Yinglong scratched his head.
It felt a bit too theatrical to him.
Like neither took the fight seriously, yet it ended in such a dramatic fashion.
This moment, the camera captured the two of them.
On stage, Ruan Xinming held his head in his hands.
His mind was buzzing.
Then he heard the cheers of the audience from his country and saw the Nanyue Country team leader and other members excitedly calling out to him from the edge of the stage.
That’s when he realized.
Somehow, he had won?
He opened his eyes and looked around.
Didn’t see the Xia Team captain.
Did he really win?
Happiness came too suddenly.
People say excessive happiness can cloud one’s mind.
The next moment, Ruan Xinming’s vision blacked out, and he fainted completely.
The headbutt with 51 times gravitational acceleration, never mind whether his head could take it.
His neck felt like it was an advanced match.
Almost snapped it.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Lin Yi, lying on the ground, was also captured on camera.
In the first moment on camera, Lin Yi’s right eye was half-open and half-closed.
Until Lin Yi noticed the photographer’s lens aimed at his face.
Only then did Lin Yi fully close his eyes, tilting his neck.
Oh, I’m dead.
Zhao Enquan furrowed his brows.
Guo Yinglong’s expression also turned odd.
Captain, your acting is a bit too exaggerated...
In the audience seating area.
Thanks to Lin Yi, there were many students from Shenxiao who came to watch the match.
Among the crowd, Nangong Ling rolled her eyes.
That acting, so fake!
Before secretly entering the Japan Wind Rope Island, Nangong Ling had trained Lin Yi.
An actor’s self-discipline requires immersing in the role.
But now Lin Yi looked like a lousy extra in a bad drama.
All emotion, no acting skill.
...
"Have you finally woken up?"
"How was your sleep, comfortable?"
Half a day later.
At noon, Lin Yi woke up from the backstage injured lounge.
He opened his eyes to see Nangong Ling looking at him with a smile.
Besides her, there was no one else.
Lin Yi exhaled deeply.
Luckily, there was no one else, otherwise, I’d have to keep acting.
"Slept quite well, how’s it outside now, is it chaotic?"
Lin Yi asked in his mind.
The two started to "speak within the team".
I must say, Nangong Ling’s skill for mental communication is indeed too useful.
"You know it’s chaotic outside because of you."
"You are now this year’s biggest upset in the Youth Professional Summit Competition."
"The external evaluation of you has shifted from a sure-win to an impersonator who can’t fight in reality, only capable of taking exams."
"Of course, there are those supporting you, accusing the player from Nanyue Country of being dishonorable, ambushing a Mage."
"It even sparked another debate on what combat tactics Warriors should use against Mages."
Lin Yi had mixed emotions.
"I was out of options, that guy wanted to surrender before the fight even started, I had to make him come at me voluntarily."
"How’s it, didn’t get discovered by the competition committee, right?"
Nangong Ling rolled her eyes: "Your acting, I wouldn’t even bother assessing it."
"Later, it was me using the Illusion Technique to create a false impression of your abdomen being impacted and serious internal damage, to fool them over."
"However, the competition committee did express more suspicion toward Nanyue Country, thinking they might have bribed someone."
"Normally, no one would intentionally lose a match, if it happens, the problem is more likely with the opponent than the person."
"Unfortunately, they found nothing in the investigation over there."
"In the end, you managed to lose the first round as you wished, happy?"
Lin Yi: "That depends on how much money I made."
Speaking of money, Nangong Ling clearly became a bit excited.
"Made a fortune!"
"Your 30 million, now with the principal, returned over 280 million Xia currency."
"My 50 million directly made nearly over 400 million."
"I’ve never had this much money in my life!"
Lin Yi’s eyes lit up as well.
Indeed, hard work can’t compare to such instant wealth!
And it’s the kind of wealth I can control!
"Then did the bookies question you?"
"They definitely did, but it was just limited to suspicion."
"Think about it, in any event, there are always those who bet against the crowd, this kind of thing doesn’t just happen to us."
"Besides, even though you and I swept nearly 700 million, for the bookies, they made a killing harvesting those who bet on you winning!"
Lin Yi nodded.
Bookies never lose.
"Then let’s continue!"
"Huh? You still want to lose?"
"Yep, at least lose three rounds in a row!"
"Whoa! How much this time?"
Lin Yi’s lips curled into a smile: "Of course, everything!"
Sis, going all-in is a form of wisdom.