Heaven-Breaking Scheme (continued)

"Thunder King is joking. Even if they forgive me, the comrades of the Remote Heaven Society and you yourself will not. You are not righteous heroes. Besides, we've already come this far, wouldn't thinking about regretting it now be tantamount to denying our past selves?"

Even if it means becoming a sinner to the Lineage?

"The day Remote Heaven Society, I was already prepared to bear the hatred of my Lineage. This is the price of gaining power."

Xing Daozhuang chuckled, took out a letter, and handed it to the other person, saying, "This is a letter Yan Jinghong wrote to another version of you."

After opening the letter, the Peacock Woman glanced through its contents, then unleashed her inner energy, tearing it into snowflakes. She said, "As expected of the Startling Rainbow Beyond the Heavens,' your reputation is well-deserved. You even considered this step. If you hadn't been betrayed by your own people, I'm afraid not only would the 'Heaven-Breaking Scheme' have failed, but the Remote Heaven Society have suffered a great loss as well. Have you taken this variable into consideration?"

"Don't worry, a High Antiquity ferocious beast, Zhu Yan, has appeared in the west. He's probably currently troubled about how to deal with this giant Monkey with a thousand years of cultivation. This is the consequence of being burdened by fame. Since he is a great hero who serves the country and its people, he must put everything aside and step forward when disaster strikes."

"This man is True Lord. Although I do not agree with his ideals, I sincerely admire him. The phrase 'serving the country and the people' is ironic for others, but it is a compliment for him. I still feel guilty for taking advantage of him back then."

"Are you mocking me for being a hypocrite?" Xing Daozhuang said, glancing sideways.

"I wouldn't dare."

"It's 'dare not,' not a denial, so it seems you really think that way," Xing Daozhuang snorted. "Fine, do as you please. The law only governs what people do, not what they think. Your thoughts are none of my business, but I must remind you that I suppressed the matter of your kidnapping of the wanted criminal Ji Xun, so the Remote Heaven Society not yet on the Mohist Knight Guard's blacklist. But once the 'Heaven-Breaking Scheme' begins, you will become public enemies of the world. After that, don't expect me to show mercy when we meet again."

The Peacock Woman said, "I know, because you are the 'Iron-Faced and Impartial' Thunder King."

Xing Daozhuang ignored the mockery in the other person's tone, turned and left, leaving only the Peacock Woman looking up at the moon in the night sky, her eyes revealing complex emotions.

But not long after, a dark cloud obscured the moon, plunging the land below into darkness.

When the dark clouds dispersed and the moon reappeared, the Peacock Woman was nowhere to be seen.

On the third day of the semi-finals, which was also the final round of matches, the Second Martial Arts Club and Linked Mountains Medical and Martial University took the stage first. However, the audience paid little attention to this match and showed little interest, simply because the gap in strength between the two sides was too obvious, to the point that there was no suspense.

The betting odds offered by the bookmakers showed that the odds of the Second Martial Arts Club winning were only 1 to 1.08, and there was also a maximum betting limit, so there was no chance of making a profit. On the contrary, the odds of the Medical Martial Arts University winning were 1 to 30.

In novels, there are often plots where the protagonist takes advantage of others' skepticism to display unexpected strength and make a fortune in gambling. However, the medical university is not the protagonist's team. They don't have a personal grandpa, a system, or the ability to unleash their inner power. They unsurprisingly lost to the Second Martial Arts Club, achieving a humiliating record of three defeats in three battles.

The Second Martial Arts Club secured first place and earned a ticket to the National Championships, allowing them to relax and watch the fierce competition unfold. The next match would be between Glacier Martial Arts School and Linked Mountains University Martial Arts Club for the second ticket, and the audience was eager to witness this highly anticipated and unpredictable battle.

After nearly an hour of intense fighting, the final result was 3 to 2, with Glacier Martial Arts School in front and Linked Mountains University Martial Arts Club behind.

"We won! We finally won!"

"We can participate in the national competition again!"

"Waaah... Grandpa, did you see that? The martial arts school is going to rise to its peak again under my leadership! You can rest in peace now."

"Hey Liang Fan, you bastard! You didn't react at all when I hugged you, but you blushed when I hugged my... sister! What do you mean by that?!"

The members of the Glacier Martial Arts School wept with joy. In his excitement, Captain Liang Fan hugged everyone he saw, taking full advantage of his female teammates, and was then brutally beaten up by Song Caishuang.

In contrast, the Linked Mountains University Martial Arts Club was deathly silent. Everyone's face was like that of a zombie, their eyes fixed on the scoreboard, as if it were all an illusion.

"I never expected that Linked Mountains University, the undefeated champion, would be eliminated. This must be the first time in thirty years, right?"

"It's been more than thirty years, forty years already. Even if there are occasional talent gaps and they can't get first place, they've never missed the national competition. I thought it would continue indefinitely. I never imagined I'd live to see it blocked from the national competition."

"Are you all confused? Don't forget that the Second Martial Arts Club is also from Linked Mountains University. Only the First Martial Arts Club was eliminated. Linked Mountains University still made it to the National Competition, and they even won first place with an almost undefeated record. I estimate that they will also make a breakthrough in the National Competition this year."

"Uh, I almost forgot, the Second Martial Arts Club is also from Linked Mountains University... Speaking of which, the Second Team actually defeated the First Team, and the substitutes are even stronger than the starters. What exactly is Linked Mountains University up to? I have no idea. Are they deliberately feigning weakness?"

"Yesterday, some people said that the First Martial Arts Club deliberately threw the game to let the Second Martial Arts Club win. Look at the result now, did the Second Martial Arts Club need to throw the game? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Only a fool would believe such rumors."

Listening to the audience's comments, Chu Gengyin's face darkened as if he wanted to kill someone. All his scheming had come to nothing. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and say, "Second Martial Arts Club, I even voluntarily admitted defeat and showed goodwill, and they still deliberately tried to sabotage me..."

He turned his gaze toward the Second Martial Arts Club, but unfortunately no one paid any attention to this loser. Only Yu Shuying glanced at him, then chuckled and looked away.

The reason why the First Martial Arts Club lost was mainly because Yu Shuying pushed her from behind.

In yesterday's competition, she deliberately let Hao Shuai lose the third match, breaking the undefeated record of the Second Martial Arts Club. The benefit she gained from this was that she was able to participate in the fourth doubles match.

In the doubles match, the Second Martial Arts Club sent out Yu Shuying and Hongdou. However, the latter, under the former's persuasion, injured two members of the First Martial Arts Club. Although they were not seriously injured, they were not injuries that could be recovered in a day. As a result, the First Martial Arts Club faced the predicament of not having enough regular members.

It should be noted that a team has seven regular members and three substitutes. After losing the Wang brothers, the First Martial Arts Club also had two more members injured, leaving only six members in good condition. If today's competition had ended within four rounds, the First Martial Arts Club would not have been at a disadvantage. However, the battle was too close, with both sides winning and losing, and the competition went all the way to the fifth round. This made the seventh member a key player, but the First Martial Arts Club had no one available and had to send out an injured member, ultimately handing over the victory.

Yu Shuying was not the culprit; she only gave them a light push. If the First Martial Arts Club were standing on a flat plain, a push wouldn't have been a big deal. But they were standing on the edge of a cliff, and that push sent them tumbling down the mountain, smashing them to pieces. And Chu Gengyin couldn't say anything; he couldn't very well accuse them of not throwing the match.

"You did this on purpose, didn't you?" Si Ming looked at Yu Shuying.

"Does it matter?" Yu Shuying asked back.

"Indeed, it's not that important."

Let's just let this matter drop. As for what Chu Gengyin thinks, we're not related, so there's no need to care. Otherwise, why doesn't anyone care about the Medical Martial Arts University?

The competition was in the morning, and the awards ceremony was in the afternoon. There was a short break in between. As agreed, Si Ming secretly slipped into the guest room, where Yuezheng Qiong, wearing a Vermilion Bird mask, was already waiting for him.

How were our playing time determined?

"After the organizers presented the trophy to the winning team."

"Does that mean I'll miss the trophy-raising ceremony?"

"Well... why don't you talk to the organizers and ask them to postpone your performance until after you've won the trophy?"

Si Ming thought for a moment, then refused. "Forget it, that wouldn't achieve the desired performance effect. The audience will probably leave right after the awards ceremony. Let's go out when the atmosphere is at its most exciting. Anyway, the trophy isn't going anywhere; we can touch it later."

"Today we're playing the very first piece. I remember you accompanied it with a harmonica, and luckily I brought my instrument."

Yuezheng Qiong took out a harmonica made of some unknown material. Its surface was exceptionally smooth, as green as jade, and it was covered with an indescribable ancient rune. It was as exquisite as a work of art, and it contained no metal.