Chapter 254: Next One

It was less like a duel on the arena and more like Xu Tian's solo performance.

He lifted Qiao Mu up, then smashed him to the ground with a punch, repeating this over and over.

In just five minutes, Qiao Mu's body was about to be shaken apart, and he could even faintly hear the crisp sound of broken bones.

His eyes were swollen to the point where he could only squint into a slit.

With impaired vision, he couldn't see Xu Tian's expression, but he could clearly perceive the oppressive feeling emanating from the other party.

When he was lifted up and smashed toward the ground again, his body fell to the edge of the arena; as long as he turned over slightly, he could end this competition.

A glimmer of hope appeared on Qiao Mu's swollen face; he moved his body as if he were fighting for his life, wanting to fall off the arena, but just as he was about to succeed, he was dragged back by Xu Tian by one leg.

"You want to admit defeat so quickly?"

"It's not that easy."

After saying this, he glanced sideways at the large clock in the training hall.

"The competition time hasn't arrived yet, don't even think about going down for a minute!"

Qiao Mu was once again treated as a human sandbag, thrown high by Xu Tian, and then beaten away with a punch.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Only the sound of Qiao Mu's body hitting the ground remained on the arena, as well as the groaning sound he made from his throat that was uglier than crying.

Dark Guards under the stage: "..."

What exactly happened?

Are they dreaming?

Before the competition started, no one expected that what they saw would be such a result.

Shouldn't the person beaten black and blue on the arena be Xu Tian?

Why was Qiao Mu like a doll with no strength to truss a chicken when facing Xu Tian, letting him knead at will?

More than ten minutes passed, Qiao Mu's face swelled another circle, and his right arm hung limply like a noodle.

He was in a state of confusion, not knowing where he was or what he was doing.

Later, because of too many punches, the physiological pain made him instinctively fear Xu Tian, and he tried his best to climb off the arena.

But every time he was about to climb to the edge of the arena, he would be dragged back by the expressionless Xu Tian, and then a new round of punches and kicks would begin.

Qiao Mu felt that he had fallen into a nightmare; he struggled hard, wanting to wake up from the nightmare, but never succeeded.

How could this pretty boy have such powerful combat skills?

Every move was faster than him; let alone counterattacking, he didn't even have a chance to dodge.

Wasn't it said that he only had strong explosive power and didn't understand boxing routines at all?

And according to Bai Lu's fighting style of only turning defense into offense, Xu Tian shouldn't be so cruel either! 【254-

With a "thud," Qiao Mu was kicked to the ground again; this time he didn't even have the strength to crawl up, and like a fish stranded on the shore, he desperately opened his mouth wide, gasping for the little oxygen that remained.

"Someone pinch me!"

"I must be dreaming!"

The Dark Guards offstage were all confused, completely unable to accept everything they were seeing.

"Qiao Mu is actually being beaten black and blue by that pretty boy Xu Tian, this isn't scientific!"

"And Qiao Mu is already injured like that, yet he still won't stop; isn't he being a bit too bullying?" Someone shouted in dissatisfaction.

"But didn't Tang Zong agree to follow the rules of the arena? Fists and feet have no eyes, life and death are irrelevant; let alone beating him into a serious injury, even if he were beaten to death on the stage, it would be permitted."

Another wave of silence.

Everyone knew this rule, but when the Dark Guards fought in the arena, they would have some reservations and wouldn't go for the kill.

After all, killing a colleague you spend every day with just to compete for the position of Commander wouldn't win over the crowd even if you succeeded in taking the position.

But Xu Tian wasn't a Dark Guard at all, and he was Tang Bingyan's man, equivalent to half their master, so he didn't have these concerns.

Thinking of this, those Dark Guards all looked with some worry at the man on the stage who was beaten like a dead dog.

A Wei looked at Xu Tian on the stage, dumbfounded, and suddenly understood why Tang Bingyan wanted to follow the arena rules.

Otherwise, something would definitely go wrong!

However, even with the arena rules, if Xu Tian really beat Qiao Mu to death on the stage, it would still cause a huge impact.

If someone were to add fuel to the fire and spread this to the elders like Tang Zhipeng, I'm afraid Mr. Xu's already not-so-good reputation would suffer even more.

"Mr. Xu, that's enough!"

He anxiously waved his hand at the young man on the stage: "The time for the match is also up!"

"Five more minutes."

Xu Tian glanced at the clock in the distance from the corner of his eye, and in the next second, he grabbed Qiao Mu by the collar and performed a clean and decisive over-the-shoulder throw.

"Ugh..."

Qiao Mu couldn't even scream, let out a muffled groan as he fell to the ground, his limbs still twitching uncontrollably.

Next, Xu Tian showed everyone present how to beat someone while racing against the clock.

The final short five minutes were likely the longest five minutes of Qiao Mu's life.

He didn't even know how many punches Xu Tian had landed on him; by the time the other party stopped, his vision was blurred, and then he was kicked off the arena, crashing onto the cold ground.

The arena match ended, the time was exactly one minute more, one minute less.

Gasps of shock came from offstage.

A Wei couldn't help but cover his eyes, not daring to look at Qiao Mu's miserable state.

Chen Xiaoxiao, in the corner, felt the blood in her whole body freeze; she was ice-cold all over.

Xu Tian actually defeated Qiao Mu...

And with an absolute crushing advantage...

Just as the Dark Guards were so shocked they didn't know how to react, Xu Tian calmly walked to the side of the arena and looked down at the people offstage one by one.

The Dark Guards subconsciously took a step back and lowered their heads, as if afraid of being called by name to the arena.

Where is this a pretty boy? He is simply a devil incarnate!

Help!

Xu Tian usually looks gentle and good-tempered, how can he be so brutal when he makes a move!

No wonder Tang Zong took a fancy to him; I'm afraid this is like attracting like.

Xu Tian noticed the terrified reaction of the Dark Guards offstage, didn't care, loosened his wrists, and then jumped off the high platform without changing his expression in front of everyone.

He returned to the audience seats and said to A Wei, who hadn't yet recovered his senses.

"Next."

A Wei helplessly supported his forehead.

With you messing things up like this, can this trial really continue?

But no matter what, the arena match had to continue.

However, he also knew that after seeing such a brutal scene, there shouldn't be many people left with the heart to challenge.

Especially since Chen Xiaoxiao, the most capable competitor, had already been defeated; as for other candidates, I'm afraid they wouldn't go up at this juncture either.

"Is there anyone else who wants to go up to the arena to challenge?"

Although A Wei didn't think anyone would go up, he still had to conscientiously go through the process: "Qiao Mu defeated Bai Lu and is temporarily acting as Commander; does anyone want to go up to the arena to challenge Qiao Mu and continue competing for the position of Commander?"