Chapter 554

The crowd off stage was silent, dead silent, and everyone was stunned.

Before Lu Feifan and Xu Tian made a move, many people also held a fluke mentality, thinking that Xu Tian could defeat Tanaka Saburo might really be his unconventional routines, the so-called "random punches beating the master."

Therefore, when Lu Feifan proposed to compete with Xu Tian, they also secretly held expectations in their hearts.

However, they didn't expect that after they went on stage, Lu Feifan was completely suppressed by Xu Tian, with no power to fight back.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged dozens of rounds. Lu Feifan was panting and becoming more and more irritable, while Xu Tian was calm and collected, at ease from beginning to end.

However, what surprised them even more was that just after Xu Tian easily dodged Lu Feifan's attack again, he suddenly turned sideways and circled behind Lu Feifan, then quickly blasted out a punch. The move of this punch was exactly the same as the one Lu Feifan used to attack Xu Tian just now, but whether it was speed or strength, it was far superior to Lu Feifan's.

With a "ping," Lu Feifan couldn't dodge in time and was directly knocked off the arena by this punch.

The crowd off stage fell into dead silence again, and it was only after a few breaths that an uproar broke out.

"My God, how could he figure out Young Master Lu's routines in such a short time?"

"Just now that punch perfectly replicated Young Master Lu's fist technique, and the power was even better than Young Master Lu's!"

"How is this possible? This is a fist technique that Young Master Lu has studied and practiced for nearly ten years!"

Originally, the Lu family disciples still had doubts about Xu Tian's true strength, but now seeing Lu Feifan being knocked off the arena by Xu Tian with an absolute disadvantage, they were all stunned.

Gu Beicheng had completely forgotten his calm and rational persona, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

He had racked his brains to let Xu Tian participate in the arena tournament this time, aiming to make him lose face in front of all the families, but he didn't expect him to steal the limelight, causing his plan to fall short.

Gu Beicheng never felt that Xu Tian was qualified to be his opponent. He had been determined as the successor of the Gu family since he was a child, and he was also Tang Bingyan's childhood sweetheart, tacitly approved for marriage by the elders of the two families.

And Xu Tian was just an orphan adopted halfway by a nouveau riche, with no power or influence. Apart from having a good-looking face and the ability to please women, he was useless.

How could such a person share the pressure of the Tang family for Tang Bingyan, and how could he be competent for the position of Tang Bingyan's husband?

He originally thought that as time passed, Tang Bingyan would be disgusted with Xu Tian and realize that Xu Tian was of no help to her and the Tang family other than holding her back.

It was precisely because of this that even though he knew Tang Bingyan intended to support Xu Tian and let Xu Tian enter the core of the Tang Group, he wasn't worried, because he knew very well that with Xu Tian's ability, he couldn't shoulder this heavy responsibility.

However, Xu Tian's performance made him drop his glasses again and again. Gu Beicheng, who had originally been at ease and had the victory in his hands, finally developed a sense of crisis.

A full minute passed before Gu Beicheng barely adjusted his expression and walked quickly toward Lu Feifan not far away.

"Feifan, are you injured?" Gu Beicheng helped Lu Feifan, who had fallen to the ground, up.

Lu Feifan panted heavily, his expression terrifyingly gloomy.

"That pretty boy actually..."

He never expected that Xu Tian, the pretty boy he looked down on, could kick him off the arena, and he used his most proud fist technique.

"Wonderful! Truly wonderful!" Iverson clapped his hands and sighed, "I didn't expect Huaxia to have such a powerful expert. It seems that my decision to accept Mr. Lu's invitation to come to Huaxia to watch the arena tournament was a wise choice."

Compared to martial artists like Lu Feifan and Gu Beicheng who used traditional move routines to attack, Iverson clearly preferred Xu Tian, who didn't follow the rules.

Although the moves he used sometimes looked strange, they could often exert the greatest advantage.

You have to know, many fighting techniques in the West also don't pay attention to routines, so Iverson would appreciate Xu Tian's unexpected fighting style even more.

Furthermore, Xu Tian's speed, strength, and explosive power had already far exceeded martial artists of his age.

Iverson could see through Xu Tian's fight with Tanaka Saburo and Lu Feifan just now that he was an extremely talented martial artist.

And what was even rarer was that he didn't come from a martial arts family at all. Huaxia's martial arts world was extremely particular about sect origins. Those members and disciples in martial arts families naturally had more opportunities to obtain various excellent martial arts resources than ordinary people.

Most people present guessed that Xu Tian's origin was not high through the Lu family's attitude toward Xu Tian earlier. Apart from the Tang family head, he probably didn't have any background to support him, otherwise, the Lu family wouldn't treat him with such an attitude.

But precisely because of this, they felt that Xu Tian's talent was precious. In the absence of sufficient resources, talent was true talent.

"Master is overpraising." For Iverson's praise, Xu Tian's reaction was very flat, "I really haven't systematically studied kung fu. For me, those orthodox routines and techniques, or even the victory or defeat of the competition, are not important."

"Tsk, saying it's not important!" Lu Feifan retorted unwillingly, "If you really think it's not important, then why do you practice martial arts?"

Facing Lu Feifan's malice, Xu Tian remained calm: "I practice martial arts to protect myself and the people important to me, not to win."

"Well said." A look of approval flashed in An Hui Xian's eyes, "Practicing martial arts is not to satisfy vanity. Mr. Xu, your point of view on martial arts happens to coincide with mine."

"Ms. An thinks so too?" An Hui Xian's words made Xu Tian feel somewhat surprised.

"That's right."

Although An Hui Xian was obsessed with martial arts, she also hated some people in today's martial arts world who formed cliques and held various competitions just to win titles and raise their status.

Those martial artists who fought to the death for a first place had long lost themselves in honor and applause. They didn't even remember their original purpose of practicing martial arts, but only thought about how to make their moves look good, how to win on stage, as if as long as they won, they would have a lofty status and could wantonly step on the weak who were inferior to them.

She didn't like Lu Feifan probably because of his undisguised arrogance and contempt for ordinary people.

As a martial artist, if one feels superior and looks down on ordinary people who don't know martial arts, this itself has already violated the true martial spirit.

Lu Feifan was already unwilling to lose, and now hearing An Hui Xian's praise for Xu Tian, his lungs were about to explode: "How could Xu Tian, a layman who hasn't even officially studied under a master, have such powerful skills? Could it be because of those moves he has that have no routines and no rules?"