A muscular girl is presented to the passionate world of crossover anime.

"I believe in Ye Haiwang; she can't be stumped by such a simple trick."

Such a situation was no challenge for Kanon. She had already seen similar figures in the Kengan Association tournament—Hong Xiaohu, who was also from China and worked for Iwami Heavy Industries, and Meguro Masaki, who was killed by Mutaba in the final elimination round. Both were examples of using brain secretions to enhance their combat power.

They were all defeated. For a top expert, a target who is not afraid of pain is just a little more durable.

So you're Blade Tiger? Meguro Fang?

Of course, this is Baki. His counter-attack skills are on par with Kanon's. With his fearlessness of pain, when they fight again, it's just like when Joaquin fought Doppo Guji before. He uses his physical advantages to make up for or even surpass the gap in technique.

"Even though you got hit twice, your speed didn't slow down at all, and the precision of your parries is still improving... You really are a genius, Baki, you can even improve while fighting." Kanon exclaimed, "I'm not so good at that, I can only use the old moves~"

"Hiss—" During the clash, a fountain of blood suddenly spurted from Baki's body—it was Kanon's finger razor!

Because the attack was so fast and Baki's muscles were so taut, his blood spurted high and far after his body was slashed. Even female spectators in the second and third rows of the audience got their blood on them and screamed "Ah!"

“I see. After the pain is reduced, Baki’s resistance to striking techniques increases, but he has no resistance to this kind of bleeding technique. As the saying goes, once a person is killed, they will die... This move is Baki’s nemesis.” Shibukawa nodded: “This girl’s ‘slash’ is like a sword, and its destructive power is really strong. I have to be careful.”

In the old martial arts master's mind, Huayin's chances of advancing had greatly increased.

Baki is indeed a very powerful martial artist, but his skills, how should I put it... are too much like craftsmanship? Every move is solid but also very ordinary. His advantage is that he has no weaknesses, but his disadvantage is that he lacks distinctiveness. In fact, it all boils down to one thing: when facing a super strong opponent, he lacks the ability to kill with one blow, but when facing an opponent weaker than himself, he can ensure a lot of room for error and will not suffer a defeat.

Kanon felt the same way. Baki's enhanced resistance to blows meant that once you got used to his counter-attacks, he posed little threat. Kanon didn't even need to activate "Indestructible Vajra"; simply tensing his muscles was enough to handle it.

The champion of the arena, is that all?

Kanon's finger razor continued to draw blood from Baki, but Baki had no better way to deal with it. It seemed that the two had been exchanging blows for almost two minutes and were both good opponents, but in reality, Kanon was becoming more and more stable, while Baki was becoming more and more anxious.

Suddenly, Baki lunged into Kanon's arms. Even as his striking techniques faltered, he keenly sensed Kanon's weakness in joint techniques, constantly avoiding dragging the fight into the ground. One man's poison is another man's meat; Baki's joint techniques were quite good, whether it was locks, throws, or ground joint locks—this was his most obvious advantage over Kanon.

However, when it comes to countering attacks, how could Kanon give him such an opportunity so easily? If Baki gets close to Kanon so easily, then it must be a trap!

Baki's wrist, which was gripping Kanon's body, suddenly went limp. Kanon's "muscle needle" had triggered a reflex nerve, and then Kanon swung a heavy punch from the side. The power of the "burst core" was quite strong, and Baki lost his balance after blocking with one arm.

An unbalanced opponent...

Kanon used both hands to flip Baki to the side—because Baki was only wearing shorts, which is a weakness of judo, Kanon could only use her palms to press Baki down to the side. In his panic, Baki naturally tried to resist, but Kanon was just feinting. She instantly reversed the direction of her force and pushed him off the ground, following the trend of Baki's resistance.

Judo secret technique: Corner Drop, also known as Air Throw, is the result of teaching by the red belt grandma of the Mifune family herself~

Of course, this isn't a judo match, so getting a "perfect record" isn't very useful. Kanon's real goal isn't to make Baki fall, but to create a super target that's floating in mid-air and out of balance.

Just like swordsmen in movies and TV shows, who throw rotten wood into the air, draw their swords and slash, and the wooden stake becomes a work of art after landing, Kanon's "Razor" and "Demon Spear" come in handy when facing the floating Baki.

In an instant, blood gushed from Baki's entire body in mid-air, like a punctured water balloon leaking liquid while flying... Even though Baki had anesthetized himself and the pain was greatly reduced, he still couldn't help but scream in agony, whether it was from real pain or from the fear of seeing himself being wantonly abused by his opponent.

After "cutting" Baki, Kanon delivered a soccer kick to him, sending him flying far away before he even hit the ground, just like a doll that a child had gotten tired of playing with and abandoned.

It seems the outcome is already decided.

“Baki…” Tokugawa Mitsunari was somewhat surprised by the result. Although he had long understood the strength of Hanane, Baki was also a promising talent that he had always admired. It was too easy for him to lose so easily. Was the gap between him and the champion of Kengan Association too big?

For a time, Tokugawa even began to doubt the meaning of life.

"Ah, brilliant!" Shibukawa pushed up his glasses and exclaimed in admiration, "Talented people emerge in every generation~ This little girl is really strong."

"This is a victory for China after four thousand years of history, and it is only natural that we can achieve it." King Lie closed his eyes and nodded, taking Hana's performance for granted. As for the "corner fall" technique of judo, he naturally regarded it as a move that existed in the history of Chinese martial arts.

However, some people don't see it that way.

Also watching from one of the top eight, Retsu Kaioh's next opponent, Kaoru Hanayama, who has fought against Baki and Kanon, shared his opinion: "Baki is not someone who can be defeated so easily."

Indeed, although Baki was severely injured, bleeding all over, and the anesthesia in his brain seemed to be wearing off, the pain was intensifying, preventing him from standing up for a while. But Baki, lying on the ground, smiled—

"I didn't expect it to be almost exactly like the rehearsal..."

Author's Note: Sorry, the Hedgehog Cat backend crashed at noon, so the update was slow. There will still be four updates today~

Section 558, Chapter 552: The Final Imagination Boy - Baki

Baki got up again.

Despite suffering such severe injuries, he was still able to get up, displaying an iron will comparable to that of Rocky, which shocked and amazed the entire audience.

"Baki moved! He got up!"

"Go, champion! Well done!"

"Baki is the best! He's invincible in the arena. Don't let the champion from another fighting organization run rampant!"

"Pah, Baki would be better off lying down obediently. Kanon-san is so beautiful..."

Well, putting aside the last one who's obsessed with looks, most viewers still support Baki. Even if they don't have any particular bias, it's good to be able to watch more exciting matches.

Kanon was also surprised by Baki's renewed spirits: "You... do you really have the protagonist's aura?"

She even wanted to ask, "If you're also from another time, wink at me." But she held back.

After Baki got up, his expression was calm, even a little indifferent, as if the fierce battle just now and the heavy injuries he had suffered were nothing, and the battle was extremely boring even from the perspective of an observer.

What's wrong with him?

"I kind of understand now." Honbu Izou, once again playing the role of the know-it-all, said, "Baki has said similar things many times throughout this match, saying that he has rehearsed his battle with Hanane many times. This is because..."

"Imagined power." Baki said this to Kanon as well. He didn't understand what "protagonist halo" meant, but he did have his own trump card.

This trump card is not a sudden killing move used in battle, but rather something that has been prepared before the competition; it is a victory in preparation.

Baki raised one of his hands to Kanon. His hand, which was originally smooth and intact, suddenly cracked open with a "sizzle," as smooth as if cut by a paper cutter, and a few drops of blood flowed out.

"What happened?"

“Once humans believe something is true, it will come true!” Baki’s smile was downright sinister: “I just desperately tried to convince myself that I would be cut by a sharp weapon, and my hand automatically broke open.”

The audience was in uproar; this was such an anti-scientific thing…

"A heretical sect." "It's magic, isn't it?" "Baki was joking?"

But Baki firmly believed in what he had done: "It's only natural that you can't do it, because you assumed from the beginning that things imagined out of thin air don't exist. It's like two bodybuilders doing the same weight training; because their goals are different, their results will be very different. In my case..."

Baki's face suddenly twitched, and his neck cracked as if he had been struck on the head, causing him to stagger backward. The force of the fall was so great that blood gushed from his wounds.

“Again…” Baki had barely finished speaking when he was “punched” again. This time, both of his legs flew off the ground, and blood started flowing from his nose.

But Baki was still laughing: "If only we had more imagination, then..."

So people seemed to really see a virtual master fighting against Baki. Although it was intangible and formless, it was real and was engaged in a fierce battle of offense and defense with Baki.

Baki's expressions, movements, and reactions were all perfectly aligned with the actions of this virtual master. Everything felt incredibly realistic, so much so that even the commentator couldn't help but exclaim, "It's a right kick! A beautiful counterattack from Baki is emerging! Then Baki pursues! He jumps up... Ah, what a beautiful roundhouse kick! He falls! The virtual opponent has fallen!"

And so, Baki engaged in a fierce battle with a virtual opponent in front of everyone present.

"The person just now was 180 centimeters tall and weighed about 85 kilograms. He was a top-notch master of Chinese boxing, even at the level of a king." Baki clapped his hands and said to Kanon, "Your battle with Inugari, your battle with the giant python, and your performance of fighting ten people at once—all of these are deeply imprinted in my mind. I saw all the possibilities in your every move and then evolved them... In the end, I won."

Baki assumed a fighting stance: "I have a full understanding of your strength and sufficient countermeasures. Now, it's time to decide the winner."

“I see, this is ‘solo combat’.” Retsu Kaioh, who was watching the fight, said, “This kind of training method has been widely used in many fighting techniques. There are imaginary sparring exercises in the boxing world. It’s just that Baki’s level is too high. You can even get injured by imagining it.”

Shibukawa, standing next to Retsu Kaioh, gasped in astonishment: "Oh? That's amazing... Baki must have done thousands of these kinds of hypothetical battles. His combat experience is so rich that even I, an old man in my seventies or eighties, am ashamed of myself. He truly deserves to be called the strongest boy."

The onlookers were buzzing with discussion, but Kanon stood there silently, motionless, and did not respond to Baki's words.

Even after Baki re-established his stance, Kanon didn't react; she just stood there watching Baki.

"What... what's going on?" The commentator panicked. "Why isn't Miss Ye assuming a fighting stance with Baki? Could this be the legendary Natural Form? No, it doesn't seem like it... This battle is truly perplexing."

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Even Baki was puzzled: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Kanon still didn't answer.

Baki grew impatient: "Fine, then I'll just attack!"

Baki charged at Kanon, but just before he was about to throw a punch, Kanon took two steps back, raised her hand to stop him, and shouted, "I saw it!"

"Eek—" Baki quickly withdrew his fist and rolled to the side, avoiding Kanon. This round was wasted.

"What are you going to do?" Baki demanded angrily, "What did you see?"

Hana laughed, a truly joyful laugh, like a hundred flowers blooming: "Of course it's for you! Getting impatient, aren't you~"

She pointed at Baki's body: "I was just curious. You were cut so many times by me before, bleeding like a river, yet you still had the mind to explain the power of 'imagination'. Heh, I was just observing you. You thought about it day and night, wondering if you could make your wounds close up. But I saw that your wounds were still bleeding, so I stalled for time to see if you would collapse from blood loss."

...Before Baki got back up, he was indeed seriously injured by Kanon's finger razor. He even put on a fierce battle against a hypothetical enemy in front of Kanon, and his blood had already stained a large area of ​​sand red. He still hadn't realized it, and he really confused himself.

However, to some extent, this probably proves that mental excitement can offset physical pain!

Of course, Baki's simulation was just that—simulation. His understanding of his physical condition was very accurate. Despite his bleeding wounds, he could have lasted about five more minutes. Even after performing a "simulation exercise" for Kanon, he still had at least three minutes left. And for a decisive battle between highly skilled martial artists, three minutes was more than enough.

Well, now three minutes has been reduced to two minutes.

Baki was really getting anxious. If this dragged on any longer, he would really go into shock from excessive blood loss, and then the battle would have to stop.

Kanon's question clearly hits the nail on the head. Baki's imaginary training is powerful enough that it can even deceive himself into tearing his body apart, which can be explained to some extent. But can you heal a torn wound with your imagination? You're kidding, that violates basic laws of physics!

Baki became even more impatient and calmer. His eyes were filled with killing intent as he launched a desperate charge at Kanon. His moves were ruthless and his attacks were swift. This time, the attack would not stop until Kanon fell or he himself was defeated!

Compared to Baki, Kanon's attitude was much more relaxed: "A battle isn't something you can win just because you think you can." She casually deflected Baki's attack: "Your rehearsed counterattack didn't look that powerful~"

“But I understand that you would have such thoughts.” Hana snorted coldly: “Young men in their adolescence always have unrealistic fantasies about girls’ bodies.”

"Bang—swish!" A piece of flesh suddenly flew off Baki's arm. That was strange; he had clearly parried Kanon's palm, so "Finger Razor" couldn't have hit him!

"Rakshasa Palm, you've never seen that before, have you?"

Author's Note: There will be two more chapters tonight, and it should be able to finish the story.

Section 559, Chapter 553: The Bloodline of the Van Ma Family

Kanon used "Finger Razor" in previous battles, so Baki can probably guess from his imagination that her finger strength is amazing, and "Demon Spear" probably can't be hidden either. However, "Rakshasa Palm" is different. Kanon has never used this move in front of Baki, and it doesn't necessarily have to be launched with her palm.

The principle of Rakshasa Palm is the enormous rotational force, so as long as the arm rotates, it can cause damage, although it is not as powerful as the palm and fingers.