At this moment, the representative fighter of White Night News, the 82-year-old still active master Takemoto Hisahisa, had already fallen into a pool of blood. Obviously, the scream just now was made by him.

A very handsome young man stood before Akano, the president of the Byakuya News, coldly declaring: "Your fighters are no longer able to fight, so it's time to wake up from your dream of becoming the president of the Kengan Association, isn't it? In this way, the 50 billion yen entry fee has gone down the drain, and you've lost everything in this competition..."

"Ahhh, what exactly do you want?" President Akino was covered in cold sweat. The young man opposite him had easily defeated the old man known as the "God of War," Takemoto. His strength was terrifying, far exceeding President Akino's imagination, making it impossible for him to remain calm.

"Purpose?" The young man smiled. "You should have understood by now. Replace this useless guy and hire me, Ren Nikaido, as your fighter. Of course, after winning, you must obey me and appoint 'someone' as the president of the Kengan Association."

Finally, the young man named "Ren Nikaido" threatened, "If you refuse, this will be your final resting place... Who?"

He suddenly noticed someone nearby, and when he turned around quickly, he saw Hana who had just run over.

Author's Note: I'll beat him up tomorrow!

Section 106, Chapter 105: Leading the Evil

"Oh, sorry, I was just passing by."

When Hanon arrived at the scene, Mr. Takemoto had already collapsed. She could only grit her teeth and greet Ren Nikaido and President Akano in a rough voice.

"This guy's name is Flavor Sander, right? He's the representative fighter of Suoh Steel, rumored to be incredibly fast." Nikaido quickly reviewed Kanon's information in his mind: "The five companies that emerged from the preliminaries all have their cabins located in cabins far away on the ship. How could he have just happened to pass by?"

Nikaido was deep in thought and didn't speak, while President Akino was so startled that he was also speechless, and the scene became awkward.

Finally, Hanon broke the silence. She couldn't bear to see Mr. Takemoto lying in a pool of blood, as she respected the elderly and cared for the young.

"Well, Mr. Wu Ben is injured. I'll take him to the infirmary. I don't care about anything else."

"Alright then." Nikaido is quite easy to talk to... isn't he?

Of course not! On the contrary, this guy has a face like a peach blossom but a heart like a snake. Just as Hanon bent down to help Takemoto up, Nikaido flicked his wrist and shot out a flying needle.

The flying needle was as thin as a hair, almost imperceptible, and flew straight towards Huayin's throat and trachea. However, it had only pierced a few millimeters when Huayin was stimulated and subconsciously tightened her muscles. The skin of her throat instantly became as taut as an iron plate, blocking the further advance of the flying needle.

"Huh?" The flying needle was squeezed out of the skin by the tightened muscles and landed right in Hanon's hand. Staring at the flying needle, Hanon knew exactly what had happened.

"I'm telling you, you're a really bad guy..."

Nikaido was also surprised: "My flying needle clearly hit the target, but it didn't penetrate? Does this foreigner know the Chinese Iron Shirt and Golden Bell Cover techniques?"

However, regardless of what "Flavor Sander" in front of him could do, Nikaido had no intention of letting him go: "Since you've run into me by chance, I'll take your qualification for the competition. You're really unlucky; you'd better just obediently let me kill you right here!"

Seeing Nikaido adopt a fighting stance, Kanon knew that this fight was not going to end well.

Well, this guy actually dared to launch a sneak attack. If it weren't for my extraordinary talent, I would already be paired with Mr. Takemoto by now. Although Hanon has a good temper, she wouldn't forgive such a wicked person.

"Hehehe, I'm right here. If you can take the spot in the competition, then come and take it." Hanon also adopted the starting stance of Cosmic Illusion, intending to teach Nikaido a lesson.

"Take this!" The two started at the same time, but Kanon's charge was a straight line, while Nikaido's charge turned into a leap halfway through, soaring over Kanon's head and avoiding the impact of the Cosmic Illusion.

"Hmph, as expected, you're just a foreigner learning some village-style fighting techniques. I've done my research on you." Nikaido thought to himself with a smug satisfaction. Although this person was evil and arrogant, he was very professional in his attitude towards battle. He had done his research very thoroughly. After Suoh Seigetsu broke through the preliminaries, he had checked Suoh Seigetsu's previous battle records and was already familiar with Kanon's fast-paced attack style.

"As long as you avoid your initial charge, the so-called record holder for instant kills is nothing but a weakling!" Nikaido landed and immediately turned around to kick out: "Besides, in terms of speed, I'm not bad either!"

At this moment, Kanon's momentum had not yet been exhausted, and Nikaido's kick had already caught up with the back of her head.

"Got it!" Nikaido was very excited. Just as he was about to kick the enemy's vital point, "Flavor" suddenly accelerated her charge and rushed forward two steps, just avoiding his kick.

Using the technique of "disorder" to manipulate the body's inertia to avoid the kick was somewhat dangerous. Hana breathed a sigh of relief: "Looks like you're not your average pretty boy."

"Hmph, you've got some skills." With this move giving him a slight advantage, Nikaido was full of confidence and launched a new offensive: "Flavor's Swift Assault Technique has become ineffective. From now on, I'll keep him engaged in close combat, and his strongest area will be rendered useless."

The two began to exchange blows, one move at a time. Hanon's skill in countering moves was beyond question, and Nikaido, who had also practiced martial arts since childhood and possessed outstanding talent, coupled with his family's profound knowledge, had a very solid grasp of the moves. After exchanging more than a dozen blows, the two were evenly matched.

Nikaido was quite surprised by the result: "I really didn't expect this foreigner to have such solid fundamentals! But unfortunately, you can't beat my Sirius Fist - Storm!"

With a sharp shout of "Lan," Nikaido's punching speed suddenly increased, gradually showing a tendency to overpower Kanon.

"Oh, not bad!" Under the pressure, Hanon seemed to be struggling to cope and began to gradually retreat.

Nikaido's confidence grew with each fight, and his arrogance escalated: "Now you see it, don't you? This is the ancient Sirius Fist, which originated in China but has surpassed its master. During the Sino-Japanese War, our Sirius Clan helped the Japanese army suppress the Chinese army... Huh?"

Just as Nikaido was boasting, he suddenly felt a numbness in his left shoulder, followed by a feeling of weakness mixed with pain and fear that entered his brain.

Nikaido quickly retreated, shocked to find that his opponent's aura had changed, becoming solemn and dignified, with a hint of ferocity and...killing intent.

"What did you do to me?" At this moment, Nikaido's left shoulder muscles had turned into a spiral shape. His arm could still move, but his shoulder was completely ruined.

Hanon had lost her initial probing mindset; Nikaido's words had really provoked her, so she didn't bother to hide her abilities and directly delivered a Rakshasa Palm strike to him.

"So you consider war of aggression a good thing, and you're even smug about it? It originated in China but has surpassed its predecessor... So you're using traitorous boxing techniques?"

This is intolerable! Even if my uncle can tolerate it, my aunt cannot!

Sensing his own injuries and his opponent's inexplicably heightened fighting spirit, Nikaido felt a pang of fear: "This foreigner is clearly a Westerner, so why has he suddenly gone mad? But he's also hiding such a mysterious and powerful killing move; he's really difficult to deal with..."

Having only taken one punch, Nikaido's mindset was completely different. Gone was his previous arrogance and confidence. He realized that his opponent was someone he needed to go all out to defeat... No, now that he was seriously injured, he might have to perform beyond his usual level to win.

"Alright, this is the only way!" Nikaido made the decision.

He clasped his hands tightly together, adopting a rather strange posture, neither attacking nor defending, nor moving, seemingly waiting for "Flavor" to charge at him.

"A strange stance..." This must be the secret technique of "Sirius Fist"! Hanon couldn't understand this move, but facing "traitor's fist technique", there was no way she could be afraid. Even if there were thousands of troops in front of her... so what?

Facing Nikaido's prepared secret technique, Kanon launched a new round of attacks, which played right into Nikaido's hands: "Come on, you damn foreigner, let me show you the secret technique of advanced fist fighting—the Heavenly Wolf Fist, the Strange Dragon!"

Section 107, Chapter 106: Nothing special

Just as Kanon approached Nikaido's side, Nikaido suddenly loosened his clenched hands, and the compressed air in his hands suddenly exploded, making an unusually sharp and ear-piercing sound.

"Hmm." Kanon had imagined many ways Nikaido would respond, but she never thought he would use a sonic attack. The loud noise entered her eardrums, making Kanon's mind go blank. Then she saw Nikaido walk around to her ear and softly recite a bunch of incoherent words.

Surprisingly, this rambling and incomprehensible speech had a hypnotic effect, causing Kanon's thoughts to falter and creating a huge gap in her mind. Nikaido's final move, a powerful strike delivered through that gap, was "Light!"

With Nikaido's shout and heavy punch, Kanon was sent flying.

"It's done!" Nikaido breathed a sigh of relief. The ultimate secret technique of the Sirius Fist, "Qilong," had finally worked, reversing his disadvantage against Flavor Sander.

The so-called "Qilong" is a move that combines three steps into one. First, it uses the "void" created by compressing air with the palm to shock enemies within a 1.5-meter range with sound waves. Then, it sends a secret "incantation" into the enemy's ear, creating an instant hypnotic effect, which is called "illusion". The final strike, "light", is a normal full-force punch. However, because the opponent has no ability to resist after experiencing "void" and "illusion", they will inevitably suffer damage far exceeding that of normal.

This "Strange Dragon" sounds like a ridiculous move, but it is indeed recorded in the secret manual of the Sirius Fist. Ren Nikaido is known as a genius who appears once every few decades in the school, and after more than ten years of hard training, he finally managed to use this move in actual combat. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be able to use "Strange Dragon" even in the practice of the routine they had agreed on.

"Ahhh, another one has fallen!" The president of Byakuya News, Akino, was even more frightened. It seemed that Flavor Sander was stronger than his own old man, Takemoto, but he was still no match for Nikaido. What should they do? The president of the third-largest company in the Kengan Association was so scared that he almost wet his pants. If others saw this, they would be shocked.

"Shut up!" Nikaido snapped at President Akino, as if scolding a dog: "You'd better just be my puppet."

"Yeah... what's all the noise about..."

Another voice came from "Flavor," startling both Nikaido and President Akano: "He can still stand up?"

Yes, Hanon has stood up and is moving around; she seems to be alright.

Nikaido was a little frightened: "Impossible, you were hit by Qilong, how could you continue fighting?"

Hanon stretched her limbs slightly: "Sigh, sometimes I deliberately take a defensive stance to see my opponent's moves, which often leads to a situation where I'm at a disadvantage but can turn the tables and win. I don't want to... but I can't help it, I'm just curious~"

Nikaido's jaw almost dropped. So, "Flavor" hadn't been using her full strength the whole time, and was just trying to lure him into using her ultimate move so she could observe him.

"Your speed and counter-attack skills were just so-so..." Kanon surprisingly started commenting on him. Kanon didn't like Ren Nikaido, who was so arrogant and smug about the Sirius Clan's participation in the invasion war, so she spoke very rudely to him.

"The only highlight was the move called 'Qilong,' especially the sonic boom and incantation at the beginning. I can't believe such a fantastical martial art actually exists! For a moment, I even doubted my own worldview! Getting hit by this move wasn't because I held back. When I charged at you, I really wanted to end the fight, but I ended up getting hit instead... Luckily, the move itself was good, but the user was terrible. Your punching power wasn't strong enough, and I took some defensive action the moment I was shocked by the sonic boom, so I didn't suffer any damage."

Hanon doesn't believe that "Tianlang Fist" is a fist technique that surpasses Chinese martial arts, but this skill does have its unique aspects. In fact, just like many martial arts novels say, all martial arts under heaven eventually converge on the same source. Any fighting technique, when cultivated to a very high level, is extremely powerful, each with its own unique and outstanding features. The key is who uses it.

There is no high or low skill level, but there are strong and weak martial artists. Obviously, in Hanon's eyes, Ren Nikaido is a rather unqualified weakling.

Enraged by Kanon's blatant mockery, Nikaido roared, "Damn it, you called me trash?" He reverted to his dragon-like stance, "Let's fight again!"

However, before he could finish speaking, "Flavor" in front of Nikaido suddenly disappeared.

"Where is he?" Nikaido was instantly drenched in cold sweat. In a battle of this caliber, losing the enemy's location was a matter of life and death.

"Never mind, let's release the 'Hollow' first. Everyone within 1.5 meters will be shocked!" Nikaido thought and was about to let go when he suddenly felt a chill on his right arm. He then realized that "Flavor" had lightly tapped there.

Nikaido's right arm twisted up, his skin, muscles, blood vessels and nerves all contorted together. The excruciating pain was instantaneous, and then he lost control of his right arm.

"Flavor's" voice came from behind him, like the whisper of a demon from hell: "Your left shoulder and right arm are both useless. Can you create sonic booms with your legs? Never mind, just use them all."

"Fuck you!" Anger and fear had completely overwhelmed Nikaido's reason. He launched a frenzied attack on Kanon, but with both arms crippled, there was very little he could do!

Seeing Nikaido reduced to nothing but kicks, Kanon felt sorry for him...

"Fine, I'll leave you with your legs." Kanon's chosen finishing move was... a headbutt.

With a loud "thud!", Kanon casually deflected Nikaido's attack and rammed her head against Nikaido's head, causing a loud crash. Nikaido collapsed to the ground, bleeding profusely, and then fell silent.

In the collision, Kanon broke her skull, while Nikaido took the hit with his face, so he was not only knocked unconscious, but his nose was probably also broken.

After finishing the job, Hana patted the dust off her clothes and said, "This guy's physical fitness is a weakness. His speed is so-so, but his strength is too weak. His skills are also mediocre. Only his move, Qilong, is worth mentioning."

Overall, it was a rather boring battle... The only somewhat valuable skill, "Qilong" Kanon, couldn't be learned; the sonic boom technique and incantations required secret transmission.

After easily defeating Nikaido, Kanon turned around and saw Akano, the president of Byakuya News.

"Hey, Mr. President, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and take Mr. Takemoto to the infirmary!"

President Akino then realized what was happening. After witnessing Kanon's power, he dared not disobey the strong person in front of him. He hurriedly picked up Takemoto Hisaaki and rushed to the infirmary.

"Wait a minute!" He had only taken two steps when "Floro" called out to him from behind. President Akino's heart jumped into his throat: "Could this guy be planning something against me?"

"Uncle..." Flavor's voice drifted over, "Don't you have any fighters left? I have someone I'd like to recommend to you~"

Author's Note: Nikaido's basic layout is not good. Qilong's move is quite interesting, but that's about it.

Section 108, Chapter 107: A Busy Night

"Doctor! President Akano of the White Night News has brought in another person, an 82-year-old man who has lost a lot of blood. Please come and treat him quickly!"

In the infirmary of the Kengan, doctors and nurses were rushing back and forth. They were usually just doing a leisurely job on the cruise ship, but tonight they suddenly received a large number of wounded people and were unusually busy.

"Quickly, give him a blood transfusion!" The doctor on duty hurriedly directed the nurses to get blood bags, and it took quite a while to stabilize Mr. Wu's condition.

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