Who are you calling a stable boy?!

"Ok?"

The girl glared at Zheng Jing, still seething with anger.

"Ok?"

Zheng Jing, who was engrossed in watching, saw that the man and the bear were looking over, and quickly waved his hand.

"Don't get me wrong, gentlemen. I just haven't seen anyone fight a bear for a pork knuckle before. Please continue!"

"...You old geezer, if you want some, why don't you just call again? They already said it's unlimited!"

The red-haired girl got up and kicked the panda's butt while muttering something.

The panda shook its head, looked at the red-haired girl, and tapped its head with its paw.

"Of course I'll chase after you if you try to steal it! Why should you eat the pork knuckle I ordered first?!"

The red-haired girl, still furious, turned her face away, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.

She looked at Zheng Jing.

"You don't look like... a staff member on the island, are you a contestant?"

"Yes, my name is Zheng Jing. You can call me Lao Zheng if you like!"

Seeing that Zheng Jingdu had introduced himself with a grin, the girl and the panda exchanged a glance, feeling that they couldn't be impolite either.

"Hello, my name is Saotome Ran—"

The girl paused for a moment.

"Saotome Ranko, my name is Saotome Ranko!"

Chapter 221: The Ancestral Method of Trainers, Do You Know What It Is?

"I see! I knew I hadn't seen you last year, otherwise I would definitely remember you!"

The red-haired girl, who called herself Saotome Ranko, patted Zheng Jing's arm and laughed heartily.

"But why did you come to a place like this all by yourself?"

At this point, Luanzi looked Zheng Jing up and down.

"Ah...are you practicing some kind of secret technique? If so, I'm really sorry to have disturbed you."

"Secret technique? No, no!"

Zheng Jing waved his hand: "I just had a long boat ride, so I just wandered around my place after getting off the boat."

"Around the residence?"

Luanzi paused for a moment, then looked around.

"Wow, how far have you run? It's all your fault, you old rascal!"

After being scolded by Luanzi, the panda hugged itself with its paws in front of it and grunted at Luanzi.

"Huh? If you had just stopped, would I have chased you this far?"

Just as he was about to start another fight, Panda pointed at Zheng Jing.

Turning her head, she saw Zheng Jing squinting at her, and Luanzi's heart skipped a beat.

"Miss Luanzi, you—"

"what!"

Suddenly, the chaos erupted with a loud noise.

She grabbed one of the panda's front paws.

"Look at you! How could you just wander into another team's camp like that? Oh dear, oh dear, I'm really causing you trouble, Lao Zheng! I see it's getting late, so we won't bother you any longer, we're leaving now!"

It spewed out words like a machine gun, and before Zheng Jing could respond, or rather, as if afraid that Zheng Jing would not have time to respond, the little thing burst out with amazing strength, pulling the giant panda to the ground and almost dragging it along.

Seeing that the two of them had run away in the blink of an eye, Zheng Jing scratched his cheek but didn't say anything to stop them.

Not only did they not try to stop him, he himself was also preparing to go back to the villa.

It was this man and the bear that completely piqued his interest in the list of participants for this year's World Martial Arts Tournament.

He wanted to see what kind of work this conference could possibly have.

"Hey!"

Just as he was about to leave, Zheng Jing suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead.

"I forgot to ask where Jusenkyo is; I definitely need to get some souvenirs to take back..."

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The third World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament officially commenced at 9:00 AM the following morning on this World's Number One Island.

After a night's rest, all nine participating teams were in top form and full of energy.

Apart from the champion team, who did not need to participate in the previous matches, the remaining eight teams sent representatives to draw lots at 7 pm last night to determine their opponents in the preliminary rounds.

Zheng Jing, who was representing the group, drew number one at the time.

This means that Team Tohsaka will be on stage for the very first match of the tournament.

The Tohsaka team's opponent is the Glorious team, who drew number 8.

Based on a coin toss to determine heads or tails, the first team to decide who will go first is the Glorious Team.

"okay!"

Marissa confidently stood up, pressing her beloved helmet against the edge of the ring.

With a robust physique that embodies the spirit and skills of ancient Greek gladiators, this young woman, who has recently made a name for herself in the jewelry industry, stepped onto the ring with a confident smile that seemed to radiate brilliance.

"Come on! Who will be my opponent?"

Her gaze shifted, and Marissa finally locked onto Zheng Jing.

Before she could even speak, Xue Qing had already drawn her sword, taken a step to the side, and shielded Zheng Jing behind her.

"Wait, Sister Xueqing."

But just as Xueqing was about to leap onto the stage, Lin called out to her.

"If the opponent is her, let me handle the vanguard battle."

"......All right."

Xueqing nodded: "Be careful."

"Ah."

With a reply, Rin jumped onto the arena.

"Well?"

Marissa frowned when she saw Rin.

"Rin Tohsaka, the eldest daughter of the Tohsaka family, nice to meet you."

Lifting her skirt, Rin bowed and raised her hands, assuming a fighting stance.

Is this... karate, or kickboxing?

Seeing Rin's stance, Marissa couldn't help but guess Rin's fighting style.

This wasn't her first time participating in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, so naturally she wouldn't judge an opponent's strength solely based on their appearance.

Even including the Street Fighter tournaments she had participated in in the past, Marissa had never encountered an opponent of Rin's age.

They look like elementary school kids no matter how you look at them...

"Kid, my punches and kicks are very powerful, so you'd better be careful."

But Marissa also understood that since the other party could stand on the stage of the world's number one martial arts tournament, it meant that she was definitely not an ordinary child.

Marissa could only offer a word of reminder, then raised both fists, displaying a rather relaxed stance.

That's a stance only a fighter with immense confidence in their own endurance would use.

"Are you ready? Are you ready?"

The referee, with thick, black hair and a large nose, asked both contestants questions. Seeing that there were no problems on either side, he immediately raised his right hand.

"Game start!"

Marissa was the first to take action.

For her, Rin's figure was too petite, which made it difficult for her to execute most of her punches and kicks above the mid-range.

If it were to use lower leg techniques, such as a low sweeping kick or even a soccer kick, that would be fine, but looking at Rin's small body, Marissa felt a little reluctant.

Therefore, Marissa's goal in making this move was to use a throw technique.

The new rules not only set time limits for matches, but also added some new standards for determining defeat. One of them is that if any part of a player's body falls off the ring, they will be immediately declared the loser.

Marissa wanted to use her physical advantage to throw Rin out of the ring without seriously injuring her.

The players from the opposing teams watching from the sidelines almost immediately saw through Marissa's plan.

Marissa's two teammates on Team Glorious had no objections to this.

However, Ken and Sakura, who witnessed this scene, almost cried out.

All three of them had a good relationship with Marissa, especially Sakura, who had been invited by Marissa to travel with several female fighters.

Although there is no such thing as a true gentleman who observes chess without speaking when it comes to martial arts competitions, the exchanges between martial artists are often lightning fast and change in an instant. Even if an observer notices something, sometimes there is simply no time to point it out.

—That's the situation right now, for example.

When Marissa charged forward, she was like an armored vehicle speeding at full speed, while Rin was as fragile as a kitten that had accidentally wandered onto a highway.

Let alone a grappling move, it seems like Marissa only needs to bump into Rin—

"Bang!!"

A dull thud erupted from the arena.

A figure flew up on the arena.

—Is it Rin?

No.

—It's Marissa!

Retreating at a faster pace than during the charge, Marissa flipped in the air and landed on all fours after flying several meters backward, stopping her momentum.

"call......"

She exhaled and looked down at her abdomen.

On those full, firm abdominal muscles, there was a clear red fist mark, with wisps of smoke rising from it.

"As expected of one of the previous contestants, Miss Marissa, please allow me to introduce myself again."

Raising his voice, Lin, who stood firm and unwavering, spoke with a calm expression.

"Cosmic Fist Technique, Rin Tohsaka, nice to meet you."

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Cosmic boxing.

This is a fist technique that Rin learned by chance from an old man who called himself "Fūrai-bō" while doing a mission in a certain material plane.

To call it learning is not quite right.

Because in the art of cosmic martial arts, she had only just begun.

It's hard to say whether they've even entered the door; they may have only learned a trick or two.

The old man never told her the name of the martial art, only saying that it was a skill he used for self-defense while traveling.

It wasn't until Rin first blew up an adult ogre with a single punch that she saw, through the panel notification, that she had learned [Cosmic Fist Technique - Remnant].

Rin then realized that the self-defense skills the old man had mentioned actually had names and details.

Even an incomplete cosmic fist technique is still an extraordinary skill.

With Rin's current knowledge, she couldn't determine just how powerful the complete Cosmic Fist Technique would be.