Chapter 115: Take your life
As the real climax of the martial soul duel, it is also an official live broadcast in several major business districts around the world, which started from the top 32 matches, not that there was no live broadcast in the previous games, but before the top 32 matches, only some players with appeal can sell the broadcast rights of the game smoothly at a high price.
Today, it is the beginning of the purchase of real-time broadcast rights in accordance with the agreement of the world's three major business districts, the Americas, Europe, and Asia, which also means that as long as the players can make it to the top 32, the income will far exceed the prize money in terms of broadcast rights sharing.
In order to allow audiences around the world to hear the commentary, there is even more than one group of commentators present, and all major TV stations have their own on-site commentators stationed on the edge of the ring to explain the game in real time.
Of course, there is also a Japanese commentary group.
"Today's martial arts finals are particularly lively, the seats of 6,000 people are full, crowded with spectators, um, let me see, from the commentary stand, foreign audiences from afar, occupy about two-thirds of the seats, Miss Momoya, do you know what the reason is?"
"Ah, I know that this martial arts duel is the largest number of European and American players to reach the top 32 since the martial soul duel was held, attracting a large number of European and American tourists to come to watch this martial arts event live! Mr. Kato, am I right?"
"Haha, yes, Miss Momoya, you're right, in this year's Martial Soul Finals 32, there are a total of 14 European players and 6 American players, while Asian players only occupy seven places, and other African and Asian subcontinent players also occupy five places. β
"Does this mean that our Japanese martial arts duel has truly become an event with strong international influence?"
"Yes, after 40 years of hard work, now the martial soul duel has become the world's highest event recognized as a walking cold weapon battle, and we can proudly say that Japan's samurai spirit has gone abroad and into the world. β
"Mr. Kato, as the opening of the Martial Soul Duel Official Tournament Round of 32, the match between Master Angel Ruiz, the berserk sword, and our Japanese 'Black Kamen of No Killing', who are you more optimistic about?"
"As a Japanese, I would certainly like to say that 'No Kill no Black Kamen' will be the winner of this match, but unfortunately, based on the historical records and competitive form of both fighters, it looks like 'No No No Kill no Black Kamen' will be difficult to defeat his opponent. β
"I can even say that it will be difficult for the 'Black Mask of No Killing' to get out of this competition!"
At this point, Mr. Kato, with her hands in her hands, asked worriedly, "Since this black kamen is so different from his opponent, why don't you give up the game?"
It was 40 years ago, under the call of Emperor Shimu, the Japanese samurai sacrificed their lives and forgot to die in the first martial soul duel, and played the prestige of our Asians, so that no one in the world dared to call us Asians 'the sick man of East Asia'! Until now, at every martial soul duel, there are always Japanese samurai who die in the ring, but no Japanese samurai has never given up fighting. β
"The most recent one is the female swordsman Hoshino Yuaki of the Tentori Divine Sword Stream against the Berserk Sword Master Angel, even if Master Hoshino Yuaki dies in battle, she still refuses to fall, and her heroic appearance in battle is worthy of the title of Sword Hero, even compared with the famous samurai in history, it is not inferior.
It is precisely because of Japanese samurai like Master Hoshino and Black Kamen that our small island nation can stand unashamedly among the nations of the world and will not be underestimated by any country in the world. β
Speaking of excitement, Mr. Kato, a famous Japanese mouth, couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and wipe his eye sockets.
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In the mouths of another group of commentators, this is not the case.
"Now what you see is the live broadcast of the Martial Soul Thirty-two, today is the Berserk Sword, Master Angel Ruiz from Spain, brings us the opening battle of the Martial Soul Decisive Thirty-two, Master Angel Ruiz comes from the famous knight family, the Ruiz family of Spain. β
"The Ruiz family has a long history, one of the oldest knightly families in Europe, their family history can be traced back to the time of Christ Jesus, the Ruiz family has always been a member of the guardian knight family of the Holy Religion, it can be said that every generation of the Holy Knights, Ruiz figure.
And the year before last, Japan's famous swordsman Ms. Oshima Megumi once came to Europe to do a tour challenge, and faced the famous female swordsman in the Spanish War, which was Rodole Ruiz of the Ruiz family, unfortunately, this Rodol knight died in the challenge.
And last week, Angel Ruiz in the last round of martial arts finals, the Japanese female swordsman Master Hoshino Yuaki killed on the spot, is the same sister of Ms. Oshima Hui, according to an interview with reporters, Master Angel hopes that he can have the opportunity to challenge Ms. Oshima Hui and avenge his younger brother Rodol Knight.
However, it is a pity that Ms. Oshima won the Wuhun Cup last year, and according to tradition, the martial artists who won the Wuhun Cup will no longer participate in the Wuhun Duel Competition, and will not be eligible to challenge the previous Wuhun Cup winner until the next Wuhun Cup winner appears.
However, according to the information we have obtained, it is almost impossible for Master Angel to win this Martial Soul Cup, because among the players who participated in the Martial Soul Cup this time, there is one with the name of eternal legend - Artoria!"
At this point, I had to stop, because no one could hear her explanation, and in the audience, as long as it was Europeans, all stood up and sang: "Sage of Knights, Legend of Mankindββ, You are above men, below ββ, gods, King of Knights, Artoria ββ, invincible!"
"Heresy! heresy!" Sitting in the VIP room, a bishop in a red robe whispered angrily, even a powerful Holy Bishop Cardinal like him still did not dare to rebuke an Artoria loudly in public, and could only vent his dissatisfaction in the private room, and did not dare to raise his voice.
Feilu Bridge, who was sitting beside him, smiled bitterly and looked at the white-bearded Cardinal Zalaria, what age is this, and he still holds such a concept.
It's just that this Uncle Zakaria is more qualified in the Holy See than the Pope, and this time he shouldn't have let this old cardinal come out and come to see what kind of martial soul duel, but this Uncle Zakaria insisted that in his lifetime, probably only this time, he will see the Holy See the opportunity to reappear again, and if he is not allowed to come, he may die depressed!
Yes, this time, the Holy See summoned a total of nine Golden Knights, just to sweep away the bad luck of the Oshima Megumi European Tour Challenge the year before last, and specially came to find trouble with the martial soul!
The only thing that displeased Cardinal Zakaria was that, despite the large majority of the Holy See's staff, everyone was in awe of the little girl who wore only one of the surnames of 'Artoria', even more than the respect for his nominal leader.
Yes, until now, that Artoria VI has never made a move at all, she was directly escorted to the top 16 as a top seeded player, this kind of escort, in previous years, only appeared in the hottest championship candidates of the Wuhun Cup, or in the name of the Holy Bishop's See, this Artoria can be directly guaranteed to the top 16.
What worries Bishop Zakaria the most is that even if he can't get used to Artoria, when he is in person, he still has to be kind and kind to serve, including this escort recommendation, which he personally brought someone to negotiate and handle.
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"Now, the exciting time has arrived, and the players from both sides have entered!"
The European commentary duo began to talk about the live commentary, and of course, in the other direction, the Japanese commentary duo did not stop talking.
It's just that the official competition that entered the top 32, whether it is the size of the ring or the capacity of the audience, has reached a new level, so the venue is quite broad, and the two groups of commentators are separated by a considerable distance, but they each have their own words and do not affect each other.
"The first to step out of the red lane is the Spanish knight Angel Ruiz, the sword of rage!"
Today he wore a bright red cloak, fluttering from side to side with his steps, a color that seemed to announce that whoever dared to challenge the knight family Ruiz would inevitably pay the price of blood.
The last one to pay the price was the famous Japanese swordsman Hoshino Yuaki, and today, in front of Master Angel, there is another challenger - 'Black Mask of No Killing', what price will he pay?"
"Out of the blue side player channel, out of today's challenger, 'don't kill', uh? Today, this maverick young swordsman, changed a mask, he wore a white mask today, walked to the ring, so, what does the change in the color of the mask mean?"
So, let's listen to the conversation with the contestants and maybe find out. β
"I still admire the courage of you Japanese, but, young man, are you mentally prepared, this is the arena of a duel between life and death, if you are holding the luck psychology that I will be merciful, it is better to get out now!"
Angel Ruiz didn't necessarily have to kill the young swordsman who didn't look very old in the ring, as long as he could disgrace the Japanese, he didn't really mind sparing him, well, now he should call the life of 'White Mask'.
"Please don't show mercy, I actually have a good relationship with Master Hoshino Yuaki and Master Oshima Megumi. β
The corners of Yanagi Yuanhe's mouth showed a cold smile, because the upper half of his face was covered by a white mask, this smile was actually the left corner of the mouth slightly raised, and the right corner of the mouth did not move, the asymmetry of the corners of the two sides of the mouth, it seemed that this smile was a little bloodthirsty.
While the on-site referee was translating, the microphone transmitted the conversation between the two to the audience. There was an uproar in the audience, and on the side of the European audience, the audience shouted: "Angel, kill him, kill him!"
On the Asian side, the prevailing opinion in the audience is:
"This kid has a kind! Don't be cowardly, just do it, kill this white-skinned guy!"
"Okay, with the spirit of our Japanese men, you can die, you can't coax!"
In another VIP box, a woman with a face similar to Angel Ruiz was sitting in the box with a richly dressed middle-aged man, each holding a telescope, staring at the ring.
"Ha, your brother's opponent is really not very old, and he came to the martial soul duel at such an age, are the Japanese so crazy?"
"Hmph! The Japanese deserve to die, the eldest brother must avenge Brother Rodolph in this way, and according to my method, directly send someone to assassinate Oshima Hui, why bother to make any fair duel in the ring, the era of knights has long passed, and now is the era of capital. It's just a samurai, no matter how powerful you are, can you still resist a sniper rifle?"
"Don't underestimate these Japanese swordsmen, their latent power is quite considerable, and it is not so easy to assassinate them through killers. β
And in the front row of the staff seats in the arena, there are also some people who are looking at the ring coldly, they are the swordsmen of the Sword Heroes Club.
"Chief Sasaki, how long do you think it will take Master Yagyu to take Angel's life?"
"Kazuko, you can rest assured, Yanagi-kun seems to have made up his mind, and Hoshino's revenge today will definitely be avenged!"
"Well, I'll record this moment well!" Kazuko Hirota held a large camera, the camera facing the ring.
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"Take your seats, the game begins!" Following the referee's instructions, Shirakage and Angel walked to each end of the ring, where the circles corresponding to the color of their players' passages were drawn on the floor of the ring, where they stood at the beginning of the match.
The ring of the round of 32 is no longer a long ring, but a square ring with a side length of 15 meters, and Shirakumian and Angel stand at opposite ends of the diagonal.
The moment the referee announced the start of the match, Angel threw off his red cloak and drew his half-sword, while Shiro-Kamen threw the scabbard off the field and began to dance lightly with the long knife in his hand, and the two faced each other and walked towards the center of the court.
One step, two steps, three steps, the white mask walked faster and faster, and the long knife in his hand began to ripple in the air, and gradually even the blade was a little indistinguishable.
On the other side, Angel's pace also accelerated, and his complexion became redder and redder as he walked, as if he was about to drip blood.
"This is Qingbo in the copy of the moon?" "In the place where the group of people from the Sword Heroes Association were sitting, Miyamoto Erxin frowned, Qingbo's sword is not known for its lethality, I don't know what Yanagi Yuanhe on the stage thinks, and he actually used this sword as a starting hand.
"The two of them are close, closer, ah! White Kamen didn't mean to be tempted, he jumped out of the knife directly, and his feet were off the ground, this is a big taboo for martial artists!
When the two were still close to five meters apart, the white mask suddenly stepped forward, the long knife stirred the air, as if stirring a pool of clear waves, and the next moment, the long knife swung out a wonderful wave of light, reflecting the distorted air, forming a wonderful landscape, in mid-air, a bright moon fell from the sky and fell straight towards Angel's head.
"Hmph! "Hmph!" Angel snorted disdainfully, what is the use of making the knife so beautiful, only a knife that can cut people is an effective knife technique, in the face of a strong enemy, making such a big move of slashing is completely self-defeating!
Angel's long-standing half-sword burst out like thunder, slamming upward, as long as he pushed away this unusually gorgeous sword, he took advantage of the situation to send out the ten swords of the thunder snake, and slashed this Japanese kid under the sword, presumably killing a few more Japanese swordsmen, that Oshima Hui will take the initiative to come out and accept his challenge, right?
The half-sword in his hand carried the wind and thunder, swept through the air, but the bright moon in the air was like a reflection in a round of water, only a few ripples, and then turned into nothingness; at the same time, a faint arc light, like a trace of residual hook on the edge of the sky when the sky was about to be clear, with an almost invisible moon-white brilliance, flashed gently.
First, with a 'tong-', a half-sword in his hand with two severed arms, fell to the ring, and then, with a 'bang-', a head slowly rolled off Angel Ruiz's neck and fell to the ground.
In the end, Angel Ruiz's headless and armless body swayed slightly, and with a 'poof-' sound, he fell on his back in the ring.