Chapter 89: A Training Base in a Foreign Country
Just when the whole network was paying attention to Xia Zhiyi's response, in order to prepare for her ranking promotion competition, she went to the local training base and prepared to start a month of closed training.
The training base in the United States is much larger than in China, and the coaches are more experienced, especially here to meet the opponents Xia Zhiyi will face in the future.
Those big favourites at the top of the leaderboard.
Xia Zhiyi, who had just entered the base, was very uncomfortable, her English level was only past level six, and their speed of speech was too fast, which made the already unfamiliar language even more unfamiliar.
The area of the base is very large, and Xia Zhiyi's mistakes can be made several times a day, often when he goes to eat, he gets lost, he goes to rest, and he gets lost when he goes to training.
Every day, in addition to getting lost, I am asking for directions.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for her to meet a few compatriots, who were also training at the base, one of them was a dark-skinned and tall male player called Da Hei, as long as she talked to Xia Zhiyi, her dark skin would flush with an imperceptible flush.
Da Hei is a veteran, when he first left the army, he also played underground boxing for a period of time because of his love, and later in order to pursue his dream, he could only come to a foreign country.
Because he is not a professional, his grades and rankings are average, and the company doesn't pay too much attention to him.
Over the years, he has paid out of his own pocket in order to hire more professional coaches.
Coupled with the language barrier, his road to chasing his dream is much more bumpy than Xia Zhiyi, and he is struggling for his dream in this foreign country.
The physical hardship can be endured, but what makes Da Hei the most unbearable is the discrimination from skin color, and he is often questioned by others about his physical fitness.
"It's a pity that I don't have that ability, and I haven't proven that we're no different for so many years." Da Hei touched his head with a dejected expression.
Instead, he looked at Xia Zhiyi with a look of admiration: "But you are so powerful, you breathe a sigh of relief for our players in a foreign land!" ”
Da Hei said, one hand clenched tightly into a fist and waved it up and down, mentioning Xia Zhiyi's performance, he seemed to be more excited than if he had won.
His words touched Xia Zhiyi's heart.
She didn't maintain the fine tradition of Chinese modesty, and couldn't help but promise to Dahei: "I will definitely let our countrymen's names be at the top of the rankings!" ”
This sentence is like a heart booster, which makes these players who are working hard to pursue their dreams in other places ignite their fighting spirit, and they can't wait to go to training immediately.
Unexpectedly, she only boasted to Da Hei at noon, and she ran into trouble in the afternoon.
For Xia Zhiyi's "dark horse", most people are unabashedly appreciative, and a few of them made harsh mockery, among which the leader was a local player with muscles all over his body.
The rankings have been hovering in the top 10.
She walked in front of Xia Zhiyi, it seemed that she deliberately accelerated the speed of speech, and said a long list of words that she didn't understand, she was taller than Xia Zhiyi, and she was born with a sense of oppression when she stood in front of Xia Zhiyi.
From a few words, Xia Zhiyi could hear the ridicule, and there were things like the left side of the door, physical garbage is a big deal with protracted battles and the like.
The Chinese player standing with Da Hei walked up to Xia Zhiyi, lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "She said that we are not physically fit, and we can win by relying on some side ways, and we can't fight a protracted battle at all." ”
After hearing this, Xia Zhiyi smiled, in the face of this strong sense of oppression, she did not avoid me, but raised her face to meet the other party's gaze, she didn't say anything, pushed it away and went to training.
Seeing that Xia Zhiyi didn't speak, the other party's attitude became a lot more arrogant, and there was a burst of boos at Xia Zhiyi's back, and there was a burst of laughter with contempt and ridicule in the crowd.
Xia Zhiyi didn't talk about counterattacking, and didn't even look back.
This reaction made the ridicule even bigger, and some people even began to use words to attack Xia Zhiyi unscrupulously.
Da Hei, who was standing on the side, began to be unable to listen to it, he was a little disappointed, he thought that Xia Zhiyi would see the real chapter in the ring with the other party, but he didn't expect that Xia Zhiyi had just promised himself a few hours ago, and this would not be counted.
It wasn't until the start of the actual combat training that Xia Zhiyi, who has never liked to talk and never designated an opponent, took the initiative to stand up, pointed a finger at the player who had made it difficult for her just now, and said word by word: "I want her to be my opponent." ”
As soon as these words came out, the scene was booed.
Da Hei looked at Xia Zhiyi, the excitement in his eyes was fleeting, and it turned into a full of worry.
No matter what he says, he understands in his heart that the ranking of the high position, even if it is only one place behind, the disparity in strength cannot be underestimated.
Some players have been unable to move up one place after several years, and some players are lucky enough to break through one place and will soon be beaten back again.
There are so many players who play in the championship tournament, and the names at the top of the leaderboard have always been those few people, with few exceptions.
Xia Zhiyi has just won the top 20 rankings, and now he is going to challenge the top 10 rankings.
Even if it is a training match, it is a very risky move, after all, the fists and feet are not long-sighted, and if it is really injured, the coach will at most say a word to pay attention to next time, and will not say anything more.
As soon as there was friction between the two, Xia Zhiyi was about to challenge each other, which was tantamount to looking for death in the eyes of others.
Even the American athlete herself was stunned, and she didn't hear the coach call her name.
There were more and more onlookers, and a practice match made everyone feel the tense atmosphere of sabre-rattling, Xia Zhiyi stood on the stage, exuding a cold atmosphere around him.
The opponent was not to be outdone, and said a few cruel words to Xia Zhiyi, saying that even if it was a practice match, she would not show mercy.
Xia Zhiyi's ears still echoed the opponent's ridicule of her just now, saying that they were not physically good, and they could win by relying on some side doors, and it was not a big deal to fight for a long time.
At the beginning of the game, Xia Zhiyi deliberately did not take the lead, flexibly dodged the opponent's attack, and in the face of the menacing attack, she didn't even attack in the first round.
The opponent didn't take advantage either, Xia Zhiyi was too flexible, and his defense was flawless, dodging all attacks.
During the break, the Chinese players gathered around Xia Zhiyi and euphemistically questioned her behavior of not attacking: "Xia Zhiyi, it's just a training match, it doesn't matter if you can't beat it, you must not be reckless!" ”
Xia Zhiyi shook his head, his voice soft with a loud power: "I just deliberately want to fight a protracted battle." ”
These words made the people around them fall into the clouds, only the contestant who translated Xia Zhiyi and the big black heart were clear, watching Xia Zhiyi's eyes flash, he opened his mouth to say something, and finally a thousand words turned into a sentence: "Come on!" ”
At the beginning of the second round, Xia Zhiyi turned into occasional attacks, and most of the time he defended.
It's like a sparrow who doesn't tire of bothering her opponent, and when she provokes the opponent to attack, she hides to the side, and when my opponent is out of breath and wants to slow down, she reappears, flirts and runs away with two punches.
This continued until the third round, and the opponent was already a little exhausted.
The constant defense has consumed Xia Zhiyi's physical strength a lot, his chest rises and falls violently, and he breathes in a big gulp of fresh air.
In the fourth round, the impatient opponent used all her strength to force Xia Zhiyi into the corner, and at this time, Xia Zhiyi made an amazing move, she hung her hands down, did not defend at all, and let her opponent wave her fists at her.
The nimble head stunned my opponent and I missed every punch.
This scene is so exciting! There was a cheer at the scene, and in this way, Xia Zhiyi, who had been lagging behind in the score, won everyone's applause.
In the last round, Xia Zhiyi's score was still behind, she moved her neck and looked at her opponent and pulled the corners of her mouth.
The experienced American player has long realized that she has fallen into Xia Zhiyi's trap, and she has almost exhausted all her physical strength after being led by the nose by the agitated generals.
Such a beautiful appearance, but it reminds people of Shura from hell.
Xia Zhi recalled that the time was almost up, and she perfectly replicated the straight punches and elbows she had seen in her last match.
The game is over.
Xia Zhiyi won, and the Chinese players rushed over at once, surrounding Xia Zhiyi in the middle.
"Who said we can't fight a protracted war because we don't have stamina?" Xia Zhiyi walked up to his opponent and said unhurriedly in an unfamiliar language.
There was a hint of stiffness in her English, which did not affect the deterrent effect.
Immediately afterwards, Xia Zhiyi slowly walked out of the ring surrounded by everyone.