vncnus Chapter 75 The duel begins!
Chapter 75 The duel begins!
"I thought that with so many people gathering together, and it only happens once a year, there would be a lot of rules and regulations. But it turns out this is just like a shrew yelling in the street."
Zhang Guohao, holding a handful of sunflower seeds, whispered to Duan Tongtian.
"I thought a few martial arts masters would come out at this point and fight to determine the winner, but why are they just cursing first?"
Duan Tongtian also imitated Zhang Guohao, holding a handful of sunflower seeds and talking while cracking them open.
"Have you ever seen a martial arts tournament? I heard there was one a few years ago, but no one in your family went?"
Zhang Guohao then told Duan Tongtian to wait for the pirates to argue until they reached a conclusion.
"I didn't go. It was too chaotic back then. Only prestigious sects could go. People like ours had no chance at all."
"I heard that the winners were from the north, and those who practiced Bajiquan and Xingyiquan took the top spots."
"That's right, those of us who practice Bajiquan are good at fighting."
"Hehe, I heard that the top three are all practitioners of Xingyi."
"They were just lucky!"
"It's because there's no competition now, otherwise I'd show you how powerful Bajiquan is."
"Why don't you go up and show off your skills? We can say we're helping Zhang Xiaotian, and in return, we'll pay him less protection money?"
"This isn't appropriate. I'm a legitimate practitioner of Bajiquan. The Duan family's Bajiquan is a reputable and righteous school. It doesn't look good to work for pirates."
"You're getting cocky now. By the way, when your family came to the south, did you ever challenge any martial arts schools? Did any local martial arts masters fight you?"
"We definitely won, otherwise how could our Duan Family Eight Extremes have survived?"
Zhang Guohao and Duan Tongtian chatted idly about gossip while watching the pirates argue.
It's called an argument, but it's really just various factions making offers, stating what positions they want, and then seeing who else wants them. Once everyone has made their offers, the fighting can begin.
After a while, the sun had set considerably and was no longer so hot, so the pirates began to fight.
"Old Duan, Old Duan, the fight's about to start. Look, they've moved aside to the middle."
Seeing that the pirates had calmed down, Zhang Guohao pulled Duan Tongtian forward and squeezed in, looking even more excited than the pirates around him.
The pirates in the middle had all announced their prices, matched up with their opponents, and were ready to fight.
"So, who wants to go first?"
Zhang Xiaotian looked at the pirate leaders around him and said with a smile that his territory was large and he had conflicts with the other three. In addition, he was the host this time and was prepared to be surrounded and attacked.
Otherwise, how could I have become the leader of the four great pirates!
If you want to be the boss, you have to be targeted.
Zhang Xiaotian didn't mind at all that some people ganged up on him. If you ganged up on him, it just means you're too weak!
"Zhang Xiaotian, you have the largest territory and occupy the most land. Let's settle your matter first, and the rest will be easier. I'll be frank with you, I've got my eye on your three islands! How do you want to do it? Draw a line."
The young man from southern Fujian stepped forward and pointed to the rough map on the white cloth.
"Alright, since you've brought this up, let's get straight to the point: do you want a verbal battle or a physical one?"
Zhang Xiaotian looked at the other person and said.
"Do as you please! Whether it's a verbal or physical confrontation, the Black Flag Gang will take it all. Don't say we're taking advantage of your age."
The Hokkien boy chuckled and even made a casual remark about Zhang Xiaotian's age.
"Hmph, we'll see! Ballast! You come here!"
Zhang Xiaotian snorted coldly, then waved his hand, signaling one of his underlings to step forward.
"Thump!" "Thump!" "Thump!"
After several heavy footsteps, a large, fat man weighing at least 400 pounds walked up.
This person was two meters tall, but extremely obese, several sizes larger than a normal person, with all the fat on his body bulging out!
In this day and age, it's quite remarkable to reach this weight, especially considering that one spends all day at sea enduring wind and rain. To be able to eat to this weight is simply a gift. Even if this physique were placed on a domestic pig, it would probably set a weight record for the pen.
"Holy crap, what did this thing eat to grow up like this?"
Looking at this person, Zhang Guohao felt that the person was oozing oil.
"What are we competing in? Who can eat the most?"
Duan Tongtian stared at the man, somewhat dumbfounded, before finally speaking.
"Zhang Xiaotian, what are you trying to compete with by bringing up this guy? We're fighting for territory, not trying to see who's the most useless. You've brought up a pig, are you going to slaughter him for the New Year?"
The Hokkien boy looked at the man, chuckled, and began his verbal attack.
"The sea is rough, and the worst thing is for the ship to become unstable. My brother here is the ballast of our ship. When it comes to competing with him, we don't compare anything else, just who has the greater strength. Let's have a tug-of-war. You can send three people to tug against him. If you win, you can take the three major islands. If you lose, well, the four smaller islands are mine!"
Zhang Xiaotian patted the fat man, but he wasn't tall enough to pat the fat man's belly.
Looking at his subordinates, Zhang Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a little smug.
He truly lived up to his reputation as the greatest pirate among pirates, managing to support such a person on his ship. This ballast stone alone consumed twenty or thirty pounds of rice per meal, along with a dozen or so steamed buns, possessing an enormous stomach.
They all lived at sea, and other pirate groups didn't have enough surplus food for one person. Once at sea, the ballast stone really did its job as a ballast stone, sitting in the cabin all day watching the food, eating and watching at the same time!
Thinking of all this, Zhang Xiaotian glanced sideways at the pirates around him. "You want to raise them, but you don't have that many supplies!"
Looking at the ballast stone's physique, the Fujianese man fell silent. Although the fat man's steps were somewhat heavy, his movements did not feel sluggish. Such a person must be quite strong, otherwise he wouldn't be able to move such a large body of fat.
"Three people."
The Hokkien boy was a little unsure of what to do. Could the three of them handle this big fat man?
"What? Scared? Three of you can't beat one? Hokkien boy, I think you should just give me Little Four Islands!"
Zhang Xiaotian said to the Minnan boy.
"Who said that? Come on, let the three Niu brothers come up!"
The Fujianese guy shouted to his underlings behind him, "Damn it, I bragged a bit too much just now. I said I'd let Zhang Xiaotian go first and I'd take whatever he wanted. Now I'm in a bit of a mess and we have to face him head-on. It's impossible for me to back down; that would be too embarrassing."
Then, three men of similar height and appearance came up; they were the Niu brothers, as the Hokkien boy had described them.
These three brothers are all over 1.8 meters tall, with bulging muscles, and look very strong.
These three brothers were the key subordinates that the Hokkien boy had been cultivating. Now there's no other way; they might not be able to win this battle with others. These three brothers are triplets, so they should be able to cooperate better. With three forces combined, they should be able to work together as one.