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Chapter 438 - 403 Before the Finals

Chapter 438: Chapter 403 Before the Finals

’Demon King’ Jon stood shirtless, revealing his sharply defined muscles as he punched a heavy bag in the indoor room.

This was a place designated for an athlete’s warm-up, not particularly large, and Jon was alone in the room at the moment.

A few minutes later, someone entered through the door, sporting a short haircut—it was ’Lioness’ Amanda.

"Jon, it’s over, the Hua Country Team has made it to the finals."

Jon stopped, looking somewhat surprised, "The Hua Country Team?"

The American Team had finished their matches first, but the coach had instructed the players to stay and continue watching the match between the Hua Country Team and the Brazil Team. After all, one of them would be the American Team’s opponent in the final.

After watching the match between Wu Li and Silvar, Jon found the remaining matches uninteresting and thus came to the training room alone to punch the bag.

Amanda approached, "That’s right, the Hua Country Team, they won 4:3 against the Brazil Team. In the last round, that guy voluntarily dislocated his own arm. Pretty ruthless indeed."

Jon, with a hint of disdain, replied, "So what? In my opinion, the Hua Country Team isn’t even as good as the Brazil Team. Their advancing makes the finals even less interesting."

Having said that, he threw a fierce punch towards the heavy bag in front of him.

Bang!

The sound of an explosion followed by the leaking of sand marked that Jon had punched right through the heavy bag.

Amanda, unsurprised by this, turned away casually, "Let’s go, time to head back."

Jon pulled back his right fist, shook his hand, and followed Amanda out.

When the American Team came out through the sports hall corridor, they saw the members of the Hua Country Team getting on a coach bus, ready to leave.

Jon glanced over at the Hua Country Team and shook his head.

"Boring..."

...

After returning to the Martial Arts Hall, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

After washing up, Wu Li didn’t go to sleep but prepared to practice in Virtual Reality.

The fact that the Hua Country Team won tonight was partly due to luck. Moreover, at this point in the competition, the Hua Country Team was left with a shortage of players: Zhao Lixin was injured, Guo Dongyang was injured, and Dong Yunfei could not fight at all. With the current lineup, winning the finals against the American Team would be very difficult.

How should they fight in the match seven days later? Wu Li had a vague idea in mind, but he wasn’t completely confident, so he could only train hard, hoping to make a breakthrough within seven days.

After tonight’s match, Wu Li had gained 48.21 million Fan Value, a sizable harvest. Including what he had left, Wu had now a total of over 50 million Fan Value, and he planned to use all of it on S-class Virtual Battle Cards!

...

Bright and early the next morning, after morning training, all members of the Hua Country Team gathered for group training.

The daily group training consisted of everyone doing physical fitness exercises together, then listening to Li Tongyun’s tactical analysis, followed by individual coaching sessions. Besides Li Tongyun, Wu Li had also brought in a total of twenty professional coaches and a dozen nutritionists and masseurs from his three professional clubs, forming a professional support team to serve the Hua Country Team.

"Before we start the group training, I have a few words to say."

As everyone was preparing to begin the physical fitness training, Wu Li suddenly spoke up.

He stepped in front of the crowd and looked at them, "Starting today until the match, I will not participate in the group training. I will train alone."

His words left everyone stunned, not understanding why Wu Li had suddenly decided not to join group training.

Wu Li explained, "The reason I’m not joining group training is that I want to try to make a breakthrough in the next few days."

Most people didn’t understand what he meant, but Li San and Zhao Lixin did—they both looked at Wu Li with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"That’s it then, continue with your training, I’m going back to my room."

After saying this, Wu Li nodded to Li Tongyun and then turned to leave.

Watching Wu Li’s departing figure, the rest of the group fell silent, all aware of what Wu Li’s attempts to break through were for.

As the team captain, Wu Li seldom made demands of others, but he always showed through action: he was the first to arrive at the Martial Arts Hall for morning training every day. In physical endurance training, even if not required by the coach, he would always push himself to do more—he had the most training volume among them all. During tactical analysis, even if it wasn’t his opponent being discussed, he would still listen in and take diligent notes. At the end of each day, he was the last to leave...

Now, with the finals approaching, Wu Li, as always, asked nothing of anyone. He simply left on his own, earnestly seeking a breakthrough.

Such a captain, although not much of a talker, held great weight in everyone’s hearts!

"Coach."

Wu Li had not been gone long when Zhao Lixin suddenly spoke up, "I want to play in the next match. Arrange it for me, please."

Li Tongyun turned her head sharply to look at Zhao Lixin, a bit surprised she asked, "Is your injury healed?"

Zhao Lixin shook his head, "Not fully, but I can compete."

In the first match of the group stage, Zhao Lixin took a flying knee from Siti and suffered some serious internal injuries. It had only been half a month. Even though Wu Li taught Zhao Lixin the health-preserving boxing techniques of Sun Yiquan, it was impossible to fully heal in such a short time.

"How much of your strength do you think you can exert?" Li Tongyun asked.

Zhao Lixin thought for a moment, "Seventy percent."

Li Tongyun nodded her head. Even at seventy percent of his strength, Zhao Lixin would be among the top three in the current Hua Country Team. Having one more person like him would make it easier for her to arrange tactics.

"We’ll do a few tests in a while. If you pass, I will let you play in the next match," Li Tongyun said to Zhao Lixin.

Zhao Lixin replied, "Okay."

"Coach, I want to play in the next match too!" Guo Dongyang also spoke up.

"No," Li Tongyun refused without a second thought.

Guo Dongyang felt indignant, "Why not?"

Li Tongyun stated, "I understand your situation very well, and you are not fit to play at the moment."

Guo Dongyang had injured his right wrist in a previous group stage match, and his recovery hadn’t been ideal. Li Tongyun had been watching his performance in training and knew he wasn’t ready to compete, which is why she refused Guo Dongyang’s request without hesitation.

Li Tongyun wasted no more words and looked at everyone, clapping her hands, "Okay, let’s start our intensive training."

...

During today’s intensive training session, everyone took a die-hard approach, all voluntarily increasing their training workload.

During the strategy analysis class when Li Tongyun was analyzing the American Team players for everyone, Li San unusually asked frequent questions.

In the past, although Li San would listen to Li Tongyun’s strategy analysis, he had never taken it as seriously as he did today because he used to look down on ring fights and found them uninteresting. But now, after losing a match and being influenced by attitudes from Wu Li and Zhao Lixin, he approached the upcoming matches with the same attitude he would have for a life-and-death battle!

In the evening, during personal training time.

After practicing for a while, Zhang Weili proactively approached Yan Xiaonan, not far away, "Xiaonan, let’s practice our coordination again. What if it’s the two of us in a 2VS2 match again next time?"

Yan Xiaonan nodded readily, "Sure."

The two practiced for an hour with the help of an assistant coach before they stopped, gasping for air. While wiping sweat, Yan Xiaonan asked Zhang Weili, "Weili sister, is the captain really thinking about winning the championship?"

Zhang Weili looked around and laughed, "Why, don’t you want to?"

Yan Xiaonan shook her head, "Of course I want to, but honestly, in terms of strength, compared to the American Team... you know."

Zhang Weili nodded, "I know, the gap is significant."

Yan Xiaonan wiped her sweat, "That’s why I feel the captain might be too fixated on the championship. I’m afraid the greater his expectations, the greater his disappointment."

Zhang Weili shook her head, "No, Xiaonan, you’re wrong."

Yan Xiaonan, "Hmm?"

Zhang Weili, "It’s not that the captain wants to win the championship, it’s that the Hua Country Team wants to win the championship!"

Yan Xiaonan, "Oh."

Zhang Weili pointed around, "Look at everyone."

Yan Xiaonan looked at the sweating people in the Martial Arts Hall.

"We all, including you, actually want to win the championship," Zhang Weili said.

"So, it’s the Hua Country Team that wants to win the championship!"

Yan Xiaonan got the point and stood up with a laugh, "Okay, I got it. Come on, let’s keep training."

"Right, keep training!"

...

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