Rotting Land: Survive

"Wh...which round is it?" Lying face-up, Xu Renjie stammered a question, then flipped over and got up again.

Once standing, Old Xu shook his head vigorously, then, as if suddenly realizing something, extended four fingers toward Jiang Kou: "I think it’s the fourth round, right?"

Jiang Kou smiled, nodded at his own pace: "Yamashita, it’s already the fourth round, you better step it up."

Intentionally speaking to provoke the lean boy, and the Japanese students, unaware of the specific competition rules, continued to shout excitedly.

"Just like that, Yamashita, play the Huaxia dog to death!"

"Great, great! Keep it going, that makes it interesting."

The companion’s words brought no resonance to Yamashita; instead, their encouragement made Yamashita quite vexed.

They needed to know his shoulder wheel, punching aims were all intended to make Xu Renjie beg for mercy on the ground, with no intent of teasing or provoking at all.

After all, there was a limit of ten rounds for this match, so he couldn’t possibly waste time as his companions said, giving them a show.

Looking at Xu Renjie’s face covered with dirt, Yamashita squinted his eyes slightly, extending his finger again: "Come on! Come on! Huaxia dog! Use some skills to attack me!"

Provocation, sheer provocation. Old Xu, to keep up the act, immediately raised his fist, shouted fiercely like a shrew and then directly charged toward Yamashita.

No defense, no technique, Old Xu intentionally exposed all his weak points just to let Yamashita flaunt his not-so-impressive jujutsu skills.

Seeing Old Xu charging like a fool, all the Japanese students disparagingly remarked:

"It’s over! This Huaxia dog is going to fall for it again."

"Haha, that’s right! Yamashita finally has someone he can abuse."

"Yamashita knows how to play; he always loses with us, now he finds a Huaxia person to boost his self-esteem."

"Sure, how could a Huaxia dog possibly compare with our jujutsu!"

...

"Your jujutsu?" Hearing this, Old Xu almost couldn’t help but strike, thinking how did jujutsu become yours, Japanese? He’s really talking nonsense.

"Come on! Come on!"

Yamashita showed excited spirit, continuously provoking Old Xu to advance.

Old Xu knew Yamashita was luring him in, so he cooperated and continued to attack forward.

Indeed, once they were close, Yamashita suddenly leaned back, grabbed Old Xu’s collar with both hands, and then kicked with his foot at Old Xu’s abdomen.

Using force against force, under Yamashita’s flipping kick, Old Xu spun 360 degrees like a flying rocket, and then slammed heavily onto the ground.

The "Body Throw," a proactive falling technique of jujutsu. Yamashita using it in this bout showed he was very serious.

His back was painfully sore, and Old Xu was truly knocked off his feet.

But Old Xu’s resilience and durability allowed him to get up two seconds after hitting the ground.

Hearing the sounds of getting up behind him, Yamashita furrowed his brow angrily, and shouted: "You seek death!"

Like a spiritual monkey, the lean boy flipped backward on the spot, settled beside Old Xu.

Then he performed the "Horizontal Four-Direction Hold," pinning Old Xu to the ground.

"Foul! Referee, he’s fouling!" Old Xu whispered pleadingly.

Of course, Old Xu wasn’t unaware that this was jujutsu’s holding technique; he mainly protested due to appearances—he couldn’t fight back, otherwise, how could Yamashita’s minor skills stand against the battle-hardened Old Xu?

But as they say, timing is everything, and defenseless Old Xu at the moment was no different from an ordinary person.

He knew very well that if he were controlled now by Yamashita’s holding technique, all his previous efforts would have been in vain.

"This stupid Huaxia dog doesn’t even recognize the fixed technique of our great Japanese jujutsu! And calls it a foul."

"Haha, isn’t their nation most fond of... what’s that word again, oh yes, arrogant self-esteem."

"Right! They are truly arrogant, boasting about their ancient martial arts legacy all day, but in reality? How many truly understand and practice martial arts? Even those who do are just flashy moves without substance."

"Miyamoto, you’re too kind; they aren’t just flashy moves, they don’t even understand the basic rules. And calling it a foul, such a joke!"

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Facing such insult, Old Xu also felt a bit heated.

But evidently, Yamashita was even more furious—no wonder, Old Xu accused his supposedly perfect "Horizontal Four-Direction Hold" of being a foul move.

"Baka yarou! Calling me a foul!? Today, I’ll give you the fourth lesson on what true jujutsu is!"

Upon hearing this, Old Xu immediately sensed something ominous.

Sure enough, as he felt the crisis, Old Xu suddenly found his body tilted, both he and Yamashita fell to the ground.

Once on the ground, Yamashita immediately reached out to strangle Old Xu’s neck, then used arm strength to choke Old Xu.

Damn it, this guy used...

"Strangling technique! Yamashita is using the strangling technique."

"Haha, this guy intends to kill the Huaxia dog!"

The strangling technique is also a form of jujutsu.

Unlike Yamashita’s previous standing techniques, throwing techniques, and foot techniques, strangling techniques focus on choking the opponent’s neck, causing suffocation, and thus getting the opponent to concede.

But clearly, at this moment, Yamashita not only wanted Old Xu to concede, as to achieve that, he could entirely use other methods.

Old Xu’s face instantly turned crimson; he couldn’t strike back, couldn’t resist. If he used his combat skills to counter Yamashita’s technique now, his identity would surely arouse suspicion among the Japanese students.

Helpless, Old Xu could only fiercely slap the ground with his right hand, while pleading: "Ref...referee, I...I’m suffocating. Please, please stop."

Jiang Kou watched the scene in front of him with interest, showing no concern for Xu Renjie’s life or death.

For him, if Xu Renjie was strangled to death by Yamashita, it would be the most complete outcome.

Why?

Because this was the scheme Jiang Kou laid out, a pre-configured trap from the beginning.

His plan was to injure Old Xu through this match, rendering him unable to participate in tomorrow’s search, which in turn would weaken Derek’s ability to gather supplies.

Know that Jiang Kou had long coveted Demmi and Zhao Lina, but Watanabe and Derek made a deal to exchange supplies for their safety, which frustrated Jiang Kou and made him question Watanabe’s leadership.

Jiang Kou had always looked for ways to break Derek and Watanabe’s agreement, only hindered by Watanabe’s authority and current food shortage, he hadn’t found an opportunity.

But today, the appearance of Lei Tong and Old Xu gave him the chance to act.

And the lean boy became the first "gun" in the plan. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)