Chapter 475: Ma Jun's Stubbornness
Wang Yan's words suddenly reminded Ma Jun of the time when he activated the Demon Pattern. Back then, Ma Jun had unparalleled courage and dared to race against an off-road vehicle to help Wang Yan rescue Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting. This finally allowed Ma Jun to activate the Demon Pattern, transforming from an ordinary person into a Demon Cultivator.
Wang Yan's words at this moment immediately helped Ma Jun regain his previous confidence, as courage slowly returned to him.
Just then, Wang Yan said calmly, "The brothers around me may lack any virtue, but there's one thing they absolutely cannot lack, and that is courage. Ma Jun, think it over carefully: do you want to stay by my side as a brother, or flee and become a coward who dares not move forward?"
When Wang Yan said this, he raised his voice by eight degrees, making Ma Jun's ears buzz.
Ma Jun couldn't help but shudder, and a sharp light suddenly shone in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Boss, I want to be your brother. I will not be a coward."
Wang Yan nodded and said, "Remember what I told you: 'Where I go, who dares to block!' If you lack courage in your heart, just keep repeating these eight words."
"Where I go, who dares to block!" Ma Jun quietly repeated these eight words several times, and with each repetition, the gleam in his eyes grew brighter. In the blink of an eye, his fighting spirit slowly returned.
He walked step by step toward Toyota Taro, each step appearing extremely determined, each step adding endless courage to Ma Jun.
Seeing Wang Yan turn Ma Jun, who was about to flee, back into a warrior with just a few words, even Toyota Taro's face changed.
Because even though he had won earlier, he was still a bit afraid of Ma Jun's speed. After all, Ma Jun's speed was terrifying, and if it weren't for exploiting Ma Jun's timidity and lack of experience, he couldn't have won so easily.
Therefore, seeing Ma Jun approaching again, Toyota Taro turned his eyes coldly and said, "Have you really thought it through, what will you use to fight me?"
This sentence immediately made a hint of hesitation appear in Ma Jun's eyes, but a moment later, Ma Jun smiled slightly and said, "My speed is enough to make you deadly."
Hearing this, Toyota Taro was furious and resented Wang Yan to the core. If it weren't for Wang Yan, how would he have needed to expend so much effort?
However, just then, Wang Yan said, "Ma Jun, in your upcoming battle with him, do not use your speed."
On hearing this, Ma Jun couldn't help but be taken aback. He looked at Wang Yan and asked, puzzled, "Boss, you want me to fight him without using speed?"
Not only Ma Jun, but even Beiming Xue, Ouyang Feiting, and Toyota Taro were all stunned. After all, Ma Jun's advantage was his speed. Without it, how could he fight Toyota Taro?
Just as everyone thought Wang Yan had misspoken, Wang Yan nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, for the next five minutes, you cannot use speed and must fight him."
Ma Jun opened his mouth and hesitantly asked, "Why?"
Wang Yan stared at Ma Jun and said, "These five minutes are to let you put down your burdens and exclusively hone your courage."
Upon hearing this, Ma Jun's body shuddered, and a look of realization slowly appeared in his eyes. "I understand, Boss. I will fight him honorably and certainly not use my speed."
With these words, Ma Jun suddenly transformed as if he were a different person, walking step by step toward Toyota Taro.
No matter how strong a person is, lacking courage means everything they possess amounts to nothing. Although Ma Jun is a Demon Master, he was injured by Toyota Taro due to his lack of courage.
By this time, Ma Jun fully understood Wang Yan's good intentions; not using his speed was a way to train his courage.
Midway, Ma Jun raised his hand, leaned over, and picked up a samurai sword from the ground. Holding the sword with both hands, Ma Jun stood before Toyota Taro and said calmly, "Now, let me compare swords with you."
Upon hearing this, Toyota Taro couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Hahaha! If you used your speed to escape, I couldn't have caught up with you. Even if you used speed against me, it would take me some time to kill you, but now you plan to only compete with me in sword skills? You are essentially seeking death."
As he finished speaking, Toyota Taro raised his hand and swung the samurai sword in his hand forward toward Ma Jun.
Although it was just one slash, as the sword arced through the air, it seemed to turn into dozens, hundreds of slashes. Ultimately, no sword was visible, only a flash of blades.
Upon seeing the blade lights flashing toward him, Ma Jun instinctively wanted to dodge backward. But then he remembered Wang Yan's words, gritted his teeth, and stood firmly on the ground, motionless.
Holding the samurai sword, he braced himself to block Toyota Taro's incoming attack.
All that could be heard was the constant clashing sound of "clang clang clang" between the two swords, followed by a "pfft" sound, as both Toyota Taro and Ma Jun staggered slightly.
However, Toyota Taro was unharmed, while another gash appeared on Ma Jun's other shoulder, bleeding continuously.
Toyota Taro laughed heartily and once again lunged at Ma Jun.
With another intersection of blades, another "pfft" was heard, and Ma Jun's abdomen received another slash from Toyota Taro, and fresh blood flowed down.
Soon, only the constant "pfft pfft" sounds filled the air, with each sound leaving a new cut on Ma Jun's body.
Although each cut wasn't severe, in just over three minutes, Ma Jun had already accumulated dozens of wounds.
Every cut bled, staining Ma Jun's shirt a deep red.
Despite all these injuries, Ma Jun truly did not use his speed at all; he merely gritted his teeth, stood his ground, and did not step back even once.
Seeing this, all the people around from Lin Hai were stunned, and everyone shouted, "Ma Jun, step back quickly!"
"Ma Jun, don't overdo it."
Among the crowd was Ma Jun's girlfriend, Roy.
At this point, Roy was crying like a river of tears; she sobbed while shouting, "Ma Jun, Ma Jun, I beg you to come back!"
Even Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting couldn't help but show distressed expressions as they glanced at Wang Yan, saying, "Brother Wang Yan, please let Ma Jun come back."
Wang Yan stared at Ma Jun, shook his head, and said, "I agreed with Ma Jun on five minutes; only three have passed."
Upon hearing Wang Yan's words, Lin Hai and others even called out to Wang Yan, "Wang Yan, you are too cruel; Ma Jun will die."
"Let Ma Jun come back; you can't watch him die."
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However, Wang Yan was not moved by the crowd at all, and he remained silent, keeping his eyes fixed on Ma Jun, whose injuries were increasing.