Chapter 676: Fateful Battle
“Heh!”
On the field, Li Jing defeated those warriors around him.
Li Jing had practiced the Eight Extremities Brute Training that Ye Lingchen taught and had great strength, but Wu Yue and the group of warriors were not ordinary people. In any case, they came from the four special training camps, and there was not much discrepancy between them and Li Jing even though they did not cultivate their inner force.
With more than 80 people besieging Li Jing alone, it was obvious that he felt some strain. If not for the amazing defensive power of the Eight Extremities Brute Force, he would have been lying face flat on the ground.
“This is too cruel,” Dong Miaomiao gulped and unconsciously made that remark.
The group of people seemed to be engaging in an all-out battle and was clearly fighting with all of their might. Each person was boiling with passion and no one backed down.
However, that was precisely the reason why the fight was so exceptionally exciting.
Ordinary people’s fights and scuffles were not really interesting, but the same could not be said with warriors. It was a genuine contest of strength, utilizing grabs, sideways kicks, back flips, and one-inch punches, leaving everyone’s heads dizzy.
“This fight is really exciting. It’s perfectly in line with the idea of Drawing Sword. Enemies and rivals meet face to face in a battle to the death. This is a clear display of courage that would only serve to make one’s blood race,” remarked Little Wang, the person in-charge of filming.
Having filmed many things in the past, it was actually the first time he shot such a fight and it was quite shocking for him.
“Won’t it be too showy to put this scene right in the first episode?” Xiao Feifei analyzed and said. “It is very exciting, but perhaps the bar is set a little too high? The audience might think it’s anticlimactic if there aren’t any exciting content in the later episodes.”
Although the first episode needed to catch everyone’s attention, there must be a limit to it. If the first episode was too exciting, the later limelight would then be drowned. If that happened, the ratings might not be high.
“Don’t worry, the upcoming fights will only become more and more exciting. The first episode is just a melee. What is there to watch?” Ye Lingchen shook his head and smiled. “There are various team battles, single challenges, revenge battles, and finally, the fateful battle between Li Jing and Ali. They are both warriors, and it couldn’t be easier to make the fight exciting.”
“Fateful battle…” Xiao Feifei couldn’t help but smile.
Ali and Li Jing’s battle was fateful indeed, because it was also their final battle that grabbed the hearts of thousands of viewers in Huo Yuanjia. In a similar way, their fateful battle in Drawing Sword would almost certainly be sensational.
Furthermore, Ali and Li Jing’s kung fu was completely different from that of the past. A fight between the two was practically a fight between two genuine martial arts masters. It was easy to imagine the degree of excitement in the scene.
“You’re so talented, Lingchen. Any fateful battle is a must-watch, if it comes from you” Xiao Feifei said with a hint of excitement. “Why don’t we make a poster using the theme of the fateful battle first? We can put out the first round of advertisements.”
Ye Lingchen nodded and smiled. “Alright, see what you can do.”
Soon, Xiao Feifei posted an official microblog on Weibo.
[In Actor Y’s third screenplay, Huo Yuanjia reappears with a fateful battle between the two masters looming ahead. Who has the upper edge? Stay tuned for…Drawing Sword!]
The content was scant, but attached below was a poster, depicting close-ups of Li Jing and Ali wearing military uniforms with gunfire as the backdrop.
At that point, the aftermath of iPartment was still there, and a group of people suddenly appeared underneath and commented.
[I rushed over here right after the status was released. I thought it was news about iPartment’s second season. Disappointing.]
[Drawing Sword? Military theme? What the f*ck is this?]
[I really want to support Actor Y, but I’m not interested in all things military. What should I do?]
[Could it be? Are we going to see devils being torn in half?]
[Hey upstairs, I think they’ll shoot down airplanes using slingshots.]
[Maybe they’ll ride a flying bike, or use their trousers as a hidden grenade.]
[NO. Military-themed shows are all badly filmed and they suck eggs. Why bother filming this?]
The roasts and ridicules clearly showed how bad the military theme was. It had practically become the subject of mockery by the entire nation, and everyone’s first reaction was that of disappointment.
Of course, there are also many who voiced their support.
[Whoa, another new film by Actor Y? I’m looking forward to it!]
[iPartment just ended and already there’s Drawing Sword. Hahaha, Actor Y is really dedicated. I support him.]
[A production by Y is always stellar. I believe that Actor Y’s work will be a masterpiece!]
[Actor Y likes challenges very much. iPartment’s subject matter wasn’t easy to shoot, and the same is true of Drawing Sword. That being said, I still believe it will end up being a good movie.]
[I hope it’ll be released soon. I support…]
[Li Jing vs. Ali. Wow, this is worth looking forward to. It must be very interesting.]
In addition to voices of objection and support, many other voices appeared too.
Wang Dapao, nicknamed Poison Mouth, was a very popular figure on Weibo. He published a post in no time: [Please, stop filming anything to do with the military. Give the martyrs and heroes a little respect. Don’t anger them anymore! Enough dramas appeared in these few years and a whole bucket load of jokes have even made their way to foreign countries. We’re making a fool of ourselves. To be honest, I really do enjoy all of Actor Y’s works, but I’m on the verge of kneeling because of Drawing Sword.”
[Well said! These so-called military dramas are a disrespect to the martyrs!]
[I feel like kneeling too. Sigh, I have no idea what Actor Y is thinking.]
[Just sit tight and wait for Actor Y to make a fool of himself. Let’s wait and see what mockable moments will appear in the show.]
[Wouldn’t it be nice to just shoot a second season of iPartment? Why the need to stir things up.]
With Ye Lingchen’s current popularity, a single poster was enough to trigger the big guys into discussing it in full swing, with some even tearing into each other at the comments. Surprisingly, that was all it took for him to enter Weibo’s trending searches.
Such things did not interest Ye Lingchen though.
The fight between Li Jing and the group of warriors had ended long ago, and both sides were absolutely exhausted. Some of the minor injuries were bruised noses and swollen faces. Most of them were lying on the ground and groaning feebly.
Ye Lingchen asked everyone to rest, but he walked to Wu Yue’s side.
“Chief Ye.” Wu Yue was going to get up after seeing Ye Lingchen walking over, but the latter waved his hand and smiled. “It’s fine, we’ll just sit and talk.”
“I heard you’ll be going to Capital New District?”
“Yeah.” Wu Yue nodded. “Does Chief Ye know about this too? We’re going there to defend against foreign enemies.”
“The mortality rate there is very high.” Ye Lingchen looked at him.
Wu Yue grinned and said with a smile, “Someone has to go, right? I’m a man who wants to become the king of warriors. How can I not go?”
“Fair enough.” Ye Lingchen smiled, thinking of Wu Yue’s constant provocation at the beginning before being beaten up into doubting his own existence.
Evidently, Wu Yue had thought of that as well and said, “Sir, I actually want to thank you. It was your existence that made me understand myself clearly and gave me all that motivation. Otherwise, I would never have been selected to cultivate in the Martial Arts Pavilion this time.”
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