xymnovel Chapter 40 The Show-off and the Show-off
Chapter 40 The Show-off and the Show-off
The match had been going on for almost half an hour before we knew it.
The "Gongsun Zan team" defeated the "Cao Cao team" 9-0. Liu Quan scored four goals and provided five assists, making everyone feel involved.
Cao Cao's team scored "one" goals, thanks to Shi A's long-range shot, which prevented them from being completely shut out.
Now, the "Gongsun Zan team" only needs to score one more goal to win the game.
Liu Quan decided to go all out.
He first intercepted the ball from Cao De's feet and passed it to Liu Bei.
He then retreated to his own half of the field, signaling Liu Bei to pass the ball back.
Liu Bei lobbed the ball to Liu Quan.
Liu Quan received the ball and began his dribbling attack.
"Stop him!" Cao Cao shouted sharply, his voice carrying a hint of loss of composure that he himself was unaware of. "Ram him!"
The short and stocky Xiahou Dun was the first to rush forward.
He was broad-shouldered and faced Liu Quan head-on, spreading his arms wide like a wall of flesh, completely blocking Liu Quan's path.
Liu Quan did not slow down, but instead flicked the ball back lightly.
Xiahou Dun first noticed that the ball at Liu Quan's feet was gone, and then Liu Quan himself was gone too. He looked around in bewilderment.
A huge cheer erupted from the surrounding area.
The audience and everyone else on the field could see clearly that Liu Quan first used his feet to clamp the ball between his legs, lifting it up from behind him. The ball flew over Liu Quan's head, then over Xiahou Dun's head, before finally landing.
Just as Xiahou Dun was searching for Ju, Liu Quan spun around and leaped up, nimbly and swiftly moving from Xiahou Dun's left side to behind him.
At that moment, Xiahou Dun's gaze was fixed to the right, causing him to miss Liu Quan's actions.
By the time he turned his gaze back, Liu Quan and Ju were already behind him.
Cao Cao felt a chill run down his spine; this action was far too humiliating.
"Everyone keep an eye on him, don't worry about Ju," he shouted, reminding everyone.
Xiahou Yuan rushed over, his eyes fierce.
He was prepared to be punished and throw this arrogant brat to the ground to avenge his brother.
"Keep an eye on the person, ignore the ball; keep an eye on the person, ignore the ball..." Xiahou Yuan silently reminded himself not to be fooled by this kid.
But sometimes people find themselves in situations where their body and mind have different ideas.
When the brat in front of him made that swaying motion from side to side again, Xiahou Yuan's mind screamed, "Ignore your feet, run into him!" His body reflexively swayed from side to side in response to the other person's movements.
"Left side?" "Right side?" "Which side?"
He fell down.
Liu Quan hooked the ball with his toe and leaped over Xiahou Yuan.
As the two passed each other, Xiahou Yuan subconsciously looked up and saw that the brat glanced down at him, his eyes showing little mockery or excitement, only calmness.
Cao De and Cao Hong came up.
"You go left, I'll go right, just crash into the other person!" Cao Hong shouted.
The two rushed over and attacked from both sides, trying to trap and beat the dog.
Unexpectedly, Liu Quan suddenly accelerated at this moment, his figure like a swimming fish, passing through the gap between Cao De and Cao Hong.
Bang!
Unable to stop in time, Cao De and Cao Hong collided with each other and rolled around on the ground.
Now, Liu Quan only has Cao Cao and Shi A left in front of him.
Cao Cao felt a chill run down his spine and a sense of unease creeping into his heart.
He was afraid.
"Mengde, you guard the goal."
Shi A swept past Cao Cao, leaving behind a single sentence, and charged towards Liu Quan.
When he was about two zhang away from Liu Quan, he slowed down and stopped.
With legs slightly bent and center of gravity low, he resembled a cheetah ready to pounce at any moment.
Liu Quan did not slow down. He glanced at him and suddenly lifted the ball up.
The ball bounced off the ground, tracing a low, flat arc in the air, reaching just to Shia's chest.
Shi A instinctively raised his foot to block, his right foot sweeping through the air towards the ball.
But by the time his foot swept over, Ju had already disappeared.
As Liu Quan flicked the ball, he took a big step forward, leaning his body forward until his forehead was almost level with his knees.
Just as Shia raised his foot to intercept, he used his forehead to stop the falling ball.
A gentle rub.
Ju then changed direction and bounced past Shi A's left side.
He himself went around to the right of Shia.
The ball and the player passed each other.
Shi A sighed inwardly. This child was too agile and too fast!
Just as he was about to give up, Cao Cao's voice came from behind him: "Shi A, attack him."
Under pressure, Cao Cao broke down!
Shi A was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to listen to Cao Cao's words.
He turned and kicked Liu Quan in the back, who had just received the ball and hadn't yet created any distance.
Unexpectedly, Liu Quan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, easily dodging Shi A's sneak attack with a zigzag movement.
Shia was not disappointed; on the contrary, he breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Liu Quan only had Cao Cao in his sights.
Liu Quan smiled, but his eyes remained calm.
Cao Cao wiped his sweat, put on a desperate expression, spurred his horse, and roared, "Come on!"
Liu Quan arrived as instructed.
Cao Cao's anger did not give him any boost in strength; after all, this is not a novel.
The moment Liu Quan approached Cao Cao, he made a nimble leap and landed on Ju's side.
Cao Cao had already decided to focus solely on individuals.
So, without caring where Ju was, he slumped his shoulder and crashed into Liu Quan, who was in mid-air.
To his surprise, someone jumped into the air and was able to dodge.
Even the most capable human being must exert force with their feet before leaping to perform an evasive maneuver in mid-air.
But Liu Quan is not.
He clearly did a side jump, and when he was at the highest point of his flight and beginning to fall, his body suddenly made a spinning motion at the moment Cao Cao crashed into him.
Cao Cao's attack missed.
Despite his deep resentment, he did not give up.
He reached back with his right hand and grabbed Liu Quan's clothes.
He felt the texture of the fabric with his fingertips, and a surge of joy filled him. He clenched his fist tightly—
I grasped at nothing.
The moment Liu Quan's body touched his clothes, it made another outrageous move.
It tilted slightly in mid-air, like a fish swishing its tail in the water.
The hem of the garment slipped from Cao Cao's fingers.
Cao Cao cried out in indignation, "This is fucking unreasonable!"
Fell to the ground.
When I looked up again, I saw Liu Quan's back as he shot the goal.
Behind them, Liu Bei, seeing his ally Quan outwit all the "enemies," could no longer contain his excitement and was inspired to write a poem:
"A Yan knight, his robes adorned with silk tassels, his Wu hook sword gleaming like frost and snow. His silver saddle shines on his white horse, swift as a shooting star. He kills a man in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles. His deed done, he dusts off his clothes and departs, concealing his person and name..."
Ever since he memorized A Quan's poem, Liu Bei would shout it out several times whenever he got excited, like a madman.
And Zhang Fei, that guy, also started roaring.
These two guys, one a show-off and the other a crazy person, both with loud voices, could be heard throughout the entire venue for a while.
At first, no one paid much attention, but after listening for a while, many people showed surprise.
"Is this a five-character poem?"
"What a beautiful poem! What a powerful spirit!"
"Killing one person in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles" may be somewhat exaggerated, but it sounds inexplicably exciting.
"No, what if my husband hears this poem and suddenly wants to go to the frontier to kill the barbarians?"
Li Bai's poems are like that; they don't pay much attention to meter and rhyme, and they are full of emotions, which are most likely to resonate with readers.