After Punching Her Way Through The Entertainment Industry [Ancient-to-Modern] - Chapter 16

With the referee’s whistle, the match officially began.

The spectators enthusiastically cheered for Karina, eagerly waiting for the show to begin.

However, the older woman could no longer sit still!

“Meng Shi? The artist you think so highly of? That can’t be right.” Chu Yihan looked slightly surprised.

“How could I possibly mistake such an irritating voice? But I don’t understand. Why would she be here?”

While the older woman was still confused, the audience suddenly erupted in cheers!

At the exact moment the whistle sounded, Karina seized the initiative and launched a fierce punch directly into Meng Shi’s chest!

“Old Chu, what did you say this Karina does to her opponents?”

Yan Qing took a deep breath, her expression turning unpleasant.

Looking at that familiar figure, she was now almost certain it was Meng Shi!

“Uh… she breaks one of their arms…”

“Is there any way to stop this match?”

Yan Qing looked at Chu Yihan with a seriousness she had never displayed before.

“Uh…”

This truly presented Chu Yihan with an enormous problem.

She did not own shares in this entertainment club, nor did the boxing club belong to her.

Hmm…

It was probably too late to propose buying it now…

“Don’t worry yet. What if she’s very strong? Karina personally issued the challenge to her, after all…”

Before Chu Yihan could finish speaking, the audience shouted again.

She glanced over and saw Meng Shi take another solid kick.

“Get out of the ring! You’re terrible!”

Some spectators had already begun yelling for Meng Shi to leave.

This time, Meng Shi truly had been careless.

She possessed little experience in formal competitions and had originally planned to spend the first round warming up and testing her opponent.

Unexpectedly, the other side had no such intention.

Karina attacked at full strength from the beginning, catching Meng Shi completely unprepared.

Now Meng Shi finally understood the benefit of protective equipment.

Although it restricted her movement somewhat, getting hit did not hurt!

Meng Shi retreated two steps and created some distance between them.

She examined Karina.

This woman constantly wore that enchanting smile.

Also, why was her hair golden?

Why were her eyes blue?

Her skin was unbelievably pale, and even her accent sounded strange.

Meng Shi could not stop all kinds of irrelevant thoughts from running through her mind.

She could not help it.

When she first encountered an African man, she had also stared at that walking piece of charcoal with her head full of questions.

Her initial distraction, combined with her opponent’s all-out assault, temporarily placed Meng Shi at a disadvantage.

She dodged Karina’s fierce attacks while observing her fighting patterns.

Although Meng Shi had watched many recordings of her, watching a video and experiencing her techniques personally in the ring were naturally different.

Meng Shi’s greatest strength was identifying an opponent’s weakness and striking it with a single decisive blow.

Yet as she observed Karina’s techniques, she could not find even one opening!

Karina moved swiftly, reacted quickly, and could even predict Meng Shi’s attacks and footwork.

Meng Shi realized she had finally encountered a true opponent.

She no longer dared to be careless and focused with everything she had.

After Karina gained the initiative, her attacks surged forward like a devastating flood.

Every punch and kick seemed to carry the weight of a thousand pounds.

Meng Shi avoided confronting her strength directly, instead relying on her agility to skillfully neutralize the attacks.

Suddenly, Karina launched a punch she had been preparing for some time directly toward Meng Shi’s face.

Meng Shi hurriedly twisted sideways and deliberately retreated a large step, drawing Karina farther forward.

As the punch brushed past the side of her face, Meng Shi suddenly stepped half a pace forward and drove her elbow into Karina’s armpit!

The blow was far from light.

Karina’s face nearly twisted from the pain!

Karina could no longer smile.

For the first time, a vicious expression appeared on her face.

She maliciously hooked Meng Shi’s leg and knocked her down.

Then, at the exact moment Meng Shi fell and had no stable footing or leverage, Karina brought her leg down viciously against Meng Shi’s right forearm.

The impact made Meng Shi’s vision blur.

A tidal wave of agony surged through her arm.

“Ugh…”

Karina gave her no chance to recover.

While Meng Shi was still on the ground, she trapped her right arm and twisted it behind her back, preparing to break it by force!

The referee blew the whistle.

The round had ended.

Only then did Karina reluctantly release her.

The spectators loudly chanted Karina’s name.

A smaller group, however, looked worriedly at Meng Shi, who remained lying motionless on the ground.

“Little Shi!”

Below the ring, Xiang Xiaoyan shouted Meng Shi’s name and attempted to rush forward, but the referee stopped her.

Meng Shi took a deep breath and forced herself into a sitting position.

She truly had been far too careless.

She had not expected Karina to attack so ruthlessly.

Meng Shi inspected her right arm.

Her upper arm seemed fine.

Her elbow still hurt from striking the ground when she fell.

However, she could barely exert any strength through her forearm.

Meng Shi removed the glove from her right hand, moved her fingers, and attempted to clench her fist.

The slightest movement sent throbbing pain through her forearm, so she did not dare move it again.

When she returned to her corner, Xiang Xiaoyan and the others immediately surrounded her to examine the injury and provide emergency treatment.

“Little Shi, stop fighting. I’ll take you to the hospital.”

Xiang Xiaoyan looked worriedly at her arm.

Meng Shi said nothing.

She lowered her head and silently removed her other glove.

“Look! Is that woman going to surrender?”

“Of course. She has no ability, yet she insisted on coming here to be beaten. If she doesn’t admit defeat now and loses an arm, who can she blame?”

“Hey, don’t leave! The tickets were expensive!”

Many spectators mocked and jeered at Meng Shi, laughing as they made sarcastic remarks.

Hearing them, Xiang Xiaoyan became furious.

She glanced toward the spectators and then looked back at Meng Shi.

Seeing no unusual expression on Meng Shi’s face, she helped her remove the protective equipment.

“Hey, look! General Ah Shi has a pretty good figure!”

“She really does. Tsk, tsk. I’m starting to feel sorry for her.”

“Xiaosong, bring the car around to the entrance.”

Xiang Xiaoyan handed the keys to Yuan Xiaosong, but Meng Shi stopped her.

“Sister Xiaoyan.”

Meng Shi released a long breath, removed her helmet, and shook out her long hair, which had already come loose.

“Do you know how to tie up hair?”

“Wow—!”

The audience collectively inhaled in amazement.

“Tie… your hair?”

Xiang Xiaoyan blankly accepted the hair tie Meng Shi handed her.

“I’ll try.”

She began arranging Meng Shi’s hair.

After a moment, she realized something was wrong.

“You… still intend to continue fighting?”

Meng Shi closed her eyes to rest.

Suddenly, she sensed an unusual gaze.

It was unlike the curious scrutiny of the audience.

This gaze was intense and persistent, almost as though the person wanted to see straight through her.

Meng Shi slowly opened her eyes and looked toward the source.

She spotted her immediately.

When Yan Qing saw Meng Shi look over, she appeared slightly startled.

At first, Meng Shi’s gaze had revealed exhaustion.

Yet the moment their eyes met, she seemed to regain her strength and motivation, and the corners of her lips curved slightly upward.

Yan Qing glanced toward her injured arm.

Meng Shi immediately shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

The two seemed to possess an invisible understanding.

A single glance or gesture was enough for them to comprehend one another’s intentions.

The referee approached Meng Shi and asked whether she intended to continue.

Meng Shi answered without hesitation that she would.

Despite the referee’s repeated warnings, she firmly refused to wear protective equipment, a helmet, or gloves.

She insisted on entering the ring lightly equipped.

The audience immediately erupted again.

“Mm. Beautiful women fighting. This trip truly wasn’t wasted.”

“One is mature and seductive, while the other is young and only beginning to blossom.”

“This match is becoming increasingly entertaining.”

Chu Yihan rested her chin on her hand while examining Meng Shi.

Chu Yihan looked filled with anticipation.

Yan Qing, however, had no such thoughts.

All she could think about was stopping the match as quickly as possible.

“Old Chu.”

“There’s genuinely nothing I can do.”

“The referee gave her an opportunity just now. She was the one who chose to continue.”

“The person involved isn’t afraid of being crippled, so what are you frightened of?”

“All right, the match is beginning. Concentrate on watching.”

Standing inside the ring and listening to the spectators’ cheers, Meng Shi finally came back to her senses.

She must have gone insane just now.

How could she have mistaken this Yan Qing for the Yan Qing from her previous life?

“Oh~ You are very cute,” Karina said while examining her.

Meng Shi raised an eyebrow and replied with the English she had only recently learned.

“Thank you.”

The audience burst into laughter.

Karina once again revealed her signature smile.

“I will not show mercy.”

“Come at me.”

The moment the round began, Meng Shi took the initiative.

She held nothing back.

Her fighting style was completely different from her conservative approach in the previous round.

Although her injured right arm was difficult to move, she still relied on her agility to fight Karina evenly.

If Karina struck her with a punch, Meng Shi would inevitably repay her with a kick.

Neither gained the advantage for some time.

The two were almost equally matched.

They both understood this clearly, making the fight exceptionally difficult.

The audience, however, watched with great delight.

Meng Shi grew increasingly excited as they fought.

Many spectators also began shouting encouragement for her.

Karina, however, became increasingly restless.

She had originally possessed an overwhelming advantage, yet the match remained this difficult.

That was absolutely unacceptable.

Karina’s attention wavered slightly.

Naturally, Meng Shi noticed.

She deliberately acted as though she were struggling to defend herself and exposed her injured right arm before Karina, enticing her to attack.

The woman took the bait exactly as Meng Shi expected.

Karina threw a punch directly toward Meng Shi’s shoulder.

Meng Shi neither dodged nor retreated.

Instead, as the punch approached, she deliberately moved toward it.

She was willing to endure one blow if it meant severely injuring Karina in return.

Bang! Bang!

Meng Shi took a punch to the shoulder.

At the same time, her fist struck Karina solidly in the lower abdomen.

As Karina retreated in pain, Meng Shi decisively stepped half a pace forward and drove her knee into the same area again.

Having finally obtained an opening, Meng Shi naturally refused to let it escape.

She unleashed a tidal wave of attacks.

At that moment, she truly resembled the nickname the host had given her—the Deadly Lone Wolf.

Once she sank her teeth into her enemy’s weakness, she would never release it until the enemy was dead!

…

“Ah Shi!”

“Ah Shi!”

Deafening chants erupted from the audience.

Meng Shi braced her hands against her knees and barely remained standing.

Her chest rose and fell violently as she breathed heavily.

Karina lay facedown on the ground.

She no longer possessed the strength to stand and could only weakly give Meng Shi a thumbs-up.

“She… she won?”

Everyone from Xing Boxing Gym stared in disbelief.

Even after the equally stunned referee announced the result, they still could not believe it.

Meng Shi swayed unsteadily and could barely remain upright.

Xiang Xiaoyan and the others hurried into the ring and supported her backstage.

“You pushed yourself far too hard,” Xiang Xiaoyan scolded.

Meng Shi smiled.

Hearing the audience still chanting her name outside, she could not prevent a trace of happiness from rising in her heart.

She collapsed against the floor, closed her eyes, and rested.

This battle had consumed too much of her strength.

She was having difficulty enduring it.

“Is this how you people at Huayu treat your artists?”

A cold female voice suddenly sounded, carrying faint anger.

Xiang Xiaoyan turned around in confusion.

A woman wearing a face mask and baseball cap was glaring angrily at her.

Xiang Xiaoyan pointed at herself.

“Uh?”

“She’s so young, yet you brought her to a place like this.”

“Are you trying to destroy the rest of her life?”

“Does Fang Yu know how to do a single decent thing?!”

“I’m taking her with me today.”

“If you want her back, tell Fang Yu to come and find me personally.”

After speaking, Yan Qing walked over to Meng Shi.

“Ah Shi?”

“Hey, hey, wait. You—”

Xiang Xiaoyan wanted to stop her.

However, Meng Shi, who had been nearly unconscious from exhaustion, opened her eyes and looked at Yan Qing.

She actually smiled.

She even voluntarily rested her head against Yan Qing’s embrace!

Xiang Xiaoyan froze.

By the time she recovered, Yan Qing had already taken Meng Shi away.