A table tennis player once said that athletes often feel extremely stressed when fighting away games, as if you need to face not only opponents on the other end of the field, but also countless spectators in the audience.

Whenever you score, the audience is always silent, or even booed. Whenever your opponent scores, they will applause thunderously, and thousands of people in the venue shout in unison, waving slogans, and the momentum is like the whole world.

At this time, you will not be able to feel that perhaps it would be a mistake to win.

Maybe you shouldn't win this game.

And at this moment, this is exactly the pressure Hou Xingtao felt.

At least half of the people in the venue were supporting Su Yao. The wave of voices was overwhelming and became the most direct mental pressure exerted on the opponent.

Of course, they cannot be all fans of Su Yao - in fact, no one was his fans at the beginning. Most of these people who were making fun were just passers-by watching the fun. They simply like to see this kind of development that exceeded expectations, because in this way they became witnesses and the competition would be more exciting than expected.

Not everyone has enough psychological qualities to deal with this kind of stress.

Hou Xingtao half-kneeled on the ground, gasping gently, his ears filled with his opponent's names.

He looked up at the boy not far away. At some point, the figure that was supposed to be his advancement to the pedal suddenly became straight.

The boy stood on the field, his arms covered with metal armor, and light blue lightning was surrounded by his arms to his fingertips. He was surrounded by countless potholes blasted by the force of fists, and his feet were covered with gravel. In a trance, the figure looked like a mountain that Wei Ran could not cross, which made people feel powerless from the bottom of his heart.

I can't win him.

This is the first time since the game that Xingtao has to face up to his own thoughts.

Although it sounds ridiculous and even funny, he does feel that he can't win anymore.

The opponent's ability is so powerful that it is extremely powerful, and his tactics are impeccable. What's even more terrifying is that his actions, intentions, and moves are seen through by the opponent.

He felt like a naked girl in the other person's eyes, and no matter how hard he tried to hide his thoughts, he could not hide his thoughts.

At this moment, my parents... and his genius brother must be watching in front of the TV, right?

This trial match should have been his chance, and he proved himself to his brother and everyone's best chance.

However, his brother had already been waiting at the end of the track, but he couldn't even run the entire journey.

Everyone will be disappointed with this result, right?

Actually...it doesn't seem to be possible.

Hou Xingtao knew what the result would be, but it was no different from the past so many years.

"I am really worthy of being my son." Dad would pat his brother's shoulder with relief and said to him.

"You will always be the pride of our whole family." Mom will also be happy.

Yes, what reason is there to be unhappy? The brother won the first place in the province, which is the pride of their whole family. Even Hou Xingtao had no reason not to be happy for him.

In this situation, the family really has no room for frustration about their brother's failure.

"Xiao Tao has also worked very hard, so keep working next time."

If it were a gentle mother, she might have encouraged her.

But that's all.

Since no one had too much expectations for him from the beginning, he naturally had no way to talk about disappointment.

After all, my brother is the new star of the whole family, and all expectations and attention are focused on my brother.

The Hou Xingyun is always the most dazzling one on the stage, and the only protagonist in the spotlight. The Hou Xingtao can always be an unknown supporting role in the corner where the light cannot be shined. A few of them are focused just to highlight the dazzling character.

Actually, it seems that nothing bad if you think about it carefully.

Thanks to my brother, my parents never had any expectations for him or put any pressure on him. Their request for Hou Xingtao has always been "doing his best". They only responded to all the awards and glory he had won with indifferent attitude. Occasionally, they gave him a "good job" as the greatest encouragement.

After so many years, it's time to get used to it.

But for Hou Xingtao... how could he get used to it?

He doesn't want to live only in the shadow of his brother forever.

He doesn't want to use a tone that always sounds like irrelevant foiling when others talk about themselves.

He hopes that one day, his father can also say to him in the same tone as he wants to his brother, "I am really worthy of being my son."

So even if no one has any requirements for him or no one has expectations for him, he still tried his best to train and practice as much as possible.

Every weekend he would run to the deserted forest in the suburbs and practice until he was exhausted and exhausted.

Everyone is born as the protagonist of life, and he is not willing to be a supporting role.

He hasn't even been able to meet his brother on the field.

If I were here and stopped in front of an opponent who was even one level lower than me, it would be really... too inferior, right?

......

Su Yao was the first to notice what was wrong with this kid.

Thanks to the system's auxiliary functions, Su Yao could see the changes in the source energy in the designated target. At this moment, he could see that the source energy in Hou Xingtao's body was changing aggravatedly.

Of course, the total amount has not changed - even the source energy of the awakened person must obey the law of conservation of energy. But the source energy in Xu Xingtao's body has undoubtedly become more intense. If it must be compared, it feels like... it is like a pot of boiling water that is still heating continuously after boiling.

Is this an awakening technique?

Or a special tactic?

Before he could do it, Hou Xingtao opened his mouth and vomited blood donations all over the floor.

Su Yao: "?"

What's the situation? Self-harm is this?

Could it be that he practiced the long-lost seven-injury fist in the world? He wanted to hurt the enemy and hurt himself first?

At this time, Xingtao's aura seemed to be completely different. He stood up, wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes seemed to have abandoned all confusion, and all that was left was a wild beast that was trolling.

After a brief and instant glance, Hou Xingtao moved.

The moment he kicked out, a dull sound like a blunt object hitting a blunt object exploded on the floor. The air wave burst backwards, and the gravel shot out like a dart. The boy seemed to have disappeared on the spot.

Su Yao only felt a figure flashing in front of him, and the locking frame in his field of vision immediately lost his target.

But Su Yao had already adapted to Hou Xingtao's speed and knew his footwork well. The moment Hou Xingtao disappeared, the other party's possible movement trajectory quickly emerged in his mind.

But this time, Hou Xingtao will be faster!

Several afterimages surrounded Su Yao, and a fast shadow seemed to ride in the strong wind, even before Su Yao could swing the first punch!
Chapter completed!