Chapter 1 The Start

"Don't rush to leave, everyone." The host, Liu Xin, said with a smile, "Our official livestream will continue for six hours. Within those six hours, we will be broadcasting all of today's God-level battles! After all, this is the first day the virtual world is open, and those who can reach the God-level through placement matches are all top experts. Their battles will be incredibly exciting."

"I would also like to remind the vast audience that in order to ensure the stability of everyone's work and life in reality, and to ensure everyone's physical health, starting from 0:00 on July 26th, there will be a limit on the daily online time in the virtual world. For minors under the age of 16, the maximum online time is 8 hours!" Liu Xin said.

Immediately, a bunch of comments appeared below.

"It's not just a limit of eight hours, but also a ban on the use of weapons and armor."

"Making us fight with our bare hands!"

"Unfair!"

"How can we fight barehanded against adults!"

Countless children were roaring.

The commentator Huang Yong laughed from the side, "Weapons are just extensions of the hand! Many barehanded boxing techniques are also very important. Like the Gun Demon Xu Jingming from just now, he also practiced Bajiquan from a young age. With the foundation of Bajiquan... he was able to practice his spear techniques so well. Your barehanded battles now are also laying the foundation!"

"The higher your boxing skills, the faster you can master weapons," Qin Yiwen added.

"For those over 16," Liu Xin said, "the limit for online time is 10 hours for those at the Nebula and Silver Moon levels. The limit for the Sun level is 12 hours! For God-level experts, the daily limit is 16 hours! So, if you want to stay in the virtual world longer, make yourself stronger."

"I would also like to remind everyone that you can also watch our official livestream on television, the internet, and other media in reality," Liu Xin said. "Although the effect is not as shocking as in the virtual world, it can save you time in the virtual world."

After Liu Xin finished speaking, she lightly tapped, and the livestream screen behind her locked onto a livestream room, displaying—Three people are ready.

"Now, for the second God-level battle, three people are ready, it seems we still need to wait some time," Liu Xin said.

Suddenly, the display changed slightly.

It changed to—"Two people are ready."

"Someone has quit." Liu Xin said helplessly, "It seems that some God-level experts have been delayed by other matters."

In the stands below, the number of viewers had dropped to over 300 million.

"My weapon experience is too little, I'd better not go up and embarrass myself, I'll just wait for now." A burly man muttered to himself. He was the one who had just clicked cancel queue. "Didn't Little Wu Sai embarrass himself?"

This burly man was none other than Xia's greatest boxer in history, 'Xiong Tianshan', who had won world titles in five weight classes from 122 pounds to 140 pounds. His appearance fee for a peak duel could reach over 100 million. Now, he was also on the national key training list. Seeing Little Wu Sai embarrass himself, even though he was stronger, he had to be careful.

"I'll practice cold weapons in the virtual world for three days, then battle." Xiong Tianshan thought to himself.

...

"Brother Xu, without his leg injury, he's truly invincible." Yang Qingshuo sat in the stands, watching in amazement, "When it comes to spear techniques, I'm indeed far behind Brother Xu."

"I have to work hard too, and reach the God-level as soon as possible." Yang Qingshuo got up and left.

...

"Old Xu, he's really soared into the sky." A lean and strong man also stood up in the stands, with anticipation in his eyes, "Without his leg injury, he's fully displaying his strength, and he's even defeated Gao Chong. His strength is stronger than mine, I have to work hard too."

This man was Heng Fang, Xu Jingming's good brother in the national team. The two were of similar strength and often sparred.

...

"Dad, these ten God-level experts are all amazing, but Senior Brother Xu is the most dazzling among them. Senior Brother Xu is really amazing." A young girl exclaimed.

"When he was a kid, I knew he had a great future." A handsome middle-aged man with a ponytail smiled and said, "That's why I took him as my disciple. Look at how steady his stance was just now, that's because he had a foundation in *chuojiao* (a type of Chinese martial art) from a young age. This is called... a famous teacher produces a great student!"

This middle-aged man was none other than Xu Jingming's other teacher in his youth—Dai Tongda, the master of the *chuojiao* sect in Mingyue City. He was about the same age as Xu Hong, and he looked much younger after practicing the evolutionary method.

"Oh, Dad, how much combat power does this famous teacher of yours have now? Are you at the God-level?" The young girl asked.

"Ahem."

Dai Tongda shook his head and swayed, "The ancients said, the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, and the teacher does not have to be more virtuous than the disciple!"

"So-called, the student surpasses the teacher. If the disciple is stronger than the master, it means that the master taught well." Dai Tongda shook his head and said, getting more pleased with himself as he spoke.

"Let's not talk about Senior Brother. Dad, my combat power is 896, what about you?" The young girl looked at her dad.

Dai Tongda looked at his daughter, and finally became annoyed: "Dai Xiaoqing, your old man worked hard to raise you alone, and taught you martial arts, is this how you repay your old man? You wait! Just half a month, half a month later, your old man will be proficient in weapons, and I'll compete with you again to see who has higher combat power! I will let you know... your old man is still your old man!"

After saying that, he got up and disappeared directly.

"He just leaves after saying that." Dai Xiaoqing pouted, but there was a smile in her eyes, because it was a single-parent family, her father took care of her growing up, and the father and daughter had always been informal, and were used to it.

"He wants to compete with me in half a month, Dad also has fighting spirit." Dai Xiaoqing said silently, in her memory, her father had become very颓废after the divorce, and these years he was old, his body was also much worse, she was also very worried about her father, but there was nothing she could do.

Now that the evolutionary method had arrived, her father's body had transformed, and seeing the prospects of martial arts, his spirit was also different.

"This era is really good." Dai Xiaoqing also got up and disappeared.

******

In reality, the sun rose.

At Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao's residence, both families were gathered together, having breakfast together.

"Jingming." Xu Hong held a fried dough stick in one hand and a cup of soy milk in the other, looking at his son, "Although you have participated in two World Martial Arts Competitions, even the finals of the World Martial Arts Competition, the number of viewers is estimated to be only a few hundred million, which can be compared with the number of viewers in this livestream. But the number of viewers in Xia... is definitely not as good as this virtual world livestream."

"Yes." Xu Jingming nodded, "More than 800 million viewers, no media has ever been so exaggerated before."

"You've become famous in one battle." Xu Hong nodded, "But you must not be too proud, because this is only the first day of the virtual world's opening! You professional players have been training for many years, after all, and have a head start. After that, billions of people around the world will practice the evolutionary method and weapons in the virtual world... billions of people will work hard together, and geniuses in other industries, such as the medical industry, the technology industry, and other geniuses in various industries, the most intelligent group of people on Blue Star will come in. At that time, the competition will be a thousand times more intense."

Xu Jingming nodded: "Master also said that in the first month, we professional players still have an advantage. After only half a year, professional players will probably be submerged."

"It should be 99% of professional players will be submerged. Only the most outstanding few players... can continue to stand at the top in the competition of billions of people." Xu Hong looked at his son, "So you can't be too arrogant and complacent about your past achievements, that will only make you mediocre."

"Dad, I remember it." Xu Jingming nodded.

"Grandson, you got more than 15 million in rewards this time." Grandpa Xu took a walk outside and walked into the living room, looking at Xu Jingming and asked.

"Yes, more than 15 million." Xu Jingming nodded, "But the official virtual world will take half! Then I have to pay taxes, and finally I'll get about four million."

Half is taken, leaving more than seven million.

With his income, he has to pay the top tax rate, 45% of the comprehensive personal income tax. He gets about four million.

"Very impressive, I couldn't earn so much in a year when I was young." Grandpa Xu laughed.

"This is Xia's first God-level battle, it's quite special." Xu Jingming said.

"How many followers does your account have?" Grandpa Xu asked, "You can follow the battle players when watching the livestream."

"More than 60 million." Xu Jingming said.

"One battle, and you have more than 60 million followers?" Li Miaomiao couldn't help but say, "I've created so many songs, and the total number of fans I follow has only broken 10 million at most."

On the light curtain on the wall, the news began to play.

"This is the morning news."

"After the virtual world opened, the total number of online people in Xia reached a maximum of 1.28 billion."

"Xia's first God-level battle, just ended more than an hour ago, the team composed of Gun Demon Xu Jingming, Archer Wang Yi, Panda Zhang Qian, Strange Double Blades Dong Xu, and Boxing King Wu Sai won the final victory."

"The second God-level battle, as of now, seven people are ready..."

One piece of news after another was broadcast.

There were also wonderful news pictures on it, such as Xu Jingming piercing Gao Chong's chest with a spear.

"The 8:00 AM news is almost all virtual world news?" Xu Hong watched, and exclaimed, "The times have really changed!"