Chapter 17 The Old Boxing Champion

"It's him?"

Xu Jingming looked at the name. "Second in the world is actually from the boxing world?"

"Li Miaomiao invites you to her personal space." Xu Jingming received the notification and immediately tapped to accept the invitation.

Beside the beach.

Li Miaomiao sat in a beach chair, drinking a beverage, and checking Tiger Fussen's information.

"Miaomiao." Xu Jingming walked over, listening to the sound of the waves and breathing in the sea air. Xu Jingming also leaned back in a beach chair and picked up a watermelon from the side to eat.

"Jingming, this Tiger Fussen's information feels a bit messy." Li Miaomiao looked at the information. "Various boxing titles from different events."

"It's normal to not understand. The boxing world and the martial arts combat world are very different." Xu Jingming smiled. "The World Martial Arts Competition doesn't distinguish between age, gender, or weight. Armored combat with weapons, so getting first or second place in the world is highly regarded. The prize money and appearance fees are also very high."

"But boxing is divided into many weight classes according to weight, such as heavyweight, cruiserweight, light heavyweight, and more than a dozen other weight classes. And it is divided into four major professional boxing organizations. So there are many boxing champions, and many boxing champions are not famous enough, and the appearance fee is very low. Usually, they have to do other work to support themselves."

"The income is so low?" Li Miaomiao asked, puzzled.

"Of course, there are also high incomes." Xu Jingming said, "For example, unifying the golden belts of the four major organizations and being completely invincible in one weight class! Go up a weight class and become invincible again. Go up another weight class and become invincible again… Naturally, the popularity will increase, and they will become the most dazzling boxing champion of an era, and an appearance fee of hundreds of millions is normal."

"Where does Tiger Fussen rank among the many boxing champions in history? There may be a lot of controversy, but he is the greatest heavyweight champion, without a doubt," Xu Jingming said.

Li Miaomiao looked at the information and said, "Entered professional boxing at 18, won the heavyweight world boxing title at 20, and retired at 28. Only lost one match by accident, and won all the others?"

"At the age of 28, he felt that there were no opponents in the boxing world, so he retired to go home and take care of his children. Later, he opened a boxing gym to teach apprentices, but he failed too badly, and his apprentices were not good." Xu Jingming said, "So, in a fit of anger, he made a comeback at the age of 43 and fought for another ten years. He actually won all ten years without a single defeat. Can you imagine an old man of 53 dominating the heavyweight boxing world? In his 92-fight career, he had 91 wins, 1 loss, and 86 knockouts. The knockout rate is frightening to hear. He is known as having the most terrifying fist in heavyweight history. In the year he retired at 53, those younger generations didn't dare to exchange punches with him head-on!"

"I heard that there are boxing champions who have had undefeated careers." Li Miaomiao said.

"Yes."

Xu Jingming said, "But it depends on the actual dominance. Some boxing champions are undefeated, but they only fight against unknown opponents, so the gold content is much lower. Just like my senior brother Tie Lianyung, although he has won three world number one titles, he is still not as good as the Three Kings of the martial arts world. Why? Because the opponents he defeated were not strong enough! The same is true for boxing champions. Only by defeating strong opponents can they prove themselves."

"This old boxing champion was completely invincible when he retired young, and he was invincible for ten years when he was old! And it's in the most brutal heavyweight class," Xu Jingming said. "So his status in the boxing world is very high."

"I just didn't expect that this old boxing champion could pick up a weapon and break through the third level of the Starry Sky Tower in just seven or eight days, ranking second in the world." Xu Jingming admired. "I'm afraid that many fighting styles around the world didn't expect this old boxing champion to be second in the world."

"What about the Three Kings of the martial arts world? Aren't they very strong?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"It can only be said that there are stronger people in the world," Xu Jingming said.

…

Time passed.

The mission space opened, and the Starry Sky Tower was open for 38 minutes. Liu Hai from Xia Country passed the third level.

The Starry Sky Tower was open for more than five hours, and Tiger Fussen from the White Eagle Federation passed the third level.

However, three days passed…

On the Starry Sky Ranking, there were still only these two names!

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Virtual world, Liu Hai's personal space.

Five high-level officials from Xia Country came to visit Liu Hai together: four men and one woman.

"Coach Liu Hai." A refined middle-aged man smiled. "We haven't seen each other for many years, have we?"

"Old leader, please sit down." Liu Hai was also very polite.

"Haha, I'm a few years older than Liu Hai. Looking at it now, both he and I have become younger." The refined middle-aged man laughed. The four companions next to him also nodded with a smile. Nowadays, people's lifespans have greatly increased, reaching 160 to 200 years, and eighty or ninety years old is still considered prime of life.

"Coach Liu Hai, life evolution is an important process for the entire human civilization. The country attaches great importance to it and has established a Life Evolution Bureau specifically for this purpose! It is specifically responsible for managing all matters related to the life evolution of people across the country." The refined middle-aged man said, "The virtual world game is also the responsibility of the Life Evolution Bureau."

As soon as Liu Hai heard this, he immediately understood how powerful this unpublicized, mysterious department was.

Nowadays, the virtual world has a great impact on people's lives.

Life evolution is even more important. And all of this is managed by this Life Evolution Bureau.

"Let me introduce you. This is Elder Zhou, who is also our director." The refined middle-aged man introduced an old man sitting in the center.

"Director Zhou." Liu Hai was also a little nervous in front of this leader.

When Liu Hai was young, this old man was already in a high position.

"Haha…" Director Zhou said with a smile, "I had already retired to enjoy my old age. Who would have thought that I would encounter something like life evolution? In order to survive, I was one of the earlier experimenters. I was lucky enough to succeed, so I have lived to this day. Over the years, I have been responsible for many experiments on life evolution and virtual worlds."

Liu Hai listened obediently.

"Director Zhou is in charge of the overall situation, and the four of us are helping to share the burden." The refined middle-aged man said, "This is Deputy Director Wang Shuqi, this is Deputy Director Liang Qian, and this is Deputy Director Zhang Tongfang."

The other three deputy directors were all smiling. The female deputy director smiled and said, "Coach Liu Hai, this time you have brought great glory to our Xia Country. All Xia Country people feel proud. After you became the world's number one, three days have passed, and there are still only two people in the world who have passed the third level of the Starry Sky Tower. The Starry Sky Tower is just a personal mission in the virtual world, but it is a test of your strength. Practical proof shows that in the process of life evolution, you are already at the forefront."

"Very powerful."

"The bureau is also proud of you." A deputy director also gave a thumbs up.

"It's just that I have cultivated for a few decades more." Liu Hai said modestly.

Director Zhou smiled and said, "Coach Liu Hai, this time we came, first, we wanted to ask you what suggestions you have for our 'Life Evolution Bureau'? After all, the Life Evolution Bureau has just started, and there are many shortcomings in terms of experience. Second, we wanted to ask what kind of help you still need? After all, you are the world's number one, so we naturally have to focus more on cultivating you. Good steel should be used on the blade."

"Speak boldly." The refined middle-aged man also said.

"Then I will speak boldly."

Liu Hai pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I am a little ashamed of getting the world number one."

Although the five leaders were puzzled, they listened calmly.

"I was able to win the world's number one. My own experience is one aspect. On the other hand, I received the country's cultivation on the first day the virtual world opened." Liu Hai said, "With the cultivation of resources, my growth rate is naturally faster than those who have not received resources! In seven days, my strength is much stronger than on the first day of the virtual world. So, as soon as the Starry Sky Tower opened, I easily passed the third level."

"But I got help from external forces." Liu Hai said, "Only twenty people in the country have been cultivated, and more than a billion people can only rely on themselves to fight."

"You don't have to be ashamed."

The refined middle-aged man said, "There are twenty people in the country who are being cultivated, and all countries in the world will cultivate their own elites. As far as I know, there are about eighty people in the world who are being cultivated! But since the Starry Sky Tower opened, only two people have passed the third level of the Starry Sky Tower, one is you, and the other is the old boxing champion from the White Eagle Federation."

"Cultivation is just an external force, and it needs to be reflected slowly over time. The fact that you two are so powerful in the early stage still shows that your foundations are strong," the refined middle-aged man said.

Liu Hai nodded: "Of the twenty people in the country who are being cultivated, the resources I chose were the *Five-Step Shield-Knife Technique*. This requires me to learn slowly. As time goes by, I will learn more and more and become stronger and stronger. The same is true for those who are being cultivated. They will also grow quickly. But what about the others? For example, one of my disciples, Xu Jingming!"

"Xu Jingming was the most dazzling in the first God-level battle on the first day the virtual world opened. In that battle, he was obviously stronger than Gao Chong, Wang Qiao, and Dong Xu. But he didn't get cultivation and can only explore slowly on his own. And Gao Chong, Wang Qiao, and Dong Xu are all martial arts masters, and they have all obtained resources. Their progress will be very fast in the future."

"On the first day of the virtual world, Xu Jingming was stronger than them."

"But in a month, they are estimated to surpass Xu Jingming. At that time, most of the top 20 in Xia Country are estimated to be those who have received cultivation," Liu Hai said. "Is this fair?"

The five leaders listened in silence.

"In just a few days of the game, we can see that many female players are rising, and even folk players are rising." Liu Hai said, "But as the cultivated personnel gradually use resources, coupled with their past foundations, they will improve quickly and surpass female players and folk players. Is this fair?"