Chapter 118 Practicing

Xu Jingming practiced alone in the training ground.

On the other side, the official livestream of Xia Country was extremely lively, with over a billion viewers across the country watching this grand event.

"Where's Jingming?" Xu Hong returned to the stands and was warmly welcomed by the crowd, but he didn't see his son Xu Jingming.

"He went to the training ground," Li Miaomiao said.

Xu Hong was surprised. "He can practice anytime, why now? This is the national Huozhong Cup, a gathering of many experts!"

"He probably had some insight, so he wanted to practice immediately," Li Miaomiao explained.

"You old fellow, say less," Xu's mother said.

Xu Hong coughed twice and asked, "Did my son see my match just now?"

Xu's mother smiled. "Don't worry, he saw it! He left after watching your match."

"That's good." Xu Hong nodded with a smile. "Let's continue watching the competition. Lei Yunfang is about to take the stage; he's one of the top experts in the world."

The official livestream of Xia Country gathered countless viewers, all watching the competition with excitement.

Each match was a rare duel between experts. Ordinary 'God-level battles' occasionally featured experts, but collisions between top teams were still very rare.

"Lei Yunfang's team won; Senior Lei Yunfang even made a personal move. That footwork is so cool. Just a few steps and three enemies who got close lost their lives," Yang Qingshuo praised.

"Zhou Yi's arrows are truly terrifying, much more so than his father, Old Master Zhou Fan. It's like a heavy machine gun firing," Liu Chongyuan said.

"The Xianzil (Fairy Maiden) Team has so many beauties!" Heng Fang exclaimed. "They're beautiful and they win beautifully."

In the second to fourth matches, the winners were decided in succession, all one-sided battles. After all, the difference in strength between the bottom-ranked teams and the top-ranked teams was still very obvious.

"The fifth match is between the Yunshan (Cloud Mountain) Team and the Bailong (White Dragon) Team. This match is interesting," Yang Qingshuo said with a smile. "Chang Qingpeng of the Yunshan Team and Zheng Bailong of the Bailong Team have a feud."

"I've read the collected information; it seems that Chang Qingpeng was crippled by Zheng Bailong?" Li Miaomiao asked.

Wang Yi nodded. "Yes, he crippled his lower body! It's a big feud! Fortunately, in this era, we have gene evolution methods, and even severed limbs can be regenerated. Otherwise, Master Chang Qingpeng would have been wronged."

In this battle, the Yunshan Team had an overall advantage. Captain Huo Qingshan and his friend 'Chang Qingpeng' worked together to kill the members of the Bailong Team one by one, leaving only Captain Zheng Bailong.

"So useless; eliminated in the first round?" Cheng Zihao was annoyed by this scene, but there was nothing he could do.

He couldn't afford to hire stronger experts, nor was he willing to spend so much money.

"Huff."

On the ancient battlefield, Zheng Bailong looked at Chang Qingpeng in front of him.

"Zheng Bailong, it's really a coincidence that I met you in the first round of the Huozhong Cup," Chang Qingpeng said with a cold look in his eyes. Ever since his lower body was crippled, the eyes of outsiders, the conflicts at home with his wife, the psychological torment was imaginable.

In his thirties, a martial arts master, at the peak of his powers, he suddenly fell into the abyss.

Zheng Bailong, this despicable villain, suffered no punishment.

There have been quite a few scumbags in the fighting world, who are ruthless and cause their opponents to be disabled or even die. But because professional events inherently involve risks, as long as there is no evidence to prove it was intentional, they will not be punished!

Chang Qingpeng hated it, and even had murderous intentions, but considering that his children were still young, he endured everything.

Fortunately, the gene evolution method appeared!

"Chang Qingpeng, I've said it before, that was an accident during the fight. What year doesn't have accidents?" Zheng Bailong said with a laugh, despite his serious injuries. "You're just being stubborn!"

"Yes, I'm just being stubborn. In the virtual world, I'll keep an eye on you and kill you every time I see you. The future is long, we'll see!" Chang Qingpeng thrust his halberd directly into Zheng Bailong's head, and Zheng Bailong's figure disappeared in a phantom.

Zheng Bailong left the battlefield and returned to the stands.

"Damn it!" Zheng Bailong gritted his teeth in anger. "This era has allowed Chang Qingpeng to thrive. Hmph, we'll see then, will I be afraid of you?"

"Zheng Bailong." Cheng Zihao walked over.

"Boss." Zheng Bailong restrained his anger.

"Eliminated in the first round; I have nothing to say. I hereby announce the unilateral termination of the previous contract," Cheng Zihao said indifferently. As the investor, he had the right to decide whether to terminate the contract based on the results of the competition.

Zheng Bailong looked at Cheng Zihao and sneered, "Do you have the ability to hire a more powerful expert than me? You're an idiot!"

Cheng Zihao's expression changed. "What did you say?"

"Get lost, don't bother me!" Zheng Bailong waved his hand and blocked Cheng Zihao. In the stands, with more than a billion viewers, it was possible to block others.

Without the Hushag (Tiger Shark) Group behind him, Zheng Bailong didn't care about Cheng Zihao at all! He was polite in the past only for the sake of money.

"This Zheng Bailong!" Cheng Zihao saw Zheng Bailong disappear before his eyes and couldn't find him again, and he was furious.

…

The competition continued.

In the sixth match, Tie Lanyun was incomparably strong, and her teammates Zhao Pan and Zhang Feng were also very dazzling. Fu Xiu and Sun Li were also decent, and they won with a crushing victory.

In the seventh match, Fang Yu, Senior Liu Jianfeng, and a group of folk experts formed a very powerful team. Fang Yu wore heavy armor, wielded a city-breaking halberd, and led the team to an easy victory.

In the eighth match, Xiong Tianshan and Wang Qiao cooperated. Both of them used shields and axes, and their coordination allowed them to push forward all the way, incredibly strong.

In the ninth match, the marksman Zhuang Ziyu, assisted by well-known experts such as Yu Cheng, Zhang Qian, and Wu Sai, won easily.

The tenth match, however, was fiercely fought, and the team led by Feng Baiyu regrettably lost to the team formed by Gao Chong and Yang Yu.

******

While the competition attracting the attention of the entire Xia Country was proceeding one match after another, Xu Jingming in his personal space's training ground was completely immersed in the shield techniques.

Facing a metal dummy weighing 100 tons, he practiced the Bajiquan's (Eight Extremities Fist) five major killing moves that were ingrained in his bones: Hu Pu (Tiger Pounce), Beng (Crushing), Pi Shan (Mountain Splitting), Tong Tian Pao (Heaven Piercing Cannon), and Meng Hu Ying Pa Shan (Fierce Tiger Climbs the Mountain). The Bajiquan lineage also had other killing moves, but the lineage in Mingyue City mainly focused on these moves. Xu Jingming had practiced them since he was a child, and he was extremely proficient in each move.

Bang bang bang!!!

The metal dummy was covered in scars.

"Tong Tian Pao!" At close range, the shields in his hands suddenly thrust upwards!

If Pi Shan was a furious chop from above, like a large axe splitting down, then Tong Tian Pao was the opposite, a rush upwards! Under the centrifugal force, the speed of the shields was somewhat blurred, and the upper edges of the shields slammed into the metal dummy's chin.

The 100-ton metal dummy trembled, and there were more dents and deformations in the chin area.

After practicing Tong Tian Pao hundreds of times, Xu Jingming then switched to practicing Bajiquan's Hu Pu.

"Boom."

Each time, he rushed out two steps, and in just two steps, his speed soared to 38 meters per second. His figure was blurred, and the shields slammed onto the metal dummy with a bang. The metal dummy immediately moved back about twenty centimeters, plowing a ravine.

Again and again, Xu Jingming practiced the Bajiquan's Hu Pu. He didn't count the number of times, but practiced according to his feelings. When he felt comfortable and thought it was enough, he would switch to another move.

After practicing Bajiquan's Hu Pu dozens of times, his entire body was excited to a certain limit.

He unleashed the Bajiquan's Hu Pu again!

Xu Jingming's eyes faintly turned red. This time, he only felt an indescribable comfort throughout his body. The force he exerted from his feet erupted naturally, each step like a thunderous explosion. In just two steps, his speed soared to 50 meters per second! His whole body was like a cannonball fired from a cannon, and the power was obviously much more terrifying than before. The shields in his hands slammed into the metal dummy.

Boom!!!

This time, the impact was much louder, like an explosion! The 100-ton metal dummy retreated entirely, more than a meter away. Finally, because it was tilted, its center of gravity was unstable, and it crashed down with a loud bang.

One strike, smashing the 100-ton metal dummy.

Even Xu Jingming himself was surprised and pleasantly surprised by the Bajiquan's 'Hu Pu,' the most ferocious of the five major killing moves.

"I previously thought that I had practiced this move, the Bajiquan's Hu Pu, quite well, and that the force was relatively smooth. But today's strike… that's what you call a truly smooth force." Xu Jingming immediately opened his personal combat strength panel—

Gene Evolution Method: *Tianmang (Heavenly Python) Evolution Method* (Advanced 5%) (Practice time 602 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 190

Skills: Spear Technique (Third Order 31%), Footwork (Second Order 99%), Shield Technique (Third Order 15%)

Basic Combat Strength: 4180

Actual Combat Bonus: 35%

Combat Strength: 5643

"The breakthrough in shield technique directly raised the spear technique from the third order 20% to 31%?" Xu Jingming smiled. "The improvement in shield technique does allow me to better mobilize the deeper forces of my body, and my combat skills have improved in all aspects."

Many skills are interconnected.