Chapter 271 A National Sensation

Xu Jingming held a rather special place in the hearts of countless citizens of Xia.

Although his strength had been declining for more than a month, and some said he ranked in the third tier of Xia's experts, Xu Jingming definitely deserved the title of ‘nationally known!’ After all, he was the most dazzling figure in Xia’s first God-level battle after the virtual world’s opening. The heat of that battle was nearly comparable to the Fire Seed Cup competition. The audience at the time remembered Xu Jingming! They also looked forward to his future performance.

However, Xu Jingming didn’t stream, and people could only occasionally see him fight through third parties. Moreover, his strength wasn’t as dazzling as before, so his popularity naturally declined.

But today!

"Too awesome."

"This is what a battle should look like!"

"Such shield techniques are so cool! Everyone else just defends, but Xu Jingming's shield is absolutely unstoppable!"

"Absolutely unstoppable!"

"Absolutely unstoppable Xu Jingming!"

Countless comments flooded in.

The audience had goosebumps; their hearts raced with excitement.

In the stands.

"This kid…" Liu Hai sat in the stands, watching from afar, and smiled. "I knew his talent was amazing. He finally broke through!"

"But his shield techniques, his fighting style, are completely different from what I taught him? They are even diametrically opposed?" A thought surfaced in Liu Hai's mind. "Could it be that I taught him wrong? Did I delay my disciple?"

It wasn’t Liu Hai’s fault. When the virtual world had just opened, Liu Hai was the only one who had comprehensively entered the third realm in all aspects. Liu Hai didn’t have much to draw on, so he could only teach his disciple his strongest techniques.

"Very strong shield techniques." Lei Yunfang, who was also in the stands, had a glint in his eyes. "His evolution method has also obviously broken through. I’ve finally found an opponent."

"Xiaoqing's senior brother?" Zhang Qing, the captain of the Fairy Posture team, watched this scene and smiled. "This competition is getting more and more exciting."

The burly Fang Yu sat there, silent as a mountain, watching everything quietly.

…

On the modern city battle map.

Tie Lianyung looked at Xu Jingming in front of him, feeling like a mountain was pressing down on his heart. The pressure was driving Tie Lianyung crazy because reason told him… Xu Jingming was too strong! Too strong—so strong that he exceeded Tie Lianyung’s ability to resist!

When the gap was large enough, there was no way to fight. For example, Zhao Fan was also excellent, but when Xu Jingming’s shield struck, Zhao Fan flew backward like a cannonball and directly turned into nothingness.

This was a huge gap in physical fitness! A huge gap in physical exertion!

"Senior Brother, be careful," Xu Jingming said.

Be careful? Telling him to be careful?

Tie Lianyung's years of training allowed his feet to be rooted to the ground, unyielding.

"Junior Brother, show me your strongest strength," Tie Lianyung said.

"Strongest strength?" Xu Jingming moved his feet.

Boom!

The explosive force of one foot stomping on the ground was terrifying. Xu Jingming, wearing dark-red armor, became blurry again at this speed. Faced with such terrifying speed, Tie Lianyung didn’t have time to dodge at all.

The large shield smashed directly at him, and all Tie Lianyung could do was raise his shield to resist, hiding his entire body behind the shield.

With a "bang!" Tie Lianyung was sent flying as if he was a billiard ball, crashing into the wall of a nearby residence, shattering the wall. A large number of rubble fell, and Tie Lianyung fell into the residence.

Xu Jingming watched this scene.

With Senior Brother's strength, he couldn't even use his full strength.

"You can’t withstand a simple charging smash," Xu Jingming said silently.

The charging smash was a very simple move, but Xu Jingming’s charge could make him terrifyingly fast. His smash was an instant burst of deep physical power. It was a simple and unadorned move… Even though Tie Lianyung had received national training and learned advanced techniques like the *Fifth-Order Shield-Sword Technique*, he was still smashed without any ability to resist.

Strength and speed were the true realms.

The same body erupting with greater strength and faster speed was what it meant to have high physical exertion!

The third order of spearmanship meant being able to explode with more terrifying power and speed when using a spear. The third order of shield techniques meant being able to explode with terrifying power and speed when using a shield… When a person could erupt so powerfully using different weapons, it meant that his control over his body was becoming more and more skillful.

When he was skilled enough, he could pick up any weapon and erupt with the strength of the third order!

"Shield techniques?"

"I defended it?" Tie Lianyung climbed out of the rubble. His eyes burned with excitement.

Faced with Xu Jingming's charging smash! Like a high-speed train crashing towards him, Tie Lianyung only had one thought at the time—he had to defend it, he had to! His sword techniques could reach the third order, which meant that his body’s exertion had already reached this level in some aspects. Under this intense thought, the shield in his hand actually erupted with enough power.

Although there was still a huge gap between him and Xu Jingming, he blocked enough of the impact, reducing much of the impact so that he wouldn’t be killed in one blow.

"Hm?" Xu Jingming looked at Tie Lianyung.

"Junior Brother, I have to thank you for allowing my shield techniques to improve." Tie Lianyung walked out of the ruined residential building, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. "I’ll let you know the power of the shield and sword combination, the unity of yin and yang. Even if your physical fitness is stronger, it won’t be easy to win against me."

"Unity of yin and yang?" Xu Jingming looked at Senior Brother, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Senior Brother, then I have to get serious!"

Tie Lianyung looked at Xu Jingming.

"Boom."

Xu Jingming instantly turned into a blurry dark-red figure again.

"Such speed again." Tie Lianyung couldn’t dodge such terrifying speed and could only resist head-on.

Xu Jingming only took two steps, but his speed was so fast that he felt great resistance from the air. The two shields in his hands slammed out fiercely the moment he approached Tie Lianyung! No matter what techniques you have with your shield and sword, my two large shields have a large enough range to directly slam out! As his father said, no matter what moves the enemy uses, just pounce!

Xu Jingming respected Senior Brother, so he used the Bajiquan Tiger Pounce this time!

"Bang." Tie Lianyung was still sent flying, but he forcibly held back from spitting out blood.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming didn’t show any mercy, stomping his feet and charging forward like thunder. His forward speed was even faster than Tie Lianyung’s backward flight.

"Hm?" Tie Lianyung's expression changed. Before he could land from his backward flight, he saw Xu Jingming leaping in front of him.

"Boom."

This time, Xu Jingming leaped up, raising his right shield high, as if holding a large axe! Carrying the momentum of his leap, his waist and abdomen acted as the axis of his body. With a burst of strength, the right shield slashed down like a meteor! In Tie Lianyung’s backward flight, he could only hold up his shield and couldn’t deflect the force, so he was forced to endure the slash!

With this slash! Tie Lianyung slammed directly into the ground, and the ground even caved in. The concrete ground was smashed into a large pit, and most of Tie Lianyung’s body was buried in the concrete pit.

Bajiquan, Splitting Mountain!

Being smashed away previously and flying backward was also a form of buffering.

But this time, he was smashed into the concrete ground, and the impact instantly exploded on the concrete and Tie Lianyung’s body. In an instant, Tie Lianyung’s bones broke in countless places, and his blood completely stained his armor red. He also spat out blood and some fragments.

"Junior Brother, you are stronger than me now." Tie Lianyung stared at Xu Jingming and barely managed to say these words before his body began to turn illusory.

Xu Jingming watched this scene.

"Unity of yin and yang doesn't work either," Xu Jingming thought. "The Bajiquan Tiger Pounce combined with Splitting Mountain solved Senior Brother. It seems that I need opponents who have reached a high level in the evolution method to have a good fight."

…

"Too awesome!"

"Xu Jingming, I love you!"

"From now on, I’m a die-hard fan!"

"How are Xu Jingming’s moves so satisfying! They’re even more satisfying than Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang’s fights."

"Too unstoppable."

Countless comments flooded in, and countless viewers were conquered.

Xu Jingming’s battles were so satisfying. With a ‘bang,’ the shield slammed into the enemy, and they turned into nothingness. Even Tie Lianyung was turned into nothingness with a Bajiquan Tiger Pounce and Splitting Mountain combination.

This was the pure, unstoppable beauty.

…

Inside the modern city map, Xu Jingming looked into the distance. Yang Qingshuo, Liu Chongyuan, and Wang Yi had already surrounded Sun Li.

Sun Li had been shot in the arm and thigh with arrows. At that moment, he leaned against the wall, looking at the three people in front of him.

"Heh heh, you must be very proud, right?" Sun Li sneered as he looked at Yang Qingshuo and Liu Chongyuan. "I never expected Xu Jingming, who seemed to value promises and was righteous, to be such a petty person."

"Hm?" Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, and Liu Chongyuan were stunned.

"Xu Jingming is so strong, and his evolution method has obviously broken through long ago," Sun Li sneered. "He must have broken through a long time ago, but he has been keeping it a secret. When I left the team, he must have been laughing at me! If he had revealed his strength earlier, how could I have left the team? Keeping secrets even from his teammates, Xu Jingming is such a petty person—"

"Pfft."

An arrow instantly shot into Sun Li’s mouth, piercing through his head.

Liu Chongyuan and Yang Qingshuo looked at Wang Yi.

"I really couldn't bear to listen anymore," Wang Yi said as she put down her bow and arrow.