Chapter 1 The Whole Nation Pays Attention

The Xia Nation's official livestream was packed with people, a national event that garnered attention from all.

Precisely at 2 PM.

"Let us welcome the Golden Roc Team and the Pearwood Team." Host Liu Xin said. The six members of the Golden Roc Team and the six members of the Pearwood Team appeared on stage. Everyone had been through this before and sat down familiarly.

"When I was discussing this with the two guests earlier, I was very much looking forward to this battle." Liu Xin said, "On one side, you have Wang Yi, the number one female archer in Xia Nation, and on the other side, you have Tie Lianyin, one of the three great martial arts legends of our Xia Nation. A clash of titans, this battle is bound to be exceptionally exciting."

"Liu Xin." Jin Fan, the male guest beside her, laughed, "I think the Golden Roc Team has a bigger advantage. Look at how, after Xiong Tianshan's strength broke through, the engagements between the two teams were a one-sided stomp. I don't think Tie Lianyin's strength is inferior to Xiong Tianshan."

Ju Wenqing, the female guest, looked curiously at the short, fat Tie Lianyin. "Teacher Tie Lianyin, I want to take the liberty to ask you, have you broken through to the third realm?"

Tie Lianyin sat there with a faint smile and said, "You'll all know after the battle starts."

"It seems we still have to keep it a secret before the battle." The female guest, Ju Wenqing, laughed.

"Zhao Fan." The male guest looked at the slightly childish Zhao Fan, "I heard that you only started learning martial arts weapon combat after entering the virtual world. Is that true?"

"Yes," Zhao Fan nodded. "I hadn't trained before."

Countless viewers were astonished to hear this.

He only trained for a little over a month in the virtual world to reach such a level?

Xu Jingming and the others from the Pearwood Team were secretly amazed. Now that martial arts weapon combat had become a matter of national participation, some monsters were indeed appearing.

"In the previous qualifiers and the first round, your performance was very eye-catching." The male guest, Jin Fan, said, "I believe that knowing you only started learning martial arts after the virtual world opened, even more people will become your fans."

"Thank you." Zhao Fan was very modest.

"Let me ask the captain of the Pearwood Team." Host Liu Xin looked at Xu Jingming, whom she regarded highly. "Our Xia Nation's first god-level battle, which was also the first virtual world livestream I hosted, Captain Xu Jingming's performance was the most brilliant. I wonder today... Captain Xu Jingming, are you confident in defeating the Golden Roc Team?"

"Of course, I'm confident." Xu Jingming smiled.

"Jingming, you're very confident?" Tie Lianyin, who had been taciturn, suddenly spoke. He looked at Xu Jingming. "Is it because of your sharpshooter teammate, or because of yourself?"

Xu Jingming also looked at Tie Lianyin and smiled. "I'm looking forward to fighting you, Senior Brother."

Tie Lianyin smiled: "I'm also looking forward to it."

Both sides faintly sensed that the other had made a breakthrough, and they regarded each other as formidable opponents.

"The two captains feel like they're about to fight on stage." The male guest, Jin Fan, said, "I heard that Sun Li of the Golden Roc Team was originally a member of the Pearwood Team? For a long time, Sun Li trained with Xu Jingming and the others?"

"Yes." Sun Li said with a modest smile, "I can only say that we weren't meant to be."

Heng Fang said, "Our Pearwood Team has no contract restrictions. Everyone trains together based on a verbal promise. It's just that some people don't care about promises and care more about money. Well, people with different paths cannot make plans together!"

Sun Li's face darkened.

This was the Xia Nation's official livestream! Over a billion people were watching this battle.

"That's right, we have no contract restrictions." Sun Li said, "So even though the Pearwood Team clearly had a sharpshooter like me, they still contacted Wang Yi! In that case, there was no need for me to stay there any longer."

"Sun Li, do you have any shame? You were the one who left first!" Liu Chongyuan gritted his teeth. If it weren't for the livestream, he would have cursed.

"I only received Captain Xu Jingming's first invitation on the last day of registration, at midnight on the 28th." Wang Yi said with a smile, "I agreed to Captain Xu Jingming without hesitation."

"Xu Jingming's junior sister, Dai Xiaoqing, has been friends with Wang Yi for a long time." Sun Li added. In front of a billion viewers, he had to confuse the public, or his reputation would be completely ruined.

"Please get ready, both teams. The match is about to begin." Host Liu Xin didn't stop them, allowing the conflict between the two teams to play out. She only reminded them when the time was almost up.

Both teams stood up and looked at each other.

...

Battle space, battle area.

"The map for this battle is a modern city map." Xu Jingming frowned slightly as he looked at the map scene in front of him. "The buildings are dense, which isn't too friendly to sharpshooters."

"Don't worry, there are suitable battle plans for all five map scenarios." Wang Yi said.

Immediately, both teams chose their weapons and equipment in turn.

After all the selections were completed, the ten members of both teams entered the battle map.

Modern City.

The ten people descended into this area. The modern city seemed large, but in reality, the active range for the battle was only one kilometer! And as time dragged on, the active range would shrink.

Shrinking the range was to force the teams to eventually engage.

In a competition at the level of the Huozhong Cup National Competition, no team would hide forever. Because they would have to fight in the end anyway, it was better to fight fiercely from the start.

"Huff." Xu Jingming appeared on the rooftop of a six-story residential building, his body crouched low, hiding behind the rooftop railing, carefully looking around.

"Point C is suitable for me to ambush from, and it's relatively close to me." Wang Yi said in the team voice chat, while marking the location of point C on the team map. After so many battles, they were already very familiar with which areas were suitable for ambushes in the five map scenarios.

"Gather at point C." Xu Jingming said in the team voice chat, "Be careful of ambushes from the Golden Roc Team while gathering."

"Yes, Captain."

Everyone on the team began to gather.

The Golden Roc Team was doing the same. Tie Lianyin appeared inside a residential building. He carefully glanced outside through the edge of the curtains, looked at the positions of his teammates on the team map, and directly marked a spot: "Gather at point A first. You're likely to encounter enemies while gathering. Be careful of the sharpshooter's hidden arrows and be careful of Yang Qingshuo's ambush."

"Yes, Captain." The four of them said in unison.

The styles of the two teams were completely different. Xu Jingming's team was centered around the sharpshooter, while the Golden Roc Team's sharpshooter, Sun Li, had a much lower status because his archery skills were much weaker, but he was good at close combat. Therefore, there was no need to deliberately protect him. He was treated as a special type of warrior.

...

Inside a residential building, Wang Yi wore soft armor under a layer of soft sportswear. At this moment, she was carrying a total of six arrow quivers on her back.

During the qualifiers, in order to deal with the 'Orc Legion', the virtual game allowed unlimited replenishment of equipment.

But in a battle, weapons and equipment had to be selected from the start! The selected equipment could only be carried, so the load had to be considered. There was no limit to the number of 'arrows' a sharpshooter could have, as long as they could carry them.

"Too many arrow quivers affect my movements and archery too much." Wang Yi carefully put down two arrow quivers and placed them in the house. "First backup point."

Whoosh.

Then, she carefully left the house, silently went down the stairs, exited the residential building, and quickly walked along the edge of the building towards the nearest point C.

In just a few dozen meters, Wang Yi arrived at the third floor of an inconspicuous street-facing shop and put down two more arrow quivers: "Second backup point."

"That's much better." Wang Yi carried the last two arrow quivers on her back, familiarly walked to the rooftop of the street-facing shop, and carefully observed her surroundings through the corner of the rooftop railing. The buildings around this street-facing shop were relatively low, allowing her to see everyone coming from all directions at a glance.

Wang Yi waited patiently.

"I'm here." Yang Qingshuo was the first to sneak into this area.

Wang Yi checked every corner of the rooftop. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She saw a figure vaguely darting across a street intersection about two hundred meters away, carefully advancing in one direction.

Wang Yi quickly took an arrow, and at the same time, took two steps to another corner, staring at that direction. Sure enough, she saw the figure flash past again, moving very quickly.

Wang Yi almost instinctively calculated the opponent's speed.

In her eyes, the space within two or three hundred meters around her appeared in her mind! The enemy's speed, the distribution of surrounding buildings, and the influence of the wind speed. Everything was extremely clear.

"It's that spot!" Wang Yi charged forward, leaped out, jumped off the rooftop, drew her bow in mid-air, and instantly drew it to its fullest extent. Wang Yi stared expressionlessly at that area, and released a armor-piercing arrow in her hand.

"咻!"

The armor-piercing arrow put a greater burden on the body. She could only shoot one at a time, and she needed to rest before shooting the next arrow. But this arrow was also much more powerful! The arrowhead was very heavy, and the supersonic arrow tore through the air, forming a wave of air that instantly pierced through the glass door of a distant building. At this moment, a figure happened to flash past the other side of the glass door, and the arrow had already struck him.

"What the hell?" Zhang Feng's movements were like a ghost, advancing quickly, and he was also close to the buildings, making it difficult for the sharpshooter to see him. Even if they occasionally saw him, it would be difficult to shoot him.

But as he walked along the building wall, just as he reached the glass door.

Bang!

Before the sound of the glass shattering reached his ears, the arrow had already arrived. Zhang Feng sensed the air fluctuation, and his scalp tingled. He was so frightened that he instinctively twisted his body.

"Pfft!" The arrow flashed past his abdomen, tearing a bloody wound, and fresh blood gurgled out.