Chapter 160 Semi-Finals

June 6th evening, Old Master Xu, Xu Hong and his wife, and Li Chen'an and his wife all came to the young couple's residence for dinner. The dinner was very sumptuous.

In front of Xu Jingming was a plate with a large beef leg. He easily pierced the beef with his chopsticks, picked out pieces of beef, and ate them very quickly. Just like an ordinary person eating tofu, he quickly swallowed piece after piece. Soon, the large beef leg bone, weighing more than ten pounds of meat, was eaten clean.

"Jingming," Xu Hong looked at his son, "Didn't you say that the Life Evolution Bureau sent you some high-energy food? Why are you still eating meat so fast?"

"It's a habit," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "Eating meat isn't just for energy replenishment, it's also because I like it. Eating meat makes me feel happy!"

"Eat if you like," Old Master Xu said with a smile. "People should live happily every day."

Xu Jingming nodded.

At this moment, the women had finished eating and went to watch some light screen programs.

"There are only two matches tonight, one is Tiano against Liu Hai, and the other is Tiger Fosen against you," Old Master Xu said. "Are you confident?"

"I have confidence, but not certainty," Xu Jingming said. "I've never fought Tiger Fosen before. In this competition, I still haven't seen his limits."

Old Master Xu nodded slightly: "Don't underestimate any enemy. Treat him as your greatest enemy and deal with him with all your strength."

"I understand," Xu Jingming nodded.

In the light screen program, the host's voice came: "There is still an hour and a half before the semi-finals. The four strongest people in the world will have a life-and-death决战(jue zhan, decisive battle). None of the four have ever had a public battle with each other, so it is really hard to predict who will win."

"According to the votes of our program's audience, Liu Hai ranks first, Xu Jingming ranks second, and Tiano and Tiger are still third and fourth. However, our program's audience is mainly from Xia Country, so naturally they prefer Liu Hai and Xu Jingming..."

…

After having dinner with his family, the elders left after eight o'clock.

Xu Jingming practiced the evolution method for a while, and entered the bedroom to put on his virtual helmet a little after eight fifty.

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Virtual world, official live broadcast room.

At this time, the place was crowded with people, and the number of viewers had climbed to over 6 billion.

"Wow, it's over six billion?" Li Miaomiao had just sat down, and was amazed at the number of people displayed in the live broadcast room. "This is the first time the number of people has exceeded six billion since the World Martial Arts Competition was held."

"The battle between Tiano and Master is obviously very attractive," Xu Jingming nodded.

"The first public battle between the three strongest people in the world," Li Miaomiao said with emotion.

"Old Xu," Heng Fang, Wang Yi and others arrived.

"Brother Xu, why are you only here now? The game is about to start," Yang Qingshuo also said, "We arrived at the live broadcast room half an hour ago, and found that you haven't been online."

"What's the hurry? The game starts on time at nine o'clock," Xu Jingming looked at his friends.

As Xu Jingming and his wife went online, many friends came.

"Old Xu, today's game depends on you."

"Old Xu, I believe you will definitely defeat that Tiger Fosen."

Many friends wished him well.

"Master, 加油(jiāyóu, add oil/go for it)," Pang Yun shouted, "My dad said he's most optimistic about you."

"Thanks," Xu Jingming also felt everyone's enthusiasm, and said with a smile, "Everyone, hurry up and watch the game, the game is about to start."

Everyone sat down and looked at the commentary stage.

On the commentary stage were a female host and three guests, namely Tu Ling, Yesharova, and Haru Singh.

"Liu Hai, Tiano, and Xu Jingming all broke through the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower on the same day, and are also recognized as the three strongest people in the world," the female host said. "Also, the total points ranking of the martial arts gym, the three of them are also in the top three, and the number of paid downloads is far ahead... Since the virtual world opened, the three of them are recognized as the three strongest people in the world. Moreover, the three of them have never publicly fought each other!"

"Today's first match is Tiano against Liu Hai," the female host said. "Our official live broadcast room has an unprecedented number of viewers exceeding six billion. This shows the anticipation of people all over the world for this battle."

"Our three guests today are all global top eight experts," the female host looked at the three guests. "Three, tell me, who are you more optimistic about in this first match?"

"Although I lost to Tiano, and Tiano is also very strong," Tu Ling said with a smile, "I am more optimistic about Master Liu Hai!"

"I am also optimistic about Liu Hai," Haru Singh nodded, "Liu Hai's actual combat performance is too strong."

"I am optimistic about Tiano Xilei," Yesharova smiled slightly, which made countless viewers infatuated. "Tiano Xilei, the number one genius in the world, has easily won all previous games. I think his true strength... may exceed his imagination. Once he shows his true strength, it will scare many people. I believe Master Liu Hai should be able to make Tiano show his true strength."

The female host nodded: "I am also looking forward to the true strength of Tiano and Master Liu Hai. Okay, the two of them have entered the battle preparation space and are starting to choose weapons and equipment."

"The weapons and equipment they chose are the same as always."

"Master Liu Hai is wearing light armor, with a shield in one hand and a saber in the other. Tiano is also wearing light armor and has chosen a long staff."

"The two enter the map."

"The battle map is an ancient battlefield."

"Let us enjoy this visual feast! The most巅峰(diānfēng, peak) life-and-death battle in the world!"

The host and guests all had fiery eyes. They were also looking forward to this battle.

Pang Ze, Director Zhou and others, including members of the Blue Star Life Evolution Department, were also carefully watching this battle.

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Ancient battlefield.

Two figures descended, Liu Hai and Tiano Xilei. The two looked at each other from a distance.

Tiano held a long staff and walked over leisurely, still looking relaxed, and said with a smile: "Liu Hai, I have actually been waiting for this battle for a long time! I have been holding back, waiting for the most appropriate time to have a battle with you."

"Tiano, you are really young," Liu Hai looked at Tiano and praised, "Your talent amazes me, and I have always been looking forward to this battle."

"Hahaha... it doesn't matter whether you are young or not," Tiano shook his head. "For people like us, whether we are twenty or eighty years old, the time we spend honing ourselves in the virtual world is the same. We are all at the same starting line. Even as an old man, not being old-fashioned, constantly surpassing yourself, and constantly improving is even more rare."

As Tiano spoke, the fighting spirit in his eyes grew stronger.

"I have been looking forward to this battle since the day you登上(dēngshàng, ascend) the Starry Sky榜(bǎng, list/ranking)."

"Nine months."

"It's all for this battle," Tiano said. "Don't let me down."

"Fight, and you will know what a surprise is," Liu Hai looked at him with a smile.

"Is that so?" As soon as Tiano finished speaking.

嗖(sōu, whoosh).

His whole body turned into a black afterimage, rushing to Liu Hai's vicinity. His figure passed by with a terrifying sonic boom, and at the same time, in the distorted air waves, a staff shadow had already struck down! The sound produced by the staff shadow was even more ear-piercing and terrifying.

"What?" Everyone watching the battle was shocked.

From the beginning of the competition until now, Tiano has never launched such a fierce attack!

This time against Liu Hai, the first move surpassed all his past moves. This shows how much Tiano values Liu Hai!

"Hmm?" Liu Hai immediately took a step forward and blocked with his shield.

嘭(pēng, bang)!!!

The staff hit the shield. Even after Liu Hai's shield unloaded the terrifying impact force, Liu Hai was still blasted backwards involuntarily. His feet plowed a deep ditch in the ground, and he only managed to stand firm after flying backwards for dozens of meters. The right hand holding the shield was trembling slightly. He looked at Tiano in shock.

Although he had already raised his prediction of Tiano's strength, Liu Hai was still shocked when he actually fought him: "What terrifying power! Purely in terms of strength, it is at least twice mine!"