Chapter 237 Groups

Those who could stand to the end had different states of mind.

Tiano Seale was smiling, looking left and right like a young man watching a show! Several recognized global geniuses like Miyagawa Akari, Akinlov, Merritt, and Zhao Fan had solemn expressions. They had a hard time getting into the main competition, so they naturally felt a lot of pressure for the 'main competition' that was to come.

"I was pushed to my limit just now, and I even felt like I could fail at any time." Zhao Fan said silently, "And this is just the end of the preliminaries! It means that among the final 32, my strength is almost at the bottom."

Zhao Fan had only come into contact with martial arts after the virtual world opened, and then he showed amazing talent! This World Martial Arts Tournament's preliminary round poured a bucket of cold water on his head, giving him a clearer understanding of his own strength.

"The Sakura Country only has me left in the main competition. I bear the expectations of my countrymen, but I have no confidence in the upcoming main competition at all.” Miyagawa Akari was silent.

Liu Hai was also observing his surroundings. Most of the professional experts he used to be familiar with had been surpassed, and very few could still stand at the peak.

"There are seven people from Xia Country who have entered the main competition this time." Liu Hai observed. There were seven people in total: himself, Xu Jingming, Zhou Yi, Zhang Qing, Tu Ling, Zhao Fan, and Fang Yu. "Many of them are young people. Most of my old friends have been surpassed."

In this era, everyone was practicing evolution methods, and those who improved slower would be surpassed!

…

Suddenly, a vast voice echoed between heaven and earth, "Congratulations to everyone for obtaining a spot in the main competition of this tournament. Based on everyone's performance in the preliminary rounds, the virtual world has deduced and determined the grouping arrangements for the main competition."

At the same time, the detailed groupings for the tournament appeared in the sky.

The 32 people from around the world were divided into eight groups! Each group had four people.

"The World Martial Arts Tournament's group stage will be held over two days."

"On the first day, the group matches for Groups 1 to 4 will be held. On the second day, the group matches for Groups 5 to 8 will be held."

"The top two in each group will advance to the next round of the knockout stage. The bottom two will be eliminated."

The vast voice said.

Xu Jingming and the others also looked at the detailed groupings displayed in the sky.

"Tu Ling that little girl is in Group 1, Tiano Seale is in Group 2, Master Liu Hai is in Group 3, and Madeline Logan is in Group 4." Xu Jingming paid attention to those experts who performed easily during the preliminaries. For example, Madeline Logan wore a pair of gloves and fought at close quarters. She had been relaxed throughout the preliminary rounds. Xu Jingming was certain that this woman named Madeline Logan had fully reached the fifth level.

He wasn't surprised. After all, there were over a hundred people who had reached the fourth level limit, and anyone could break through to the fifth level.

"Yeshalova is in Group 5, Haru Singh is in Group 7, and Tiger Fussen is in Group 8." Xu Jingming watched, "And I'm in Group 6!"

"There are still nearly ten people who are relatively relaxed, and their strength is uncertain." Xu Jingming thought.

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The World Martial Arts Tournament preliminary rounds were broadcast live.

The first round of the preliminaries, the Arrow Barrage, had a relatively relaxed atmosphere, after all, those who were eliminated were the weaker ones.

In the second round, Assassin Barrage, the atmosphere became more and more tense. Many of those who were eliminated were the strongest experts in a country.

The entire preliminary round lasted more than an hour.

"The main competition will begin tomorrow."

"The preliminaries were already so tense, the main competition will definitely be more intense." Countless people began to leave. The female host and three guests were still discussing the players and imagining the main competition tomorrow.

…

In Xu Jingming's personal space, his friends and family gathered in the living room.

"The threshold for this competition is too high. Zhou Yi's final archery rapid-fire was starting to fail. If it had been delayed by another five seconds, he would have lost." Xu Hong said, "Not only him, but several other players were very reluctant and barely made it through."

"Zhou Yi is already one of only two archers in this competition." Wang Yi said, "It's really amazing to get a spot in the main competition with archery skills."

She was also a fourth-level limit archer, so she had the most say.

"However, Zhou Yi happens to be in the same group as the captain. In their group, the captain will definitely be the first in the group, and the other three will compete for second place." Wang Yi said.

"Xu Ge's Group 6 is quite strong." Yang Qingshuo sighed, "Xu Ge, Zhou Yi, Jon Pierre, and Miyagawa Akari! Everyone is a powerful figure in their own right. Of course, the most powerful in this group is still Xu Ge."

Xu Jingming smiled slightly. At least, judging from the preliminary round, none of these three should have broken through.

Only a breakthrough to the fifth level could give him a little challenge! Otherwise, the gap would be too big.

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Starting on the evening of June 2nd, all the matches for Groups 1 to 4 of the World Martial Arts Tournament main competition would be held. Before the competition even started, countless viewers had already gathered in the official live broadcast room.

One of the stands.

Pang Ze watched the battle with his wife and son.

"Brother Pang, you're here to watch the competition too?" An old man walked over with a smile.

"Mr. Li." Pang Ze stood up to greet him and shook hands with him. "This is the first global competition since Blue Star opened the virtual world, and it shows the most talented and potential people among billions of people. How can we miss such a competition?"

The old man nodded and said, "This competition can show us the most potential people on Blue Star. We can also invest in them and form a good relationship."

The two of them talked, naturally isolating the surrounding sounds so only they could hear.

"There's no need for us to invest. The country will naturally cultivate them, and the entire civilization will cultivate them." Pang Ze said, "What's most important for us now is to do our own thing well."

The old man looked at Pang Ze, "I don't know how Brother Pang has considered my last proposal?"

"Not interested." Pang Ze shook his head.

"Brother Pang, you're calculating and unerring. But the only problem is that you're too stable." The old man shook his head. "Sometimes being too stable will make you miss a lot of opportunities. The person I introduced to you is a member of a cosmic family! Their family territory has more than ten administrative stars and dozens of star systems. That person now needs good helpers. My plan has been approved by the Blue Star Civilization…"

"I won't participate." Pang Ze shook his head and refused.

The old man frowned secretly.

Looking around the world, there were very few people he valued, and Pang Ze was number one among them! It was a pity that Pang Ze didn't pay much attention to him.

"Oh well, everyone has their own pursuits. But Brother Pang, you must understand that once you miss an opportunity, you miss it." The old man then left.

Pang Ze frowned slightly, then looked at the commentary booth, "This old fellow is too opportunistic. Although he occasionally has great gains, as long as he fails, it may be eternal damnation. In the vast universe, one's own strength is fundamental."

Pang Ze didn't like this old man's style of doing things. Although the old man's conspiracies and calculations were very strong, and he was now a loyal subordinate of that cosmic family member, the bigger the plan, the farther Pang Ze wanted to stay away.

"This old fellow only reports good news and not bad news to the Blue Star Alliance. I can vaguely determine that his plan has great risks." Pang Ze thought, "He is now completely on that family member's ship. Oh well, even if he fails, it's just an individual failure. The Blue Star Civilization is protected by the laws of the Cosmic Human Alliance, so it can withstand some storms."

The Blue Star Civilization could withstand some storms, but Pang Ze personally couldn't withstand it, and didn't dare to get involved.

"Dad, the main competition has started." His son, Pang Yun, said excitedly, "The first group is our Xia Country's Tu Ling, Riven Gullit, Chopola, and Alan Emelianenko."

Pang Ze stopped thinking and began to watch the battle seriously, "I hope that this competition can show us that the Blue Star Civilization has astonishingly talented experts. The technological progress of civilization is very slow. Only the path of evolution can overtake! Let the Blue Star Civilization have enough confidence to face other cosmic civilizations."

At this moment, in addition to Pang Ze, many big figures on Blue Star were also watching this competition, and they all had pressure. As the high-level of the entire civilization, they were increasingly aware of what the Blue Star Civilization had to face.

And this competition was a selection of geniuses from billions of people, and it was also the hope of civilization.

"I hope a peerless genius will appear."

"The Blue Star Civilization needs the emergence of strong individuals on the path of evolution."

Many high-level figures on Blue Star silently hoped.