Chapter 144 First Group

Xu Jingming, Li Miaomiao, and many relatives and friends were also in the same grandstand, carefully watching the competition.

"The first group has four people, and each pair has a match, for a total of six matches. The top two in the group are determined based on the final results." Li Miaomiao looked at the form in her hand. "The first match is Tu Ling against Riven Gullit. Jingming, who do you favor?"

Xu Jingming was also quite expectant. "Of course, our Xia country's Tu Ling. Looking at the world, she is the youngest fifth-order. Her talent is truly amazing! In fact, she was quite dazzling in junior high school and was once guided by my master, Liu Hai, and also by senior Lei Yunfang."

"Back then, senior Lei Yunfang also guided her. Now, senior Lei Yunfang can't even get into the main competition. Times are changing too fast," Li Miaomiao said, shaking her head.

"After the virtual world opened, the competition became too fierce," Xu Jingming said.

During their conversation, the first match had already begun!

The map was a snow scene.

Tu Ling wore dark golden armor, with a shield in one hand and a saber in the other. However, her shield was more like Xu Jingming's shield. The saber was slender, known for its lightness and speed. At this moment, her eyes were sharp as she observed her opponent.

Riven Gullit was as large as a giant beast, wearing heavy armor and wielding a pair of large hammers. He was also staring at Tu Ling, not daring to underestimate this little girl!

"Be careful." Tu Ling said, transforming into a blur as she pounced. Riven Gullit's pupils shrank, and he also charged forward bravely.

Bang!

With a loud noise, one of Riven Gullit's hammers collided head-on with the shield. Tu Ling flew backward, but she tapped her foot and flashed away. Riven Gullit's body shook slightly as he stood firm.

"What strength." Tu Ling smiled, her fighting spirit soaring as she charged again. This time, however, she didn't clash head-on but instead used her exquisite movement techniques. For a moment, several blurry figures of 'Tu Ling' appeared. Riven Gullit also met her head-on!

In the virtual world's official live broadcast room, the number of viewers had exceeded 5.9 billion, and countless people were dumbfounded.

"Wow—"

"Wow—"

Many could only gasp in surprise.

All the viewers were cultivating evolution methods, and their eyesight was fast enough to observe quickly, but under the high-speed movement of the two fighters, only afterimages remained.

"Too fast." The female host pointed to the data displayed in the live scene. "Tu Ling's maximum movement speed reaches 335 meters per second, which is close to the speed of sound! She is currently the strongest sixteen-year-old on the entire planet. And Riven Gullit, wearing heavy armor and wielding a heavy hammer, still reaches a maximum movement speed of 289 meters per second."

The male guest, Owen, glanced at the data in his hand and said, "I also want to tell everyone a shocking piece of data. The heavy armor that Riven Gullit wears weighs 9.6 tons! The pair of hammers weighs 2.5 tons. Only a powerful body with a complete evolution method can carry such a load and still burst out with a speed of 289 meters per second."

"Even Tu Ling's set of dark golden light armor weighs 1.8 tons, and with the saber and shield, she also weighs more than two tons. According to the virtual world's armor rules, higher density means stronger material. Armor that is too light can't withstand the attacks of a fifth-order expert."

"Unbelievable."

"Riven Gullit weighs more than ten tons and can still move at 289 meters per second? He could probably smash a tank into smithereens."

"Their hammer, their axe, is enough to rival a missile strike!"

"Is this the strength of the fifth order?"

"We are all Blue Star people, why am I still at the Silver Moon level?"

Countless viewers watched with envy.

With the opening of the virtual world, they were all cultivating evolution methods together, but many were still stuck at the 'initial stage of evolution', while Tu Ling and Riven Gullit had already reached the complete evolution method.

The battle was very intense at the moment. The two sides were moving so fast that only blurry afterimages remained. It was difficult for ordinary people to see who had the advantage.

"From the slow motion, Tu Ling is completely in control of the battle. Her movement techniques are unpredictable, and her shield and saber coordination is perfect. Riven Gullit is at an absolute disadvantage." The commentators pointed to the slow-motion scenes and explained.

"I can only see the match clearly in slow motion."

"Am I even worthy to watch such a match?"

"Compared to them, I feel like we are two different species."

"It feels like gods are fighting gods."

Countless viewers could only look up in admiration.

The people of Xia and the people of Rome were very nervous, hoping that their country's experts would win.

"Riven is actually at an absolute disadvantage. How is this Xia country little girl so strong?" The people of Rome covered their chests, so nervous that they could hardly breathe.

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"Under the pressure of the competition, I only managed to break through an hour ago, reaching the perfection of the planetary life form, so I can exchange more than a hundred moves with this Tu Ling." Riven Gullit knew this very well. Although he had reached the fifth order several days ago, he had only just broken through the evolution method today.

If he didn't break through the evolution method, he was afraid that he would lose his life in one exchange.

"Even if I broke through, she still has an all-around advantage." Riven Gullit was almost entirely on the defensive because Tu Ling's movement was too ghostly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Almost in an instant, three 'Tu Lings' appeared in different directions, attacking. The sabers were slender and too fast to defend against.

"Beautiful." On the grandstand, Lei Yunfang watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction. "Back then, I also guided this little girl, Tu Ling. Now, her movement has reached the fifth order and completely surpassed me. And her shield and saber skills are also perfect. She is truly an incredible genius."

The perfect combination of movement and weapon skills completely suppressed Riven Gullit.

After exchanging more than a hundred moves, Riven Gullit finally failed to defend. A flash of saber light left a saber mark on his forehead. His body turned illusory and disappeared. On the snowy ground... only Tu Ling in dark golden armor stood there.

"She won, beautiful."

"Well done."

The most excited were the people of Xia, cheering for her.

On the grandstand, Xu Jingming also smiled and nodded. "Amazing, they both reached the fifth order, but Riven Gullit should have just broken through, and his footwork is a bit clumsy. If his footwork could be stronger, the outcome of this battle would be hard to say."

"The first group has four people. They both reached the fifth order. Are the remaining Qiaobola and Alan Emilianenko doomed to lose?" Li Miaomiao said.

"Probably." Xu Jingming nodded.

The following matches were as expected.

Qiaobola was a female expert from Rome, using a shield and sword, with superb rapier skills. But in the end, she was only at the peak of the fourth order. When she encountered the fifth-order 'Tu Ling' and 'Riven Gullit', she had no power to fight back.

Alan Emilianenko was the only one of the three kings of the martial arts world who entered the main competition, but he also had to face the ravages of two fifth-order experts.

Bang.

Riven Gullit didn't use much force, and even held back, but under the hammer strike, Alan Emilianenko was still seriously injured and thrown away.

A casual hammer strike, and Alan Emilianenko couldn't even block it.

Too fast! Too strong! Even the nerve reactions were far apart! The difference between the fourth order and the fifth order was too great.

Riven Gullit didn't want to abuse this senior, so he used three hammers, and the third hammer turned Alan Emilianenko's body into an illusion.

"Is this the gap between me and the fifth order?" Alan Emilianenko was trembling all over. His past glory and his current powerlessness made him feel very unwilling! He was once considered the most perfect cold weapon technique in the martial arts world.

And now? He was being surpassed by new people one after another!

"Senior Alan, be careful." Tu Ling was also respectful to this senior when she fought Alan Emilianenko.

Tu Ling was even more merciful, continuously delivering nineteen saber strikes, gradually increasing in power. Only with the nineteenth strike did she finally cut across Alan Emilianenko's chest! Although Alan wore light armor, Tu Ling, who had reached the perfection of the planetary life form, could easily cut through the armor even with a light saber strike.

Clang. Alan's silver single saber in his right hand didn't defend at the last moment but instead desperately unleashed a strike, showing Tu Ling his strongest saber strike.

At this moment, his mind and will finally controlled his whole body, mobilizing even more majestic power.

But Tu Ling's shield easily blocked the greatly enhanced power of the strike.

"Thank you." Alan revealed a happy smile. When he unleashed his final strike, his saber technique finally broke through, breaking through to the fifth order.

Tu Ling was also quite happy to see this scene. She liked meeting powerful opponents because that made the battles exciting.