Chapter 108 Fourth Person

Liu Hai, Tiano Xire, and Xu Jingming cleared the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower on October 28th. Countless people around the world were eagerly awaiting the emergence of the next person, but they waited and waited, until the second day, the third day…

No fourth person appeared.

"It seems that Liu Hai, Tiano Xire, and Xu Jingming's strength is indeed far superior to others. It's been five days, and still no fourth person has appeared." The Sakura Country's media was constantly monitoring the situation. "But our Miyagawa Akari is comparable to Tiger Fosen in strength. She should be the closest to these three in the world, and her growth rate is fast. She should be the fourth person in the world to clear the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower."

"Miyagawa was comparable to Tiger Fosen last time, but she's only seventeen years old, while Tiger Fosen is an old man. In their next fight, Miyagawa will definitely overwhelm Tiger Fosen!"

…

"It's been seven days! The fourth level of the Starry Sky Rankings still only has these three people! Our Roman Republic has a billion people. Are we not as good as Xia Country? Are we not even as good as a small country like Botswana?" A host in a Roman Republic livestream room said in disbelief.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was November 6th. It had been nine days since Xu Jingming and the others had cleared the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower, and there were still only those three names on the fourth level of the Starry Sky Rankings.

"Bang." A staff shadow pierced over as fast as lightning. Too close for comfort, Miyagawa Akari instinctively twisted her waist while parrying with her katana.

The tip of the staff struck the katana, pressing it against Miyagawa Akari's body.

Bang!

Miyagawa Akari flew backward. Her body was incredibly flexible, and her swordsmanship and ability to dissipate force were perfect, but she still had several broken ribs and a caved-in chest. Blood spurted out.

"Why is the Ape King so strong?" Miyagawa Akari stared at the Ape King in front of her. The Ape King was holding its staff, and its gaze toward Miyagawa Akari also contained disdain.

"It's faster and more agile than me. Its staff techniques also suppress my katana techniques." Miyagawa Akari only felt terrible.

In every aspect she excelled in, the Ape King suppressed her, being better than her in every way!

"Its strength and physique far surpass mine."

"How am I supposed to fight?" Miyagawa Akari felt that the Ape King was suppressing her too much. "Those three monsters all cleared it nine days ago. Is the gap between me and them really that big?"

Losing to Xu Jingming in one move didn't give her a strong enough feeling; she only knew that he was much stronger than her.

Fighting the Ape King made her understand how big the gap was.

"Moreover, those three monsters must have been growing all this time. Nine days have passed, and they've become even stronger. As for me, even if I face the Ape King for another ten days, I won't be able to win." Miyagawa Akari was very clear about this.

…

Akinlov, the number one expert in Rakshasa Country, who had quietly surpassed 'Alan Emelianenko,' was also fighting the Ape King.

"Bang."

Akinlov was smaller in stature, but he wore heavy armor and wielded two axes. His axes were much smaller than Tiger Fosen's, but they were faster to swing, and their power was terrifying.

At that moment, a staff transformed into streaks of phantoms, constantly striking down. Akinlov was forced to block with his two axes again and again.

"Whoosh." The striking staff was also unpredictable. Suddenly, one strike drew an arc, passing through the obstruction of the two axes and striking Akinlov's side.

With this strike, even though he was wearing heavy armor, Akinlov was sent flying.

At the same time, the Ape King took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill.

"I lost again."

"My strength and physique, which I'm best at, are comparable to it, but other aspects are inferior to this Ape King. It's really hard to fight." Akinlov sighed inwardly as he flew away. "I wonder how those three people won."

The Ape King was indeed terrifying.

Strength, speed, agility, physique, and even staff techniques were all very strong!

Liu Hai cultivated the Violent Tiger Evolution Method. Only after his strength and speed were strong enough was he barely able to seize the Ape King's flaws. With Liu Hai's combat skills, as long as he seized a trace of a flaw, he could immediately amplify the advantage, snowballing a small victory into a big victory, completely defeating the opponent.

Xu Jingming relied on the 'Transcendence Spear Technique,' which specialized in offense, to attack with all his might. It also took thirty-six consecutive spears to kill the Ape King.

…

Experts from all over the world were fighting hard; they also wanted to become the fourth person in the world, but the more they tried, the more they felt the gap between them and those three people.

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November 6th, evening.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao were enjoying their time together.

Lying in bed, Li Miaomiao, her face flushed, gently tapped the light screen, browsing the information on it.

"Jingming, ever since the three of you cleared the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower, no one else in the world has been able to break through." Li Miaomiao pointed to the light screen and said, "Many experts have released videos of their battles against the Ape King. Many livestream rooms are also analyzing the Ape King's strength, and they all feel that it's unsolvable."

"If you're strong enough, there's a solution." Xu Jingming smiled and said, "If your evolution method reaches Super阶 50%, and your weapon techniques reach Tier 4 50%, you can generally win."

Of course, this was just a rough estimate.

Different people had different affinities with the evolution methods. Even if they were all Super阶 50%, their physical indexes would be different.

There were also combat skills, which were just paper data. They also needed 'on-the-spot performance.' Different people had different combat abilities. Xu Jingming believed that… his combat abilities were still very strong.

Of course, there were also people stronger than him, such as his master, Liu Hai!

His master, Liu Hai… could use any environment to perfectly control the battle. He wouldn't give a single chance when defending, and if the opponent had the slightest flaw, Liu Hai would seize it. Even if there were no flaws, Liu Hai could create them for the opponent.

"Super阶 50% body? Tier 4 50% weapon techniques?" Li Miaomiao clicked her tongue. "Breaking through to Tier 4 isn't easy, and the further you go, the slower it gets."

"Yeah."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Tier 4 cultivation is much more difficult than Tier 3."

Nine days had passed.

The Transcendence Spear Technique had only increased from Tier 4 47% to Tier 4 53%. According to past experience, the increase from 0% to 50% was generally faster, and the further you went, the slower it got. This time, his growth was very slow even though he was just over 50%.

"It's been so long since the virtual world opened, and my swordsmanship is only at Tier 2 Initial." Li Miaomiao glanced at Xu Jingming. "Don't act like Tier 3 is easy."

Xu Jingming immediately coaxed, "Everyone has different talents. Miaomiao, your talent is singing."

Li Miaomiao smiled, and then a message popped up on the light screen.

"Jingming, there's a world announcement," Li Miaomiao said.

"World announcement?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"The third level of the Starry Sky Rankings finally reached a hundred people this evening. I guessed that the Blue Star Alliance would take action." Li Miaomiao said, "Now the announcement is finally here."

Li Miaomiao zoomed in on the light screen in front of her and read the world announcement carefully with Xu Jingming.

One: From this moment on, experts listed on the Starry Sky Rankings can be followed by everyone in the world, and their livestreams can be watched.

Two: The mission space will open a second building, the "Martial Arts Arena." For detailed rules, please go to the Martial Arts Arena to read them.

"Big event." Li Miaomiao muttered, "It feels more important than the global skirmishes."

"The mission space only had one building before—the Starry Sky Tower! The rest of the place was just darkness. Now there's finally a second building. I wonder what this 'Martial Arts Arena' is for," Xu Jingming said.

The influence of the Starry Sky Tower was beyond doubt.

The Martial Arts Arena might be as important as the Starry Sky Tower.

"Both of these announcements are very important." Li Miaomiao pointed to the first one. "The first one says that experts on the Starry Sky Rankings can be followed by everyone in the world, and their livestreams can be watched. What does this mean?"

Xu Jingming was stunned.

"Our ordinary livestream rooms can only be seen by viewers from our own country," Li Miaomiao said. "Including our Xia Country's official livestream room, no matter how popular it is, it's all watched by Xia Country people."

"But the hundred people on the Starry Sky Rankings are different. Their audience is everyone in the world!" Li Miaomiao said, "Moreover, they're all on the rankings for a long time. This is a natural advertising spot."

"These hundred people will quickly become popular big streamers, and they'll be global streamers."

"And the three people on the fourth level of the Starry Sky Rankings—you, Master Liu Hai, and that Tiano—your popularity will be unprecedented." Li Miaomiao exclaimed, "The popularity of your livestream rooms might exceed the official livestream rooms of many countries."

"You can start a livestream, and countless people from all over the world will watch." Li Miaomiao said solemnly, "This kind of influence is very amazing. Logically speaking, they should limit the influence of individuals from being too outrageous, but the Blue Star Alliance is actively guiding all of this."

"Not only that…"

Li Miaomiao thought, "There are only so many viewers in the world. They have to train every day, fight, and the time they have to watch livestream rooms is limited. Suddenly, a hundred super streamers have appeared, and this will be a big impact on the global livestreaming market."

"A big impact?" Xu Jingming listened.

"Livestreaming is like a pyramid, where the strong get stronger. You hundred people might occupy 50% of the global livestream market. This means that the market for everyone else will shrink," Li Miaomiao said. "The impact is too great."

"Hurry up and check your number of followers," Li Miaomiao said. "In the past, the Starry Sky Rankings was just a list. Now everyone in the world can follow you! Your number of followers must be skyrocketing."

Xu Jingming gently tapped the light screen and checked.

Even without entering the virtual world, he could still perform some basic operations, such as watching livestreams, viewing personal information, sending messages, and so on.

"The number is increasing so fast." Li Miaomiao looked at the jumping number of followers, somewhat shocked. "Maybe only the three of you in the world will have such a terrifying number of followers."

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I went to the hospital yesterday to get medicine. According to the doctor, it's best not to look at mobile phones or computers, and the eyes need to rest. But my job is to write.

Just one chapter today. Tomorrow, when my eyes are better, I'll start to resume two chapters a day.