Chapter 46 Global Skirmish

October 10th, 9 PM, Xia Country official livestream.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao sat in the stands, drinking beverages while watching the livestream.

"Jingming, the first day of the Global Skirmish, are you really not participating?" Li Miaomiao asked, sipping her coffee.

"There are too many global-level Divine experts. Our Xia Country alone has over 15,000 Divine experts now, and I heard there are over 60,000 Divine experts globally. It's too chaotic to rush into the Global Skirmish all at once," Xu Jingming said. "Let's observe first, see the current strength of the top global experts, and then it won't be too late to make a move."

At least from the Divine-level battles, apart from his master, Liu Hai, who hadn't revealed his full strength, no one else in the country was his match.

After all, he hadn't seen anyone reach the fourth level yet.

"There are 15,000 Divine-level experts in the country already, and I still haven't reached that level." Li Miaomiao touched her nose and lowered her head. "With you teaching, Xiaoging teaching, Sister Yi teaching… so many great experts teaching me, and the virtual world has been open for so long, but my basic combat strength is only 962, still a bit short of 1,000."

"At your speed, you should be able to reach a basic combat strength of 1,000 within a week," Xu Jingming comforted her. "Then you'll be a Divine-level expert."

"Mm."

Li Miaomiao clenched her fist. "According to the population ratio, there's currently only about one Divine-level expert out of every 100,000 people, which is still quite impressive."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Two months of virtual world access is equivalent to more than five years of hard training in reality! Anyone with a bit of talent can generally become a Divine-level expert."

"Are you saying I have less talent?" Li Miaomiao stared at Xu Jingming.

"No, no, no…" Xu Jingming immediately said, "You're just not working hard enough. You're always doing things by halves, and you're only one step away from the Divine level. If you worked harder, you would have succeeded long ago. So you still have good talent."

Li Miaomiao nodded in satisfaction.

Xu Jingming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

With so many top experts like him, Dai Xiaoqing, and Wang Yi guiding her, even if she wasn't that diligent, Li Miaomiao should have become a Divine-level expert with her talent. After all, the virtual world's cultivation environment was too good.

The truth was, his girlfriend, Li Miaomiao, could only be considered to have decent talent in martial arts! She hadn't reached the level of 'one in 100,000'.

"I'm also aware that my talent in martial arts weapons is far behind yours. Sigh, the taste of being surrounded by geniuses…" Li Miaomiao sighed. "Makes me feel so mediocre."

"Watch the competition, don't wallow in self-pity," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Viewers of the livestream, the match we're broadcasting is between the Xia Country team and the Roman Country team." Host Liu Xin looked at the livestream scene and began to introduce, "On the Xia Country side, we have Fang Yu, who's ranked twelfth on the Starry Sky榜 (Starry Sky Rankings), while his four teammates are a bit weaker. On the Roman Country side, we have Zaha Maggs, who's ranked fifteenth on the Starry Sky榜, and his four teammates are also ordinary Divine-level experts. This match… will mainly depend on the fight between Fang Yu and Zaha."

"I'd also like to inform everyone," Liu Xin said with a smile, "The Roman Country official livestream is also broadcasting this match, with a viewership of six hundred million! Our Xia Country official livestream has surpassed nine hundred million viewers!"

As the host spoke, the match began.

It was a modern city map.

Li Miaomiao said from the stands, "According to the Starry Sky榜, Zaha Maggs is the second strongest expert in Roman Country and uses dual axes. Fang Yu is currently very popular domestically. After defeating Lei Yunfang, many people in the country believe he is the second strongest in Xia Country, with unlimited potential."

"He has a lot of potential, after all, he's only twenty years old," Xu Jingming said as he watched the match.

With Fang Yu and Zaha in this match, the other eight were just decorations.

Even second-tier Divine archers couldn't threaten them from a distance, and if they got close? They would be easily killed by the two of them.

"Xia Country's Fang Yu?" Zaha was tall and thin, standing at two meters nineteen, wielding a pair of battle-axes.

Fang Yu was shorter than Zaha, but more burly and strong, wearing heavy armor, and charging straight at Zaha with a halberd.

"Hmph."

Zaha snorted coldly and met him head-on.

Both of them were incredibly fast, and they were using heavy weapons, making their charge terrifying.

"Whoosh!"

Zaha's battle-axes slashed furiously! The battle-axes left afterimages as they cut through the air.

"Clang!" The halberd was incredibly heavy, directly blocking the axe.

But the other battle-axe slashed from another angle. Zaha's pair of battle-axes were not only heavy, but also coordinated in a bizarre and unpredictable way. If he was hit by one axe, even Fang Yu's heavy armor wouldn't fare well.

"Get lost!" Fang Yu shook the halberd in his hand, blocking another axe.

The halberd was extremely ferocious, leaving trails of black afterimages as it moved, attacking Zaha.

"What powerful strength." Zaha was also famous for his strength, and his pair of battle-axes perfectly combined ferocity and unpredictability, but at this moment, he was suppressed by the halberd.

Too much power! Too much speed!

Fang Yu was like a monster, charging straight ahead! He didn't even bother using throwing weapons.

After dozens of consecutive attacks, he finally broke through Zaha's pair of battle-axes, piercing Zaha's chest, causing Zaha's body to turn into an illusion. Only then did Fang Yu reveal an excited smile.

He liked the feeling of defeating his opponents one by one!

"Fang Yu!"

"Fang Yu!"

"Fang Yu is invincible!"

"He won!"

"The second strongest expert in Roman Country has also been defeated by Fang Yu!"

The audience was沸腾 (boiling), after all, this was the first match broadcast by the Xia Country official livestream since the start of the Global Skirmish. Fang Yu's victory was very encouraging.

At the same moment, in the Roman Country official livestream, countless viewers were in disbelief.

"How is that possible?"

"How could he break through Zaha's dual axes?"

"That Xia Country person wearing black heavy armor completely suppressed Zaha. I heard he's ranked twelfth on the Starry Sky榜. There are three people ranked higher than him in Xia Country: Liu Hai, Lei Yunfang, and Xu Jingming."

"I checked the information on this Xia Country person, Fang Yu. He's very powerful now. He's already defeated Lei Yunfang in the country, and it's generally believed that he is the second strongest person in Xia Country right now."

"But Zaha still lost."

The proud hearts of the Roman Country people were now riddled with holes. How much they wanted their own strongmen to win.

…

Xu Jingming watched the cheers of the whole nation and also smiled.

"Xia Country's overall strength is still much stronger than Roman Country's," Xu Jingming thought. But in his heart, Xu Jingming was thinking about those experiences when he possessed 'Xuan'.

"Blue Star Civilization, applying to connect to the virtual world network."

"Purchase price…"

"Payment successful."

Xu Jingming still remembered those things clearly.

If his guess was correct, Blue Star Civilization was just one of the civilizations in the vast universe.

"'Xuan' is a member of the Universe Human Alliance. What kind of organization is the Universe Human Alliance?" Xu Jingming wondered. "'Xuan' and that armored strongman are both beings who can easily destroy planets and even stars, and their status isn't even high. Then what kind of status does the Blue Star Civilization have?"

Having come into contact with these secrets, Xu Jingming was naturally calm and peaceful when watching the current match. His gaze had long since turned to the universe.

"According to Director Zhou, I'll be able to know the real secrets when I become stronger," Xu Jingming stood up. "I'll continue to become stronger!"

"Aren't you going to watch anymore?" Li Miaomiao looked at Xu Jingming.

"I'll watch the video after the livestream ends," Xu Jingming said. "I'm going to the training ground for a while."

Li Miaomiao nodded, watching Xu Jingming disappear.

…

Personal space training ground.

Xu Jingming practiced the Heavenly Python Evolution Method over and over again, his mind and will integrated into his whole body, sensing the depths of his body.

Ever since his spearmanship broke through to the fourth level, he had been wanting to continue breaking through with the Evolution Method! But several days had passed, and as he cultivated, he felt closer and closer to breaking through, but was always just a little bit short.

But Xu Jingming's heart was calm, like the movement of celestial stars, quietly experiencing the changes in his body.

"Buzz."

Suddenly, there was a trembling sensation.

The muscle fibers of his body were mobilized, and under the guidance of the Heavenly Python Evolution Method, they finally changed. This change also caused his body to undergo a transformation, a thorough and complete change.

Another evolution of life! Heavenly Python Evolution Method, Super-Order!

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This chapter was a bit slow to write, sorry.