Chapter 15 A Month Later

The evening of October 5th, Yang Qingshuo's personal space.

All six members of the Pearwood team were gathered here.

"Cheers."

Xu Jingming, Li Miaomiao, Wang Yi, Heng Fang, Liu Chongyuan, and Yang Qingshuo all wore happy smiles as they raised their glasses of juice. As martial arts athletes, they were accustomed to not drinking alcohol, and celebrations were also done with juice.

"I really didn't expect it, A'Shuo, you actually reached the third level faster than Da Xiong and I," Heng Fang punched Yang Qingshuo's chest. "I'm really envious, jealous, and hateful! Why am I always stuck in a bottleneck that I can't break through?"

"I'll keep you company," Liu Chongyuan embraced Heng Fang.

"Get lost, I don't need your company," Heng Fang dodged away. "What I need is self-improvement, hard work, and more hard work."

"Tch."

Liu Chongyuan curled his lip. "Your wife calls you, and you immediately rush over to coax her. Look at our captain! The captain hasn't sparred with Sister Maomao for a month."

"Don't stir up trouble," Xu Jingming immediately said. "I haven't teamed up with you guys either."

"Brother Xu, you don't accompany your teammates, you don't accompany your sister-in-law, and you haven't even participated in any battles," Yang Qingshuo asked. "More than a month before the virtual world opened, you were a popular figure. You haven't shown your face at all in the past month! Do you know that Fang Yu's reputation is very high now, and many people think that Fang Yu is now the second best in Xia Country."

"That's right, Fang Yu publicly defeated Senior Lei Yunfang a week ago," Heng Fang nodded. "Master Liu Hai and Senior Lei Yunfang were previously the fixed number one and number two. Senior Lei Yunfang was defeated… and Fang Yu is only twenty years old. Now many people in the country believe that Fang Yu is extremely talented and may surpass Liu Hai in the future."

"I heard Miaomiao mention it," Xu Jingming nodded and smiled. "Fang Yu does have good talent."

He and his master, Liu Hai, were being cultivated at the highest level.

Fang Yu must have also received cultivation! Although the intensity of cultivation was inferior to his, he was still able to defeat Lei Yunfang, which was indeed a testament to his talent.

"Brother Xu, you've already passed the Starry Sky Tower. You must be even stronger after a month," Yang Qingshuo said unconvinced. "You should also occasionally participate in God-level battles to let the outside world know that your strength is stronger than Fang Yu's."

"God-level battles?" Xu Jingming shook his head. "Queuing up again and again, and many times it's against weaker opponents, battling is also a waste of time. It's better to cultivate on my own and practice in the Starry Sky Tower."

"A waste of time?"

Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, Heng Fang, and Liu Chongyuan looked at each other.

"Listen to that, he even thinks God-level battles are a waste of time," Heng Fang shook his head. "I still think every battle is a life-and-death struggle."

Xu Jingming smiled.

That's right.

Going to God-level battles, he might have to queue up for a hundred matches before encountering an opponent who was a bit threatening. The efficiency was too low!

He had watched some God-level battle videos. Looking at the entire country, only Fang Yu, Lei Yunfang, and Zhou Yi made him a little interested, but they were only slightly threatening. It was difficult to encounter them in the queue, so it was better to go to the Starry Sky Tower to fight a few battles.

And what he cared about most… his master, Liu Hai! Since the Fire Seed Cup, his master, Liu Hai, like him, had not participated in God-level battles.

"Perhaps in Master's eyes, God-level battles are also a waste of time," Xu Jingming could guess his master's thoughts. "Master has also received the same level of cultivation as me, and must also be working hard to research."

…

Xu Jingming didn't respond, and his teammates couldn't do anything about his lack of interest in God-level battles.

"During the Fire Seed Cup competition, I broke through to the third level, and the gap between Fang Yu and I wasn't that big," Wang Yi said, sitting on the sofa. "But in a month, Fang Yu has far surpassed me. Even the Starry Sky Tower, I was the eleventh person in Xia Country to pass it, and ranked forty-seventh in the world."

Li Miaomiao sat beside her, held Wang Yi's hand, and comforted her, "The tiger pack in the Starry Sky Tower is very unfriendly to archers. Zhou Yi also spent a long time passing it. Sister Yi, you are after all one of the best archers in Xia Country. Even looking at the world, Sister Yi, you are among the top five archers."

"Only you, Maomao, know how to comfort people," Wang Yi said with a smile. The two sisters had a very good relationship.

"Hmm?"

Everyone present received a virtual world announcement.

"A world announcement?" Xu Jingming clicked on the announcement to view it.

"In order to promote the advancement of combat skills among global experts, the virtual world will officially open the 'Global Confrontation' function at 9:00 PM Beijing time on October 10th. As long as you are a God-level expert, you can participate in the Global Confrontation and compete with God-level experts from all over the world."

What Xu Jingming and the others saw was Xia Country time. What the experts from other countries saw was naturally the time in their respective time zones.

"Global Confrontation?" Xu Jingming and the others were all a little surprised.

"As of today, there are exactly fifty people on the Starry Sky Ranking," Li Miaomiao said. "I originally guessed that there might be a big move when the Starry Sky Ranking was full of one hundred people. But with only fifty people… there's already a big move. It seems that the Blue Star Alliance couldn't hold back and was eager to launch this function."

"Confrontation with global experts?" Wang Yi's eyes showed anticipation. "This is interesting."

"I'm also looking forward to it," Xu Jingming believed that he and his master had received the highest level of cultivation in Xia Country, and it was estimated that there were several people in the world who had received the same level of cultivation. In addition, there were probably quite a few who had received slightly weaker cultivation.

For example, that twenty-year-old Tiano Xili, who had been ranked fourth in the world a long time ago, even earlier than the older generation Lei Yunfang.

Now, what level had Tiano Xili reached? Could he defeat him?

With a global population of seven billion, who knew what kind of geniuses would emerge? For example, a genius stronger than Fang Yu?

"Let's seize the time to cultivate," Xu Jingming said as he stood up.

"Let's go," Heng Fang also stood up, his eyes shining. "The competition among global experts will definitely be much more intense than it is now. I can't be a salted fish anymore. I have to tell my wife that I want to go into seclusion too."

Wang Yi's eyes were also filled with anticipation. "I can confront global experts."

Everyone quickly dispersed, and even Yang Qingshuo, who had just broken through, was full of fighting spirit.

…

Xu Jingming's personal space training field was set as the edge of a solar system scene.

Of course, it only looked similar. The other aspects were very different. For example, the actual range of activity was only half a kilometer, and you could only look at the more distant places. For example, there was air, and the temperature was also maintained at around 10 degrees Celsius. There was no way Xu Jingming could survive in the real cosmic space environment.

At this moment, on a floating meteorite, Xu Jingming was holding a black spear and continuing to practice the 'Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique'.

Compared to his first practice, his frequency was now much lower. Each time, there was a process of brewing and accumulating momentum, and then he would launch a spear attack, changing his footwork and continuously thrusting out! With the accumulation of momentum, the Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique could obviously explode faster and more fiercely.

This was also his experience over the past month. The momentum accumulation of the Nourishing Life Spear Technique could be combined with the Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique.

"Buzz!" A spear thrust out transformed into an afterimage, and the vibrations generated by the rotating spear shaft emitted a buzzing sound.

"Transform into light!"

Xu Jingming only had one thought in his mind.

After a month of mind-cultivation techniques, he could achieve a momentary state of mental purity. For example, at this moment, his mind was pure, with only one thought—transform into light! Let himself and the spear in his hand transform into light!

He practiced again and again.

Reading a book a hundred times will reveal its meaning. Xu Jingming had to practice this move, the 'Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique', more than ten thousand times every day! Although the number of times he practiced the Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique decreased later on, the time didn't decrease, and the efficiency even increased.

Practicing until today… the massive number of times and the more powerful mobilization of will than in the past finally allowed Xu Jingming to break through that layer of 'boundary'. He clearly sensed the deeper reaches of his body.

He sensed the deeper reaches of every muscle in his entire body, every tiny muscle fiber.

Just like ordinary people mobilizing major muscle groups, Xu Jingming's will could now mobilize these tiny muscle fibers, causing the muscle fibers to unite and exert force with greater efficiency. It wasn't just the muscles, but also the fascia, bursae, tendon sheaths, and other tissues, as well as the operation of the bones, joints, and internal organs… everything was more profound.

His entire body was like an extremely precise machine. Under Xu Jingming's will, it operated more efficiently in an instant, and the strength that erupted was even more terrifying.

"Boom!" Xu Jingming's figure blurred, a rainbow flashed, and he was ten meters away as if he had teleported. The sound of the spear vibrating the air was as ear-splitting as an explosion.

"Discovered an unknown fourth-order spear technique, please name it," a voice sounded in his ear.

Xu Jingming was stunned for a moment, and immediately clicked on his personal combat power panel.

Gene Evolution Method: *Tian Mang* Evolution Method (Advanced 95%) (Practice time 583 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 251

Skills: Unknown Spear Technique (Fourth Order 3%), Spear Technique (Third Order 99%), Footwork (Third Order 93%), Shield Technique (Third Order 92%)

Base Combat Power: 15060

Actual Combat Bonus: 55%

Combat Power: 23343