Chapter 250 Nine Days Later

Liu Hai, Tiano*Xire, and Xu Jingming had cleared the fourth level of the Starry Sky Tower on October 28th. Countless people around the world were eagerly anticipating the emergence of a fourth person. They waited and waited, until the next day, the third day…

But the fourth person never appeared.

“It seems that Liu Hai, Tiano*Xire, and Xu Jingming are indeed far stronger than the 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 about as strong as Tiger Foulsen. She should be the closest to those 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 on par with Tiger Foulsen last time, but she’s only seventeen years old. Tiger Foulsen is an old man. Next time they fight, Miyagawa will definitely be able to overpower Tiger Foulsen!”

…

“It’s been seven days! The fourth level of the Starry Sky Rankings still only has those three people! Are we Romans, with a billion people, inferior to Xia Country? Are we not even as good as a small country like Botswana?” A streamer from a Roman live-streaming room couldn’t believe it.

…

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 the Starry Sky Rankings still only had those three names.

“Bang.” A staff shadow struck like lightning. It was too close, and Miyagawa Akari instinctively twisted her waist while using her katana to block.

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 both her swordsmanship and her ability to dissipate force were perfect, but she still had several broken ribs and a caved-in chest, and blood spurted out.

“How can the Ape King be so strong?” Miyagawa Akari stared at the Ape King in front of her. The Ape King was holding his staff and looked at Miyagawa Akari with disdain.

“Faster and more agile than me. His staff techniques also suppress my swordsmanship.” Miyagawa Akari felt terrible.

The Ape King suppressed her in every way she was good at; he was better than her in everything!

“His strength and physique are far superior to mine.”

“How can I fight?” Miyagawa Akari felt that the Ape King was suppressing her too much. “Those three monsters cleared it nine days ago. Is the gap between us really that big?”

Being defeated by Xu Jingming in one move hadn’t been a strong enough feeling. She only knew that he was much stronger than her.

Fighting the Ape King made her realize how big the gap was at that level.

“And those three monsters are definitely still growing. Nine days have passed, and they’ve become even stronger. But against the Ape King, even if I had ten more days, I wouldn’t be able to win.” Miyagawa Akari knew this very well.

…

Akinfiev, the current number one expert in the Raksha Country, who had quietly surpassed Alan Emelianenko, was also fighting the Ape King.

“Bang.”

Although Akinfiev was smaller, he wore heavy armor and wielded two axes. His axes were much smaller than Tiger Foulsen’s, but they were faster and more terrifying.

At that moment, a staff transformed into a series of phantoms, constantly striking down. Akinfiev was forced to block with his axes time and time again.

“Swoosh.” The staff strikes were unpredictable. Suddenly, a strike drew an arc, unexpectedly passing through the two axes’ defenses and striking Akinfiev’s side.

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

At the same time, the Ape King took the opportunity to pursue him.

“I lost again.”

“My best attributes, physique and strength, are about the same as his, but everything else is inferior to this Ape King. It’s really hard to fight.” Akinfiev sighed inwardly as he was thrown back. “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 practiced the Raging Tiger Evolution, and only after his strength and speed were strong enough was he barely able to grasp the Ape King’s flaws. With Liu Hai’s combat skills, as long as he could seize a sliver of an opening, he could immediately amplify the advantage, snowballing from a small victory into a large one, completely defeating his opponent.

Xu Jingming relied on his ‘Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique,’ which was only good at attacking, and he had to use all his strength to attack with thirty-six consecutive strikes to kill the Ape King.

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Experts from all over the world were working hard, trying 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 alone time.

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 at the light screen and said, “Many experts have released videos of their battles against the Ape King, and many live-streaming rooms are analyzing the Ape King’s strength. Everyone feels that it’s unsolvable.”

“If you’re strong enough, there’s a solution.” Xu Jingming smiled and said, “If your evolution method reaches Super-tier 50%, and your weapon reaches Fourth Order 50%, you can generally win.”

Of course, this was just a rough estimate.

Different people have different compatibility with their evolution methods. Even if they were both Super-tier 50%, their body index would be different.

And combat skills were just numbers on paper. You also needed ‘on-the-spot combat performance.’ Different people have different combat abilities. Xu Jingming believed… that his combat skills were still very strong.

Of course, there were 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 opportunity when defending, and if his opponent had the slightest flaw, Liu Hai would seize it. Even if there were no flaws, Liu Hai could create them.

“Super-tier 50% body? Fourth Order 50% weapon skills?” Li Miaomiao clicked her tongue. “It’s not easy to break through to Fourth Order, and the improvement becomes slower and slower the further you go.”

“Yeah.”

Xu Jingming nodded. “Fourth Order cultivation is much more difficult than Third Order.”

Nine days had passed.

The Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique had only improved from Fourth Order 47% to Fourth Order 53%. According to past experience, the improvement from 0% to 50% was generally faster, and it became slower and slower the further you went. This time, his growth was very slow even though he was only slightly above 50%.

“It’s been so long since the virtual world opened, and my swordsmanship is only at Second Order Elementary Stage.” Li Miaomiao glanced at Xu Jingming. “Don’t act like Third Order is easy.”

Xu Jingming immediately coaxed her, “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 Starry Sky Rankings finally reached a hundred people this evening. I guessed that the Earth 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 carefully read the world announcement with Xu Jingming.

One: From this moment on, experts on the Starry Sky Rankings can be followed by everyone in the world, and they can watch their live streams.

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.

“A big event.” Li Miaomiao muttered, “It feels more important than the global skirmish.”

“The mission space previously only had one building—the Starry Sky Tower! The other places were all dark. 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 they can watch their live streams. What does that mean?”

Xu Jingming was stunned.

“Our ordinary live-streaming rooms can only be seen by viewers from our own country.” Li Miaomiao said, “Including our Xia Country’s official live-streaming room, no matter how popular it is, it’s still only watched by people from Xia Country.”

“But the hundred people on the Starry Sky Rankings are different. Their audience is everyone in the world!” Li Miaomiao said, “And they’re all on the rankings for a long time. This is a natural advertisement spot.”

“These hundred people will quickly become popular streamers, and they will be global streamers.”

“And the three of you on the Fourth Level Starry Sky Rankings, you, Master Liu Hai, and that Tiano, your popularity will be unprecedented.” Li Miaomiao exclaimed, “The popularity of your live-streaming rooms might exceed that of many countries’ official live-streaming rooms.”

“If you do a live stream, countless people from all over the world will watch.” Li Miaomiao said solemnly, “Such influence is very astonishing. Logically speaking, they should limit the individual influence from becoming too outrageous. But the Earth 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, they have to fight, and the time they have to watch live streams is also limited. With the sudden appearance of a hundred super-streamers, it will be a big shock to the global live-streaming market.”

“A big shock?” Xu Jingming listened.

“Live streaming is like a pyramid; the strong will always be strong. You hundred people may occupy 50% of the global live-streaming market. This is equivalent to shrinking everyone else’s market.” Li Miaomiao said, “The impact is too great.”

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

Xu Jingming gently tapped the light screen and checked.

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

“The number of people is increasing so fast.” Li Miaomiao looked at the jumping follower numbers and was somewhat shocked. “Perhaps you three are the only ones in the world whose follower count will be so terrifying.”

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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; your eyes need to rest. But my job is to write.

I’ll just post one chapter today. If my eyes are better tomorrow, I’ll start resuming two chapters a day.