Chapter 281 The Day Before the Finals

The three guests in the official live broadcast room were all top eight experts, but they didn't even have time to explain the final crucial exchange before the battle ended.

Xu Jingming's spear pierced Tiger Fussen's throat, undoubtedly securing victory.

"He won." Tu Ling said blankly, "He just won like that?"

"It was too sudden." Yelisarova nodded in agreement. "The two sides were fighting fiercely before, but Xu Jingming's last few spear thrusts were all offensive moves. Tiger Fussen found it increasingly difficult to defend, and in the end, his throat was pierced by a spear."

"The last few spear thrusts happened in the blink of an eye, less than a second, and the match was over." Haru Singh also marveled. "I didn't quite understand it."

"I didn't understand either," Tu Ling said.

Wasn't it just a series of spear thrusts?

Why couldn't he block them?

"The slow-motion replay of the final kill is here." Haru Singh watched carefully, slowing down the last second of the scene by ten times. The movements of both sides were still extremely fast, but after being slowed down ten times, even ordinary viewers could see it clearly.

"Continuous spear thrusts, advancing spear thrusts, backhand spear thrusts, turning spear thrusts..." Haru Singh watched and commented, "So fast. They look like ordinary spear thrusts, but one spear follows another in rapid succession. The intervals are very short. Tiger Fussen had some difficulty defending with both axes at the same time. This spear grazed Tiger's hair and almost killed him. And then the final spear... Tiger Fussen, having revealed an opening, didn't even have time to swing his axe before the spear shadow pierced his throat."

"Such pressure." Tu Ling also clicked his tongue. "Facing such continuous spear thrusts, I'm breaking out in a cold sweat just watching."

"Yes, once Xu Jingming got serious, Tiger Fussen was done for." Yelisarova nodded.

...

The slow-motion scene allowed viewers around the world to feel the pressure of Xu Jingming's attack. Under the continuous spear thrusts, Tiger Fussen was struggling to cope. How many experts in the world could block that?

"Once Xu Jingming burst out, Tiger Fussen was finished after a few consecutive thrusts! Can Tiano Xire resist?"

"When Tiano erupted at the end, he killed Liu Hai with just two strikes! Only two strikes!"

"When Tiano and Liu Hai fought, his strength and speed were overwhelming."

"Tiger Fussen was even wearing heavy armor. In a head-on collision, he was blasted dozens of meters away by Xu Jingming! In terms of speed, Xu Jingming has shown the fastest speed in the entire competition, right?"

"Anyway, both of them are terrifying."

"Two monsters."

"One is the number one genius in the world, killing Liu Hai with two strikes. The other's strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Xu Jingming was behind in the early stages, but he caught up with Liu Hai and Tiano more than seven months ago... Now, his strength is even more difficult to estimate."

"I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's finals."

"I'm dying to know who will win between the two of them. I wish it would start right now."

Viewers around the world were commenting in the comment sections and discussing with friends and family, marveling at the two experts, Tiano Xire and Xu Jingming, who had won today's semi-finals.

...

Xu Jingming returned to the stands.

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao threw herself into Xu Jingming's arms. Her eyes were shining with excitement. "You won so beautifully."

"Captain, you're really amazing. Once you got serious, you took down Tiger Fussen with a few spear thrusts," Wang Yi praised.

"Grandson, look, look." Grandpa Xu opened the viewing platform. "Look, on the viewing platform, countless live broadcast rooms in our Xia country, almost 99% are talking about you! The whole country is celebrating! They're all celebrating your victory and praising how amazing you are."

"It's only just finished," Xu Jingming glanced at it. Indeed, on the viewing platform, the titles of those live broadcast rooms were all related to Xu Jingming.

The whole country was celebrating!

This showed the influence of this competition.

"After all, this is the first global competition since the virtual world opened." Liu Hai walked over and said with a smile, "There are only two places in the finals. All Chinese people are naturally proud that you can enter the finals."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. The expectations of the people of the whole country were focused on him, and he himself felt a heavy sense of responsibility and honor, which also stimulated his mind and consciousness.

"Fortunately, you won. If you and I had both lost, and no one from our Xia country could enter the finals, the people of the whole country would probably be very disappointed." Liu Hai looked at Xu Jingming with a smile. "Enjoy the moment of victory first. I'll talk to you tomorrow morning about that Tiano."

"Okay, Master." Xu Jingming nodded. With this victory, the next step was the finals, and he would be facing Tiano.

...

"Spear combo?"

Tiano Xire sat alone in the stands, drinking juice. He didn't listen to the explanations of the guests, but carefully watched the slow-motion replay.

"His level of evolution is probably around fifth-order 40%." Tiano watched. "His strength and speed far surpass Tiger Fussen's. This is more interesting... Looking at the world, this Xu Jingming is indeed the closest to me."

"His spearmanship is also quite good."

Tiano Xire smiled and stood up. "I'm just waiting for a good fight tomorrow."

Without waiting for the live broadcast to end, he had already left.

"Tomorrow's match will officially begin at 9 p.m. Beijing time. There will be two matches in total," the female host said on the commentary stage. "The first match is the third-place play-off, the battle between Liu Hai and Tiger Fussen, to determine who will be the third-place winner of this competition. After that, it will be the final of this World Martial Arts Competition, Tiano Xire versus Xu Jingming."

In the ears of the people of Xia country, they heard Chinese, and the time was also 9 p.m. Beijing time.

In other countries, it was the common language of those countries, and the time was also the time zone of those countries.

Countless viewers were also looking forward to tomorrow's battle, and were constantly leaving.

...

Personal space, residence.

Xu Jingming accompanied his wife, eating delicious food and watching programs on the viewing platform.

"In addition to celebrating the victory, there are also many programs on the viewing platform analyzing your battle with Tiano," Li Miaomiao said. "Some of the explanations make sense."

As she spoke, Li Miaomiao picked out some programs: "I've had Sister Kong and Xiao Zeng collect some of the battle analyses that viewers agree with more. You can take a look, maybe they'll give you some inspiration."

Xu Jingming watched the explanations.

"Some of them make sense," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "But Tiano didn't show many of his techniques in his battle with my master. What we saw... was just what he showed."

Li Miaomiao nodded.

"Of course, like me, I also have some killing moves that I haven't publicly used," Xu Jingming said. "I'm going to go cultivate first."

"Go ahead," Li Miaomiao nodded.

Even on the eve of the finals, Xu Jingming was still the same as always, maintaining normal cultivation.

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Early morning.

In the personal space training ground, Master Liu Hai contacted Xu Jingming.

"Master," Xu Jingming said, looking at Liu Hai.

"You should have watched the replay of my battle with Tiano," Liu Hai said. "But there are some things that you may not be able to see."

"Oh?" Xu Jingming listened.

Liu Hai tapped lightly, and the previous semi-final—the battle between Liu Hai and Tiano—began to appear on the side, in slow motion.

"I've watched it seven or eight times, all in slow motion," Xu Jingming said.

"Did you see that Tiano has cultivated at least three schools of staff techniques?" Liu Hai looked at Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming was stunned. "Three schools?"

"When I fought him one-on-one, with our weapons colliding, I used the ultimate move 'Reincarnation' to use his strength against him," Liu Hai said. "So I could clearly grasp the force of each of his staff techniques. I can confirm that he has cultivated at least three completely different schools of staff techniques."

"I can confirm three schools of staff techniques. I'll demonstrate them to you one by one," Liu Hai said.