Chapter 1 Evening of June 4th

At 9 p.m. Beijing time on June 4th, the knockout rounds of the World Martial Arts Competition began, with a total of eight matches.

"The first match today is between Tu Ling from Xia country and Mikic from Rome. Tu Ling is the youngest competitor in this World Martial Arts Competition, while Mikic has much more practical experience, but the three guests with me all unanimously favor Tu Ling," the female host said.

At this time, the match had already begun, and Tu Ling and Mikic had both entered the battle map.

This was a modern urban map.

Tu Ling leaped from a tall building and landed on the street, openly waiting for Mikic's arrival.

Mikic wore armor and wielded dual swords.

"Mikic's dual sword technique is very skillful, but he ultimately didn't break through to the fifth level, and the gap between him and Xia's Tu Ling is still too large," male guest Owen said.

The two exchanged blows.

Mikic transformed into a series of afterimages, attacking Tu Ling.

Sword light flashed, constantly attacking. Tu Ling stood in place, using her left hand shield to simply block! All the sword light was blocked, and after blocking more than ten times in a row, Tu Ling finally swung her saber. Her saber strike… shocked Mikic, but he didn't have time to stop it, and the saber light brushed past his throat.

"Fifth level." Mikic's body became illusory, and he sighed inwardly, "The difference between the fourth and fifth levels is too great."

"Tu Ling finally drew her saber, one strike! And she defeated Mikic." Male guest Jin Fan excitedly said, "After only defending and not attacking, and defending more than ten moves, Tu Ling made her move! The difference between the two sides is too great!"

…

"The second match is between Tiyano Xilei from Powana and Liwen Gullit from Rome. Both sides have reached the fifth level, and the battle will definitely be more exciting," the female host said, also watching the live scene.

That was a mountain forest map.

In the mountain forest, Tiyano Xilei wore black light armor, facing Liwen Gullit empty-handed.

"Empty-handed?" Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, Tiger Fossen, Madeleine Logan, Yershalova, Haru Singh and other experts all became serious.

"Madeleine Logan at least uses boxing gloves in combat. Tiyano Xilei is relying on a pair of flesh and blood palms?" Li Miaomiao wondered.

"He obviously has confidence." Xu Jingming watched seriously.

"Not using any weapons? Not even gloves?" Liwen Gullit, wearing heavy armor and wielding a pair of large hammers, stared at Tiyano.

Tiyano said with a grin, "Big oaf, try to hit me first."

"Hmph."

Accompanied by a cold snort, Liwen Gullit rushed out instantly, his speed soaring to about 290 meters per second, his entire figure completely blurred. With his terrifying weight, every move had terrifying kinetic energy, and when a pair of large hammers danced, it was as if they were going to crush everything.

Whoosh.

The large hammer crushed Tiyano.

Tiyano's figure dissipated strangely, but suddenly appeared on Liwen Gullit's side, his right hand like a phantom, his fingertip lightly touching Liwen Gullit's face.

Liwen Gullit stopped, looking at Tiyano in disbelief: "How is this possible?"

His dual hammer defense was very powerful, but Tiyano, with one move, touched his face with his finger.

"If I had used a little force just now, your head would have exploded with a 'bang'... gone." Tiyano looked at Liwen Gullit with a smile, "But it's rare to have a fifth-level opponent, I'll give you three chances."

Liwen Gullit became more serious and careful, rushing over suddenly, one hammer sweeping horizontally, and one hammer carefully defending.

Tiyano's body dissipated strangely again.

"Puff." The back of his head was lightly touched.

Liwen Gullit turned his head in disbelief to look behind him.

"You're really too slow." Tiyano Xilei was standing behind him, "Your weapon skills and defense are not good, and your speed is slow. How do you fight people?"

"Roar!"

Liwen Gullit roared violently, twisting his waist and waving the two large hammers in his hands. Tiyano's figure flashed again.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The furious Liwen Gullit threw the double hammers in his hands directly, trying to smash the blurred shadow.

"Puff."

Tiyano was already standing in front of Liwen Gullit, his finger pointing at his brow.

"Three chances, all given to you." Tiyano smiled.

"Boom." Liwen Gullit didn't say anything, and suddenly pounced forward, as if a big bear was pouncing over.

Tiyano's figure flashed, and he had already gone to pick up a large hammer in the distance.

"Boom—"

Following that, he swung the large hammer and instantly arrived at Liwen Gullit's side, smashing the hammer on Liwen Gullit's waist. The heavy armor Liwen Gullit was wearing weighed as much as 9.6 tons and had an astonishing density, providing extremely high defensive power. It stood to reason that even a fifth-level expert, even if using a heavy weapon, would only be able to injure him. But the impact contained in Liwen Gullit's hammer made Liwen Gullit unable to believe it.

He was smashed and flew directly into the air, and the trees that he crashed into exploded, and he himself began to turn into an illusion.

One hammer, smashing heavy armor, killing him directly!

"Woof."

Liwen Gullit carried the big hammer in one hand, swinging it twice, "Too clumsy." He casually threw it, and the big hammer flew into the distance.

The match ended.

Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and the others watched with solemn expressions.

"This, this…" The host and the three guests were all dumbfounded.

"His speed, his highest speed of movement just now reached 387 meters per second." Female guest Annie said in disbelief, "Almost 100 meters per second faster than Liwen. And he's too flexible, Liwen is simply in slow motion in front of him."

In the slowed-down battle scene, Tiyano was indeed much faster and more flexible than his opponent, teasing him at will.

"He killed Liwen with one hammer because of the power it exploded?"

"This power is too terrifying, Liwen Gullit has also fully reached the fifth level." The hosts and guests watched the slow-motion footage, and they were even more amazed.

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao looked at the post-match commentary and couldn't help but look at Xu Jingming, "Tiyano, isn't he a little too strong?"

"As the competition goes on, everyone will start showing their true strength." Xu Jingming's eyes lit up, "Such an opponent is too rare, I really look forward to fighting him."

Looking at the whole world, there were too few people who were worth his full effort.

Tiyano, gave Xu Jingming a sense of threat, but it also made him more excited and expectant.

…

"The third match is between Liu Hai from Xia and Japulov from Rome."

"Oh…"

"Liu Hai used a shield, and shield-bashed six times. The first three shield-bashes were for defense, and the last three shield-bashes were for offense. Each shield-bash was stronger than the last, and the last shield-bash beat Japulov to death." The hosts and guests looked at the replay.

The normal battle was too fast to see clearly.

They only felt six consecutive shield-bashes and the battle was over!

"Thank you." When Japulov's figure was illusory, he also bowed slightly gratefully. Liu Hai could have killed him in one move, or he could have teased him, but he normally performed six shield-bashes, giving him face and enough pressure.

In this round of sixteen to eight knockout matches, the first three matches actually had three Roman experts, which shows the martial arts atmosphere in Rome. Of course, the elimination of all three Roman experts also exposed a problem: Rome is lacking in top experts.

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"The fourth match is between Madeleine Logan from the White Eagle Federation and Alex from the Amazon Federal Republic. It's very rare, this is a battle between two female experts." The female host said happily.

Alex, with long brown-black hair and facial features as if carved, was full of heroism and was also a beautiful figure like a female god of war.

She held a shield in one hand and a short sword in the other.

"Puff."

In the ancient battlefield map, Alex's short sword thrust and shield strikes were easily caught by Madeleine Logan's two hands.

After being caught, Alex couldn't pull it at all.

"Bang."

Madeleine Logan's lips curled up slightly, with a hint of coldness, and she pushed the shield and short sword猛地 with both hands, and smashed them on Alex's body. Alex was smashed and flew out, and turned into an illusion and dissipated in mid-air.

"Alex!" The citizens of the Amazon Federal Republic were all extremely sad. Their country's pride, the only player to enter the main competition, only reached the top sixteen.

…

The fifth match was between Yershalova and Miyakawa Akari.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh…"

Yershalova, who was like an angel, was loved by countless viewers. She shot arrows, each arrow more terrifying than the last. She was already showing mercy, gradually increasing the power of each arrow.

The 'Miyakawa Akari', who had just broken through to the fifth level, had not yet broken through in her evolution method. No matter how flexible her footwork was, it was extremely difficult to resist the arrows shot by the god.

"This arrow is too terrible." Miyakawa Akari felt suffocated, and only barely resisted the sixth arrow, which penetrated her body.

"Miyakawa!" Countless citizens of the Cherry Blossom Country were unwilling to believe that the only player from the Cherry Blossom Country to enter the main competition was eliminated.

…

In the sixth match, it was finally Xu Jingming's turn to play.

Snowy map scene.

Xu Jingming stood in the snow, looking at the handsome young man Merritt who appeared in the distance. Merritt's face was solemn and under great pressure. A person's name is like the shadow of a tree, Xu Jingming's name... was too intimidating!