Chapter 40 Eight Experts

"Today, a total of four groups of matches were held, with a total of twenty-four matches." In the virtual world's official live broadcast room, the female host's emotions were high. "A total of eight players, Tu Ling, Rivin*Gullit, Tiano*Cere, Mickchi, Liu Hai, Alex, Madeline*Logan, and Japlov, have been selected and will enter the next round of elimination matches."

"Liu Hai!"

"Rivin*Gullit!"

"Alex!"

The number of viewers in the stands was still as high as 5.5 billion, and a cheer like a landslide and tsunami erupted, all cheering for the peerless experts from their own countries.

Being able to enter the main competition was already remarkable, and only sixteen people could eventually enter the elimination round! The difficulty was much higher than the main competition. Most of those who could enter the elimination round came from several major countries.

For example, Xia Country, the Roman Empire, and the White Eagle Federation had larger populations and more cultivation resources. There were very few experts from small countries who made it into the top sixteen, and the citizens of their countries were even more enthusiastic in their support.

"These eight experts are almost all from major countries." Li Miaomiao sighed. "Only Alex is from the Amazon Federal Republic in South America. The Amazon Federal Republic also has a population of 200 million, but it is the weakest and least populous country among the eight players."

"You forgot to count Tiano," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Oh."

Li Miaomiao was stunned. "That's right, Tiano's hometown is the weakest. He's so strong and famous that I subconsciously think his hometown is strong."

"He is very strong." Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "After watching the first four groups of matches, Tiano, Shifu (master) Liu Hai, and Madeline*Logan are all very strong."

"You're not confident?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"Not confident." Xu Jingming shook his head, then got up. "I'm going to practice."

Even during the competition phase, one must continue to cultivate as always, without any slackening.

…

The next day, starting at 9:00 PM on June 3rd, the remaining four groups of matches were held, and many high-level figures from Blue Star came to watch.

The fifth group match.

"Yesha!"

"Yesha!"

Countless people cheered.

Yesha Lova had an extraordinary temperament, and her appearance was as if she had gathered the good fortune of heaven and earth in one body. Under the natural light, her skin was crystal clear, as if emitting light. When she wore silver-white armor and held a bow and arrow, she truly resembled an angel descending. Not to mention that her strength was also terrifyingly strong!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

In her three matches in the fifth group, each match had her shooting three arrows, each arrow stronger than the last! The third arrow would definitely kill her opponent. In front of the arrows, the opponent seemed to be caught in a spider web, feeling suffocated and unable to break free.

"Yesha Lova is pretty good, giving each opponent enough pressure." Director Zhou and a group of Blue Star executives nodded in satisfaction. "Madeline*Logan is too ruthless, showing no mercy to even fourth-order limits."

The Blue Star executives had no choice, because after so many years of small-scale cultivation in secret, there were barely more than ten who had reached the fifth order. Some people were too strong and had reached the high stage of the fifth order and had become cosmic citizens, making them unsuitable to participate in the competition again.

Staying at the early stage of the fifth order, with relatively appropriate strength, after selection, only Yesha Lova and Madeline*Logan remained. These experts each had their own temperaments, and were destined to become cosmic citizens. The Blue Star Alliance had to give them a certain amount of respect.

"The two spots in the fifth group, Yesha Lova is definitely first." Li Miaomiao watched nervously. "Zhao Fan and Merritt are fighting for second. Whoever can defeat the other will get the spot."

In the fifth group, the battle between Zhao Fan and Merritt, the people of Xia Country and the people of the Roman Empire were also extremely nervous and expectant.

"Zhao Fan, if you dare to lose, your mother will make you kneel on the washboard when you get home!"

"Zhao Fan, if you win, I'll give you a monkey."

"The above are all dreaming. I declare sovereignty. Zhao Fan and I have already obtained our marriage certificate."

"Merritt, I love you."

"Merritt, you are the God of War."

…

Countless comments were scrolling. Zhao Fan and Merritt both had extremely high popularity in their respective countries. Zhao Fan was only nineteen years old this year, looked somewhat young and delicate, and only began cultivating martial arts after the virtual world opened. He had become a global top expert, simply a favored son of heaven! He had countless fans…

Merritt was the same, young, handsome, and with unparalleled talent, making countless women in the Roman Empire infatuated.

A clash of two peerless geniuses.

One used a yanyue dao (crescent blade), known for its fierce and domineering nature.

The other used twin swords. Merritt's swords were Western short swords, used differently from Eastern swords, and also weighed a lot more.

The two sides fought fiercely, fighting for more than three minutes before Zhao Fan lost the match by a narrow margin.

"Ah, lost." Li Miaomiao shook her head as she watched.

"Zhao Fan's yanyue dao attack is fierce and unstoppable." Xu Jingming shook his head. "And Merritt's twin swords technique is both offensive and defensive, and he is better at defense. In a war of attrition, Merritt is naturally more advantageous."

In the end, Yesha Lova and Merritt won the top two spots in the fifth group.

Countless people in Xia Country were disappointed, while the people of the Roman Empire cheered and jumped for joy.

"Next to appear is Xu Jingming."

"Xu Jingming is about to appear."

"Our Xia Country's Xu Jingming."

The people of Xia Country quickly cheered up. Xu Jingming's influence in the world was much greater. Seven months ago, he was recognized as one of the three strongest in the world. How strong is he now? That's a mystery.

"Xu Jingming of the sixth group is a strong contender for the championship of this competition." The female host introduced, and the cheers from countless viewers in the stands grew louder. Xu Jingming had many fans around the world.

His Martial Arts Nine Lessons had been watched and learned by the vast majority of people around the world.

"In last year's total points ranking of martial arts gyms, Xu Jingming was number one in the world." The female host continued, "Remember when the virtual world first opened, his strength was still weaker than Liu Hai and Tiano*Cere, but he quickly caught up with those two. And seven months later today… what is Xu Jingming's strength? Today's competition will show his true strength."

"In this competition, I am still most optimistic about Liu Hai, Tiano, and Xu Jingming. The first two have already played yesterday, and today we can see Xu Jingming." Male guest Owen said.

"Xu Jingming is my favorite martial arts teacher." Female guest Annie's eyes were shining as she looked at Xu Jingming, who had already appeared on the battle map.

"I have always been a huge fan of Xu Jingming." Jin Fan said with a smile, "The competition has begun. Xu Jingming's first match in the main competition of the World Martial Arts Competition is against Zhou Yi, who is also from Xia Country."

Modern city map.

Xu Jingming, wearing dark red armor and holding a black spear, stood on the street.

He didn't bring a shield! Since it was a one-on-one match, he could exert his strongest strength with a spear. Although his opponent's strength might be very weak… he would not take any match in the World Martial Arts Competition lightly.

"Xu Jingming." Zhou Yi jumped down from a tall building in the distance and landed on the street with a bang. The ground on the street shook, and Zhou Yi looked at Xu Jingming from afar.

"I know I'm not your opponent." Zhou Yi said solemnly, "But I will do my best to show my strongest archery skills."

"I'm also looking forward to your archery skills." Xu Jingming said with a smile. He even looked forward to these opponents breaking through. Blue Star was his hometown! It was also his hope that the Blue Star civilization would produce more and more cosmic citizens.

Zhou Yi nodded and instantly charged towards Xu Jingming with his bow and arrow. He knew very well that only by getting close and shooting arrows at close range could he pose a slight threat to Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming stood where he was, allowing his opponent to approach.

Zhou Yi didn't release his arrows until he had rushed to a distance of twenty meters.

"I can't get any closer. If I get any closer, he can stab me to death in one step." Zhou Yi understood this. "Even a distance of twenty meters is very dangerous, but… I have no choice! If the distance is any further, my arrows will be of no threat at all."

Zhou Yi instantly took out three arrows from his quiver, with five fingers holding the three arrows, and simultaneously placed them on the bowstring. Drawing the bow and shooting arrows was as fast as lightning. Each of these three arrows shot out simultaneously had a speed of over 2000 meters per second.

He had brought two quivers for rapid archery, with sixty arrows in total.

Zhou Yi was the one with the highest achievement in 'rapid archery' on the entire Blue Star. Although Yesha Lova was also good at archery and had reached the fifth order, Yesha Lova's specialty was completely different from Zhou Yi's. Yesha Lova was better at maximizing the 'power of one arrow', while Zhou Yi was the most remarkable in rapid archery.

After shooting three arrows simultaneously, he didn't stop at all, and then shot three more arrows, and then three more!

For a time, arrows whistled one after another.

"Clang." Xu Jingming stood where he was, and with a single point of his spear, he pointed at the arrowhead of each incoming arrow. The spear naturally rotated, hitting the arrowheads of the other two arrows as well. The arrow shafts shattered, and the arrowheads twisted and flew away.