Chapter 101 Sinking into Battle

Xu Jingming devoted himself wholeheartedly to battle.

Match after match against opponents, these ‘eighth-order limits’ from various civilizations within the Hunter Cosmic Domain, each had their own strengths and brought different feelings to Xu Jingming.

Some were skilled in movement techniques, their bodies seeming to travel between reality and illusion. Xu Jingming barely managed to win by relying on the faster movements of the *Light* manuscript and his swift, light-like spearmanship. However, in terms of concealment and unpredictability, Xu Jingming admitted that he was inferior to his opponent.

Some were skilled in palm techniques, their hands transforming into thousands of arms, possessing both power and changeability. The power of a single palm strike was enough to sink thousands of miles of land. Xu Jingming used his advantage in movement and his flowing spear shadows to overwhelm his opponent's defenses, ultimately leading to their defeat. This made Xu Jingming secretly sigh, no wonder ‘Xuan’ pursued the limits of speed! Having the upper hand in speed provided too great of an advantage in battle.

Some had extremely profound attainments in ‘physical energy transformation,’ their entire being resembling a thunder god, wielding dual spears. Wherever the spear tips passed, even high mountains would be reduced to dust. The coordination of the dual spears was even more unpredictable. Xu Jingming was at a disadvantage even when using spearmanship to counter. In the end, he switched to dual shields. With the dual shields in hand, he used an overwhelming, upright and direct approach… and finally defeated his opponent.

After each battle, Xu Jingming also reflected and summarized, occasionally gaining new insights into the *Light* manuscript. Each time he gained an insight, his heart was filled with endless joy.

The feeling of progress is truly wonderful!

“Thunder God ‘Wei’ actually lost.”

“Wei’s dual spear coordination is something that many eighth-order limits can't withstand.”

“This guy named Wu Ming is really fast, even faster than ‘Wei’! His speed advantage is what allowed him to switch to dual shields. Holding the dual shields is what allowed him to withstand Wei's dual spear attacks! Extremely fast speed, fierce power, one shield strike heavily injured Wei's Thunder God body.”

“His spearmanship is formidable, and his shield techniques are also formidable. In my hometown, there are only two eighth-order cosmic lifeforms in an entire star system. In the virtual world network, you can just stroll around and see a group of eighth-order limits.”

“Looking at his shield techniques, if he were to use them in reality, one shield strike would probably wipe out half the life on a planet.”

“If he dared to do that, he would either end up in a cosmic prison or be sent to an alien battlefield as cannon fodder.”

“We have to thank the Cosmic Human Alliance's laws, otherwise, the destruction these eighth-order cosmic lifeforms could cause would be terrifying. Watching them fight makes me tremble a little.”

The audience was very excited.

Especially since some of the opponents Xu Jingming encountered were extremely popular. Defeating these ‘celebrity experts’ also caused the number of people following Xu Jingming to increase.

One million, two million, five million, ten million…

Xu Jingming's number of fans continued to increase.

“This guy named Wu Ming is so amazing; he’s been on a winning streak.”

“One eighth-order limit after another falls before him.”

“How many consecutive wins does he have?”

“He already has nineteen consecutive wins! His ranking is constantly rising.”

“This Wu Ming is too aloof; he has over thirty thousand viewers now, and he doesn't even interact with us.”

“He's an eighth-order limit; in reality, he might be a great noble in some civilized nation. Not all eighth-order limits… will interact with the audience.”

“Based on my experience of watching peak battles for thousands of years, and the integrated data, Wu Ming's movement and spearmanship styles have the style of the Primordial Research Institute. He might be an outer member of the Primordial Research Institute.”

“Really? From the Primordial Research Institute?”

“More than half of those who can reach the top ranks in the Cosmic Peak Battles are geniuses from the seventeen top powers.”

The audience was exchanging opinions.

Xu Jingming was immersed in battle. After winning 30 consecutive matches, he finally lost.

His opponent was named ‘Artisan A-Tian.’ In the Life Evolution game's ‘Cosmic Peak Battle,’ most of these eighth-order limits didn't use their real names. This ‘Artisan A-Tian’ was a four-armed man who stood two meters and seventy-two centimeters tall.

He held four sabers in his four arms. These sabers were of different lengths and had different characteristics.

But when they exchanged blows, Xu Jingming was completely suppressed. His movement speed was faster, but once he engaged with his opponent, he was ‘entangled’ and couldn't escape! He didn't even have a chance to switch to dual shields.

He barely managed to withstand dozens of moves with his spearmanship before he was struck and his body was heavily injured.

Once he was injured, his opponent naturally wouldn't give him a chance and continued to attack! This prevented Xu Jingming from fully recovering and forced him to concede.

“I lost.”

Xu Jingming sat on a rock on a desolate planet, scrubbing through the timeline, replaying the battle scene in slow motion, and carefully examining it.

“Impressive.” Xu Jingming watched his opponent's use of the four sabers. “The four saber techniques coordinate perfectly. Even if I can break through his long saber, I still have to face his short saber. His battle strategy… has a lot of room for trial and error.”

“Even if my strength were a little greater, I wouldn't be able to break his saber techniques.” Xu Jingming gradually understood as he watched the slow-motion replay, “He's like waging a war, seizing every chance of victory, giving me a sense of being controlled, making it impossible for me to escape the predicament until I'm ultimately defeated.”

Xu Jingming opened his opponent's interface.

“Ranked 812th in the Froststar Star Alliance?” Xu Jingming's eyes lit up. An alliance with countless experts—being able to enter the top thousand was already remarkable.

“Even with that kind of strength, he can't even get into the top 100,000 in the Hunter Cosmic Domain?” Xu Jingming sighed with emotion, “There's truly a heaven beyond heaven, and people beyond people. There are so many experts in the Hunter Cosmic Domain.”

People like Senior Brother Gu Shan and Senior Sister Mo Yu were all eighth-order experts in the Hunter Cosmic Domain, and they would also have rankings if they participated in the Cosmic Peak Battle.

The geniuses of the Primordial Research Institute, as well as the geniuses of the other 16 top powers, would all try the Cosmic Peak Battle on the path to pursuing ‘Source Life,’ to see what level their actual combat ability would rank at.

Therefore, there were too many experts in the Cosmic Peak Battle.

“This Wu Ming seems to be hit hard.”

“After 30 consecutive wins, he finally lost. He's probably stimulated, and he's studying the replay over and over again.”

“The more consecutive wins you have, the more the system will automatically match you with stronger opponents. It's a pity that he only got 30 consecutive wins. I heard that if you get 100 consecutive wins, you can encounter some terrifying opponents, like the top 100 in the Hunter Cosmic Domain.”

At this moment, over a million cosmic citizens were watching.

After all, continuous victories, especially defeating several star players, naturally attracted many fans. Like the previous ‘Artisan A-Tian,’ who was in the top 1,000 in the Froststar Star Alliance, normal battles would have over ten million viewers. Colliding with this kind of star expert made it easy to increase the number of fans.

“My strength is inferior to others.”

Xu Jingming stopped studying after researching it several times. He swept his gaze and saw the number of online viewers beside him, “1,053,791,” which shocked him.

“Over a million people are watching me? I've been studying the replay here for ten minutes, and they're still watching me?” Xu Jingming felt a little ashamed and a little surprised.

Ashamed because he was letting hundreds of thousands of people watch him, but he was studying the replay, not saying a word the whole time, which was a bit disrespectful to the audience.

Surprised because when he was fighting before, many of the viewers were fans of his opponents! But the viewers at this moment were undoubtedly all his fans.

Xu Jingming tapped on the panel, and with a light tap, countless stands appeared in the distance in his vision. The stands were packed with cosmic citizen viewers, exceeding a million people.

“I'm sorry.” Xu Jingming looked at the many viewers and said, “Today is the first time I've seriously played in the Cosmic Peak Battle, and I didn't have enough experience to notice everyone. It's been several hours, and I haven't said a word to anyone.”

"What?"

"Is he apologizing to us?"

"This eighth-order limit has a pretty good temper!"

A group of viewers was used to Xu Jingming ignoring them, so Xu Jingming's sudden speech surprised them a little.

After all, eighth-order limits are also big figures in reality. Some people participate in peak battles to focus on live streaming and naturally interact with the audience in various ways in order to have a greater influence and earn higher incomes. The other type focuses on combat, and many don't bother with the audience.

If it weren't for the official setting that the Cosmic Peak Battle must allow viewers to watch, it was estimated that many experts would turn off the live broadcast.

“I usually focus more on combat.” Xu Jingming also looked at the audience's information flow and explained with a smile, “So I won't interact with everyone during battles! After the battle is over, when I'm free, I'll chat with everyone for a few words.”

After each battle, he would reflect on and summarize the battle.

With the brain processing speed of an eighth-order limit, multitasking was easy. It was very easy to reflect and summarize while chatting.

“It's good enough that you can interact with us.”

“Wu Ming, good luck. I'm also from the Wu Hook Star Alliance!”

“Does this Wu Ming also want to earn fan money?”

The audience was discussing, and countless information streams flowed by.

“Everyone doesn't need to give rewards,” Xu Jingming said.

Estimating that he would become a Source Life within two hundred years, he naturally didn't care about this. Working hard to cultivate fans might earn him a billion Cosmic Coins a year, but Xu Jingming was unwilling to put his mind to this.

He wanted to focus all his energy and devote himself to battle, pursuing his own limits.

As for chatting with the audience, Xu Jingming felt that he should still do it. After all, so many cosmic citizens were paying attention to him, and this was a kindness.

He should, of course, reciprocate with kindness.

This was basic politeness.

Xu Jingming said, “Alright, I'm going to continue with the next battle.” He said as he tapped on the preparation interface.

“This Wu Ming has turned off the reward function.”

“I can't give rewards anymore.”

“He doesn't want rewards and is still so friendly.”

“So heartwarming, I think this Wu Ming is so handsome, even more handsome than the God of Songs, Bei Yu.”

“Are you comparing a singer to an eighth-order limit? They're not on the same level, okay?”

“Based on my judgment, this Wu Ming is suspected of being from the Primordial Research Institute, and it's still his first time focusing on the Cosmic Peak Battle, so he should be very young. Young, and from the Primordial Research Institute… his future is limitless! He might even be a Source Life in the future!”

These viewers were all cosmic citizens, and there were also hidden dragons and crouching tigers among them. After Xu Jingming fought more than thirty consecutive battles, much information was inferred.

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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

Xu Jingming's schedule was very tight. Every day, he would unswervingly study scientific knowledge, research the *Light* manuscript, and cultivate the Visualization. The remaining time, six hours, was spent engaging in the Cosmic Peak Battle! Other times were spent studying battle replays and summarizing gains and losses.

He had to constantly reflect and summarize in order to gradually improve.

He had very little time to spend with his wife and daughter every day, and Xu Jingming also felt a little guilty. But after refining the Heavenly Demon's obsession for the first time, he had realized that he had to burn himself and fully invest himself in the path of evolution.

“The gains from fighting these past two weeks have been great. In terms of actual combat skills, I've improved more than in the ten years in the Demon Vanquishing World.” In just over half a month, Xu Jingming's combat skill bonus had broken through 70 times.

Of course, this was also because the demons he encountered in the Demon Vanquishing World had very ordinary combat skills, and there were no challenging opponents.

He hadn't spent much effort in actual combat. His main focus was on ‘refining his heart.’

Now he had focused for over half a month!

His understanding of the *Light* manuscript for more than a decade was constantly being integrated into his actual combat skills, so his improvement was naturally rapid.

“However, my ranking in the Wu Hook Star Alliance is starting to slow down.” Xu Jingming looked at his current ranking.

Wu Hook Star Alliance Ranking: 1239

As for the Hunter Cosmic Domain, he still hadn't been able to enter the top 100,000.

“It's indeed very difficult to enter the top 100,000 in the Hunter Cosmic Domain,” Xu Jingming thought. “Every ten thousand years, the Primordial Research Institute recruits about 500 outer members in the Hunter Cosmic Domain. Apart from the three strongest powers, the other 14 powers each recruit thousands of outer members in the Hunter Cosmic Domain every ten thousand years. The cumulative number of 14 powers… is tens of thousands of people.”

“So the top 100,000 in this Hunter Cosmic Domain! Are either eighth-order limits who are very old and whose combat skills are becoming more and more perfect. Or they are geniuses from the top powers.” Xu Jingming knew that none of these people were easy to deal with.

His talent might be good, but he was still young after all.

“Slowly.”

Xu Jingming was still patient, but he also had ambition. He wanted to break into the top ranks of the Hunter Cosmic Domain, and even the top ranks of the entire cosmos.

“Hmm?” Xu Jingming received a notification and tapped it lightly.

“Senior Brother Gu Shan,” Xu Jingming said.

“Haha, Junior Brother Wu Ming, same old place in Primordial City, I'm hosting a banquet for everyone.” Senior Brother Gu Shan's laughter was hearty.

“Senior Brother broke through?” Xu Jingming said in surprise.

“Yeah, I've already become a formal member of the Primordial Research Institute.” Senior Brother Gu Shan was also in a good mood. “Come quickly, I'm already here waiting for everyone.”

“Coming.”

Xu Jingming was also filled with joy. The eldest senior brother of the eight in the Primordial Star Conjecture lineage of the Hunter Cosmic Domain had finally become a Source Life. This was a great joyous event.

Xu Jingming quickly went to Primordial City and arrived at the familiar top floor of the restaurant.

As soon as he entered, Xu Jingming saw Senior Brother Gu Shan, Senior Brother Chi Tong, and Senior Sister Mo Ni Na. The three of them were chatting happily.