Chapter 10 Even More Fierce

It was evening on October 5th, in Yang Qingshuo's personal space.

All six members of the Pearwood team were gathered here.

"Cheers."

Xu Jingming, Li Miaomiao, Wang Yi, Heng Fang, Liu Chongyuan, and Yang Qingshuo all had happy smiles on their faces as they raised their glasses of juice. As martial arts players, they were used to not drinking alcohol, so they celebrated with juice.

"I really didn't expect it, Ashuo, you actually reached the third tier faster than Da Xiong and I," Heng Fang punched Yang Qingshuo in the chest. "I'm so envious, jealous, and hateful! Why am I always stuck at this bottleneck and can't break through?"

"I'll keep you company," Liu Chongyuan hugged Heng Fang.

"Get lost, I don't need your company," Heng Fang dodged away. "What I need is self-motivation, hard work, and more hard work."

"Tch."

Liu Chongyuan curled his lip. "Your wife calls you, and you immediately run over to coax her. Look at our captain! This past month, the captain hasn't even practiced with Sister Maomao."

"Don't stir up trouble," Xu Jingming immediately said, "I haven't teamed up with you guys either."

"Brother Xu, you don't practice with your teammates, you don't practice with your sister-in-law, and you haven't even participated in any battles," Yang Qingshuo asked. "Before the virtual world opened, you were a man of the hour for more than a month. You haven't shown your face at all in the past month! Do you know that Fang Yu's reputation is very high now, and many people think that Fang Yu is the second best in Xia country?"

"That's right, Fang Yu publicly defeated Senior Lei Yunfang a week ago," Heng Fang nodded. "Master Liu Hai and Senior Lei Yunfang used to be the fixed first and second. Senior Lei Yunfang was defeated... Fang Yu is only twenty years old, and now many people in the country think that Fang Yu is extremely talented and may surpass Liu Hai in the future."

"I heard Miaomiao mention it," Xu Jingming nodded and smiled. "Fang Yu is indeed talented."

He and his master, Liu Hai, were receiving the highest level of cultivation.

Fang Yu must have also received cultivation! Although the level of cultivation was inferior to his, he was still able to defeat Lei Yunfang, which was indeed quite a feat.

"Brother Xu, you already passed the Star Tower a long time ago. In a month's time, you must have become even stronger," Yang Qingshuo said unconvinced. "You should also occasionally participate in God-level battles to let the outside world know that your strength is stronger than Fang Yu's."

"God-level battles?" Xu Jingming shook his head. "Queuing up again and again, and often facing weaker opponents, battling is a waste of time. It's better to cultivate on my own and practice in the Star Tower."

"A waste of time?"

Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, Heng Fang, and Liu Chongyuan looked at each other.

"Listen to that, he actually thinks God-level battles are a waste of time," Heng Fang shook his head. "I still think every battle is a life-and-death struggle."

Xu Jingming smiled.

Yes.

Going to God-level battles, you might have to queue up for a hundred matches before you encounter a threatening opponent. The efficiency is too low!

He had watched some God-level battle videos. In the whole country, only Fang Yu, Lei Yunfang, and Zhou Yi were slightly interesting to him, but they were only slightly threatening. It was difficult to encounter them in the queue, so it was better to go to the Star Tower and fight a few battles.

And the only thing he cared about... his master, Liu Hai! Since the Tinder Cup, his master, Liu Hai, like him, had not participated in any God-level battles.

"Perhaps in Master's eyes, God-level battles are also a waste of time," Xu Jingming could guess his master's thoughts. "Master has also received the same level of cultivation as me, so he must also be working hard to research."

...

Xu Jingming didn't respond, and his teammates couldn't do anything about his lack of interest in God-level battles.

"During the Tinder Cup competition, I broke through to the third tier, and the gap between me and Fang Yu wasn't that far," Wang Yi said, sitting on the sofa. "But in a month's time, Fang Yu has far surpassed me. Even the Star Tower, I was the eleventh in Xia country to pass, and ranked forty-seventh in the world."

Li Miaomiao sat beside her, holding Wang Yi's hand and comforting her, "The tiger packs in the Star Tower are very unfriendly to archers. Zhou Yi also spent a long time to pass. Sister Yi, you are after all one of the best archers in Xia country. Even in the world, Sister Yi, you are among the top five archers."

"Only Maomao knows how to comfort people," Wang Yi smiled. The two sisters had a very good relationship.

"Hm?"

All six of them received a virtual world announcement.

"World announcement?" Xu Jingming clicked on the announcement to view it.

"In order to promote the advancement of combat skills among global experts, the virtual world will officially launch the 'Global Confrontation' function at 9:00 PM Beijing time on October 10th. Any God-level expert can participate in the Global Confrontation and compete with God-level experts from all over the world."

Xu Jingming and the others saw it in Xia country time. The experts from other countries naturally saw it in their respective time zones.

"Global Confrontation?" Xu Jingming and the other six were somewhat surprised.

"As of today, there are exactly fifty people on the Star List," Li Miaomiao said. "I originally guessed that there might be a big commotion when the Star List was full of one hundred people. But with only fifty people... there's already a big commotion. It seems that the Blue Star Alliance can't hold back and is eager to launch this function."

"Confronting global experts?" Wang Yi's eyes were filled with anticipation. "This is interesting."

"I'm also quite looking forward to it." Xu Jingming believed that he and his master had received the highest level of cultivation in Xia country, and there were probably several others in the world who had received the same level of cultivation. In addition, there were probably quite a few who had received slightly weaker cultivation.

For example, that twenty-year-old Tiano Xili, who had been the fourth in the world a long time ago, even earlier than the older generation Lei Yunfang.

Now, how far had Tiano Xili improved? Could he defeat him?

With a global population of seven billion, who knew what kind of geniuses would emerge? For example, a genius stronger than Fang Yu?

"Let's hurry up and cultivate," Xu Jingming said as he stood up.

"I'm out of here," Heng Fang also stood up, his eyes shining. "Global competition will definitely be much more intense than it is now. I can't be a slacker anymore. I have to tell my wife that I want to seclude myself."

Wang Yi's eyes were also filled with anticipation, "I can compete with global experts."

Everyone quickly dispersed. Even Yang Qingshuo, who had just broken through, was full of fighting spirit.

...

In Xu Jingming's personal space training ground, the setting was the edge of a star system.

Of course, it only looked similar. The other aspects were very different. For example, the actual activity range was only one *li* (approximately 0.3 miles), and you could only see the more distant areas. For example, there was air, and the temperature was maintained at around 10 degrees Celsius. There was no way Xu Jingming could survive in the real cosmic space environment.

At this moment, on a floating meteorite, Xu Jingming was holding a black spear and continuing to practice the 'Hua Hong Spear Technique' (Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique).

Compared to when he first started practicing, his frequency was now much lower. Each time, there was a process of brewing and accumulating momentum, and then he would launch a spear attack, changing his footwork, and continuously thrusting out again and again! With the accumulation of momentum, and then using the Hua Hong Spear Technique, it was obvious that he could explode faster and more fiercely.

This was also his experience over the past month. The momentum accumulation of the Yangsheng Spear Technique (Life Nourishing Spear Technique) could be combined with the Hua Hong Spear Technique.

"Buzz!" A spear thrust out, turning into an afterimage. The fluctuations generated by the rotation of the spear shaft emitted a buzzing sound.

"Transform into light!"

There was only one thought in Xu Jingming's mind.

After a month of heart refining, he could achieve a state of mental clarity in a short period of time. For example, at this moment, his mind was pure, and he only had one thought—transform into light! Let himself and the spear in his hand transform into light!

Practice again and again.

Reading a book a hundred times will reveal its meaning. Xu Jingming practiced this 'Hua Hong Spear Technique' more than ten thousand times every day! Although he reduced the number of times he practiced the Hua Hong Spear Technique later on, the time he spent didn't decrease, and the efficiency increased even more.

Having practiced until today... the massive number of times and the stronger mind power compared to the past finally allowed Xu Jingming to break through that layer of 'boundary'. He clearly sensed the deeper parts of his body.

He sensed the deeper parts of every muscle in his body, every tiny muscle fiber.

Just like ordinary people mobilizing their main muscle groups, Xu Jingming's mind could now mobilize these tiny muscle fibers, causing the muscle fibers to unite and exert force, making it more efficient. It wasn't just the muscles, but also the skin, synovial bursae, tendon sheaths, and other tissues, as well as the operation of bones, joints, and internal organs... everything was deeper.

The entire body was like an extremely tightly knit machine. Under Xu Jingming's mental control, it operated more efficiently in an instant, and the power that erupted was even more terrifying.

"Boom!" Xu Jingming's figure blurred, a rainbow light flashed, and he seemed to have teleported ten meters away. The sound of the spear vibrating the air was as ear-piercing as an explosion.

"Discovered an unknown fourth-tier spear technique, please name it." A voice sounded in his ear.

Xu Jingming was stunned and immediately opened his personal combat power panel.

Gene Evolution Method: *Tian Mang* (Heavenly Python) Evolution Method (Advanced 95%) (Practice Time 583 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 251

Skills: Unknown Spear Technique (Fourth Tier 3%), Spear Technique (Third Tier 99%), Footwork (Third Tier 93%), Shield Technique (Third Tier 92%)

Base Combat Power: 15060

Actual Combat Bonus: 55%

Combat Power: 23343