Chapter 187 Another Person on the Starry Sky Ranking List

The training field in his personal space.

Xu Jingming glanced at his personal combat power panel and nodded slightly, "It's about what I expected. The battle with Senior Lei Yunfang under extreme pressure was a great help to my spearmanship and footwork."

Spearmanship had increased to the third level, 48%, and footwork had increased to the third level, 9%.

"I'll try the Star Tower again." Because the seventh expert in the world had cleared the third level of the Star Tower, Xu Jingming's heart was burning, and he was full of fighting spirit.

However, a moment later, Xu Jingming returned to the training field.

"Although I performed slightly better than last time, I'm still a little short of killing the Tiger King." Xu Jingming became more and more aware, "I still have a significant gap compared to these experts on the rankings."

With a light tap, he opened the video of his semi-final battle.

He watched the slow-motion playback of his battle video with Lei Yunfang in detail, studying every move and style, finding his shortcomings, and striving to improve himself.

…

Time passed. Although he won the semi-final, Xu Jingming obviously didn't celebrate much, but immersed himself in cultivation, pursuing higher and stronger combat skills.

Night fell, and it was past eight in the evening.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao were in the living room, eating fruit and watching a light screen program, chatting casually. This was also their time to enjoy each other's company.

"So many of today's programs are talking about the Starry Sky Ranking," Xu Jingming switched to the program's main page and couldn't help but sigh. "Tonight is the Torch Cup final, and the number of programs talking about the Starry Sky Ranking is no less than the number of programs talking about the final."

Li Miaomiao nodded, "After all, the Star Tower has been open for so long, and only seven people in the world have cleared the third level. Every time someone clears it, it's a global event."

"Leaving your name on the Starry Sky Ranking is true global fame," Xu Jingming said.

The Torch Cup competition was only a national event.

Just like how he didn't watch the events held in other countries, other countries didn't watch the Torch Cup competition.

"Riven Gulit, these two great hammers are each larger than a human head. They're practically two smaller shields." The host in the program explained the video, sighing, "Wearing heavy armor, he only needs to protect his head. The two great hammers working together… others can't threaten him at all. His great hammers are even more ferocious than Xu Jingming's shield techniques."

"Xu Jingming is fierce, but no matter how fierce he is, the weapon difference is still very large. Shields are mainly for defense, while great hammers are the real heavy weapons," the female host also said.

That great hammer had a sharp end.

Chopping, smashing, stabbing, sweeping, all kinds of movements were terrifyingly powerful.

"The Roman Empire also has archers at the third level, but Riven Gulit defends perfectly. He even has a flying axe skill, and with one flying axe, he finished off that archer." The male host praised. In the video, Riven Gulit held a great hammer in one hand to block arrows and took out a hand axe from his waist. He quickly swung it, and the hand axe rotated, turning into an afterimage and flying out, its speed probably reaching the speed of sound.

"His strength is no less than Fang Yu's," Xu Jingming said to Li Miaomiao. "Even in terms of combat skills, he's stronger than Fang Yu."

After all, he was a veteran who had been fighting in the World Martial Arts Competition for many years. Although he was only three years older than Xu Jingming, he had much more competition experience than Xu Jingming.

"He deserves to have cleared the Star Tower," the male host praised. "It's almost impossible to find any flaws. His two hammers work together, and his defense is too good. If Xu Jingming's defense was this strong, he wouldn't have been suppressed by Lei Yunfang like that."

"Xu Jingming is not bad; at least he lasted so long," the female host said. "It was because he lasted so long that the match took a turn."

"His spear was breached many times, and he barely held on by using a pair of bracers as small shields," the male host said. "Xu Jingming's spear skills still need to be improved. Otherwise, he won't be able to defeat these top experts in the world."

"After all, he's already on the Starry Sky Ranking; of course, he's stronger than Xu Jingming," the female host said with a smile. "Don't always say that about Xu Jingming; he's already very good."

"I'm just anxious! Xu Jingming should be second only to Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang in our country. He's also the most promising to clear the Star Tower now," the male host said. "Seeing experts from other countries on the list and no new people emerging from our country, I'm anxious."

"In any case, our Xia country occupies two of the top five in the world, which is already very impressive," the female host said.

"Don't rest on your laurels. One of ours on the list is in his seventies, and the other is in his fifties," the male host said. "What about the young people? Tiano Xire is only twenty years old, and the current Riven Gulit is only thirty-two years old. What about the young people in our Xia country? Young people have less time to cultivate, so their potential is even more obvious."

The female host nodded slightly, "The more prominent young people in the country are Xu Jingming and Fang Yu."

"I wonder when a young person from our country will make it onto the Starry Sky Ranking," the male host said expectantly.

Watching the program.

Xu Jingming also felt the eagerness of the people of Xia.

"Three days!" Xu Jingming said, "If I can improve my spearmanship and footwork a bit more in three days, I should be able to clear the Star Tower."

Li Miaomiao hugged her boyfriend's arm and comforted him, "Don't pay too much attention to the pressure from society; just follow your own rhythm. You're already very hardworking, and you've also said that cultivation is a natural thing, the most enjoyable thing. Don't let something enjoyable become something stressful."

Xu Jingming looked at his girlfriend and nodded with a smile.

He loved martial arts and took this path because he enjoyed it.

…

Late at night, in the official livestream of Xia Country in the virtual world, viewers were constantly pouring in.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao also came to the livestream.

"Captain."

"Old Xu."

The other team members were all smiling.

"Sister Yi came so early?" Xu Jingming saw Wang Yi; he thought she would be the last to arrive.

"I practiced all day, so I'm relaxing too," Wang Yi said with a smile. "I finally didn't let everyone down. An hour ago, I just broke through in my evolution method."

"Sister Yi is awesome," Li Miaomiao said, her eyes lighting up.

"You broke through in one day after reaching the third level in archery?" Xu Jingming also praised. "Amazing."

He had also spent more than a day breaking through in his evolution method after breaking through in spearmanship. Of course, he didn't have the pressure of the upcoming final, so he was more relaxed.

"Your experience was very useful, Captain. I tried to mobilize my body more deeply to practice the evolution method again and again, and finally succeeded." Wang Yi was also happy. "That way, with your cooperation, Captain, I can also have a good fight with Coach Liu Hai."

"Or we'll coast to the championship…" Heng Fang said gleefully.

"Either we coast to the championship," Li Miaomiao said with a smile, "or Uncle and the others coast to the championship."

Xu Jingming laughed.

That's right.

His father was on the other team.

"Today, our Xu family is definitely going to have a champion member," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Son!" Just as he mentioned his father, Xu Hong and his wife appeared together. Xu Hong grinned happily, "My son and I are both in the final, haha, I really didn't dare to think about it before."

His son's accomplishments made Xu Hong very happy.

What parents want most is for their children to succeed.

"Son," Xu's mother said immediately, "Just attack your dad when the time comes. It's the virtual world anyway; it doesn't matter."

"Go ahead," Xu Hong said confidently. "If I fall, there's still your master, Liu Hai!"

"You're really coasting," Xu's mother shook her head.

"You can only coast if you have a good son," Xu Hong laughed. "If it weren't for my son, I wouldn't have gotten to know Liu Hai."

…

As time passed, all kinds of people came to the livestream.

"This Xu Jingming has made it to the final? After the virtual world opened, my career soared. Why do I feel like his rise is even faster than mine?" Cheng Zihao sat in the stands, feeling rather awkward.

Sun Li also came to the stands alone at this moment. He didn't gather with any friends, silently watching, "Xu Jingming's team has reached the final… Could he really win the championship? I'm clearly also a member of the team!"

He didn't feel anything when other teams won.

But the more the Pearwood team won, the more he felt he had 'missed out on too much': fame, prize money, and even future development prospects.

…

The director of the Life Evolution Bureau, Director Zhou, and the four deputy directors were also in the stands, watching the upcoming final.

"Director, our Xia country is a bit behind in the younger generation," the female deputy director said. "The promising young people we're focusing on are a bit behind other countries."

Director Zhou said, "We need to be patient."

"Old Wang, Liang Qian, you two prepare." Director Zhou checked a message. "The delegation from the member countries of the Blue Star Alliance is arriving. You two come with me to greet them."

Soon, in one of the stands.

A delegation of dozens of people from the Blue Star Alliance arrived; they were from the other 31 member countries.

"Welcome to Xia Country." Director Zhou led two deputy directors to greet them.

This wasn't a public visit, so Director Zhou was only responsible for the reception.

In fact, the competitions of the five permanent members of the Blue Star Alliance all had delegations attending.

"Zhou, hello." The leading white elder smiled. "I heard that in your Xia country's final, one side is Liu Hai, the number one player in the world, and the other side is two experts from your Xia country's younger generation. The members of our delegation were all talking about it when we gathered, and we're also very much looking forward to the strength of your younger generation."

"The stronger the younger generation in Xia Country, the stronger the younger generation of our entire Blue Star Alliance," an envoy from the Cherry Blossom Country said with a smile.