Chapter 31 Intense Battle

The virtual world's official livestream was filled with countless viewers watching the scene, observing the two competitors choosing their weapons and equipment.

"Xu Jingming has only chosen a spear, no shield!"

"Tiger Fussen also just has a pair of battle axes."

Along with the commentators' and guests' discussions, Xu Jingming and Tiger Fussen flew into the battle map.

The battle had begun!

Countless viewers held their breath in anticipation!

"Jingming, go for it." Li Miaomiao also felt nervous. In the later stages of the competition, no one was completely confident.

...

Snowy Map.

Snow submerged the shins, the cold wind howled, and frigid air permeated, burrowing into the body. Xu Jingming observed his opponent.

Tiger Fussen was like a giant bear. In terms of height and weight, he was even larger than a real grizzly bear! The heavy armor and double axes he wore weighed more than ten tons combined. Yet, he revealed a smile, his eyes burning as he looked at Xu Jingming. "Participating in this World Martial Arts Tournament has been too easy. But after seeing you, I knew that today's match would be enjoyable!"

"Indeed, it will be enjoyable!" Xu Jingming said as he took a step forward, proactively charging ahead.

Xu Jingming, clad in armor and wielding a spear, carried no shield. His total weight reached 3.7 tons! After all, the spear alone weighed 1.2 tons. The terrifying weight caused his feet to sink naturally into the deep snow, treading on solid ground.

He exerted force and charged forward! Boom!

The snow exploded. In the exploding snow, Xu Jingming charged towards Tiger Fussen, creating a wave of snow.

"So fast!" Tiger Fussen's pupils constricted. Although he had witnessed Xu Jingming's terrifying speed in the previous livestream scene, he was still somewhat speechless facing it head-on. This was the most terrifying speed displayed in the entire World Martial Arts Tournament.

Even Tiano Xire was not as fast as Xu Jingming!

"421 meters per second!" In the livestream, the female host and three guests were amazed and shocked by this speed.

Tiger Fussen didn't dare to receive the attack head-on. He also charged forward, erupting with terrifying kinetic energy. Cultivating the Giant Bear Evolution Method and wearing heavy armor, Tiger Fussen was most confident in a head-on clash.

"Head-on clash? I've never been afraid of anyone in the world." Tiger Fussen brought out a terrifying wave of snow as he charged.

"Boom!!!"

The two snow waves collided.

Tiger Fussen, who resembled a giant bear, was sent flying backward with a bang. As he flew backward, he stomped his feet repeatedly, retreating more than thirty meters before stabilizing himself. Tiger Fussen held his double axes, his body trembling slightly, as he looked at Xu Jingming in disbelief.

A head-on clash? He lost?

The terrifying impact he had just felt made Tiger Fussen's heart palpitate. The opponent's power and speed were too fierce.

Xu Jingming stood on the spot, looking at Tiger Fussen, and said, "Please go all out and show me your strongest ultimate move. Otherwise, you won't last three moves!"

"As expected of Xu Jingming." Tiger Fussen nodded. According to normal strategy, he should look for an opportunity to unleash a killing move and deliver a fatal blow! But Xu Jingming was too fierce and domineering; normal moves were useless against him, so he had to fight desperately.

What Xu Jingming sought was not just victory.

He also hoped to use this rare peak battle to hone his spearmanship and improve it! Every soul-stirring battle in the 'World Martial Arts Tournament' was helpful for one's skills. He had to seize every opportunity to improve himself in each match so that he could go further on the path of evolution.

"Boom." Tiger Fussen took the initiative to charge this time. Xu Jingming stood on the spot, waiting for his opponent to approach before suddenly stepping forward to meet the attack.

"Clang—"

The sweeping axe and the upward-thrusting spear collided.

Xu Jingming turned his spear, changing the upward thrust into a stab! Tiger Fussen had already prepared his other axe, sealing off the route. Because he only needed to protect his head!

Clang clang clang!!!

The weapons collided rapidly as the two moved.

Each axe swing from Tiger Fussen was comparable to the killer move that had defeated Haru Singh, extremely fast. His defenses also unloaded the force layer by layer! With fierce attacks and formidable defenses, the two large axes worked together to fight the fierce spear.

Xu Jingming also displayed his spearmanship to his heart's content, blocking, grabbing, smashing, picking, chopping, sweeping, stabbing, and flicking... all kinds of spearmanship moves were as fast as lightning, one move after another, giving Tiger Fussen no chance to breathe.

The repeated collisions of the weapons also stirred up shockwaves, affecting the surroundings, and the snowflakes exploded again and again.

The two fought like gods and demons.

Countless people around the world watched nervously, especially the citizens of Xia and the White Eagle Federation, who hoped their experts would win.

...

"This is the strength of Xu Jingming and Tiger Fussen." The livestream screen also replayed the scene of the exchange in slow motion so that countless viewers could see the battle clearly.

The three guests were also amazed.

"Tiger Fussen held back quite a bit when he defeated me," Haru Singh said. "This is his true strength now. It's indeed terrifying."

"His axe chops are as fast as lightning. I definitely couldn't block them," Tu Ling shook his head.

Yesarova watched silently, secretly sighing, "The Blue Star Alliance had Madeline Logan and I participate to hone the first batch of experts after the global opening of the virtual world, but none of the top four—Tiano, Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Tiger Fussen—are weaker than us."

If Tiger Fussen fought Madeline Logan, Tiger Fussen would likely still win.

"The geniuses selected after the global opening are the real geniuses," Yesarova thought to herself.

...

Xu Jingming displayed many basic spearmanship moves to his heart's content, wanting to kill his opponent with basic spearmanship.

"This is great, great!" Xu Jingming also enjoyed the battle. "Tiger Fussen's level of evolution is clearly inferior to mine, but after he uses his ultimate move and goes all out, he can actually fight me to a standstill. His two axes work together so well that I can't break through."

Clearly, both the lightning-fast axe chops and the defensive unloading of force involved extremely profound mysteries of power operation.

"I've killed to my heart's content. Let's end the battle with my best ultimate move." Xu Jingming also understood that he couldn't defeat Tiger Fussen with basic moves, so he would test his strongest ultimate move.

One of the five ultimate moves—Hua Guang Stance! (Transformation of Light)

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming took a step forward and thrust his spear. Tiger Fussen immediately blocked, but the second spear immediately startled him, followed by the third! The speed of the third spear was clearly faster, and Tiger Fussen barely managed to defend against it. "How did Xu Jingming's spearmanship become faster?"

The fourth and fifth spears were still extremely fast, and the sixth spear was even more terrifying.

Swish!

It was barely touched by the axe, just brushing past Tiger Fussen's hair.

The essence of the Hua Guang Stance is the short intervals between each strike, making it difficult for the enemy to breathe. Moreover, every three spears is a point of power convergence and explosion. The third, sixth, and ninth spears have constantly increasing speeds.

"Pfft!" Just as he barely blocked the eighth spear, a spear shadow pierced through the gap in his double axes' defense, piercing Tiger Fussen's throat.

Tiger Fussen's body began to turn into a phantom.

"What fast spearmanship." Tiger Fussen only felt that the last few spears were becoming increasingly oppressive, and the ninth spear was even more terrifying.

"My Hua Guang Stance still needs to be more decisive." Xu Jingming was reflecting on the scene of the exchange. "It's simple to hit targets in the training ground, but against top experts, the opponent either unloads the force or uses counter-shock to transfer it. The contact time between each of my spears and the enemy needs to be shorter and more decisive."

While Xu Jingming was reflecting, the entire snowy scene collapsed, and his body also turned into a phantom, returning to the combat space.