Chapter 181 The Battle

Preparation area.

Di Jiano glanced at the other side and casually chose light armor and a long staff.

"His specialty is indeed the staff," Xu Jingming noted, understanding. He also chose light armor and a spear as usual. He also saw that the map for this battle was 'Ancient Battlefield.' The ancient battlefield had no obstructions, minimizing environmental factors during the battle.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The two transformed into streaks of light and flew into the map.

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Ancient Battlefield map.

The only structure here was a massive, dilapidated ancient city wall, stretching for nearly a kilometer. Outside the city wall was a vast land, seemingly dyed red with blood. At this moment, two figures descended, landing on this land.

Di Jiano looked at Xu Jingming with a smile. "The number one genius among billions in a newly emerged cosmic civilization? This number one genius has no idea what he's about to face today."

Di Jiano never thought he would lose!

The education he received since childhood was something the Blue Star civilization couldn't even imagine. Moreover, he was personally taught by a cosmic legend. The methods he possessed far exceeded Xu Jingming's imagination.

"However, I can't be careless. After all, his talent is extremely high, while my talent is quite lacking," Di Jiano thought to himself. "Hopefully, this number one genius of the newly emerged cosmic civilization can give me some inspiration and allow me to take another step forward in my evolution."

Di Jiano observed Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming also observed his opponent. "Di Jiano has always been very mysterious. He rarely makes public appearances, and always wins easily. He defeated my master, Liu Hai, with ease as well. I must maintain the highest level of vigilance and not give him any opportunities."

The fighting spirit of the two grew stronger. At the instant when their fighting spirits resonated—

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Di Jiano and Xu Jingming moved simultaneously. Their figures tore through the air, and visible airwaves exploded. In the blink of an eye, they had already charged close, a long staff and a spear already attacking each other.

"Bang, bang, bang!!!"

The weapons collided rapidly.

The two moved at high speed, their weapons constantly clashing.

"Doppelganger!" At the first moment of the exchange, Di Jiano's figure became blurred and ghostly. The speed of his staff increased, and he was using the move that defeated Liu Hai—Doppelganger.

The Doppelganger move was one of the signature moves that Di Jiano had learned.

"What fast staff techniques!" Xu Jingming exclaimed inwardly during the exchange. Clearly, a staff strike was coming at him, and he had just managed to block it! The staff immediately reversed, and the other end of the staff was already thrusting at him! The speed was so fast. Fortunately, he had already integrated the essence of the Water Style into his spear techniques, making his spear techniques faster with each move, allowing him to block it.

The various sounds of weapons colliding made the global audience hold their breath.

"Going all out right from the start?"

"The moves are too fast."

"Are their strengths so much greater than ours?"

A group of fifth-order experts, including Liu Hai and Tiger Fussen, felt suffocated.

The strength Xu Jingming and Di Jiano displayed at the start of their exchange was enough to instantly kill Liu Hai and Tiger Fussen!

"Two experts, the speed of their exchanges is unbelievable." The female host looked at the slow-motion scene on the side. Even at ten times slower, Di Jiano's staff techniques still transformed into afterimages, chopping, sweeping, thrusting, pointing, and sweeping… The staff was illusory and constantly attacking.

Xu Jingming's specialty was the Rainbow Spear Technique! The spear technique pursued speed! Now that he had integrated the essence of the Water Style into his spear techniques, one spear move flowed into the next! In slow motion, the spear also blurred into streaks of spear shadows.

"This is outrageous."

"Even at ten times slower, I can't see clearly?"

"Are they even human?"

Countless viewers were stunned. Before, they could still see clearly after slowing down the replays by ten times. But this time, they couldn't see clearly even after slowing it down by ten times! Of course, they could see the movement of the two figures, but they couldn't see the weapons clearly.

"This is the competition between the world's number one and number two."

"They are much stronger than Liu Hai and Tiger Fussen."

Having just watched the competition for third and fourth place, watching the competition for first and second place felt like it was on a completely different level.

Whether it was the speed of their footwork or the speed of their weapons, there was a qualitative difference!

"Interesting!"

The corners of Di Jiano's lips curled up slightly. Suddenly, when he thrust out a staff, his arm suddenly lengthened by half a meter, significantly increasing the range of the thrust.

Xu Jingming was prepared for this. He used his spear in a circular motion, unleashing the ultimate move 'Water Style,' like surging waves. The spear enveloped the staff, blocking the move. "Haru Singh is good at lengthening his arms and legs. During the previous competition, Di Jiano's chest and main torso extended and recessed greatly, avoiding my master's strike. According to Haru Singh, Di Jiano is clearly more skilled in body extension. How could I not guard against this move?"

"Huff, huff, huff."

Di Jiano's attacks were not only fast, but his arms also lengthened from time to time, making his attacks even more unpredictable. For a time, Xu Jingming's pressure to defend increased, and he was forced to use the Water Style frequently.

The Water Style was a move that was both offensive and defensive, and could be switched from defense to offense at any time.

"Shattered Stars!" Di Jiano became even more excited. His entire body was like a whip. The strength of his entire body converged along his arms to the long staff, and he suddenly struck out. This strike was as fast as lightning! Its power was also clearly much stronger than before.

This was one of the ultimate moves that Di Jiano had learned, 'Shattered Stars.'

Xu Jingming still used his spear to sweep forward, carefully blocking the move. But at the instant of contact with the long staff—

"Not good."

Xu Jingming felt a terrifying penetrating force. It was difficult for him to deflect this force, and for a moment, he could only try his best to resist with his spear.

Bang!

Under the collision of weapons, Xu Jingming flew backward.

Di Jiano took a step and chased after him at an even faster speed, striking with another fierce staff, still using that ultimate move 'Shattered Stars.' While Xu Jingming was flying backward, he immediately used his spear techniques to defend again.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Di Jiano continued to pursue and strike, striking twelve times in a row, wanting to knock the spear out of Xu Jingming's hand! But while Xu Jingming was constantly flying backward, he also defended twelve times in a row! He still held the spear tightly in his hand.

"Bang."

After being struck twelve times, Xu Jingming crashed into the ancient city wall. The impact speed was too fierce. Under the violent impact, a section of the city wall at the point of impact exploded, and countless large rocks rolled down, completely burying that area, and also burying Xu Jingming's body.

"Hmm?"

"Xu Jingming!"

"Xu Jingming was buried by the city wall!"

Countless people were a little dazed.

It seemed slow, but Di Jiano had struck twelve times! But in reality, it only took less than two seconds! In these less than two seconds, Xu Jingming had been flying backward. Even though he had tapped his feet on the ground several times, he had never been able to stand firm, and was completely bombarded into the city wall, causing the city wall to collapse.

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao looked worriedly at the collapsed city wall. Under the cover of countless rubble, she couldn't see Xu Jingming's figure at all.

Xu Hong and his wife, Old Master Xu, the members of the Pearwood team, and others were all extremely nervous.

The entire Xia Country, and countless fans of Xu Jingming around the world, were also nervous.

Could it be that he lost just like that?

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Under the ruins of the collapsed city wall, Xu Jingming had already crashed into the edge of the entire map. The transparent membrane wall blocked Xu Jingming's backward flight, and countless rubble pressed down on him.

"What a fierce Di Jiano." Xu Jingming felt a sweet taste in his throat and swallowed a mouthful of blood. The impact of hitting the city wall just now was still a bit too great. Even with his body, he was injured. Xu Jingming looked at the transparent membrane wall behind him, holding the spear in his hand. He didn't rush to kill his way out. With his cell-level control, his body would recover quickly, and he could take this opportunity to recover his body.

At the same time, Xu Jingming closed his eyes in the ruins. His heart was like a star, silent and eternal, amplifying his perception, remotely sensing the wisps of aura from the outside world.