Chapter 1 The Elimination Round Begins

At 9 p.m. Beijing time on June 4th, the elimination rounds of the World Martial Arts Competition began, with a total of eight matches.

"The first match today is between Tu Ling from Xia and Meeky from Rome. Tu Ling is the youngest contestant in this World Martial Arts Competition, while Meeky has much more practical experience. However, the three guests beside me unanimously favor Tu Ling," the female host said.

At this time, the competition had already begun. Tu Ling and Meeky had both entered the battle map.

It was a modern city map.

Tu Ling jumped from a tall building and landed on the street, openly waiting for Meeky's arrival.

Meeky wore armor and wielded dual blades.

"Meeky's dual blade skills are very high, but he ultimately failed to break through to the fifth level, and the gap between him and Xia's Tu Ling is still too large," the male guest Owen said.

The two exchanged blows.

Meeky transformed into a series of afterimages, attacking Tu Ling.

The light of the blades flashed, constantly attacking. Tu Ling stood still, her left hand's shield simply blocking! It blocked all the blade light. After blocking more than a dozen attacks in a row, Tu Ling finally unleashed a blade strike. Her blade… shocked Meeky, but he didn't have time to block it at all, and the blade light swept across his throat.

"Fifth level," Meeky's body became illusory, and he sighed secretly, "The difference between the fourth and fifth levels is too great."

"Tu Ling finally struck! One strike! And she defeated Meeky." The male guest Jin Fan excitedly said, "After only defending and not attacking, after defending for more than a dozen moves, Tu Ling finally made a move! The gap between the two sides is too great!"

…

"The second match is between Tiyano*Sierre from Bowana and Leaven*Guillet from Rome. Both have reached the fifth level, and the battle will definitely be more exciting," the female host said, watching the live broadcast.

It was a mountain forest map.

In the mountain forest, Tiyano*Sierre wore light black armor, facing Leaven*Guillet empty-handed.

"Empty-handed?" Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, Tiger Fussen, Madeleine Logan, Yersalova, Haru Singh, and other experts all became serious.

"Madeleine Logan at least uses boxing gloves to fight, but Tiyano*Sierre relies on a pair of flesh and blood hands?" Li Miaomiao wondered.

"He obviously has confidence," Xu Jingming said seriously, watching.

"Not using any weapons? Not even gloves?" Leaven*Guillet wore heavy armor and held a pair of large hammers, staring at Tiyano.

Tiyano grinned and said, "Big fool, try to hit me if you can."

"Hmph."

Accompanied by a cold snort, Leaven*Guillet rushed out instantly, his speed soaring to about 290 meters per second, his figure completely blurred. With his terrifying weight, every move had terrifying kinetic energy. When the pair of large hammers were swung, it was as if they were about to crush everything.

Whoosh.

The hammer crushed Tiyano.

Tiyano's figure disappeared strangely, but suddenly appeared beside Leaven*Guillet. His right hand was like a phantom, and his fingertip lightly touched Leaven*Guillet's face.

Leaven*Guillet stopped, looking at Tiyano in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

His double hammer defense was very powerful, but Tiyano, in one exchange, had touched his face with his finger.

"If I had used a little force just now, your head would have exploded with a 'boom'…" Tiyano looked at Leaven*Guillet with a smile, "But it's rare to have a fifth-level opponent. I'll give you three chances."

Leaven*Guillet became more cautious and rushed over suddenly, one hammer sweeping horizontally, and one hammer carefully defending.

Tiyano's body disappeared again strangely.

"Poof." The back of his head was gently tapped.

Leaven*Guillet turned his head to look behind him in disbelief.

"You're really too slow," Tiyano*Sierre was standing behind him, "Your weapon skills defense is not good, and your speed is slow. How do you fight with people?"

"Roar!"

Leaven*Guillet roared and turned his waist, waving the two large hammers in his hands. Tiyano's figure flashed again.

Whoosh whoosh!

In his anger, Leaven*Guillet directly threw the double hammers in his hand, trying to smash the blurry shadow.

"Poof."

Tiyano was already standing in front of Leaven*Guillet, his finger touching his brow.

"Three chances, all given to you," Tiyano smiled.

"Boom." Leaven*Guillet didn't say a word, and suddenly lunged forward, as if a big bear was pouncing over.

Tiyano's figure flashed, and he had already gone to pick up a large hammer in the distance.

"Boom—"

Following that, he swung the large hammer and instantly arrived beside Leaven*Guillet, smashing the hammer on Leaven*Guillet's waist. Leaven*Guillet's heavy armor weighed a full 9.6 tons, and its density was amazing, with extremely high defensive power. Logically speaking, even a fifth-level expert, even if using a heavy weapon, could only injure him. But this hammer contained an impact force that Leaven*Guillet couldn't believe.

He was smashed directly into the air, the trees he crashed into exploded, and he himself began to turn illusory.

One hammer, smashing heavy armor, killing him outright!

"Whoosh."

Leaven*Guillet held the large hammer in one hand, swung it twice, "Too clumsy." With a casual swing, the large hammer flew into the distance.

The match ended.

Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and others all looked solemn.

"This, this…" The host and three guests were all stunned.

"His speed, the highest speed he moved just now reached 387 meters per second," the female guest Annie said in disbelief, "Nearly 100 meters per second faster than Leaven. And he's too flexible. Leaven is simply in slow motion in front of him."

In the slowed-down battle scene, Tiyano was indeed far more agile and faster than his opponent, teasing him at will.

"He killed Leaven with one hammer?"

"This power is too terrifying. Leaven*Guillet had also fully reached the fifth level." The host and guests looked at the slow-motion footage and became even more amazed.

"Jingming," Li Miaomiao looked at the post-match commentary and couldn't help but look at Xu Jingming, "Tiyano, is he a little too strong?"

"The further the competition goes, the more they will show their true strength," Xu Jingming's eyes lit up. "Such an opponent is too rare. I really look forward to fighting him."

Looking at the whole world, there were too few who were worthy of his full effort.

Tiyano gave Xu Jingming a sense of threat, but it also made him more excited and expectant.

…

"The third match is between Liu Hai from Xia and Japlov from Rome."

"Oh…"

"Liu Hai used a shield, shield striking six times. The first three shields were for defense, and the last three shields were for attack. Each shield was stronger than the last, and the last shield simply slapped Japlov to death." The host and guests looked at the replay.

The normal battle was too fast to see clearly.

They only felt six consecutive shield strikes and the battle was over!

"Thank you." When Japlov's figure was illusory, he also bowed slightly gratefully. Liu Hai could have killed him with one move, or he could have teased him, but he had normally used six shields, giving him face and enough pressure.

In this round of sixteen to eight elimination matches, the first three matches actually had three experts from Rome, showing the martial arts atmosphere in Rome. Of course, the fact that all three Roman experts were eliminated also exposed a problem: Rome was somewhat lacking in terms of top experts.

…

"The fourth match is between Madeleine Logan of the White Eagle Federation and Alex of the Amazon Federal Republic. Very rare, this is a battle between two female experts," the female host said quite happily.

Alex had long, brown-black hair, and her face had lines like a sculpture, full of heroic spirit. She was also a beautiful woman like a female war god.

She held a shield in one hand and a short sword in the other.

"Poof."

In the ancient battlefield map, Alex's thrusting short sword and slashing shield were easily caught by Madeleine Logan's two hands.

After being caught, Alex couldn't pull them at all.

"Bang."

The corners of Madeleine Logan's mouth curled up slightly, with a hint of coldness. She pushed the shield and short sword fiercely with both hands, smashing them onto Alex's body. Alex was smashed and flew out, turning illusory and dissipating in mid-air.

"Alex!" The people of the Amazon Federal Republic were extremely sad. Their country's pride, the only contestant to enter the main competition, had only reached the top sixteen.

…

The fifth match was between Yersalova and Miyakawa Akari.

"Shuu shuu shuu…"

The angelic Yersalova was loved by countless viewers. She shot arrows, each arrow more powerful than the last. She was already showing mercy, gradually increasing the power of each arrow.

Miyakawa Akari, who had just broken through to the fifth level, had not yet made a breakthrough in her evolution method. No matter how agile her movement was, it was extremely difficult to resist the arrows shot by a god.

"This arrow is too terrifying." Miyakawa Akari felt suffocated, barely managing to withstand the sixth arrow. The sixth arrow pierced Miyakawa Akari's body.

"Miyakawa!" Countless people in Sakura Country were unwilling to believe that the only contestant from Sakura Country to enter the main competition had been eliminated.

…

In the sixth match, Xu Jingming finally took the stage.

Snowy map scene.

Xu Jingming stood in the snow, looking at the handsome young man Merritt appearing in the distance. Merritt's face was solemn, and he was under great pressure. The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, the name Xu Jingming… was too intimidating!