Chapter 234 Xu Jingming

Xu Jingming held a rather special place in the hearts of countless people in Xia Country.

Even though his strength had been declining over the past month or so, and he was said to rank in the third tier of Xia Country's experts, Xu Jingming was definitely a household name! This was because, after the virtual world opened, Xu Jingming was the most dazzling figure in Xia Country's first God-level battle. The popularity of that battle was almost comparable to the Fire Seed Cup competition. The audience at the time remembered Xu Jingming! They were all looking forward to Xu Jingming's subsequent performance.

However, Xu Jingming didn't stream his matches, and people could only occasionally see him fight through third-party channels. Moreover, his strength wasn't as dazzling as before, so his popularity naturally declined.

But today!

"Awesome."

"This is what a fight should be!"

"This shield technique is so cool! Everyone else is just defending. Xu Jingming's shield is all about fierce power!"

"Fierce power!"

"Fierce power Xu Jingming!"

Countless comments surged.

The audience members got goosebumps, their hearts racing with excitement.

In the stands.

"This kid…" Liu Hai sat in the stands, watching from afar, and smiled. "I knew his talent was amazing. He's finally broken through!"

"But his shield techniques, his fighting style, are completely different from what I taught him? They're even the opposite?" A thought flashed through Liu Hai's mind. "Could it be that I taught him wrong? Did I delay my disciple?"

Liu Hai couldn't be blamed. When the virtual world had just opened, he was the only one who had comprehensively reached the third realm in all aspects. Liu Hai didn't have much to draw on, so he could only teach his disciple what he was best at.

"Very strong shield techniques." Lei Yunfang in the stands also had a gleam in his eyes. "His evolutionary method has also clearly broken through. I've finally found an opponent."

"Xiaoqing's senior brother?" Zhang Qing, the captain of the Fairy Posture team, watched this scene and smiled. "This competition is getting more and more exciting."

The burly Fang Yu sat there, silent as a mountain, quietly watching everything.

…

In the modern city battle map.

Tie Lanyun looked at Xu Jingming in front of him, feeling like a mountain was pressing down on his heart. The pressure was driving Tie Lanyun crazy because reason told him… Xu Jingming was too strong! Too strong—so strong that he was beyond Tie Lanyun's ability to resist!

When the gap was large enough, there was no way to fight. Just like Zhao Fan was also excellent, but when Xu Jingming struck with his shield, Zhao Fan would fly backward like a cannonball and turn into nothingness.

This was a huge gap in physical fitness! A huge gap in physical exertion!

"Senior Brother, be careful," Xu Jingming said.

Be careful? He was telling him to be careful?

Tie Lanyun's years of training allowed his feet to stand firm on the ground, without retreating.

"Junior Brother, show me your strongest strength," Tie Lanyun said.

"Strongest strength?" Xu Jingming moved his feet.

Boom!

The explosive force of a single step on the ground was terrifying. Xu Jingming, wearing dark red armor, blurred again at this speed. Faced with such terrifying speed, Tie Lanyun couldn't dodge in time.

The great shield smashed directly over, and all Tie Lanyun could do was raise his shield to resist, hiding his entire body behind the shield.

With a "Bang!" Tie Lanyun flew backward as if he had been hit by a billiard ball, crashing into a residential wall, smashing the wall. A large number of gravels rolled down, and Tie Lanyun fell into the room.

Xu Jingming watched this scene.

With Senior Brother's strength, he couldn't use his full strength at all.

"You can't withstand a simple advancing smash," Xu Jingming muttered.

The advancing smash was a very simple move, but Xu Jingming's advance could make his speed terrifyingly fast. His shield smash was an instantaneous eruption of deep physical power. A simple and unadorned move… Even though Tie Lanyun had received national training and learned advanced techniques such as Fifth-Order Shield Saber Art, he was still smashed without any ability to resist.

Strength and speed were the true realms.

The same body could explode with greater strength and faster speed—that was high-level body exertion!

For example, Third-Order spear techniques were about exerting more terrifying power and speed when wielding a spear. Third-Order shield techniques were about the shield techniques erupting with terrifying power and speed… When a person could erupt with such strength using different weapons, it meant that their control over their body was becoming more and more sophisticated.

When it was sophisticated enough, they could pick up any weapon and have a Third-Order level of eruption!

"Shield techniques?"

"I blocked it?" Tie Lanyun crawled out of the rubble, his eyes burning with excitement.

Faced with Xu Jingming's advancing smash! It was like a high-speed train crashing over. Tie Lanyun only had one thought: he had to block it, he had to block it! His saber techniques could reach the Third Order, which meant that certain aspects of his body's exertion had already reached this level. Under the intense thought, the shield in his hand actually erupted with enough power.

Although there was still a huge gap between him and Xu Jingming, he blocked enough of the impact and unloaded a lot of the impact, preventing him from being killed in one blow.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked at Tie Lanyun.

"Junior Brother, I have to thank you for allowing my shield techniques to improve," Tie Lanyun said as he walked out of the dilapidated residential building with a shield in one hand and a saber in the other. "I'll let you know the power of the shield and saber working together, the unity of yin and yang. Even if you have stronger physical fitness, it won't be so easy to defeat me."

"The unity of yin and yang?" Xu Jingming looked at his senior brother, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Senior Brother, then I'll have to get serious!"

Tie Lanyun looked at Xu Jingming.

"Boom."

Xu Jingming instantly turned into a blurry dark red figure again.

"Such speed again." Facing such terrifying speed, Tie Lanyun couldn't dodge and could only resist head-on.

Xu Jingming only took two steps, and the speed was so fast that he felt the great resistance of the air. The dual shields in his hand slammed out fiercely the moment he approached Tie Lanyun! No matter what skills you have with your shield and saber, my two large shields have a large enough range, so I'll just smack them out! Just like his father said, no matter what the enemy's moves are, just pounce!

Xu Jingming respected his senior brother very much, so he used the Bajiquan Tiger Pounce this time!

"Bang." Tie Lanyun was still sent flying, but he forcibly held back from vomiting blood.

Whoosh.

Xu Jingming didn't show any mercy. He stepped forward, rushing forward like thunder. His speed was even faster than Tie Lanyun's speed of being sent flying.

"Hmm?" Tie Lanyun's expression changed. He hadn't landed yet when he saw Xu Jingming leaping in front of him.

"Boom."

This time, Xu Jingming jumped up, his right shield held high, as if holding a large axe! Carrying the momentum of the leap, his waist and abdomen were like the axis of his body. With one exertion, the right shield turned into a stream of light and chopped down! In Tie Lanyun's state of being sent flying, he could only hold the shield and couldn't unload the force. He was forced to endure this chop!

With this chop! Tie Lanyun smashed directly into the ground, and the ground even caved in. The cement ground was smashed into a large pit, and most of Tie Lanyun's body was stuck in the cement pit.

Bajiquan—Mountain Split!

Before, being smashed away and sent flying was also a form of buffering.

But this time, he was smashed onto the cement ground, and the impact exploded instantly on the cement ground and Tie Lanyun's body. In an instant, Tie Lanyun broke countless bones, and his armor was completely stained red with blood. He also spat out blood, along with some fragments.

"Junior Brother, you're stronger than me now." Tie Lanyun stared at Xu Jingming and said this with difficulty before his body began to turn illusory.

Xu Jingming watched this scene.

"The unity of yin and yang didn't work either," Xu Jingming thought. "The Bajiquan Tiger Pounce combined with Mountain Split solved Senior Brother. It seems that I need an opponent whose evolutionary method has reached a high level to have a good fight."

…

"Awesome!"

"Xu Jingming, I love you!"

"From now on, I'm a die-hard fan!"

"How can Xu Jingming's moves be so satisfying! They're even more satisfying than Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang's fights."

"Too fierce."

Countless comments surged, and countless viewers were conquered.

Xu Jingming's battle was too satisfying. Bang, a shield collided, and the enemy turned into nothingness. Even Tie Lanyun was turned into nothingness by a combo of Bajiquan Tiger Pounce and Mountain Split.

This was the pure aesthetic of fierce power.

…

Inside the modern city map, Xu Jingming looked into the distance. Yang Qingshuo, Liu Chongyuan, and Wang Yi had already surrounded Sun Li.

Sun Li's arms and thighs had been hit by arrows. At this moment, he leaned against the wall, looking at the three people in front of him.

"Hmph, are you very proud?" Sun Li sneered as he looked at Yang Qingshuo and Liu Chongyuan. "I didn't expect Xu Jingming, who seemed to be a man of his word and valued loyalty, to be such a despicable person."

"Hmm?" Wang Yi, Yang Qingshuo, and Liu Chongyuan were stunned.

"Xu Jingming is so strong that he has already broken through the evolutionary method," Sun Li sneered. "He must have broken through long ago. He has been keeping it a secret and not saying a word. When I left the team, he was probably laughing at me! If he had revealed his strength earlier, would I have left the team? He even keeps secrets from his teammates. Xu Jingming is such a despicable person—"

"Pfft."

An arrow instantly shot into Sun Li's mouth and pierced through his head.

Liu Chongyuan and Yang Qingshuo looked at Wang Yi.

"I couldn't bear to listen anymore," Wang Yi said as she put down her bow and arrow.