Liu Hai looked up and waved his hand, and endless starry sky appeared above, the stars twinkling.

"Just like you said, when a ninth-level expert is courted by a large force, they are willing to pay ten administrative stars and the accompanying star system," Liu Hai said. "This shows that under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the humans living on ten administrative stars to produce a ninth-level expert."

If ninth-level experts were so easy to come by, they wouldn't offer such great benefits just to invite one.

"It must be very difficult."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Ninth-level experts can easily destroy a star with a single blow. Compared to this level of strength, we are far, far behind. Ninth-level experts are like dragons, and we are not even ants yet."

"It's already so difficult to break through from the fourth level to the fifth level... It must be ten thousand times, a million times harder to break through to the ninth level," Liu Hai said. "But no matter how difficult it is, we have to walk that path."

"Yes, we must walk that path, no matter how difficult," Xu Jingming looked up at the starry sky.

In the vast universe, planets like Blue Star are insignificant in the starry sky.

Only when everyone on Blue Star strives to fight can there be a chance for great power.

"Reach the ninth level."

Liu Hai and Xu Jingming both looked at the starry sky in silence.

The two of them, master and disciple, had more exposure than ordinary people and a greater sense of urgency in the face of the general trend! As the most outstanding experts to emerge from fair competition after the opening of the virtual world, they had an inescapable sense of responsibility.

If they don't work hard to reach the ninth level, who will?

Even if it's difficult, they must overcome one obstacle after another and strive towards that goal.

******

Time passed day by day, and experts around the world were working hard. A top group of experts like Akinov, Merritt, Haru Singh, Zhao Fan, Miyagawa Akari, and others were gradually reaching the fourth-level limit.

People like Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and Tiano had been stuck at the fourth-level limit for a long time.

In the blink of an eye, it was already March 18th.

"Jingming, look, look quickly." Just after finishing dinner, Li Miaomiao pulled Xu Jingming to sit on the sofa in the living room, and a live broadcast screen appeared on the light screen.

"This is the live broadcast room of Li Wenxiu from Xinluo Nation?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"Watch it quickly," Li Miaomiao said.

Xu Jingming watched.

"Maybe many people think I am arrogant and conceited," Li Wenxiu said with a smile. As the expert who has always been ranked first in Xinluo Nation, he has countless fans in Xinluo Nation, but at this moment, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room has exceeded 500 million.

"There are so many people in his live broadcast room?" Xu Jingming was surprised. "He is ranked 38th on the fourth level Starry Sky Ranking. Generally, live broadcasts rarely exceed 100 million people, right?"

After all, there are so many experts. Being ranked 38th on the fourth level Starry Sky Ranking is very impressive and is definitely the best in Xinluo Nation, but in the world... there are many live broadcast rooms more attractive than his.

"You'll know if you keep watching," Li Miaomiao said with a smile.

In the live broadcast room, Li Wenxiu was still talking: "Actually, I am not arrogant and conceited, but very self-aware. Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Tiano are indeed the top experts in the world, but breaking through from the fourth level to the fifth level is a very, very difficult hurdle. I believe they should also be stuck at the fourth level limit."

"And I have now reached the fourth level limit," Li Wenxiu said. "My strength is actually almost the same as theirs, and everyone is now standing on the same starting line. In the future, who will become the fifth level and who will be the world's number one is still hard to say!"

"I am publicly challenging the three of them to hone myself and to hone the three of them."

"With enough honing, we will have a better chance of breaking through to the fifth level."

"I also hope that Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Tiano can accept my challenge," Li Wenxiu looked at the number of people in the live broadcast room, which had exceeded 600 million, and his smile grew even wider.

When has his live broadcast room ever been so popular?

"Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, Tiano Xilei!" Li Wenxiu said solemnly, "If you have the courage of a martial artist and the belief to break through to the fifth level, please accept my challenge! If you don't have the courage, afraid of being defeated by me, who is ranked 38th on the Starry Sky Ranking, afraid of losing face... I won't blame you, I will only feel disappointed."

Xu Jingming looked at this show in some astonishment.

"When we were having dinner just now, he publicly challenged in the live broadcast room," Li Miaomiao said. "That's why I pulled you to watch the live broadcast immediately."

"What is this all about?" Xu Jingming shook his head. "Shouldn't challenges be contacted privately first?"

Just like Miyagawa Akari challenged him, it was contacted through the Life Evolution Bureau, both parties agreed, and then the battle began.

Li Wenxiu did not contact Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, or Tiano at all, and directly challenged them in the live broadcast room, and even challenged three at once! If ordinary people did this kind of thing, everyone would just treat it as a joke.

But Li Wenxiu is, after all, also on the fourth level Starry Sky Ranking, the number one person in Xinluo Nation, and is now also at the fourth-level limit.

"On the one hand, if you contact them privately, maybe none of the three of you would pay attention to him," Li Miaomiao said. "On the other hand, it may also be for popularity. If they want enough popularity and enough viewers, whether it's live broadcast income or martial arts hall teaching, more people may listen to his lectures. They are now starting to prepare to compete for the annual total points."

Xu Jingming understood.

The total points of the martial arts hall are evaluated once a year. For those who have been evaluated, the previous data is not calculated in the new year. It is necessary to calculate the new year's data.

The amount of money Xu Jingming, Liu Hai, and the others paid last year was amazing enough. What about new payments? It will definitely be much less. After all, on Blue Star, there will be fewer and fewer people who have not bought their martial arts courses.

"For popularity?" Xu Jingming understood.

"Huh?" Li Miaomiao looked at the message she received, and immediately looked up to change the live broadcast room, switching to Fang Yu's live broadcast room.

Xu Jingming watched in surprise.

Fang Yu was sitting there at the moment, facing countless viewers and said: "I just heard that Li Wenxiu of Xinluo Nation publicly challenged Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and Tiano. Haha... It's just too ridiculous, knowing that the three of them won't pay attention to him, he still publicly challenges them on the live broadcast!"

"This is called蹭热度 (ceng re du - popularity leeching)!" Fang Yu said with a smile. "It's okay, Xu Jingming and the others won't pay attention to me, so I'll pay attention to him."

"Everyone knows that Xu Jingming has guided me, and I was able to break through to the fourth level because of his Martial Arts Nine Classes," Fang Yu said with a smile. "I have only just reached the fourth-level limit not long ago, Li Wenxiu, have the ability to defeat me first... and then talk about challenging Liu Hai, Xu Jingming, and the others."

"Li Wenxiu, do you have the guts to challenge me?" Fang Yu said with a smile, very relaxed.

He is very relaxed and casual.

His halberd technique has now reached 96% of the fourth level and can also be regarded as the fourth-level limit, and his physical fitness completely surpasses other fourth-level limit experts.

"Fang Yu's recent global battles have been all victories," Li Miaomiao said. "His body is too strong, overwhelming everything with brute force! At the fourth-level limit level... it is too difficult to defeat Fang Yu."

Xu Jingming also smiled: "This Fang Yu is interesting."

"He is interesting, always mentioning that you have guided him," Li Miaomiao also said with a smile.

"Actually, my Martial Arts Nine Classes are open to everyone in the world, and he also paid to watch them," Xu Jingming said. To be honest, Xu Jingming felt a lot of goodwill towards Fang Yu for being so grateful.

Li Miaomiao said: "His repeated praise also helps to increase the number of paid viewers and improve the evaluation to a certain extent. Without the praise from him and Miyagawa Akari, it would be hard to say who would rank first in the end for the total points between you and Master Liu Hai."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The praise from these two top experts did increase the amount of paid viewers and helped with the evaluation.

"Alright, I'll continue to cultivate," Xu Jingming got up.

…

Entering the virtual world again, the personal space practice field was set as a modern city building, and it was in the middle of the night.

"Start practicing *Hua Hong* Spear Technique," Xu Jingming clicked lightly.

A modern city at night.

Xu Jingming walked alone on the quiet street.

"Whoosh."

Accompanied by a sniper bullet streaking across the sky.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh! A large number of bullets came from all directions in the darkness. Because it was a dark environment, it was impossible to see clearly from a distance. Xu Jingming could only rely on his senses to sense the disturbance of the air within a 50-meter radius.

If there were only a small number of sniper bullets, Xu Jingming could easily dodge them even at close range.

But there were too many, and many were shot from behind, from blind spots in his vision! He could only rely on his sense of air fluctuations, and with so many bullets, the air fluctuations became even more chaotic. The difficulty of blocking them greatly increased.

"Clang clang clang." Xu Jingming's figure was like a ghost, dodging with footwork, while also using his spear. The spear tip was as fast as lightning, thrusting out time and time again to block the bullets.

"You must hit the bullet with the tip of the spear to be considered successful," Xu Jingming set the training mode very harshly.

As time passed, the speed of the bullets slowly increased.

From 800 meters per second to 900 meters per second, 950 meters per second, 1000 meters per second...

The faster the speed, the more strenuous it became for Xu Jingming.

"Hmm?"

A bullet approached him, and Xu Jingming didn't have time to react. The spear in his hand moved instinctively and thrust out with a backhand. The speed of the spear thrust was obviously much faster. Clang—the spear tip accurately hit the bullet again, and the bullet turned into nothingness and dissipated.

At this moment, Xu Jingming's personal combat power panel.

In the personal skills column, "Hua Hong Spear Technique (Level 4 99%)" changed to "Hua Hong Spear Technique (Level 5 1%)".