Chapter 3 Life in the Starry Sky Chapter 21 Registration
Xu Jingming also clicked on the world announcement and read it carefully.
"I remember that on October 28 last year, Master, Ti Yanuo and I, the three of us passed through the fourth floor of the Starry Sky Tower one after another." Xu Jingming looked at the announcement and said, "From July 25 last year when the virtual world was opened to October 28, it was only about three months. But from October 28 last year to June 1 this year, it was a full seven months! Seven months is enough time for a lot of changes to occur. The masters progress at different speeds and have different strengths. The overall pattern of global masters has probably also changed dramatically."
"Yeah." Li Miaomiao agreed.
Three months after the virtual world was opened, many professional levels were surpassed and many ordinary people rose to prominence.
Open for ten months?
"I don't know where my current strength ranks in the world." Xu Jingming sighed, "I don't know if I can make it into the top three."
"Jingming, no one has publicly broken through to the fifth level yet! You've been breaking through for quite some time." Li Miaomiao said, "I believe you can definitely be in the top three, or even first."
Xu Jingming smiled and said, "My wife praises me because she loves me."
"I'm telling the truth." Li Miaomiao was helpless. She pointed at the world announcement and said, "According to what is said above, you can sign up to participate from the date of the announcement. Let's sign up quickly."
"Do you want to participate too?" Xu Jingming asked.
"Of course! You can sign up once you reach level three, so of course I want to experience it. This is the first World Martial Arts Competition held in the virtual world. It will be of great commemorative significance in the future." Li Miaomiao said.
Both husband and wife clicked on the registration page and chose to sign up.
The number of applicants has now climbed to 3,259!
"A few days ago, there was a simple statistics. There should be about a thousand people who have reached the fourth level in the world." Li Miaomiao said, "The number of people who have reached the third level in the world must have exceeded 10,000."
"With so many talented people in all walks of life around the world, it's normal for the number to exceed 10,000," said Xu Jingming.
…
On that day, a small party was held on the island, Li Miaomiao's personal space, with relatives and friends gathered together.
Nowadays, when friends get together, they usually do so in the virtual world, making it convenient for everyone to gather and disperse.
"Little guys, have you signed up for this World Martial Arts Competition?" Grandpa Xu smiled as he looked at the members of the Limu Team who were gathered together to chat.
"Grandpa, we've signed up." Yang Qingshuo immediately said obediently.
"Of course we have to sign up. This is the first global event since the virtual world was opened." Wang Yi was also very excited.
"This is the World Martial Arts Competition. It's a one-on-one match, so I can't rely on others." Liu Chongyuan shook his head, "I'm still stuck at the third level limit, so I definitely can't enter the main competition."
Yang Qingshuo said: "There are about a thousand people in the world who have reached the fourth level, but there are only 32 places for the main competition! Not to mention the third level limit, even ordinary fourth level people will probably be eliminated in the preliminaries. Alas, although I have reached the fourth level, my hope of entering the main competition is almost zero!"
"Young man, don't get discouraged since we haven't started fighting yet." Old Master Xu said with a smile, "The most important thing is to participate."
"A Shuo, you have reached the fourth level after all. Da Xiong and I are stuck at the third level." Heng Fang felt a little disappointed. He was stuck at the third level and couldn't make any progress. However, some ordinary people who had never practiced martial arts in the past emerged as geniuses and stepped into the fourth level over time. Many of his friends also made breakthroughs. Heng Fang felt very uncomfortable. He worked hard every day, but couldn't make any breakthroughs.
"Haha, you really need to work harder." Xu Hong came over and patted Heng Fang on the shoulder. "I have already broken through to the fourth level. Have you professional players not broken through yet?"
"Uncle, please stop hitting us." Heng Fang and Liu Chongyuan were helpless.
"Dad, you've shown off several times today." Xu Jingming was helpless.
Xu Hong was very proud. Seeing Dai Tongda in the distance, his eyes lit up and he walked over: "Old Dai, I just broke through yesterday and reached the fourth level. How about you? Looking at your bitter face, I know you must be at the third level."
"Get out!" Dai Tongda glared.
"Your daughter has reached the fourth level, and I have reached the fourth level too." Xu Hong shook his head, "Old Dai, you have to work hard."
"Shut your mouth." Dai Tongda said.
"Son, don't be so cocky." Old Master Xu glared, "You just broke through to the fourth level, and it's probably the result of being eliminated in the preliminary round."
Xu Hong looked at his father helplessly.
"You were eliminated in the preliminary round, so don't be too proud." Mr. Xu said, "The most important thing is to participate."
"Yes, participation is the important thing. All of them will be eliminated in the preliminaries." Dai Tongda also felt a lot more comfortable and glanced at Xu Hong.
"When the time comes, I will participate with you and we will be eliminated together." Grandpa Xu said with a smile.
"Join us together?"
Xu Hong, Dai Tongda, Dai Xiaoqing, and even Xu Jingming, Li Miaomiao, Wang Yi, Heng Fang, Liu Chongyuan and others who were not far away all looked over.
"Grandpa, have you reached the third level?" Li Miaomiao asked.
"Dad, you've never practiced martial arts before." Xu Hong couldn't believe it.
Old Master Xu smiled and said, "I guess it's because our Xu family has a talent for martial arts. I've been practicing in the virtual world for more than half a year, and I've been practicing blindly on my own. I've also learned a lot of martial arts courses, and finally reached the third level! There should be more than 10,000 people who have reached the third level in the world now. I'm just one of the ten thousand people, insignificant, insignificant."
The group of people were silent.
Although in this era, there are indeed some ordinary people who only came into contact with martial arts and started practicing after the virtual world was opened. And people like Zhao Fan and others have become the world's top masters and have reached the fourth level limit.
But "Level 3" is still a threshold. There are only about 10,000 people in the world who have broken through this threshold. Could Mr. Xu have just crossed it like this?
"Did you teach grandpa?" Li Miaomiao asked in a low voice.
"No, grandpa never asked me." Xu Jingming shook his head.
"It took me a lot of effort to break through to the third level thanks to you, a group of masters, teaching me. And grandpa reached the third level by figuring it out on his own?" Li Miaomiao felt the gap in talent at this moment.
Xu Jingming touched his head and whispered to comfort his wife: "My grandfather was an e-sports player when he was young. He won the FM VP? So... he has some talent?" He himself was a little unsure.
Or does the Xu family really have a talent for martial arts?
"Husband." Mother Xu asked Xu Hong quietly at this moment, "I have worked hard, so why am I still at the Sun Level? I haven't even reached the second level yet?"
"Wife, you are amazing. Only one person out of a hundred can reach the second level! You are already in the top 10% of humans." Xu Hong comforted his wife.
"Really?" Xu's mother was confused.
However, according to statistics, there is indeed only one person out of every hundred who has reached the god level.
"Starting tomorrow, you have to teach me for one hour every day. Oh, that's too tiring. How about half an hour?" said Xu's mother.
"Of course, of course." Xu Hong promised immediately.
…
The first global event since the opening of the virtual world!
Moreover, a 1-on-1 martial arts competition naturally attracts global attention! People are very curious about who is the strongest in the world now? Is it Liu Hai? Ti Yanuo? Xu Jingming? Or a new strong man?
Many global masters who have reached the 'third level' have signed up.
People are also looking forward to the arrival of the event.
“Swoosh.” “Swoosh.”
A live battle between the Xia Country team and the Sakura Country team.
The strongest player of the Summer Country team is a heroic girl! The strongest player of the Sakura Country team is Miyagawa Mingxin.
“Ding ding ding.”
The girl held a shield sword with a slender blade and attacked head-on.
Miyakawa Mingxin's body movements were ghostly, surrounding the girl.
Attack against attack!
"puff!"
Suddenly, the girl's knife flashed, and the speed became much faster, sweeping across Miyagawa Mingxin's chest, leaving a bloody mark.
Miyakawa Mingxin's face changed when he landed in the distance: "You..."
The girl showed a happy expression: "Thank you, Miyakawa Mingxin, your actual combat ability is indeed stronger than mine, and you gave me enough threat! I finally broke through that step and reached the fifth level."
"Reached level five?" Miyagawa Mingxin had mixed feelings at this moment. He had been stuck at the level four limit until now, but now a little girl had broken through.
Yes, Miyagawa Akihiko is young, but this girl is even younger.
This girl... is Tu Ling, the strongest among the "underage" group in Xia Country .
Minors under the age of sixteen are prohibited from using armor and weapons, and can only fight with bare hands! With the population base of Xia Country, the number of minors is also very large, and they also have battles.
And Tu Ling is the undisputed strongest.
"Tu Ling had already reached the fourth level at the end of last year. She just turned sixteen in February of this year and officially started wearing armor and weapons. As the strongest among the underage people in our Xia country, after she became an adult... her momentum is just as rapid. Just now, she said with her own mouth that she has broken through to the fifth level." The female host of the official live broadcast room of Xia country was extremely excited and proud.
"Very impressive." Xu Jingming was also dragged by Li Miaomiao to watch the battle and saw the slow-motion replay of the battle. "Her swordsmanship has indeed reached the fifth level."
"She was invincible when she was a minor." Li Miaomiao exclaimed, "She reached the fourth level with her bare hands, and only came into contact with armor and weapons after she became an adult."
"This martial arts competition is becoming more and more interesting." Xu Jingming is looking forward to it.
Not many countries broadcast the battle between Tu Ling and Miyakawa Mingxin live.
But after the live broadcast, the news spread quickly! Because this was the first public "fifth level", and this talented girl broke through in the middle of a battle.
…
"A sixteen-year-old girl has broken through to the fifth level?" Tiger Fuson, who was chopping trees in the snowstorm, fell silent after hearing the news. "I just broke through to the fifth level half a month ago. I am only half a month faster than a little girl... How many fifth-level people have been born around the world?"
“In the first three months of the virtual world opening, I was able to rank in the top five.”
"But after ten months of opening, I'm not sure if I can be in the top ten." Tiger Fuson calmed down again, holding two axes, and continued to chop trees to practice.
…
The breakthrough of Xia Country's peerless genius girl Tu Ling has indeed stimulated many masters around the world, especially those who are still stuck at the fourth level. Everyone has worked harder and harder to show their talents in the competition.
In a blink of an eye, amid the anticipation of people all over the world, time finally came to June 1st, the day of the competition.
