Chapter 17

In the virtual world viewing platform, in one of the live streaming rooms, there were hundreds of viewers watching, and Li Miaomiao was among them. She was fully focused, listening intently.

"A swordsman's strength, seventy percent of it, depends on your footwork." A man in jeans was teaching sword techniques in the training ground. "Now I will simulate a training partner with a combat strength of 500."

Whoosh, a bandit with a machete appeared and lunged at him viciously.

"The sword is an extension of the hand."

"All you need to do is control the distance from your enemy through footwork." The man in jeans moved like a phantom, retreating several steps, making the bandit's consecutive furious slashes miss.

"When the enemy's slash misses, it takes time to slash again. That time... is when we strike." The man in jeans seized the moment when the bandit's slash missed, advancing and thrusting his sword, which pierced the bandit's neck like a venomous snake, then instantly withdrew and retreated, causing the bandit to dissipate into nothingness.

"The sword, among cold weapons, has many disadvantages, such as being short and lacking power. But its advantage is flexibility, as fast as lightning. We need to leverage its strengths." The man in jeans explained.

Whoosh.

In the stands, Xu Jingming appeared and sat down next to Li Miaomiao. The viewing platform allows you to choose the live streaming room where your friends are watching.

"Miaomiao, what are you watching?" Xu Jingming, who was currently in the queue, had practiced for over eight hours and was tired, so he decided to rest for a while.

"I'm learning sword techniques." Li Miaomiao looked at Xu Jingming and said, "I've been practicing sword techniques for seven or eight years as a hobby, and you, a great master, even taught me personally. I thought my sword skills were pretty good, but in the virtual world game, I struggled to achieve a base combat strength of 156, which isn't even enough to qualify for the ranking matches. I spent over two hours in the Starlight level to get all stars! I then advanced to the Silver Moon level with one star! I lost three consecutive matches right after advancing. Fortunately, this game doesn't demote you, so I'm now at the Silver Moon level with zero stars."

Xu Jingming nodded: "Take it slow, don't rush. It's only the first day. Most people are still beginners and are in the Starlight level."

Li Miaomiao sighed: "The threshold for the Sun level is a base combat strength of 400, and the threshold for the God level is 1000. I lost three consecutive matches in the Silver Moon level, sigh..."

"By the way, this streamer, Cong Yao, has won a fencing medal at the Olympics and has also participated in the World Martial Arts Competition." Li Miaomiao said, "His sword techniques are quite useful."

"Cong Yao is indeed very skilled." Xu Jingming nodded.

The man in jeans, who was explaining, glanced at the stands and saw Xu Jingming, nodding slightly. Xu Jingming also nodded.

"He is already at the Sun level with 28 stars! In the Sun level, he has 29 wins and 2 losses, and his sword techniques are very powerful." Li Miaomiao said, "In the current live stream, in terms of sword techniques, he should be one of the best."

"Are there no God level players streaming?" Xu Jingming asked.

"There are! But there are no God level players who specialize in sword techniques streaming." Li Miaomiao sighed, "There are very few God level players. In the Xia country, there are only 32 God level players, and only three are streaming! If we want to learn sword techniques, we can only look for Sun level players."

Xu Jingming opened the viewing platform and saw that 125 of his friends were streaming.

"You have quite a few friends streaming." Li Miaomiao exclaimed.

"Professional players also need popularity. Those with high popularity have much higher appearance fees." Xu Jingming said. Many of his friends, even after retiring, still manage their careers and participate in various activities.

"Among my friends, there are nearly a thousand professional players, so over a hundred streaming isn't much." Xu Jingming continued browsing the streams and saw A Shuo.

Yang Qingshuo was live streaming a battle, and Xu Jingming immediately clicked to watch, making the live stream window larger.

"This is your good friend Yang Qingshuo, right?" Li Miaomiao watched in amazement, "He's really strong. To reach the Sun level on the first day, he must be a top professional player. Sun level 32 stars, and even to achieve 32 consecutive wins... he needs to win 31 matches in a row!"

"He is indeed very strong." Xu Jingming watched.

...

In Yang Qingshuo's live streaming room.

Snowfield battlefield.

"We need to leverage our strengths. For example, since I am fast, I will seek out isolated opponents and defeat them one by one." Yang Qingshuo, wearing leather armor and holding a silver spear, ran swiftly across the snow, heading straight for an opponent with a large shield and a hammer.

While running, Yang Qingshuo continued to explain, and his voice could be heard by the live stream viewers.

Because he was at the Sun level with 32 stars and had participated in the World Martial Arts Competition, his explanations were quite interesting, and his live stream had a high heat, with over a thousand viewers.

The muscular man with the shield and hammer was tall and strong but slow. He could only watch helplessly as Yang Qingshuo pursued him, unable to escape.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

Yang Qingshuo's figure moved like a ghost, circling the muscular man a few times, and then several spear shadows stabbed out. The muscular man, a professional-level expert, carefully raised his shield to protect himself, but the gap was still too large.

The fifth spear shadow, coming from the side, grazed the edge of the shield and pierced the man's head, causing his figure to dissipate into nothingness.

"Beautiful."

"The Sun level opponent was taken down with just a few spears."

"Amazing, 32 wins and 1 loss, he's a monster, leading the way!"

"Yang Qingshuo has already announced his combat strength, which is 970. The threshold for the Sun level is 400, and very few in the Sun level can stand up to him."

The viewers were amazed and enthusiastically rewarded him with various gifts.

Yang Qingshuo glanced at the gifts, feeling pleased, and continued, "When we are in battle, we need to choose opponents who are at a disadvantage against us. For example, the opponent just now was clearly a heavy and slow type, while we are fast and agile. We can attack freely, and the opponent will find it hard to touch us."

"Look, the one using dual swords over there." Yang Qingshuo focused on another opponent in the distance, "I estimate he is also practicing the 'Shadow Leopard Evolution Technique,' but his speed is not as fast as mine, and his dual swords are shorter than my spear. We can easily take him down. We must try to defeat them one by one before their team converges. In the later stages, our team will have a numerical advantage and can easily win."

Yang Qingshuo quickly ran over.

...

Xu Jingming watched, feeling gratified: "A Shuo, a hero has found a place to use his skills and can earn money through streaming."

"Friends from all over are working hard." Xu Jingming looked at one live stream after another. Those who weren't streaming were less clear, but his streaming friends were all in battles.

He also queued up for a 'battle,' but since he was at the God level, it was a bit difficult to find a full team of ten.

"Miaomiao, where are the God level players streaming?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Here they are." Li Miaomiao, who had thoroughly researched the streams, quickly pointed out three. All three were in the same scene.

In the void of the battle space, the prompt read: "Seven people have prepared..."

"Streaming, but no one is there?" Xu Jingming laughed.

"Streams can lock onto the battle space." Li Miaomiao explained, "Those who have reached the God level through the ranking matches have a base combat strength of at least 1200. They are all monsters. Many World Martial Arts Competition participants can't even reach that level."

Xu Jingming nodded and looked at the three God level players' streams.

"Panda Zhang Qian, God Archer Wang Yi, and Female Warrior Sun Yuting." Xu Jingming read out the names of the three, who were all well-known.

Li Miaomiao also excitedly said, "Previously, due to the physical differences between men and women, the World Martial Arts Competition was a male-dominated stage. But now, with suitable gene evolution techniques for women, they are no longer at a physical disadvantage. On the first day, a woman has already become a God level player. God Archer Wang Yi... a three-time Olympic archery champion, a true master of archery."

"A God level archer is indeed terrifying." Xu Jingming nodded, as archers are very threatening in cold weapon combat.

"Female Warrior Sun Yuting has won the women's World Martial Arts Competition twice. However, the women's competition has much lower popularity compared to the World Martial Arts Competition." Li Miaomiao said, "Now, they can truly prove themselves."

"The number of female professional players is much lower than that of males." Xu Jingming nodded, "This is because the popularity is generally lower, and so are the incomes."

This is quite normal.

The World Martial Arts Competition is not gender-restricted, and women can also participate.

However, women are physically at a disadvantage, and the most outstanding performers in the World Martial Arts Competition are still men.

"With gene evolution techniques, women's physical talents are no longer inferior to men's." Li Miaomiao pointed out, "Of the three God level players streaming, two are female, which speaks volumes."

"Hmm, what's that? A pinned live stream?" Li Miaomiao was surprised.

Xu Jingming also noticed that a live stream room was pinned on the viewing platform.

"The Xia country official live stream room?" Both Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao saw the name.

"Let's go check it out."

The two lightly tapped to enter.

Whoosh!

As the only pinned live stream room since the virtual world opened, a large number of viewers were continuously pouring in, with the stands expanding infinitely, reaching two million, five million... more and more people were coming in.

Xu Jingming and Li Miaomiao also entered, sitting down and looking into the distance.

"Zoom in." They lightly tapped, and the distant live stream scene quickly zoomed in to their view.

Three people were sitting at the commentary desk.

"This is the Xia country official live stream room." The host, Liu Xin, a gold medal host for the official channel, smiled, "Today is the first day of our official live stream. The two people next to me are the national martial arts team head coach Huang Yong and the women's team coach Qin Yiwén."

Huang Yong and Qin Yiwén waved: "Hello, everyone."

"Our live stream has just started, and the number of viewers has already exceeded ten million." Liu Xin smiled brightly, her smile being a hit on the internet, and the official media also valued her highly. For the Xia country's first official live stream in the virtual world, she was chosen as the host.

"This is our first live stream, and we will be broadcasting the first God level match that is about to begin in our Xia country!" Liu Xin said.