Chapter 562: Chapter 362: Live Streamed! [Vote for Monthly Pass!]
"Those 800-point teams are so boring, I’ve seen too many of them."
In the ’Shenxiu’s live stream’, ’Axe King’ Xiao Tu laughed heartily, a stark contrast to his wild and unrestrained combat style. He swiped through the matches of the third day of the second round of the ’Mo Yin Continent’s Royal City Competition’, no longer watching the 800-point teams and turning his attention to emerging faces, eager to discover new talents.
But many newcomers appeared weaker, and watching their matches was just a bit lacking in excitement.
Browsing quickly through more than a dozen matches, none caught his interest.
"Let’s take a look at this one—"
’Axe King’ Xiao Tu switched to another group and glanced at it, "3695 points against 3515 points, the gap in Heavenly Ladder Points is quite large, yet this ’Tan Valley Team’ can hold on for so long?"
Xiao Tu’s interest was piqued slightly.
In the ’King City Competition’, participants form teams of five, with each participant having at least 700 Heavenly Ladder Points, meaning that the team’s total minimum Heavenly Ladder Points would be 3500.
The ’Tan Valley Team’ has a total of 3515 points, indicating all five members have just barely passed 700 points, making them ’newbies’ in the Contest. In contrast, their opponents, the ’commoner Team’, with 3695 points, have an average of 739 points per member, outscoring the ’Tan Valley Team’ by nearly 40 points per person. For a Martial Artist over 700 points, that’s quite a significant gap.
In a team context, a 40-point gap, especially across five people working together, would widen further. Logically, by the third day of the second round, about an hour in, the ’Tan Valley Team’ should have already lost, yet they’re still fighting.
"Interesting!"
’Axe King’ Xiao Tu first noticed someone in the ’Tan Valley Team’ who, like himself, wielded dual axes; the person possessed an aura of ferocity and power.
However—
"A mess!"
"A disaster!"
"Eye sore!"
Axe King covered his eyes, unable to bear watching, turning to shake his head at the million viewers in the live stream, "This person wields those axes horrifically, clear signs of a Beginner. Often showing traces of Spear Technique inadvertently, I guess this ’Wang Zhengyi’ used to wield a spear. As for why the switch to dual axes now, ha! See? Look at his Qi power, whether sweeping or chopping with the axes, the ’commoner Team’ doesn’t dare face it head-on, they all have to dodge. He’s using axes not because he’s skilled but purely because these axes better unleash his Brute Force!"
’Axe King’ Xiao Tu was not only a master with axes but also had keen eye power.
Not only did he see that Wang Zhengyi switched from spear to axes, but he could also immediately tell that Wang Zhengyi had astonishing Qi power and deduced his motive for switching from spear to axe.
Xiao Tu cursed, "This guy! Don’t let me catch him, otherwise I’ll give him a good beating! Want to use brute force? Why not just use a hammer? Why must he insult the axe? Ignorant people might actually think swinging an axe looks that awful!"
Axe King’s teasing and mockery were all for entertainment value.
Nearby.
’Spear King’ Qing Shan laughed heartily, "Lucky him to have switched from spear to axe, seeing his axe moves, the Spear Technique surely wasn’t so great either. I guess he previously relied on brute force to win, breaking technique with strength, neglecting the mastery of Spear Technique. Later, when the spear couldn’t showcase his strength advantage, he simply gave it up."
Axe King disdained Wang Zhengyi’s axes!
Spear King also disdained Wang Zhengyi’s Spear Technique!
Openly belittling.
But both secretly admired Wang Zhengyi’s Qi power.
"Breaking technique with strength!"
"Good good good good!"
"What’s an axe!"
"What’s a Spear Technique!"
"If I had his strength, I wouldn’t bother learning either. I’d just swing axes and hammers around, wouldn’t that be delightful?"
...
In ’Shenxiu’s live stream’, the audience watched Wang Zhengyi, with only 705 points, wielding dual axes with no real skill yet managing to intimidate the ’commoner Team’. Simple and crude, who wouldn’t want it?
With the strength to dominate the heroes, who would want the hard labor of studying Martial Arts?
The crowd was abuzz with discussion.
Seeing the effect was good, with the atmosphere on the field lively, and the number of viewers in the stream gradually stabilizing, the ’Shenxiu Team’ of five quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s lonely at the top!
Maintaining the live stream wasn’t easy; they needed to be professional and entertaining, with not insignificant daily pressure. Sometimes, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to put on a show; they just couldn’t find good material.
Good matches are hard to come by.
But this one, it seems, could be talked about more.
’Poison King’ Chun Qiu, in charge of managing the proceedings, ensured the commentary and audience perspective didn’t stay fixated on one person, always keeping an eye on the other nine. Soon, aside from Wang Zhengyi, he discovered the second most noticeable figure—
"White Bone Immortal!"
"Look at her!"
"Is she really made of Steel Bones?"
Poison King floated into the arena; in front of him was a woman in white, her style even more unrestrained than Wang Zhengyi’s. Though her treasure sword was graceful, her Swordsmanship was sloppy with little threat. Yet, this woman seemed to have ’Steel Bones’, often withstanding enemy attacks head-on, channeling everything into One Sword.
Such a reckless fighting style is truly unique.
Yet, surprisingly, none of the ’commoner Team’ members, averaging 739 points, could break through the ’White Bone Immortal’s’ defense—at least not effectively thus far.
Poison King leaned in for a closer look, his eye power perceptive, finally discerning: "This ’White Bone Immortal’ not only has Steel Bones, but her whole body has honed an invisible layer of Gang Qi, capable of rebounding all received Qi power. Watch her; each time she advances before an attack, she’s not actually attacking or striking but activating this Divine Skill, turning defense into offense."
White Bone Immortal!
With Divine Skill!
The way she fought didn’t quite match the sword in her hand, but it was hard for anyone to do anything about it at the moment. Unless someone found the White Bone Immortal’s weakness, more attacks would likely prove futile.