After a melee and eight rounds of knockout, one martial path genius after another emerged.
In addition, the promotional videos of Li Yuan and Dantai Feng spread during the journey.
It can be said that the fervor for the virtual battles of this Global Martial Arts Tournament for colleges had reached an apex.
Whew!
When Li Yuan leisurely practiced his Spear Technique, adjusted his mindset, and logged on punctually at 7:40 PM.
As soon as he entered the competition space, he appeared in the Spectator Platform area belonging to ‘Kunlun Martial University students.’
Immediately.
Whoosh! The ‘broadcast screen’ high up in the battle space instantly focused on him, and Li Yuan’s face appeared on the big screen.
Boom!
“Li Yuan!”
“It’s Li Yuan!!”
“Li Yuan!” The competition space, with over six million spectators, erupted with a sound like a mountain roar and a tidal wave.
Not just spectators from Xia Country, but those from most other countries were shouting his name as well.
The cheers from millions of people all at once – what kind of concept was that?
With a thunderous momentum that reverberated throughout the vast competition space, even Li Yuan, who had just come online, was given quite a shock.
“This many people?” Li Yuan, hearing the earth-shaking cheers, was somewhat stunned.
Spectators from Xia Country were understandable, but why were spectators from other countries so excited?
“Haha, Brother Yuan didn’t expect it, did you? Your popularity is frightfully high,” Gu Qianghan excitedly laughed, “You are practically famous around the world.”
“I didn’t expect it,” Li Yuan shook his head.
“Senior Brother, you and Dantai Feng are now worldwide sensations. Haven’t you seen your V-blog followers? It’s already over 40 million, that’s a global following,” An Nong said excitedly.
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.
Forty million followers? Was that an exaggeration?
Li Yuan had been focused on training these past two days, not logging onto the virtual network, so he really wasn’t aware of these things.
You should know that the virtual network operates a strict real-name system; under full network monitoring, ‘zombie fans’ basically don’t exist – this is genuine popularity… He could be compared to top-tier global celebrities.
“Can’t be helped,”
“Previous short videos were certified by Starfire Martial Hall, and the praises were boundless,” An Nong said with a sigh of admiration, “Blue Star’s number one talent of the contemporary era! The pillar of human civilization who may surpass the Flying Heaven Level in the future!”
Li Yuan couldn’t help shaking his head.
The principal and Star Lord Bai Shan overexaggerated to attract the hidden Flying Heaven Level members of the Alien Race.
But the result was good.
More than ten seconds later, the broadcast video switched to other finalists, and the shouts about Li Yuan subsided quite a bit.
Only in the Kunlun Martial University area, a large number of spectators were still excitedly waving their hands towards where Li Yuan was.
“It’s a bit too crazy.”
Li Yuan sat down and shook his head, “Shouldn’t everyone cheer for Senior Brother Jin? Senior Brother Jin also made it to the top twenty in the finals.”
“How can that be the same?” A magnetic and robust voice came from behind Li Yuan, “You are absolutely dominant, defeating Hoffman and directly entering the finals, while I barely made it into the top twenty. How could it be the same?”
“Senior Brother Jin?” Li Yuan’s eyes lit up as he turned to look.
When he was unaware,
Jin Huguo had already taken a seat behind him. He had a square face, not particularly handsome but with a rugged hard man’s presence.
With their exchange, Gu Qianghan and An Nong beside him dared not to speak.
Among the nearly ten thousand students at Kunlun Martial University, the status of Li Yuan and Jin Huguo was transcendent.
After all, even ordinary teachers were not as skilled as they were.
“Senior Brother jests,” Li Yuan laughed, “With your strength, you might even make it into the top three.”
Li Yuan had researched his main competitors.
For example, he had watched Harmon’s real fight, which was the battle against Jin Huguo, several times.
In Li Yuan’s view, Jin Huguo’s skill level was not far off Hoffman’s, and if he was weaker, it was by not much.
“Don’t flatter me,” Jin Huguo chuckled and shook his head, “Whether I can get into the top ten is a matter of luck… As for the top three, there’s not a sliver of hope.”
“As for you, Junior Brother,”
“Fight hard! Aim to take first.” Jin Huguo smiled, “Our school has never won first place in the virtual battles of the Blue Star Championship. “
“Or rather, ever since the inception of virtual battles, looking globally, the champion of every edition has always been taken by one of the three top-tier martial schools, without exception,” Jin Huguo said seriously. “Never an exception.”
“No exception?” Li Yuan paused.
He knew Kunlun Martial University had never won the virtual battle championship, but from Jin Huguo’s meaning… if he could claim the championship, it would not only be creating history for Kunlun Martial University.
In a sense, it would also be creating a new history for the tournament, breaking the monopoly of the three top-tier martial schools over the virtual battle championship.
“Li Yuan,” Jin Huguo said emotionally, “haven’t you noticed that among the top twenty finalists, aside from you and me, and a martial path genius ‘Alicia’ from Europa, the other seventeen are all from the three top-tier martial schools?”
Li Yuan nodded slightly – indeed, that was quite striking.
But on second thought, it made sense.
Even among the five famous schools of Xia Country, perhaps only a senior would occasionally emerge as a Fifth Stage student.
But a Fifth Stage student before their junior year? That’s too difficult.
Jin Huguo, for instance, was a rarity for Kunlun Martial University in recent decades.
“That Alicia is actually a bit like you,” Jin Huguo laughed, “She also hasn’t awakened her Martial Spirit, and thus didn’t get into Black Stone University… Her Comprehension can’t match yours, but it is also extremely astonishing.”
“To break through to the Fifth Stage by her junior year is already very impressive,” Jin Huguo said earnestly.
Li Yuan nodded slightly.
Around the world, even if one hasn’t awakened their Martial Spirit, as long as they have high Comprehension, there are many ways to gradually rise.
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