“It’s my turn.” Xu Jingming stood up.

“Don’t be careless,” Liu Hai reminded him.

“Even a lion uses all its strength to catch a rabbit,” Xu Jingming said with a smile as he walked towards his parents, wife, and others.

“Old Xu, it’s up to you,” Heng Fang shouted loudly.

Li Miaomiao also smiled. “The child in my belly and I will be cheering for you.” Li Miaomiao's belly was already quite obvious, as she was four months pregnant.

“Don’t worry, I’ll do my best.” Xu Jingming was also looking forward to the day his child was born. With a tap of his finger, he entered the combat preparation space.

…

In the preparation space, Xu Jingming and Yershalova were in separate areas, preparing their weapons and equipment.

Xu Jingming still chose body armor, a spear, and two shields.

“The shields are quite effective against my arrows,” Yershalova thought to herself as she saw him from afar. “I must find the right opportunity to strike.”

With Xu Jingming's shield techniques, Yershalova's arrow threat would be reduced by 90% if he held two shields in front of him.

“Even if he uses shields, I still have a chance to win.” Yershalova was confident in herself. She also began to choose her weapons and equipment. As always, she chose silver-white armor, a bow and quiver, and finally a rapier, which she carried on her back.

“A rapier?” Xu Jingming wondered upon seeing this. “It seems she’s also proficient in rapier techniques.”

“But dealing with her, my spear techniques should be enough,” Xu Jingming thought to himself. “Just in case, I should bring the shields.”

From the perspective of weapon counters, holding two shields and engaging in close combat would naturally give him the greatest advantage, but Xu Jingming was confident in his spear techniques.

He opened his personal combat power panel and took a look.

Genetic Evolution Method: *Tianmang* Evolution Method (Perfect) (Practice time: 98 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 1521

Skills: *Hua Hong* Spear Technique (Fifth Order 34%), Star River Spear Technique (Fifth Order 31%), Footwork (Fifth Order 28%), Shield Technique (30%)

Base Combat Power: 425880

Actual Combat Bonus: 260%

Combat Power: 1533168

“Fifth Order is about pursuing perfect control over all cells.” The more Xu Jingming cultivated, the more he realized the terror of the Fifth Order. His control over his body’s cells became more and more precise, and the power, speed, and agility his body could unleash increased dramatically.

“It’s just that the progress of Fifth Order evolution is getting slower and slower. I reached Fifth Order in March. It’s been more than two months, and the highest *Hua Hong* Spear Technique is only at Fifth Order 34%,” Xu Jingming thought to himself. “A Fifth Order sharpshooter… is a rare opponent. I hope it will help my spear techniques!”

It seemed that the difference between the two spear techniques and the shield technique was not too great.

But the spear techniques had a lineage. The five ultimate moves left by Xuan were much more exquisite than the shield technique ultimate moves that Xu Jingming had comprehended after possessing Ambro.

Cultivation had its priorities. Xu Jingming focused on spear techniques, with shield techniques as a supplement.

“Swish.” “Swish.”

Once they were ready, Xu Jingming and Yershalova flew into the battle map.

******

Modern city map.

Xu Jingming appeared in a residential building. He walked to the window and looked outside through the edge of the curtains. With a sweep of his gaze, he understood his location.

Since the virtual world opened, there have only been five battle maps: town, city, mountain forest, snowy field, and ancient battlefield. After entering them repeatedly for a long time, Xu Jingming was naturally very familiar with the environment.

“First, find the sharpshooter’s location,” Xu Jingming thought. “City scene.”

A three-dimensional map of the town naturally formed in Xu Jingming’s mind. After the perfection of his planetary life form, his brainpower was more than a hundred times stronger than that of ordinary people who had not practiced evolution methods.

Swish.

He directly opened the window and jumped out. While descending, Xu Jingming carefully observed his surroundings.

“I don’t see her in this large area.” Xu Jingming immediately identified some safe areas in his mind. He immediately moved quietly. Xu Jingming moved along routes with extremely low exposure potential.

Either they were blind spots in the light, or he could only be seen from safe areas.

As he moved, the safe areas he identified in his mind grew larger and larger.

“Sharpshooters are very cautious. They hide in one place, silently squatting and waiting for a fatal blow.” Xu Jingming quickly determined that more than 70% of the area was safe. He continued to move carefully, like an experienced hunter searching for prey.

Elsewhere.

Yershalova was indeed very careful. She was in a hotel room, watching and squatting patiently at the window through the curtain gap, looking for opportunities.

“Why haven’t I seen him yet?” Yershalova thought to herself. “As long as Xu Jingming appears within my line of sight, I will definitely be able to find him. Is he also squatting carefully? As time goes on, the combat range will naturally shrink, making the contestants’ activity range smaller and smaller. He can’t hide forever.”

“Let’s see who can hide longer, him or me,” Yershalova said calmly. She had plenty of patience to wait.

As a sharpshooter, it was most advantageous to shoot arrows from the shadows.

She was betting now!

Betting that the combat range would shrink and shrink to Xu Jingming’s location first.

“Building 23 excluded, Building 25 excluded.” Xu Jingming became more and more careful. “The sharpshooter is either in the hotel or in Buildings 7 or 10.”

Xu Jingming carefully excluded possibilities one by one.

“From the perspective of the field of vision, it’s more likely that she’s in the hotel.”

“Check the hotel first.”

…

The live broadcast room was also a little nervous.

“Yershalova is very patient. She has been patiently hiding in the room, at that window, waiting for the best opportunity to appear,” Alan said.

“Xu Jingming has been walking in the battle map for so long. Why has he always avoided Yershalova’s line of sight?” Liven Gulett wondered.

Alan smiled slightly. “If you understand geometry, you should understand. Xu Jingming’s route has always been very safe. He is gradually expanding the safe range. Only the safe range can see him. I can be sure that Xu Jingming’s math must be very good.”

Liven Gulett widened his eyes.

“He should have locked onto Yershalova’s approximate location. The first thing he suspects is that hotel. He’s already in there,” Alan watched.

“Do you have to understand math and geometry to fight now?” Liven Gulett wondered and couldn’t help but look at Miyakawa Akari beside him.

Miyakawa Akari was silent for a moment before saying, “I’m not very good at it.”

It wasn’t that he wasn’t good at it. Most of his energy in school was spent on kendo. His academics could only be considered average.

…

While Yershalova was waiting patiently, she was constantly sensing everything around her. Suddenly, her instinct vaguely sensed a threat approaching.

For a sharpshooter, the most important thing was a calm mind.

It required a high level of *lianxin* (heart tempering)! Yershalova vaguely sensed the threat in her heart, and she did not doubt it at all.

“Xu Jingming has determined my approximate location and should be approaching,” Yershalova thought. Without hesitation, she directly opened the window, exerted force, and soared into the sky. Then, she kicked off the hotel wall again, crossed two or three hundred meters, and landed on the central spire of the TV tower in the distance.

Standing on the top of the TV tower, which was only a metal frame forty or fifty centimeters long and wide, Yershalova overlooked all directions.

“Standing at the highest point, without any cover, you can no longer approach,” Yershalova thought to herself.

“Hmm?” Xu Jingming saw a residual shadow flash in the air at the corner of the hotel, leaping to the top of the TV tower.

“Did she notice?” Xu Jingming was secretly surprised.

After reaching the Fifth Order, he had very precise control over his power. Even when carrying shields and a spear, he could move without making a sound. However, Fifth Order experts were also very sensitive.

“Like Tenth Order powerhouses, their will spreads out, and their senses can even cover most of a star system,” Xu Jingming thought. “Although the senses of Fifth Order experts are much weaker, the stronger the *lianxin*, the more sensitive they are to some powerful life magnetic fields. She should have vaguely noticed my approach.”

“Her heart consciousness is so strong,” Xu Jingming said as he looked at the TV tower. He moved his feet and turned to disappear.

Yershalova was standing on the top of the tower, overlooking all directions, her eyes calm, ready to shoot arrows at any time.

Whoosh!

A residual shadow flashed from a place, rushing into the TV tower, as fast as lightning.

“It’s Xu Jingming!” Yershalova immediately determined. Although it was only a flash of three or five meters, she could still see the person’s appearance clearly.

“Boom—”

Along with a loud bang.

The entire TV tower seemed to have been hit by a cannonball, exploding. Large chunks of reinforced concrete exploded, and the tower began to collapse.

“Hmm?” As the tower under her feet began to collapse, Yershalova immediately tapped her feet and leaped towards a tall building opposite her.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Chunks of reinforced concrete suddenly shot up from below, each one reaching a terrifying speed of 2,000 meters per second. If she were on land, Yershalova could easily dodge. But in the air, without anything to step on, Yershalova’s jumping speed was far less than the speed at which these reinforced concrete blocks were being thrown.

Xu Jingming burst out with all his strength and threw three chunks of reinforced concrete first. He was still holding two chunks in his hand, staring at Yershalova in the air.

“Not good.” Yershalova knew very well that if she continued to fly in that direction, she would definitely be hit.

Clang. She instantly pulled out the rapier behind her and swung it at the nearest chunk of reinforced concrete. The impact force of the reinforced concrete was extremely strong, but Yershalova also used this to roll to the side, avoiding the two chunks of reinforced concrete behind her.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two more chunks of reinforced concrete were thrown. Yershalova hastily drew her sword, and as she split the concrete block and used the momentum to land, Xu Jingming had already arrived in front of her like a phantom.

“Swish.” Yershalova retreated instinctively.

“So fast, his speed is faster than mine!” Yershalova was very surprised. She was a Fifth Order sharpshooter and had spent a lot of effort on speed.

“Xu Jingming is chasing, and Yershalova is fleeing.” In the official live broadcast room, the host and guest commentators were also watching excitedly. The female host looked at the data automatically marked by the virtual world and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Yershalova’s speed has reached 407 meters per second, but Xu Jingming’s speed has reached 423 meters per second! This speed is truly terrifying.”

“I can’t escape!”

Yershalova felt the figure behind her continue to close in.

“It’s now!” When the distance between the two sides was about thirty meters, Yershalova suddenly turned around and shot an arrow, holding three arrows in one hand and placing them on the bowstring at the same time. Her turn to shoot arrows naturally affected her movement speed, but she coldly watched Xu Jingming approach and released the three arrows in her hand.

The fletchings of each of these three arrows had been slightly trimmed and were unbalanced.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

The three arrows pierced through the air, each drawing a curved path, shooting towards Xu Jingming.

“This is my ultimate move, ‘Three-Winged Arrows’,” Yershalova thought. Although what she had obtained was only a Sixth Order inheritance, she had still practiced the ultimate move ‘Three-Winged Arrows’ recorded in that inheritance after many years of hard training.

Faced with these three arrows, she knew how great the threat was.

The flight trajectory of the arrows was not a straight line, but a curve! At extremely close range, although releasing three arrows at the same time affected the speed, each arrow also reached 4,500 meters per second! The threat of three arrows shooting at the same time in a curved attack was conceivable.

“Boom.” Xu Jingming’s charging momentum remained unchanged, and the spear in his hand moved.

At this moment, the spear flowed like water, sweeping across Xu Jingming’s front and also sweeping across the three arrows that were attacking him! In order to kill Xu Jingming, no matter what the trajectory of the three arrows was, they would eventually reach Xu Jingming’s vicinity.

Xu Jingming’s spear swept like flowing water, naturally sweeping away the three arrows.

“What?” When Yershalova released the three arrows, she looked forward to the moment when they would pierce through Xu Jingming.

But she didn’t expect Xu Jingming to turn his spear, sweeping like flowing water, and sweep away the three arrows.

This was precisely the ‘Water Style’, one of the five ultimate spear techniques that Xu Jingming had always cultivated!

Water benefits all things without striving. Water flows without form! Water can also be extremely yang, extremely firm, and incomparably sharp. This was a spear technique that combined offense and defense.

“Whoosh.”

As if carrying the sound of waves, the spear had already attacked Yershalova!