Chapter 138 Your goal is to be second (ask for monthly ticket)
In the ring, the 17th cage fight ended after just one minute.
Li Yuan killed the last opponent, survived to the end, and scored 31 points.
It’s not that he didn’t fight hard in the final stage, it’s just that the fight with Kimura Tatsuo took too much time, and the remaining kills... were not enough to support Li Yuan to score too many points.
But even so.
The combined scores of the two rounds also brought Li Yuan's total score in the second round to an astonishing 105 points.
This is already an exaggerated score.
Li Yuan was the only one left on the ring.
"Temporarily first in total score?" Li Yuan glanced at the total points ranking.
The huge points advantage in the first round, coupled with the good performance in the second round, kept Li Yuan's total score at first place.
Although there are still three cage matches left.
However, top players like Yu Ming, Guan Ying, Galawa and others have already finished the previous rounds of competition, and their total scores in the two rounds were all less than 100.
So, in a sense, Li Yuan has almost secured first place in the total score in the second round.
"Let's go."
Li Yuan's mind moved and he disappeared on the stage. He did not return to the viewing platform, but directly exited the virtual network.
……
"Li Yuan!"
"Li Yuan." The enthusiastic cheers of countless spectators rang out again across the entire viewing platform.
However, the freshmen of Kunlun Wuda were searching everywhere on the viewing platform.
"Where's Li Yuan?"
"Where is the eldest brother?" They were all confused.
Normally, after leaving the ring, one should go directly back to the viewing platform.
……
Kunlun Martial Arts University, in Li Yuan’s villa, in the underground martial arts room.
Li Yuan had walked out of the lounge and took his weapons from the weapons rack nearby.
"Entangled and continuous." Li Yuan was still recalling the battle with Kimura Tatsuo just now.
Suddenly, the smart ring watch vibrated continuously.
The vibration at this time meant that there was news from an important person, and Li Yuan looked down.
One was from Liyang: "Well done."
The other message came from Lin Lanyue: "First place, keep going."
Li Yuan couldn't help but smile and replied to the two people's messages.
Turn off the Smart Ring Watch and put it aside.
Holding a gun, Li Yuan came to the center of the martial arts room, closed his eyes gently, held the gun tightly with both arms, and assumed the "gun holding style" of the Star Gun Technique.
"The stars are round and rolling." Li Yuan murmured to himself.
In the previous battle, I fought with Tatsuo Kimura.
That moment of inspiration allowed Li Yuan to re-examine his marksmanship from another perspective.
Kimura Tatsuo's 'Continuous Spear' seems to be similar to the 'Twelve Consecutive Hits' practiced by Li Yuan.
But there is an essential difference between the two.
Twelve consecutive hits, one shot is better than the other, the power of the next shot is always stronger than the previous one, the key is to 'build up momentum', when it reaches the peak, it is like the momentum of a great river, it is bound to burst out.
If it doesn't explode, even if it builds up to its peak, it won't last long.
Just not lasting.
But the continuous gun is different, it focuses on 'entanglement' and endlessness. From the first shot to the last shot, the power is often not much different.
The disadvantage is that it is not domineering enough, but the advantage is that it is stable and will not cause the gun's power to suddenly collapse.
"Similar to the spear technique, the 'Yuyun Spear Technique' that Teacher Li Yang asked me to practice actually contains a similar concept." In fact, this was not the first time that Li Yuan encountered this kind of move.
He had also encountered this when fighting with others on the Starry Sky Fighting Network.
They had also used similar moves when they were sparring with Teacher Jiang Lun and the two Source Warriors.
However, none of them were deliberately performed in a systematic manner.
"The most important thing is, before, I was wholeheartedly pursuing to comprehend the Five Star Styles, so how could I focus on this?" Li Yuan couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
Just like many stories and philosophies in textbooks, they were written in books when we were young, learned in class, and we thought we understood them... perhaps it would only be ten or twenty years later that we would suddenly realize that we had never actually understood them.
The same is true for marksmanship.
Before I fully comprehended the Five Star Styles.
Even though Li Yuan knew that the core of "Star Spear Technique" lies in the first move "Starry Sky", even though he knew the core concept of "Stars are like circles".
Even if you see other masters using similar concepts and moves.
But if you don't reach that level, you may seem to know the principle, but in fact you have never fully understood it.
In a sense, the fight with Kimura Tatsuo was after Li Yuan had fully comprehended the Five Star Styles and his understanding of Star Spear had reached a new level.
Only after re-examining it can I gain a new understanding.
It’s not that Kimura Tatsuo’s shooting skills are so great, it’s just that he appeared at the right time.
opportunity.
Sometimes it's important.
"The second move, Star Falling Waterfall, until the fifth move, Star Wars in the Wild, are all offensive moves." Li Yuan thought silently in his heart: "Four of the five killer moves are offensive moves, but the Star Spear Technique is recognized as an 'extremely strong defensive spear technique'."
"Why?"
"The core is the first move, 'Star Enlightenment'." Li Yuan slowly moved the spear in his hand and began to practice the first move 'Star Enlightenment' again.
It seems to be the same move, but when he performs it again, Li Yuan has some different feelings in his heart.
past.
Once Li Yuan uses his skills, he pursues the ultimate burst and the ultimate speed, just like the splendor of exploding stars.
But now when it is performed again, the moves are slower and the power is more restrained.
Just like a blazing star, after billions of years of evolution, it has gradually become stable from the initial "volcanic magma" era.
It's not that this star no longer contains explosive power.
It just restrains this surging power and doesn't explode easily.
Practicing over and over again, Li Yuan was searching for the special feeling he longed for in his heart, hoping to grasp it.
The so-called enlightenment is never a process from 0 to 1.
It is a qualitative change from to 1.
In the past, Li Yuan practiced the Star Spear Technique countless times, devoted himself to it for many years without sleep or food, and fought with various teachers and coaches time and time again.
He completed the accumulation from 0 to without realizing it.
Kimura Tatsuo's shooting skills were the perfect introduction, allowing him to find a chance to break through to 1.
But it's just an opportunity.
If he wants to truly grasp it, he still needs to make great efforts to practice, ponder and summarize.
This is also the reason why he came to practice shooting as soon as the battle was over.
"The stars are like a circle, with no beginning and no end."
"The trajectory of stars is also a circle." Li Yuan practiced and thought over and over again.
this moment.
Li Yuan no longer deliberately thought about how to use his marksmanship to deal with Tan Tai Feng.
But he simply wanted to make his marksmanship better.
...In the virtual network, in the 'battle space' of the battle between the freshmen of ten schools.
With the last cage fight ending.
The 'total points ranking' on the huge light curtain high up was also completely frozen.
"Li Yuan is number one!"
"105 points."
"First." Thousands of students from Kunlun Wuda University who came to watch the game were excited.
The few sophomores and juniors who still seemed quite reserved mostly applauded.
"Li Yuan, Yu Ming, Guan Ying, Galawa, Vikram, Tan Taifeng, Ruan Wennan, Helian Cheng and other eight students ranked in the top eight in the second round." The burly man above the ring said in a low voice: "They will directly advance to the fourth round."
"Kimura Tatsuo... and 128 other students, ranked in the top 136 in the second round, will enter the third round and decide the other eight places for the fourth round tomorrow."
With the host's passionate voice, the second round of the ten-school freshman battle officially ended.
……
"Where's Senior Brother?"
"I don't see him." The freshmen from the Sixth College of Kunlun Wuda University couldn't help but look for Li Yuan on the stage.
"Depend on."
"Brother Yuan is also pretending. That Tan Taifeng gave up and entered the top eight." Gu Qianghan couldn't help but complain: "Brother Yuan won the first place in the total score, but he didn't even come to the scene."
"Does it mean that only by pretending to be cool can you become stronger?" Gu Qianghan shook his head.
"Do not."
An Nong pretended to be deep and said, "It's not that you can become stronger by pretending, but the pretending of a master is called pretending."
"Otherwise, call a clown."
……
At seven o'clock in the evening, night falls.
call!
Li Yang arrived at Li Yuan's villa in the aircraft with a smile on his face.
"Teacher." Li Yuan had received the news that Li Yang was coming and had been waiting in the living room.
"You did a great job today." Li Yang smiled and sat down on the sofa: "Sit down."
Today, Li Yuan defeated Kimura Tatsuo, which allowed him to show off in front of teachers from various schools, and he was naturally very happy.
"Yeah." Li Yuan sat down.
"We got first place in total points and brought honor to the school. That's great." Li Yang looked at Li Yuan with a smile, and he became more and more satisfied the more he looked.
"Not really." Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Then Tan Taifeng gave up in the second round. Otherwise, with his strength, it would be easy for him to take first place in the total points."
Li Yuan knows himself well.
First in the second round? Just a false title.
"You have to be humble, but you don't have to be too humble." Li Yang said with a smile: "Tan Taifeng gave up, but Yu Ming and Guan Ying did not give up, and neither did the elite students from other schools."
"Why didn't they take first place?" Li Yang said with a smile, "Isn't it just that they are not as strong as you?"
"You are able to surpass Yu Ming, Guan Ying and others, which is enough to prove that you are no worse than the elite students of the world's three top martial arts schools."
Li Yuan nodded and stopped explaining.
"Why, are you still worried about Tan Tai Feng?" Li Yang asked curiously.
"Yes." Li Yuan did not hide this: "Teacher, to be honest, if I were to deal with other people, like Galawa and Yu Ming... I am not absolutely sure of winning, but I think I have a chance of winning."
"Only Tan Tai Feng, if he uses a sword and shield, I will lose more than I win if I examine myself." Li Yuan said honestly: "My strength is not enough."
When practicing, one should seek truth from facts rather than being arrogant.
It’s hard to win. It’s hard to win.
"Hahaha." Li Yang looked at Li Yuan with a smile: "Actually, the teacher didn't expect you to win."
Li Yuan was stunned.
Didn't expect to win?
"Do you know who Tan Taifeng is? He is just one step away from reaching the state of spiritual enlightenment." Li Yang said with a smile, "Among the freshmen at Xinghuo University, he has a chance to compete for first place."
"If Spark University is number one, it will have the potential to compete for the world's number one."
"That is to say, if Tan Tai Feng were in your class, he would have a chance to rank first, or at least top five, in the world." Li Yang said solemnly.
Li Yuan was surprised.
So Tan Tai Feng is so amazing? He even has a chance to become the world's number one.
"Normally speaking, for a competition like the Ten-School Freshman Tournament, Spark University shouldn't choose the strongest students to participate. There's no point in training them at all."
"According to convention, we should choose the elites from the second tier." Li Yang shook his head and said, "For example, Yu Ming and Guan Ying... This is why I thought you had a chance to win first place."
"I don't know what the top management of Xinghuo University was thinking this time, but they actually sent him here."
Li Yuan listened silently.
"So, now that Tan Tai Feng is here, I don't expect you to take first place." Li Yang said with a smile, "It's not that you are not as good as Tan Tai Feng. In terms of your progress in the past six months, you have been even more exaggerated than him... Teacher believes that you will definitely be able to beat him in the future."
"But right now, you are indeed not as good as him."
Li Yuan nodded slightly, Tan Taifeng was indeed very powerful.
"The schedule for the third and fourth rounds has been announced. You and Tan Taifeng will not meet in advance." Li Yang said solemnly: "In other words, even if you two meet, it will be in the final."
"Upper and lower divisions?" Li Yuan seemed to be thinking.
"Correct."
Li Yang smiled and said, "So, the teacher has only one requirement for you, to make it to the finals and secure a place in the top four."
“Reaching the finals is a victory.”
“Don’t have to bear any psychological burden.”
"If you finish in the top four, well, the rewards are actually not much different from the first and second place, and you'll also get some rare treasures."
……
Li Yuan sent Li Yang away and returned to the underground martial arts room alone.
The lights came on and it was as bright as day inside the martial arts room.
Li Yuan stood in the middle with a gun, silently thinking about what Li Yang had just said.
Actually.
Li Yang’s words can be summed up in one sentence: “Just work hard to get second place.”
"Second?" Li Yuan thought silently.
What Li Yang said was not wrong.
In fact, he came to explain the situation to Li Yuan because he didn't want Li Yuan to have too much psychological burden.
but.
"Win or lose? Second?" Li Yuan shook his head, not thinking any more, and continued to silently ponder his shooting skills.
Chasing that mysterious and special artistic conception.
…October 10th, the third round.
There were no top masters among the participants, so Li Yuan did not go to watch the battle, but just practiced alone.
On this day, the other eight places for the top 16 were decided.
……
October 10th, fourth round.
There are no clouds in Kunlun Mountain.
Today, the final champion of the ten-school freshman battle will be decided from the top sixteen.
(End of this chapter)
