Chapter 127: End of the Livestream
Translator: CKtalon
“The remaining three will attack together.” Xu Jingming looked at the remaining three virtual experts. They had a basic combat strength of 10,000 and were good at all kinds of weapons.
The three experts surrounded him. One threw flying axes, one brandished whips, and one held dual sabers. However, Xu Jingming took the initiative to close the distance between them as his figure turned into a blur.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
As he moved, three sword beams flashed, and the three experts turned ethereal and disappeared.
“Please watch the slow-motion replay.” Xu Jingming stopped and calmly pointed at the slow-motion replay that appeared beside him. “When surrounded, don’t stay where you are and be a target. You need to move at high speeds. I can easily close in on my opponent mainly because of my advantageous footwork. Footwork… will be the content of the next lesson. You just need to watch me strike today.”
“Three strikes: Thrust, Point, and Slash. Look at the different sword moves—for all of them, raising the hand takes the longest time.” Xu Jingming pointed at the slow-motion replay.
“Raising the sword takes up about 60-80% of the attack’s time,” Xu Jingming stated. “Raising your hand takes the longest time for any weapon.”
“Even cars are the slowest when starting. For running, the starting is also the slowest,” Xu Jingming said. “Therefore, we need to deliberately train our hands’ speed and raise it as high as possible.”
“What we pursue isn’t the maximum speed of one move. For example, my spear strike breaks through the sound barrier,” Xu Jingming said with a smile. “That’s only the maximum speed! What we care about more is the starting speed!”
“Only by being fast at the beginning can the overall speed be fast enough, making it difficult for the enemy to block,” Xu Jingming said with a smile. “In the Martial Arts Center’s detailed course, I will also put up many methods for everyone to train.”
“Alright, this will be the end of my first livestream lecture today,” Xu Jingming said. “The first livestream mainly talks about the two basics of martial arts. One is the might of the moves, and the other is the speed of the moves. I’ll upload the detailed classes and training methods to the Martial Arts Center tomorrow.”
“I believe anyone has a chance of reaching Lv. 2 after practicing the first three lessons of my martial arts course.”
“There’s a chance of reaching Lv. 3 after nine lessons.”
“As for Lv. 4? My martial arts course will also provide some guidance and ideas to explore,” Xu Jingming said before ending the livestream.
Countless audience members were still listening and reflecting.
“It ended just like that?”
“It ended too quickly. What about the 2.9 billion viewers? He turned off the livestream just like that?”
“I wanted to tip him, but it ended. He didn’t give me a chance.”
The audience discussed.
“Xu Jingming’s lecture feels completely different from others. In the past, I only knew how to train and engage in actual combat. Now, I understand… what the goal of training and what the goal of actual combat is.”
“Yes, I have a target.”
“Practicing the body’s force delivery is actually about pursuing greater mass and higher speed; that will result in greater kinetic energy.”
“Target the limits of an enemy’s reaction?”
Countless people’s imaginations ran wild as they gained a new understanding of combat.
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Liu Hai smiled in the stands. Jingming’s first class and second class in martial arts are indeed the basics! However, he explains it from another angle, making it easier for educated people to understand the essence. Once they understand the essence, they will have a direction in learning.
However, he only talked about the might and speed of moves. I want to see what Jingming will say about the other aspects of martial arts… Liu Hai had been teaching people his entire life, so he was looking forward to Xu Jingming’s teaching methods.
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“So it can be that simple?” Tiger Fussen—who was sitting in the stands like a bear—stroked his chin. Greater mass and greater speed? I knew the importance of mass and speed; it turns out that I can understand it from a kinetic point of view.
I’ve heard of kinetic energy in school, but I can’t remember it clearly, Tiger Fussen thought to himself. The speed at which I attack? No wonder it’s very difficult for me to make my opponent unable to react, even though I use my strength to suppress others! It turns out it takes time for me to swing my ax. My attacks aren’t capable of being faster than the limits of my opponent’s reaction speed when we’re on the same level.
Tiger Fussen mostly followed his instincts and combat acumen. He felt enlightened after Xu Jingming’s lecture.
Although this lesson is basic, it’s worth me tipping 10,000 bucks. Tiger Fussen got up. Since the livestream has ended, you can’t blame me for not tipping.
He got up and left.
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In martial arts combat, the strong might not be able to explain things clearly.
Everyone had their own direction. Although Xu Jingming was teaching the basics, he provided top experts a new angle to observe their martial arts. As for the ordinary people who had practiced for more than three months and were still struggling at the Silver Moon or Radiant Sun realm, they felt that they had benefited greatly.
I feel like I’ve gained a lot. Perhaps anyone who has reached junior high can understand. In the stands, Cheng Zihao also felt that he had gained a lot.
Just one lesson, and he has the entire globe’s audience gathered. The highest number of viewers online exceeded 2.9 billion? Cheng Zihao felt envious, jealous, and hateful. Xu Jingming ended such a popular livestream just like that. The tips for one lesson already exceeded 200 million… Although it might be more because it’s his first time live-streaming, and there will be fewer livestream tips in the future, it’s still too exaggerated.
All the other streamers in my company combined are far inferior to Xu Jingming’s livestream. Cheng Zihao felt unhappy.
“Boss.” Zhou Feng appeared and walked to Cheng Zihao’s side.
“What’s wrong? What’s the matter?” Cheng Zihao asked impatiently.
“Here’s the thing. Young Master Liang wants to sell his stake,” Zhou Feng said.
“Sell his stake?” Cheng Zihao looked at Zhou Feng.
“Yes, Young Master Liang said that he’s in need of money and wants to sell his stake in our company,” Zhou Feng said. “He wants you to give him a price and buy out his shares for him to exit.”
“Tell him to dream on!” Cheng Zihao glared. “He’s an angel investor who invested early and was happy when the company’s valuation soared. Now that the company is in trouble, he wants out? It’s fine if he wants out, but he has to find someone to sell the shares to! I’ve never stopped him from selling his shares. Want me to buy him out? Dream on!”
Zhou Feng hesitated for a moment. “Why don’t we give a low price?”
“Ignore him. I’m not obligated to buy back his shares.” Cheng Zihao frowned. “I’m frustrated enough. I don’t have the mood to care about him.”
Zhou Feng said, “Boss, the global experts on the Cosmos Ranking can livestream globally. Other than Liu Hai, Tejano, and Xu Jingming’s ridiculous popularity, the popularity of the other 97 people will be high… These 100 people will take up most of the traffic. For example, Xu Jingming’s livestream exceeded 2.9 billion at its peak. Perhaps half of the people watching livestreams worldwide were watching his livestream. It’s crazy.”
“Perhaps it’s because it’s his first livestream,” Cheng Zihao said.
“Liu Hai has live-streamed more than once, and it has generally stabilized at 2 billion viewers,” Zhou Feng said. “These people’s livestreams have a huge impact on the entire livestream market. The market’s valuation of livestream companies like us has plummeted. They’re even worried that the Earth Alliance will launch more policies, causing the situation to worsen.”
“I know.” Cheng Zihao frowned.
“Everyone kicks a man who is down,” Zhou Feng said. “Boss, the company is going downhill, and many dangers are coming. Boss, you have to prepare a solution.”
“Alright, alright. I got it.” Cheng Zihao got up and left the livestream.
When Zhou Feng saw this, he looked at the pitch-black livestream and sighed.
The company didn’t have a good time because of the intense competition. Now that the entire industry is going downhill… The company is in even more trouble. Some shareholders want out. Zhou Feng was also quite vexed. He could only watch all of this happen without a solution to the crisis.
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After the lecture.
Xu Jingming started editing the livestream and continued recording some supplementary training videos.
“Jingming, how long will it take?” Li Miaomiao asked from the side.
“The training and practice videos are easy. It’s just that editing is a little troublesome.” Xu Jingming was inexperienced after all; he was getting better at virtual world editing, but he would at times get a little flustered.
“I’ll help you,” Li Miaomiao said. “Tell me what’s needed, and I’ll help you edit it.”
“Alright.” Xu Jingming felt more relaxed.
The two worked together and took three hours to finish editing the first and second lessons.
“The lessons are already very concise. The first lesson is 28 minutes long, and the second lesson is 25 minutes long. There’s no way to shorten it anymore,” Li Miaomiao said.
“Alright.” Xu Jingming also watched it once and nodded. “I don’t see any problems. How do you feel after watching it?”
“Not bad. The theories, combat drills, and training methods are all here,” Li Miaomiao said.
Xu Jingming nodded. “Then, I’ll upload them.”
He opened his personal interface and uploaded the two classes through the Martial Arts Center’s interface.