"You can't find me."

Ji Xinghuo shook his head calmly, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

He originally wanted to tell her that it didn't matter who he was, that he was just making friends, and that he wasn't a mysterious person.

But it's fun to tease her.

"And what if I find it?" Zhao Manying seemed to find an identity and played it as a game.

Ji Xinghuo smiled: "Make a friend if you find it." ”

"Aren't we friends now?" Zhao Manying's voice suddenly changed. Ji Xinghuo immediately heard that this was her original voice, which was highly recognizable, clear and sweet, but the tone was completely different from the usual one, charming with a bit of temptation, obviously deliberately speaking with her throat.

"Don't clip it."

Ji Xinghuo almost didn't laugh, and Zhengse said: "Of course not, we are just netizens." ”

"Hahaha......" Zhao Manying couldn't help laughing, resumed her normal voice, and asked, "You are an alien on the ladder, right?" ”

"If you are strong, you must be on the ladder?" Ji Xinghuo deliberately misled.

There are 10,000 people on the ladder, including herself and Zhao Manying, and there are about 30 people who are 24 years old this year, all of whom are absolute geniuses.

If she confirms that she is on the ladder, the search scope will be narrowed down to only a few dozen people at once, and then filter by gender, and she just said that she lives in Chang'an, then it will be very close to the truth.

Moreover, he is the last place on the ladder.

This ranking is actually very conspicuous at times, and a little look at the news materials can match the number.

"It's also ......" Zhao Manying didn't know what Ji Xinghuo was thinking, and nodded: "I have seen some very powerful aliens, but for various reasons, there are no names on the ladder. ”

"Is it stronger than you?" Ji Xinghuo asked curiously.

"How is that possible!" Zhao Manying snorted lightly, the kind of invincible confidence in the world was overflowing, "I am the first in the ladder, and under the legend, there is no one in the world who is my opponent." She looked at Ji Xinghuo, "Including Ling." ”

Ji Xinghuo smiled noncommittally, but did not refute.

It can be seen that being defeated in the martial arts just now did not affect her confidence in the slightest, either she did not give her full strength, or she felt that the martial arts were only a part of her strength.

"One more?"

Ji Xinghuo directly challenged, and victory was the best counterattack.

Moreover, an opponent like Zhao Manying is too rare, and the gain of one game can be as good as fighting a hundred games with others.

"Good!"

Zhao Manying readily agreed.

She has the same idea as Ji Xinghuo, and she also wants to defeat Ji Xinghuo to prove herself.

Ji Xinghuo quit the ring to create a private room, the environment is no longer the ring, but an antique martial arts arena, located at the top of the peak, the surrounding vision is wide, you can enjoy the mountains, the sky is cloudy, and the scenery is pleasant.

This kind of space dedicated to private competitions and practice, wins and losses will not be counted in the points, and people call it a "martial arts room".

And there is no limit to the number of people, you can bring all your friends in.

Ji Xinghuo invited Zhao Manying.

She entered the martial arts room, looked at the surroundings and said, "Let's start." ”

The two immediately started fighting.

With no audience and no friends, the two are immersed in a fierce battle, and time passes imperceptibly.

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

Ji Xinghuo slashed through Zhao Manying's long sword with one sword, punched with his left hand, and hit her throat like lightning, and the strength exploded, and this one was the winner.

The white light flickered, and the two of them returned to their original state.

Zhao Manying had no expression on her face, stood in place and closed her eyes in contemplation, reviewing the gains and losses of the scene just now, and opened her eyes a few minutes later and said, "Come again." ”

"That's all for today." Ji Xinghuo shook his head, "I'm going to start today's cultivation." ”

"Want to run if you win?"

Zhao Manying was still unsatisfied, and her face finally revealed her true emotions, unwilling and unconvinced. She fought dozens of fights with Ji Xinghuo, but she lost them all!

I thought that the two sides were equal opponents, but it turned out to be one-sided.

Every time, she felt like she had a chance to win, but it was always a little bit off. In the martial arts, the slightest gap seems to be not big, but in fact, it is as insurmountable as a moat.

She is a martial arts master, and the only rank higher than this is the title of Martial Saint.

Moreover, the title of Martial Saint is more like an honor, commending a person's achievements in martial arts, not every martial saint can crush a martial arts master.

Zhao Manying couldn't imagine that there was a 24-year-old martial saint on the earth!

The invincible confidence in her heart was shaken.

But this night's progress is real, hearty, greater than her progress in the past six months, and the idea of continuing to fight.

"It's not that I want to run, it's seven o'clock in the morning." Ji Xinghuo said helplessly.

"So fast?"

Zhao Manying was immersed in the battle, and didn't notice the time, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Then you go, I also have something to do today, and I have two interviews." See you in the evening? ”

"What time is it?" Ji Xinghuo asked.

"I'll try to go online before eight o'clock." Zhao Manying suddenly laughed, "Otherwise, you give me a contact information, and if there is any change, I will notify you." ”

"Farewell."

Ji Xinghuo dropped two words and quit the practice room and went offline directly.

He came out of the virtual login cabin, exhaled lightly, and fought with Zhao Manying for a whole night, he was actually a little unbearable.

That kind of mental pressure is very draining on the mind.

After every battle, he had to immediately turn off the microscopic perception, reduce the consumption of star power, and wait for a few minutes to recover before turning it on.

But it's all worth it.

Martial arts is like playing chess, competing with high-level opponents, your level will improve quickly, and if you play too much with Stinky Chess Lou, you will also become Stinky Chess Lou, and even integrate into segments.

After this night's battle, Ji Xinghuo felt that even if he didn't have the Vientiane Star Pupil, he didn't open his microscopic perception, and he also had the level of the ninth stage of martial arts.

A wave of tiredness welled up in my heart.

Ji Xinghuo climbed into bed, fell asleep, and slept until noon.

He got up to wash and eat, went out to the exercise room to practice all afternoon, and went online when he went home in the evening, and as soon as he entered the martial arts platform, he received an invitation from Zhao Manying and pulled him into the martial arts room.

"Why are you here now?" Zhao Manying asked.

Ji Xinghuo glanced at the time, it was only eight o'clock in a few minutes, and she seemed to be a little impatient, "You have been waiting for a long time?" ”

"I'll be online at six o'clock." Zhao Manying pursed her lips, "Today's interview ended relatively early, so I moved forward." ”

Ji Xinghuo spread his hands, "That's no way, I don't know." ”

"Okay."

She didn't ask Ji Xinghuo for contact information again, exchanged a few words, and then started fighting.

A few minutes later, Ji Xinghuo's victory was added by one.

"Why can't I win." Zhao Manying looked helpless, looked at Ji Xinghuo, who seemed to be very relaxed, and suddenly proposed: "If we don't communicate or review after the fight, will the efficiency be worse?" Why don't you discuss it after each game and make progress together? ”

Ji Xinghuo thought for a moment, "Yes." ”

The martial arts room has a video playback function, which records every previous battle, shoots from different angles, and then plays it at a slow speed, you can see a lot of details, which is very convenient.

This is one of the reasons why people love to play against each other on virtual platforms.

A large screen spawns in front of you, and the battle starts to play.

The two stood in front of the screen and watched carefully, pausing and zooming in from time to time, pointing out the problems at that moment, what the response was to change, which side was right and which side was wrong, and whether there was a problem with the idea, and they all had a detailed discussion and frankly exchanged their ideas.

After a few minutes of fighting, the review took nearly half an hour.

After summing up, we will fight again.

Ji Xinghuo immediately noticed Zhao Manying's improvement, which was very subtle, but martial arts was the result of a little progress and training accumulation.

This puts more pressure on me and at the same time is more motivating.

Soon it was dawn again.

This night, the two only played a dozen games, but the progress was more than the first night, and Ji Xinghuo didn't need to turn on the microscopic perception frequently, and he was able to stick to it easily.

Offline at 8 a.m. sharp.

"See you in the evening."

"See you in the evening, it's still eight o'clock."

The two made an appointment, Ji Xinghuo exited the virtual login cabin, feeling less tired than yesterday, and went to the exercise room to practice after resting for two hours.

From mid-January to the end of February, Ji Xinghuo spent his time like this.

Go to bed at eight o'clock in the morning, sleep for three to four hours, get up and go to the exercise room to practice until the evening, go home after eating dinner outside, and log in to the martial arts platform at eight o'clock.

Zhao Manying is already online at eight o'clock every night.

No matter what she's busy with during the day, whether it's interviews, team training or personal matters, she sometimes participates in live broadcasts arranged by the club, but by 8 p.m., she's always on time.

Then he fought with Ji Xinghuo all night for a full twelve hours.

Although Zhao Manying still doesn't know Ji Xinghuo's true identity, in more than a month of contact, the two have become more and more familiar, and from time to time they will tell him some things in their lives, their views on the current news, exchanges, discussions, and sometimes the arguments will be very intense, but they can always seek common ground while reserving differences and understand each other.

It's an amazing feeling.

When Ji Xinghuo is in the daytime, he often sees Zhao Manying in other places, and he will also search for her on social media, watching people discuss it, countless netizens and fans hold her to the sky, and she is very cold in front of the public, smiling but with a sense of alienation, it seems to be very far away from herself.

At night, I was able to get up close and personal with her.

Two very different images overlap together, like the most familiar stranger.

The last day of February.

Ji Xinghuo went online at eight o'clock, and when he entered the martial arts room, he saw Zhao Manying, as usual, and started fighting after chatting casually.

More than an hour later, Ji Xinghuo won three games in a row.

He was about to review the game, when Zhao Manying suddenly said, "Five hundred." ”

"What?" Ji Xinghuo didn't understand for a while.

"I've lost to you five hundred games in a row and haven't won a single one."

Zhao Manying stared at Ji Xinghuo seriously, and said softly: "I have never lost so much in my life, and I still lost to the same person." In the past month or so, I feel that my martial arts strength is improving, but you are also improving, and you are progressing faster and greater than me, and I want to defeat you more and more difficult. ”

Ji Xinghuo smiled: "This is normal, I am already better than you." ”

"No, you're just stronger than me in martial arts." Zhao Manying has accepted this, but not all of it.

Ji Xinghuo still didn't refute.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, hum ......" Zhao Manying already knew Ji Xinghuo very well, and when he didn't speak, it was actually a denial, and then he sighed: "Losing five hundred games in a row, if I can't win you once, this will become my inner demon." ”

Demons are a common word used in leagues.

It refers to a competition alien who has lost to the same opponent many times, and gradually forms a subconscious fear psychologically, which affects self-confidence and strength.

The more you fight, the more you are afraid, the more you are afraid, the more you lose, and the more you lose, the weaker you become.

There's only one way to crack the demons, and that's to defeat this opponent.

"I'm not a competition alien, you can't touch me on the field, and you can't become your demon." Ji Xinghuo had never thought about this before, and he had already known that he would release the water.

However, with her intelligence, she will definitely find herself in the water, but not happy.

Deliberately losing can't break the demons.

"It has nothing to do with the game." Zhao Manying said: "This is related to my martial arts and evolution path, you are the demon in my life." ”

"It's not that serious, is it?" Ji Xinghuo didn't seem to be joking when he saw her.

"Yes."

Zhao Manying nodded.

"So what to do?" Ji Xinghuo already regards her as his friend, since the reason is caused by himself, if he can help her solve it, he will definitely cooperate.

"The new season is about to start, and I want to break the demons before the start of the game." Zhao Manying said: "In martial arts, it is impossible for me to defeat you in the short term, but the strength of an alien is not only in martial arts, but also depends on star power, ability, and physique, and it is tested in real combat, and these cannot be shown on the virtual martial arts platform, so ......"

She looked at Ji Xinghuo and said slowly: "I'm going to challenge you offline." ”

(End of chapter)