Ji Xinghuo waved to the surrounding crowd, triggering a shout, but on the live broadcast screen, his face was still processed.

The audience could only see his figure and movements, and hear his voice.

A reporter was about to go up for an interview, but Ji Xinghuo turned around directly and walked into the preparation hall at the point of departure of the event.

The marathon is divided into four levels.

Each level of racing takes place today, with the start of the pistol in turn.

The number of participants in the Global Marathon is the smallest, with less than 300 people in total, and they are basically legends, and a few are kings and super aliens. Although there is no restriction on the registration conditions for the Global Marathon, it is subject to the review of the organizing committee.

When Ji Xinghuo came in, most of the world-level players were already in the middle of the game, and they were making final preparations.

He looked around and saw quite a few acquaintances.

Due to the participation of the Sun King, this year's Global Marathon is particularly competitive, and the number of registrations is also higher than in previous years.

However, most of them focused on participation and never thought that they could win the Sun King.

"Here we are."

An Yitian waved his hand at Ji Xinghuo.

Ji Xinghuo nodded, and the players in the preparation hall looked over one after another, and they had all changed into the running clothes customized by the organizing committee.

This is a one-piece jacket made of special materials, with high elasticity, very light, after wearing it to fit the body line, can reduce wind resistance, warm and breathable, the shape design is also very fashionable, the chest and back have the race logo.

In addition to running jackets, the organizing committee also prepared professional running shoes for the runners, but they are not mandatory to wear, and it is up to the runners to decide.

Ji Xinghuo was about to enter the locker room, when a tsunami suddenly sounded outside.

Everyone looked at the live screen in the hall.

I saw a figure slowly descending from the sky, wearing a blue and red battle suit, with a cloak with the stripes of the American Union flag on his back, his blonde hair combed meticulously, smiling, hovering in mid-air and waving to people.

The Sun King is here!

In the preparation hall, everyone looked at the man on the screen.

John Anthony greeted the surroundings and fell to the ground and began to give interviews to reporters.

"Mr. Anthony!" One reporter asked aloud, "How sure are you that you will win today's Globe Marathon?" ”

"One hundred percent."

The Sun King replied without hesitation.

With a relaxed face, he faced the camera and said: "I am not participating in the Global Marathon today to prove anything, with my strength, there is nothing I need to prove." My goal is to draw the attention of people around the world to the movement. Marathon is a very good sport, it can exercise our body, enhance our spirit, as long as we persevere, we will be able to appreciate the benefits of sports for us......"

On the live broadcast screen, John Anthony talked eloquently, patiently answered several reporters' questions, decently and humbly, which attracted the favor of many people.

The cheers of the crowd rose one after another.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that John Anthony ended the interview and walked into the preparation hall under the camera.

The contestants stood up.

The expressions on everyone's faces varied, curious, envious, nervous, and no one showed a trace of disrespect for the strongest man on earth.

The chairman of the marathon organizing committee was already waiting, respectfully leading the Sun King into the door.

"Good morning, everyone."

The Sun King greeted him kindly, and the players in the hall responded enthusiastically, and their performance was not much better than that of the audience outside.

His gaze swept over the crowd, nodding to the Heavenly Kings present, and resting on a black man.

"Jeffrey." The Sun King smiled, "Today we will compete to see who is faster." ”

Everyone looked at the black man sitting in the corner.

He sat with his eyes closed, and when he heard the Sun King's words, he opened his eyes and looked at them, stood up and said, "You are just here to compete for second place." ”

As soon as these words came out, the players' faces changed slightly, but there was no surprise.

This black man is Jeffrey Aljordan, the 13th ranked "Freelander" on the Heavenly Kings List, he is a Midland native, a Divine Samurai by profession, and the most successful competition Inhuman in history, that is, the predecessor that Zhao Manying wants to surpass.

Jeffrey is tall and well-proportioned, close to two meters tall, with a shaved head and dark skin, but it does not affect his powerful aura in the slightest, but has a calm and domineering feeling, and his eyes are sharp and unforgettable.

He is 80 years old and dominated an entire era before retiring from the ring.

Back then, Freelander had no rival.

Just like Zhao Manying today, his light covers all his opponents of the same era, and he is the undisputed first person in the competition.

Jeffrey retired after being promoted to legend, and immediately entered the astral adventure, and soon climbed the legend list and became the number one, dominating the list for fifteen years, until he was promoted to the king at the age of 49, and is now ranked 13th.

The Heavenly Kings who were ranked before him were all seniors over a hundred years old.

Now, Jeffrey has long gotten rid of the label of "competition alien" on his body, and people's impression of him is more of a powerful king, who will sooner or later enter the top ten in the world, and even compete with the Big Three.

The king is best known for his speed, which is known as the fastest in the world, hence the name "Freelander".

He has previously participated in six Globe Marathons.

All won the championship.

Without the Sun King, there wouldn't be much suspense in this edition of the Globe Marathon, and Freelander would have won his seventh title.

"Hahaha......"

John Anthony was stunned for a moment when he heard Jeffrey's response, and then laughed out loud: "Although you are a senior, I will not be humble, this second place is still left to yourself." ”

The corners of Jeffrey's mouth lifted, and he sat down and didn't reply.

The Sun King looked at the others again, and besides him and Freelander, there were four other Heavenly Kings competing today.

Luo Yimeng, the tenth "Chaofeng Master" on the Heavenly King List;

A king from the New Roman Empire, whose profession is "Edge Walker", ranked 24th;

ranked 35th "Flying Artist", he is a "Sky Surveyor" who is an advanced "Sky Surveyor" of Feibu and Evil Wind Rider, extremely good at flying, often performing his flying skills online, born in South America, but claiming to be stateless;

and Li Xuan, who ranked 45th, he purely came to join in the fun and get traffic exposure.

The six Heavenly Kings present were all known for their speed.

In addition, there are many legends, several of which are "marathon aliens", professional runners, extremely fast, but none of them are in the eyes of the Sun King.

"Mr. Ji."

The Sun King saw Ji Xinghuo, "See you again." ”

Ji Xinghuo nodded slightly and did not speak. Before he had the strength to resist the Sun King, he didn't want to have too much contact with the other party.

John Anthony smiled meaningfully and said nothing else.

Ji Xinghuo entered the locker room and changed into a running jacket, which is close and light, with a sensor chip in the jacket, which can locate the position of the runner and monitor whether the runner violates the rules during the run, and accumulates the number of time penalties.

In addition to this coat, Ji Xinghuo wore "flying shoes" under his feet, and he also wore two rings on his fingers.

One is your own "Photosynthetic Ring", with etheric resonance and photosynthetic reaction, accelerating the recovery of star power, as long as you bask in the sun, you can replenish energy and restore physical strength.

A "Star Ring" temporarily borrowed by the Astral Boundary, a super three-star that can speed up movement speed and star power recovery, and increase one's battery life.

These shoes and two rings are already the world's top match.

After changing his equipment, Ji Xinghuo took out an aether refining solvent and drank it, as well as three potions provided by the Astral Boundary Department, all of which had the effect of speeding up, speeding up recovery, and saving energy, all in order to run faster and persist longer.

There are no restrictions on drugs and equipment, and there are no doping tests, so runners can use whatever they want.

"Hoo ......"

Ji Xinghuo prepared himself and exhaled lightly.

All kinds of luxurious equipment and potions were superimposed, and he felt as if he had inexhaustible star power in his body, and his physical energy was also exhausted, and he wanted to vent out.

"It's time to get out."

Coming out of the locker room, almost everyone changed their gear and was ready to go.

Only the Sun King was still wearing his suit, and it seemed that he was not ready to change it, nor did he make any preparations.

On the screen of the preparation hall, the countdown is already underway.

There are four levels of competition, all starting from the same place, but with different routes.

The first was the Classical Marathon, which was run by more than 100,000 people, and was packed on the streets of the starting point, covering 42.195 kilometers in the city of Ivangrad.

This ancient sport commemorates a battle victory more than 2,700 years ago.

Up to now, the physical fitness of ordinary people has improved significantly, and the world record has entered less than 1 hour and 40 minutes, and it is slowly improving every year.

With a gunshot rang out.

More than 100,000 runners started in batches, and it took half an hour for all the runners to run out of the starting point.

Then there is the thousand-mile marathon, where the runners cannot exceed the high-level Inhuman, and there are more than 50,000 participants.

Running a thousand kilometers in one go, many high-level aliens can do it, because the speed difference is not large, and the runners often rush from the starting point to the finish line, and there are opponents fighting throughout the whole process, and the competition is very fierce and very exciting.

From a competitive point of view, the Thousand Miles Marathon is the most exciting.

Then came the 10,000-mile marathon.

This level is a super Inhuman and Legendary track, with nearly 10,000 people, most of them Super Inhumans, and they are "Marathon Inhumans" who specialize in running, with the highest technical content and the most professional level of competition.

By 12 noon, the runners of the Global Marathon arrived at the starting point.

There are more than 300 players, compared to the number of people in the first three levels, it looks sparse, and they are not even standing in a row behind the starting line.

In terms of sportsmanship, the Global Marathon is not as good as the classical marathon;

In terms of excitement, it is not as good as a thousand-mile marathon;

In terms of professional competition, it is not as good as a marathon;

But the audience of the Global Marathon is the largest, because the runners who participate in the Global Marathon are all superhuman in the eyes of ordinary people.

They run the fastest and last the longest.

Each of the candidates is not unknown, there are six Heavenly Kings alone, not to mention the Sun King.

At this time, the number of people watching the live broadcast has exceeded 3 billion, and it is still skyrocketing.

Ji Xinghuo stood behind the starting line, and there was a huge projection screen in the sky, showing the route of this race.

This year's Global Marathon, starting point is Ivangrad, then all the way east, through the Asia Minor Peninsula into the Middle East, through the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, across Central Asia into the Asia-Pacific Community border, along the Silk Road into Chang'an, then north to the Bohai Bay, back along the coastline through the Asia-Pacific Community metropolis, to Southeast Asia, west to the coast of the South Asian Union and then back to the Middle East, around the Arabian Peninsula half a circle across the Suez Canal, south along the Nile to Lake Victoria, and then back along the east coast of Africa, Eventually returned to Ivangrad.

The whole journey is exactly 40,075 kilometers, which is equivalent to one circle around the Earth's equator.

Each runner has a separate live channel, and at least two supersonic drones are followed at all times during the run.

At the same time, there are high-resolution satellites in the sky to follow.

If it is the star player in the spotlight, there are more drones and satellites to follow the shooting, showing the running situation from multiple angles.

Entering the countdown, hundreds of drones flew in the sky, locking on the players on the ground.

“10、9、8……”

Amid the shouts of tens of thousands of spectators around them, a gunshot rang out, and the quadrennial Global Marathon finally started!

Bang.

At the same time as the gunshots rang out, more than 300 people were fired in unison like arrows from the string, and a strong wind blew in the same place.

Boom Boom Boom ......

A violent sonic boom resounded through the sky, and the crowd watching the scene was hundreds of meters away, still blown around.

When they came back to their senses, they found that the starting line was empty.

Ji Xinghuo's body leaned forward, and at the moment when the starting gun sounded, the whole person flew out like a bullet, breaking through the sound barrier in an instant, and the running speed reached 350 meters per second.

The advantages of "acceleration" are manifested.

Everyone was left behind, and Ji Xinghuo stood out in the picture.

He takes turns stepping with both feet, clinging to the ground, cadence of more than 10 times per second, one step can step more than 30 meters, but always keep both feet off the ground at the same time no more than 0.1 seconds, the core of the body is also as smooth as a mountain, the ups and downs are very small, slightly leaning forward to keep the angle with the ground at about 50 degrees.

The wind howled in my ears like thunder.

The streetscape on both sides quickly recedes, passing through the field of vision like a streamer, creating a blur and distortion in front of the eyes.

But this had no effect on Ji Xinghuo, his mind was extremely clear, and the electromagnetic induction reflected the surrounding scenery and movement in his heart.

He kept running at supersonic speed.

In the sky, four drones locked on Ji Xinghuo and followed synchronously.

The main channel of the live broadcast screen was also switched to Ji Xinghuo, and he is also in the lead in the current player position.

The host commented quickly, all expressing surprise.

However, there are two people in the picture who are rapidly approaching, one in front of the other and one behind, only a few dozen meters apart, one is the Sun King and the other is Freelander.

After a few seconds of acceleration, the speed of the Sun King at this time has reached about 450 meters per second.

Freelander is not far behind, second only to the Sun King in speed.

Ji Xinghuo's lead lasted less than 10 seconds.

Call!

As soon as the sound exploded, the wind swept around Ji Xinghuo, and he was overtaken by the Sun King, and gradually distanced himself.

The Sun King's national flag cloak hunted behind him, and it was extremely eye-catching.

After a few more seconds, a tall, dark figure also caught up, his running posture stretched and unrestrained, like a black lightning bolt surpassing Ji Xinghuo, it was Freelander.

Ji Xinghuo was not impatient, maintaining his cruising speed and stabilizing at Mach 1.

It took only three minutes for him to run out of Ivangrad.

At this time, Luo Yimeng also caught up, her skin was glowing with colorful streamers, and a pair of colorful wings appeared behind her, and her running cadence was not particularly high, but she could step out of 100 meters with every step, stepping like flying, but she did not violate the rules.

"Can you be faster?" Luo Yimeng and Ji Xinghuo ran side by side, turned their heads and asked: "If we continue like this, we will lose." ”

Ji Xinghuo's face was calm, "Don't worry, let them run 10,000 kilometers first." ”

(End of chapter)