Stargate Network, divided into more than a dozen multiplayer modes such as Thousand Peoples Great Escape, Starry Survival, Ranked Match, Matchmaking, and Personal Duel.

  Like PUBG and Fortnite, its usually a 3-10 player team match, not only testing individual strength but also teamwork coordination, with extremely high popularity.

  Many martial arts anchors have been active in these two combat modes for many years.

  If coordinated well, it is entirely possible to achieve victory through weakness.

  Li Yuan, Yan Zhou and Zhou Qi often form teams during their leisure time, only to be brutally defeated...

  However, true martial artists who pursue the limits of life and hone their martial skills.

  More focused on ranked matches.

  Both sides have exactly the same physical quality, freely combined with cold weapon collocations... What is being compared is the martial arts skills and combat consciousness of both sides.

  The purest form of martial arts combat.

  Only the victor lives.

  Since his second year in high school, Li Yuan has been using every spare moment - one day a week, summer vacation, winter break... almost all of it - to participate in ranking matches.

  The main thing is to hone ones martial arts skills through virtual matches that are close to actual combat.

  Ranking match combat space, a huge arena, no spectators.

  Hiss! Hiss!

  Li Yuan and a fiery red figure suddenly appeared on both sides of the arena.

  "Li Yuan?"

  "Lin Lanyue, are you also in rank matching?" The two stared at each other with wide eyes, both somewhat caught off guard.

  Neither of them expected that they would be matched again in less than two minutes after the battle just ended.

  Too rare.

  Whether its a ranked match or a casual match, youll be matched with top players of similar rank from around the world.

  How many global gold belt masters?

  At least tens of millions.

  Both parties were stunned into silence for three seconds.

  "I wont give up."

  Lin Lanyue spoke first, her eyes fixed on Li Yuan, coldly saying: "Your martial arts skills are slightly better than mine, but that doesnt mean Ill definitely lose."

  "Mmm, youre right." Li Yuan nodded.

  After 42 seconds.

  On stage.

  "Hmph!"

  The long spear was like a dragon, and Li Yuan suddenly burst out again. The fierce long spear pierced Lin Lan Yues chest once more.

  "You..." Lin Lan Yue endured the intense pain of her body being pierced by the large spear and barely managed to utter a single word.

  The whole person turned into nothingness.

  "Its just that youve learned to be clever, not launching a direct attack, but instead probing. Li Yuan sheathed his sword and shook his head lightly: "Unfortunately, I only revealed a weakness for an instant, and yet I was deceived again."

  "You really want to win against me."

  "The more you want to win, the easier it is to lose." Li Yuan muttered to himself: "Always keep a stable mindset."

  "As steady as an old dog, one can go forward without hesitation."

  At this time.

  "Congratulations, Guardian · Yuan, you won this Golden Tier match, +10 points!"

  "Is her dan grade higher than mine?"

  "So the system judges, I won and got a score bonus?" Li Yuan thought to himself.

  Winning one battle and getting 10 points is considered very high.

  "Continue matching." Li Yuans consciousness stirred.

  ……

  Another personal space inside.

  "So annoying!!"

  "Damn it, Li Yuan, must be on purpose, ahhh!!!"

  Standing alone in the starry sky, Lin Lan Yue with her red hair finally couldnt hold back and burst out, gritting her teeth and muttering to herself: "I curse you to never marry a wife in this lifetime."

  Lost, Lin Lan Yue didnt mind.

  She has lost count of how many times she has been defeated in the ranking matches.

  If she had simply lost to Li Yuan twice, she wouldnt have been so angry.

  Since she had agreed to fight, she had already made up her mind to lose.

  Key point.

  Its the way of losing.

  Twice, both times being pierced through the chest by a long spear. Once could be a coincidence, but twice, is it still just a coincidence?

  "Calm down! Lin Lanyue, you must calm down." Lin Lanyue took a deep breath and tried to calm herself: "Martial arts training, first of all, one must be calm, and cannot panic when encountering things."

  Suddenly.

  Drip - Communication Call.

  Looking at the name displayed on the communication projection.

  "Second Brother?" Lin Lan Yue hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Xiao Qing, answer it."

  A young man appeared on the screen, wearing a blue martial arts uniform, looking quite handsome.

  The mans appearance is somewhat similar to Lin Lan Yues.

  "Little sister," the man said with a smile.

  "Second Brother." Lin Lan Yue suppressed the annoyance in her heart and revealed a hint of a smile: "Why did you suddenly send me a message?"

  "What? Cant get in touch with you?" The young man laughed.

  "Hmm!"

  Lin Lan Yue couldnt help but hum a sound: "Second brother, you count yourself, how long has it been since you last contacted me?"

  A young man smiled and said, "I heard Xiao Qiang say that you and your classmates lost in the Starry Sky Fighting Net. I didnt come to care about you right away?"

  "This Gu Qianghan is really arrogant." Lin Lanyue frowned and said: "Tomorrow Ill go to school to teach him a lesson."

  "Xiao Qiang is also worried about you, thats why he told me." The young man smiled and said: "Youre also his sister, dont bully him too much."

  "Got it——" Lin Lan Yue drew out her tone.

  But in her heart, she was thinking about how to deal with Gu Qiang tomorrow at school.

  "Ive seen your battle video." The young man said seriously, "Its normal that you lost, apart from the disadvantage of the weapon, the boys marksmanship is also much higher than yours, I estimate it should be around mid-third level."

  "Third rank of intermediate level?" Lin Lanyue was slightly surprised, she knew the division of martial arts skills.

  Lin Lanyue could feel that Li Yuans martial arts skills were higher, but she didnt think they would be stronger than her by so much.

  "His movement skills should also be at a third-tier level, and he might have a chance to be listed on the Blue Star Youth Rankings." The young man said: "Enough to meet the special recruitment standards."

  "Whats the Blue Star Youth List?" Lin Lanyue was even more surprised.

  With her family background, she naturally understands the significance of this list.

  "Hows his physical condition?" the young man asked casually.

  "Generally speaking, Id say its around 6th rank, but hasnt awakened to the spiritual nature of martial arts yet." Lin Lan Yue shook her head.

  She also has some understanding of Li Yuans situation.

  "Havent you sensed the spiritual energy of martial arts yet?" The young man was taken aback and shook his head, saying "Its a pity."

  The young man just casually asked and didnt really care.

  To him, Li Yuans good or bad was not important.

  "Little sister, your swordsmanship should have just broken through the third stage." The young man smiled and said: "In a normal exchange of blows, you would find it difficult to win against that boy even in a hundred attempts."

  Lin Lans teeth involuntarily bit her lower lip.

  She felt resentful in her heart, but also knew that her second brothers vision was even more extraordinary than Teacher Xu Bo.

  "Its a good thing to have such a martial arts genius as your classmate." The young man smiled and said, "It can also serve as a warning to you, so that you wont be arrogant all day thinking youre the best in middle school."

  "I didnt." Lin Lan Yue frowned: "Second brother, are you here to comfort me or scold me?"

  "Haha, okay."

  "Second Brothers mistake, wont teach you anymore." The young man smiled: "Youd better polish your sword skills, there are still six months left, strive to rush into the Blue Star Youth List."

  "With this achievement, when you enter Starlight University, you will be more valued, and Father can also apply to the family for more resources for you." The young man said.

  "Uh-huh, I know." Lin Lan Yue nodded.

  Shes also getting older and will soon be an adult, very clear about the family situation.

  With too many children, only if you are excellent enough can you get the family resources to cultivate yourself.

  Otherwise, even if youre an adult, youll only get 50,000 Blue Star coins per month for living expenses.

  Nothing else needs to be considered.

  "Next next week, I and my elder brother will come back from America, well specially come to see you." The young man said with a smile.

  "Has your matter been resolved? Is Dad coming?" Lin Lan Yue was quite surprised.

  "Dad is going to Russia, the military still has something." The young man shook his head.

  "Oh!" Lin Lan Yue puckered her mouth, somewhat disappointed.

  Soon.

  Lin Lan Yue hung up on her second brothers call.

  "Three-stage intermediate spear technique, three-stage body technique?" Lin Lanyue murmured to herself: "This Li Yuan is really making rapid progress."

  She remembers it very clearly.

  In the first year of high school, there was no Li Yuan in the ranking, and the other party rose suddenly from the second year.

  In just one year, she broke into the top thirty in the second semester of high school, and her martial arts skills even surpassed hers.

  In fact, losing a single first place has a negligible impact on Lin Lan Yue.

  But also made her remember the name Li Yuan.

  "That exam, my technique score was only a few points less, indicating the gap wasnt big." Lin Lan Yue gritted her teeth: "Now, his martial arts techniques are all stronger than mine by this much?"

  Lin Lan Yue didnt quite understand.

  Although he had received excellent martial arts education since childhood, with a specialized swordsmanship teacher guiding him, and his own cultivation was also diligent enough... he was still quickly caught up and surpassed by the other party.

  "Perhaps."

  "Just as Father said, there are always some geniuses in the world." Lin Lan Yue shook her head secretly: "Its just a pity that she hasnt awakened to her martial spirit, wanting to achieve great things in martial arts is too difficult."

  She was angry and thought Liyuan was intentional in both matches.

  But deep down, Lin Lanyue was somewhat regretful about Li Yuan.

  "Go on."

  "With the help of my dads mental method training, I can almost do forty rounds of sectional matches at a time." Lin Lan Yue continued to match up.

  Ordinary people play video games for a long time and get headaches.

  The virtual battles of StarCraft are much more mentally taxing.

  Especially once injured and failed, that intense pain is extremely stimulating to the spirit.

  So, virtual showdowns cannot last indefinitely.

  ……

  Night, 9 oclock.

  Virtual network, Starry Sky Fighting Net, Li Yuans personal space inside.

  "Finally, its almost here." Li Yuan took a deep breath and his eyes swept over his match board.

  Rank Match: Gold Rank.

  Points: 496 (1000 points required to participate in the promotion match)

  ……

  2:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

  Seven hours, Li Yuan basically did not stop, fought 192 games in a row.

  Won 120 games, lost 72 games.

  Also, the score was piled up from 112 points to 496 points.

  Within 500 points, only one last victory remains.