Chapter 352: All the Stars Gather

October 1st.

One week after Ji Xinghuo was promoted to Legend, the date for the duel with Li Xuan arrived in a blink of an eye, and the time was set at 7 o'clock in the evening.

But as usual, he went to the Ether Research Institute to practice for half a day.

Ji Xinghuo left in the afternoon.

He took a luxury maglev car on the superconducting highway and quickly left the city of Chang'an and entered the Qinling Mountains south of the suburbs. He drove on the winding mountain road and arrived at a villa built on the mountainside overlooking Chang'an.

This is the house chosen by the eldest sister Ye Dongyun. The family has lived in it for more than two months.

Usually, Ji Xinghuo lives in his and Zhao Manying's apartments in turn, but he comes here every weekend to stay for a day or two.

The car drove into the parking lot.

Although it is a villa, it has seven or eight buildings and more than 200 acres of garden land, which can be regarded as a small manor.

It's just that there are no servants like the manors in the New Roman Empire, and they all use housekeeping robots.

The electromagnetic induction swept over the villa, and family and friends were all there.

Because of Li Xuan's hype, this duel has attracted global attention. Every friend is very concerned and will attend the scene to cheer.

Just in the afternoon, everyone arrived.

Ji Xinghuo simply invited everyone to his home, just in time for a gathering, and set off together in the evening.

"Xinghuo is back!"

There is a large lawn in the garden with a wide view and beautiful scenery. It can overlook most of Chang'an. There is also a standard-sized heated swimming pool, surrounded by flowers and plants to block outsiders from prying.

Ye Dongyun arranged tables, chairs, sofas and drinks next to it, and everyone gathered in groups of three or two to chat.

As soon as Ji Xinghuo's car arrived at the door, everyone noticed it.

He leisurely stepped onto the grass beside the swimming pool, first exchanged glances with Zhao Manying, with a smile on his face.

Then he looked at everyone.

The five siblings were all present. Zhao Manying's younger brother Zhao Zangming, Qi Feng from the Emperor Star Club, Jiangnan Caiyi, Lu Yunhai and his wife, and their teammates who hunted the Nile monitor lizard together, Chi Zhonglin and Zhuo Ligetu, were drinking heavily.

There was also Wu Qifeng, a college classmate. After the last wedding, the two kept in touch and their relationship was closer than when they were in college.

An Yitian and An Zhisu, the dragon and phoenix siblings, and Su Ziyu.

There was a guest with them, which surprised Ji Xinghuo.

Wang Yinlong, the first on the Legend List!

Two months ago, they met in Ivangelista and agreed to have a chance to compete once, but it has not happened yet.

"Brother Wang."

Ji Xinghuo greeted him.

Wang Yinlong was just 42 years old, not much older than himself.

"Xinghuo, I'm sorry to come to visit you today. I'll take advantage of your kindness to watch your fight with Li Xuan in the evening. Do you mind?" Wang Yinlong said with a smile.

"It's a small matter. Welcome!"

Ji Xinghuo didn't care.

His eyes swept over the four legends, all of whom were strong men on the legend list. Their strength and reputation were known. Their family and friends were in awe of them. Although they were not arrogant, they were inevitably a little distant.

Fortunately, Zhao Manying came out as a half-hostess to entertain them, so there was no dull atmosphere.

Su Ziyou suddenly asked: "Xinghuo, how confident are you in this battle tonight?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone was attracted.

"99%." Ji Xinghuo answered with a relaxed look.

"So awesome!"

An Yitian couldn't help but be stunned and a little unbelievable.

He was 24th on the legend list and became famous before Li Xuan. Although he knew that Li Xuan, the Internet celebrity king, might be one of the weakest kings in the world, he was still a king no matter how weak he was.

If he was asked to face Li Xuan, he would not be sure at all.

"Haha, I just said it casually." Ji Xinghuo did not explain much.

In fact, he wanted to say 100%.

However, considering that Li Xuan's confidence suddenly soared on the day of the bet, the 1% possibility of failure was this unexpected factor.

"I believe you!"

Chi Zhonglin came over and put one arm around Ji Xinghuo's shoulder, holding an expensive bottle of wine in the other hand, and said loudly: "Xinghuo even beat the Sun King, it's easy to beat Li Xuan!"

Family and friends kept nodding, with similar views.

Wang Yinlong smiled and didn't comment.

Of course, he would not underestimate Ji Xinghuo's strength, but he was not optimistic about Ji Xinghuo. Others don't know how powerful the Heavenly King is. As the first on the Legend List, he has a vision and experience far beyond ordinary people, and he has a deep understanding of this.

The other legends have similar ideas.

Su Ziyu sighed: "If you beat Li Xuan, you will be the first person on earth to cross the level to defeat the Heavenly King!"

From primary people to legends, cross-level challenges and even kills happen from time to time.

However, no one on earth has ever defeated the Heavenly King across levels.

Wu Qifeng said enviously: "Xinghuo, you have set many records. It's not surprising to do something that others can't do again."

Everyone chatted while drinking.

Because of Ji Xinghuo's arrival, he served as a bridge between family and friends and several legends, and the atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious.

Of course, the focus of the topic was still the battle in the evening.

Everyone talked excitedly, found Li Xuan's supernatural information and past videos, analyzed him, and gave Ji Xinghuo advice.

In fact, Zhao Manying has been doing this since last month.

However, there were four strong people on the legend list present. Judging from their perspectives and experience, Ji Xinghuo gained something else.

A maglev car drove into the villa.

Two people got out of the car, both of them were familiar, Jing Ji and Yuan Chongzhen.

"Long time no see." Ji Xinghuo greeted him and said with a smile.

The last time they met, they went hunting in Africa. Electromagnetic induction scanned the two of them. They were still super aliens. Not everyone can easily break through the bottleneck and become a legend. Even if they are aliens on the ladder, it will take a long time.

Jing Ji was also looking at Ji Xinghuo and sighed: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you have done so many great things."

"We have heard about you in the Star Realm. We came back specially because we don't want to miss the good show tonight." Yuan Chongzhen continued.

Chi Zhonglin and Zhuo Ligetu both came over and greeted them with laughter.

Ji Xinghuo went back to his room.

When he came out, he called the two of them to the side and gave them each a super-limit alien. Jing Ji got the "True Spirit Fugue" and Yuan Chongzhen got an incarnation of the "Fungus Giant". The quality was very high and it also fit their career templates.

The two did not refuse. They happily accepted it and expressed their gratitude.

At six o'clock in the evening.

The group set out from the villa and took their own cars to the duel venue.

Most of the arrangements for today's duel were decided by Li Xuan.

Of course, he had discussed the most important key points with Ji Xinghuo in advance and obtained his consent.

Li Xuan hired a professional team of more than 100 people to operate the live broadcast channel, sponsorship, ticket sales, advertising bidding, hosts, etc.

Ji Xinghuo did not intervene, but asked a few trusted people under Zhao Manying to join the operation team and supervise the whole process to avoid being exploited by Li Xuan.

The battle venue was set at the "Tianqin National Stadium".

This was agreed by Ji Xinghuo, and it was also the home court of the Emperor Star Team, and the spiritual world of the stadium was to be borrowed.

For tonight's match, domestic and foreign leagues at all levels have adjusted their schedules to avoid collisions.

When we arrived at the Tianqin National Stadium, there were already crowds of people outside.

The grand occasion was comparable to the finals of the Emperor Star Team.

Two months ago, more than 400,000 tickets were sold out in less than a minute, with an average price of more than 10,000 Asian dollars. Including the VIP box, the revenue share of the tickets alone was more than 5 billion.

Virtual tickets for online viewing, with small profits but quick turnover, have sold more than 10 billion tickets worldwide!

And it is still growing rapidly.

Adding up all the other revenues, live broadcast, sponsorship and advertising, the revenue from today's battle must exceed 50 billion Asian dollars.

The bet signed by the two was 150 billion.

This is a battle worth 200 billion, the most hyped, the most talked-about and the most watched battle in the world in more than a decade!

Ji Xinghuo brought his family and friends into the stadium from the official channel.

He booked the best VIP box, which can accommodate more than 20 people to watch together.

Entering the box, overlooking the entire Tianqin Stadium, more than 400,000 seats are already half full, surrounding the oval venue in the middle, the scene is full of people, and there are already hundreds of millions of viewers waiting in the live broadcast room.

Five hosts and guests are warming up before the game, analyzing the strength of the two, comparing them from all aspects, and guiding the audience to judge the outcome.

A promotional video is playing on the huge projection screen.

However, the content of the promotional video is mostly about Li Xuan, and Ji Xinghuo appears in less than one-fifth of the screen.

This is obviously instructed by Li Xuan, but Ji Xinghuo doesn't care.

The camera switches to the box.

Ji Xinghuo is shown on the big screen, sitting there with a relaxed posture, talking to his friends around him.

Cheers immediately erupted at the scene. Ji Xinghuo waved at the camera and then ignored it.

He was relaxed, but his family became nervous.

Except for Zhao Manying, none of them had experienced such a big battle, but they were more nervous than Ji Xinghuo himself.

It was close to seven o'clock.

Tianqin Stadium was already full. The front row and the box were filled with celebrities from all walks of life, superstars, legends, rich people, movie stars and singers, etc. There were also many celebrities from abroad. Some of them came to join in the fun, some came to take advantage of the hot spots, and of course there were also those who came to watch the game.

Ji Xinghuo saw many familiar faces, and they also saw Ji Xinghuo, but did not come to disturb him.

Before the opening, Li Xuan came to the box.

He was still wearing an ancient robe as always. Today's robe was more exquisite and luxurious, with a fairy-like style, sword eyebrows and star eyes, which made him look like the male protagonist from a fairy-xia film and television drama.

The box was quiet.

Ji Xinghuo stood up, met Li Xuan's eyes, and looked at the people around him.

Several floating cameras followed around, filming Li Xuan from multiple angles. He was accompanied by several uniformed officials.

They were from the National Notary Office.

The two sides shook hands.

In front of the camera, Li Xuan said seriously: "According to the contract, we have to notarize before the opening."

"Okay."

Ji Xinghuo didn't waste any words, took out the "absolute hit" alien species, and handed it to an alien species expert at the notary office for identification.

Li Xuan opened his bank account on the spot and showed his funds.

After the notary office confirmed that there was no problem, the two sides confirmed it separately.

Originally, according to the professional process of the notary office, Ji Xinghuo had to hand over the alien species to a third party for safekeeping, and Li Xuan's account funds had to be frozen. After the winner was determined, the third party would directly hand over the bet to the winner.

However, the value of the meteorite alien species was too high, and 150 billion Asian dollars was also a huge amount of money. It was difficult to find a third party to keep it for a while.

So, the two decided to keep it for themselves.

Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan were not afraid that the other party would default on the debt. Although the bet was large, it was not worth the two people's reputation.

"Then see you on the field. Good luck." Li Xuan showed his confidence and composure.

Ji Xinghuo just smiled.

He watched Li Xuan leave the box and sat down again.

Although tonight was a duel between the two, in order to enrich the content, extend the live broadcast time and increase revenue, Li Xuan also arranged other programs. The two teams composed of celebrities, well-known aliens and retired competition aliens will play five games first.

In between the games, there are also entertainment performances, all of which are top artists from all over the country and even the world, and many stars gather.

Finally, Ji Xinghuo and Li Xuan appeared.