Chapter 347: The Empire's Betrayal

Chapter 345 Champion

Three times the speed of sound!

Ji Xinghuo's speed has exceeded 1,100 meters per second, a speed he has never reached before.

Everything in his vision was distorted.

It seemed as if the whole world was going backwards. The air, which was usually empty, became like a stone wall at such a high speed, blocking the way. Every step he took consumed a lot of star power and physical strength.

The consumption was rising wildly. Ji Xinghuo opened the interface of the Wanxiang Star Pupil and took a look. The star power value was jumping sharply.

This is still the "ether energy saving" effect of the flying shoes.

At the same time, the star power was also rapidly restored.

His two ether resonances, and the photosynthesis ring also came with one, a total of three ether resonance effects, star power was restored as soon as it was consumed.

The flying shoes under Ji Xinghuo's feet made him feel that the space around him contained infinite energy. When he consumed star power and physical strength, this vacuum energy was immediately poured into his body for transformation and replenishment.

This is the effect of the "vacuum source" of the meteorite alien, plus the ether affinity and acceleration of the "wandering star ring".

Even so, the consumption of star power is still greater than the recovery.

Watching the numerical changes.

Ji Xinghuo quickly calculated that at the current speed, he could maintain it for about five hours, and there would be some left when he reached the finish line.

"It can be faster."

But he did not continue to accelerate, but kept it for a while.

At the first moment, Ji Xinghuo's crazy acceleration was noticed by the host and guest experts, and countless viewers in front of the screen were shocked and unbelievable.

The live screen gave Ji Xinghuo's speed in real time, 1100 meters per second, and immediately gave his estimated time results.

"More than Mach 3!"

The host exclaimed.

An expert's face was full of disbelief, "Can super aliens also run at three times the speed of sound?"

"Most kings can't reach this speed!" Another guest exclaimed.

"This is obviously a full-strength burst." A marathon analyst interrupted, "Ji Xinghuo has been maintaining a speed of Mach 1 before, and it has not been shown until now. It should be calculated. He is going to compete for the championship."

"Impossible?" The expert in front shook his head, "Such a fast speed, how much consumption of star power, I don't need to say more. Ji Xinghuo is just a super alien, I don't believe he can hold on to the finish line."

"Although Ji Xinghuo's speed is very fast and unexpected, I don't think he can do it." Someone echoed.

The host looked at the data on the screen, "The Sun King will react."

At the current speed, Ji Xinghuo can reach the finish line about 5 minutes faster than the Sun King, and the Sun King has not exerted any strength.

Sure enough, as soon as the voice fell, the Sun King's speed increased.

But he did not speed up much.

The data showed that the Sun King would reach the finish line about one minute faster than Ji Xinghuo, and then maintain this speed.

The host was about to speak when he found that Ji Xinghuo had accelerated again.

The expected results of the two were reversed again. Ji Xinghuo surpassed the Sun King again, and it was expected to lead by only 30 seconds.

"He's getting faster again!"

All the audience were stunned.

However, before the host and experts in the live broadcast room could express their opinions, the Sun King's speed increased again, and the estimated time was overtaken again.

Within one minute, the speed of the two people increased in turn, and the estimated time results were also alternately leading.

The change was too fast for everyone to judge.

At this time, Ji Xinghuo's speed had reached 1200 meters per second. At this speed, he would eventually lose in about 20 seconds.

But he didn't speed up again.

Because this has already tested the Sun King's trump card. If the opponent, the strongest person on earth, can win with an absolute advantage, he will never pull with himself like this, and he can just accelerate with all his strength.

This shows that the Sun King's strength is still far from his peak. Either the star power is insufficient, or he has not fully adapted to the superpowers, and he has already approached his speed limit.

And Ji Xinghuo still has spare strength and can go faster.

With such a small gap, we have to wait until we are close to the finish line to decide the winner. Now it is not good to force the Sun King to hurry.

Ji Xinghuo maintained his speed and ran wildly along the northern coast of the Persian Gulf.

At this time, his speed reached more than 4,320 kilometers per hour, far exceeding the Sun King. It took only one hour to run into the Arabian Peninsula. According to the race route, he crossed the peninsula and went north to the Sinai Peninsula.

Then he crossed the canal at the Suez Canal Bridge and entered the African continent.

Ji Xinghuo ran upstream along the Nile River.

Wherever he passed, he brought up a gale of more than level 8. The whole person was like a tornado passing through, making a deafening sonic boom.

The scenery retreated in the field of vision.

Ji Xinghuo turned on the projection screen and took a look. In just over an hour, the distance between him and the Sun King was shortened by 2,500 kilometers.

An hour ago, the Sun King was near Lake Victoria.

Now, the Sun King has just run out of the border of the East African Kingdom, arrived at the east coast of Africa, and is returning north.

More than 40 minutes passed.

Ji Xinghuo ran the entire course of the Ronnie River, arrived at the source, Lake Victoria, and then ran eastward, passing through the plateau at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, startling countless wild animals along the way and leaving a row of footprints on the ground.

At this time, the distance between the two was shortened by another 2,000 kilometers.

When Ji Xinghuo arrived at the east coast and headed north along the west coast of the Red Sea, he ran for a while and a figure appeared in front of him.

The other person was tall, dark-skinned, and had a shiny bald head, which was very dazzling in the sunlight.

Jeffrey the Freewalker.

He was running at full speed, exceeding Mach 2!

Jeffrey also noticed that someone was catching up from behind. He looked back and saw Ji Xinghuo, his eyes flickered, and then he accelerated.

However, Ji Xinghuo quickly approached the king who had won the Global Marathon Championship many times and surpassed him.

When Ji Xinghuo surpassed Jeffrey, a sound wave came into his ears.

"Good luck!"

Ji Xinghuo turned his head and saw encouragement and appreciation in the other person's dark eyes, without any malice because of his defeat.

This is a pure competitive spirit.

Although the two countries are in opposition and may be enemies in the future, at this moment, there is only competition and struggle in the Global Marathon, and this spirit temporarily transcends the boundaries of nationality and position.

Ji Xinghuo returned a grateful look and shook off Jeffrey.

Not long after, he ran to the northernmost part of the Red Sea, ran across the Suez Canal Bridge, and moved along the east coast of the East China Sea.

It was less than 3,000 kilometers away from the finish line.

Ji Xinghuo ranked second, with only Sun King in front of him. He was only more than 1,400 kilometers away from the finish line and could finish the race in less than an hour.

The screen showed that Sun King would reach the finish line one minute faster than himself.

"I must speed up."

Ji Xinghuo felt that his star power could last for more than an hour, and his physical strength could last longer, so he accelerated again.

Boom...

With a violent sound wave, his speed reached 1,300 meters per second.

"Ji Xinghuo has accelerated!" The host shouted excitedly: "He is only 2,925 kilometers away from the finish line and has already started sprinting!"

"It's unbelievable that he can go even faster!"

"Oh my God..."

At this time, due to the fierce competition between Ji Xinghuo and Sun King in the past two hours, the competition became suspenseful and attracted countless viewers. Those who were not interested in the global marathon or felt that the outcome was already determined all turned on the live broadcast channel.

The number of viewers has soared wildly, exceeding 5 billion!

This broke the record of all previous global marathons and exceeded the record of any commercial competition.

And the number of viewers is still rising.

"Dear audience!" The host said excitedly to the camera: "Today you will witness the most exciting global marathon in history. If you miss this game, you may regret it for the rest of your life..."

On the live screen, the Sun King also accelerated, faster and faster, trying to overtake the predicted finishing time.

However, Ji Xinghuo also accelerated synchronously.

He no longer held back.

"The Sun King can't go any faster!" The audience found that the Sun King's acceleration suddenly stopped at about 800 meters per second.

Even laymen can see that the Sun King has reached his speed limit.

If it is a short-distance extreme speed competition, Ji Xinghuo is far better than the Sun King.

"Miracle!"

"This is a miracle!"

An expert shouted at the top of his lungs: "If it was the Sun King in his prime, we all know how fast he is, and his short-term burst can reach up to Mach 10, but the Sun King has just experienced an iteration and may still be adapting to his powerful strength, so he can't exert his full strength for the time being."

"Ji Xinghuo, as a super alien, is able to overwhelm the Sun King."

"This is definitely a miracle!"

"Even if he lost the game today, he has created a speed record that has never been seen before and will most likely never be seen again."

This expert is a citizen of the Asia-Pacific Community. He spitted in front of the camera and praised Ji Xinghuo without hesitation.

But the audience in front of the screen didn't think there was anything wrong.

Time passed by.

Ji Xinghuo's speed exceeded Mach 4, reaching 1,400 meters per second.

He couldn't go faster, even if he could, because his star power couldn't keep him going to the finish line.

On the Wanxiang Xingtong interface, the star power value dropped rapidly.

The severe physical loss made his whole body sore, and it was a difficult test of his will. He wanted to stop immediately.

More than 20 minutes later.

Ji Xinghuo ran back to the Anatolian Peninsula. When he set out yesterday, his route was north, and today's return trip was on the southern coast of the Anatolian Peninsula.

In the last 1,000 kilometers, the distance between Ji Xinghuo and the Sun King was only more than 570 kilometers.

With every passing minute, the gap between the two shortened by more than 36 kilometers.

The live broadcast data showed that the time when Ji Xinghuo and the Sun King crossed the finish line was only a little different.

The difference in results was within 10 seconds!

Such a small gap has never appeared in the history of the Global Marathon, and billions of viewers around the world became nervous.

At this moment, anyone who was not asleep or unable to get away had already turned on the event live broadcast channel, and the number of viewers exceeded 10 billion.

Another eight minutes passed.

Ji Xinghuo was only more than 200 kilometers behind the Sun King.

Both of them had run to the west coast of the Anatolian Peninsula, which is close to the Aegean Sea. The coastline is very tortuous, and the number and location of signboards have increased. They have to turn every few kilometers, which affects their speed.

The last 100 kilometers.

This section of the journey was the same as the starting route, and Ji Xinghuo could already see the outline of Ivangelista on the horizon ahead.

He ran at full speed and finally saw a red and black figure in front of him, with a cloak with the stripes of the Union flag behind him.

It was the Sun King!

John Anthony also looked back and saw Ji Xinghuo, with no expression on his face.

On the highway, the distance between the two was rapidly shortening.

In the sky, dozens of drones and many low-orbit satellites were following and filming, showing the running speed and posture of the two from different angles. The host also turned on the mouth cannon mode, speaking as fast as pearls, pushing the audience's emotions to the peak, and their hearts were pounding.

Under the attention of more than 10 billion viewers around the world, Ji Xinghuo caught up with the Sun King.

The two of them were side by side for only a moment.

Ji Xinghuo was alert in his heart and did not get close to the Sun King. The two were about 100 meters apart, but a drone on the side accurately captured the scene of him surpassing the Sun King. The high-speed camera froze and became a classic.

In the picture, both of them had no expression on their faces.

However, Ji Xinghuo's demeanor seemed more relaxed, while the Sun King's eyes showed helplessness and anger.

Although he concealed it well, the helpless emotion was still clearly captured.

Ji Xinghuo surpassed the Sun King and became the first place.

"Wow..."

At the same time, from the Asia-Pacific Community to the Federation of Americas, from the Arctic Circle to South America, the space station in the synchronous orbit, and the lunar base 380,000 kilometers away, countless people exclaimed in unison.

At this time, Ji Xinghuo was only more than 40 kilometers away from the finish line.

He only needed 30 seconds to finish.

The finish line was set in a huge city square in Ivangelista. The middle had been cleared and surrounded by hundreds of thousands of spectators.

There stood a triumphal arch-style finish line on the square, with the big number "40075" written on the ground, representing the distance of the global marathon. In the sky, projection screens played Ji Xinghuo's images.

"Here it comes! Here it comes!"

"He's about to cross the finish line!"

Amid the excited shouts of the audience, a human-shaped lightning appeared in the distance on the wide street connecting the square.

One second he was still a thousand meters away, and the next second, he was close.

Huh...

Ji Xinghuo suddenly slowed down and stopped before the finish line, allowing everyone around him to see his appearance clearly.

Since he started yesterday, Ji Xinghuo has run for 23 hours and 22 minutes, covering a total distance of 40,075 kilometers, which is just enough to circle the earth's equator. During this day and night, he ran through wilderness, plateaus, deserts and cities, over mountains and rivers, but he was not covered with dust and mud, which were all thrown away at high speed, and he only sweated a little.

Even Ji Xinghuo did not breathe, and the whole person looked relaxed.

But he suddenly stopped a few steps before the finish line!

Just when everyone was shocked and confused, Ji Xinghuo turned around and looked at the Sun King who was running wildly more than 3,000 meters away.

Ji Xinghuo opened his hands.

He walked back slowly like a walk, and under the gaze of the Sun King and the cheers of the global audience, he hit the finish line with his back.