"Full Ring, Full Ring, another Full Ring!"
"He Tiantian, truly living up to the great na of ’Tenth Ring He,’ doesn’t make a move unless it’s necessary, but when she does, it’s a Full Ring!"
"Congratulations to He Tiantian for scoring another Full Ring and smoothly advancing to the top eight!"
It was another day of archery competition, and once again, the villagers of He Family Village gathered in their courtyard, huddled around a small television.
They listened with interest to the announcer’s excited comntary on the scores while their eyes were fixed on the close-up of the face on the screen.
"Wow, Tiantian is so pretty!"
"Yes, yes, compared to the other athletes, our Tiantian is the youngest and most beautiful!"
"Just like a movie star."
"...Old He’s family has really raised a Golden Phoenix!"
The villagers watched and murmured among themselves.
Compared to the first day’s ranking round, there were fewer athletes in today’s top sixteen competition.
Each contestant received more focus from the cara.
But whether intentional or not, the cara always seed to be chasing Tiantian.
Firstly, He Tiantian’s scores were incredibly impressive, a Full Ring with each shot, giving no chance to the other athletes.
Secondly, He Tiantian’s beauty was truly striking.
Generally speaking, except for the few sports that require "beauty," most athletes are not that high in terms of looks.
He Tiantian’s fair and beautiful face was clearly the most dazzling scene on the field.
Whenever the cara swept across the field, it couldn’t help but linger on her for a mont.
Especially when He Tiantian was focusing on her archery, the cara gave her a big close-up—
Beautiful face, delicate features, yet incredibly steady, concentrated.
Pulling back the bow, those slender arms showed such strength.
Her beautiful eyes squinted, aid, no hesitation!
Whoosh!
The arrow pierced the center of the target, no room for dispute.
Her victory was clear and her strength so formidable that it threw her opponents off balance.
"Seven Rings! Ah, Kim Seonmi has been affected by He Tiantian’s performance, this arrow only scored a Seven Ring result!"
"However, Kim Seonmi’s overall score is still quite stable, currently ranking third, she should be able to enter the top eight."
"Liu Jianhong, who cos from the sa provincial team as He Tiantian, is also a young new talent, and she’s doing very well today!"
"The Japanese contestant has advanced smoothly to the top eight..."
The top sixteen competition ended quickly.
Then ca the top eight.
The overall ti consud by the archery competition was not long.
The top eight round wasn’t scheduled for another ti; it was all played out in one breath.
He Tiantian, Kim Seonmi, and Park Mihye advanced to the semi-finals without suspense, while Liu Jianhong barely edged into the final four with a one-ring advantage.
Next up was the battle for the bronze dal.
The world-ranked seventeenth, Park Mihye, against the nationally ranked seventh, Liu Jianhong.
Liu Jianhong, participating in such an international event for the first ti and on her ho turf, had the advantage, but the pressure was truly imnse.
It was the semi-finals, and spectators began to gather around the field.
Hua Country’s ordinary citizens might not understand archery much, but they cheered and encouraged enthusiastically for any event that their compatriots were participating in.
Cosmic Country, already more focused on sports, had athletes who had achieved exceptional results in archery.
If it hadn’t been for the variable that was He Tiantian, their athletes would have continued to create glory, dominating won’s archery for two or three decades.
Cosmic Country’s athletes had just won an Olympic gold dal, and at a ti when their citizens were most focused on archery.
So even though it wasn’t their ho venue, many Cosmic Country spectators ca to the venue today.
There were those waving their national flag and those shouting at the top of their lungs; they didn’t seem to outnumber Hua Country’s audience by much, but they made quite a show of force.
Liu Jianhong heard the shouts in two languages rging together and grew increasingly nervous.
And archery is all about being steady.
Liu Jianhong had no issues with her technique, but her mindset was disturbed, and her scores seed to be less than ideal.
"Seven Rings! Liu Jianhong is still a bit green, lacking the experience for big matches, affected by the audience in the venue!"
At first, the announcer was relatively restrained and didn’t directly criticize so of the fanatical audience mbers.
The Hua Country audience at the venue were very sportsmanlike as well.
They cheered and shouted "Go for it," but usually only after the athletes had shot their arrows.
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