My Soulmate is A Libero
On the third day of the World Cup, China’s team faced off against the United States’ team. Both teams had accumulated two victories and were eager to defeat each other. However, once the game truly began, the atmosphere turned into one of comedic exchange.
Today, the comedic stars of both China and the United States were in action.
In the first set, Er Leng finally got a chance to serve. He rubbed his hands together, performing his signature jump float serve. However, as soon as the ball left his hand, it drifted towards the net, then made a sudden turn before landing on their side of the court, just above the net.
Both sides of the net began to blow at the ball, attempting to push it to the other side. In the end, William from the opposing team won the point due to his lung capacity worthy of a mythical creature.
China’s serving ended up trailing by one point.
Li Ling was sweating and patting his chest, saying, “It’s my bad, it’s my bad. I didn’t serve well.”
Everyone chimed in unison, “Of course, it’s your bad!”
By this point, the audience was already laughing.
Following that, Tom from the United States took his turn to serve. He tossed the ball up, roared with power, and in the next instant, the ball hit William’s shoulder, then bounced onto the face of Captain Caddy. Caddy covered his face and crouched down, tears streaming from the pain. Tom rushed over to apologize, rolling and crawling in the process.
The audience: Hahaha!
The commentators from various television stations also had surprisingly unanimous remarks. They said, “Now we can see that China and the United States are exchanging points in the first set, showing deep sentiments through light gestures.”
Newton and the coach of the US exchanged embarrassed smiles. After the first set ended, Caddy scolded the two main comedic stars, Tom and William. As for the victim, Caddy, he sat down while others applied medicine to his face.
The situation was a bit better on the Chinese side. Ding Rong stared at Li Ling and Fu Biyang and gave them both a lecture. Qin Chunxiao stood by, hands on hips, hoping that his naturally intimidating aura could suppress the atmosphere of comedy and humor that had enveloped the stadium.
In the second set, the comedians seemed to behave better, but Qin Chunxiao started running all over the court. He was a libero today, with his sole task being defense. Meanwhile, William had begun using powerful spikes against the Chinese team, and Qin Chunxiao had to use his superior reflexes and flexibility to dive and receive the ball in various poses, rolling, lying down, scorpion-style receiving…
Internet users were treated to a feast for the eyes as they captured screenshots of Qin Chunxiao’s various receiving poses, creating a nine-grid image that became a classic representation of the domestic libero. However, Qin Chunxiao still had his looks to rely on. With his good coordination, no matter what movement he performed, it looked graceful. Moreover, with the recent online trend of calling cats and dogs “treasures,” the caption for this nine-grid image became “Treasure Arrives, Treasure Appears, Treasure Conquers.”
This provided strong support for Qin Chunxiao’s competition for the title of the cutest player in the 2019 volleyball world, even though the player himself had no intention of participating in this game, let alone winning.
The libero on the United States’ team was struggling a bit more. He was shorter and more stocky, facing the powerful spikes and quick attacks from players like Qiao Mingming on the Chinese team. His receiving postures were even more awkward, and his expressions were quite ferocious.
For some reason, the person who created graphics for the United States’ libero used “Flathead Brother” as his spokesperson animal.
This unique perspective of depicting tall players ranging from 6’0” to 6’3” as cute animals is probably only possible in the realm of giants, such as basketball and volleyball.
With the efforts of both teams on the defensive end, the audience continued to burst into laughter: Hahaha…
By the time the third set arrived, both sides had consumed a tremendous amount of energy with their intense skits and point-grabbing antics. Just then, in an attempt to save the ball, William rushed toward the net post.
William: “Aaaah!”
Coincidentally, the referee was standing on top of the net post: “Aaaah!”
A staff member reached out and exclaimed, “Referee—”
In the past, there had been instances of volleyball players chasing after the ball and colliding with the net post, both in reality and in anime. However, William was quite special. He weighed around two hundred pounds, and his physical fitness was strong enough to drag Kaidi, weighing 190 pounds, for several meters without feeling it. Getting hit by him was akin to a minor car accident.
The referee was unable to dodge in time and had to be carried off the court on a stretcher.
The audience was still laughing.
Amidst the laughter that filled the arena, both teams demonstrated their tenacious competitive spirit, playing the match for a grueling 3 hours and 5 minutes. In the end, China’s team managed to secure a hard-fought victory, but their bodies and minds were exhausted.
Qin Chunxiao looked a bit worn out too. While making phone congee with Lu Xuandong that night, he complained, “This is the match where I’ve heard the most laughter.”
Lu Xuandong stifled a laugh and consoled him, “It’s okay. Online comments about you guys are still quite positive. They say this is a bloody battle disguised as a comedy sketch.”
Qin Chunxiao retorted, “Isn’t that still comedy?”
China’s team once again defeated the United States, making this game of high value. More importantly, when the match entered its later stages, Tom stepped up once again to rally his entire team. However, this time, China’s team held their ground. This was a powerful demonstration of their strength and turned this match into a “classic” that many would revisit.
Fans: We enjoy this match because of the players’ skills. The comedy has nothing to do with it.
On the fourth day, China faced Iran. Their opponent’s Asang greeted Qin Chunxiao with a “Hey, treasure.”
Qin Chunxiao’s expression changed, and those around him quickly stepped in, saying, “Xiaozi, forget it, don’t engage with that fool.”
Ah Sang’s teammate joked, “Why did you provoke him? You can’t beat him in a fight.”
Ah Sang’s expression turned serious, “You guys don’t understand. Tigers and lions are dangerous, yet there are still many who want to stroke them. I see Misha’s feelings at the time and it’s the same as those who want to touch lions and tigers.”
His teammates thought he was reckless and were greatly shocked.
It was another fierce battle. To enhance their strength as much as possible, Iran’s head coach made a difficult decision: promoting some of the young players who had performed well in the Junior World Championship to the national team. Some had already entered the court, while others were still on the bench.
These youngsters were Iran’s future. The coach knew that breaking into the top two in the World Cup would be extremely challenging, so he decided to use this grand stage to help the young players level up.
Then the coach saw these young attacking players struggle against Qin Chunxiao’s defense once again, and they returned looking disheartened.
He encouraged them, “Now you’re facing off against the top libero. You’ll have more time to figure out how to beat him.”
Most coaches had the knack for providing motivational words, and Iran’s coach’s comforting words had an effect.
On the other side, Qin Chunxiao shared receiving experiences with Xiong Wu and Du Xiaofeng, “Be careful of Matteo’s serves. He’s a strong setter who also commands the team. He’s good at blocking, and Dario’s defense, you know better than I do. And Louis, he has the best blocking in the world right now.”
Qin Chunxiao asked, “Better than you?”
Fu Biyang cleared his throat, “I allocated some of my attributes to attacking, you know. By the way, Louis’s attacks are quite clever. Sometimes his shots are soft, much like your way of dealing with oily sticks. They’re soft but effective. Although they may not look spectacular, he scores well and has excellent blocking stats.”
Gao Depi passed by, “Ah, in fact, our little chicken’s physical attributes are strong, but his brain has been left behind by Louis by a few streets. Louis’s data is always better than the little chicken’s.”
Fu Biyang jumped up, “I will defeat Louis sooner or later!”
Italy had excelled during this Olympic cycle. The world’s number one setter and the most tactically astute opposite hitter were both from Italy. Additionally, they had a group of powerful attackers nurtured by the renowned coach Lorenzo. Their comprehensive configuration ranked them first in the world. Despite encountering Russia and Poland in the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics, Roman and Sebastian were injured at that time, so they had luck on their side.
However, the subsequent developments made everyone realize that Italy’s performance in major tournaments was dismal. Roman received two injections to block his performance. He started off using high-point strong attacks to dismantle Italy’s defense, and even exhausted Dario in the process. When facing Poland, Sebastian received two injections to block, not only stopping Italy from advancing to the quarter-finals but also causing a weary Dario, who struggled to receive, to undergo surgery immediately after the Olympics ended.
It was from that time onwards that the Five Great Beasts became the most fearsome presence in the volleyball world. Everyone knew that when they went all out, they could even overturn the situation on the Olympic stage through their powerful attacks.
In Qin Chunxiao’s evaluation by Mars in his previous life in 2023, it was stated, “Defense efficiency on par with Dario but higher potential.” The high point was that his health bar was longer.
Yes, even though he had suffered a fractured ankle due to Zhao Youde’s manipulation, and endured long-term ligament injuries, in Mars’s eyes, Qin Chunxiao was still one of the athletes with the thickest blood he had seen.
In this life, Qin Chunxiao had reached the level of 2023 ahead of schedule.
And standing before him was one of the major opponents China’s team had to overcome to secure an Olympic gold medal—the Italian team.
Qin Chunxiao changed into a yellow jersey and stood among teammates clad in blue. As he stood on the court, starting from this World Cup, he had officially become the main libero.
The commentators opened their microphones, “Welcome to the match between the Chinese and Italian teams in the Men’s Volleyball World Cup group stage. Today’s clash can be said to be a showdown between world-class liberos.”
“The Italian team boasts the best defensive data in all of Europe with Dario, while the Chinese team has Qin Chunxiao, who not only has the best defensive data in Asia but also the fastest recognized mobility.”
“The most wonderful thing is that both of these liberos wear the number 8 jersey. When they face off, will there be a sense of a peculiar destined duel?”
Qin Chunxiao stood in the back row, in front of him, Dario wore a white jersey and slightly bent forward. Behind him, You Ziyu tossed the ball.
Boom!
A white figure flashed as You Ziyu’s powerful jump serve was single-handedly received by Dario. The ball was sent to Mattia, and the three red attacking hitters along with the opposite, Louis, had already begun their approach.
Which one of the four attackers would it be?
Qin Chunxiao’s eyes were fixed on Mattia’s hands, but in the next instant, Louis had already jumped up in a spiking position. Fu Biyang immediately jumped up to block, but Louis executed a deceptive set instead of a spike, sending the ball behind him. A red attacking player jumped from beyond the three-meter line for a powerful spike that grazed Fu Biyang’s hand and flew out of bounds.
Stunned, right? Louis can also set the ball! Because of Mattia’s strong presence as both the first and second setter, the passing on Louis’s side became incredibly discreet!
My Soulmate is A Libero
On the third day of the World Cup, China’s team faced off against the United States’ team. Both teams had accumulated two victories and were eager to defeat each other. However, once the game truly began, the atmosphere turned into one of comedic exchange.
Today, the comedic stars of both China and the United States were in action.
In the first set, Er Leng finally got a chance to serve. He rubbed his hands together, performing his signature jump float serve. However, as soon as the ball left his hand, it drifted towards the net, then made a sudden turn before landing on their side of the court, just above the net.
Both sides of the net began to blow at the ball, attempting to push it to the other side. In the end, William from the opposing team won the point due to his lung capacity worthy of a mythical creature.
China’s serving ended up trailing by one point.
Li Ling was sweating and patting his chest, saying, “It’s my bad, it’s my bad. I didn’t serve well.”
Everyone chimed in unison, “Of course, it’s your bad!”
By this point, the audience was already laughing.
Following that, Tom from the United States took his turn to serve. He tossed the ball up, roared with power, and in the next instant, the ball hit William’s shoulder, then bounced onto the face of Captain Caddy. Caddy covered his face and crouched down, tears streaming from the pain. Tom rushed over to apologize, rolling and crawling in the process.
The audience: Hahaha!
The commentators from various television stations also had surprisingly unanimous remarks. They said, “Now we can see that China and the United States are exchanging points in the first set, showing deep sentiments through light gestures.”
Newton and the coach of the US exchanged embarrassed smiles. After the first set ended, Caddy scolded the two main comedic stars, Tom and William. As for the victim, Caddy, he sat down while others applied medicine to his face.
The situation was a bit better on the Chinese side. Ding Rong stared at Li Ling and Fu Biyang and gave them both a lecture. Qin Chunxiao stood by, hands on hips, hoping that his naturally intimidating aura could suppress the atmosphere of comedy and humor that had enveloped the stadium.
In the second set, the comedians seemed to behave better, but Qin Chunxiao started running all over the court. He was a libero today, with his sole task being defense. Meanwhile, William had begun using powerful spikes against the Chinese team, and Qin Chunxiao had to use his superior reflexes and flexibility to dive and receive the ball in various poses, rolling, lying down, scorpion-style receiving…
Internet users were treated to a feast for the eyes as they captured screenshots of Qin Chunxiao’s various receiving poses, creating a nine-grid image that became a classic representation of the domestic libero. However, Qin Chunxiao still had his looks to rely on. With his good coordination, no matter what movement he performed, it looked graceful. Moreover, with the recent online trend of calling cats and dogs “treasures,” the caption for this nine-grid image became “Treasure Arrives, Treasure Appears, Treasure Conquers.”
This provided strong support for Qin Chunxiao’s competition for the title of the cutest player in the 2019 volleyball world, even though the player himself had no intention of participating in this game, let alone winning.
The libero on the United States’ team was struggling a bit more. He was shorter and more stocky, facing the powerful spikes and quick attacks from players like Qiao Mingming on the Chinese team. His receiving postures were even more awkward, and his expressions were quite ferocious.
For some reason, the person who created graphics for the United States’ libero used “Flathead Brother” as his spokesperson animal.
This unique perspective of depicting tall players ranging from 6’0” to 6’3” as cute animals is probably only possible in the realm of giants, such as basketball and volleyball.
With the efforts of both teams on the defensive end, the audience continued to burst into laughter: Hahaha…
By the time the third set arrived, both sides had consumed a tremendous amount of energy with their intense skits and point-grabbing antics. Just then, in an attempt to save the ball, William rushed toward the net post.
William: “Aaaah!”
Coincidentally, the referee was standing on top of the net post: “Aaaah!”
A staff member reached out and exclaimed, “Referee—”
In the past, there had been instances of volleyball players chasing after the ball and colliding with the net post, both in reality and in anime. However, William was quite special. He weighed around two hundred pounds, and his physical fitness was strong enough to drag Kaidi, weighing 190 pounds, for several meters without feeling it. Getting hit by him was akin to a minor car accident.
The referee was unable to dodge in time and had to be carried off the court on a stretcher.
The audience was still laughing.
Amidst the laughter that filled the arena, both teams demonstrated their tenacious competitive spirit, playing the match for a grueling 3 hours and 5 minutes. In the end, China’s team managed to secure a hard-fought victory, but their bodies and minds were exhausted.
Qin Chunxiao looked a bit worn out too. While making phone congee with Lu Xuandong that night, he complained, “This is the match where I’ve heard the most laughter.”
Lu Xuandong stifled a laugh and consoled him, “It’s okay. Online comments about you guys are still quite positive. They say this is a bloody battle disguised as a comedy sketch.”
Qin Chunxiao retorted, “Isn’t that still comedy?”
China’s team once again defeated the United States, making this game of high value. More importantly, when the match entered its later stages, Tom stepped up once again to rally his entire team. However, this time, China’s team held their ground. This was a powerful demonstration of their strength and turned this match into a “classic” that many would revisit.
Fans: We enjoy this match because of the players’ skills. The comedy has nothing to do with it.
On the fourth day, China faced Iran. Their opponent’s Asang greeted Qin Chunxiao with a “Hey, treasure.”
Qin Chunxiao’s expression changed, and those around him quickly stepped in, saying, “Xiaozi, forget it, don’t engage with that fool.”
Ah Sang’s teammate joked, “Why did you provoke him? You can’t beat him in a fight.”
Ah Sang’s expression turned serious, “You guys don’t understand. Tigers and lions are dangerous, yet there are still many who want to stroke them. I see Misha’s feelings at the time and it’s the same as those who want to touch lions and tigers.”
His teammates thought he was reckless and were greatly shocked.
It was another fierce battle. To enhance their strength as much as possible, Iran’s head coach made a difficult decision: promoting some of the young players who had performed well in the Junior World Championship to the national team. Some had already entered the court, while others were still on the bench.
These youngsters were Iran’s future. The coach knew that breaking into the top two in the World Cup would be extremely challenging, so he decided to use this grand stage to help the young players level up.
Then the coach saw these young attacking players struggle against Qin Chunxiao’s defense once again, and they returned looking disheartened.
He encouraged them, “Now you’re facing off against the top libero. You’ll have more time to figure out how to beat him.”
Most coaches had the knack for providing motivational words, and Iran’s coach’s comforting words had an effect.
On the other side, Qin Chunxiao shared receiving experiences with Xiong Wu and Du Xiaofeng, “Be careful of Matteo’s serves. He’s a strong setter who also commands the team. He’s good at blocking, and Dario’s defense, you know better than I do. And Louis, he has the best blocking in the world right now.”
Qin Chunxiao asked, “Better than you?”
Fu Biyang cleared his throat, “I allocated some of my attributes to attacking, you know. By the way, Louis’s attacks are quite clever. Sometimes his shots are soft, much like your way of dealing with oily sticks. They’re soft but effective. Although they may not look spectacular, he scores well and has excellent blocking stats.”
Gao Depi passed by, “Ah, in fact, our little chicken’s physical attributes are strong, but his brain has been left behind by Louis by a few streets. Louis’s data is always better than the little chicken’s.”
Fu Biyang jumped up, “I will defeat Louis sooner or later!”
Italy had excelled during this Olympic cycle. The world’s number one setter and the most tactically astute opposite hitter were both from Italy. Additionally, they had a group of powerful attackers nurtured by the renowned coach Lorenzo. Their comprehensive configuration ranked them first in the world. Despite encountering Russia and Poland in the group stage of the Tokyo Olympics, Roman and Sebastian were injured at that time, so they had luck on their side.
However, the subsequent developments made everyone realize that Italy’s performance in major tournaments was dismal. Roman received two injections to block his performance. He started off using high-point strong attacks to dismantle Italy’s defense, and even exhausted Dario in the process. When facing Poland, Sebastian received two injections to block, not only stopping Italy from advancing to the quarter-finals but also causing a weary Dario, who struggled to receive, to undergo surgery immediately after the Olympics ended.
It was from that time onwards that the Five Great Beasts became the most fearsome presence in the volleyball world. Everyone knew that when they went all out, they could even overturn the situation on the Olympic stage through their powerful attacks.
In Qin Chunxiao’s evaluation by Mars in his previous life in 2023, it was stated, “Defense efficiency on par with Dario but higher potential.” The high point was that his health bar was longer.
Yes, even though he had suffered a fractured ankle due to Zhao Youde’s manipulation, and endured long-term ligament injuries, in Mars’s eyes, Qin Chunxiao was still one of the athletes with the thickest blood he had seen.
In this life, Qin Chunxiao had reached the level of 2023 ahead of schedule.
And standing before him was one of the major opponents China’s team had to overcome to secure an Olympic gold medal—the Italian team.
Qin Chunxiao changed into a yellow jersey and stood among teammates clad in blue. As he stood on the court, starting from this World Cup, he had officially become the main libero.
The commentators opened their microphones, “Welcome to the match between the Chinese and Italian teams in the Men’s Volleyball World Cup group stage. Today’s clash can be said to be a showdown between world-class liberos.”
“The Italian team boasts the best defensive data in all of Europe with Dario, while the Chinese team has Qin Chunxiao, who not only has the best defensive data in Asia but also the fastest recognized mobility.”
“The most wonderful thing is that both of these liberos wear the number 8 jersey. When they face off, will there be a sense of a peculiar destined duel?”
Qin Chunxiao stood in the back row, in front of him, Dario wore a white jersey and slightly bent forward. Behind him, You Ziyu tossed the ball.
Boom!
A white figure flashed as You Ziyu’s powerful jump serve was single-handedly received by Dario. The ball was sent to Mattia, and the three red attacking hitters along with the opposite, Louis, had already begun their approach.
Which one of the four attackers would it be?
Qin Chunxiao’s eyes were fixed on Mattia’s hands, but in the next instant, Louis had already jumped up in a spiking position. Fu Biyang immediately jumped up to block, but Louis executed a deceptive set instead of a spike, sending the ball behind him. A red attacking player jumped from beyond the three-meter line for a powerful spike that grazed Fu Biyang’s hand and flew out of bounds.
Stunned, right? Louis can also set the ball! Because of Mattia’s strong presence as both the first and second setter, the passing on Louis’s side became incredibly discreet!
