thefictionvixens Chapter 213 Team Battles That Cannot Be Given Up On
Chapter 213 Team Battles That Cannot Be Given Up On
After the battle, everyone from Shrek Academy returned to the rest area, where they would watch the upcoming team battle match of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Although one can generally guess what methods the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will use to deal with the attack from the Imperial Academy, some data and scenes can only be truly understood by witnessing them firsthand.
Wearing tactical goggles, the attack values unleashed by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy at full power were clearly displayed on the faces of every Shrek Academy student on the competition stage.
If Shrek Academy demonstrated exceptional control in the battle, achieving victory through thorough understanding of both themselves and their opponent, and employing the most appropriate methods, then Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy displayed unparalleled strength. Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy didn't employ any tactics; their powerful cluster attacks with their soul tools were showcased to the fullest extent. Emperor Academy was completely overwhelmed by Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's overwhelming force.
After the match ended, Shrek Academy noticed the gazes directed at them by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Theoretically, they should have displayed an air of confidence at this moment, but in reality, after witnessing such a shocking scene, very few people from Shrek Academy could maintain their poker faces.
"Let's go back to the meeting. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is finally getting into a relatively serious state. We need to reassess the opponent's combat strength and then formulate new tactics."
On their way back to the Star Emperor Hotel, the Shrek Academy students were somewhat silent. Although there was still an individual elimination match to be played against the Star Luo National Academy, at this moment, the only thing echoing in the minds of the Shrek Academy students was the performance of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
This isn't Shrek Academy being overly ambitious; it's simply that Star Luo National Academy truly poses no threat anymore. Xu Jiujiu does indeed still possess her most powerful fifth soul skill, but even its strength can't change the fact that she has a weakness in individual combat. Regardless of the skill's effects, Shrek Academy has absolute confidence in defeating her.
According to the pre-arranged tactics, Shrek Academy will send Dai Yueheng first when the individual elimination battles begin tomorrow. If Xu Jiujiu is also among the first three to appear from Star Luo National Academy, then Dai Yueheng will be responsible for taking care of this princess of the Star Luo Empire. If Xu Jiujiu is among the later members of Star Luo National Academy's lineup, then Dai Yueheng's task is to eliminate at least five Soul Kings from Star Luo National Academy, and then the remaining members, including Long You and the others, will take care of the remaining three members of Star Luo National Academy, including Xu Jiujiu.
It's fair to say that the final outcome of the individual battle was basically the same as the final stage of today's team battle; the Star Luo National Academy couldn't cause any trouble.
In this situation, Shrek Academy's final opponent will only be the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. After watching today's team battle, not a single member of Shrek Academy believed that the people from Di'ao Academy still had a chance to fight back.
Star Emperor Hotel, Shrek Academy private room, conference room.
"Teacher Fanyu, based on your personal understanding of soul tools, what exactly does the attack value we observed in the rest area today mean? As you know, my understanding of soul tools is indeed not as good as that of martial souls, but at this moment, I believe I need a more accurate concept."
"A Contra! And a powerful attack-type Contra at level 85 or higher."
Silence, a suffocating silence. Although the numbers already indicated the astonishing power of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's collective attack, Shrek Academy still found it hard to accept once they truly understood what those numbers represented.
Simply stating the combat power of an 85-level Soul Douluo might be a bit vague, so let's make a comparison. Theoretically speaking, a Soul Douluo above level 85 should have no problem defeating two Soul Saints. Given this, do you remember why Shrek Academy was reduced to a crippled force? That's right, it was because of two evil Soul Masters at the Soul Saint level.
Some might argue that evil spirit masters are far more powerful than ordinary spirit masters, meaning two evil spirit master spirit saints are essentially equivalent to two ordinary spirit douluos. That's certainly true, undeniably. However, let's not forget that Shrek Academy's lineup at the time included Zhang Lexuan, a spirit douluo.
Now that we've removed Zhang Lexuan, the Soul Douluo, and Ma Xiaotao, the super Soul Emperor, how could Shrek Academy possibly withstand the firepower of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with the lineup they can field right now?
"I suggest we give up on team battles against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Even without casualties, it would be difficult for us to compete with this year's Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in terms of team battle firepower."
While battles between Soul Masters aren't simply a clash of firepower, a significant difference in their firepower limits makes it difficult to execute any tactical approach.
Having finally made some preparations, Wang Yan spoke with some difficulty after a brief silence.
For a long time, Shrek Academy had been synonymous with invincibility in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. But now, Shrek Academy actually needs to consider a strategic retreat. It has to be said that this is a choice that severely tests the mental fortitude of everyone at Shrek Academy.
"If this is the only correct choice, then I support Professor Wang Yan's choice."
Wang Yan's words brought a new silence to the meeting room, and Fan Yu was the only one who echoed him. Fan Yu's words helped to share the responsibility with Wang Yan. At this stage of the competition, everyone was already clear that there was a real gap in strength between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
This disparity in strength cannot be avoided simply by Shrek Academy avoiding team battles. In other words, even if Shrek Academy chooses to forgo team battles with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, they cannot guarantee ultimate victory.
When someone chooses to tactically concede, it's fine if they win in the end, but if they still lose, they will face even more severe criticism than if they had lost the game normally.
"I don't know, at least for now it seems that giving up team fights means..."
"Wait a minute, Teacher Wang, I have something to say."
Seeing that everyone seemed to be about to accept the choice of giving up the team battle against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Long You finally decided to speak up.
Long before he confirmed that he would be a member of the Shrek Academy team, Long You had already begun making various preparations for this competition. Of course, most of the initial preparations were actually to ensure that the Shrek Academy team could appear in the competition in full condition. Obviously, these preparations were not very effective, and the strength of the Shrek Academy main team actually declined rather than improved.
To put it bluntly, Long You completely failed. But as someone with memories of his past life, how could Long You be so biased in his preparations? Of course, he had considered the possibility of the timeline being forcibly converging. Of course, due to time constraints, the preparations that Long You labeled as "Plan B, the Unlucky One," were actually made to get rid of his fellow Soul Guidance Department student, Senior Brother Lin.
Following Long You's instructions, Senior Brother Lin created a Soul Guidance Device Synergy Array System. Long You had vivid memories of the final battle from the novel he read in his previous life; at that time, the Sun Moon Empire had already mastered the ability to send a group of first- and second-ring Soul Guidance Masters to threaten higher-level Soul Masters.
Long You couldn't remember the name of the system created by the Sun Moon Empire, so he simply named it the Soul Guidance Synergistic Array System based on his own imagination and understanding, using the design blueprints given by the Book of Witness.
The sole purpose of this system is integration. It can combine the scattered attacks emitted by a group of ten Level 1 Soul Guide Rays into an attack power approaching that of a Level 5 Soul Guide Ray (approaching means not quite reaching it, so it's about the power of a Level 4 Soul Guide Ray). If the Level 1 Soul Guide Rays were replaced with Level 5, 6, or even 7 Soul Guide Rays, then according to Long You's estimation, the final integrated power would roughly reach the power of a space-based particle cannon.
Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. Anyway, just remember that this thing exists and allows Shrek Academy to defeat an opponent with a single blow.
Undoubtedly, this is a valuable item. If used properly, Shrek Academy might be able to defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in team battles. However, the fact that Long You hasn't used this ultimate weapon throughout such a long competition period clearly indicates that it also has its own flaws.
Just like operating the Jaegers in Pacific Rim, this multi-person cooperative soul-guided array system has extremely high requirements for the synchronization rate of the user's movements.
Before Fan Yu created the Cloud Consciousness Soul Guidance Platform that the Shrek Academy team members had just used today, none of them met the requirements to use this system.
Now, with Fan Yu's strong support, even though there are differences in their practice, the Shrek Academy students are able to use this Soul Guidance Synergy Array System with ease.
After expressing his skepticism about Shrek Academy's strategy of abandoning team battles, Long You immediately gave a detailed introduction to this Soul Guidance Synergy Array System.
"With this soul guidance system, and in conjunction with the cloud consciousness soul guidance platform created by Teacher Fanyu, we are fully capable of engaging in hit-and-run tactics on the competition stage, continuously weakening our opponents' manpower while avoiding their concentrated attacks."
"Roaming combat? Relying on an anti-gravity soul-guided skateboard? That's certainly very agile, but agility alone isn't enough. We need to determine what methods we can use to ensure our safety while moving around. Or rather, on a competition stage where everything is clearly visible, how can we prevent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy from attacking us?"
Long You's words successfully enlivened the meeting room, as he presented a plan that seemed to have a chance of success.
However, it's clear that this is just a concept; turning it into a viable solution requires further thought. The good news is that there's still at least a full day before the team battle with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. The three team leaders, Wang Yan, Fan Yu, and Zhang Lexuan, have ample time to understand the Soul Guidance Synergy Array system presented by Long You and to develop practical combat tactics based on it.
"Xiao You's preparations always bring surprises, but we need more time to figure out how to utilize them. Everyone, go back and rest first. There's an individual battle tomorrow. Even if we have an absolute chance of winning on paper, we still need to be cautious."
And so, after leaving the Soul Guidance Synergy Array System behind, all the students were ushered out of the conference room. Back in his room, seeing that it was still early, Long You simply spent some time practicing the basics of Soul Guidance with Xiao Muyang in the luxury sphere. Having reached this stage of the competition, Long You had done everything he could, made all the necessary preparations; all that remained was to await fate.
Goodnight, today is another day of being lulled to sleep by a plush pillow and a cat.
At Xingluo Square, Shrek Academy had no instructors leading the team today. Early in the morning, Wang Yan, sporting very noticeable dark circles under his eyes, came to announce some good news: Xingluo National Academy had forfeited today's individual competition, allowing Shrek Academy to successfully advance to the final round.
An extra day off, not planned, is enough to boost the mood of working people.
However, given that Shrek Academy students aren't exactly working stiffs, all the students arrived at Star Luo Square on time. Having witnessed the full-force team battle of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy yesterday, everyone needs to make the most of the remaining time today to familiarize themselves with the individual combat styles of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy students.
"Oh dear, it's an individual battle! I wonder if the Imperial Academy can pull out Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the brother and sister who have never appeared before, from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."
Ma Rulong has already made his appearance, but this brother and sister duo from the reserve team haven't shown up yet. Could it be that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy thinks these two siblings are more suitable as a trump card than Ma Rulong's actual strength?
The competition hadn't started yet, and sitting around doing nothing was rather boring, so the relaxed Shrek group started chatting about topics that interested them.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with saying that. Ma Rulong's strength is indeed the strongest guarantee for this year's Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen are also quite formidable surprise weapons."
Besides their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, these two siblings also possess quite interesting Martial Souls. Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul possesses a deadly frost poison; her opponents often fall victim to its poison without even realizing it.