Chapter 541
Chapter 541: Chapter 406: The Red-headed Weasel (4000 words)
5:20 Revision
Which battles to forfeit, which to fight with all our might, who to send against different opponents, learning to make strategic sacrifices, engaging in psychological warfare amongst ourselves, we are battling not just in courage, but also in wits.
Although Elder Luo seemed carefree and oftentimes not very serious, he was once the supreme commander against the beast tide in the Jiuzhou Alliance, with an outstanding strategic vision in commanding battles.
He couldn’t be clearer about the original intention of these competitions between the nine elite schools.
That is to say, Elder Luo had an idea of how to break this situation but didn’t spell it out. Instead, he wanted Xiang Beifei’s team to think for themselves first, which was also a form of training.
If their ideas were not feasible, Elder Luo would then give further guidance.
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Having heard what Elder Luo said, nobody had a reason to complain anymore.
Ye Changfeng and Yuchi Shen were also sitting off to the side, now silent, watching the five members of Xiang Beifei’s team.
Xiang Beifei and his team were quiet.
After a long silence, Long Guocheng was the first to speak, “Tomorrow’s competition, our first battle is the second match, facing Qingzhou University. We don’t know who they will send against us.”
Xiang Beifei said, “The person Qingzhou University will send tomorrow will definitely be Hou Chengwu, no doubt about it.”
Long Guocheng asked, “Are you so certain? Qingzhou University has two SSRs and one UR plus two SRs, and they still haven’t decided on a candidate.”
Xiang Beifei said, “It has to be Hou Chengwu! He had initially refused our Liangzhou University and turned to Qingzhou University. He must prove to others that not choosing Liangzhou University was the right decision. The way to do it is to come and beat us personally.”
“That’s also true,” Li Zimu nodded thoughtfully. “I think he was embarrassed by you today, and he would want to take revenge.”
“Xiang Beifei, do you have the ability to defeat Hou Chengwu?” Xi Keyao asked.
Xiang Beifei fell silent for a moment and then nodded slightly.
The expressions of Long Guocheng and the others improved a bit. They now recognized Xiang Beifei and knew his capabilities.
This guy might not be an SSR, but his strength was absurdly strong.
With him onboard, even if Liangzhou University was not as overtly strong as those three universities, it was enough to compete with other schools.
“But if other schools send SSRs against us, we are almost certain to lose. Xiang Beifei can only fight twice, meaning at best he can score two points, but the four of us are likely to lose,” Ma Ziqian said.
“Unless we find a way to stop them from all sending SSRs to face us,” Li Zimu said.
“They all think we’re easy targets now, how can we change their minds?” Long Guocheng asked.
“Quite simple, we must let them know that we are not that weak,” Xiang Beifei said.
Realizing what this meant, Li Zimu said, “I get it, our school needs to have an Awakener in the Meridian Opening phase, so they won’t all send those from the Meridian Opening phase against us. That means tomorrow, when facing Qingzhou University, Xiang Beifei, you must fight.”
An individual could compete at most twice, which means that after Xiang Beifei’s first fight, as long as he showed a glimmer of his true strength, it would be enough to intimidate the people from the other schools, making them wary.
They would understand that the Liangzhou University “persimmon” might not be so easy to squeeze!
If the SSR they sent next faced Xiang Beifei, a difficult opponent, and lost the battle, it would be a significant loss. Hence, other schools would not send their SSRs recklessly to confront Liangzhou University.
This ability was very peculiar; it could target any being with a sin, whether a desolate beast or a person. It would create a so-called “gate” in the target’s mind. Even if this gate was not the opponent’s original weakness.
Take the Triangular Thunder Krait, its original weakness was its eyes. But if Yuchi Shen used the “Seven Deadly Sins Kill”, he could shift that weakness to another area, such as moving the “gate” to the tail of the Triangular Thunder Krait.
Then, as long as Yuchi Shen struck the Krait’s tail, the Triangular Thunder Krait would inevitably die!
“This ability is indeed formidable, forcibly changing an opponent’s weakness?” Xiang Beifei said in awe.
“Right, I heard that originally two SSR Awakeners were supposed to come to our Liangzhou University, but Liangzhou University admitted an N level, and those two SSRs looked down on our Liangzhou University and went to other elite schools instead,” Zimu said.
“Wouldn’t the school be infuriated? Losing two SSRs because of one N level student?”
“Indeed! That N level Awakener really knows how to cause trouble,” Zimu said.
At that moment, Xiang Beifei suddenly exclaimed in surprise because he noticed a figure that had appeared abruptly behind the infant!
This figure seemed to have teleported there, holding a sword with a strong presence, ignoring the tentacles!
It was Ye Changfeng!
Ye Changfeng frowned as he looked at the small infant and then slashed down with his sword!
The infant seemed to realize the danger, but before it could turn around, Ye Changfeng’s sword had already split the small infant in two!
However, the infant did not dissipate. After being split open, numerous tentacles burst from its body and merged into the surrounding tentacles.
“Courting death!”
Ye Changfeng gripped his long sword and slashed forward again!
This slash was like a bolt of lightning, mixed with a terrifying force. The ferocious Sword Qi stretched hundreds of meters, creating a fissure straight through the tentacles-filled sky!