Capítulo 65: Skysea Alliance Tournament, Part 11
A few minutes later, Gloxinia walked out of his room and headed outside to meet his team for the team competition.
As he walked, Gloxinia recalled what he had just seen in his memories.
In his memories, the boy whom he faced was actually originally Tang Wulin's opponent in one of the rounds of the tournament.
However, perhaps due to the butterfly effect he was placed against Gloxinia instead this time.
This isn't the most important thing though, in his memories he also went over his memories of the fandom to see if there's any more information about the guy.
Interestingly, there wasn't more information about him himself but about his martial spirit there was a lot.
For example, in a comment in his memories someone had said that the Coiling Dragon Staff was actually a dragon who turned itself into the Qiangu Clan's martial spirit for unknown reasons.
If this was true, then what would happen if he took out the core of the boy he faced yesterday? Would it survive in the Fairy King's Forest because of the dragon's existence or would it be unable to hold up?
Either way, he can't test it any time soon. There's no telling if the comment was reliable or not, so he wouldn't be basing his decisions based off of that.
Finally arriving outside, he saw Tang Wulin and the others waiting with Long Hengxu.
Long Hengxu lead Gloxinia's group to the team competition grounds, since Wu Zhangkong was off somewhere else.
"Are you brats ready?" Long Hengxu smiled pleasantly at the children.
He did not want the children to participate in the individual competition originally, but after checking their results for today, he changed his mind. They had an excellent start to the tournament.
"We're ready." Tang Wulin answered for his entire team.
Long Hengxu nodded with approval. "I'll be watching you all then. I don't know if Teacher Wu told you this, but due to the high resources invested into such a small class, this tournament is being used to test your class's success. So you should aim for the best result. If you can get a good ranking, then in the future, the academy might invest more resources into your class. So, good luck kids!"
Gloxinia nodded, blatantly lying. "We'll definitely do our best."
The space provided for the team competition was much grander than the individual competition's. The arenas for the five versus fiveteam battles were each fifty meters in diameter.
Their opponents this time came from a small town called Seafare City, which was a level below Skysea City. It was about the same level as Glorybound City, but the former's economy fared much better and it managed to retain an intermediate academy.
However, the five versus five team competition wasn't that popular. That was because powerful academies would all send seven-man teams to compete instead. Only academies lacking in people or already possessing a main seven-man team would have a five-man team.
This was another fact that Wu Zhangkong had neglected to tell them, which they learned from Long Hengxu.
'Win regardless of the opponent!' That was Wu Zhangkong's philosophy.
After observing several matches, Gloxinia and the others came to the conclusion that they had no serious competition within the junior division's five-man team event. Nothing of note occurred while they watched.
"Boss, why are these matches making me so sleepy?" Xie Xie said helplessly.
Tang Wulin said, "That's because we haven't seen anyone strong yet. But don't get careless; we're only observing one part of the stadium. Let's plan our strategy now…"
Half an hour later, they were called for their match.
Tang Wulin led the way, followed by the others.
However, although all of them were going, that was just to fill up the numbers. The only one truly participating would be Gloxinia, as they didn't want to show off all their strength yet, planning to create a strong illusion.
After scrutinizing the previous battles, Tang Wulin was confident and saw no need to reveal themselves. Not to mention, their opposition hailed from a small town's intermediate academy. In Wu Zhangkong's own words, their sole objective was to become the champions. Tang Wulin understood his teacher's philosophy and as such, regardless of their opponents' strengths, their main objective would not change.
A devious strategy was required for such a goal. Since Gloxinia was without a doubt class zero's strongest student, it was best to show off his strength and create an illusion of being unbeatable for future matches.
Once Gloxinia's group arrived on the stage, their opponents soon appeared— five teenagers about fourteen to fifteen years old.
When these teenagers from Seafare Academy saw the youthful faces of their opposition, joy washed over them like summer rain.
It was as they had guessed: Seafare Academy was mediocre and focused all their resources on their representative team.
When they had thought of themselves as mice in a world of men, they encountered a team of brats. How could they not feel as if Lady Luck was smiling down on them?
'Aren't these kids only about eleven or twelve? That's a huge gap in age! Their cultivation should be weak then. In an instant, their faces lit up.'
The referee climbed onto the stage. "You have thirty seconds to prepare. The countdown will begin at five seconds. The rules state that you cannot deliberately disable your opponent and you must immediately cease battle if I order so." His tone was monotonous after repeating the same thing for countless battles.
"My name is Mo Ka and these are my teammates, Yu Shi and Duanmu Lianlian. You kids are from Eastsea Academy?" They had also checked the matchups.
Gloxinia smiled humbly. "Yeah! Seniors, we're first graders from Eastsea Academy. Please advise us."
"Five, four, three, two, one, begin!
With that declaration, class zero's first official team battle began.
Immediately after, Gloxinia came forward and stood at the forefront, releasing Basquias with his second spirit ring activated.
As Basquias transformed into a wasp-like monster, his opponents also summoned their martial souls.
All five had a pair of yellow rings. This was to be expected from the representatives of an academy.
In that moment, five green hands that looked similar to vines closed in on their faces and grabbed hold.
The Seafare Academy's representatives couldn't react in time. Before they were able to activate their soul skills, the hands already struck at their faces. They were all held up, their resistance bearing no fruit.
Commanding Basquias to rise, Gloxinia waited until it was at a distance where the opponents would be injured but not killed if dropped and shouted out, "Surrender or I'll drop you!"
"W, We surrender! J, Just let us go!" Shouting out in a pathetic tone, one of the representatives tried to get out of Basquias' hold.
"Stop!" While trying to contain his surprise, the referee shouted.
A single three-ringed was able to overcome five two-ringed soul masters. Moreover, it was a little kid and it was over in a blitz. It was simply inconceivable!
The battle finished too quickly. It was too much for the eye to take in.
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Author's Note: Sorry for the late chapter, club meeting went way past the ending time.
Also, this chapter was kinda mid ngl, im gonna try to summarize the rest of his fights before his plan actually happens so it moves faster.
Thank you for so many collections and powerstones!
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