"Doesn't that mean we're bound to lose?" Lei Meng asked anxiously. "Teacher, isn't it a shame to just give up like this?"
Qin Yuan gave a dry laugh. "Did I say I was giving up?"
"Heh, back during your tournament, I told you, 'Someone like you can only win in the arena.' Outside it, how could someone so straightforward possibly match those old foxes?"
He paused before continuing, "It's true that Dean Tian Chen knows my habits, but couldn't I plant a few mines for him along the way?"
"Hu Liena is indeed the key to the Spirit Hall Academy Team breaking the deadlock, but she isn't their only option. They must have other trump cards."
"The first layer of my strategy really is to force Xie Yue and Yan to use their fifth soul skills and waste their soul power. They've already seen through that and made thorough preparations."
"But aren't I also using that to steer the Spirit Hall Team's tactics in a direction that benefits us?"
"All I want is to neutralize Hu Liena's advantage in spiritual soul skills. Whether she gets eliminated doesn't matter. As long as she can't affect the others on our team, my strategy has succeeded."
Lei Meng's lips twitched.
He could understand the contest of wits involved. After all, he was no inexperienced youngster. But if he had been in Qin Yuan's place, he never could have devised such a flawless strategy, with every link fitting neatly into the next.
Feng Xiaotian and the others were impressive, too. They had carried out Qin Yuan's strategy almost perfectly.
"I still have so much to learn," Lei Meng murmured soundlessly to himself.
"Using Hu Liena as bait to force Xie Yue and Yan into making mistakes. Teacher Qin, your tactics really are sharp,"