Three-Person Team, First Battle of Coordination!

Begin!

Tie Shan's sharp shout rang out like thunder.

Kill!

Hong Yu and the other two burst forward at once, charging in a Triangular Formation.

The Sea Shark Spear whipped up waves, the Blazing Bear's fists blazed with fire, and the Ironclad Beast was clad once more in heavy armor. Like three savage beasts, they came on with overwhelming momentum.

Rather than retreat, Huang Fei advanced. With a flicker, he actually charged them alone.

Wu Feng froze, only to see the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Tower in Ning Tian's hand flash. Two streams of colored light had already entered Huang Fei's body.

Both strength and speed increased.

Huang Fei's speed suddenly surged. Just before the three could encircle him, he took an uncanny half-step sideways. The Blue Silver Spear in his hand shot out like a venomous dragon, stabbing straight at the gap beneath the Blazing Bear Soul Master's ribs.

The man reacted quickly, roaring as flaming fist shadows rose to block the strike.

Clang!

Spear and fist collided, scattering sparks.

The Blazing Bear Soul Master felt a strange shock run through his fist. Thirty percent of the flames were scattered, and he staggered backward.

Borrowing the force, Huang Fei spun. His spear swept sideways, forcing back the Sea Shark Spear, while his left leg lashed out like a whip and struck the side of the Ironclad Beast's knee.

The Ironclad Beast's defense was strong, but its joints were a Weak Point. Pain made its movements falter.

In that instant, Huang Fei had already escaped the three-pronged assault and returned to his own side.

The entire process took no more than Three Breaths, smooth and fluid without the slightest hesitation.

Low gasps rose from the edge of the field.

Approval flashed through Tie Shan's eyes as he murmured,

"Good courage. Good eyes."

Hong Yu's expression darkened. The three of them had joined forces, yet one man with one spear had forced them back. They had been utterly humiliated.

He let out a low roar. Blue light flared brightly from the Sea Shark Spear as his First Soul Skill activated, firing a water pillar toward Huang Fei like an arrow.

Huang Fei did not take it head-on. He shifted slightly, and the water pillar grazed past his shoulder.

He looked behind him and said softly,

"Wu Feng, left flank."

"Ning Tian, three-seven distribution."

Wu Feng and Ning Tian both froze.

Three-seven distribution was an auxiliary secret art of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect that Ning Tian had mentioned during the three's private discussions these past few days.

It distributed auxiliary effects by proportion to deal with different situations.

Yet at such a critical moment, Huang Fei had called upon it effortlessly.

There was no time to think. Light flowed from Ning Tian's pagoda, with seventy percent of the enhancement falling on Huang Fei and thirty percent on Wu Feng.

Wu Feng felt her whole body lighten as her flames surged. Without hesitation, she charged toward the left flank. Dragon's Fire roared forth, rushing straight at the Blazing Bear Soul Master.

Meanwhile, Huang Fei faced Hong Yu and the Ironclad Beast head-on.

One against two.

Hong Yu was furious. He activated his Second Soul Skill, and the Sea Shark Spear became three watery phantoms, attacking high, middle, and low.

The Ironclad Beast lowered its head and charged like a war chariot.

Huang Fei's expression did not change. The Wood Breathing Technique silently circulated as Soul Power Roots spread through the ground. Every movement within sixty meters entered his perception.

Just as the water phantoms reached him, his feet suddenly shifted. As if he had predicted their paths, he slipped through the gaps between all three, the tip of his Blue Silver Spear tapping the Sea Shark Spear seven inches down its shaft.

Ding!

A crisp sound rang out. Hong Yu felt his spear shake violently, and his Soul Power circulation stalled for an instant.

Huang Fei had already used the momentum to leap up. He stepped onto the Ironclad Beast's Shoulder Armor in midair, flipped over, and landed behind it.

The Ironclad Beast's charge was too fierce for it to turn in time.

Huang Fei thrust backward, driving his spear into a gap in its back armor.

It was the Weak Point his Soul Power Roots had detected earlier.

The spear tip sank three inches into flesh.

The Ironclad Beast let out a pained groan, and its charge came to an abrupt halt.

Hong Yu turned to rescue it, but Wu Feng had already dealt with the Blazing Bear. A fiery dragon phantom slammed toward him, forcing him back.

Victory and defeat had been decided.

The Ironclad Beast was not seriously injured, but its back armor had been damaged, and its movements had slowed.

The Blazing Bear Soul Master had taken Dragon's Fire head-on. His chest was Charred Black, and his aura was weak.

Hong Yu stood alone. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only grit his teeth and Admit Defeat.

Huang Fei withdrew his spear and stepped back. The Blue Silver Grass and Soul Rings receded at the same time, his aura as steady as before.

The sidelines fell silent for a moment before low discussion broke out.

Mu Jin slowly stepped forward, her gaze sweeping across Huang Fei and the other two. She said coolly,

"Your coordination is unpracticed, but your adaptability is acceptable."

"Ning Tian, your support rhythm was slightly slow. Wu Feng, your advances were too rash. Huang Fei..."

She paused.

"You took too many risks. If the enemy had a Control Type Soul Master, charging into their formation alone would have put you in a Desperate Situation."

Huang Fei bowed.

"This student will remember."

Mu Jin said no more and waved for the next group to take the field.

Huang Fei's team retreated to the side to rest.

Ning Tian let out a soft breath and said quietly,

"That three-seven distribution just now... I nearly failed to adjust in time."

Huang Fei shook his head.

"It is fine. Practice it a few more times, and you will become familiar with it."

Wu Feng stared at Huang Fei, then suddenly asked,

"How did you see the gap in the Ironclad Beast's back armor?"

Huang Fei pondered for a moment before answering,

"There was a gap in its Soul Power flow, and its Life Aura was slightly weaker there."

Wu Feng's pupils contracted.

To sense such minute details... Huang Fei's insight was simply terrifying.

In the next two battles, Huang Fei's team did not encounter another purely offense-focused lineup like Hong Yu's team.

Their second opponents were a Control Type, a powerful attacker, and an auxiliary Soul Master. The Control Type Soul Master's Martial Soul was a Swamp Mud Monster, and the field instantly turned into a Mud Pit, greatly restricting movement.

Yet Huang Fei used his Soul Power Roots to detect what lay beneath the mud, guiding Wu Feng to break through at its weak points.

Ning Tian supported Wu Feng's powerful offense throughout, while Huang Fei moved around to distract and restrain the others. In the end, he bound the Control Type Soul Master with Blue Silver Vine and won the match.

Their third opponents were a Full Agile Attack lineup. All three excelled in speed, darting about like the wind.

Huang Fei simply stopped splitting their forces. The three stood back-to-back, waiting calmly for movement.

Ning Tian focused on enhancing Huang Fei's Detection and Wu Feng's explosive power, while Huang Fei used Earth Vein Sense to lock onto the opponents' trajectories.

Wu Feng unleashed a charged strike. A fiery tornado covered half the field, forcing all three opponents into view before they were defeated one by one.

Three Battles, three victories.

The other teams at the edge of the field no longer looked at Huang Fei's group with mere wariness. Their expressions had turned grave.

Tie Shan watched the entire time without saying a word. Only when the lesson ended did he leave them with one sentence:

"Continue tomorrow."

Then he turned and left.

After class, the sun hung low in the west.

Huang Fei and the other two were in no hurry to leave. Instead, they found a quiet corner of the Training Ground and reviewed the day's battles.

Ning Tian took out a roll of parchment already marked with simple formations and diagrams of Soul Power circulation.

"Here, my support transition was half a beat too slow."

"Here, Wu Feng left too large an opening on her left after advancing."

"Here, Huang Fei's return to defense was slightly late. If the enemy had a long-range Soul Skill, I would already have been hit."

She pointed to each mark on the diagram, her voice calm.

Wu Feng listened with her arms folded, nodding from time to time. Rarely, she did not argue back.

Huang Fei stood to the side in silent thought before suddenly speaking.

"Ning Tian, can the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Tower's Second Soul Skill incorporate a slight vibration into its enhancement?"

Ning Tian was startled.

"A vibration?"

Huang Fei lightly traced the ground with his fingertip.

Today, I sensed that every opponent's Soul Power circulation had a rhythm.

If the auxiliary Soul Power carried a trace of vibration and disrupted that rhythm, it might create an instant opening.

Ning Tian's eyes brightened slightly. After considering it, she said,

"It is theoretically possible, but it requires extremely precise control. I will need to practice."

Wu Feng cut in.

"My Dragon's Fire has great explosive power, but its charging time is too long."

"Huang Fei, can you teach me that footwork of yours?"

Huang Fei shook his head.

"My footwork comes from a specific Breathing Rhythm and suits the characteristics of my Martial Soul. Forcing yourself to learn it would do more harm than good."

He paused, then added,

"But before your burst, you can cover your Feet in flames and make a short explosive dash. It may increase your speed by thirty percent."

Wu Feng frowned in thought, then abruptly rose to her feet. Flames ignited beneath her Feet as she kicked off hard.

She shot out like an arrow, stopping sharply ten meters away and leaving two scorched marks on the ground.

It really was faster!

Joy flashed through her eyes.

The three continued discussing in low voices, sometimes gesturing, sometimes arguing, until dusk had fully fallen.

Lights gradually came on in the distant Teaching Building, while only sparse figures remained on the Training Ground.

Huang Fei stood and brushed the dust from his clothes.

"That is enough for today. We will practice again tomorrow."

Ning Tian and Wu Feng nodded, and the three left side by side.

The newly risen moon stretched their three shadows long.

Inside the Dormitory, Huang Fei did not begin cultivating immediately.

He took out a blank sheet of parchment and recorded the day's three battles in detail. He also drew several formations they might encounter and strategies for dealing with them.

At the end, his pen paused, and he added a small line of writing:

In a team battle, one person's strength is not true strength.

Only by understanding one's teammates' strengths and compensating for one's own weaknesses can a team move as one body.

He set down his pen and closed his eyes.

The scenes from today's battles replayed frame by frame in his mind.

Hong Yu's water spear trajectories, the weak points in the Ironclad Beast's Soul Power, the hidden currents beneath the swampy mud, the movement patterns of the Agility Attack Type Soul Masters...

Every detail became nourishment as he examined it again and again.

After a Long Time, he opened his eyes and took out a Wood Element Crystal Core, holding it in his palm.

The Soul Condensing Secret Art silently circulated. His Soul Power flowed through his Meridians like a stream, and every vibration made it a little more solid.

Within his Dantian, the Soul Power vortex at the Later Stage of Level 18 slowly rotated, its color growing increasingly deep.

He was still two levels away from Level 20.

There were eight days left.

Huang Fei took a deep breath, his eyes calm and undisturbed.

The road lay beneath his feet, each step leaving its mark.

That was enough.