Key Game, Sakura Team

"Rumble!!!"

A bolt of lightning flashed across the clear sky. In its wake came countless thick streams of electricity, nearly sealing off the area where the Team USA members stood and turning it into a Lightning Field!

"Zzzzt!!!"

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Wherever the lightning passed, even the incredibly sturdy Dragon Tooth Stones instantly crumbled into pieces... The repeated thunderous explosions shook the energy barrier, covering it with countless dense cracks. The few American team members caught in the Lightning Field were utterly powerless to resist...

The magic tools on their bodies shattered one after another under the bombardment of the furious lightning. Paralyzed by the electricity, they fell unconscious one after another...

Seeing that the Lightning Field still had not dispersed, the referees outside hurried inside. Yet the moment they entered, the Lightning Field, which had been filled with destruction, suddenly vanished...

Many people had originally thought that Chen Lang would have no time to stop the destruction he had unleashed.

But who could have imagined that Chen Lang not only possessed such terrifying destructive power, but had also managed to withdraw it in time?

Pang Lai watched the entire process and praised him from the bottom of his heart. "Incredible... Old Chen, your Chen Family really has produced a monster!"

Chen Jin also found himself unable to close his mouth.

Chen Lang's growth was truly astonishingly fast!

This second outburst definitely was not something he had already mastered before...

As expected, letting him participate in the World Academy Competition had been the right choice. He had indeed completed a new transformation in a very short time.

"The match is over. The Great Xia National Academy Team wins!"

While everyone was still in shock, the referee announced the end of the match.

First came a moment of silence. Then, a thunderous cheer erupted...

The reaction was especially intense in the Chinese section. Although they had previously been the loudest in their scolding, they were now also the loudest in their cheering!

Although they felt that the American elites had not yet been deployed and this was only the elimination round...

Which of these people was weak? Defeating the arrogant Team USA was enough to fill everyone with excitement!

These were the young contestants of Great Xia, symbols of the prosperity and strength of Great Xia!

It was also undeniable that the match had initially felt somewhat stifling. But the instant Chen Lang's destruction fully erupted, everyone became incomparably excited.

Of course, at the same time, all the participating national teams in the competition noticed Chen Lang.

With such devastating power, no one could help but pay close attention!!!

In the eyes of many people, the Great Xia National Academy Team had not been worth watching at all. But at this moment, that notion was erased from their minds...

The American team's viewing area.

"Kevin, can you reach that level of destructive power?" Lite, an official member of Team USA, asked his friend beside him with a look of disbelief.

"I... I can't." The man called Kevin shook his head.

Although he had his own pride, taking down five official National Academy Team members by himself...

He had to admit that he could not do it.

Lite looked troubled and scratched his head. "This is troublesome. I didn't expect Great Xia to produce a monster like that..."

Kevin was not worried. After observing the match, he had already thought of several ways to deal with Chen Lang. "There's nothing troublesome about it. Just don't give him a chance to use his destruction. Or, when he attacks, we can spread out."

Chen Lang's destruction was indeed powerful, but its destructive impact was centered around a single target. As long as they spread out, it would not be impossible to deal with.

Of course, this was only based on his observations from one match.

He still did not know whether Chen Lang had any other methods.

The identities of the National Academy Team members were kept extremely secret before the competition began. In particular, there was very little information about them. Chen Lang, who had suddenly appeared, was therefore a huge mystery...

"Chen Lang, you were amazing!!!"

"Yeah! When I saw that you hadn't seriously injured them, I was already prepared to go back home..."

"..."

Listening to their praise, Chen Lang felt quite pleased.

If he had not sensed the trajectory of the Lightning Element during the battle and forcibly absorbed it through his unskilled control...

He could not imagine what would have happened. Without that second outburst, they might have been eliminated one by one... Fortunately, he had not let everyone down and had made it through this match!

After the elimination match against Team USA ended, the elimination matches for the Great Xia National Academy Team gradually became smoother.

The several countries they encountered afterward were almost all mid-level or weaker countries. After that match, Chen Lang did not even participate in another one.

Of course, he had not been idle during this period. Instead, he had been cultivating diligently.

After his first match ended, Chen Jin had specially prepared a large amount of cultivation resources for him.

However, no matter what kind of resource it was, once it had been used, the rate of improvement would inevitably slow down.

That said, even if the improvement slowed, the effect of having resources was still countless times faster than cultivating without their assistance...

This extravagant cultivation method was rare even internationally. Few people were willing to cultivate this way.

After all, piling up resources did not mean that all those resources could be converted into cultivation. The body needed time to digest them.

But nobody knew that Chen Lang's digestion speed was actually quite fast.

Since he had no more matches during the latter part of the elimination round, he devoted himself almost entirely to cultivation. In a month, he had mastered the Star Map in the Space Element.

His Shadow System had even advanced to the third level of the Basic Stage.

After Chen Lang finished cultivating, they also arrived at the final match of the elimination round...

In the arena's rest area, Pang Lai returned with the list of opponents for that match. After seeing that everyone had arrived, he said, "Our opponent this time is the Sakura Team. This match is very important. If we win, we'll be able to advance to the Bounty Competition. But if we lose, we may still face elimination."

"Perfect. I've been resting for so long. Let me take the field this time." The moment Chen Lang heard that their opponent was the Sakura Team, he was already rubbing his fists in anticipation.

Putting aside the fact that actual combat greatly improved him, just having Sakura as their opponent was enough to make him feel as though his bloodline were awakening.

"This match is also very important to them. I imagine they must have prepared a way to counter you." Pang Lai hesitated slightly.

How could Chen Lang not know what his so-called weakness was? He replied indifferently, "Their countermeasure will be nothing more than spreading out and fighting."

But was that really his weakness?

"You have a way to deal with it?" Seeing that Chen Lang had noticed his shortcoming, Pang Lai asked curiously.

Indeed, this was not something only that American kid could notice. Any old mage with a little practical combat experience would have realized it long ago.

In many people's eyes, if Chen Lang could not gather his targets together, he would not be able to release that kind of consecutive destruction more than a few times.

There was no doubt about the power of such destruction, but its consumption was surely just as great...