A Tie Was a Victory
The Titan Academy had assumed that, with their morale soaring and their attack so fierce, they would take Giant Stone City in one fell swoop.
The Five Elements Academy troops, having lost their fighting spirit, should have been panicking and unwilling to fight. Their defenses ought to have crumbled like paper under a relentless assault.
But the Titan Academy had clearly been taking too much for granted. When they charged straight at Giant Stone City, they discovered that the city had more than just the advantage of its terrain. After a night of rest, the Five Elements Academy army seemed to have been reborn. The fear, panic, and reluctance to fight they had shown the day before were gone.
Instead, every one of them seemed to be pumped full of energy. No one knew what Shuijing Grand Scholar had said to them, but the Five Elements Academy fighters had all gone berserk. They were not only braver and more fearless of death than the day before; their combat skills and discipline had also improved by leaps and bounds.
In other words, after a full day and night of fighting, the Five Elements Academy fighters had gained real battlefield experience and learned from their mistakes. Their trust in one another and their coordination had improved significantly.
Their overnight transformation had truly caught the Titan Academy off guard.
What they had expected to be an effortless rout had turned into a stalemate. The changes in both sides' morale had undoubtedly become a major factor in determining the outcome.
The Titan Academy had been too arrogant and had underestimated its enemy, leaving it psychologically unprepared for the strength of the Five Elements Academy's resistance.
The Five Elements Academy, on the other hand, had turned shame into resolve. With