Intimidation Upgrade (Third Update)

The five met again in the arena where they had fought before.

"Captain, quickly summon all your Skeleton Soldier to be my targets," Chen Guowei said with a chuckle, rubbing his hands together.

"Don't think the Training Mode is easy. You have to go all out to get the best results," Xiang Hui seemed to have some experience. "If you treat it like a game and don't treat the opponent as an enemy and attack with all your might, your proficiency will increase very slowly."

"Huh?" Chen Guowei was stunned. "How are we supposed to fight like this? Even if the three of us were tied together, we probably couldn't beat the captain, let alone with Senior Feng Zi'ang as our healer."

Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Going all out is just an attitude during battle. I don't need to use all my summoned creatures. Let's assign them now. Xiang Hui, which summoned creature do you want to spar with?"

Xiang Hui said, "Rageclaw, please." He immediately picked the strongest one; that's typical of Xiang Hui.

Li Shuyi hesitated for a moment. She was the type whose attack was very strong, but whose defense was relatively weak.

Bai Xiaowen made the choice for her, smiling, "My Talisman Switching skill can summon two Straw Demon Soldier. Although their attack power is low, their Life Value is not low. I'll give them to you to practice with. If you feel the pressure isn't enough, I'll assign Shadow Assassin over."

Li Shuyi nodded.

Bai Xiaowen raised his hand, and all the summoned creatures appeared in the arena.

Two Straw Demon Soldier attacked Li Shuyi. The Rageclaw, possessing higher intelligence, was somewhat confused as to why its opponent was Xiang Hui. However, Bai Xiaowen quickly issued the order via Mind Link: this was a practical exercise, no need to hold back, attack with full force!

With a roar, the Rageclaw pounced on Xiang Hui. Xiang Hui thrust out his twin swords, but the Rageclaw slapped him away, sending him staggering several steps back.

"After all, Rageclaw is Boss Template, with extremely powerful base attributes. It's no use fighting him head-on," Bai Xiaowen said.

Xiang Hui nodded and changed his fighting style, focusing on dodging.

In these sparring sessions, Xiang Hui's Combat Specialty and Swordsmanship Specialty, as well as Bai Xiaowen's proficiency in the "Summon Angerclaw" skill, were all slowly increasing at an imperceptible pace.

On the other side, Li Shuyi had gained the upper hand in her sparring match with the Straw Demon Soldier. Li Shuyi's attack speed was getting faster and faster, and the two Straw Demon Soldier ' base attributes were too poor, so they could not exert the power of Bai Xiaowen's level 5 Combat Specialty at all, and their Life Value was quickly cut off by more than half.

Feng Zi'ang gathered light in his hand and cast [True Word: Shield] on one of the Straw Demon Soldier, then cast [Heal Minor Wounds] on the other. Bai Xiaowen then moved the Shadow Assassin over to join the attack, temporarily stabilizing the situation.

"A three-fold increase in Divine Might recovery speed, it really feels great," Feng Zi'ang exclaimed. Only in the training ground could such rules be set up.

"What about me?" Chen Guowei asked, he was getting impatient.

"What kind of combat do you want to train against, melee or ranged enemies?" Bai Xiaowen asked.

"Let's go with ranged attacks!" Chen Guowei recalled the scene of a Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier paired with Xiang Hui beating Xiao Mingsheng into a state of utter helplessness, and he felt a lingering fear. Compared to that, Bai Xiaowen's Skeleton Mage was someone they could bully a bit, and if all else failed, there were pillars in the arena to block the line of sight.

Bai Xiaowen nodded, then manipulated the Skeleton Mage to cast Lightning Throw, and a bolt of lightning was thrown over.

Chen Guowei drew his bow and began firing, taking advantage of the Skeleton Mage's inability to move while casting a spell. He hit the target twice, then, seeing the incoming lightning ball, he yelled, "I'm dodging!" and quickly moved behind a pillar.

However, under Bai Xiaowen's level 5 Meditation control, the lightning ball made a fancy arc and hit Chen Guowei with a hiss, causing his hair to stand on end.

"It hurts, it hurts!"

Chen Guowei yelled and screamed as a Lightning Throw took away nearly forty points of his Life Value, causing him excruciating pain.

"Captain, can't you just go easy on me?"

"Seriously! Hurry up and take advantage of the Skeleton Mage's Lightning Throw going on cooldown to steal his health!" Bai Xiaowen controlled the Skeleton Mage's positioning while scolding Chen Guowei, "Your reaction just now was very problematic. Waiting until the spell was cast before dodging, didn't you realize that every mage has the Meditation Specialty? You should have dodged around the pillars when the spell was about to finish casting, making the Skeleton Mage's skill miss its target!"

Chen Guowei quickly complied, seizing the opportunity to launch a blood-snatching attack. However, as Elite Template, the Skeleton Mage was incredibly agile. Under Bai Xiaowen's control, its serpentine movements were incredibly stylish, and Chen Guowei missed seven or eight out of ten arrows.

"To anticipate an opponent's movements, you need to observe their footsteps..." Bai Xiaowen's Shooting Specialty are also at level 3, thanks to his title Ultimate Academic Ace, and he has a deep understanding of shooting.

Chen Guowei complained repeatedly, failing to dodge the second Lightning Throw and getting electrocuted. However, through such real combat, his advanced Shooting Specialty were slowly improving.

Bai Xiaowen's ability to multitask once again demonstrated itself; he simultaneously focused his mind on three battlefields, issuing commands to different summoned creatures with precision.

Xiang Hui, Li Shuyi, and Chen Guowei gradually figured things out and felt less pressured than at the beginning.

However, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't let them get away with it so easily, and directly used [Intimidation].

The three men froze, gripped by Fear Status, and were only jolted back to reality after each taking an attack.

"Old Bai, you've gone a bit too far!" Chen Guowei was shocked again, and his Life Value was almost gone.

Bai Xiaowen chuckled, "I need to practice too. Tsk tsk, triple-speed Divine Might recovery is really powerful. My Intimidation skill will be used on cooldown, every 4 minutes and 45 seconds, so be prepared."

Xiang Hui once again felt the gap between them. Rageclaw hadn't used his ultimate move, only using two small skills, Bite and Rend, to fight him. He could only barely fight back, but his Life Value was still dropping faster than Rageclaw's.

Chen Guowei waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "I can't take it anymore, I need to call a truce... another electric shock and I'll be on the verge of death."

Xiang Hui and Chen Guowei took a break, and Bai Xiaowen stopped attacking. While resting, their Life Value slowly recovered. Feng Zi'ang even took the time to heal them, but healing enemy targets outside of combat would not increase their proficiency.

Before long, the two regained their composure and resumed their battle, and this cycle repeated itself time and again.

Bai Xiaowen's Intimidation skill has finally reached level 2, and with the support of the Ultimate Academic Ace, it has reached level 3, with the cooldown time reduced to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

After three hours of training, everyone was forcibly removed from space A-03.

"How does it feel?" Bai Xiaowen was very happy to see the increase in proficiency of his [Talisman Switching] and [Summon Angerclaw] skills.

"I'm exhausted," Chen Guowei said, panting. The physical exhaustion was one aspect, but the pain from having his Life Value repeatedly brought to rock bottom also caused mental fatigue.

"I've made quite a bit of progress," Xiang Hui said. "Both of my Battle Specialty are almost upgraded, and my skill proficiency has also increased significantly."

Xiang Hui has always sparred with the strongest Rageclaw, which will improve his progress.

Li Shuyi also showed great improvement in dealing with three summoned creatures at the same time, while Feng Zi'ang, with his Divine Might recovery at 3x speed, was able to use his skills almost exactly on cooldown, which also greatly increased his proficiency.

In the end, the five of them unanimously agreed that the Psionic Training Ground was a treasure trove, but it was not advisable to practice too much. Three or four hours of practice a day was about right; more practice would be counterproductive.

"How should we allocate our time?" Xiang Hui asked.

"Actually, there's plenty of time. Just ten hours from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. is enough for the University Team University Team," Bai Xiaowen said. "Whether you're a main player or a substitute, you have one hour of personal time all day between 8 a. m. and 6 p. m., which you can freely combine and use. For example, if the five of us combine, we can use up to five hours."

Bai Xiaowen paused for a moment, then continued, "As for the nighttime, we won't consider the time; just practice whenever you're allowed to, on a first-come, first-served basis."

Chen Guowei added, "The captain has priority, that should be added." He was quite cunning; since he was practicing with Bai Xiaowen, Bai Xiaowen's priority was the same as his own.