Star Protection (4,000-character combined chapter)
As the referee announced that both teams should take the field, the waiting areas on either side stirred into action.
The lineup for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's team battle had changed. Xiao Hongchen didn't take the field; Meng Hongchen did instead.
Huo Yuhao had suggested the change. After spending this time together at the tournament, coordinating and fighting side by side, he had gradually become the tactical core of the entire team. That was due not only to his keen sense of the situation, but, more importantly, to the trust everyone placed in him.
Sometimes, the team's trust and ability to follow orders mattered more than the decisions themselves. With Huo Yuhao and his Spiritual Detection Sharing, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's team battles were always fought as one. Everyone followed the tactical arrangements to the letter, and no one ignored orders and rushed in recklessly.
As a result, the team had already shown it could do more than fight in a rigid, one-on-one arena style. Elder Ma and Yu Rufeng were both gratified to see it. These youngsters were destined to become the leading generation of the Sun Moon Empire—and perhaps the entire continent. And Huo Yuhao would be the most important member among them.
At the tactical meetings, Yu Rufeng now made a point of letting Huo Yuhao and the others work out their own plans, while guiding the direction of the discussion.
Huo Yuhao hadn't disappointed him. The team battle strategy for this final had been decided jointly by Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Ma Rulong.
The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's formation was very strange. Meng Hongchen, who had taken a White Tiger Destruction Kill and only recently recovered from her serious injuries, stood at