Heavens! Is This Also Within Your Plans!?

The moment Lin Xia drew a card.

Zhu Tingyu and Liu Yucheng immediately stopped their attacks, frozen in place, their gazes fixed on the golden card.

In this world, apart from the initial awakening card, Awakened individuals.

Could only possess summon-type cards.

Not only that, but the only ways to obtain cards were by leveling up or exploring secret realms.

Regardless of the method, they shouldn't have been able to obtain a card at this stage!

"How does Lin Xia have a card!?"

The female teacher's eyes widened, "Did he enter a secret realm!?"

Xie Feng scanned Lin Xia's status panel, confirming he was only level 1. "He hasn't leveled up yet, so it's highly likely he obtained it by exploring a secret realm!"

"Heavens, this is simply unbelievable!"

"He entered a secret realm right after awakening, not only obtained a card but also came out alive?!"

"I have a question, since he obtained a card, why hasn't he leveled up yet!?"

Several teachers turned their gaze to Xie Feng, hoping for an answer.

"I don't know... this child has too many secrets!"

Xie Feng shook his head, "What I'm more curious about now is, what grade is this card!"

Listening to their discussion, Wu Ziyang sat down, holding his forehead.

He hadn't recovered from the shock of being counter-killed yet.

And now Lin Xia had done something so astonishing!

"No wonder he could kill the young master of the Zhang Family..."

Wu Ziyang's voice grew weak, filled with self-reproach, "I shouldn't have underestimated this guy..."

"Boom--!"

At this moment, a loud noise erupted from the training ground, causing everyone to stop their actions and turn their heads.

A golden light dissipated.

Majin Buu, plump and pink, wearing a cloak, stood there with his fists crossed at his waist, a confident expression on his face.

"This, this... is this a summoned creature?!"

"Holy crap, did Lin Xia summon him? Where did he get a summon card from!"

"And it's SSR grade... good thing I didn't pick him as an opponent!"

"I finally understand why Lin Xia was ganged up on by three people... Pfft, that was deserved!"

The shock on the students' faces quickly spread through the crowd.

As for Xie Feng and the other teachers, they were rendered speechless by the surprise.

At this stage, possessing a summon card was already difficult to comprehend.

To think that this card was the highest grade, SSR!

However, their shock soon turned into anticipation, eager to see Majin Buu's strength.

"Buu, your opponent is him."

Lin Xia gave Liu Yucheng a look and said softly, "Remember, don't turn him into chocolate. I don't want people to know about that ability."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fat Buu nodded and charged forward.

Liu Yucheng, seeing the pink jelly flying towards him, had already assumed a fighting stance.

"Thump!"

The next moment, with the sound of two fists colliding, Buu and Liu Yucheng began to brawl.

Buu's OVR was 89.

Facing Liu Yucheng, who only had an OVR of 71, it was like playing against an AI.

After a few rounds, Liu Yucheng was at a disadvantage.

Seeing this, the students watching not only experienced Buu's power.

But also concluded that Liu Yucheng was bound to lose.

Thus, they refocused their attention on their own battles.

Meanwhile.

On the other side, Lin Xia and Zhu Tingyu were fighting back and forth.

This forcibly drew the attention of the teachers on the high platform away from Buu.

In this gamified world, stats represented combat power.

Therefore, for two individuals who were both SSR and had an OVR of 82, the battle was a test of who could avoid making mistakes.

The battle would likely end the moment one side showed a weakness.

And precisely because of this.

Lin Xia attacked and defended with his full attention, leaving his nerves extremely fatigued.

Although he couldn't see Zhu Tingyu's expression beneath her mask.

He could tell from her gradually weakening offense that she was in no better condition than him.

"If they keep fighting like this, it'll be hard to decide a winner," a teacher on the high platform murmured.

"Lin Xia doesn't even want to win. If he did, Zhu Tingyu would have been eliminated long ago!"

The speaker was Wu Ziyang.

He crossed his arms, his expression complex, tinged with sourness and unconcealed resentment. If one listened closely, a hint of disdain could also be detected.

The other teachers exchanged glances, not understanding his words.

Only Xie Feng slowly smiled, but he didn't comment. Instead, he gestured for Wu Ziyang to continue.

"Someone who could withstand the combined assault of two people for several rounds without falling, would they be under pressure facing a one-on-one now?"

Wu Ziyang felt the teachers' observational skills were far inferior to his own. He raised his chin, a look of extreme self-satisfaction on his face:

"Earlier, when Zhu Tingyu and Lin Xia exchanged energy blasts, I noticed that as she kept firing fireballs, Zhu Tingyu's breathing became rapid.

And consequently, the power of the fireballs she launched gradually weakened.

This indicates that Zhu Tingyu expends stamina when releasing ranged skills.

Lin Xia, however, does not. His Energy Bullets seem to be a skill without cost; I didn't see any negative effects on him.

So... if Lin Xia truly wanted to win, he could have just kept firing blasts and worn Zhu Tingyu down."

Having finished speaking, Wu Ziyang swept his gaze around the crowd with a triumphant look.

"But... Zhu Tingyu was wearing a mask. How did you see her breathing become rapid?" Xie Feng asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Innate talent," Wu Ziyang shrugged.

Meanwhile.

On the field, Zhu Tingyu and Lin Xia's arms collided, locked in a stalemate. She asked, "Did you already figure out..."

"That firing blasts would drain your stamina?" Lin Xia asked with a sly grin. "How about it? Moved by my noble act of not taking advantage of you?"

"Hmph, no way!" Zhu Tingyu flusteredly pushed Lin Xia away and launched another attack.

As she fought, she couldn't understand how Lin Xia had seen through her, even though she had been so careful.

When Zhu Tingyu had initially fired fireballs, she had deliberately controlled their number to avoid revealing her stamina-draining weakness.

Yet, even so, Lin Xia had still figured it out...

This made her feel a chill of apprehension at the young man's observational skills.

After all, in a battlefield, the most crucial thing was to never expose one's weaknesses to the enemy!

It was precisely because of this that Zhu Tingyu felt a flicker of warmth towards Lin Xia's gentlemanly conduct in choosing fair close-quarters combat over wearing her down with energy blasts.

This was also why Zhu Tingyu hadn't used her strongest element, the [Poison] skill, which had extremely potent negative buffs!

Lin Xia had treated her fairly, so she would absolutely not break that fairness!

But at this moment, Liu Yucheng's shout made everyone stop their actions and turn their heads to look!

"Lin... Lin Xia!" Liu Yucheng's face was grim as he pointed at Buou, whose body was rapidly expanding, and asked in panic and confusion:

"It looks like it's going to explode... Is this part of your plan too!?"