Bei Bei shared his analysis with the other four.
"If Sanshi and Nannan win, we'll have the initiative. Our opponents will be desperate to win the second match, so our best choice is to avoid their edge for now."
Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ning Tian nodded. Bei Bei continued.
"Yuhao, Wang Dong, your Martial Soul Fusion Skill is excellent, but its limitations are too great. Our opponents have already seen it and will be on guard."
"Given your individual abilities and the strength you've shown publicly, I think Lu Yi's Invisibility combined with Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing is the better choice."
Bei Bei turned to Wang Dong and Ning Tian.
"That means I'll have to ask you two to sit out the second match. You only need to concede as soon as it officially begins!"
Ning Tian's boosts to both speed and strength could give Bei Bei an enormous lift, enough to rival a Soul King.
But for Huo Yuhao, who focused on spiritual power, and Lu Yi, who attacked from afar, those boosts would offer little benefit.
After weighing everything, Bei Bei had no choice but to sacrifice Ning Tian and Wang Dong's chances to fight. He felt he owed them both an apology.
Ning Tian was understanding. She knew Bei Bei was thinking of the bigger picture, so she simply nodded and agreed to follow his arrangement.
Wang Dong felt stifled, but Bei Bei was the captain and the Tang Sect's senior disciple. By duty and by friendship, she had to obey him. In the end, she gave a reluctant "Mm."
Just as Bei Bei thought the plan was settled, Lu Yi, who had said nothing until now, spoke up.
"Brother Bei, I don't think we need to fear them at all. They should be afraid of