Chapter 249
According to his plan, once the duel begins, he will be the one to hold off Jiang Shiyi.
The other team members worked together to quickly eliminate the two support players.
The first step of stalling Jiang Shiyi has been successful.
However, quickly eliminating those two support players caused a major problem.
Xue Zhongqi's Attack Inscription rained down relentlessly, forcing the two team members to retreat repeatedly until they were pushed to the edge of the arena.
Not only that, all sorts of Inscription Talisman, such as explosion runes and attack stacking runes, came crashing down at once.
The explosion was so loud it drowned out the entire stadium.
"We can't let them keep holding us back like this. We need to find an opportunity to make a move!" One of the team members reacted quickly, immediately stopping in his tracks and then channeling his mental energy.
A massive hurricane rapidly formed in front of him, its power far exceeding what ordinary support could withstand.
Xue Zhongqi put away his playful attitude, adjusted his breathing, stared at the hurricane that was almost fully formed, and silently recited the incantation.
--The Realm of Stars can absorb enemy attack damage and reflect it back to the enemy after thirty seconds.
"Go!" The members of the Glacier Military Academy controlled the Hurricane Regiment to attack Xue Zhongqi.
At this moment, a huge round mirror appeared in front of Xue Zhongqi, surrounded by floating starlight.
When the hurricane group reached us, it didn't stop at all, passing directly through the round mirror and then disappearing without a trace.
The team members who were waiting to see Xue Zhongqi knocked off the stage were stunned for a moment. "What's going on? I can't feel the Hurricane Team's energy anymore?"
His other teammate sensed something was amiss and, frowning, began to reveal his hand as well.
His special ability is the Sirius Blade.
He summoned the Sirius Blade and slashed it down forcefully at Xue Zhongqi. A shockwave of power appeared out of thin air and attacked Xue Zhongqi.
But the same scene appeared again: the shockwave generated by the Sirius Blade disappeared without a trace as soon as it reached the round mirror.
"It's Devouring! There's something wrong with that mirror!" shouted a member of the Glacier Military Academy.
The audience quickly realized something was amiss.
"All attack damage can be absorbed by the round mirror? Is this a skill effect that a support character can have?"
"This absorption effect must have limitations, otherwise this skill would be too overpowered."
"It seems the Glacier Military Academy team is in a bit of danger. Could they get killed by those two support players?"
Time ticked by, second by second.
After realizing that the round mirror had a devouring effect, the two members of the Glacier Military Academy immediately guessed that this devouring effect must have limitations.
The two of them simultaneously increased the frequency of their attacks.
One attack after another was absorbed by the round mirror, but Xue Zhongqi was beginning to struggle.
The ability of a round mirror to absorb energy is, of course, limited.
The stronger the attack from the Devouring attack, the greater the drain on his mental energy.
Now, most of his spiritual energy has been depleted in order to maintain the absorption effect of the round mirror.
Five, four, three...
Xue Zhongqi struggled to hold the round mirror in front of him, but his mental energy was being rapidly depleted.
2, 1.
After silently counting to thirty, Xue Zhongqi suddenly stopped.
He slowly raised his eyes, a slight smile appearing on his usually tense face, the corners of his lips curving upwards.
"Now, taste the damage of your own attacks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Zhongqi shouted and controlled all the attacks that had been swallowed up by the circular mirror to attack the two people from the Glacier Military Academy.
"What is this? He's just a support character, how did he get this kind of attack!" Both of them panicked and quickly turned around to flee.
It wasn't until the attacks caught up with them that the two realized that not all of these attacks were the ones they had just unleashed on Xue Zhongqi.
"Two members of the Glacier Military Academy have been eliminated; the match continues."
The referee swiftly intervened to save the two men and simultaneously announced the decision.
Chapter 249
The scene was completely silent; everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the battle on the fifth arena.
Due to Xue Zhongqi's counterattack, two members of the Glacier Military Academy were unexpectedly eliminated.
Only Wen Rushu remained on the stage.
"Infinite Electromagnetic Wave!" Wen Rushu shouted in a hoarse voice, and with a wave of his hand, crackling arcs of electricity appeared.
This attack's damage is approaching that of Sixth Tier.
"Indeed very strong, but unfortunately you've run into us." Jiang Shiyi calmly commented, then conjured up another energy ball containing fluctuations of mental energy.
In just a few seconds, the energy ball took shape.
A glint flashed in Jiang Shiyi's eyes as he aimed the energy ball at Wen Rushu's attack and threw it.
"Boom--"
The energy ball collided with the electromagnetic waves.
The impact of the two forces instantly forced Wen Rushu back to the edge of the arena.
He abruptly stopped, and just as he was about to continue his attack, he felt as if his body was suddenly bound by something. Then, his body was instantly lifted into the air and thrown out of the ring completely out of control.
"All three members of the Glacier Military Academy have been eliminated. In this 3v3 team battle, Leikdasi Military Academy emerges victorious," the referee announced.
Jiang Shiyi immediately withdrew his strength, put down the rocket launcher on his shoulder, turned around, and looked at Yan Yuting over there.
Yan Yuting held a long whip in his hand, with faint arcs of electricity wrapped around it, and a crackling sound could be faintly heard.
The whip that just threw Wen Rushu off the stage was the long whip in Yan Yuting's hand, the upgraded version of the Wind Shadow Whip — the Wind and Thunder Whip.
The whip was previously only imbued with the agility of the wind attribute, but later, with Xu Jintang's help, a lightning attribute inscription was added to it.
Now, the whip not only offers agile combat but also boasts powerful lightning-attribute attacks, making it even more formidable.
"Lost? How did you lose?!" Wen Rushu only realized what had happened after being thrown off the stage.
He turned to the two team members with an incredulous look on his face, "Why did you two come down here?"
The two from the Glacier Military Academy were both a little embarrassed.
One of them covered his mouth and cleared his throat, explaining awkwardly, "It was Xue Zhongqi from Leikedasi. His ability has a devouring and rebounding effect. We fell for his trick and were eliminated without warning."
Wen Rushu's face was full of anger, "You're telling me that you two were eliminated by a support player!"
"Captain, that support skill was just too unexpected; we really weren't prepared," a teammate tried to explain.
"Captain, please calm down. It really wasn't their fault. We all saw what happened from the audience. Xue Zhongqi from Leikedasi is indeed no ordinary player." The team members who hadn't played yet also came over to help explain.
Wen Rushu gradually calmed down.
He knew, of course, that his teammates couldn't have been eliminated on purpose, so the only possibility was that Leikedasi's support abilities were not to be underestimated, and that they had simply been too complacent.
Wen Rushu slowly clenched her fist, and her entire arm began to tremble uncontrollably.
This was the side effect of forcibly increasing his mental strength level. For the next twelve hours, all the nerves and meridians in his body would be paralyzed, making it impossible to activate even a trace of mental strength.
He was careless.
According to his plan, he thought that as long as they could briefly stall Jiang Shiyi, their team would have a chance to win.
The brief boost to his mental strength level had little side effect on him, at most causing his meridians to be paralyzed for half an hour. However, after that round of fighting, he had mobilized almost all of his mental strength to maintain the state of forcibly increasing his strength, and his body was clearly overloaded.
"Captain, are you still able to handle it?" A teammate noticed Wen Rushu's condition and quickly helped him up to ask.
Wen Rushu gritted her teeth in resentment, "Even if I can hold on, I won't have the strength to fight anymore."
The team members' morale plummeted.
"Glacier Military Academy vs. Leikdasi Military Academy, the second major match is a 1v1 gauntlet battle. Both teams, please prepare to take the stage."
At this point, the format of the second match had been determined.
Wen Rushu looked up and glanced at the Leikedasi team's rest area. "A 1v1 gauntlet battle, are you confident?"
The question was met with silence from the team members.
Without Wen Rushu's combat power, Leikedasi alone, a Sixth Tier fighter, would be enough to sweep away everyone on their side.
"Then let's admit defeat." Wen Rushu withdrew her gaze. Although she was still unwilling, this was the only option she had in the current situation.
The team members exchanged glances and nodded in agreement. "Yes."
Half a minute later, the referee returned to the stage and announced, "Since the Glacier Military Academy team conceded, the second match is automatically declared a victory for Leikedasi! According to the best-of-three elimination round format, Leikedasi wins this match and advances!"
This result is by no means surprising.
The audience immediately erupted in enthusiastic applause and cheers.
"Leikedasi! Leikedasi!"
[Sigh, Glacier Military Academy is really unlucky. If they hadn't run into Leikedasi, with Wen Rushu's methods, they could definitely have stayed in the knockout stage for a few more rounds and their ranking would have been much higher.]
[But Leikedasi's move was truly brilliant; who would have thought they had a Sixth Tier hidden in their reserve team? It's unbelievable.]
[Two knockout matches have already been played, and even some of the players on Leikedasi's substitute team haven't used their superpowers.]
[Yes, they won too easily. I don't think Jiang Shiyi even used his special ability. Does that count as letting the opponent win?]
In the previous match, Jiang Shiyi did not use many attack methods. Sometimes he was completely unarmed and relied on his powerful mental energy to fight against Wen Rushu.
Therefore, to this day, no one knows what Jiang Shiyi's special ability is.
In comparison, Xue Zhongqi stole the show in this match.
His ability to devour and rebound the Mirror of Stars not only astonished the Glacier Military Academy members but also broadened the horizons of the audience.