Chapter 41

All eyes turned to him, awaiting his next answer.

But then Yan Zitao coughed awkwardly, "I can't guess what she's going to do either."

Let alone what Xu Jintang was going to do next, he hadn't even expected the auxiliary class to challenge him.

The students in the neighboring remote attack class have also just received a notification from their homeroom teacher.

Squad leader Mu Guang began brainstorming, "What are everyone's thoughts on this?"

A few of the more arrogant students immediately spoke up, "Then let's fight! Their support has come to us; we can't be cowards."

"Perfect timing. I'm feeling bored after school starts, so I'll challenge someone to a fight to kill time."

Wei Zixuan lowered his head and coughed frantically beside him.

Mu Guang turned his gaze to him, "Wei Zixuan, you and Xu Jintang used to have a good relationship. What do you think she did this for? To show off? Or because she doesn't like us?"

Wei Zixuan cleared his throat. "Squad leader, you've misunderstood. She's not the kind of person who likes to show off. The reason she did this was actually to protest against the fact that the auxiliary squad couldn't participate in the Military Academy League selection."

He quickly recounted the protests by Xu Jintang, Teacher Zhuang, and others.

Mu Guang fell silent. "In that case, it makes us look a bit like the villains. If we win in the end, it certainly won't be fair."

One student hesitated before speaking up, "But we can't just throw the game to the support class out of a sense of loyalty, can we?"

"I think..." Wei Zixuan said tactfully, "Let's just play normally."

Based on his understanding of Xu Jintang, even if they performed normally, their chances of winning were very slim.

Anyway, from the moment he heard the challenge, he was prepared to lose, but he wasn't sure to what extent.

Mu Guang nodded in agreement, "Zixuan is right, everyone should just perform normally. How about this, after class, everyone set aside some time, and we'll meet up to discuss a plan."

"Also, Zixuan, you're now part of our long-range attack team, so don't go and tip off Xu Jintang halfway through."

Wei Zixuan quickly agreed, "Don't worry, I'm tight-lipped."

Chapter 41

The sky gradually darkened.

Meanwhile, the students in the three first-grade classes were gathered in their respective classrooms, preparing for the upcoming challenge.

In the brightly lit classroom, Xu Jintang stood in front of the podium and raised his hand to signal for quiet.

The previous noise vanished instantly, and everyone's eyes turned to Xu Jintang.

"Let me explain our strategy for this challenge. As a support team, our weaknesses are obvious: we are weak in strength and have limited attack options. Therefore, if we want to win, we must play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses."

When Xu Jintang gets serious, he can actually be quite convincing.

The students below nodded in agreement. "The class monitor is right. So... how should we play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses?"

Xu Jintang gave Xue Zhongqi a wink, "The vice class monitor will explain the specific arrangements for me."

Xue Zhongqi coughed lightly, immediately stood up, and walked to the podium, fanning himself with a folding fan. "Everyone is familiar with siege warfare, right? This battle mode involves two teams: the defending side and the attacking side. They are enemies to each other, and the key to victory or defeat is whether the city is successfully defended or ultimately breached."

Qin Shuxue asked, "So, we're going to have a defensive battle against the other two classes?"

"That's right." Xue Zhongqi nodded. "We'll defend the city, while the other two squads will attack. It will last for a week. If we successfully defend it, we'll win."

Qin Shuxue pondered for a moment, "This is indeed a way to play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses. The defending side will have some advantages. Moreover, the other two classes combined have twice as many people as us, and they are all combat-type abilities. Letting them attack the city is fair."

Xu Jintang nodded, "If everyone has no objections to this arrangement, I will go to discuss this matter with the class leaders of the other two classes first thing tomorrow morning."

"We have no objections, we'll listen to the class monitor!"

Xu Jintang's classmates had reached a very high level of approval, unanimously agreeing without a single objection.

"Alright, that concludes today's class meeting," Xu Jintang announced, dismissing the class.

After leaving the classroom, the stars in the night sky outside shone even brighter.

The crescent moon slowly climbed to the treetops.

Xu Jintang returned to his dormitory alone, and as soon as he entered, he received a video call from Song Duoduo.

"Sigh, I was also assigned to the support class, but the atmosphere at our school is pretty good, and the pressure isn't too great. Many upperclassmen take good care of the freshmen. How's it going on your end?" Song Duoduo asked with expectant eyes.

Xu Jintang nestled in the sofa, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The situation on my end is a bit tense right now."

"Huh?" Song Duoduo was stunned.

"Exactly, in a few days our support team will have to fight with the other two team leaders," Xu Jintang replied succinctly.

Song Duoduo's eyes widened. "It's only been a week since school started, right? Is Leikedasi really that scary?"

"It's alright, it's alright." Xu Jintang didn't elaborate.

Song Duoduo didn't think much of it and quickly changed the subject, "By the way, have you seen Song Tianqi?"

Xu Jintang: "I messaged him on the first day of school, and he said he was still secretly training outside and didn't know when he would return to school."

Song Duoduo clicked her tongue in amazement, "Special admissions students are really different! Everyone else has already started school, but he's still secretly training."

The two chatted for a while longer, and seeing that it was getting late, Song Duoduo took the initiative to end the call.

Xu Jintang returned to the cultivation room, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate his spiritual power.

The next morning, Xu Jintang and the class monitors of the other two classes met in an empty classroom to discuss the challenge.

After listening to Xu Jintang's proposal for a defensive strategy, Yu Wanyao and Mu Guang exchanged a glance.

After a moment of silence, Yu Wanyao nodded in agreement. "Okay, we'll be the attacking side."

The fact that they were able to become class monitors shows they have the ability.

Moreover, the attacking side actually has the advantage over both classes.

Both melee and ranged attacks are abilities with extremely high burst damage. If they were really made to defend the city, they would be forced to stay inside and not come out, which would be frustrating.

The teachers, having heard the news, chatted about it enthusiastically in their offices.

Which side do you think has a higher chance of winning?

Wu Jinghong put down her water glass, glanced at her, and said, "No matter which side has a higher chance of winning, I'll definitely bet on our support team."

"Hey, since we've got nothing better to do, how about we make a bet?" a teacher suddenly suggested.

Wu Jinghong glanced over and said, "That's fine, but a bet without a stake isn't fun."

The teacher who made the suggestion smiled and said, "It just so happens that a hot spring resort opened across from our school recently. They say that soaking in the hot spring water there can cleanse the impurities and turbidity in one's mind. How about whoever loses treats everyone to a hot spring?"

Wu Jinghong pondered for a moment, "Since we're using the students for a bet, why not change the stakes to: whoever loses treats the winning students to a hot spring?"

"I think it's feasible." The head teacher of the ranged attack class nodded in agreement. "Consider this perk a reward for the winners of this tournament."

The other teachers nodded in agreement, "Okay, it's settled then."

During the second class, Wu Jinghong specifically mentioned the hot spring reward to her students.

The classroom immediately erupted in excitement.

"Winning means a free hot spring bath! I heard that hot spring is quite expensive, costing over 900 star coins per person."

"Not for anything else, but just for a free hot spring bath, we absolutely have to win this time!"

Upon hearing that a hot spring bath cost nine hundred star coins, Xu Jintang began to lament the high prices in the Federation Star Region.

In the past, this would have been enough for her food expenses for a month.

"Alright, quiet down." Wu Jinghong's expression turned serious again, and she began the lesson.

An hour passed, and the long and tedious class came to an end.

After Wu Jinghong left the classroom, the students immediately surrounded Xu Jintang excitedly.

"Squad leader, when are we going to play against the other two squads?"

Xu Jintang tidied his desk and straightened his back. "The agreed-upon time is this weekend. Everyone should report their abilities to me in the next few days so I can think about our defense strategy."

"Good!"

That afternoon, more than half of the students filled out the forms with their supernatural abilities and handed them in to Xu Jintang.

When Xu Jintang returned to the dormitory to rest at night, he leaned back on the sofa and checked the supernatural abilities of each of his classmates one by one.

[Name: Xue Zhongqi]

[Special Ability: Star Scepter]

[Special Ability Effect: Each time this effect is triggered, it creates Soul Link between the user and an enemy unit, sharing health and damage, but granting the user 50% immunity to damage received. This effect lasts for one minute.]

Xu Jintang stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Xue Zhongqi's move was quite interesting. Combined with the damage output of his Inscription Talisman, his fourth-place ranking in the joint entrance exam was truly well-deserved.

She looked away and continued reading.

I soon spotted a familiar name.

[Name: Yan Yuting]

[Special Ability: Toast Pineapple Bun]

[Special Ability Effect: Each activation of this ability summons ten Toast Pineapple Bun. Consuming these buns increases movement speed and physical strength by 5% for five minutes, and also provides a rapid recovery of mental energy.]

She still had some recollection of the Yan siblings.

With such a special ability, it's not surprising that he was able to get into Leikedasi.

"They're all talented," Xu Jintang remarked, feeling relieved about the upcoming challenge.

Time flew by and the weekend arrived.

The news of the first-year support class's challenge has spread throughout the school.

Thanks to the efforts of the three homeroom teachers, Wu Jinghong, the school leaders were very cooperative and willing to provide the advanced simulation pod to the students of the three classes free of charge.