Chapter 341: Chapter 338: Nothing But a Clown

The stadium stands were boiling with excitement.

Someone broke into the enemy lines and claimed a triple kill!

It’s the perfect display of personal heroism, how could it not make one’s blood boil?

Behind the stands was Fenghuo, pale-faced, and several other key members of Western Capital University’s team.

“So ruthless!” commented the burly tank “Wan Ren,” “Blue Spirit, Qianshu, they’re not weaklings, Luoyue is even stronger! But these three, once Gangxin got up close, were somehow taken down in just a dozen seconds.”

“Qianyuan’s strength is indeed different from ours,” said Chen Ge frankly. “Their key players graduated last year, and those who were promoted this year are only sophomores and juniors, still lacking experience.”

“We should be the strongest batch this year, let’s not have any regrets.”

Wan Ren looked at Fenghuo, “Boss, you encountered Gangxin; can you suppress him? During his trash talk, he dissed even you; we can’t let that slide.”

“The battle isn’t decided yet, Qianyuan might not lose,” said Chen Ge.

Fenghuo, who hadn’t spoken, shook his head slightly.

…

A few seconds before Bai Pu achieved the triple kill on Crescent Island, Haotian charged into the formation of Xuan Pin’s three.

The Ice and Snow Field was fully activated, and his longsword went straight for Xuan Pin.

Xuan Pin suddenly dissipated the natural energy he was gathering and turned to flee.

The other two ordinary-looking men also scattered, with none of the previous spirit of protecting Xuan Pin unto death.

Haotian was puzzled.

Could the Gate of Nature’s big move be dispersed just like that?

The two bodyguard-looking ordinary men aren’t even coming up to protect him?

Haotian immediately thought of a question, one they discussed before the match: the cooldown time of the Gate of Nature… could it be completed in a few minutes?

Generally speaking, skills at this strategic level have a very long cooldown time.

But Xili Institute of Technology decisively abandoned the fourth and fifth rounds and directly went into team battles, which made them consistently believe that Xuan Pin’s Gate of Nature defied logic and probably had a cooldown time as short as other skills of the same level.

Now the situation seems quite the opposite—

The Gate of Nature has an extremely long cooldown time!

So long that no matter how Xili Institute of Technology drags the time, it can’t be recovered!

That’s why Xili Institute of Technology decided to abandon the latter two solo matches decisively…

So when the team battle started, Xuan Pin’s pretended to gather natural energy was actually a bluff!

This means Xuan Pin cast a taunt on Qianyuan University’s four people, preventing them from executing detailed tactics, forcing them all to rush in and start a chaotic team battle.

This collective rush gave Bai Pu the perfect entry opportunity, and the combined skill of Gang Wind Falling Blade + Unstable Shield was fully unleashed, instantly dealing a heavy blow to Qianyuan University’s team!

“We’ve been played…” Haotian’s face turned somber, he raised his hand and gestured toward Xuan Pin!

Xuan Pin suddenly felt his heart constrict, and his vision turned dark, instantly frozen and falling into a coma.

[Deep Freeze]!

Haotian strode forward, his one-handed sword sweeping with white frost in a slash.

However, the moment the Frost Blade touched Xuan Pin, he transformed into white light and disappeared.

“Huh?” Haotian frowned tightly, puzzled.

His attack power isn’t as high as Bai Pu’s, even with the power amplified by Frozen Mystical Arts, it would take at least ten seconds of output time to drain Xuan Pin’s life value.

Why did Xuan Pin just give up?

A Level 6 Heroic Profession should be able to eliminate options like “fear of pain”…

Haotian didn’t have time to think more and continued chasing the two ordinary-looking men—at this time, Bai Pu had already taken down Luoyue!

Another bad news arrived.

Haotian’s last teammate, Chongyang, who was skilled in remote shooting, was slain by Blood Spider!

No wonder Chongyang only fired a few arrows at the start, then went silent the whole time; it turned out he was targeted by Blood Spider.

As an archer, facing Blood Spider, which can fight both in close combat and at range, Chongyang had no room to maneuver.

If Chongyang was under the team’s protection, he could easily shoot down two more Blood Spiders.

But due to Qianyuan University’s fear of Xuan Pin’s summoning spell, the entire team pressed forward, leaving the archer isolated, caught by Blood Spider!

Why wasn’t Chongyang allowed to press forward too?

That called for a recount of how Sword Gate University’s archer Lan Feng died at the hands of Xili Institute of Technology’s previous opponent—

simply because he pressed too close, got pulled over by Gangxin’s Lasso Strike, and was surrounded and killed, becoming the first victim in the team’s chaotic battle.

Haotian abruptly turned back, he dared not chase the two ordinary-looking men any further.

Bai Pu was already standing in front of him!

Blood Spider and the two ordinary-looking men watched from a distance, not coming to encircle.

“Stop watching, it’s just you and me, a fair fight.”

Bai Pu planted his great sword with a clang in front of him, “I’ve invited you to battle long ago, but alas, you avoided it. Now my three teammates won’t intervene, let me test the ’Western Capital’s Twin Treasures.’ I’ll say it again, I hope you aren’t all talk!”

Haotian’s face was stern; Bai Pu’s words were almost an endless insult nailed against him!

Because “hope you aren’t all talk” was exactly what Bai Pu said during the trash talk phase to provoke.

And Haotian chose to avoid the fight to go after Blood Spider.

If Qianyuan University won, the criticism Haotian faced could be mitigated, explained as “considering the bigger picture,” “sacrificing personal reputation.”

But now, Qianyuan University is at a dead end.

If they lose, Haotian would lose his last veil and be left disgraced for losing both reputation and battle, becoming a laughingstock!

One thing Haotian didn’t understand was why Bai Pu would want to risk a fair duel when they had the upper hand?

From Bai Pu’s perspective, it’s actually quite simple.

Now with victory in sight, Bai Pu wants to set up for the upcoming finals—

In the finals against Western Capital University, if Bai Pu could go up against Fenghuo, that would be the best outcome.

How to create a situation where Fenghuo feels compelled to fight?

Haotian, who is as famous as Fenghuo, is a perfect stepping stone!

So Bai Pu expends heart power to simulate this arrogant aura of “having no regard for Western Capital’s Twin Treasures.” Each of his words, while they seem to mock Haotian, actually target Fenghuo!

Those words like “testing the Western Capital’s Twin Treasures,” and “hope isn’t all talk”…

When the time comes, Fenghuo would have to step up to defend his honor and engage in a duel with Bai Pu!

Haotian raised his shield and sword, charging at Bai Pu.

The two tanks collided violently!

The battle was somewhat deadlocked, mainly because Haotian’s Extreme Ice Heavy Armor, combined with Frozen Mystical Arts, provided incredibly high defense!

But Haotian couldn’t break through Bai Pu’s defense no matter what!

They could only hear the dull sound of weapons clashing, as rolling dust swirled around.

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