At the moment he lost his footing, she chose to approach!
“You fell for it!”
Ding Qiu’s eyes flashed. Without another word, he followed the plan. Just as Li Xiaoyin was within five meters, he gritted his teeth and detonated an explosion by his side.
Peng!
The shock wave of the explosion instantly enveloped the two of them.
Two figures emitting black smoke were sent flying at the same time.
With a bang, Ding Qiu fell off the stage. He was covered in wounds and had already fainted. His body was covered in a protective shield made of runes, blocking any further damage.
This was the protection of the arena array. When a contestant was about to suffer a life-threatening serious injury, it would automatically activate to provide protection.
The medical staff immediately came to treat his injuries. Everyone from the Crown Faculty quickly surrounded him, worried that something had happened to him.
After confirming that Ding Qiu was not seriously injured, his teammates heaved a sigh of relief. Then, their hearts skipped a beat.
“Did you succeed?”
“Did you injure Li Xiaoyin?”
Everyone looked at the misty arena, unable to see clearly.
Zhou Jing looked over and the corners of his eyes twitched. He shook his head helplessly, “Looks like it didn’t work…”
As soon as he finished speaking, a shock wave was set off, and the fog on the platform cleared.
Li Xiaoyin had found a stone slab to land on. Her injuries were much lighter than Ding Qiu’s. Her entire body was enveloped in a pale white spherical shield. Ripples kept spreading out from the shield, as if it was temporarily constructed by tiny shock waves.
This was not an arena protective array, but a shield made by her ability.
“Phew… That was close. I almost got eliminated. Fortunately, I was vigilant.”
Li Xiaoyin dispersed her shield, her forehead covered in sweat. It was obvious that she had used up a lot of energy, but she still had a happy smile on her face.
From the superpower development course, not only did she learn the technique of compression, but she also learned the technique of shaping. Unfortunately, the time was too short, and the latter had never been mastered.
However, she took a different approach. By continuously releasing small shock waves to resist the power of the enemy’s attacks, she could maintain them around her and formed a rough and simple shield. This reduced most of the damage.
She had never used this move in public before. It was only during the critical moment just now that she used it for the first time. No one knew about it before.
“Her ability can actually create shields?!” Everyone was shocked.
If not for this move, she would definitely be severely injured!
The information was incomplete. Ding Qiu’s strategy had failed, causing the hearts of the Crowns to sink.
Deng Yunjie shook his head and exhaled, “Ding Qiu has already done very well, but he still didn’t succeed. Li Xiaoyin really won fair and square.”
The plan of both sides suffering heavy losses had failed, causing the Crown’s side to lose a powerful player. This was a loss, but Deng Yunjie was not vexed. After all, this was a gamble to win.
Hearing this, everyone from the Crown Faculty looked at Li Xiaoyin, indignant and helpless.
At this moment, Li Xiaoyin suddenly walked to the side of the stage and stuck her head out to look at Ding Qiu, who was being sent on the stretcher. She gave a thumbs up and praised,
“Good lord, this person is good. He almost caused me to lose. I’ll remember him. Let’s fight again in the future.”
“Bastard, are you provoking us?!” Tang Liu flew into a rage and rolled up his sleeves. “Others are afraid of you, but I’m not!”
When Li Xiaoyin heard this, she turned around and saw Tang Liu. She chuckled, “Little brother, why are you so hot-tempered? Do you want to fight me in the next round?”
“I…”
Tang Liu was about to agree when Zhou Jing quickly pushed him away.
“Alright, if you win, go back. Why did you come over to talk? Are you trying to show off?”
Zhou Jing looked at Li Xiaoyin with an annoyed look.
“Can’t I come and chat with you? Don’t forget, we’re going to have a heroic battle today.”
Li Xiaoyin snorted.
The corners of Zhou Jing’s mouth twitched, “Why should we do a heroic battle? You’re a woman, and I’m a man. If we want to fight between a man and a woman, we shouldn’t do it here…”
Li Xiaoyin’s eyes lit up as she teased, “Oh, Jingjing knows how to tease people now. My love for you has increased by 2.5%.”
“Forget it, hurry up and return to your team. You’re chatting with me on the stage and delaying the competition. How does this help everyone?” Zhou Jing was speechless.
“Anyway, I’m waiting to fight with you today. You had better not be too afraid to step on stage.”
Li Xiaoyin stuck out her tongue at him slightly and made a face. Only then did she jump back to the Banners team to treat her light injuries.
“This wacko has also gone astray now…” Zhou Jing rolled his eyes.
However, the audience knew that the two of them were friends and did not find it strange they could chat like that.
While they were not in the same faculty, this naturally did not mean that they would need to break off all ties. The academy would not be so inhumane.
The Crowns had failed to blast through the gates of success and their morale was not high, but the competition still had to continue.
Deng Yunjie could only change his strategy and protect the remaining points. He would use the ordinary contestants to tank the other party’s Class S core players, and then use his own core to fight the enemy’s ordinary contestants to obtain points. It was equivalent to exchanging points.
After taking advantage of the situation, the Banners did not continue to wander around. They no longer aimed to attack the opponent’s core players and instead began to arrange the troops normally.
After all, the Crowns had Zhou Jing as their trump card, which was also a strategic deterrence. The instructors of the Banner Faculty were still quite afraid of him.
Because Li Xiaoyin had gone on stage first, the Banner team did not dare to guarantee that their other core members would definitely win against Zhou Jing, so they assumed a safer strategy of fighting.
Both sides quickly finished the first round and probed each other. In the end, only nine people from the Crowns advanced and entered the next round with a disadvantage in numbers.
In the second round, the Banners left Li Xiaoyin as a backup. While they wanted to take out Zhou Jing, but at the same time, because they were afraid of being taken out by Zhou Jing, they did not dare to send out the other cores first.
As for the Crowns, they were at a disadvantage since the Banners had two trump cards to play. Therefore, the Crowns were also worried that their core would be taken out, and they did not dare to take the risk to attack the seeded players first. They were very conflicted at this moment.