206 Wait and See (1/2)

As Tang Wulin watched the matches progress, he formulated a plan.

Half an hour later, they were called for their match.

Tang Wulin led the way, followed by Xie Xie… and Xu Xiaoyan.

Indeed, Gu Yue wasn’t participating.

After scrutinizing the previous battles, Tang Wulin was confident and saw noneed to reveal Gu Yue. Not to mention, their opposition hailed from a smalltown’s intermediate academy. In Wu Zhangkong’s own words, their sole objectivewas to become the champions. Tang Wulin understood his teacher’s philosophy andas such, regardless of their opponents’ strengths, their main objective wouldnot change.

A devious strategy was required for such a goal. Since Gu Yue was without adoubt class zero’s strongest student, it was best to conserve her strength forfuture matches.

Although Xu Xiaoyan wasn’t powerful in the daytime, her awareness and teamcoordination were excellent. When a crucial moment arrived, she would be theone to capitalize on it.

Xie Xie described her as a radiant and pretty young lady, but in reality shewas a two-faced little schemer.

Xu Xiaoyan’s eyes sparkled at the unexpected chance to appear in the firstmatch. When she had heard of the others’ victories in the individualcompetition, she was wrought with envy. However, she understood that herabilities were not suited for a one versus one scenario; it would have beenfoolish to follow the trend.

Even though the team competition’s first round was scheduled today, how couldXu Xiaoyan  have imagined that she would be participating? Contrary to herbeliefs, Tang Wulin swapped her in.

Once Tang Wulin’s group arrived on the stage, their opponents soonappeared—three teenagers about fourteen to fifteen years old.

When these teenagers from Seafare Academy saw the youthful faces of theiropposition, joy washed over them like summer rain.

It was as Tang Wulin had guessed: Seafare Academy was mediocre and focused alltheir resources on their representative team.

When they had thought of themselves as mice in a world of men, theyencountered a team of brats. How could they not feel as if Lady Luck wassmiling down on them?

Aren’t these kids only about eleven or twelve? That’s a huge gap in age! Theircultivation should be weak then.In an instant, their faces lit up.

The referee climbed onto the stage. “You have thirty seconds to prepare. Thecountdown will begin at five seconds. The rules state that you cannotdeliberately disable your opponent and you must immediately cease battle if Iorder so.” His tone was monotonous after repeating the same thing for countlessbattles.

“My name is Mo Ka and these are my teammates, Yu Shi and Duanmu Lianlian. Youkids are from Eastsea Academy?” They had also checked the matchups.

Kids? Tang Wulin smiled humbly. “Yeah! Seniors, we’re first graders fromEastsea Academy. Please advise us.”

Xie Xie’s initial reaction was to explode in anger, but stopped himself whenhe saw the hand signals Tang Wulin flashed behind his back. Xie Xie understoodhis teammate’s intentions and  lowered his head quickly to hide his face.

Xu Xiaoyan wore an odd expression. This guy! Isn’t he usually an upright andvirtuous captain?

“Five, four, three, two, one, begin!

With that declaration, class zero’s first official team battle began.

Tang Wulin took the initiative to charge forward. Like in his individualmatch, he did not bother to release his martial soul yet. Doing so would cost aprecious second at his cultivation level. Every second mattered and all of hisactions were done for the sake of efficiency.

Though he couldn’t compare with Xie Xie in speed, he was not inferior when itcame to explosive power. With a simple stomp of his foot, a boom resounded. XieXie jumped into action after Tang Wulin, all according to their plan. The twoadvanced in tandem, Tang Wulin in front and Xie Xie hidden behind like a shadow.