78 Chapter 78: Team Battle (2/2)
Lily snorted. ”I'm surprised. I thought you would run away and jump out of bounds by yourself when facing me, with the excuse that a man can't go all out against a woman.”
”…uh, what?” Dong Fang Yue Chu stared at her blankly. ”You and Cody aren't confusing Ultimate Outcast with Prodigy Society or something, right?”
Lily didn't even bother to waste her breath arguing with him. She was already charging at him with her lance, ready to run him through. Ranked among the top three in Jing Tian Academy, Lily fought aggressively, yet somehow retained an impression of grace and elegance, melding strength and beauty. She was the main warrior that all girls in the academy looked up to. Even the goddess Alicia Violet couldn't compare against her in terms of brute strength and combat skill, but then again Alicia was a ranged mage, not a frontline soldier.
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Nonetheless, Dong Fang Yue Chu remained calm. Stretching out his hand, he knocked her lance aside and delivered a crushing palm strike that exploded with flames. Instinctively recognizing the danger, Lily immediately raised her shield and parried the blow. The flames washed over her, weakened slightly by the defensive aura emanated by her shield, but she was forced to retreat.
”This is…?!” She scowled and lowered her singed shield slightly. ”Seems like Richard Huang isn't the only one who rose meteorically through the ranks this year.”
Dong Fang Yue Chu smiled and shrugged again. ”Thank you for the compliment.”
On the other side of the flames, the heavily armored Adam was tromping toward us, only for Elliot to hammer his axe against him. Despite the heavy armor protecting him from being cleaved into pieces, Adam was still sent staggering backward. He raised his broadsword and hacked at Elliot, but the axe-wielder had ducked. Spinning to the side, he smashed his axe against the armored joint of Adam's knee, causing the armored knight to drop to a knee.
”Ugh!”
Elliot didn't relent and swung his axe again, this time at Adam's helm. But the heavily armored knight held up his broadsword to parry the blow. Even so, he was sent skidding a few centimeters backward.
”Kuh!”
”Wow…as expected of a Heavy Knight. Your armor is pretty tough to crack.” Elliot shook his head. ”This is going to take some time.”
”Take as long as you need to!” I called out from the side, but we had already discussed our strategy beforehand. However, circumstances on the battlefield were always evolving and changing.
I wondered how we would be able to adapt, but I guess we would see. There definitely would occur some events that we wouldn't be able to foresee.
Nicholas had already surged forward and smashed a kick into Terence's belly. The Tank staggered with a grimace, and then threw out both his arms to wrap Nicholas in a bear hug, but Nicholas quickly evaded. Appearing behind Terence, he kicked him in the back, but Terence didn't fall over. Spinning around, he threw out a hand and smacked Nicholas in the face.
”Guh!”
Nicholas landed on the ground, but he quickly rose to his feet. Shaking his head, he adopted a stance, placing one hand in front of the other. Terence slowly lumbered toward him, but Nicholas stood his ground.
”What are you trying to do? Copy Ip Man? You think you're the grand master of Wing Chun, is it?” Terence scoffed.
Nicholas didn't say anything. Instead, he merely waited for Terence to approach. When the huge guy struck him, he smacked his fist away, deflecting it aside. Deflecting Terence's heavy punches, he then twisted around and hammered a barrage of short punches into Terence's face and chest. Despite his impervious defenses, Terence staggered backward, stunned by the sudden vicious. With a growl, he swung his arm out, but Nicholas parried it and was sent skidding backward. Ducking under another punch, his leg snaked out and hooked around Terence's, and shoved it from under him. Terence toppled over, and then Nicholas quickly stepped in and hammered another series of short punches into his face. Grunting as his head snapped back, Terence retaliated with a hook, but Nicholas calmly slapped his arm away and countered with another strike to his throat.
Even so, there was no way Terence was going down that easily. Not with that sort of formidable defense. And I had matters of my own to worry about.
”Hah! With all your teammates tied up, there's no one left to protect you!” Lin Zhan Long sneered as he charged at me. It was obvious that he fully intended to lay me flat and finish me off right here and right now, and eliminate the greatest threat to his team. The moment I summoned one of my Celestial Guardians, it would be very difficult for his team to prevail.
However, much to his surprise, I ran straight at him too.
”You…!” he growled. The vice-president of Holy Saints clearly did not expect me to fight a head-on battle right from the beginning. He had assumed that I would try to hide behind my comrades and rely on them to buy me enough time to summon my big guns.
That would be the wise thing to do, and probably the most optimal strategy. Unfortunately, it also made them very predictable.
Lin Zhan Long didn't care about all of that, however. He began laughing when he thought I was recklessly running toward my death. He was aware of my other summoning spells but he was confident that his melee skills were better than mine. So even if I…
”Gemini!”
…fought him with my Constellation weapons, he was confident that he would still be able to overpower me.
Lin Zhan Long swung his sword at my head, but I dropped to my knees and skidded underneath his swinging blade while slashing at his legs with my Gemini twin swords. Lin Zhan Long wasn't able to lower his shield in time, and blood spurted from twin wounds.
”Ugh!”
He staggered and glared at me in shock.
”How?!”
I merely stood back up and smiled. Twirling my twin swords, I then readied myself for another attack.
”What are you still standing there for?” I asked as I charged at him again. ”The match has already started long ago.”