Chapter 59

The situation was indeed as Li Yao had predicted, with the scales of victory tilting irreversibly towards the Blue Team.

From the large screen in the monitoring center, it was clearly visible that within less than three hours, the Blue Team had completely regrouped.

They formed core combat units of three to five members, mostly from the same school and region, familiar with each other, and with a reasonable mix of offensive and support players, making their attack and defense seamless.

The distance between each combat unit was just right, and all the units formed a large circle, surrounding the "command center" led by Gao Ye and supported by over a dozen players with management talents!

The command center was the brain, and all the combat units were the fists. The Blue Team swept from the north of the Demon Dragon Island all the way to the south.

Both teams were randomly selected, with overall strength being roughly equal. Fighting an organized combat formation against a disorganized group was a one-sided slaughter!

Along the way, whether it was beasts or Red Team players, almost none could withstand the Blue Team's assault.

Even if a few powerful Red Team players could hold out for a while, three to six Blue Team combat units would immediately surround them, cutting them down with a flurry of attacks, sending them into the gel and expelling them from the exam!

By the time the first day was halfway over, the Red Team had lost over 120 players, completely disoriented and in disarray.

The Blue Team, on the other hand, had only lost a mere 30 players, and as their coordination became more proficient, the Red Team's activity range was further compressed, and the "casualty ratio" between the two sides continued to widen.

"There's no suspense anymore. At this rate, the Red Team will be completely annihilated in less than a day and a half!" Several experienced officers in the monitoring center were very certain of their conclusion.

Many cultivators also sighed, not expecting the Blue Team to produce such a heaven-defying command genius, achieving a crushing victory with minimal effort.

For the ordinary players on both sides, it was somewhat unfair.

But this was reality; in a real battlefield, luck sometimes mattered more than strength.

In a corner of the monitoring center, Xie Tingxian and Ding Lingdang both frowned deeply. They hadn't expected such a one-sided situation, and even if Li Yao's personal abilities were strong, it wouldn't make a difference now that the Blue Team had the upper hand.

He would find it very difficult to make it into the top 300.

"Li Yao, what are you waiting for?"

The two of them stared intently at the small red dot representing Li Yao on the large screen.

From the big map, it was clear that Li Yao's small red dot had been stationary in a dark corner of the northern part of Demon Dragon Island, not moving at all.

Even when a large cluster of blue dots rolled over him, he didn't show any intention of jumping out.

Now, Li Yao was already in the Blue Team's rear.

The surroundings were empty, and all the other Red Team players had been eliminated, leaving only four Blue Team patrol squads still roaming and patrolling.

In the deepest part of the dark shrubs, a pair of eyes slowly opened, radiating a fierce light.

Like a ravenous vulture that had spotted the fattest lamb.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle," the shrubs shook, and Li Yao emerged at a steady pace.

He carefully examined the footprints on the ground and the marks on the tree trunks, then slithered up a large tree like a python.

Li Yao moved silently among the branches, faster than running on the ground.

Soon, a patrol squad of three Blue Team candidates appeared in his line of sight.

As expected, all three of them were holding melee magical artifacts he had assembled.

Li Yao smiled slightly; this situation was within his calculations.

In the preliminary round, he had assembled hundreds of melee magical artifacts, and with only 600 candidates entering the final round, almost everyone had one.

With the Red Team losing some players, their magical artifacts had definitely been taken by the Blue Team.

"The magical artifacts in your hands were all assembled by me—how can you fight me?"

Li Yao kicked off with his legs, the force so great that the branch beneath him snapped with a "crack."

He then descended like a giant owl, pouncing on the Blue Team patrol squad!

"Enemy attack!"

The Blue Team patrol squad, after half a day of cooperation, had developed some默契 (rapport) and did not panic at Li Yao's ambush.

In almost 0.1 seconds, all three activated the startup arrays of their melee magical artifacts.

The chainsaw sword roared, the thunder battle knife began to vibrate, and the blade of the burning sky battle axe turned a bright orange in an instant!

But in the next 0.1 seconds, all three felt a sharp pain in their palms, as if a sharp current surged from the handles of their weapons into their arms, all the way to their hearts, stinging them fiercely!

"Ah!"

The three patrol members simultaneously let out a scream, their bodies stiffening involuntarily for a second!

In that brief second of stiffness, two black streaks flashed past their necks, and just as they were about to touch their skin, three Puchi beasts promptly sprayed gel, firmly protecting the three Blue Team members and cutting off their hopes of advancing further!

The three Blue Team candidates were judged as failed and exited the competition!

"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"

Their points were immediately transferred to Li Yao, and he shot up over 30 places on the leaderboard!

"What happened?"

In the monitoring center, many cultivators had witnessed this brief ambush.

They were puzzled by the clearly clumsy performance of the three Blue Team members.

"Why did the three Blue Team members act so foolishly, all freezing up at once? If not for that second of stiffness, they could have sacrificed themselves to take out this Red Team member!"

"Hmm, this Red Team member seems to be the expert in assembling hundreds of melee magical artifacts during the preliminary round. I didn't expect him to last this long and take out three Blue Team members at once. His strength is so great!"

"No, something's wrong, something's wrong. There's a problem with the weapons of the three Blue Team members!"

Some discerning cultivators immediately saw through the situation, and everyone turned their gaze to Xie Tingxian.

Xie Tingxian had been watching Li Yao's impressive performance with wide eyes. Only after Li Yao disappeared into the darkness again did he let out a long breath, revealing a look of enlightenment.

Surveying the room, Xie Tingxian smiled and said:

"Everyone, there's no need to be surprised. This Li Yao student made some small modifications to each magical artifact he assembled. He designed a small spirit energy circuit that allows each artifact to be remotely controlled by him at close range, causing a momentary spirit energy overload, leading to a small spirit energy pulse."

"This pulse is very weak and has no significant destructive power, at most causing the user to be paralyzed for one or two seconds."

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