The captain of the Battlewaste team, Jing Lie, had certainly never heard of a Hexagonal Warrior, and even if he had, it wouldn’t have caused him to waver.
Jing Lie nodded, his expression void of any emotion.
“Since you are determined to throw your lives away, then come. I will show you just how cruel a true Shenzhou Cup match can be.”
The five members of the Battlewaste team spread out across the far end of the arena, standing in a straight line against the barrier at even intervals, effectively segmenting the field into equal zones.
Jiang Ke’er thought for a moment and decided to abandon the 2-2-1 formation the Bagpipe Squad usually employed.
“Jie Shui, stay back; you only need to protect A Miao,” she said.
“Understood,” Jie Shui replied, complying with the order.
“Ruan Ruan, stay on the flank and wait for an opening,” Jiang Ke’er continued.
“Got it.”
“Then…”
“Begin!”
Following the referee’s command, Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian charged out from the left and right, while their opponents stood still, merely lifting their hands with calm composure.
The rings on their ten fingers flew out, glowing with blinding brilliance, and hovered in the air around the five members of the Battlewaste team, forming fifty points spaced at perfect intervals.
Jiang Ke’er realized what they were doing instantly, her expression shifting slightly.
The rings began to rotate at high speeds, whipping up vortices of Spiritual Energy, and at the center of each rotation, a spark of deadly intent began to emerge.
Zzz-hum
Fifty beams of light, as thin as hair, shot out simultaneously! The scorching heat filled the air with the stench of something burning!
These terrifying lasers even carved deep gouges into the arena floor; their destructive power was clearly staggering. The slightest touch would surely result in a scene of torn flesh and shattered bone!
What made it more troublesome was that the lasers were a continuous attack, leaving no room for a moment’s breath.
Their thin profile meant high efficiency in Spiritual Power, minimizing consumption while maximizing cutting ability and sustainability… it was as if this laser fire was an inescapable web of knives, closing in on her and Qiao Xiaoxian!
The lasers moved in rapid, intersecting patterns, creating a complex web that was nearly impossible to calculate!
The best approach would have been to avoid them entirely before the web fully formed, but they had clearly missed that optimal window.
Now, both she and Qiao Xiaoxian were trapped within the web like meat in a grinder.
Jing Lie remained expressionless; he only felt a sense of utter boredom.
Once the laser web was fully formed, no human brain could calculate its path, leaving no possible route for escape.
If they were high-ranking cultivators with deep reserves of Spiritual Power, or tank-type cultivators bolstered by powerful protective artifacts, it might be different.
But Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian were clearly specialized in agility, their physical forms far too fragile.
‘They must be resentful of the report claiming their team’s weakness is assassination,’ he thought.
‘That is the only reason they would act so foolishly and throw themselves into danger like this. How tragic. Such a waste of youthful arrogance.’
The laser attack shifted and narrowed constantly; it was clear that survival was only possible for a fleeting second, and that opportunity was dwindling by the moment.
It was certainly tricky, but in Jiang Ke’er’s view, the difficulty wasn’t in the calculation—it was in the speed and the gaps.
Controlling the rings’ rotation was clearly simpler than trying to control one’s own body.
However, the lasers formed from Spiritual Power were not actual light and possessed an attack delay.
The opponents had to anticipate their movement angles and rotate the rings in advance, making this, in essence, a battle of raw calculation.
Jiang Ke’er pursed her lips, spotted an opening, and suddenly lunged to the right.
The five Battlewaste members scrambled to adjust the orientation of their laser rings, never expecting that Jiang Ke’er was only feigning the move!
Jiang Ke’er’s frame was small, and that momentary error in their direction was enough to tear open a gap for her to pass through… she didn’t even have a single thread of her clothing torn!
At the same time, a layer of scales manifested on Qiao Xiaoxian’s skin.
She stomped her foot against the ground and, with disdain, charged head-on into the lasers, rushing toward the five members of the Battlewaste team!
If Jiang Ke’er’s clever escape had only mildly surprised the team, Qiao Xiaoxian charging through the lasers unscathed terrified them to the brink of death!
Qiao Xiaoxian held a dagger, her frame slight and slender; no matter how one looked at her, she was an assassin.
Yet, she was displaying a terrifying level of defense that was hundreds of times harder than a tank-class cultivator!
By now, Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian had covered a third of the arena’s distance; to the five members of the Battlewaste team, this was an unfathomable reality!
A team composed entirely of Magic Cultivators was extreme, and every fight was like a tower defense mission.
Either the opponent died on the way, or if they got close, the magic users were doomed to meet an immediate, violent end.
Therefore, the distance between them and Jiang Ke’er was the ticking countdown to their own demise!
“Switch!”
Jing Lie immediately changed tactics, pivoting to an explosive barrage of Spiritual Power bombs!
The fifty rings converted from laser emitters into heavy cannons! Jing Lie and the other Magic Cultivators formed hand seals, their output of Spiritual Power becoming denser and brimming with raw force!
Jing Lie’s strategy was clear—since his initial assessment had been wrong and he had mistaken the new recruit for an assassin-type, he would change his approach.
He would lower the density and speed of the spells, instead increasing armor-piercing capabilities and area-of-effect knockback!
The fifty rings became like fifty tireless artillery stations!
Bang bang bang bang, they fired a dense, lethal volley of Spiritual Power shells, ruthlessly bombarding Jiang Ke’er and Qiao Xiaoxian!
Jiang Ke’er nimbly dodged, but the overly dense and chaotic shockwaves kicked up a spray of shrapnel like a storm.
She had to admit that the Battlewaste team’s extreme, violent lineup had many merits—she had suffered a few scrapes, and that was even in a state where she had released the Double Bracelet Seal, increasing her power a hundredfold.
Had she been under the prior seal, she surely wouldn’t have lasted a single round.
She responded with calm focus, maintaining ten times her normal speed to weave through the violent bombardment, searching for any break in the storm.
This had already exceeded Jing Lie’s expectations.
Jiang Ke’er’s speed had broken through the limits of his imagination; she was the fastest Five Elements Realm cultivator he had ever seen… no, even in the Six Harmonies Realm, only one other person could compare to her.
Still, Jiang Ke’er was an Agility-type cultivator. Just as the intelligence report stated, it was no surprise that she was fast.
But could someone tell him what was going on with that blue-haired girl over there?!
Qiao Xiaoxian was moving casually, as if taking a stroll through a rain of artillery.
Her speed appeared slow, but her efficiency and the precision of her calculations… were not the slightest bit inferior to that exceptionally fast Qing Yi!
If that were all, it would be one thing!
But in the midst of the chaos, she still found time to raise a hand and form a seal.
The sharp debris kicked up by the explosions hung suspended in the air around her, a faint blue fluorescence appearing on their surfaces.
She had infused them with ice power, turning the debris into even sharper, piercing ice shards!
What in the world! Is she a Magic Cultivator too?!