Merging with Demon Spirits-Chapter 410 - 305: Luxuriously Inhuman Configuration
Morning, seven o’clock.
Lin Feng woke up early, had breakfast, and then went to Bu Zheng’s room.
"Brother Feng."
When Lin Feng arrived, Yun Kai, Little Sister Dong, and Yue Mingming all greeted him.
Yu Qiao, as usual, just nodded as a greeting.
Although they had witnessed Lin Feng’s abilities yesterday and acted a bit fawning, calling "Brother Feng" enthusiastically, the always proud Yu Qiao, who believed he was a chosen one, was clearly unwilling to be someone’s lackey.
And this lackey was two years younger than him.
He was destined to become a top assassin, a future emperor, who had the qualifications to be his boss.
The other three substitutes, upon seeing Lin Feng arrive, nodded slightly, while the other two directly ignored him.
As substitutes, they wanted to make small talk with Lin Feng and close the distance, but towards them, Lin Feng was polite on the surface but not very approachable.
Not just Lin Feng, Yun Kai and the others were the same.
As the core group of five, they gathered together every day, forming a small clique, excluding them.
There was little to no tactical interaction, just a handful of times.
This made them angry and helpless.
The three of them were all senior graduates.
They had never interacted with Lin Feng’s group of four, the only familiar one being Yu Qiao.
Yu Qiao, who used to be a core member of the team, was extremely arrogant back then, not even respecting the team captain or vice-captain, let alone them as substitutes. Now, during Yu Qiao’s moment of pride, it was better not to interact, to avoid embarrassment.
Although they felt suffocated, fortunately, they didn’t lack resources. The three of them could only bear it.
Lin Feng also sensed the dissatisfaction of the substitutes.
Not interacting, deliberately ignoring, it wasn’t arrogance, it was just that some secrets couldn’t be known by the three substitutes.
Originally having no interaction, there was no sense of camaraderie.
In the future, they would go their separate ways, with no chance of interaction.
Moreover, in Lin Feng’s view, substitutes were unlikely to have the chance to play; understanding the soul skills and combat style was enough.
"Everyone’s here, let’s start discussing tactics."
Seeing everyone was present, the coach swiped on the tablet in his hand, connecting to the light curtain, playing some videos and text materials.
Two hours later, the tactical study was over.
Tactical study was simple, it was based on the collected data to analyze the soul skills possessed by the core members of other teams, guessing several possible tactics of other teams based on their demon spirits and soul skills.
This had been analyzed more than once before.
This time was just to reinforce the team’s memory before the match.
The Nine Elite Joint Schools didn’t need to be taken too seriously; as long as they didn’t underestimate the opponents, nothing unexpected would happen.
There was a significant gap between the Nine Elite Schools and the Three Heroic Academies, and the Nine Elite Schools weren’t contending for the top three ranks.
In previous years, there might have been a chance to fight for third place, but this year, they didn’t dare to have such extravagant hopes.
Getting fourth place would be a victory.
As one of the Three Heroic Academies, the Red Cloud Team’s main opponents were the Demon Star Team and the Great Wall Team.
Among them, the Great Wall Team was the key.
Last night, Ye Qiu, with a newly absorbed Diamond soul skill, Dark Night Mist, successfully challenged and replaced Gao Qiang as the core member.
Now the main lineup of the Great Wall Team: Ye Qiu, Zhan Tianyu, Yang Ningbing, Chen Xing, Zheng Yanni.
Among the five core members, except for Zheng Yanni, four of them have refined Earth Chart demon spirits.
In the National College Glory League, an average of five or six geniuses refines Earth Chart demon spirits each season.
But this season, it seemed as if super geniuses who refined Earth Chart demon spirits were worthless; there were actually twelve of them.
That’s twice as many.
Of these twelve people, the Great Wall Team accounted for one-third.
Moreover, the professions of these four: Berserker, Combat Mage, Thunder Technique, Fire Mage, all had explosive melee attack power and output.
The only one who hadn’t refined an Earth Chart demon spirit was Zheng Yanni, a Therapist, who refined an Eighth Grade Ice and Snow Moon Lotus. As a healing series demon spirit, the Ice and Snow Moon Lotus’s level was also high.
Moreover, according to known data, the five soul skills absorbed by Zheng Yanni didn’t include a single attack soul skill; all were support soul skills.
Such a combination of soul skills was clearly unreasonable. A Therapist inherently had low combat power, having neither an attack nor defense soul skill meant if she encountered an attack alone, the outcome was predictable.
Little Sister Dong, also a Therapist, followed the Water Series mage route, absorbing four soul skills, two attack, one defense, and one support.
It’s rare for a Therapist to absorb soul skills like Zheng Yanni; this was clearly sacrificing herself to specifically support the Thunder Series mage.
For this reason, the combination of Yang Ningbing and Zheng Yanni would have far more terrifying control and destructive power than their teammates.
Previously, Lin Feng, Yun Kai, and Dong Yunan were recognized as the top combination. Now, with Yu Qiao and Yue Mingming, an Assassin and a Summoner, the setup was even more luxurious.
But compared to the Great Wall Team, it was still far weaker.
The Great Wall Team’s configuration was so luxurious it was inhumane.
This setup wasn’t just a university team’s standard; even the Glory Professional Alliance couldn’t find a match.
This setup was entirely national team standard.
Although the level of demon spirits didn’t represent combat power and setup couldn’t decide everything, the five members of the Great Wall Team not only had high configurations but were also recognized as strong, which was frustrating.
The Red Cloud Team, Lin Feng and the others were just in their junior year, Yue Mingming in senior, and Yu Qiao just graduated, making them on average two years younger than other teams.
For equally talented individuals, a two-year gap wasn’t easy to bridge.
Although Lin Feng’s strength was formidable, known as invincible in the Sixth Grade, team battles tested coordination, not individual prowess.
Thus, the hope of winning the championship was slim.
"Everything that needed to be said has been said; preserve your combat strength. Winning against Demon Star gets you the runner-up; Great Wall’s setup is too luxurious."
The coach finished discussing tactics and left a last reminder, sounding a bit regretful.
The Red Cloud Team was very strong this year; in previous years, they could’ve easily taken the championship.
But the Great Wall Team was monstrously strong, with four Earth Chart demon spirits, while the others only had Yun Kai with one, not a comparison at all.
In other teams, some didn’t have even one.
How could the other teams compete?
"Haha!"
Seeing the coach speak like this, Little Sister Dong and Yue Mingming couldn’t help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
The coach frowned slightly, looking at the two, and asked in some confusion.
Facing such a strong opponent, can you still laugh!
Are your hearts that big?
Or have you already accepted the fact that you won’t be champions?
Hearing the laughter, Bu Zheng, sitting on the sofa aside, was also a bit puzzled.
The usually serious Yun Kai also had a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth at this moment, and they all glanced at Lin Feng in unison.
The Great Wall Team’s lineup being so formidable is entirely Lin Feng’s doing!
Yang Ningbing was originally Red Cloud’s leading Thunder Technique user and the team’s captain, but was kicked out by Lin Feng and joined the Great Wall Team.
Ye Qiu originally did not join the team until he saw Lin Feng and Yun Kai become the main force, only then did he fight with the coach to become a substitute.
It was also because of Lin Feng’s help, absorbing the Diamond Soul Skill, that his strength greatly increased, allowing him to switch from a substitute to a main force.
After all, Lin Feng is the real culprit behind all of this.
"Really annoying!"
Seeing Little Sister Dong and the others seemingly share a knowing smile, the three substitutes looked puzzled, exchanged glances, and a subtle hint of annoyance flashed through their eyes.
Once again, that infuriating feeling of being isolated.
"Really strange."
The coach muttered upon seeing everyone’s mysterious demeanor, but he didn’t care much.
It’s a good thing the team isn’t stressed.
Having finished discussing tactics, there was nothing else to do.
Everyone left the room, and the three substitutes tactfully left without making themselves uncomfortable.
"Haha!"
Seeing the three substitutes leave, Yu Qiao couldn’t help but laugh.
He could understand how the substitutes felt.
Back in the day, he was also shunned by Yang Ningbing and the others.
The national college semifinals would officially start at 3 PM, and Lin Feng’s team did not plan to go out and play, nor could they.
At this moment outside the hotel, they were already surrounded by enthusiastic fans.
Preliminary estimates put the number at least in the thousands.
And more fans continued to join.
Today, Shangjing was extremely lively, like a festival.
Yesterday’s rookie challenge was spectacular, setting a new viewership record, and it also heightened fans’ anticipation for today’s semifinals.
This particular session was particularly mesmerizing, hailed as the most outstanding in terms of talent in thirty years.
Not only fans, but even the Glory Alliance eagerly anticipated this.
Soon, some of these lucky stars would enter the Professional Alliance, becoming the stars that fans scream for.
Not only residents of Shangjing Base City, but people from other base cities and nearby satellite cities also came to Shangjing through other-dimensional space gates.
The people capable of traveling through other-dimensional space gates were all very powerful.
Most of them were interested in the competition, while the rest were strong ones specifically attending the ’Tianqi’ auction in three days.
The auction named Tianqi had not been advertised for long; only three to four days passed from the announcement to setting the time and location.
Yet in the martial artist circle, it became a well-known event, causing quite a stir.
Anyone can hold an auction, but attracting participants requires both publicity and scale.
Sometimes, just the promotional part of an auction can take up to a year or longer.
Other efforts and expenses cannot be calculated, and in order for the auction items to attract people, you must coax those with treasured items into attending the auction.
However, this auction became well-known in just three days without specially collecting treasures; those with treasures sought it out voluntarily because the eminent auction item was very valuable.
The core auction item of this event was a space ring of three cubic size.
Undoubtedly, this space ring was obtained by Lin Feng after slaying something flavorful from the sea.
Space rings are a unique spiritual artifact from the Divine Martial Continent; even Emperors cannot create them.
Such treasures are extremely rare and valuable. Any one of them, even with just one cubic space, is worth hundreds of billions.
Those who can obtain a space ring are from top-tier forces, top-tier experts, who have no lack of money. Coupled with the space ring’s practicality, very few would sell it.
With the space ring as bait, the auction attracted much attention from many conglomerates and forces. Many people took this opportunity to bring out their long-held treasures for auction.
The nationwide Glory League semifinals, the billion-dollar prize, and various factors made the auction’s influence and scale far exceed expectations.
The gathering of numerous experts also placed significant pressure on Shangjing’s security forces, as many police were deployed to maintain order, and powerful Guardians were on standby.
The original Level 3 alert was raised by one level.
Now, it’s Level 4.
This level of alert is rare, sometimes not occurring even once in several years.
At present, Shangjing drew nationwide, even worldwide, focus, and nothing could go wrong at this critical juncture...
Though the alert level was raised to 4, no one noticed a faint glow flickering near an abandoned factory building in the eastern city, where space twisted like a water curtain, and a hand suddenly appeared out of thin air, followed by a body and legs...
The figure wore black sportswear with a hood.
"Finally made it in."
The mysterious figure’s appearance was unclear; he cautiously glanced around. Seeing that he was in a safe place, a trace of smugness crossed his mouth, and he couldn’t help but laugh smugly.
The laughter was somewhat piercing.
He then pulled a phone out of his pocket, checked it for a moment, finally settled on an avatar, said something, and clicked send.
These words were not in Chinese, but in an exceedingly standard alien language.
The meaning wasn’t complicated, just six words: "The game officially begins!"
These words had once been spoken by Lin Feng at the Jade Seal Spatial Gate.
