According to the rules, Xiao Qiong and Fred switched positions in the next round.

Fred touched Flying Squirrel's head with heartache: "You've worked hard, Ella!"

Ella rubbed his fingers, and when she found that others were looking in this direction, she immediately "whoosh" back into his hat, and then carefully stuck her head out and looked in the direction of Gu Xingmian.

Gu Xingmian was whispering to Xiao Qiong.

After he finished speaking his thoughts, he looked at Xiao Qiong nervously: "Is it feasible?"

Xiao Qiong thought for a moment, and then said: "It's feasible!"

With Xiao Qiong's words, Gu Xingmian was relieved immediately.

Ever since Xiao Qiong was chosen, he had been holding back a grudge in his heart.

He was not trying to prove himself, but just didn't want to be a burden to Xiao Qiong.

Wright asked them, "Are you ready?"

Xiao Qiong glanced at Gu Xingmian, who nodded. Xiao Qiong then said, "I'm ready."

Wright reminded him, "Do you need to take another look at the auxiliary cards?"

Xiao Qiong shook his head.

When he caught Fred, he already knew the functions of the five auxiliary cards and didn't need to look at them again.

Wright handed the five auxiliary cards to him and asked them to take their positions.

After standing still, Gu Xingmian suddenly became nervous.

After all, he grew up in a peaceful environment. His understanding of the so-called battle came from games. Now he was going to fight with real swords and guns. No matter how much he convinced himself, he was still a little unsure in his heart.

Xiao Qiong seemed to sense something, and turned around and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."

Such a simple sentence was inexplicably full of power.

Gu Xingmian stretched out his hand.

Xiao Qiong was stunned, but he also raised his hand.

Gu Xingmian high-fived him: "Don't worry, we won't lose!"

The palms separated as soon as they touched, and Xiao Qiong couldn't help but clench his fists, as if he could keep the warmth in his palms.

"Well."

Wright looked at both sides: "Begin!"

The classmates were all excitedly looking forward to Fred's move, but unexpectedly, Xiao Qiong was the first to make a move.

He didn't turn around and run, but rushed towards Fred and the others.

Fred was caught off guard, thinking that he was still in the last match. The fear of being powerless in the face of Xiao Qiong surged into his heart again, and he subconsciously dodged.

The brilliant flames instantly blocked Fred's sight.

By the time Fred reacted, a long line of fire had separated them.

With just this one flaw, Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian had already run a long way in each direction.

Fred was regretful and angry.

Xiao Qiong, you are really going too far!

"Ella!"

As he called out, the flying squirrel instantly grew larger, and he jumped onto the back of the flying squirrel and glided across the line of fire.

But at this time, Gu Xingmian had already run into the bushes, and his figure instantly disappeared into them.

Xiao Qiong ran towards the tall trees, which was completely opposite to him.

Fred hesitated for a moment.

If he followed his heart, he would rush towards Xiao Qiong regardless of everything, just like he did to him before, forcing him to use up all the auxiliary cards and finally have to surrender.

But he finally calmed down.

His plan from the beginning was to capture Gu Xingmian.

Xiao Qiong's strength is obvious to all, especially after the last round, he was even more determined.

If Xiao Qiong wanted to, even if he didn't use auxiliary cards, he might be able to kill himself in this forest by kiting.

On the contrary, Gu Xingmian, who has not shown any special abilities so far, might still have a chance to be captured.

After Fred made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and turned to go to the bushes.

But he didn't expect that Xiao Qiong would come back to harass them when he ignored him.

If you try to catch him, he will just turn around and run away. You can't catch him and it's a waste of time. If you don't catch him, the stones and branches that hit him are really annoying.

Fred's angry and helpless expression made the students who were watching laugh.

"Fred is so miserable!"

"He can actually ignore Xiao Qiong's harassment and concentrate on chasing the UR card. I admire his determination!"

"If I were him, I would beat up Xiao Qiong if I lose this game!"

Eric bumped Fufeng Lin's arm: "Lin, have you figured out the strategy of the boss and Xingmian?"

Fufeng Lin was also a little confused: "It seems that the boss deliberately provoked Fred to chase him, and then Xingmian took this opportunity to hide, but Fred was calmer than expected and did not fall for it."

Eric thought thoughtfully: "Even if he was not fooled, such a long time should be enough for Xingmian to hide. The bushes are relatively large, and the trees there are denser, which blocks the view. Apart from anything else, it should be no problem to hide for twenty minutes."

Xiao Qiong caught Fred in twelve minutes and twenty-one seconds. As long as Xingmian can hide for longer than this, he will win.

"That's not necessarily true." Song Nanting suddenly joined the discussion.

Eric: "?"

"Ella's sense of smell is very sensitive." Song Nanting said, "If you want to win by hiding, you are naive."

Fred, who was standing by the bushes, thought the same.

Ella shrank back to her original size and squatted in Fred's palm.

Fred touched Ella's head: "Go Ella, find him out!"

Ella's pink little nose shrugged, jumped from Fred's palm, opened her flying membrane, glided to a tree, and then slid in another direction without hesitation.

Fred pinched a binding auxiliary card and followed Ella.

Xiao Qiong was still following them not too far away, harassing them.

Fred no longer had a temper with him now, and could only silently recite "calm down" in his heart and ignore him the whole time.

Suddenly, Fred felt a widening in front of him, and then he realized that they had walked out of the bushes and a river appeared in front of them.

And Ella also stopped.

The smell was cut off here.

...

Eric suddenly realized: "Water can block the smell. Xingmian must have hidden in the water. In this way, even if the flying squirrel has a strong sense of smell, it is impossible to find him so easily! This strategy is amazing!"

Immediately, someone else retorted: "But this river is not wide, hiding in it has no shelter, and Ella can fly. It is easy to find her from the sky."

"Not necessarily." Fu Fenglin observed more carefully than them, "Ella seems to be afraid of water."

"???"

...

Fred stood by the river, feeling doubtful.

He didn't know whether Gu Xingmian had hit Ella by accident or really knew that Ella was afraid of water, but he was indeed in a dilemma.

If he wanted to chase her, he would have to separate from Ella, but if he didn't chase her, he would not be willing to give up.

And he had to make a decision quickly.

Just standing by the river, Ella was almost frozen with fear.

Fred gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Ella, go to the shore and wait for me, be careful!"

Ella nodded obediently and quickly slid to the tree on the shore.

Fred took out two auxiliary cards, one of which turned into an ice crystal and fell on the water, forming a small piece of ice. He jumped on it and then used the other to form another piece of ice in front.

He used these two auxiliary cards back and forth and chased to the middle of the river. As expected, he saw Gu Xingmian swimming hard in the water.

Fred was shocked and sped up to catch up.

Just when he was about to catch up with Gu Xingmian, he suddenly dived. Fred hurriedly took out the restraint card and threw it at Gu Xingmian, but he didn't expect that it didn't touch Gu Xingmian's body at all. After failing, it turned into a card again and sank.

Fred: "!!"

He didn't believe it and took out another attack card, but it still failed at such a close distance.

Fred was stunned.

He suddenly remembered that after the school selection was over, Julian was so angry that he attacked Gu Xingmian, but the hidden weapon did not hit Gu Xingmian, but hit the wall instead.

Afterwards, he heard Julian muttering that he was clearly attacking Gu Xingmian and even entered a combat state at that time. It was originally 100% certain to hit, but in the end he failed inexplicably.

Could this be the ability of the UR card?

The students watching the video were also discussing.

"What's wrong with Fred! At such a close distance, he missed both attacks?"

"Maybe it was an accident..."

"Once is an accident, but twice, it's too weird!"

Eric and Fu Fenglin looked at each other and thought of Gu Xingmian's new skill that Xiao Qiong had mentioned before.

Eric: "Could it be..."

Fu Fenglin put her index finger on her lips, signaling him to be silent: "Don't talk, ask them after class."

Eric immediately shut his mouth and stared at the screen with wide eyes, trying to verify his guess.

Gu Xingmian was like a fish swimming, taking advantage of Fred's daze to quickly swim forward for a distance.

He even emerged from the water and waved Fred's binding card: "I picked this up in the water. It shouldn't be one of the five auxiliary cards, right? Can I use it?"

Wright: "..."

He didn't expect to be able to find such a loophole, but the rules didn't say so, so he could only helplessly say to the controller: "Yes."

His voice was transmitted to Gu Xingmian and Fred through the camera.

Gu Xingmian's expression was delighted, and he quickly said to Fred: "Brother, throw some more auxiliary cards over!"

Fred: "!!!"

How could there be such a disgusting God Card in this world! !

However, no matter how angry he was, he had not completely lost his mind. Knowing that Gu Xingmian might have the skills to avoid the attack, he would certainly not be so foolish as to send him cards. But if the stalemate continued and exceeded the time limit, he would still lose.

Fred took out a range attack card, which did not require aiming, and used it directly on Gu Xingmian.

But at this time, a huge shield blocked Gu Xingmian, and the original attack all hit the shield, and Gu Xingmian, who was hiding behind it, was unharmed.

Fred then realized that Xiao Qiong had also chased him at some point, and unceremoniously attacked him with the remaining auxiliary cards.

Fred: "!!!"

He hurriedly dodged Xiao Qiong's attack, but almost fell off the ice.

Ella is afraid of water. As his card master, Fred is not much better. Otherwise, he would have jumped into the water to catch Gu Xingmian. He would not be trapped in the middle of the river by the two of them.

He is obviously the attacker! ! You two defenders are so arrogant to take over the game. Isn't it too much? !

Seeing Fred being teased by Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian, the students who were still laughing at the joke turned to sympathy.

"Fred is so miserable..."

"If he is not afraid of water, he may win, but unfortunately..."

"It seems that Xiao Qiong and the others should have won."

Just when everyone thought that Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian had won, an accident happened.

Ella had been watching them from afar on the shore. When he saw Fred come to the middle of the water, he was so anxious that he started chewing his claws.

After seeing Fred almost fall into the water, he could no longer bear it. His body suddenly became larger and flew towards them like a kite, trying to save Fred.

But he was too afraid of water. When he glided to the middle of the river, he could no longer overcome the fear in his heart. His body shrank rapidly as if the air was deflated and fell straight down.

"Ella!"

Fred's eyes were bloodshot. In his fear, he completely forgot that he could still take Ella back into his spiritual body and dived directly into the water to save Ella.

Gu Xingmian kicked the water with his legs and turned in the direction of Ella.

Almost at the same time, Xiao Qiong used the last auxiliary card in his hand - air bullet, and the powerful impact made Gu Xingmian rush out like an arrow.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the water surface, Ella's big eyes were full of fear, and his body was so stiff that he couldn't move.

But just when he thought he was going to fall into the cold water, an embrace full of security caught him.

Gu Xingmian's hair was still dripping with water, but he was careful not to let the water droplets fall on Ella. Looking at the little flying squirrel with panic still in his eyes, he gently comforted: "It's okay, don't be afraid."

Ella: "!"

His expression immediately changed from o((⊙﹏⊙))o to o((￣︶￣))o

Gu Xingmian let Ella lie on his head and swam towards the shore.

On the other side, Xiao Qiong also rescued Fred who had swallowed a mouthful of water, and in order to prevent him from being afraid and grabbing people randomly, he used the restraint card given to him by Gu Xingmian, and carried Fred who was tied up like a dumpling to the shore.

The onlookers were stunned.

"Oh, this..."

"If I remember correctly, Fred is the attacker, right?" Is it okay to be tied up?

The classmates looked at Wright and Dai Boyu at the same time: "Teacher Wright, Instructor Dai, in this situation... who is the winner?"

They didn't know that Wright was also going crazy inside.

In fact, in Ludwig Gwen's battle video, he and his God Card used harassment tactics to deal with the opponent during the escape process, constantly consuming the opponent until the final victory.

He originally wanted to wait for the students to experience the difficulty of this situation, and then release Ludwig's video so that they can have a deeper understanding of the so-called "strategic escape".

After all, shouldn't everyone be like Fred in the last round?

Now, Xiao Qiong, such a troublesome thing, doesn't play by the rules and directly leads other students astray.

No one thought about the topic of this class anymore. Everyone was discussing how the defender could kill the attacker with only five auxiliary cards.

Wright: ...

I think you are going to kill me!!!

Dai Baiyu looked at Wright with sympathy. In fact, he still admired Xiao Qiong very much, but at this time, he should not say anything to hurt Teacher Wright.

Not long after, they saw Xiao Qiong and his friends walking back from the river. Gu Xingmian was holding Ella in his arms. The little flying squirrel's claws gently hooked the clothes on Gu Xingmian's chest and rubbed them happily, completely forgetting about his own card master who was walking at the end and was in a daze.

Eric rushed towards Xiao Qiong excitedly: "Boss! That's awesome!!"

Xiao Qiong dodged his overly enthusiastic hug.

Fu Fenglin behind him was more careful and had prepared a towel early: "Wipe it first."

Xiao Qiong took the towel and covered Gu Xingmian's head directly, and started to wipe him.

"Hey!"

Gu Xingmian's eyes went dark, and a force of varying degrees of strength came from the top of his head, like an electric current passing through his spine and all the way to the soles of his feet, making him shiver involuntarily.

"Don't move." Xiao Qiong's low voice came through the towel.

No one has wiped Gu Xingmian's head since he started elementary school. Boys are very rough. They just wipe their hair casually after washing it, or don't wipe it at all. It's common for it to drip water.

Gu Xingmian always felt that something was a bit weird, but he couldn't tell.

Forget it, just treat him as Teacher Tony.

Gu Xingmian hypnotized himself.

Tony Xiao wiped Gu Xingmian's hair, put the towel on him, and then casually smoothed his hair and called it a day.

The group came to teacher Wright who had a complicated expression.

Everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian.

Xiao Qiong frowned and calmly blocked Gu Xingmian with his body.

Wright's mood had gradually calmed down at this time, and he coughed lightly: "In this round just now, it counts as... Xiao Qiong's victory."

Although he had guessed the result a long time ago, Fred still clenched his fists in disappointment.

At this moment, a pair of hands holding Ella was handed to him: "A temporary victory or defeat is nothing, don't worry about it. - Ella is very worried about you!"

Fred raised his head and looked at Gu Xingmian in a daze.

There was no mockery or sympathy on his face, just a very natural expression. When Ella jumped on him, he waved and returned to Xiao Qiong.

Ella rubbed Fred.

Fred came to his senses and whispered, "I'm sorry to have worried you."

Gu Xingmian didn't think much about it. "Friendship first, competition second" is a saying that has been ringing in his ears since he was a child. Although he was very angry at Fred's strategy against him at first, after so long, his anger has almost subsided. What's more, Fred rushed over to save Ella at all costs, which made him quite moved.

Eric and the others were surrounding Xiao Qiong and asking about the details of the game just now.

Xiao Qiong frowned slightly: "It's not me. The strategy just now was Xingmian's idea."

Everyone looked at Gu Xingmian in surprise.

Gu Xingmian knew that Fred chose Xiao Qiong as his opponent because of his weakness, so he decided to use himself to lure him.

Eric asked hurriedly: "How do you know that Fred and Ella are afraid of water?"

Gu Xingmian blinked: "I didn't participate in the first round, I was just observing from the side and found that they all escaped around the river, and I asked Xiao Qiong to try Fred and Ella's fighting habits more, and found that they were more evasive to water-related auxiliary cards, so I wanted to give it a try."

Everyone suddenly understood.

Fred realized something and asked Xiao Qiong: "So in the first round, you didn't tease me on purpose, but just wanted to test our fighting habits?"

Xiao Qiong said calmly: "I never do anything unnecessary when I fight."

Fred pursed his lips and looked at him straight: "I lost."

Eric muttered: "Didn't you lose in the first place..."

Fred seemed to have put down a heavy burden and looked at Gu Xingmian: "Just now in the water, my attack was clearly aimed at you, but I didn't hit you. Is this...your skill?"

As soon as he asked the question, everyone fell silent. Even Wright and Dai Baiyu pricked up their ears.

Who made Gu Xingmian so mysterious? No one knew his skills until now.

Gu Xingmian laughed: "This... This is not a skill, it's just a simple refraction of water..."

After guessing that Fred and Ella were afraid of water, he thought that they should rarely fight on the water. In addition, card masters don't study physics, so he boldly used this method.

Moreover, in the last round, he found that Fred was cautious and preferred to use high-precision single-target attack auxiliary cards. In the case of refraction, the more accurate he was, the more likely he would fail.

So Gu Xingmian took advantage of Fred's personality trait, and Fred did not let him down.

Gu Xingmian explained the principle of refraction.

Immediately, a classmate suddenly realized: "Yes, I only knew that the things in the water seemed to be a little farther than what we see with our eyes, but I don't know why, it turns out to be like this..."

Gu Xingmian was surrounded by them and was almost carried away.

I didn't expect that I had a talent for fighting!

At this time, a cold wind blew, and Gu Xingmian, whose clothes were not dry, shivered and sneezed loudly.

Xiao Qiong immediately came over and drove away everyone who was surrounding him: "Go back to my spiritual body, I will take you back to change clothes."

Gu Xingmian rubbed his nose, knowing that this was not the time to be willful. After all, the God Card could not use the Treatment Card. It would be troublesome if he really got sick.

Xiao Qiong asked for leave from Wright again.

Wright had heard about his special affection for his God Card, so he could only wave his hand helplessly and let him go and come back quickly. As

soon as Xiao Qiong left, other students immediately rushed to raise their hands to be the defender.

Wright: "......!"

He said unhappily: "What do you want to be? Watch Admiral Gwen's video first!"

"Ah--"

Everyone was very disappointed. In front of the temptation of the offensive defender, even the video of Admiral Gwen that they had been looking forward to before became boring.

However, when Wright played the video, everyone's attention was quickly attracted.

Admiral Gwen was a man who looked very gentle and gentle, but his God Card was a majestic white tiger with a pair of wings.

"So cool!"

"Such a powerful card is only an SSR?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about..."

Dai Baiyu said, "Admiral Gwen's God Card is known as one of the strongest SSRs in the world. If you can join the First Military Region in the future, you will be able to meet him."

These words made the students excited, and they no longer clamored to try the offensive defense side, and devoted themselves to learning with a hundred times more enthusiasm.

On the other side, the only UR card Gu Xingmian was humming weakly in Xiao Qiong's spiritual body.

Xiao Qiong was speechless: "Weren't you quite energetic just now?"

Gu Xingmian: "There are so many people! I, a UR card, don't have face!"

Xiao Qiong rubbed his forehead: "When the tacit understanding was zero points, why didn't you think about face?"

Gu Xingmian was silent.

Xiao Qiong felt a little regretful. He just had the habit of arguing with Gu Xingmian. He didn't expect that Gu Xingmian, who was usually careless and heartless, would care about such things.

Just when he was hesitating about how to explain, he heard Gu Xingmian say: [Machines are very rigid. How can they understand what tacit understanding is?]

Xiao Qiong: [?]

[When we were in the water before, we had a good understanding!] Gu Xingmian muttered, [Don't worry about it...]

Xiao Qiong stopped.

The sound in the spiritual body gradually became smaller. It was Gu Xingmian who fell asleep due to exhaustion.

At that moment, Xiao Qiong felt that his spiritual body seemed to have become soft because of him.

Then, he felt Gu Xingmian snore in his spiritual body, and because he was too tired, he slept like a pig.

Xiao Qiong: ...