Cattail fly (1)
The six-sided snowflake formation was like a hard turtle shell, making it impossible to attack from any direction. It could also shrink freely, and the two layers of forward and reverse bidirectional battle formation inside and outside refreshed the cognition of everyone present.
The tactician on the viewing platform stared at the snowflake formation on the training ground without blinking, leaving Bai Qiqi helpless.
Jun Xiaoyi whispered, "She's really amazing."
The triangle formation was trained together by him, Shi Jianxia and the cubs, but Shi Jianxia had never mentioned the six-sided snowflake formation in front of him. It seemed that when she was training the triangle formation, she had considered that this formation might be learned by others, so she had been thinking about how to restrain it.
He also thought about this problem and gave many assumptions, but none of them were ideal.
Wen Qiuqiu glanced at him sideways, then looked away, staring at Shi Jianxia's serious expression without blinking.
Baili Xuanyao and others had the same reaction as Jun Xiaoyi. Even those who were not tacticians could see the power of the six-sided snowflake formation.
Before this, no one thought that the triangle formation could be restrained in this way.
Even someone as strong as Bai Qiqi had no idea how to deal with it. She tried to have her soldiers break through the snowflake formation from above, but Changliu Mountain immediately used its mimicry talent [Changliu Divine Shield] to cover the entire snowflake formation. The Divine Mountain in the inner circle also quickly flew up to resist the attack from above.
Without a level advantage, the general platform was in no good, destroying the first energy shield, as well as the second and third ones.
The endless stream of mimicry talents made Bai Qiqi feel indescribably irritated and difficult.
After another fruitless attempt, she ordered her soldiers to retreat. Turning to look at Shi Jianxia, who was sitting in the rear with a composed demeanor, she said frankly, "I surrender."
After the words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent.
Bai Qiqi looked calm, not showing any sign of frustration at the defeat, nor did he feel ashamed that as a top tactician, he lost to the freshman Shi Jianxia.
She admitted defeat so readily that Shi Jianxia was also stunned. She touched her nose a little embarrassedly and said, "Thank you."
To be honest, "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has no rivals in the same level of mimicry. It may not be able to win in a one-on-one fight, but with more than 800 second-level mimics, no one can outlast it.
The six-sided snowflake formation made it impossible for Bai Qiqi to attack, but many of the sacred mountains in the formation were also defeated in the battle. The difference between her and Bai Qiqi was that her sacred mountains could be replenished, and even without the sacred mountains, she still had the cubs.
As long as Bai Qiqi cannot absolutely crush her, it is impossible to win this game.
The snowflake formation was indeed a battle formation she came up with after much thought and consideration after she discovered the tricky aspects of the triangle formation. Her initial idea was the Tai Chi Bagua formation, but she knew nothing about Tai Chi Bagua. She just thought the name sounded awesome, but she wasn't sure how awesome it was. After tinkering with it for a while, she came up with the six-sided snowflake formation.
Of course, she was extremely confident in the six-sided snowflake formation. The cubs cooperated seamlessly, and they had been invincible in dealing with the Zerg in the simulated Zerg-occupied area of the Xuan Tower.
Compared with the triangle formation, the six-sided snowflake formation has a higher degree of coordination and is more difficult to imitate.
Bai Qiqi took back the command platform and before leaving the training ground, he turned his head and said to Shi Jianxia, "You are very good. Let's arrange a training match next time."
How could Shi Jianxia not agree?
She made such a big fuss at the No. 7 Correction Training Ground, wasn't it just to fight against the strongest people from the five major military academies of the Federation and thus improve her strength?
Bai Qiqi smiled and nodded.
The challenge ended much faster than expected. To the surprise of most people, the winner was not Bai Qiqi but Shi Jianxia. Many military academy students who had made sarcastic remarks before now had swollen faces.
Baili Xuanyao, as the second challenger, stood up from his position.
Although Bai Qiqi failed in the challenge unexpectedly, the cadets of Xingqiong Military Academy were still very supportive and cheered him on.
Baili Xuanyao walked into the training ground, smiling broadly, and said, "Xia Xia, how about we have a discussion?"
Shi Jianxia had felt since the first time he'd seen him at the points race that he looked gentle and refined, but in reality, he was full of evil intentions. Hearing him say this, his heart skipped a beat, but he still asked, "What are you discussing?"
Baili Xuanyao frowned in distress. "Look, I'm just a tactician. I'm not good at individual combat. I definitely can't win a fight with you. It just so happens that you also have such powerful triangle formations and snowflake formations. How about letting me temporarily recruit some military academy students so that they can also experience the power of the snowflake formation?"
Watching from an outsider is a completely different feeling than experiencing it firsthand.
In particular, Baili Xuanyao could see that it took Shi Jianxia's mimics a long time to train the snowflake formation. Each mimic had a perfect understanding of each other, and even if one mimic was defeated, the others could quickly fill the position.
The fighting styles of Jiang Yingdu and others have already been established. As opponents, they probably know each other's strengths and weaknesses better than he does. He is tired of fighting with them. Now that he has such a good opponent like Xia, how can he miss it?
Shi Jianxia didn't expect him to have such an idea, and she didn't want to suffer any loss. "Then aren't you going to team up with others to beat me up? That's so unfair."
All the military cadets: "..."
Why didn't this guy think about whether it was fair or not when he was shaking his mimicry and beating up others?
Baili Xuanyao touched his nose and said, "You can't say that. This isn't a formal competition. Sharing ideas with each other will help us all improve."
Shi Jianxia wasn't really stubborn, "Okay, but I have a request."
Baili Xuanyao had guessed that she wouldn't refuse, so he immediately asked, "What's your request?"
"I want every foreign player you find to fight with me." Shi Jianxia said bluntly.
Baili Xuanyao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Shi Jianxia made such a big fuss at the Lianwu Exchange Forum. The purpose behind it is not difficult to guess, and now he has laid it out.
She wants to make the top fighters of the five major military academies of the Federation become her whetstones.
"No problem." Baili Xuanyao agreed immediately.
While Shi Jianxia is honing herself through others, isn't she also allowing others to understand her from all aspects?
With her current momentum, she will definitely participate in the next league. How to deal with Shi Jianxia will become a difficult problem that the other four military academies will have to face together.
Seeing that he agreed so readily, Shi Jianxia promptly gave him the recruitment rights.
Baili Xuanyao didn't want to make the scene too big, so he only asked for sixty people, which was about the same number of second-level mimics summoned by Bai Qiqi in the previous match.
He did not recruit people randomly, but selected sixty people from the Starry Sky Military Academy to enter the training ground. They were all sophomores and juniors in the combat department of the military academy.
Seeing this scene, some people gasped, "These are all cadets from the Xingqiong Military Academy who participated in the last league. Is such a big show necessary?"
The people around him rolled their eyes at him. "Even Bai Qiqi has no way to deal with the snowflake formation. If Baili Xuanyao doesn't act more cautiously, won't he be the one getting eaten?"
This is a bit exaggerated, but there is some truth to it.
The soldiers summoned by Bai Qiqi's command platform only had level two combat power, which was almost the same level as the Shenshan people. The reason why she admitted defeat was that she realized that she could not defeat Shi Jianxia when their levels were equal.
Baili Xuanyao naturally discovered this, so he needed all members to have level three combat power to test the offensive and defensive limits of the snowflake formation. The sixty military academy students he selected were all familiar with his command style, and they cooperated well and could execute his orders as perfectly as possible.
The second challenge begins.
Sixty cadets and the same number of sacred mountains were stationed on both sides of the training ground.
Shi Jianxia was also not vague. He commanded the Shenshan to form a snowflake formation, and the military cadets formed a small triangle formation, quickly surrounding the snowflake formation.
Many military academy students watching this scene from the stands were baffled, wondering, "Hasn't Bai Qiqi already failed to deal with the snowflake formation? Why is Baili Xuanyao still doing this?"
Jiang Yingdu, who was sitting in the front row of the viewing platform, narrowed his eyes slightly and explained to Jiang Xinyuan, who was also confused, "The snowflake formation can make the triangle formation lose its advantage of being able to attack and defend. However, with the suppression of the third-level formation against the second-level formation and the tacit cooperation of the cadets at the Xingqiong Military Academy, it can form a counter-attack."
On the viewing platform belonging to the Beilie Military Academy, Que Jinghong watched intently the two sides fighting on the training ground.
As Jiang Yingdu said, the scattered small triangle formations were like wedges, firmly wedged into the depressions outside the snowflake formation. The disparity in combat levels made it impossible for the Shenshan people to deal with Bai Qiqi as easily as before.
Baili Xuanyao also learned the lesson of Bai Qiqi's "going deep into the enemy's territory alone" and only fought with Shenshan on the periphery. The military cadets who formed a small triangle formation cooperated very well, and it was obvious that they had practiced well.
Shi Jianxia knew that there was not much point in releasing the cubs to fight Baili Xuanyao, so like Bai Qiqi, he admitted defeat calmly.
The level of the sacred mountains is too low. Once suppressed, the snowflake formation will find it difficult to exert its original power. Although continuously releasing mimicry can have a delaying effect, using it in this kind of training match is a waste of time.
Baili Xuanyao also smiled and said thank you.
Compared to Shi Jianxia's victory over Bai Qiqi, his victory over Shi Jianxia was undoubtedly unfair. Not only was he restrained by his combat level, but the cadets under his command were all strong and well-trained. There was nothing to be proud of in such a victory.
He would fight this battle with Shi Jianxia not to win, but to test the upper limit of the snowflake formation.
The advantages of this formation are obvious. It covers the inside and outside, leaving attackers with nowhere to attack. The disadvantages are also not difficult to find. It is too rigid. Once the movement starts, the formation can be easily destroyed.
After Baili Xuanyao, challengers one after another came onto the training ground, and Xia sometimes won and sometimes lost.
For the cadets of Lianwu, it has become a habit to take some time out every night to go to the No. 7 correction training ground in Xuanta to watch Shi Jianxia fight with the top combat forces of various major military academies.
During this period, Shi Jianxia maintained a points race every three days. From not being able to even make it into the top 50 at the beginning, to making it into the top 10 and top 3 later, anyone could see how fast she improved.
Shi Jianxia found some free time and went to the insect-occupied area to exchange all the insect crystals he had earned from the No. 7 Correction Training Ground.
The accounts of Xuan Tower and the Insect-occupied Zone are connected, and people with special abilities often use Insect Crystals as trading currency. The batch of Insect Crystals that Shi Jianxia exchanged were of a large quantity and high grade, so the Insect-occupied Zone reported to its higher authorities before agreeing to her exchange request.
In addition, Shi Jianxia would also go to the Linhai Quarantine Station to hunt insect vortexes for the cubs. Thanks to her diligence, several cubs with stronger combat power, such as Bifang, have upgraded their potential level to A-level, and many have upgraded to B-level, and Gonggong has even upgraded to S-level.
It is not easy to raise the mimicry potential to S level. Shi Jianxia decided to let Gonggong stop devouring the insect vortex, and then assign the A-level insect vortex found to Yinglong, and slowly improve the mimicry of the divine puppet one by one.
The reason why Yinglong was chosen as the second mimic to be upgraded to S-level was mainly because Changxi and Gonggong did not intend to expose Xia in front of others. She still needed a more powerful combat force in public, and Yinglong was very suitable.
Not only that, the mythology chapter has also awakened new mimicry one after another. "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is still in the process of upgrading. It took two or three months to upgrade from C level to A level, and it is estimated that it will take longer to upgrade from A level.
Fortunately, the combat level of the mimics such as Changxi and Gonggong has been upgraded to level four, their strength has been greatly improved, and they are steadily approaching level five.
But Shi Jianxia could clearly feel that the mimics' digestion of insect crystals had slowed down. They could no longer sleep for an hour or two after eating the insect crystals and then get up to play mischief like the first and second levels.
I think this is because higher-level insect crystals contain more energy, and the mimics' ability to consume energy is limited, so it takes more time.
On this day, Shi Jianxia was hunting insect vortexes outside the Linhai isolation wall. 朏朏 and Nine-tailed Fox and a few other less powerful guys were already familiar with this job, so when they arrived at the place, they each brought a few of their younger brothers to work according to the tasks assigned to them by Shi Jianxia.
The first and second level insect crystals are no different from snacks to the cubs. When they are tired from working, they grab a few and swallow them with a roar, but they will not insist on eating more.
Shi Jianxia set KPIs for them, and those who completed the tasks would receive extra rewards. Of course, the smart and cunning cubs would not lose the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds.
Gonggong and other water mimics soaked in the water, controlling the water flow to search for the queen insects. As their level increased, they could enter deeper sea areas. The levels of the queen insects they hunted were basically between B and A, and they did not encounter any S-level ones.
This is normal. The offspring bred by S-level queen insects have great potential and are more agile. They will not easily appear in the sea near the land. They know how to hide themselves, quietly improve their strength, and wait until the right time to organize the insect swarm to launch an insect tide.
Shi Jianxia was burning the Zergs hunted by the cubs into ashes on the shore. The job of the little guys was to pick them out of the Zerg crystals, sort them into storage boxes, and then pour the ashes into the sea.
While they were busy, Gonggong suddenly emerged from the sea, with water dripping down his solid abdominal muscles. The scene was very pleasing to the eyes, and his snake tail swayed slightly on the sea as he swam towards the shore.
Behind him, the rolling water carried a pale skeleton. The moonlight in Changxi's domain shone on the skeleton, adding a sense of coldness.
The sea is the most dangerous and mysterious place. From ancient times to the present, countless people have been buried at the bottom of the sea. In the corners of the deep sea undercurrents, many people cannot even keep their bones, but this skeleton is very complete.
Gong Gong saw that Xia didn't notice him, so he controlled the water column to turn into a small hand and gently pulled her cloak, "Xia Xia, look at this skeleton, it seems to be holding something in its hand."
He is not shy and is even very irritable at times, but he feels a little embarrassed when facing a little girl like Shi Jianxia.
Before, when Gonggong saw that Xixi had something to do with Shi Jianxia, he would stretch out his little claws to pull her trouser legs or grab her cloak. Now he followed suit, which was really a cute contrast.
Chang Xi chuckled softly.
Who would have thought that the water god Gonggong would be so embarrassed?
Shi Jianxia put away the Bifang Fire in his hand, turned around and was frightened by the white skeletons at first, but quickly regained his composure and looked in the direction Gonggong pointed.
The skeleton was carried by the current and placed steadily on the beach. Its length when lying horizontally looked to be more than 1.8 meters, and the skeleton was also very large. Judging from the pelvis, it was a male skeleton.
Its hands were closed, tightly gripping a roll of paper.
The man had turned into a smooth and translucent skeleton, but the paper object in his hand was not damaged at all and was emitting a bright white light, obviously not an ordinary thing.
"Can it be taken out?" Shi Jianxia went to the side of the skeleton and took a look at it.
Even after death, the deceased still holds the paper so tightly. This roll of paper must be very important to him.
"Let me try." Gonggong said.
He controlled the water flow over the skeleton, trying to peel the thing off, but he didn't expect that the skeleton's knuckles seemed to contain a mysterious power, holding the paper scroll tightly and not allowing anyone to touch it.
Gonggong was afraid of damaging the bones, so he didn't dare to use too much force and was in a dilemma for a moment.
Shi Jianxia waved at him and said, "Let me try."
After she finished speaking, she covered her hand with a thin film of energy and gently touched the skeleton's knuckles. She originally just wanted to test the strength of the knuckles, but the energy in her hand was suddenly pulled by an unknown force and flowed from the skeleton to the paper scroll through that connected point.
The jade-like paper scroll became translucent and delicate at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like a withered seedling nourished by fairy dew. The knuckles that were tightly holding the paper scroll also loosened.
Shi Jianxia was startled and quickly withdrew his hand. The paper scroll, no longer able to support itself, fell onto the skeleton with a clatter. The edges naturally unfolded, revealing a few words in the corner -
Baipu Xingjun clan.
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