Chapter 11 Focus Battle
Xu Lingqu glanced at his personal information in the intelligent brain. Sun Liao was from the second galaxy. His mental strength level was A. His physique did look like he had received professional training, but other than that, there was nothing special about him.
As soon as these words came out, the other non-combat team members became even more embarrassed.
A female analyst mustered up the courage to say, "How can we help you? Actually, I learned some basic fighting skills before I enrolled." Her name was Lin Xiao. She looked like a well-behaved girl and spoke softly and politely.
However, Sun Liao wasn't very grateful: "That's enough. How can you help? I'm still relying on myself against seven of them."
"Are you sure you can fight seven alone?" Xu Lingqu spoke. It would be more accurate to say that Sun Liao was not upset because of the unbalanced grouping, but rather that he was relying on his sole combat direction to challenge everyone in the same group.
Winning or losing is not important to him. What is important is to take advantage of this opportunity to brag about himself and act tyrannically to make others feel guilty.
His self-esteem was like a bubble flying in the air. He didn't even need to do anything. The airflow generated by a light word could shatter it completely.
As expected, Sun Liao jumped up and down, his face flushed red. He rushed over and was about to grab Xu Lingqu's collar, but she dodged to the side and avoided his outstretched hand.
The movement was too fast, and Sun Liao, who had his hand half extended, was stunned. This also gave the other team members time to stop him and separate the two people.
"Stop arguing. The most urgent thing now is to decide the order in which we go up." Lin Xiao, the girl who had initially initiated the peace talks, stepped forward to mediate the situation again. She glanced at Sun Liao hesitantly, then said, "Mr. Sun, if you feel wronged, you can choose the order in which you want to go up."
This was exactly what Sun Liao wanted. He snorted coldly, "I'll go up sixth." He wanted to let the first five losers go up first to wear down the enemy's vanguard. It would be best if he could go up next. The pressure wouldn't be the greatest if he was the last one. Sun Liao pointed a finger at Xu Lingqu and said, "I have a request. She goes up last."
The last one to go was under the most pressure and most likely to make a fool of himself. In the end, it would be her fault, and he would be the sixth one who could easily defeat the first five. Sun Liao was calculating clearly in his mind.
Lin Xiao frowned: "You..." She decided to give him the right to choose on his own, just to do some superficial work to appease him, rather than really indulge him in making unreasonable demands.
"Okay, I'll be the last one to go up." Xu Lingqu nodded at Lin Xiao. It didn't matter to her whether she was the last one to go up.
She wants to win this combat training.
In the days before entering school, she had been trying basic exercises with this body, and it was no longer as weak as it was at the beginning.
Moreover, she felt more and more that she could control this body, especially when she tried to do some fighting moves by herself, and found that she could do it with ease, as if she had muscle memory.
But within 30 moves, she would start to feel dizzy and short of breath, and would collapse to the ground at any moment...
However, facing these students here, even if I only have 30 moves, it will be enough to defeat everyone in the opposing team.
280 people were divided into 40 groups and competed in pairs in two temporary venues A and B.
Xu Lingqu's group was assigned to the tenth match of Group B, and ranked last. When the first assessment officially began, the crowd surged and suddenly all gathered around Group A. In an instant, only the two groups from the first match, the supervising Instructor Chen, and Xu Lingqu, who was too lazy to squeeze through, were left in Group B.
The first opening match of Group A was the focus of the match. Coincidentally, two highly anticipated S-level psychic students faced off in this group, Shen Shouli and Liu Zheng. The freshmen unanimously believed that the future leader of Moye Military Academy and even the military would most likely be born between these two.
The two were standing on either side at this time. They had not yet gone on stage and the order had not yet been announced, but the air was already filled with tension.
Instructor Kaion, who was the field supervisor of Group A, looked at the two groups with great satisfaction and began to announce the order in which both sides would play.
Shen Shouli is the fifth person to come on stage in their group, and Liu Zheng will be the third. If the two of them are to face off, it means that if the two sides are tied in the early one-on-one situation, Liu Zheng will need to pass both of them in a row.
Perhaps it was influenced by two people in the group, or perhaps the two groups were originally strong enough. The first person to take the stage in the two groups contributed a wonderful competition at the beginning. In the end, the first person in Liu Zheng's group relied on his greater strength to knock the opponent off the stage, and then faced the second person.
Xu Lingqu looked at the height and size of the platform, thinking about the most labor-saving and quickest way he could use to eliminate someone, and gradually became absent-minded.
Until a voice suddenly sounded in my ears.
"I heard that Liu Zheng's expertise lies not in fighting, but in sniping." A person suddenly stood beside her. Xu Lingqu turned his head and saw that the person was a boy. He was tall, with black hair, fair skin, and a pair of black almond-shaped eyes. He looked very harmless.
Meeting Xu Lingqu's slightly puzzled gaze, the boy immediately apologized, "Sorry, my name is Tang Muwen. I seem a little abrupt. I'm from Group B's first match. I just got off the stage. There were too many people over there and I couldn't squeeze through. I thought you were also watching them from afar, so I wanted to have a few words with you."
In venue B, Xu Lingqu was the only one left besides the one who was going to compete. However, she was distracted by the platform of group A in the distance, which made it easy for people to misunderstand that she just didn't want to squeeze over and was just watching from afar.
At this time, Liu Zheng was competing against the fourth teammate of Shen Shouli's group. Her first teammate was quite powerful and defeated two people in a row, which relieved a lot of pressure on Liu Zheng before she met Shen Shouli.
However, on the stage, Liu Zheng's moves weren't quite so dominant. The high hopes placed on her during this assessment stemmed entirely from her S-level mental power. Because mental power is so closely tied to mecha piloting, many have deified it, as if a high enough level of mental power grants omniscience and almightiness. In reality, beyond the benefits of mecha piloting, it only enhances sensory acumen and a sharper sense of perception.
At least this is what Xu Lingqu, who is at the double S level, has felt during the days since he awakened his mental power.
However, the benefits of these things in combat are not small. Seeing Liu Zheng catch a loophole in the opponent in an instant and knock the opponent off the stage with a direct blow, cheers and applause rang out, and the onlookers talked about it. The next person to appear was Shen Shouli.
The combat uniforms hadn't been distributed yet, so everyone was wearing their own clothes today. They were a mix of different things, but most of them were just for convenience, as everyone knew they were out for tryouts. Only Shen Shouli was wearing a light brown suit, as if he was about to attend a banquet, not a makeshift arena on this pristine little planet.
He even wiped his hands before going on stage, acting like a real gentleman, which was a perfect match for his face.
Tang Muwen looked a little stunned: "...Is Shen Shouli actually like this?"
Xu Lingqu murmured: "Probably." She just thought it was a little funny.
Now it seems that the slightly shocked look in Shen Shouli's eyes when he looked at her on the spaceship was probably because she remained calm while being held by the girl who was retching next to her, and later she even found an empty seat and "fainted" without any disgust.
Shen Shouli's fighting style was as "elegant" as his demeanor. In the barbarian game of fighting, each of his moves was extremely regular. He looked careless, but in fact, his moves were skillful and impenetrable. When Liu Zheng faced him, it was like facing a wall that she could not break through.
Seeing that Liu Zheng's space was being squeezed and she was about to be forced off the stage, she immediately decided to take a risk and tried to pass by to gain more space for herself. At this moment, she was sent off the stage by Shen Shouli with a palm.
The focus battle ended just like that. Everyone was really dumbfounded. It was not as intense as the first one. However, the two parties were very satisfied with the result and nodded to each other to express their approval of each other.
The first game of Group B has ended, and Tang Muwen's group won. The members of their group went over to call the members of Group B's second game over. He still stood next to Xu Lingqu.
“Has Shen Shouli’s style always been like this?”
Xu Lingqu remained silent. Now Shen Shouli faced the next power-type player. His strength was even more obvious. He was like the breeze blowing over the hills, and he was moving a thousand pounds with a little effort. He was completely toying with his opponent. In the end, he didn't even touch the opponent. The man lost his balance and fell off the stage.
"How disgusting." Xu Lingqu commented simply.
Tang Muwen chuckled: "You seem to have a lot of opinions about him?" His voice and appearance are the type that easily make people feel good about him.
It seems that he is also very clear about his own advantages, so he has been asking Xu Lingqu vaguely about Shen Shouli.
Perhaps she only had a vague understanding of Xu Lingqu and Shen Shouli's background, and only knew that the Shen family and the Xu family had a relationship, so she mistakenly thought that she knew something about Shen Shouli.
Xu Lingqu said to him bluntly: "If you want to get any information about Shen Shouli from me, then you have come to the wrong person. I am not familiar with him."
She didn't like being tested like this.
A hint of surprise flashed in Tang Muwen's eyes, as if he had never expected to be said by Xu Lingqu. He hesitated for a moment and wanted to explain something, but at this time there was a commotion in Group A, interrupting him.
Seeing Shen Shouli defeat four people in a row, the other members of Liu Zheng's team became a little discouraged, thinking that Shen Shouli would defeat five people in the end, which would seal their defeat. However, after the last person came on stage, the situation changed.
The young man who entered the arena had dazzling red hair and a pair of fangs that flashed when he smiled, giving him a rebellious look. His fighting style was just like his appearance: sharp moves, extremely fast movements, and plenty of power without being clumsy or easily fooled.
Liu Zheng lost to Shen Shouli because she couldn't penetrate Shen Shouli's defense at all, and the red-haired boy's movements were faster and sharper than hers, like an extremely sharp spear hitting an impenetrable wall, the effect presented was completely different from just now.
The two men exchanged blows and counterattacks, some of their moves were so fast that only afterimages were left in the air. Everyone watching fell silent, holding their breath, and appreciating this ultimate showdown.
After more than a hundred moves, the red-haired boy took advantage of the opportunity and grabbed Shen Shouli's shoulder with one hand. Everyone expected to see Shen Shouli fight back, but they saw him pause, slap the red-haired boy's hand away, and jump down from the platform.
Everyone was stunned: ...
Shen Shouli patted the dust off his shoulders in disdain, and everyone realized that the red-haired boy had a pile of black dust on his hands from somewhere, leaving a gray palm print on Shen Shouli's beautiful clothes.
"Hehe, thanks for letting me win." The red-haired boy won unfairly, but he was not ashamed. Instead, he waved his black palm at Shen Shouli with pride.
It's totally a provocation.
Xu Lingqu watched Shen Shouli take off his dirty coat with disgust and throw it away directly. He just thought in his heart that he would know how to deal with this person when he met him in the future.
The appearance of the red-haired boy broke the victory that seemed to be within reach of Shen Shouli's group. The remaining two were no match for him at all.
Instructor Kion, who had watched the entire match, was also surprised by the final performance of this pivotal battle. Shen Shouli and Liu Zheng were even more satisfying than he had expected. And then there was this unexpected surprise, the red-haired boy.
He looked up the information of the red-haired boy. He was just an ordinary student named Jin. His mental strength was A+. He had just stood in a dark corner during the transition. He couldn't see his condition clearly, but A+ was definitely not far off.
Kion silently glanced at the students. His hunch told him that there were many surprises waiting for him among this class of freshmen.
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