Chapter 346: The Fire Swarm Commanded by the Leader (Thanks to Archbishop Lilina for being the leader)
The individual competition of the Winter Festival Competition was over, and the live broadcast ratings that night also broke a new high, reaching an astonishing 31%. Almost overnight, the topic of the sisters Heshia and Themisia spread throughout the entire star network. People talked about the similarities and differences between the two sisters with great relish, and speculated and argued which of the two would be stronger.
At night, Tilan felt sore all over when she returned to her residence. She rested on the sofa for an hour before going to the basement bathroom.
Steam filled the air, and leaning against the slightly hot pool, Tilan asked two maids to get a water pillow and took a nap on it.
The warm pool water promoted blood circulation in the body and relieved physical fatigue, but the mental fatigue was difficult to resist. Almost as soon as she leaned on the pillow, the girl fell asleep.
The hot water in the bathroom gurgled, and the dark blue hair fell on the girl's snow-white back. Occasionally, water drops slid down her shoulders. The bathroom was extremely quiet. A big spider crawled backwards from the ceiling, looking at the girl below. It was eager to jump up, but it didn't do it in the end.
Although it was an animal, as an extraordinary life, it was also wise. It knew that the girl in front of it was sometimes grumpy when she got up. If she woke up, she would inevitably be beaten with a wooden fish, and might be tied up and put in solitary confinement again.
Considering this consequence, the big spider turned around the ceiling and finally chose to jump on a wardrobe and lie down. This location was very secretive and had a good view. It was a good ambush location.
Time passed quietly. When Tilan woke up, she found that it was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.
After sleeping for almost 2 hours, the girl sat up, looked at the time, and then dived into the water to swim for a while, then stood up, scrubbed clean, and changed into fresh pajamas.
When she was about to leave the bathroom, the big spider that had been planning for a long time finally found the right time and jumped on the girl's head, making a slightly happy hissing sound.
"You guy, forget it, I won't bother with you today." The girl touched the furry guy on her head, then returned to the hall and found that the two maids were still awake.
"Are you still waiting for me?"
"Yes." The two nodded, and
they were relieved when they saw Tilan coming out of the bathroom. In fact, they thought about going to the bathroom to wake up Tilan who was sleeping, but after hesitating for a while, they gave up the idea. It's not that they were derelict in their duty, but they understood that after a whole night of fighting, Tilan really needed to rest and relax.
"How do you feel now, Lady Tilan? If you feel uncomfortable, you can contact the medical department in the academy at any time. There is a more complete treatment and recuperation environment there." The two maids suggested.
"No, they checked me before I came back. Although I have some hidden injuries and fatigue, overall, there is no problem." Tilan shook her head. She felt that sleeping in her own bedroom was more relaxing and comfortable. If she went to the hospital, she would be observed and recorded by various instruments, which would make her uncomfortable and unable to sleep well.
"I will go for a follow-up check tomorrow, so you don't have to worry."
"You guys go to sleep tonight, as for Anneli, she may not come back to sleep tonight." Thinking of Anneli patting her chest before leaving, the girl smiled.
"Tilan, go back and rest, and then it will be our battlefield. Tonight, we must completely defeat Saint Ingo in the public opinion field!" Anneli said to Tilan at the time.
After the game, Edes Academy convened many news media with which they were friendly and closely connected. Hundreds of top reporters and editors are working hard all night, striving to come up with a complete propaganda offensive before dawn, step by step to disintegrate the myth of Saint Ingo and break the public perception in the star field.
After seeing Tilan's instructions, the two maids looked at each other and stopped insisting. They withdrew and returned to their own rooms to rest.
Late at night, the defense system of this residence was activated. A transparent spherical barrier wrapped the entire room, isolating it from outside snooping and attack. Then the lights gradually went out, and everything became peaceful and quiet.
After a good night's sleep, Tilan woke up at noon.
After eating the lunch made by Ella Aiko, Tilan took a walk in the yard and then sat under the tree.
Five small gray-wool light cotton birds circled around her legs, occasionally playing with each other, flapping their wings, treating Tilan's leg bends as slide arches, chasing back and forth. They can't fly yet. They are slightly larger than Tilan's palms. They feel plump and eat a lot.
Flipping the personal terminal projection screen on her knees, Tilan browsed the information on the Internet. After last night's battle, many people began to analyze the possibility of a complete defeat of Saint Ingo this time, and some people began to expose some problems within Saint Ingo.
In the past, Saint Ingo's unquestionable and powerful image has gradually been shaken. Although it has not completely collapsed, the discussion about Saint Ingo on the Internet is no longer as decisive as in the past. Many people have begun to think that Edes is not bad. Although she has not reached the level of Saint Ingo, in most people's minds, the gap between the two is already very small.
There is still a need to add fuel to the fire. The girl turned off the projection screen and thought of the team competition that started tonight.
Unlike the individual competition that competes for talent, the team competition tests the comprehensive strength of the academy more and accounts for a larger proportion of the score in the entire academy rating system.
The six major academies will take turns to compete with each other until the top two with the highest scores are finally decided to enter the finals.
If it were in the past, many viewers would look forward to the team competition more because there are more people and the battle scenes are bigger and more exciting, but this year seems to be a little different. After last night's game, some people even began to discuss whether Tilan and Seviara can single-handedly defeat a certain academy.
Although such remarks may offend other academies, in the eyes of some high-level extraordinary people, this is not impossible. The strength of the two has reached a certain level of qualitative change, and it is difficult to use the number of ordinary students to fight against the enemy.
After reading various remarks and comments, Tilan felt a little sleepy again, so she leaned against the tree and took a nap. She had accumulated a lot of fatigue from using her innate abilities many times last night. She would be very sleepy for about a month before she could return to normal.
That night, the venue of the Winter Festival Competition was full of people. The ticket price was only a few thousand before, but now it has been hyped up to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands online. Countless people came just to see how the absolute geniuses of the current Four Leaf Crystal Star Domain fight and sweat.
The fireworks around the venue rose, and the host's passionate and loud voice sounded again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight to celebrate. The team competition of the Winter Festival Competition begins tonight!!!"
After the announcement, the six squares of the six academies entered the venue again, and then the expected lottery scene began.
"Now, I'm going to announce the first match, which is between Edes Academy and Swarm of Bees Academy!"
The battlefield in the venue was pulled apart, and then two hills rose up, facing each other, with a 200-meter-wide canyon in between.
Then, students from the two academies entered the battlefield. In the team competition, each academy sent out 72 people, who could freely match their professions, form different resonance arrays, and cast many large-scale spells and abilities.
With the gathering of countless lights, one by one, the Edes students in black uniforms entered the venue. They surrounded the black-haired, blue-eyed girl in the center. They looked capable and mysterious, like a princess leading the Knights on patrol. On the other side of the battlefield, the students of the Swarm of Bees were also very neat. One by one, the girls in brown and white uniforms protected Pulin Koko and climbed the hill.
It was the two of them again. When the two singers stood on the top of the hill, the atmosphere in the venue gradually ignited, and with the referee's announcement, the competition officially began.
"What kind of mood will it be, Tilan."
Pulin Koko's fingers plucked the strings, and the red flames rose, and then quickly spread to each member beside her. These students of the Swarm of Bees floated up one by one, like bees guarding the queen bee, and the black rapiers in their hands were stained with crimson flames, becoming sharper and more dangerous.
The secret technique originally used to command the bee colony is now applied to each student, and its effect is geometrically improved. If the previous extraordinary bees had too low a foundation of strength, even if they were improved, it would not have had much impact. Now every student present is a Sequence 5 elite. They will be larger and more coordinated than real bees. The resonance reverberates and vibrates, and one red comet after another rises into the night sky. Its aura rises steadily, slowly approaching Sequence 6.
"Leader Bee Secret Technique: Killing Dance!"
In an instant, countless fiery red meteors shuttled down and swooped down towards the position of Edes Academy. The heat wave that was set off was like a tsunami, pressing down on people's hair and burning their faces.
Although the Swarm of Bees Leader Academy did not perform well in the individual competition, this does not mean that it is weak in the team competition. In fact, in the team competition of the previous Winter Festival Competition, the Swarm of Bees Leader Academy has always ranked in the top three. It is also because of this strong team confrontation that they were able to get the second place.
It's a bit troublesome. The girl looked at the group of red meteors swooping down from the sky. If she used all her strength, she could indeed defeat these opponents, but in this case, the competition would become her personal show, and it would not reflect the overall strength of Edes Academy.
Not everyone is like her and Sevilla. Most parents and students still hope to see that even students with average talents can get enough growth in the academy.
In the end, the only competition is singing. The girl blinked, and a seven-stringed lyre with light blue light appeared in her hand. Her fingers plucked, and the strings emitted light blue ripples, covering the students behind her. A light coolness rose from the soles of the Edes students' feet, and then their bodies were wrapped in light blue light mist, and the weapons in their hands were also coated with frosty colors.
Unlike Pulinkoko's passionate and exciting emotions, the sound of the piano and the ethereal singing in everyone's hearts made every Edes student exceptionally calm and clear-minded, unaffected by the noisy and bustling world outside. The suffocating heat felt by the audience seemed like an illusion to them, and they could not touch their bodies.
"Edes Strings: Frosty and Cold Wind!"
As Tilan waved her hand lightly, the Edes student behind her also turned into an ice-blue stream of light, colliding with the swooping Swarm of Bee Leader students.
Various flashes and explosions burst out in the air, and black, blue and orange-red figures kept wandering and colliding, interweaving back and forth, flying and fighting in the night sky. Some of them kept falling and leaving the stage, while others defeated one opponent after another and kept moving forward.
In terms of tactical skills of mutual cooperation, it is obvious that the students of the Leader of the Peaks are stronger. They can use the secret technique of the Leader Bee to temporarily communicate with each other, roughly sense each other's status, and cooperate with each other seamlessly. However, if it comes to personal quality, the Edes Academy is indeed stronger, and the protection given by Tilan restrains the flames of Pulin Koko, so the result of the battle between the two sides is roughly balanced.
The melee in the sky was extremely fierce, staggered back and forth, but in this competition, no one unexpectedly interfered with the two singers below, even if there was no one to protect them.
The students of the Leader of the Bees knew that the singing girl below would only be more terrifying than the Edes students fighting in the sky, and the students of the Edes Academy also had their own pride. With Tilan standing below to suppress the situation, it was too shameful to try to hit the other singer. They also wanted to prove themselves upright, in this competition watched by countless people, in the presence of countless friends and family, to show their courage and strength.
A few minutes later, the battle gradually came to an end. There were only ten students flying and fighting in the sky, including five from Edes Academy and four leaders of the Swarm of Bees.
After another staggered and mutual battle, they separated temporarily, panting to recover their magic power, looking at the opponents in the distance. At this time, members of both sides had suffered a lot of injuries. The players who could survive such a chaotic and tragic fight were all rare elites.
In the night sky, Stacia wiped the blood flowing from her forehead and wiped it on the blood-red sickle in her hand. Another layer of light brilliance flickered, and a faint edge extended from the edge of the blade.
On the opposite side, a slightly tall chestnut-haired girl also shook off the blood on the black triangular bee sting in her hand, tied up the scattered hair again, and revealed a beautiful neck under the high ponytail.
Although she did not perform well in the individual competition, in the melee of this team competition, Xia Kui integrated a lot of students who resonated with each other, and shot down many Edes students in the battle, catching up with the disadvantage, and greatly highlighting the effect of her personal leadership.
With her chest rising and falling slightly, Xia Kui's eyes swept over the five people on the opposite side, and then turned her sight to the black-haired girl standing on the hill below.
Failure tonight was inevitable. The five of them together could not beat the black-haired girl, but even so, she still didn't want to admit defeat.
Even if she lost, she had to lose beautifully, right?
Like Dolores, she was also a nearly perfect top student and heir in the eyes of adults since she was a child. If you say that she had experienced little wind and rain before, people would think she was a bit of a vase, but after two consecutive major failures, she became more resilient.
"For the last time, come with me." She closed her eyes and breathed lightly, then opened her eyes and called her companions beside her.
"Yes!"
Four flashing red meteors rushed towards the enemy camp. Although the outcome was already doomed, this resolute will also won the applause and admiration of countless audiences.
Half a minute later, the battle was over. Pulin Koko put down her guitar, looked at the empty sky, smiled at Tilan, then nodded slightly, and announced her surrender.
"In the first match, Edes Academy won!"
Although defeated, it was still an honor. After experiencing the tragic defeat of no one entering the finals in the individual competition, the Swarm of Bees Academy finally proved its strength in the team competition.
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