My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 136 - 135 Going into Battle (Request for Subscription)

May 6.

The second day of the high school competition at the provincial level.

Since the first match was at 9 AM, Lu Wu and his team arrived at the venue early in the morning.

After a short rest, when the time was about right, Lu Wu led his team over to Class A No.33’s platform.

At the same time, the official website’s live streaming channels were all activated.

However, due to yesterday’s stunt pulled by Lu Wu—three consecutive kneels—both the live streaming audience and the spectators at the venue were not many.

Especially the spectators at the venue.

Concerned that Lu Wu might surrender again, few actually came to watch.

However, the live stream attracted quite a crowd as Lu Wu’s opponents today were also a Seed Team, which had impressively secured three consecutive wins yesterday.

But because Lu Wu’s team had a history of brilliant surrenders, their stream had fewer viewers compared to other Seed Teams.

The audience was also worried about seeing another surrender, which would take away from the excitement of other teams’ matches.

However, near the start of the match, the number of viewers in Lu Wu’s streaming room surged significantly.

This was because when the camera panned to the spectator seats, people spotted that two teams from Group B were sitting in the stands at Class A No.33’s side.

One team was the Hengheng Monster’s team.

They had caught the eye with their performance yesterday, easily securing three straight wins.

Plus, the three girls were quite attractive, and they had gathered quite a following in just one day.

However, it wasn’t the Hengheng Monster’s team that caused the viewer count in the stream to skyrocket, but rather the other team in the stands.

This team was one of the four King teams participating in the tournament and also one of the three visiting teams.

These three teams, seen as outsiders coming in to disrupt and overtake, drew immense scrutiny, and their presence equated to where the flow went.

Seeing this team in the spectator stands, the viewership in Lu Wu’s streaming room shot up from less than 100,000 to over 500,000 in a matter of minutes and was still climbing.

The streaming room was filled with all sorts of guesses and discussions.

"This team is from Group B, from Beijing’s 044 team, right?"

"Yes, the leader wearing glasses and smiling is called Wang Jun, and the one with the explosive hair looking fierce on the left is Li Kui, and that inconspicuous one on the right is called Zhang Buzhidaoshenme!"

"Their matches yesterday were all resolved by just one person, incredibly strong!

Among the three teams, they’re the top contenders."

"Why would such a team come here to spectate? Are they here for team 042?"

"How could that be! This team made Jiangnan Province proud yesterday; they were the only team that didn’t immediately surrender against the visiting teams and were also the only team among the Seed Teams that kneeled three times!

I heard this team’s Seed qualification was obtained through backdoor connections, so 044 couldn’t possibly be here for them."

"Then they must be here for 004!

This team is also a Seed Team, they performed very well yesterday, easily winning three matches; 044 must be here for them.

It seems 004 is quite remarkable!"

"How could they not be? If they were anything less, why would 044 bother showing up? But their trip here might be in vain since 004’s opponents have been quite timid, surrendering three times consecutively yesterday, and with 044 showing up today, 042 might just crumble under pressure and surrender again!"

...

While the online audience was making fun of Lu Wu and his team.

On the spectator stands, the Hengheng Monster’s team kept looking over at team 044.

The Hengheng Monster’s teammates were a bit worried.

"Isn’t it, that 004 is so formidable that even this team has come to watch them?"

"In that case, isn’t Lu Wu’s team going to lose again?"

Hearing this, the Hengheng Monster felt particularly weary.

Her two teammates seemed to have already sided with Lu Wu.

But the Hengheng Monster had a different view on why team 044 had come.

"They came for Lu Wu!"

The Hengheng Monster’s statement surprised her teammates, who hurriedly checked her forehead.

"Hengheng, are you feverish? Are you sure they’re here for Lu Wu?"

"I admit Lu Wu is handsome, but you’re not blinded by his looks, are you?"

"Cut it out, don’t call me Hengheng!"

The Hengheng Monster shook with anger, as her teammates who had just befriended her yesterday were already calling her ’Hengheng’ today.

"If you call me Hengheng again, I’ll sever ties with both of you!"

"All right, all right, we won’t!"

Seeing the Hengheng Monster getting angry, her teammates could only surrender.

"Hey, the match is about to start over there, let’s watch!"

"Poor Lu Wu, running into two mountains yesterday and today dealing with a team watched by 044, it’s hard to say; they might end up conceding four times in a row."

Humph!

That jerk won’t lose for sure!

Hengheng Monster stood firmly on Lu Wu’s side; after all, she had lost to Lu Wuyi once before, and if Lu Wu were to lose again, wouldn’t that be a blow to her pride?

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However, when she thought about how Lu Wu had lost three times in a row yesterday, and the last loss was to an Ordinary Team, Hengheng Monster felt quite conflicted.

She could only hope that Lu Wu’s team could rise up this time.

...

On the other side, at Arena No. 33.

Under the watchful eyes of the masses, Lu Wu’s fourth match had begun.

The teams shook hands under the stage, which was the trash-talking session before the match.

Lu Wu had experienced this segment yesterday.

He came in high-spirited, ready to take down the third team, but ended up facing a dark horse and left disappointed, which made Lu Wu very unhappy.

And today, he wasn’t very happy during this segment either.

Mainly because the captain of Team 004 was somewhat scheming.

He didn’t shake hands with Lu Wu right away; instead, he first glanced at Team 044 in the spectator’s stand, gave a slight nod, and then with a face full of apology, extended his hand to shake with Lu Wu.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn’t expect Team 044 to actually show up, got a bit distracted there."

His words seemed to be an apology for his earlier rudeness, but actually, he was leveraging his position.

He was leveraging the presence of Team 044.

In fact, although Lu Wu’s team had surrendered three times yesterday without fighting, Team 004 was not aware of the actual strength of Lu Wu’s team and did not dare to take it lightly.

Even though they were confident in defeating Lu Wu’s team, as the opponents were a Seed Team, fighting them head-on could reveal too much of their strategy and not be beneficial for their subsequent matches.

The match yesterday had exposed a weakness in Lu Wu’s team—they liked to conserve their strength—so Team 004 planned to exploit this weakness.

They hoped to coerce them into surrendering without a fight by leveraging the presence of Team 044.

After all, although the audience was not pleased with Lu Wu’s team surrendering, as an opponent, they would very much like to see that.

So, as they shook hands, the captain of Team 004 started his act.

"I watched your match yesterday, and although people online are criticizing you for backing out, they don’t know shit. They are just onlookers who don’t understand the pressure we players face.

In my opinion, Captain Lu’s decision yesterday was absolutely the right one.

Facing a team that’s about on par, it’s better to conserve strength rather than squabble, to ensure better prospects in the subsequent matches.

Captain Lu shows such wise decisiveness, truly worthy of being the captain of one of the 14 Seed Teams."

This was said with heartfelt sincerity, and Silly Dudu behind Lu Wu was completely fooled, nodding along.

Exactly, exactly, that’s how brilliant their Lu Wu is.

Lin Jianying, who was nearby, had already grown used to this sort of thing; this girl was always so easily swayed, just someone complimenting Lu Wu would make her think they’re a good person.

But soon enough, the seemingly nice image of Team 004’s captain crumbled.

He set the stage and then directly got to the point.

"Captain Lu, both our teams are Seed Teams, and today’s battle is the first real clash. If we really fight, both sides will be hurt. In that case, no matter who wins or loses, it won’t benefit us in the matches to come."

"Oh, so what do you mean?"

Lu Wu squinted, feigning ignorance, while the captain of Team 004 spoke directly.

"I’d like to ask Captain Lu for a favor; how about you let us have this point?"

To push harder, he glanced at Team 044 while speaking, "If Captain Lu can do us this favor, we’d be incredibly grateful. But if you don’t, it wouldn’t be nice to disappoint them, right?"

While saying this, the captain of Team 004 tightened his grip on Lu Wu’s hand.

He applied pressure from all sides.

Making it clear, that if Lu Wu didn’t agree, they were prepared to fight to the end.

He believed that, based on Lu Wu’s performance yesterday, there was an 80% chance he would surrender from this tactic.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated.

"Sorry, I can’t give you this point."

"Huh?" Team 004’s captain raised an eyebrow, "Captain Lu, you’d better think it through, this isn’t a wise choice for you!

If you don’t let us have it, and it turns into a fight where both sides get hurt, we don’t mind; after all, we won 3 points yesterday. The worst we would do is not gain another 3 points, but you’re different. If you lose another three matches today, you might just get knocked out of the top eight early."

"No way!"

Lu Wu flashed a smile, "Don’t worry, we won’t lose!"

Team 004’s captain stared into Lu Wu’s eyes, making sure there was no flicker or hesitation before Team 004 stopped resisting, "Our Team 004 does not seek fights, but we won’t back down from one either!

Since you want to fight, then we’ll fight, just hope you don’t regret the choice you made!"

With that, Team 004 raised a hand, indicating the conversation was over.

The referee on the stage announced the start of the match.

"High School League Preliminaries, Team 042 vs. Team 004 match begins, both sides please choose your Summoned Beasts!"

At this moment, the live chat exploded.

It wasn’t easy, but Team 042 finally manned up, and the battle has finally begun!