Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 611: Ace vs Secret Weapon

The students participating in the final team battle lined up neatly on the playground, with Luo Hengyi also changing into a new set of clothes and rejoining the crowd.

With a command from Jiang Guangtian, the judge of the match, both sides pulled out their talismans at the first opportunity.

Even Luo Hengyi didn’t intentionally wait for the other side to make the first move this time, as he had won the last match but at a significant cost.

Having used the Samadhi True Fire and the Golden Body Talisman, and after a fierce attack with his Flying Sword, he was left with less than thirty percent of his spiritual power.

So this time, he only took out a Thunder Strike Talisman, planning to conserve energy in the early stages, letting his teammates attack first and then delivering the final blow at the crucial moment.

Luo Hengyi’s plan was sound, but the reality turned out differently than he had imagined.

The Lingnan team was still thinking about exchanging customary blows, to probe with a few rounds first. Unexpectedly, Hou De showed no mercy and launched a strong attack from the start.

One of them threw a Blast Talisman first, creating a massive blast that left the Lingnan students reeling with ringing ears and dizzy vision, interrupting their spells.

But the Hou De team, having stuffed cotton in their ears beforehand, was completely unaffected and could continue casting spells.

Next, two consecutive Thunderbolt Talismans struck the same target, taking out one of the Lingnan female students immediately.

The remaining two rushed forward with immobilization charms.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Luo Hengyi once again became the pillar of Lingnan, hastily casting a Puppet Talisman, then taking out a grass figurine made from dog’s-tail grass from his pocket and tossing it to the ground.

The grass figurine, upon touching the ground, grew in the wind to a height of seven feet, indistinguishable from an ordinary person, wielding a great spear and even riding a small horse, blocking the advancing enemy.

Meanwhile, the other Lingnan students were just recovering from the deafening noise, with Gao Zhiqiang reacting fastest, sticking on a Wood Transformation Talisman to transform his arm into a wooden limb.

But just as his transformation was successful, a fireball fell from the sky, igniting his arm.

Gao Zhiqiang panicked instantly and disregarded the ongoing match, running towards the water room; stepping out of the competition area in his haste also cost him the qualification to continue in the contest.

Luo Hengyi had initially intended to coast through the beginning of the match, but unexpectedly, he had already lost two teammates in doing so.

Now he dared not hold back anymore and quickly released another Samadhi True Fire.

His Samadhi True Fire was indeed formidable. Seeing this move, Hou De’s team scattered like birds and beasts, as if encountering a natural predator.

But Luo Hengyi couldn’t find joy in this, for his Samadhi True Fire was only one flame, while there were five targets on the opposing side.

Apart from the one chased around by the Samadhi True Fire, the remaining four attacked another of his schoolmates.

The Lingnan students, accustomed to civilized and polite sparring, hadn’t seen such an aggressive approach before.

The male student struggled to dodge and block, but ultimately numbers overwhelmed him. He had also participated in individual battles before and was already quite spent.

The earth wall he summoned could only withstand the continuous onslaught for a brief moment before collapsing, and he nearly got hit in the head by a flying brick.

Seeing his comrade in dire straits, Luo Hengyi didn’t care to control the Samadhi True Fire, immediately activating his Golden Body to block the following attacks for the male student.

The male student showed a moved expression but then despondently said, "Brother Luo, don’t worry about me. My spiritual power is exhausted. Even if you save me, I won’t be of any help in the upcoming battle."

"Don’t talk nonsense. I will not abandon a comrade!" Luo Hengyi’s words were resolute and powerful.

But the harsh reality was that the Hou De students, seeing him protect the male student, simply turned to surround another target.

Their coordination and movement were precise, like a trained army.

This was not going to work!

Luo Hengyi quickly realized this point: his spiritual power was running low. If he used it all for defense, even with impeccable protection, he still couldn’t win this team battle.

Unwilling to just sit and wait for defeat, Luo Hengyi decided to fight one last time.

He awoke the straw figure once more, commanding it to take his place in protecting his two teammates. Then, he slapped a speeding charm onto his thigh.

He charged towards a student from Hou De. He remembered that the student was named Wang Chongyang, who had performed exceptionally well in the previous individual battles.

Participating in this team battle as well, it was clear that he was the core of the opposing side.

If he could take him down first, the pressure on the remaining four would be much less.

However, Luo Hengyi was intercepted halfway through his charge.

Luo Hengyi looked at the person blocking him and saw it was the girl from Hou De named Qiutong.

The reason Luo Hengyi remembered this name was that Qiutong was the only first-year student in this team battle.

Less than a month into school, Luo Hengyi had no idea what Hou De was thinking by sending her into battle.

Luo Hengyi initially wanted to ask Qiutong to step aside, but on second thought, he changed his mind and told Qiutong, "If you don’t want to get hurt, then concede immediately."

Yet Qiutong seemed eager to try her hand, "You are Lingnan’s ace, and I am Hou De’s secret weapon. This is a good opportunity for us to compare our strengths."

Hearing her words, Li Zhengwei’s expression changed first, as this was different from his previous arrangement.

But Ma Lu seemed quite interested, waving off Li Zhengwei who was about to speak.

"It’s alright, we should give young people a chance to shine as well."

Luo Hengyi’s anger surged at these words.

There wasn’t much time left for him, and he didn’t waste any more words. He immediately summoned the Samadhi True Fire in front of his chest.

Next, to everyone’s astonishment, he let the ball of Samadhi True Fire attach to his right hand.

Many people exclaimed upon seeing this; they obviously hadn’t anticipated that Samadhi True Fire could be used in such a way.

By compressing and reducing its size, Luo Hengyi decreased the consumption of spiritual power. At the same time, by wrapping his fist with Samadhi True Fire, he ensured that the lethality wouldn’t diminish.

He had transformed what was originally a ranged attack into a close-combat technique.

This was a move he had recently conceived, and even Tang Dewang, the headmaster, watched in amazement.

After all, it was Samadhi True Fire—hotter than half of the flames. Who would dare to place it against their skin?

Luo Hengyi paid no heed to the surrounding discussions. He had already thrown his fist, the heatwave facing him curling Qiutong’s bangs into waves. Yet even so, the girl did not retreat.

With a nimble crouch, she avoided the punch. Luo Hengyi turned his fist into a chop, swinging downward. Qiutong twisted her waist to dodge again, displaying astonishing bodily flexibility as Luo Hengyi’s attack once again missed its mark.

At the same time, Qiutong began her counterattack. With a flick of her small hand, a golden bracelet on her wrist shot towards Luo Hengyi’s face.

In its flight, the golden bracelet grew continuously.

By the time it struck Luo Hengyi’s face, it had become as large as a swim ring and emitted a sound like the clashing of gold and iron!

—The Giant Talisman!

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This was a talisman Qiutong had learned just last week.