The next was our team debut in the competition. In this round there was 18 team, 2 teams will skip the round, they were the first of the ranking competition, from Heaven Dou Empire it was Shrek Academy and from Star Luo Empire it was Shining Night Academy. Like the first round, it was a qualifying round 7vs7.
Luckily or unlucky if you want to fight strong opponents, our opponents weren't any of the other seeded teams or anything close. By the ranking, it was the 5th ranked academy of Star Luo, High Union Academy.
It must be said that the method of grooming talents was different in the empire. Heaven Dou opted for an extreme type, the 5 elemental academies the best example of it. The specialized in one aspect and maximize it, almost ignoring the others, this creates weakness, but it also made almost impossible to go against them if they counter you. The Blazing Academy with its boost power, The Godwing Academy with its speed, the Skywater Academy with its control, the Thunderclap with its attack strength, and the Armored Elephant School with its defense.
On the other hand, Star Luo empire focus in equilibrium, they have very little weaknesses, but they don't have any apparent strong point. They usually are better in 1vs1 matches, they having more adaptability. Our opponents had all different kinds of spirits, focusing on individuality.
Neither of the two types really surpassed the other. In my opinion, the best is the extreme type combined in a team, creating an equilibrium. The curious fact was that the seeded teams of each empire didn't really represent their ideas. Our team and the Star Luo Imperial team were this extreme type combination to equilibrium.
In Spirit Hall case, they usually also go for that method. This year they said that the best word to describe them is overwhelming.
Before our match, our team decided to have a little reunion to discuss our tactic. Having all reunited there we decided who will participate, being Shi Mò who wouldn't compete in this match.
"The information about our opponents describe them as individual, with close to no resemblance of any team fighting, but powerful enough. For this team, we will use the formation of..." Tianheng was saying but was interrupted by me "I don't think any of that it necessary"
"What is your idea, Bai?" asked Lingling.
"One of our advantages is that all the other teams are not really aware of what we are capable of, as we didn't fight before, they didn't have a lot of information about us. Our rivals are weak, why even show our spirits. Let Mayi fight alone against all the other team, she can only show strength, as she didn't have any spirit skill" I explained.
Mayi jumped with her hand up "I agree with Bai!"
Lingling giggled "Bai, you only want Mayi to stop wailing letting her fight some"
"You discovered me, she is really becoming more irritant," I said.
"Muuu!" puffed her cheeks Mayi.
"I don't see any problem anyway if something happens and they can win against Mayi, we will act as usual" Tianheng finished.
"Okay!" We all answered.
Then it was our turn to enter the stadium.
"On one side, we have the seeded team of Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou Imperial Academy" We were announced. We entered the ring, the other academy was already there, they were positioned in an arrow formation 1-2-1-3.
We positioned ourselves, Mayi smiling at the front while all the others we stayed at the back forming a line.
"A very peculiar formation from Heaven Dou, what will they be planning?" the announcer said "Show your spirits!" All the other academy started activating them, I didn't focus on them and decided to ignore them. I already analyzed them when we were entering, 1 spirit ancestor plus 6 spirits elder, they didn't have any possibility.
From our side only Mayi activated her spirit, manifesting her brown armor resembling ant "Hah?! You are really underestimating, only one of you using their spirit"
"Even only I am too much for you, try to entertain me a little" said Mayi cutely making the other team angry. Just as the other team was about to talk back, Mayi showed her 5 rings, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, silencing the other team who had shocked expression with open mouths.
"K-k-king!" they shouted "Monster!" they started to tremble.
"Calm down" said the spirit ancestor, I supposed their leader "She is only one person, we could win over her. And look closely, her configuration is impossible and I can't sense cultivation from her, the most probable is that is a kind of illusion skill to make as afraid" Listening to their leader, the team calmed down "Right, how can it be?" "Yeah, you won't trick us!"
Idiots, true you couldn't see her cultivation, but the pressure that she gave was real.
Mayi then turned to the announcer "When it will start?" asked tilting her head.
"So-sorry. Match start!" The announcer shouted.
Mayi launched to them, she arrived immediately in front of the first one, a man with a strong body and big muscles, some strength-oriented beast spirit. The man threw a punch to Mayi, she reacted with her own punch. When they both punches clashed, no! The truth was that it would be wrong to call it a crash Mayi punch simply passed throw her opponent arm, crack noises could be heard from his broken bones, Mayi crippled him and shot outside the ring. Looking at the bent arm full of blood, it was difficult to recognize it as an arm.
"Mayi, lower the power, they are not strong I said.
"Sorry, but I didn't expect him to be so weak" answered Mayi.
"If you continue like that we won't let you fight again" I told her.
"He didn't even activate any skill, it is his fault!" Mayi said blaming the man.
For the others of the team, they have stopped moving, you could see how scared they were.
The leader recuperated "Don't close to her! Attack long-ranged!" he ordered the team. The leader seemed to have some gloves spirit, he punched the floor with a purple ring shining "<4th skill: Rock Rain>" the ground cracked under his punch and rocks made by the ring started floating, they seemed to be strengthened, then they were launched to Mayi.
Mayi stayed still, she punched every rock towards her easily breaking all of them.
"Twins, spirit fusion!" said the leader to two people, now that I looked at them they really resemble each other, tall with brown hair.
Both brown-haired men joined their hands "
"This is our trump card, we even hid in the other competitions" the leader said "It can only stop her, prepare your more powerful attacks when they are ready, break your spirit fu-" "BOOM!"
A loud noise followed by a little earthquake interrupted the leader talking, the other team all started looking to the source, inside the Eternal Coffin. Looking at it the Eternal Coffin already had a minuscule crack.
After a second it listened another "BOOM!", the Eternal Coffin's cracks now it even could be seen by the spectators, having grown a lot.
"How could it be?" the leader said surprised.
"BOOM!" Finally, the Eternal Coffin broke to piece, the twin who created spat blood from their mouth due to the backslash. Leaving the Coffin was Mayi who had one her left hand over her right shoulder and was stretching her right arm.
"Impossible!" one of the other team members said.
"3 hits. They are strong enough. I could play a little" Mayi said smiling brightly.
"Attack!" said the leader. Even with his order, the other 3 people who could actually fight were too scared to even move. The leader punched the ground another time with a purple ring shining "<3rd skill: Sand Attack>" shooting a very dense cloud of sand towards Mayi, blocking her view.
"She can't see, attack!" the other 3 members recovered a little and started using their spirits, one with a bow shot a barrage of arrows, another one shot fireballs to Mayi and the last one, who had a sword spirit, he simply threw his sword while it was surrounded by wind.
Mayi punched the ground, the shock wave that she created was enough to push the sand aside. Seeing the attacks coming to her, she started moving her right arm, deflecting all the attacks. It seemed like she was scaring flies, for the sword she let it hit her chest, but the sword only could rebound without leaving a dent in her armor.
Mayi smiled "Now, it's my turn" she prepared to jump to them when the leader said "We surrender"
Listening to the opponent's leader the announcer shouted "The High Union Academy surrenders, Heaven Dou Imperial Academy wins!"
Mayi fell to her knees, I approached her and patted her shoulder "I wanted to fight! I only hit one!" she was crying, she seemed a child who someone took her candy away. "Calm down, Mayi. The next one will be stronger".
Then we all left the ring from the audience we could her "How can she be so strong" "A spirit king sure is different" "Did you see that she didn't even use any spirit skill?". After some time, the low voices became cheering "Heaven Dou for the win!" "Heaven Dou the strongest!"
We left ignoring all the cheers while I was trying to cheer Mayi promising some good to eat. She answered with some tears in her eyes "I want more candies"