When the four players participating in the fourth match were teleported into the battlefield, Akira Sasaki, who was watching the battle from the spectator channel, mumbled to himself, "Hong Hu, that guy … has placed himself in the position of Admiral …"
By then, the break time between matches had passed. Since Seven Kills had lost to Uesugi Hito in the last match, the overall score of the two teams was now 2: 1. Thus, the match between the two teams entered the Vice Admiral Battle.
The lineup that the Trash Alliance had arranged for this match was Return of the Weary Dream and Shadow King. With these two on the field, it meant that the last remaining member of the team, Hong Hu, would be the 'Admiral'.
"Humph … That is a good thing." The 'Admiral' from Sengoku, after hearing Sasaki's mumbling, added, "After all, we have no way out since the last match. No matter what kind of lineup they have, we have to give it our all. If we think about it this way, the fact that Hong Hu is the Admiral is good news for us. As long as we win this match, we will have a great advantage in the last match. After all … I don't think I will lose to a long-range control player like Hong Hu in a duel."
"You are not wrong," Akira Sasaki said, "but the problem is … will we be able to win this match?"
"Hmm?" When Akira Sasaki heard that, he could not help but ask, "The combination of Date and Takeda should be the most stable match we have today. Unless we are up against monstrous enemies like Phantom Dawn or Teacher Chi … their chance of winning is at least seventy percent, right?"
"Ah …" Sasaki crossed his arms in front of his chest and answered with a frown. Then, his eyes moved to the two people from the Trash Alliance in the distance. "That's why I'm worried …"
…
At the same time, on the battlefield.
It had been some time since the announcement that the match would begin in thirty seconds.
On the side of the [Trash Alliance], [Weary Dream] held his halberd and stood proudly facing his opponent. [King of Shadows] took a few steps back and summoned his Stone Demon.
On the side of Sengoku, Date Date also stood where he was and looked at Return of the Weary Dream with a half smile. His teammate, Takeda Tomo took out a stack of talismans, a brush, and some cinnabar from his inventory. He quickly drew some strange circles and words on the ground and the talismans. It looked like he was preparing for some kind of spell.
"I say …" Even though the battle was about to start, Shadow King's tone was still very 'normal'. "Should we retreat?" He paused for a moment and added, "I know a thing or two about the thing that the 'white-haired guy' (Takeda Tomo is in the form of a white-haired pink armor) is doing … It should be called 'Dao Mang Seal' or something. It is a very troublesome 'curse' ability."
"Hmm … I also think it's safer to stay away from him." Return of the Weary Dream replied in a deep voice. His expression did not change, but his eyes never left Date Date. "Date Date is also doing something very dangerous. It's easier to deal with him if we stay away from him."
As mentioned before, there were three people in the Sengoku team who had mastered the 'Exhaustion' technique. Obviously, other than Oda Ai and Uesugi Hito, the third person was Date Date.
Right now, there were less than ten seconds before the battle officially started. Of the two people in Sengoku, one was exhausted and waiting to fight, and the other had set up the formation. Under such circumstances, Old He and Return of the Dead Dream could not stay in the same place and wait to be taken advantage of.
[Five … Four …]
When the countdown sounded, Return of the Dead Dream and Shadow King had already begun to retreat. The two of them did not discuss how far to retreat, but their battle experience made them make similar choices. They both retreated about twenty meters.
At this position, whether it was charging forward in the state of exhaustion or the fixed formation, they would not be able to reach them.
Logically speaking, it should be like this …
[One … Fight!]
Zap!
The sound of the wind was strange.
The blade of the sword broke out of the scabbard, and the killing shadow instantly arrived.
Itachi Cheng's katana had a pure white blade and was unstoppable.
In a split second, the katana suddenly appeared and slashed against the wind. The blade of the katana was aimed at the Shadow King who was hiding behind the golem.
The distance of twenty meters turned into a short distance the moment Date Date slashed his katana. His figure flashed, and he arrived in front of the Shadow King in a single step. When he stood still, he had already bypassed the golem and directly arrived in front of the Shadow King.
At the beginning of the battle, Date used this surprise attack that ignored distance and obstacles to catch the two people of the Trash Alliance off guard.
However!
Even though it was unexpected, it was enough to deal with it.
Clang!
When the katana was raised, there was a loud explosion of metal clashing.
Suddenly, a halberd shadow was raised diagonally in response to the sound. It struck horizontally and blocked the blade of the katana.
"Oh?" Date Date, whose advance was blocked, stopped moving. His expression also changed slightly.
His katana without strength was aimed at the Shadow King who had weaker physical skills. He didn't expect that Tired Dream, who was at the side, could easily block it with a single hand.
"Hehe … Now this is interesting." However, Date Cheng's expression at this time, in addition to being surprised, was more of joy.
The exchange of moves just now was just a test. It was definitely not the embodiment of both sides' full strength.
It was true that Yi Dacheng's slash was very strong. It was so strong that it would not be surprising if it killed King of Shadows. However, in reality, Yi Dacheng had only used around forty percent of his strength in this slash. He had not added any dou qi to his blade. All he had was pure strength and speed.
"Your use of 'Shrinking Ground' is pretty good …" Tired Dream was still looking at Date Date, who was a few meters away from him and was still using his weapon to wrestle with him. He said coldly, "It's just that your strength seems to be a little lacking."
"Is that so?" Hearing this, Yi Dacheng's eyes sharpened. His Battle Qi surged as he charged forward.
The blade turned and slashed in the direction of the Weary Dream while sticking close to the halberd.
Seeing this, Tired Dream continued to exert strength with one arm. He raised his halberd and spun it around, pulling the halberd back by three inches. Once again, he blocked with a horizontal stance …
Dang — —
Even after Yi Dacheng increased his strength, this sudden strike was still firmly blocked. Even though he had already slashed with all his strength, the blade was still blocked by the halberd, unable to advance even an inch.
"That's right." Weary Dream replied with a tone that was even calmer than his opponent's, as well as a condescending gaze.
At this moment, Yi Da, whose attack had been blocked, had already arrived in front of Sleepy Dream. At this distance, it was obvious that the difference in size between the two … was huge.
Yi Da, who was only seventeen years old that year, had grown to a height of 1.7 meters. For the time being, he was one level taller than Phantom Dawn, who was his age by one centimeter. His physique, on the other hand, was quite the slender type. Even though he was wearing combat armor, one could still see how thin he was. Weary Dream, on the other hand … was more than ten centimeters taller than Yi Da, and his body was also tall and straight. When the two stood together, from afar, Weary Dream was at least twice the size of Yi Da.
Just from the size alone, the difference in basic strength between the two was obvious as well. They were both at level 60, but the bigger and more muscular one would naturally have stronger basic strength. Even though this' difference 'could be made up with equipment, skill, or pure energy, but from the result of Yi Da's' full-powered second slash 'clashing with Weary Dream's halberd … in terms of' strength ', no matter how one looked at it, Weary Dream still had the upper hand.
"Sigh … there's nothing I can do about it. Fine, I'm afraid of you." After his attack was blocked again, Yi Da Cheng still had the same casual and mocking attitude. Even though he said 'afraid', his murderous intent did not decrease. "Since I can't win against you in terms of 'strength', I have no choice but to use 'speed' and 'skill' …"
As his voice fell, his left hand suddenly reached for his waist.
The next second, a short katana that was half the length of a normal katana that was hidden behind his waist was unsheathed.
Different from the pure white katana in Yi Da's right hand, this short katana's blade was pitch black.
"So, that's how it is …" Seeing the sudden appearance of the black light, Weary Dream's heart skipped a beat. His energy surged, and he changed his stance. "Is this kid a two-blade type?"
Just as his attention was focused on Yi Dacheng's body, suddenly, another change occurred!
Chi Ying!
Following the sound of wind being cut, Takeda Masashi, who had snuck up behind Weary Dream, came slashing with his katana.
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