65: Chapter 65 Mushroom Cloud!! Victory!! Savi Joins

"You will all die!!"

Ulysses enunciated each word, his voice hoarse and filled with violent killing intent. Holy light once again condensed in his hands, but this time, the light carried a hint of ominous dark red.

Li Yuan quickly walked to Sai Wei's side, frowning as he looked at his miserable state, and asked in a deep voice, "Can you still fight?"

Sai Wei coughed up blood, yet he flashed a blood-stained smile, the fighting spirit in his eyes unextinguished: "This... goes without saying?!" He slammed his only intact left hand onto the ground, using the force to shakily stand up, and faint electric arcs once again began to flicker around him.

"Thunder... is... not so easy... to extinguish!"

"Good!" Li Yuan said no more, and with a thought, several more Light Guardians condensed around him.

Ulysses looked at them, a cruel sneer on his face: "Death throes!" He raised both hands high, and the dark red holy light began to twist and deform, transforming into an even more sinister Cursed Spear!

He intended to completely purify these two individuals who had brought him shame, along with their souls!

"Activate, second round tactics!" A glint flashed in Li Yuan's eyes. He held Sai Wei back, telling him to wait, and simultaneously issued the final command through their soul link!

The ten Light Guardians that had just condensed once again transformed into ten white streaks of light, charging forward without hesitation in a suicidal assault, crashing into the Holy Light Shield that had just reformed in front of Ulysses!

"Foolish! Seeking death!" Ulysses sneered, about to hurl the Cursed Spear!

However,

The moment the ten Light Guardians crashed into the shield, their back mechanisms sprang open! Countless black dots poured out forward!

Training-grade high-explosive shaped charge grenades! While not necessarily fatal, the impact and light radiation from the explosion were astonishing!

Ulysses's eyes narrowed, but he didn't pay too much attention; such trinkets couldn't break through his defenses...

But, no one noticed—beneath the scattered grenades, at the bottom of the mechanisms, were a few inconspicuous energy-infused arrows.

Those were Triple Burst Arrows, which Li Yuan had previously condensed by stacking "Fire + Fire + Fire" elements to the extreme using his String-Controlling Weaver ability! He had secretly given them to these Light Guardians long ago!

Boom! Boom boom boom—!!!

The shaped charge grenades and energy arrows detonated almost simultaneously! Flames and shockwaves instantly engulfed Ulysses and the shield in front of him!

A dazzling, crimson mushroom cloud, carrying an energy storm that tore through everything, soared into the sky! The ten Light Guardians who had charged forward couldn't even last a second; they were instantly vaporized in the destructive storm they had unleashed, turning into scattered points of light!

The Holy Light Shield in front of Ulysses shattered once again like fragile glass under this terrifying explosion, which was both an internal and external attack, far exceeding its endurance limit!

"No—!!!" Ulysses only had time to let out a roar of shock and anger before he was completely swallowed by the crimson destructive energy!

Before the fiery cloud of the explosion had fully dissipated, a faint but persistent bolt of lightning seized the gap created by the shattered shield and the enemy's momentary distraction, sharply cutting into the fiery cloud!

Puchi—!

The sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh was exceptionally clear amidst the lingering echoes of the explosion.

As the lightning dissipated, Sai Wei's figure appeared behind where Ulysses had stood. He knelt on one knee, the last trace of lightning condensed on his left fist slowly fading.

Before him, Ulysses's eyes were wide with disbelief as he looked down at his chest—a fist-sized penetrating wound was gushing blood.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out, then fell straight backward, hitting the ground heavily and kicking up a cloud of dust, his life hanging by a thread.

After a brief silence, Laya was the first to react, rushing into the arena.

The Song of Light then resonated, its ethereal and vibrant melody echoing. Gentle yet powerful healing holy light rained down, enveloping the severely injured Sai Wei, and also began to nourish Ulysses's wounds, attempting to stabilize his near-fatal injuries. The hymn and the light of healing arts surged in a cycle, dispelling the lingering violent energy in the arena.

Li Yuan also quickly walked to Sai Wei's side, looking at his almost unrecognizable state, and showed a joyful and sincere smile:

"See, a Tier 4 is nothing more than this! Bro," his tone carried a hint of teasing, but more of the recognition and pride that came from fighting side-by-side, "I wish to spread our nation's prestige among the myriad academies. Will you lend me a hand?"

"Ow, ow, ow! Easy, easy! Hiss—!" Li Yuan had pressed right on the joint of Sai Wei's broken arm, and the intense pain instantly jolted him awake from the daze of victory. He gasped, wincing.

At this moment, Sai Wei's thunder god battle armor was shattered, his body covered in blood, one arm broken, and severe internal injuries. He looked utterly miserable, arguably one of the most pathetic moments of his life.

However, in his golden pupils, an unprecedentedly bright light burned.

He looked at Li Yuan's outstretched hand, then at Ulysses lying in a pool of blood, and finally, reached out his hand.

"With pleasure!"

Sai Wei officially joins!

...

In Ulysses's treatment room. Consul General Albert looked at Ulysses on the bed: "You failed, it seems."

"I didn't expect the Krol Family to equip Sai Wei with the thunder god battle armor so soon," Ulysses tried to explain.

"No, Ulysses, you still have a long way to go. Don't let failure and arrogance blind you," Albert said gently.

"That commoner, his name is Li Yuan, right? He's the one who's truly problematic." Albert shook his head slightly: "That kind of intelligence, that kind of power, cannot be explained by a B-grade talent and shaped charge grenades alone."

"Your Holiness, it seems we have another junior to keep an eye on."

...

The news that Sai Wei and Li Yuan had teamed up to directly defeat Ulysses Saint Crovel, the genius of the Holy Alliance, in the training ground spread throughout every corner of North Star Military Academy in a very short time.

Especially Li Yuan's final miniature mushroom cloud, which became the focus of everyone's heated discussion.

"Did you hear? That B-grade Li Yuan, that last move, my god, he actually conjured a mushroom cloud!"

"Really? Can training equipment have such power? He couldn't have used some prohibited item, could he?"

"Prohibited item my ass! How many teachers were there watching? That was his own skill!"

"It's too exaggerated... That's Ulysses, a formidable individual who could spar with Senior Chu Xinghe in the last session, and he's supposedly even stronger this time. Yet, he was actually taken down by our people!"

"Senior Sai Wei was also incredibly fierce; that thunder god battle armor was simply awesome!"

Amazement, doubt, admiration, analysis... various emotions and discussions fermented across the campus.

Most people simply felt honored and rejoiced at the academy having gotten its revenge.

However, it also attracted the attention of some discerning individuals...