54: Chapter 54 Help Me Up

"That's it, let's stop here for today." Teacher Qin Lin clapped her hands, interrupting Chu Yue, who was still trying to pester her, and announced loudly, "The grouping list for the league has been temporarily decided. Chu Yue will serve as the captain of the First Team, and Zhao Xu will be the captain of the Second Team. Gu Han, you are assigned to the First Team."

Zhao Xu opened his mouth to the side, holding back for a long time, but didn't dare to challenge Gu Han; he was afraid he would lose his position as captain of the Second Team.

Damn it! Could it be that he really has obtained sponsorship from the Tang Family?

The poison-killing tactic Gu Han used just now was truly bizarre; his Lizardman really didn't have the confidence to withstand it.

Chu Yue bit her lip. Although she was unwilling, she restrained her temper in front of Teacher Qin Lin and stepped aside.

After the other students gradually dispersed, the Combat Training Hall became empty. Teacher Qin Lin beckoned Chu Yue and Gu Han over.

Chu Yue was a student whom Teacher Qin Lin privately focused on tutoring, as she had good talent and a good family background. Teacher Qin Lin wanted to take this opportunity to mediate and bring the two together.

"Gu Han, I know you held back just now." Teacher Qin Lin said straightforwardly, "Chu Yue is now prepared for your poison-spreading tactics. The two of you go on the simulation terminal and have another match. Lay your cards on the table so you can cooperate well in the league."

Chu Yue raised her chin, clearly having the same intention.

Gu Han, however, shook his head without hesitation: "No need. Tactics are meant for surprise. She is not my opponent."

He paused, then changed the subject: "However, Teacher Qin Lin, I would like to have another match with you."

Teacher Qin Lin was stunned, then laughed out of anger: "You kid, are you addicted to being abused?"

Last time Gu Han dragged her along as a sparring partner, and although he managed to hold on for a while relying on the insect swarm tactic, he was eventually completely annihilated by her Level 1 army.

"This time is different." Gu Han held up a finger, "I want to challenge your Level 2 army."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chu Yue beside him crossed her arms and mocked him unceremoniously: "What an overestimation of one's own capabilities."

Chu Yue actually knew about Gu Han challenging Teacher Qin Lin's Level 1 army last time. At that time, Teacher Qin Lin had used this matter to scold her, which was why Chu Yue realized that Gu Han's insectoid believers were astonishing in number; if they really spread out, they could drown her Archers. To counter this tactic, she had painstakingly developed the troop combination of Shield-bearers, Spearmen, and Archers.

But a Level 2 army was a completely different concept.

Even for the Level 2 believers of ordinary races, their physical fitness had undergone a qualitative change. Gu Han didn't even have Transcendental Believer, so what could he use to touch a Level 2 army with those strange Ant-men?

Gu Han ignored Chu Yue's sarcasm and looked at Teacher Qin Lin: "Just one match. If I lose, I will immediately have a rematch with Chu Yue, without any refusal."

Teacher Qin Lin looked Gu Han up and down. This kid's Divine Kingdom development always managed to produce unexpected results, and she was indeed curious about his extreme combat power at this stage.

"Fine." Teacher Qin Lin walked toward the simulation pod, "I want to see what trump cards you can pull out. Get in."

As the cabin door closed, the holographic projection lit up again in the center of the Combat Training Hall.

On the vast simulation plain, light flickered on Teacher Qin Lin's side, and one hundred burly Orc warriors lined up in formation.

These Level 2 Orcs were a full head taller than the previous Level 1 believers, their exposed muscles knotted and bulging, with veins popping out. They carried battle axes on their backs, held large shields in their hands, and every breath they took carried a heavy sense of oppression.

On the other end, Gu Han's camp also appeared.

It was a dark mass, visually estimated to be nearly two hundred Ant-men.

Chu Yue stood outside the field, staring closely at the holographic projection, her fists clenched, but her breathing suddenly stopped.

At the very front of these two hundred Ant-men stood dozens of extremely conspicuous big guys.

They were two meters tall, covered in an extremely ostentatious pitch-black carapace, with thick back armor layered on top of each other. Most striking were their arms, which extended directly into two broad and thick natural shield armors.

As these dozens of giant Ant-men stood there, an extremely strong sense of oppression rushed towards them, completely no less than a Transcendental Believer.

"What kind of mutant species is this again?" Teacher Qin Lin transmitted through the channel, her tone filled with undisguised surprise.

Gu Han did not respond.

He had sent this time, on the surface, a mix of two hundred Shield-Armored Ant-Men and ordinary Black-Armored Ant-men. In reality, hidden within the gaps of the shield armor on those large Ant-men were a full thousand Hidden-Armor Ant-men that were difficult to capture with the naked eye.

Seeing that Gu Han didn't speak, Teacher Qin Lin issued an order directly.

The Orc army quickly deployed the most secure defensive formation. The Archers in the back row immediately drew their bows and nocked arrows, their thick arms pulling the strings into a full moon, with arrowheads pointing directly at the Ant-men formation.

Fighting a Level 2 army, Gu Han certainly wouldn't use poison again; the opponent was prepared, and with the rapid reaction speed of Level 2 Orcs, the bone arrows would be intercepted and knocked down in mid-air.

"All troops, charge!" Gu Han issued an oracle in his mind.

The Ant-men in the field moved instantly.

Dozens of two-meter-tall Shield-Armored Ant-Men did not disperse to hold their shields, but quickly gathered towards the center. Their wide shield armors fitted together, interlocking with the back armor of other Shield-Armored Ant-Men.

The remaining ordinary Black-Armored Ant-men moved with extreme proficiency, quickly burrowing into the interior of this huge shield-armor sphere. In a very short time, they actually assembled into a huge, perfect sphere without any gaps.

The whole process was smooth and flowing. In the long years of the Divine Kingdom, the Sapiens teachers had also solved the problem of the Shield-Armored Ant-Men being unable to close into a perfect sphere themselves, and had practiced this set of tactics skillfully.

The next second, this huge black shield-armor sphere rolled forward violently, with the momentum to crush everything, heading straight for the Orc formation.

Its size was now as big as the Shield-Armored Armadillo that had invaded the Divine Kingdom back then. There was no need to stop and observe like it did; it was a pure, violent charge.

Teacher Qin Lin's Orc Archers immediately released their arrows.

The arrows were as fast as a shuttle, and a series of dense metallic clashing sounds rang out.

The arrows shot by the Level 2 believers were extremely powerful, but the moment they touched the arc-shaped surface of the shield-armor sphere, most of them slid along the curve, directly deviating, unable to truly hit.

The few arrows that hit head-on only left white scratches and shallow pits on the thick shield armor, unable to penetrate the defense at all.

Teacher Qin Lin exclaimed in surprise: "You actually have operations! You can play like this?"

She quickly adjusted her tactics, and the Orc army immediately changed formation.

The Archers and Spearmen quickly retreated to open up distance, and the Shield-bearers in the front row slammed their heavy shields directly into the soil, shoulder to shoulder, shield to shield, firmly holding the front, preparing to rely on the powerful physical strength of Level 2 believers to hard-resist this wave of impact.

In the blink of an eye, the black shield-armor sphere smashed over with huge kinetic energy.

Accompanied by a deafening muffled sound, the Orc defense line shook violently. The several Level 2 Shield-bearers in the front row had their arms bent violently, and the huge impact force was transmitted to their bodies through the heavy shields, causing their internal organs to churn.

The defense line was instantly scattered.

Due to the reaction force of the collision, the huge shield-armor sphere bounced high and hovered directly above the Orc formation.

"Open!" Gu Han ordered calmly.

The sphere in mid-air changed instantly, and the Shield-Armored Ant-Men turned their bodies in unison, the wide shield armors that had been spliced together opening up violently.

With the dual blessing of gravity and inertia, the shield-armor sphere, as if thousands of blades had grown, smashed directly into the center of the dense Orc formation.

The thick shield armor turned into a deadly cutting weapon under the high-speed rotation.

Blood splattered.

Several Level 2 Orc warriors were broken in half by the sharp shield armor before they could even scream. Many more Orcs were directly crushed to the ground by the shield-armor sphere, vomiting blood, their bones shattered.

The previously seamless Orc formation was instantly thrown into disarray by this blow from the sky.

Chu Yue outside the field opened her mouth wide, unable to say a word for a long time.

This simple, crude, yet extremely strange way of charging completely subverted her understanding of tactical coordination.

Inside the simulation pod, Teacher Qin Lin looked at her team, which had suffered heavy casualties in an instant, not only not angry, but with high fighting spirit.

"You brat!" Teacher Qin Lin's voice exploded in the channel, "I take back what I said just now. Next, I'm going to get serious. Orcs, go Berserk!"

Teacher Qin Lin activated her talent skill — [Help Me Up]

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