27: Chapter 27 The Strongest Spear VS The Strongest Shield

Wang Tao's declaration of a challenge was like a shot of adrenaline, instantly setting the entire stadium ablaze.

If Jiang Xun's previous victories had all been about using diverse attack methods to deal with enemies of different systems,

then this match was the purest duel between spear and shield.

One was an all-around monster who had won four consecutive matches with an overwhelming offensive.

The other was a mobile fortress famous throughout the school for its impenetrable defense; everyone's appetite was completely whetted.

The next day, the match began.

When the names Jiang Xun and Wang Tao appeared on the big battle screen, the entire arena erupted in thunderous cheers.

Wang Tao walked onto the battle platform step by step. With every step he took, the ground seemed to tremble slightly, giving people a mountain-like sense of heaviness.

He stood there with his arms crossed, his gaze fixed on Jiang Xun, and his voice was sonorous.

"Jiang Xun, I admit you are strong. Those methods of yours are enough to crush ninety-nine percent of the people in this school."

"But they are ineffective against me."

"In front of my [Basalt Shield], every attack is meaningless."

Confidence, absolute confidence. Jiang Xun simply pushed up his glasses calmly, saying nothing.

The match began.

Wang Tao did not hesitate in the slightest. His divine power surged wildly, and he let out a low shout.

"Basalt, descend!"

Hum!

An incredibly thick, earthy-yellow light curtain instantly rose from the edge of his divine kingdom sandbox, forming a massive hemispherical shield that completely enveloped his divine kingdom.

On the shield, complex runes shaped like tortoise shells slowly flowed, exuding an aura that was ancient, solid, and unshakeable.

On the instructor's podium, an instructor specializing in defense laws spoke with a solemn expression.

"Wang Tao's Basalt Shield is even more solid than last month. This is not just a simple divine power shield, but a composite defense system that integrates three laws: 'Force Unloading,' 'Counter-Shock,' and 'Self-Repair.' It has almost no weaknesses."

"Jiang Xun is in trouble."

Everyone could see it; this shield was unimaginably hard. Jiang Xun looked at the massive tortoise shell shield and issued his first command.

"Rock Battle Soul, Armor Piercing, charge."

The believers, who had fused Orcish Frenzy, Undead Resilience, and Human Military Discipline, held spears imbued with the Armor Piercing law and slammed into the Basalt Shield like cannonballs leaving a barrel.

Thud!

A dull, deafening boom rang out.

The tips of the spears shattered instantly, and the violent impact stirred up ripples on the earthy-yellow light curtain before vanishing without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.

There wasn't even a single scratch left on the light curtain.

The entire stadium was in an uproar.

Jiang Xun's attack combination, which had been invincible yesterday, had actually been blocked so easily!

"It's useless!" Wang Tao laughed, his voice filled with smugness. "Your power will only be continuously weakened and absorbed by my Basalt Shield, eventually draining your divine power!"

Jiang Xun ignored his bluster and continued to issue orders.

"Scatter, focus fire on one point."

Over a hundred believers quickly changed formation. Arrows, spears, and even stones—all attacks poured down like a torrential rain onto the same spot on the shield.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The dense sound of impacts merged into one, deafening in its intensity.

However, the light at that point only flickered slightly a few times before quickly returning to normal.

The attacks were ineffective again, and the atmosphere in the arena began to turn somewhat subtle.

"It looks like Jiang Xun's winning streak is really going to end here."

"There's no helping it; the talent suppression is too severe. Although his attack power is diverse, his single-point explosive power is simply insufficient to pierce Wang Tao's turtle shell."

Xu Qingran sat in a corner, her brows furrowed. She also couldn't see where the flaw in this shield lay.

Just when everyone thought Jiang Xun was about to fall into a bitter struggle, or even be defeated,

Jiang Xun closed his eyes.

Had he given up on commanding?

No, deep within his mind, the [Civilization Deduction] panel was operating at high speed.

Two law models he had long since plundered—[Armor Piercing] and [Oscillation]—were dragged together by his consciousness.

[Law fusion intent detected...]

[Deduction started... Deduction completion 10%... 50%... 90%...]

[Fusion successful! Temporary law [Law Resonance] generated! Duration: ten minutes; cost: 10,000 Faith Points!]

Jiang Xun suddenly opened his eyes. This was it.

"Stop attacking."

He issued a command that left everyone puzzled.

On the battlefield, the dense attacks suddenly stopped. Wang Tao was taken aback, then mocked, "What, giving up? I told you, your attacks..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life. Jiang Xun issued another order, his voice not loud, yet it clearly reached the entire stadium.

"Everyone, 'Resonance' enchantment."

"Throw spears."

One hundred believers raised the spears in their hands. On the tips of the spears, there was no sharp, cold light, nor was there violent power. Instead, a faint glimmer lit up—one that seemed like it could go out at any moment—vibrating at a strange frequency.

Whoosh!

One hundred spears were thrown silently. There was no earth-shattering momentum; they even seemed somewhat weak and powerless.

They stuck into the Basalt Shield, not even managing to stir up ripples as they had before, simply clinging quietly to the light curtain as if attracted by a magnet.

"Hahahaha! This is your new trick? Are you trying to tickle me?" Wang Tao laughed wildly.

However, his laughter came to an abrupt halt in the next second.

Hum...

A harsh, high-frequency buzzing sound suddenly came from the Basalt Shield!

With those one hundred spears as the center, the entire massive tortoise shell shield began to tremble violently and irregularly!

"Th-this... what is this?!" The smile on Wang Tao's face instantly froze, replaced by endless horror.

He felt an incomprehensible power of oscillation disintegrating the shield's stable law structure from the inside!

Not breaking it from the outside.

But disintegrating it from the inside!

Crack.

An incredibly crisp cracking sound rang out in the deathly silent arena.

A tiny crack appeared on the Basalt Shield, which had been hailed as an absolute defense.

Immediately afterward.

Crack! Crack, crack!

The cracks, like a spiderweb spreading crazily, covered the entire shield within a single second!

Boom!!!

Amidst the deathly silence, that massive, unshakeable Basalt Shield shattered with a roar, like broken glass!

It turned into a sky full of earthy-yellow light particles and dissipated into the air.

Silence... deathly silence.

The tens of thousands of spectators in the arena, including the principal and instructors on the podium, were all frozen in place as if hit by a paralysis spell, their jaws nearly dropping to the floor.

Wang Tao stared blankly at the empty sandbox in front of him, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, swayed, and collapsed to the ground.

His defense, his most pride-worthy asset, had just... shattered?

"I... I lost..."

It wasn't until the cold system notification sound rang out that everyone came to their senses as if waking from a dream.

"How... how did he do it?!"

"That wasn't an attack! That was a kind of... a higher-dimensional strike!"

On the instructor's podium, the defense expert muttered to himself, looking lost: "Frequency... he found the natural frequency of the Basalt Shield's law structure... then used resonance to destroy it from the inside... Monster, he is a monster!"

Xu Qingran's pupils shrank into the most dangerous pinpricks.

She understood; Jiang Xun had never tried to break that shield.

He had simply dismantled that shield in a way that could only be called art.

This level of understanding and application of laws had already transcended the category of "genius" and entered the realm of a "grandmaster"!

The match ended, and Jiang Xun walked off the stage calmly.

No one in the stadium cheered; there was only a collective gasp of awe.

The host, with a trembling voice, picked up the microphone and announced with difficulty.

"Below, I will announce the semifinal matchup list..."

"The first match, Jiang Xun... versus... Xu Qingran!"

Boom!

The atmosphere of the entire stadium was ignited once again.

Jiang Xun's footsteps stopped, and he looked back.

In the corner of the stands, Xu Qingran also slowly stood up, her gaze piercing through the crowd to meet his.

This time, there was no more doubt or scrutiny in her eyes.

Only endless battle intent, and a trace of... excitement, that even she herself had not yet realized.