255: Chapter 255 Duan Xuan's Team Speeds Up the Competition!

Now, back to Li Fan.

Li Fan, at this moment, wasn't paying attention to the bewildered Peng Song and the others. Instead, he was analyzing the situation from moments ago.

"The time limit for controlling a Beast King is roughly around five minutes."

Compared to ordinary giant beasts,

when it comes to Beast Kings,

the effectiveness is directly halved.

However, Li Fan was still quite satisfied with this and had anticipated it.

"The higher the intelligence of a ferocious beast, the higher its Mental Energy. The same probably applies to humans."

"My current ability likely still can't control someone at the Star Shattering Rank's seventh stage."

Li Fan now had some conjectures about his own Mental Energy.

He could currently control ferocious beasts with low intelligence, but controlling humans with strength equivalent to those beasts was still far beyond him. At most, he could only achieve brief interference.

But Li Fan understood this well.

After all, he hadn't undergone systematic training yet and was purely relying on his own Explore.

It was entirely normal that he couldn't unleash the full power of all his Mental Energy.

"I wonder how many people are left now. With my current ability, as long as I encounter a squad, I should be able to eliminate one."

At this point, Li Fan pondered the matter of the competition.

Based on the speed at which the beast tide destroyed the Golden Shelter earlier,

his current duration of mental control was actually completely sufficient.

He could absolutely guarantee eliminating one squad for every one he encountered!

Possessing such an ability naturally made him hope to end the competition quickly.

Rather than wasting time lingering here, it would be better to return to the academy early to cultivate and practice. Later, if he found a cultivation method for Divine Illusionists, his progress speed would definitely be much faster than now.

However, he didn't have an omniscient view, so he wasn't clear about the current specific situation and couldn't quickly locate the positions of the remaining squads.

So,

Li Fan could only continue practicing slowly, hoping to encounter the next lucky squad sooner.

...

Time flew by.

Another half a month passed in a flash.

Amidst the fierce competition,

only a little over thirty people remained in the entire arena now, comprising ten squads.

The Li Fan Squad was unsurprisingly among them.

And their luck was unexpectedly good.

They truly advanced purely by lying down and winning!

Since encountering the Chen Xing Squad, they hadn't run into any other squads.

Thus, discussions about foul play

were now becoming increasingly rampant.

Not only were the Sparring Partners and Senior Students somewhat suspicious, but even the mentors responsible for this New Student Competition were dumbfounded, secretly wondering if Li Fan and his team were a setup arranged by higher-ups.

But if it really was arranged from above, they could only turn a blind eye.

Looking at the situation of the other squads,

the remaining squads had all experienced intense battles to varying degrees.

Now, each and every one of them was utterly exhausted and mentally strained.

If we're talking about those who remained composed and unruffled, it would only be the squads of Jiang Yunxu and Duan Xuan.

...

At a corner of the planet.

Duan Xuan and Fang Tong were sitting on the platform of a Golden Shelter, silently observing the situation outside.

"Big Brother, we've been encountering Golden Shelters lately. I feel the number of remaining squads shouldn't be many."

"That Jiang Yunxu is arrogant and conceited, actually choosing to teleport onto the planet. I think he might have been eliminated right at the start by the surging hordes of ferocious beasts."

"We probably face no threats anymore."

Fang Tong spoke slowly, a hint of joy on his face.

The initial student numbers were different from those after the New Student Competition.

The initial student number was just a title; the student number after the New Student Competition signified resources.

So, he very much hoped to advance to a top position.

First place, he naturally didn't dare to aspire to; that would undoubtedly be his big brother Duan Xuan.

But this second position,

he very much wished to obtain it.

And given the current situation, he had a high probability of getting it.

"Don't be careless."

"That Jiang Yunxu isn't as weak as you think. We'll probably encounter him soon!"

Compared to Fang Tong, Duan Xuan was clearly much more steady.

Hearing Duan Xuan's words, Fang Tong also nodded slightly, finding some sense in it, but then immediately smiled and said, "Even if he wasn't eliminated, so what? If he encounters you, Big Brother, wouldn't he still be eliminated?!"

As these words fell,

a trace of a smile flashed across Duan Xuan's face.

He naturally knew Fang Tong was flattering him.

But this flattery was truly comfortable.

From beginning to end, among all the New Students, the only one he considered a rival was Jiang Yunxu.

He was very much looking forward to having a thrilling battle with Jiang Yunxu!

Just as the two were chatting,

a loud explosion in the distance suddenly caught their attention.

Looking up,

they saw an extremely terrifying scene.

They saw a Golden Shelter being besieged by countless Starry Sky Giant Beasts.

One Starry Sky Giant Beast after another surged towards that shelter as if their lives meant nothing.

In moments, that Golden Shelter directly shattered!

"This!"

Duan Xuan and Fang Tong couldn't help but exchange a glance, their pupils contracting.

Such an unusual situation they had never encountered before!

Could beast tides attack shelters like this?

If so, even the two of them wouldn't be able to withstand it?!

And soon,

they noticed that at the edge of the beast tide, another Golden Shelter was rapidly drifting over.

However, this shelter was not attacked by the beast tide; in fact, the beast tide was moving away from them.

And that's right.

This Golden Shelter was precisely the squad of Li Fan and the others!

The scene from moments ago was also Li Fan's handiwork!

Now, half a month had passed.

Li Fan's mental control ability had improved significantly.

Controlling a Star Shattering Rank seventh-stage Beast King could now last for ten minutes.

Having reached this level, Li Fan temporarily had no plans to continue practicing.

For the remaining time, he planned to focus on finishing this competition first!

"What's going on? Again?"

Inside the shelter, Peng Song and the others, watching yet another Golden Shelter explode, were once again stunned.

Wasn't this a bit too coincidental?

And the Sparring Partners in the live stream were even more dumbfounded.

Accusations of foul play directly peaked!

Could this really happen twice?!

Watching Duan Xuan and the other getting closer and closer to their squad,

all the eliminated New Students on the spaceship subconsciously held their breath.

If the Golden Shelter where Duan Xuan and the other were was also targeted by the beast tide and shattered,

then the foul play could truly be confirmed, and they could go protest!

That was a top contender for the championship!

If even a top contender was eliminated by foul play, that would be way too shady!

And right at this moment,

Li Fan moved!

They saw Li Fan slowly stand up and look towards Peng Song and the others beside him.

"Um, everyone, let's split up and act separately later."

"There's a shelter coming over there. I'll go seize that shelter, so we can clear out the other squads faster."

"If we meet again in the future, let's set a code word to avoid accidental injuries."

That's right.

Li Fan was preparing to speed up the progress of the competition.