29: Chapter 29 The Idea of ​​Changing Jobs

Inside the Trial Hall, the air seemed to freeze completely at this moment.

On the massive light screen, that line of golden text was like the scorching sun at noon, stinging the eyes of everyone from the Shenfeng Battle Team.

"Th-this has to be fake, right? Is the display broken? Five hours? Even just running the map takes more than five hours!"

Fang Yue's voice trembled, filled with an incredulous sharpness.

Chen Xi slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over his former teammates, who all looked like they were mourning their parents, and the corner of his mouth hooked into a deeply mocking arc.

He opened his mouth slightly and spat out four words indifferently:

"Frogs in a well."

Although the four words were soft, they were like a thunderclap on flat ground.

"Who are you calling a frog in a well!?"

Lin Feng instantly lost his composure, his face, which was already struggling to maintain its composure, flushing to the color of a pig's liver.

He rushed up to Chen Xi, almost shamelessly, and pointed at the light screen, roaring while spitting everywhere:

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Chen Xi, stop putting on an act here! Just based on your trashy team? With two useless supports here, even if you were given an Ace DPS from the former Nightfall Squad? How could you possibly break the record? How could you compress the time to five hours!?"

He panted heavily, his eyes filled with the madness caused by jealousy:

"I know! The system must have a bug! Or you used some cheating method! Otherwise, just based on the three of you, how could you be faster than our Shenfeng? We have God Yan sitting in command! God Yan is also an Ace DPS from the former Nightfall Squad!"

Facing Lin Feng's barking like a mad dog, Chen Xi couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids; he directly ignored him and turned around to continue searching for a suitable dungeon on the light screen.

This kind of indifference was the highest level of humiliation.

However, Lin Feng's hysterical roaring was like a lightning bolt, splitting the fog in the mind of Yan Zidong, who had been silent on the side.

Yan Zidong stared fixedly at Chen Xi's calm back, then looked at Li Murou and Su Xiaoxiao, who were standing obediently behind Chen Xi, his pupils suddenly shrinking to pinpricks.

His brain began to operate at high speed, attempting to reconstruct this incredible battle.

"Su Xiaoxiao..."

Yan Zidong silently recited this name in his heart. As a former teammate of "Night Curtain," he knew Su Xiaoxiao's strength all too well.

Su Xiaoxiao's class was Battle Mage, but she leaned more towards the formation system.

Her strengths were extremely prominent—terrifying damage multipliers, an extremely wide attack coverage; once she unleashed her skills, it was a world-destroying area-clearing effect.

But her weaknesses were equally fatal—long skill casting pre-motions, long incantation times, and most of her powerful skills were fixed-point releases.

Once the monsters moved too fast, or she was disturbed, her DPS capability would be greatly reduced.

This was also the reason why in the former "Night Curtain" team, it was necessary to equip two powerful tanks to hold aggro tightly, and have a priest protect her at all times, to allow her to output damage with peace of mind.

"But now... in this Nirvana Battle Team, there are no tanks, and no priests..."

Yan Zidong's gaze slowly shifted to Li Murou, who looked harmless to humans and animals.

Yesterday in the arena, Li Murou's bizarre immobilization technique surfaced in his mind once again.

That skill could render Sun Lin, who was an assassin with extremely fast speed, completely immobile.

"If... I mean if..."

A terrifying conjecture grew wildly in Yan Zidong's mind, making him feel a tingling scalp involuntarily.

"What if Li Murou's deceleration and immobilization skills... were AOE?"

Hiss—!

Thinking of this, Yan Zidong couldn't help but gasp.

If it were group crowd control that could pin all the monsters in the entire dungeon in place, or even group them together...

Then, Su Xiaoxiao's weaknesses of long incantation times and high fixed-point burst would be completely covered!

Replacing them would be her terrifyingly extreme area-clearing efficiency!

If the monsters couldn't move, Su Xiaoxiao could cast spells without restraint; even Forbidden Curse-level spells could be released at will!

"No wonder... no wonder they could be so fast..."

The more Yan Zidong thought, the more shocked he became, and the cold sweat on his back instantly soaked his clothes.

This tactic sounded simple and brutal.

But it required an outrageous level of execution from the team members, skill chaining, and timing control!

And the core key to all of this lay in the girl named Li Murou!

"Li Murou..."

Yan Zidong looked at the young girl who was gazing at Chen Xi with a face full of admiration, and a stormy sea churned in his heart.

"Even one day ago, she was just a trash support who did odd jobs in the Administration Building and was despised by all the battle teams... But now, in Chen Xi's team, she has actually turned into this kind of terrifying existence capable of controlling the entire field?"

"And Su Xiaoxiao, with only two support teammates, the combat power she displayed was actually more than a tier stronger than when she was in our 'Night Curtain' team, which had everything we needed!"

What did this mean?

It meant that Chen Xi, this seemingly unremarkable Card Maker, possessed the terrifying ability to turn rot into magic!

He could precisely find the potential of every team member and develop it to the extreme!

In Yan Zidong's eyes, which were originally filled with arrogance, there was now only terror and doubt.

He subconsciously glanced at Lin Feng, who was still chattering incessantly like a clown beside him.

An absurd yet incomparably real thought emerged uncontrollably:

"Could it be... that the reason the Shenfeng Battle Team was able to charge from obscurity to third in the grade was not because of the trash captain Lin Feng, but rather... Chen Xi, whom they had always treated as a burden and kicked away!?"

"Even... the reason I feel the current Shenfeng Battle Team is a pile of mud is entirely because... the brain and soul of this team have been personally dug out by them!?"

Fear.

An unprecedented sense of fear coiled around Yan Zidong's heart like a viper.

As the combat power ceiling of the First-Year University Students, this was the first time he had developed an emotion called "dread" towards a person.

In front of this Chen Xi, his pride-worthy talent and his glory during his time in "Night Curtain" seemed to have become somewhat laughable.

That youth was like a bottomless black hole; anyone who underestimated him would eventually be devoured by him until not even bones remained.

In an instant, a crazy thought flashed through his mind—

Jump ship!

"If I also joined the Nirvana Battle Team... with my DPS capability, combined with Li Murou's control, plus Chen Xi's buffs... what kind of invincible battle team would that be?"

"It could even go toe-to-toe with those sophomore and junior battle teams!"

However, this thought lasted for less than a second before it was ruthlessly extinguished by Yan Zidong's arrogant self-esteem.

"No!"

Yan Zidong clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deeply into his palms.

"I am Yan Zidong! With the current situation of the Night Curtain captain and vice-captain unknown, I am the recognized number one DPS among the First-Year University Students! How could I bow to a support who was kicked out of the team? How could I go and be someone else's lackey!?"

"Besides... the grudge with Chen Xi has already been forged..."

Yan Zidong took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear and wavering in his heart.

His eyes became sharp again, even more sinister and crazy than before.

Since he couldn't join, then he could only... destroy!

Must win!

Must trample this Chen Xi and this Nirvana Battle Team underfoot at the Freshman Challenge Tournament in three days!

Only in this way could he prove that his, Yan Zidong's, choice was not wrong!

He coldly glanced at Lin Feng, who was still throwing a powerless tantrum beside him, a flash of disgust in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a certain determination.

Although these teammates were pigs, as long as they were trained properly, even pigs could gore someone to death!

Thinking of this, Yan Zidong opened his mouth slightly and roared:

"Enough!"