Chapter 910 Two-in-One Chapter, with an Additional Update for the Alliance Leader

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On the stadium of the Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, the frenzied chase continued.

Of course, it was accompanied by waves of boos from the students.

Jiang Xiao knew that the audience was booing "Fang Run-Run." This Star River Combatant was using an extremely shameless method to delay time and consume Jiang Xiao's star power.

It was hard for people to imagine how Fang Run-Run would win, but at least he was annoying people right now, not only his opponent but also the teachers and students of the entire school.

And during this chase, Jiang Xiao kept thinking.

Unlike the vast majority of impatient viewers, Jiang Xiao's mentality gradually calmed down.

Jiang Xiao suddenly stopped, adjusted his Blessing to the Silver quality, and raised his hand to cast one on himself.

Fang Xiao's body lurched to the side, dodging Jiang Xiao's Blessing, only to realize that Jiang Xiao was casting it on himself.

Fang Xiao was obviously stunned for a moment, caught off guard by this sudden scene. By the time he reacted, Jiang Xiao had slowly recovered.

Fang Xiao and the audience then remembered that the Blessing's effect was not just single-target control. Its essence was a healing star technique, but Jiang Xiao had a "talent" for always aiming at his opponents, which made people subconsciously think it was a control skill.

With the Silver quality Blessing on him, Jiang Xiao felt his vitality rapidly recovering. The first thing he felt was the restoration of his stamina.

This wasn't a limit-breaking run around the track. Jiang Xiao didn't intend to run himself to death.

Theoretically, Jiang Xiao couldn't be run to death with Blessing. A Silver quality Blessing was enough for him to recover a lot of stamina, and during the run, his star power would also recover, enough to use another Silver quality Blessing.

Jiang Xiao gripped his blade tightly, sounding the alarm in his mind: Mentality!

His mentality must not be compromised.

Stay calm and collected, and there will always be a solution.

Enemies always make mistakes. As long as he maintained his mentality, this level of competition was nothing.

Sure enough, learning through exams was very effective.

Jiang Xiao had long discovered this weakness in his physical fitness. It was just that Fang Run-Run had used a unique method to amplify Jiang Xiao's weakness infinitely.

Continuous use of Silence and Blessing had nearly depleted Jiang Xiao's star power.

Jiang Xiao couldn't use Space-Time Rift. Not to mention now, even when Jiang Xiao was at full strength, he had to think carefully before using Space-Time Rift.

If there were observant viewers, they would have noticed that in these past few matches, every time Jiang Xiao used Space-Time Rift to teleport, he had always cast the Light of Reverse Flow on his opponent first before teleporting.

Jiang Xiao's current level was considered half-step Star River. His star power was still considered abundant, but he hadn't "leapt over the dragon gate." His star power reserve hadn't qualitatively improved.

And using the Light of Reverse Flow to fill his own star power before teleporting was already Jiang Xiao's battle routine. Not just in these few matches, but as early as when he was killing Tear Ghosts in the Forest of Tearful Rain, Jiang Xiao had been acting this way.

The key was... he had no choice but to do so.

If Jiang Xiao's total star power was divided into ten parts, using Space-Time Rift would consume nine parts of his star power!

If his total star power wasn't enough, and Jiang Xiao insisted on using Space-Time Rift, it would almost be suicidal. He had tasted the feeling of being drained of star power. Overdrawing his body wouldn't just prevent him from using star techniques, it would also cause enormous damage to his body.

So... another weakness appeared?

Jiang Xiao didn't have any star techniques to autonomously increase his star power. All of his star techniques were poisonous, only capable of drawing star power from the enemy's body.

No, this problem was no longer a problem.

Jiang Xiao's weakness had been compensated for as early as in the Forest of Tearful Rain, after absorbing the Tear Spirit Star Bead.

Jiang Xiao had the Halo of Yearning and also Tears of Lament...

Cry for a while with the Halo of Yearning active, and let it rain for a while, and all of Jiang Xiao's star power would come back...

Could Fang Xiao dodge the heavy rain? Jiang Xiao was deeply doubtful about that.

Fang Xiao could only hide inside a building to avoid it, but whether it was the school competition, the national competition, or the World Cup, the competition venues were all standard football fields.

Even if Fang Xiao used a rock-based star technique to hold up a stone slab above his head, it wouldn't work. The rainwater flowing down the rock would inevitably touch his body. That would also bring Jiang Xiao a continuous stream of star power.

An umbrella would be a good choice, after all, its structure was specifically designed to block rain, preventing any contact between the human body and rainwater.

But even so, Fang Xiao would have to supplement it with a flying star technique. Otherwise, the rainwater flowing on the ground, wetting the grass and soil, would also scorch Fang Xiao's body, which would similarly provide Jiang Xiao with a continuous stream of star power.

After stabilizing his mentality, Jiang Xiao was no longer anxious.

What he could learn in each match was the meaning of the competition.

If the sky falls, Second Tail will hold it up!

Uh... no, if the sky falls, a taller person will hold it up!

At any time, one must not be eager to achieve quick success. He had just finished educating Xiao Jin and couldn't make the same mistake himself.

Jiang Xiao's main body should concentrate on playing the match well and move towards his life goals. This was a meaningful thing!

Jiang Xiao's bait, cooperating with the team to destroy the Sacred Ruins and resolve the crisis, was also a meaningful thing.

Since it was dual-core processing, they should each work hard!

Pointless worries and telepathy would not only not help the progress of both parties' goals but would also affect their respective performance.

Jiang Xiao did his best to greatly shield the telepathy, and on the bait side, the Nine-Tails' thinking was also clearer, and its movements seemed to be faster and more decisive.

For Jiang Xiao, a heavy rain could obviously solve the current problems, and star techniques were absorbed to be used. When necessary, Jiang Xiao would definitely not be stingy.

Jiang Xiao carried the giant blade and attacked Fang Xiao again. Tears of Lament required at least two portions of star power to activate, and maintaining Tears of Lament and the Halo of Yearning also required star power.

But Jiang Xiao didn't care, because at that time, the star power brought by the Halo of Yearning was far more than the star power consumed by maintaining these two star techniques.

The problem was that Jiang Xiao currently only had two portions of star power left in his body, which was obviously not enough for the "start-up funds" of the two star techniques. He still needed to chase "Fang Run-Run" for a while. He still needed to recover some more star power.

Should he... use skill points to push "Abundant Star Power," that basic skill? Speed up his star power recovery rate?

That damn Abundant Star Power, the last time it was upgraded was when Jiang Xiao was fighting Song Chunxi, the time when Jiang Xiao cut off Song Chunxi's thigh. The information of Abundant Star Power upgrading came from his inner vision star chart.

That was still considered good, at least it was an autonomous upgrade.

He had to know that Abundant Star Power was basically pushed up by Jiang Xiao with skill points.

Abundant Star Power was considered the most difficult skill to train among all the basic skills.

In the inner vision star chart, in the third section of basic skills, Jiang Xiao's Unarmed Combat, Dagger Mastery, and Archery Mastery, under diligent training, had all reached Silver quality Lv.9! The Xia Family Blade Technique had even reached Gold quality Lv.6!

Only this Abundant Star Power was still only Silver quality Lv.4, which was really difficult to train autonomously, and Jiang Xiao also couldn't seem to find any effective training methods.

Jiang Xiao, who was chasing and hacking, took the time to glance at his inner vision star chart. Hmm... he still had 67 skill points.

Should he push Abundant Star Power to Gold quality? After all, increasing the star power recovery speed was crucial, as he was about to participate in the higher-level national team selection competition.

If the total amount of star power wasn't enough, then compensate with recovery speed?

Jiang Xiao didn't have any star techniques to actively recover star power, and this basic skill just happened to make up for Jiang Xiao's shortcoming!

Made in heaven? A match made in heaven?

Jiang Xiao had always adhered to the principle of trying to upgrade on his own as much as possible and using as few skill points as possible to push, so Jiang Xiao was very cautious about any behavior that used skill points.

This behavior had also resolved many crises for Jiang Xiao. Whenever it was a difficult moment, Jiang Xiao threw skill points into the inner vision star chart, upgraded his star power, and his state was fully restored.

Not to mention the far away, just take the 923 Yan Judgment Office incident last time. The role played by skill points almost saved the lives of Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue.

And now, Jiang Xiao was stuck at half-step Star River, and skill points couldn't push up his star power realm, which also made Jiang Xiao not so much of a "hoarder" anymore. Moreover, this Abundant Star Power was really a difficult basic skill to train and upgrade...

Damn it,

The Imperial Capital Star Warrior University was one of the top universities in the country. Why didn't winning the school selection competition give skill points?

Did he have to get to the national team selection to get skill points?

Screw it, he'd go to the national team selection first!

Jiang Xiao threw 60 skill points directly into the Abundant Star Power that he both loved and hated.

"Abundant Star Power upgraded! Gold quality Lv.0."

Uh...

Jiang Xiao carefully felt it.

The time it took to absorb the same amount of star power was shortened by more than half.

Originally, it took 300 seconds to recover a portion of star power, but now it took about 120 seconds to recover a portion of star power.

And this was still autonomous operation by the star chart. Jiang Xiao didn't need to pay attention to it, which was equivalent to a passive star technique.

He had to know that Star Warriors could actively absorb star power. If Jiang Xiao actively absorbed star power, coupled with the positive effect of Abundant Star Power, the speed of recovering star power would be even faster.

Oh?

Not bad?

What kind of effect would it have after Abundant Star Power was upgraded to Platinum quality? Would it recover a portion of star power in 60 seconds? Or even faster?

If it was too fast, there were advantages and disadvantages.

After all, Jiang Xiao's Light of Reverse Flow shared and divided the enemy's star power.

When Jiang Xiao reached Star River in the future, and the total amount of star power came up, and it was similar to the total amount of star power of his contemporaries, if Jiang Xiao's star power recovery speed had a qualitative improvement, it would be easy to divide his star power to his opponents...

Well, but there were many ways to avoid it, such as... crazy teleports? Crazy mana consumption, and then Light of Reverse Flow?

It would be much better if this basic skill could be turned on and off autonomously, so that there would be more room for operation.

Jiang Xiao thought while chasing Fang Xiao.

The audience was obviously impatient now. Even the judges on the judging panel were whispering to each other, discussing how to deal with the current stalemate.

School-level selection competitions had no time limit, which to a greater extent ensured that both sides had time to display their highest level.

If it was strictly judged according to the rules of the World Cup, with a match time of 20 minutes, after the time was exhausted, the judging panel would determine the winner based on the performance of both sides in the past 20 minutes.

Soon, Li Liang's voice came: "The match time is 20 minutes, timing starts."

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment, a temporary rule change?

So far, he should be considered to have the upper hand, right?

The damage he caused to the other party far exceeded the damage caused by the opponent.

Jiang Xiao frowned: So, should he also change his strategy?

Jiang Xiao looked at Fang Run-Run, who was sprinting in front of him, and found that his complexion was as usual, still calm, as if he hadn't heard Li Liang's words.

Jiang Xiao wasn't in a hurry either. He was also sitting firmly on the fishing platform, thinking to himself: It's still better to be safe. If he could win, he shouldn't leave his fate to others.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiao stopped chasing and stood in the middle of the green field.

"Fang Run-Run! You're bullying people, you're bullying me for not being able to catch up with you!" Jiang Xiao changed his calm demeanor and suddenly stomped his feet and cursed.

Fang Xiao, however, had learned from his mistakes, his spirit was more focused, and his eyes were fixed on Jiang Xiao even more tightly.

Jiang Xiao found that the enemy was really on full alert, with no chance to take advantage of. Jiang Xiao reached out and wiped away a handful of tears: "You're bullying people too much!!!"

The audience and the judging panel were stunned.

What's going on?

Was he emotionally collapsing?

Was Jiang Xiaopi made to cry by Fang Xiao?

Could it be that Fang Xiao's tactics really worked? Did he break the other party's mentality?

The next moment, in the sunny stadium, dark clouds quickly surged in, constantly gathering.

The students clicked their tongues secretly, looking at this spectacle.

The sky above their heads was covered with dark clouds, but as far as their eyes could see, the sky outside the stadium was still sunny and bright.

It was as if God was playing a joke on everyone. This rain only fell on the football field of the stadium, and even the outer track was not wet.

The students in the audience were stunned. The rain curtain was not far in front of them.

The rain curtain could be described as clearly defined. Inside the green field was a heavy downpour, and outside the green field, the track was the dividing line, with not even a drop of rain!

This is???

Li Liang on the rostrum suddenly stood up. He saw Jiang Xiao's feet stepping out of the Halo of Yearning in the heavy downpour, with the Dawn buff added, and the Time Scale constantly rotating clockwise.

Jiang Xiao just stood in the center of the field, looking up at the sky with a sad face.

And in this heavy downpour, Fang Xiao's expression suddenly changed. The rain, which should have been cool, felt incredibly hot, scorching his body and burning his life.

Fang Xiao gasped for breath and ran at top speed, regardless of whether he was out of bounds or not. He quickly ran to the edge of the field and finally dove headfirst onto the track.

Unexpectedly, before Fang Xiao could get up, the range of the rain actually moved over!

Fang Xiao was shocked and ran out in a hurry, directly rushing into the audience.

And the heavy rain also moved with Fang Xiao.

Uh... it couldn't be considered moving, it was just that the range of the rain had expanded.

The audience was originally watching the show, until the rain poured on their heads, and in an instant, a chorus of curses rang out!

"This isn't rain! This is a star technique! This is actually a star technique!?"

"Damn! It really hurts!"

"What kind of ghost star technique is this? How come I've never heard of it?"

"Damn you! Jiang Xiaopi! I'm not a contestant, I'm an audience member! Damn!"

"Jiang Xiaopi! Shut up! Stop crying! Hold it back! I'm going to turn on counter-injury! I'm really going to turn on counter-injury!!!"

"Little Poisonous Milk, please put away your supernatural powers..." (九星毒奶)

"Little Pi Daddy, don't cry, waaaah... please don't cry."