Chapter 58: Rapid Improvement

The inter-city arena tournament is divided into individual matches and team matches.

Individual matches are very easy to understand.

As for team matches, they are 4v4.

A battle between four Evolvers and another four Evolvers.

Therefore,

team matches test the coordination abilities among members quite a bit.

At the Dongning City arena, host Sun Bin appeared.

As a well-known local host, Sun Bin could be said to be a "frequent visitor" to past arena tournaments.

Being able to achieve this stems from Sun Bin's own abilities—

He has an in-depth understanding of many evolution paths, and is often able to commentate on the battle situation at the first instance and give his own judgment.

Coupled with his humorous and un-stuffy language, his position as the arena host is naturally unbreakable.

Standing next to Sun Bin was a young woman, who was also a host of the arena tournament.

For past arena tournaments in Dongning City, there have always been two hosts, one male and one female.

This female host was obviously commenting on an arena tournament for the first time, and her expression was slightly nervous.

"Today is the day the arena tournament begins, and our Dongning City will welcome opponents from other cities."

"I believe that in this arena tournament, the representative Evolvers of Dongning City will definitely surpass the past."

Sun Bin's tone was passionate; regardless of whether they could surpass the past, they could not lose in Aura first.

"Alright, next I will introduce them."

"The first representative of our Dongning City is Zong Bai, who is also an acquaintance to everyone. With the strength of the first stage, twelfth level, Zong Bai must be very close to the second stage now."

"The second is Cao Rong."

"The third is Lu Xiguang."

"The fourth—"

Sun Bin paused intentionally for a moment when he reached this point before continuing, "The fourth representative is participating in the arena tournament for the first time. However, since he is able to stand here, he certainly has extraordinary qualities."

Next,

host Sun Bin introduced the four representative Evolvers of the opponent, Bauhinia City, once again.

Finally, the host began to summarize.

"The opponents are very strong, and everyone is aware of the past battle records of Bauhinia City. However, I have more confidence in the four contestants from Dongning City."

Sun Bin said loudly, "Now, the arena tournament begins."

"Come on, Brother." Lin Yi clenched her small fists, cheering for Lin Yuan.

"I see that everyone's moods are not very good. They are saying things like Dongning City is bound to lose, Zijing City is too strong, and there is not the slightest chance of winning."

Mother Lu Qiong looked at the continuously scrolling barrage and couldn't help saying, "They even said it was already difficult to win, and they added a 'newcomer'. Isn't this mocking our Xiao Yuan?"

"Zijing City's strength is indeed very strong, especially that 'Giant' captain."

Father Lin Shoucheng belonged to the 'veteran audience' and evaluated objectively, "Judging from past battle records, the hope of Dongning City winning is very small, and can even be said to be negligible."

After Lin Shoucheng finished speaking, seeing Lu Qiong's furrowed brows, he quickly explained, "However, this has nothing to do with Xiao Yuan."

"Even if Xiao Yuan doesn't go on stage, with Dongning City's configuration in past arena tournaments, we still wouldn't win. People nowadays just love to shift the blame. Our Xiao Yuan didn't do anything, yet he got slapped with a label."

"Can't you say something nice about Xiao Yuan?" Lu Qiong glared at Lin Shoucheng, "I have great confidence in Xiao Yuan."

Lin Shoucheng immediately ingratiated himself with a smile, "Right, I also have great confidence in our Xiao Yuan. With Xiao Yuan here, Dongning City will definitely win."

Lin Shoucheng was full of flattery.

In the center of the arena,

Lin Yuan, Zong Bai, and the other two appeared on one side.

"Mr. Lin, how should we fight now?"

Zong Bai immediately asked in a low voice.

He knew very well in his heart that normally speaking, they had not a shred of chance of winning against the four people from Zijing City.

Lin Yuan was their only chance.

Therefore, Zong Bai and the other two didn't even think about it and directly decided to fight centered around Lin Yuan.

Lu Xiguang and Cao Rong also stared closely at Lin Yuan.

"How to fight?"

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment.

"You guys go up first."

"Directly crush them head-on."

Lin Yuan spoke.

"Eh?"

Zong Bai agreed without hesitation.

Then it dawned on him.

We go up first?

Zong Bai glanced at the four people from Zijing City opposite them.

Especially the tall and robust figure standing right in the center, who was fully two meters tall.

He couldn't help but swallow hard.

If Lin Yuan didn't go up and let them go instead, let alone crushing head-on, they would probably be the ones getting crushed.

Lu Xiguang and Cao Rong also had puzzled expressions.

Evolvers of the 'Giant' evolution path excelled the most at head-on collisions.

The three of them go up directly? Wasn't this using their weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths?

"Just do as I say."

Lin Yuan's tone was calm.

"Alright."

Zong Bai said, gritting his teeth.

Anyway, this was the Virtual World; even if they died here, their physical bodies outside wouldn't be affected in any way.

At worst, they would just lose this arena tournament. Originally, after learning that their opponents were from Bauhinia City, Zong Bai hadn't held much hope anyway.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Zong Bai, Lu Xiguang, and Cao Rong charged directly at the four Evolvers of Bauhinia City.

At the same time,

the Taiyang power and Taiyin power within Lin Yuan's body formed Taiji, and the yin and yang fish slowly rotated, transforming into an invisible force that shrouded outward in all directions.

Taiji Field.

This was an ability Lin Yuan comprehended when he integrated Primal Force into Taiji.

Within the range of the Taiji Field, he could easily suppress opponents.

Lin Yuan could also observe everything about his opponents at close range through the power of the field.

In fact, as early as in the Dragon-Tiger World, Lin Yuan had already comprehended the prototype of the Taiji Field, and it was only perfected after he comprehended the Primal Force Evolution Path.

On the other side,

the four Evolvers of Bauhinia City were also looking at Lin Yuan and the others from afar.

When they saw Zong Bai and the other three charging towards them first, stunned expressions instantly appeared on their faces.

"Courting death."

The leading robust figure sneered. If Zong Bai and the others had relied on speed, he would have found it somewhat troublesome, but now they were charging straight at him?

"Crush them with me."

The robust figure's body suddenly surged by a large margin, reaching a height of five meters, and he strode towards Zong Bai and the other three.

Behind him, the smiles on the faces of the other three Evolvers of Bauhinia City also appeared.

In their view, this should just be the Evolvers of Dongning City giving up on themselves and launching a suicidal charge.

"Let's see what method the contestants of Dongning City will actually use to deal with the four Evolvers of Bauhinia City."

"This is… My god, Zong Bai, Cao Rong, and the three of them actually took the lead and charged directly at the opponents?"

"What are they trying to do?"

Even host Sun Bin was extremely surprised upon seeing this scene.

He had commented on who knows how many arena tournaments, and had never seen this kind of fighting style before.

Facing Evolvers of the Giant path who excel at head-on collisions, there indeed existed a crushing head-on fighting style,

but that was the choice of Evolvers from evolution paths that likewise excelled at head-on collisions.

Yet currently, whether it was Zong Bai, Lu Xiguang, or Cao Rong,

none of them were Evolvers suited for direct head-on clashes.

As for that newcomer 'Lin Yuan', he was even hiding in the back without making a move.

"It seems that our Dongning City contestants feel they cannot win, and intend to end this match in the most heroic way possible."

Host Sun Bin shook his head slightly, feeling that it was passable—

at least the Aura was displayed, which was much more spectacular than fleeing frantically only to be crushed by that 'Giant' in the end.

"No, no, that's not right. What is this?"

Host Sun Bin looked towards the arena, originally expecting a one-sided situation,

but when the two sides came into direct contact, his eyes suddenly widened.

Zong Bai and the others, who should have been torn to pieces by that 'Giant' from Bauhinia City at the very first moment, bizarrely did not suffer any injuries.

On the contrary, the four Evolvers on Bauhinia City's side suddenly became somewhat restricted in their movements.

They were actually being suppressed and beaten by the former.

How was this possible?

On the arena,

Zong Bai, Cao Rong, and the other three were utterly dumbfounded.

Under close-range combat, they noticed that the speed and strength of those four Evolvers from Bauhinia City had plummeted by a huge margin.

Especially their 'Giant' opponent; his full-strength strike was actually dodged effortlessly by Zong Bai.

"What is going on?"

Zong Bai could see that the expressions of the four opponents were equally shocked, and even somewhat aggrieved.

Obviously, they didn't understand why they had become like this either.

"It's Mr. Lin."

In a flash of lightning, this thought suddenly emerged in Zong Bai's mind.

As an Evolver, though his brain wasn't necessarily extremely smart, he definitely wasn't stupid.

Combining Lin Yuan telling them to go up directly and the current performance of the four opponents,

he first ruled out the possibility that their own strength had increased.

Then it could only be because of Lin Yuan.

"Did Mr. Lin make a move to suppress them?"

"Is this the ability of a Domain?"

Zong Bai speculated inwardly.

The power of a Domain was a certain control over range and space.

Only a small number of special evolution paths involved this kind of ability at the second or third stage.

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension, you observed the Giant evolution path at close range, continuously improving the Martial Dao Evolution Path.]

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension, you observed the Fire evolution path at close range, continuously improving the Martial Dao Evolution Path.]

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension, you observed the mental Great Master evolution path at close range, continuously improving the Martial Dao Evolution Path.]

[With your Heaven-Defying Comprehension, you observed the Bloodline evolution path at close range, continuously improving the Martial Dao Evolution Path.]

Through the Taiji Field, it was equivalent to touching the four Evolvers from Bauhinia City at close range.

This helped Lin Yuan carefully understand the pros and cons of the opponents' evolution paths,

which was much more comprehensive than simply watching videos.

For instance, Lin Yuan intentionally increased the power of the field, pressing down towards that Giant's chest,

thereby triggering a series of other reactions from this Evolver.

Under his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, all of these could provide Lin Yuan with a large amount of ample inspiration.

Furthermore, the continuous attacks from Zong Bai and the other two caused numerous reactions from the four opponents, which also fell into Lin Yuan's perception.

For a time, the degree of improvement of Lin Yuan's Martial Dao Evolution Path was rapidly rising.