Chapter 48: Tactics

“Who was it before who boasted that Lin Yingluo was a favorite to win? Look, just look, she didn’t even make it past the group stage!”

“Is this the first time an E-Level Beastmaster hasn’t made it into the Changheng Cup group stage?”

“Number 111 seems to be the Fu Family’s young master, right? I heard that the reason this internal selection competition is so lively this year is because a member of the Fu Family is participating.”

“Could it be that there’s something fishy about this match? Did Lin Yingluo intentionally lose to Fu Yifan?”

“What are you thinking? Lin Yingluo would carry someone else? That’s underestimating the Lin Family too much!”

“Then I understand even less. How exactly did Dudianbo lose?”

Let alone the audience not understanding, the commentator Wang Rui was also a bit confused.

The host had reminded him that Number 111 was the Fu Family’s young master, Fu Yifan.

Coupled with the fact that his opponent was Lin Yingluo, the eldest daughter of the Lin Family from Beisheng City, they paid extra attention to this match.

They originally thought that the young master Fu would definitely lose, and the two of them secretly felt sorry for the young master.

Who would have thought that the one who lost in the end was Miss Lin.

Throughout the entire match, at first, the young master’s Crimson Flame Tiger was indeed beaten back steadily, with poisonous spots covering its entire body, almost without any power to resist, and the situation was precarious.

The turning point appeared when Dudianbo unleashed its Poison Field.

At that time, Fu Yifan seemed to have said the word “Explode.”

The next second, Dudianbo, who was releasing its Poison Field, was suddenly enveloped in flames, losing its combat ability in just a few seconds.

“Commentator Wang, did you figure out how the Crimson Flame Tiger won this match?” the host asked curiously.

Wang Rui frowned, recalling the entire match, and after a long while, he spoke: “...Obviously, Dudianbo must have been attacked by a fire-type skill at the end.

Before that, everyone should have noticed that player Number 111 once said the word ‘explode.’ At that time, none of us understood what he made the Crimson Flame Tiger do, but now that I think about it, it should have been then that they had already set up a trap specifically for Dudianbo.”

The host nodded: “What skill did the Crimson Flame Tiger use? I don’t remember any fire-type skill having hidden properties.”

Wang Rui said: “It should be a Fire Pillar.”

“Ah? That’s not possible, is it? A Fire Pillar isn’t like that.”

Wang Rui, however, said, “Think about it, the height of a Fire Pillar is controllable. Its height and distribution are controlled by the pet itself. At that time, Dudianbo’s venom covered the entire field, and the Crimson Flame Tiger could completely use the venom as cover to hide the Fire Pillar beneath the venom.”

“You mean, the Crimson Flame Tiger compressed all the Fire Pillars to a height of less than one centimeter, and distributed them around its position under the cover of the venom, so when Dudianbo approached it, preparing to deliver a fatal blow, it would inevitably fall into the trap.”

Being invited by the Changheng Group to be a host, this host naturally couldn’t be completely ignorant.

He quickly caught up with Wang Rui’s line of thought.

Wang Rui nodded: “That’s right, I have to say this is a very bold but exquisitely brilliant tactic. Player Number 111 cleverly used the opponent’s characteristics, turning a disadvantage into an advantage. This is a battle of wits.”

“But, is the power of a Fire Pillar that great? Dudianbo is an Advanced Level pet.”

“Perhaps its proficiency is relatively high.”

It has to be said that Wang Rui had some skill. Although his analysis was not 100% accurate, it was largely correct.

“How did you do it?”

At this moment, Fu Sushu was also interrogating Fu Yifan.

Fu Yifan smiled like a cat that had successfully stolen a fish. He also didn’t expect that he could actually defeat Lin Yingluo.

Mingxi, she’s truly amazing.

He didn’t hide it from his elder cousin and carefully explained the tactic of the Crimson Flame Tiger’s comeback against Dudianbo.

“...So, in fact, Mountain King stacked six Fire Pillars together, which is why it could unleash such great power?”

Fu Yifan nodded. In fact, he also needed to add one more point, which was the Fire Pillar height issue that Mingxi had mentioned before.

According to Mingxi’s theory, the power of a Fire Pillar compressed to its extreme is the greatest.

Not to mention a six-in-one Fire Pillar, its power was indeed formidable.

It actually took down Dudianbo in one go!

No wonder.

Fu Sushu couldn’t understand this point before. He knew his cousin’s Crimson Flame Tiger very well. Logically, with its strength, it definitely couldn’t instantly kill Dudianbo with one blow.

So it was an attack superposition.

“Then how could you guarantee that Dudianbo would definitely step on that Fire Pillar?”

Mountain King doesn’t have control skills.

Fu Yifan grinned, “Because this isn’t the first time Mountain King has used Fire Pillar. In fact, not long after the match started, after Dudianbo used its venom attack to pollute the field, Mountain King had been setting up Fire Pillars.”

Junior said this is called landmine warfare, also known as using the opponent’s spear against their shield!

It’s best if it hits, but it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t, it will always hit next time.

Mountain King has the characteristic of Flame Body, which can weaken toxin erosion to a certain extent.

This was also the main reason why Mountain King almost only dodged and did not attack throughout the entire battle.

After understanding the entire ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) process, Fu Sushu looked at Fu Yifan with a slightly profound gaze.

This set of tactics seemed to involve some luck, but combined with the Crimson Flame Tiger’s Flame Body characteristic, the success rate had to be at least over sixty percent.

Facing an Advanced Level pet, a sixty percent win rate was already very incredible.

Even his Frost Odd-looking Lion-like Tiger didn’t have such a high win rate against Dudianbo.

Undoubtedly, in this battle, tactics played a decisive role.

What was even more commendable was that this set of tactics was not difficult to operate; it only required precise control of the Fire Pillar’s position and height.

Simple to operate, yet effective.

Why hadn’t he noticed before that his little cousin actually had such a clever and ingenious mind?

Since his cousin could cleverly defeat Lin Yingluo, had he already thought of a way to defeat him as well?

Fu Yifan didn’t know that his elder cousin had already become wary of him.

If he knew, he would definitely tell him: “You should be wary not of me, but of the Beast Tamers of that Thunder Demon Bird you look down on.”

You know, Mingxi almost immediately taught him this set of tactics the moment she saw his opponent.

In other words, she didn’t have to put much thought into it and devised a simple and effective tactic based on the situation of both their pets.

He really wanted to ask, how exactly did her brain work?

No wonder Mingxi was able to awaken two Soul Keys within half a month.

However, Fu Yifan also had a question: why did a genius like Mingxi used to be called a “little weakling” or “toilet girl” by others in their Third Middle School?

Was she always hiding herself, waiting for an opportunity?

Regardless, after this battle, Mingxi will no longer just be his Junior; she will also be his idol!

Mingxi didn’t know that she had gained a new rich fan who was also a school heartthrob.

She was currently looking at the newly released group assignments.