Chapter 385: Two Realms Split, Sky-Patrolling Flying Swords

Che Yufei had never participated in many competitions, so he couldn't quite understand Su Yanyang's actions. Now he asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

"They're not attacking?"

"Shouldn't the attacking side be rushing over without delay?"

Shi Huaiyu let out a breath and slowly explained, "Charging straight in is a tactic used only when the gap between the two sides is enormous... In most matches among the top ten, they don't fight like that."

"Since this is a civil engineering competition, the primary goal is naturally civil engineering ability; combat is just the environment of the match."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't have set the rule that no one can be killed."

"Su Yanyang is too cautious, so he won't give us any chance for a direct fight. He'll just crush us with their strongest skills."

"The first thing they'll do now should be to lay down an armor layer..."

Just as Shi Huaiyu was speaking, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet shake violently.

At the same time, the earth in the distance rose and fell in waves, and layers of black barriers shot up like city walls, spreading rapidly before their eyes.

Shi Huaiyu murmured, "After being enhanced by Earth Fiend Divine, they used Lesser Three Combinations combined with Finger-to-Steel, then Mix-Dirt-to-Gold, first shifting sand and gravel, then shaping and strengthening, finally refining metal elements to further increase strength. Next should be formations..."

The next moment, everyone sensed a change in the spiritual energy in the air, and their expressions shifted slightly.

Then various rumbling sounds came from underground, growing more numerous and more distant, as if the entire arena had turned into a massive construction site.

Shi Huaiyu remarked, "The armor layer is to protect the formations. Once the formations are set up, they'll start devouring spiritual veins, churning the foundation, and altering the terrain..."

"Once the spiritual veins are devoured, it'll be hard for us to recover our magical power."

"Once they master the terrain, they'll change the geological structure into something unsuitable for construction, causing our bunkers to deform and collapse..."

Che Yufei said helplessly, "The opponent is too strong; I'm afraid we don't have much of a chance."

Faced with such a grand scene, everyone present felt a desire to retreat.

Watching this, Zhang Yu frowned, knowing he couldn't let his teammates' morale keep sinking like this.

So he thought for a moment and said, "Everyone, do you know how many teachers are watching us right now?"

"Most of the teachers in the entire department, plus the three directors—all of them are watching our competition."

"If we just surrender in front of all these teachers... do you think you can still hold your heads up in the Civil Engineering Department in the future?"

Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Che Yufei and the others, who had just been thinking of retreating, all jolted.

Zhang Yu continued, "And have you thought about it? How rare an opportunity this is to show off?"

"In the past, how hard was it to get a chance like this to display your abilities in front of so many teachers?"

"Win or lose, at least give it your all and show your best selves."

Listening to Zhang Yu's speech, Che Yufei had to admit the guy had a point.

Especially recalling the changes he had experienced since entering the top ten of the competition... if he surrendered now, he would probably leave a bad impression in the eyes of the many leaders of the Civil Engineering Department.

Conversely, if he showed his ability in this match, even if he ultimately lost, it would probably be more useful than sending out a stack of resumes.

And Zhang Yu, with his status as a formal disciple of Director Gao, made Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang trust his words even more.

"Hahaha." Che Yufei let out a big laugh and said, "Zhang Yu, you're right. This is a golden opportunity to show our skills—how could we back down so easily?"

He let out a tiger-like roar, and his entire body's muscles trembled violently. Amidst waves of white vapor, he aged a couple more years, and the wrinkles on his face deepened imperceptibly.

Che Yufei grinned and said, "Let's give it one more push."

But as he aged, his aura exploded upward, leaving a blur behind as he instantly appeared beside the construction materials.

As his body flickered back and forth, the bunker's foundation transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Watching this, Zhang Yu opened his mouth, looked at the aging Che Yufei, and couldn't help saying, "You don't have to push it that hard..."

Shi Yunxiang said from the side, "Don't worry, it's just a little lifespan loss. Old Che knows his limits."

"And you're right—since we've fought all the way to the leaders' eyes, we can't let it go to waste. How else can we show the civil engineering spirit without sacrificing some years?"

With a loud shout, Shi Yunxiang also pushed some explosive cultivation technique, followed by activating his skeletal hand techniques. With a few palm strikes, he dug out a deep pit.

The two of them displayed not only the ability to lay foundations and produce cement, but also familiarity with setting up formations, as if they had done it countless times.

It was only because, when they usually participated in construction, they had grown accustomed to setting up their own formations to earn an extra formation installation fee, and they had thoroughly memorized all the basic formations from the civil engineering professors.

Watching this, Zhang Yu manifested a team of Formless Celestial Warriors behind him, Xiao Qingxuan’s dragon-shaped true qi roared around him, and everyone else struck out with full force to catch up and help, further speeding up the fortress’s construction progress.

Looking at the group going all out on construction, Shi Huaiyu touched his own waist and said to the suppressing object inside his ghost kidney, “Help me calculate how much time we have left.”

The soul cultivator in the kidney replied, “I’m only here to suppress your ghost kidney; I don’t handle other services.”

Shi Huaiyu said, “I subscribed to the ghost kidney suppression and portable calculation package. It clearly states the ghost kidney also provides calculation services.”

Shi Huaiyu said, “I know you can access the calculation pool in the spirit world, so don’t play dumb with me.”

The soul cultivator reluctantly agreed and, after a moment, gave the result: “At your current pace, you can finish the fortress and formations in about forty minutes.”

Shi Huaiyu then asked, “And what about the other side?”

The soul cultivator said, “Based on the currently available data, roughly twenty minutes from now, their spirit vein share will exceed fifty percent.”

Shi Huaiyu’s gaze sharpened upon hearing this. “That fast?”

The soul cultivator said, “According to my calculations, their final spirit vein share will be around seventy-four percent, while yours will be twenty-six percent.”

“They will completely control the terrain. Once they exert their power to change the geological structure, all your current efforts will be in vain.”

Shi Huaiyu frowned slightly and directly sent the calculation data to the group chat.

Everyone immediately understood that if they kept competing on construction speed like this, they couldn’t win against the other side.

…

Inside the spirit world space.

One teacher, watching the match between Zhang Yu and Su Yanyang’s side, nodded slightly and said, “Now this is what a civil engineering competition should look like. Su Yanyang builds steadily, sets up grand formations, fights hard battles, and plays the game of overwhelming with momentum.”

The peace faction teacher Wei Huai said, “This is the difference in funds and assets. No matter how hard Zhang Yu’s side struggles, what use is it? Can they outspend so much money?”

Whether it was Tulishan or Langyougong, the war faction teachers did not refute this.

After all, the abilities displayed by Su Yanyang’s team completely crushed the other side.

Tulishan didn’t even respond to Wei Huai’s words, instead steering the topic toward Mo Shanjin, who was gaining a clear advantage on another side.

But just then, Wei Huai continued, “Wrong again.”

He shook his head repeatedly. “Charging out at a time like this is nothing but foolhardy courage. Breaking into someone else’s grand formation? Only the security department would be so reckless.”

Tulishan turned to look and saw that Zhang Yu, Xiao Qingxuan, and Tian Yang had all rushed out of the construction site and were charging toward the defensive works created by Su Yanyang’s team.

…

In Zhang Yu’s, Xiao Qingxuan’s, and Tian Yang’s eyes, towering, winding walls emitting a metallic luster grew larger and larger.

At the same time, Shi Huaiyu’s voice kept reaching their ears through the competition group.

Shi Huaiyu said, “With the Earth Fiend Spirit and the formations assisting him, he can completely suppress my Small Three Harmonies. I’ll stay at the construction site and finish the build with Che Yufei and Shi Yunxiang.”

“But no matter how fast we are, there’s no way we can be faster than Su Yanyang and his team.”

“The only way to gain an advantage in this round is to find a way to slow down Su Yanyang’s team’s construction efficiency.”

“Steal building materials, sabotage things… In short, you have to find ways to cause them trouble…”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “We’re supposed to be the defenders in this round, yet we’re the ones counterattacking. Is this the gap in construction ability?”

As Zhang Yu and the others stepped past the walls, they discovered that these layered barriers, resembling layer upon layer of city walls, overlapped behind them, blocking the sky above. The structure inside was complex and winding, like a twisted and deformed insect nest.

And the moment they entered, Shi Huaiyu’s voice vanished completely.

Xiao Qingxuan frowned and said, “We’ve lost the network connection.”

Tian Yang shook his head and said, “It’s the Two Worlds Dividing Formation, which can block the connection between the material world and the spirit world network.”

Zhang Yu said, “Shi Huaiyu has a lot of information about Su Yanyang and the others, and she can tell us both sides’ progress at any time. We can’t lose contact with her.”

Thinking this, Zhang Yu looked at the Green Silk Flying Sword wrapped around his finger and asked, “If I use the Sky Patrol Flying Sword of the Heaven Sword University to connect to the spirit world network, can it break through the Two Worlds Dividing Formation?”

“Sky Patrol Flying Sword?” Tian Yang’s eyes lit up and said, “The Two Worlds Dividing Formation here was only hastily set up by Su Yanyang in the competition venue. With the sharpness of the Sky Patrol Flying Sword, it can naturally break through easily.”

“But there are three of us. If all three of us use this method to break through the Two Worlds Dividing Formation, the consumption would probably be considerable.”

Zhang Yu nodded. The data traffic fee for the Sky-Patrol Flying Sword was much higher than ordinary network fees.

Xiao Qingxuan helplessly said, "Breaking into someone else's formation naturally consumes resources. Those without enough spirit coins don't even qualify to attempt it."

"For example, I'm currently in debt, so I can't use the Sky-Patrol Flying Sword."

Tian Yang looked at the green-thread flying sword in Zhang Yu's hand and said, "I have a way. We can communicate with the Sky-Patrol Flying Sword, then transfer the spirit realm sword intent into your bodies. That should break this two-realm separation formation."

The green-thread flying sword was inserted into Tian Yang's head like an antenna. As a series of pained expressions flickered across his face, he extended both palms and struck Zhang Yu and Xiao Qingxuan respectively.

"Take it—this is my last data of the year..."

"I'm giving it all to you. Use it sparingly."