CHAPTER 225: CHAPTER 146: ARE YOU HERE TO COMPETE OR TO FLIRT WITH GIRLS? (PART 2)

She thought she was well-hidden, yet she didn’t know that under Ye Qingzhou’s Sword Heart Reflection, her "Emotion Threads" woven from thought ability and emotions were completely exposed.

"Four against two, that’s blatant cheating, isn’t it?"

With a thought from Ye Qingzhou, the Heart Sword promptly severed the telepathic link between Lan Caidie and her teammates.

Once the threads were severed, the Spiritual Thought Gu within the three on the stage immediately began to backfire, causing them intense agony as they rolled on the ground.

The audience was perplexed, expressing their confusion.

"What just happened?"

"Is it the side effects of taking pills?"

"Could it be that they used some kind of highly risky explosive martial technique?"

In the end, under the referee’s intervention, the Wuxi Team lost the match, and Yangg Weihao and others were taken away for treatment.

As for Lan Caidie, she was not backfired against and remained safe and sound.

But being caught red-handed like this made her both ashamed and annoyed, so guilty that she dared not look into Ye Qingzhou’s eyes: ’So frustrating, he really found out! But how could he tell? There’s no reason at all...’

Her little mind couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard she tried.

Linjiang Team won again, claiming the championship of both the arena and team battles with an undefeated record.

If they could win the group battle as well, they would be the undisputed overall champions of this Phoenix Cup Competition.

"Master Ye, what exactly just happened?"

"Yeah, wasn’t the Wuxi Team just exploding with power? Why did they suddenly deflate?"

Ye Qingzhou, seeing everyone looking at him with curious eyes, explained the cheating by Lan Caidie using the power of thought ability under the stage: "The power of thought ability is formless and intangible, difficult to detect. The Wuxi Team used a unique spiritual martial technique to stimulate their potential."

"Damn, they actually cheated!"

Leon clenched his fist in anger: "No way, I’m going to complain to the organizers!"

Miao Yi sighed and said: "The referee didn’t even notice, and we don’t have any evidence, don’t stir up trouble."

......

In the players’ village hotel, as soon as Lan Caidie entered the restaurant, she received an invitation from the Star City Team. Out of curiosity, she agreed to meet Qin Haoyu.

Upon arrival, she was surprised to find that, except for the Linjiang Team, the captains and vice-captains of the other city teams were all invited.

"Hello again, Lan Caidie."

Qin Haoyu greeted Lan Caidie with elegance and then directly got to the point: "I invited you all here today for one purpose, to defeat Ye Qingzhou."

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, yet no one spoke up.

After all, Ye Qingzhou’s strength had been fully demonstrated in these few days of competition, a comprehensive and undefeatable might with no weaknesses, making it impossible to devise a targeted strategy.

Even the "Dream Team" led by Qin Haoyu, composed of an all-star lineup, was effortlessly defeated by Ye Qingzhou’s sword edge.

In both the arena and team battles, they were thoroughly trounced.

Qin Haoyu, ranked sixth among the Hidden Dragons, felt like a counterfeit, completely no match for Ye Qingzhou.

"You must have realized that if we continue to fight alone, we basically have no chance of winning the team battle."

After losing the team battle today, Lan Caidie, feeling stifled, directly asked: "Qin Haoyu, what do you think we should do?"

"Join forces!"

Qin Haoyu’s answer was firm: "Only by joining forces do we have a chance to thwart Ye Qingzhou."

Then, in front of everyone, he took out thirteen fiery red pills: "These are the Rising Essence Pills I refined. They can double cultivation in fifteen minutes, with no side effects. Initially, these were the hidden cards of our Star City Team, but for the final victory, I’m willing to share them with everyone."

At this moment, Qin Haoyu’s expression was sincere, and his words were moving, making everyone present quite touched.

However, he wasn’t telling the whole truth.

The Rising Essence Pill was indeed the trump card of the Star City Team, but that didn’t mean it was their only one. Qin Haoyu clearly had other aces up his sleeve.

But regardless, Qin Haoyu did show enough sincerity, and the effect of the Rising Essence Pill could certainly be considered powerful, especially amplifying strength more distinctly with higher cultivation.

If each team captain could be distributed one pill, such an enhancement could lead to quantitative changes causing qualitative transformations.

Lan Caidie thought for a while and also revealed her trump card: "This is the Shared Fate Gu I refined. It allows the host to cheat death once. Ye Qingzhou’s Sword of Dao is unparalleled, but I don’t believe he can unleash a second sword. As long as Niu Taijie takes your Rising Essence Pill and I plant my Shared Fate Gu, it’s equivalent to him having two lives, enough to defeat Ye Qingzhou."

"Agreed!"

By Niu Taijie’s side, Vice Captain Luo Qingqing agreed on his behalf.

Niu Taijie had no objections to this.

After all, he’s not too bright and became captain purely based on strength, while the team’s management had always been handled by Luo Qingqing, the thoughtful female member.

Seeing the three major teams deciding to join forces, nine of the other ten teams also responded one after another, except for the Silver City Team, primarily composed of female martial artists, which declined the offer.

The main reason was that the Silver City Team was too weak anyway, so they didn’t plan to join Qin Haoyu in this mess, offending Ye Qingzhou, this formidable Martial Arts Hidden Dragon.