"It's the final Third Stage now, the decisive phase that will determine the winner."
After the previous two stages of the competition, the current situation is 18 mbers from Swarm's Reign Academy (6 12) versus 16 mbers from Edith Academy (6 10). Although Swarm's Reign has a nurical advantage, Edith Academy has three Resonance Crystals that can enhance the Songstress's Ability to a greater extent.
"How are you feeling? Can you still fight?" On the bridge, Serena supported Xia Kui, who had just finished dical treatnt, checking her Status.
"I'm a bit weak, but I can still contribute." Xia Kui's neck wound had already healed, but her complexion was still sowhat pale. After all, she had just co out of the operating room. Even with today's advanced dical technology, a full recovery in just half an hour wasn't possible.
"You should stand at the back to protect Prin; this way, you can conserve so energy. We also need mbers with fast reflexes to guard against sudden attacks," Serena suggested. Now that Xia Kui was not in her best condition, Serena temporarily took over the command of the team. As for Prin Coco, she needed to focus on playing her music and was neither adept nor interested in battlefield command.
"Okay." Xia Kui nodded, not minding the arrangent. She wasn't the type of girl who fretted over small matters and was aware of the current situation.
"As for breaking through, let do it." Dan Ke also ca over at this mont. Although her injury was similar to Xia Kui's, her recovery as part of the Dragon Sequence was incredibly fast. Moreover, since the first bout had been over an hour ago, she had mostly recovered.
"Then we'll be counting on you."
While Swarm's Reign Academy finished discussing their plans, Edith Academy also nearly finished their arrangents.
"In short, Bennett, Koshi, Sitasia, and the others will launch a surprise attack on Swarm's Reign's rear guard, while Toklay, Ya, and the others will maintain the middle formation to prevent enemy breakthroughs, and the remaining two will protect the band mbers."
By contrast, Swarm's Reign decided to have four people protect the band mbers at the rear, with eight people making a collective frontal assault, emphasizing overwhelming their opponent with force.
After both sides were ready, the originally towering and separate bridges gradually lowered. Amidst the clanking of chains and gears, the massive bridge sections, each weighing thousands of tons, slowly ca together again, rejoining and riveting together. Now, there was an unobstructed and wide bridge surface between the two sides, with no barriers left.
The battle was about to begin. Whether it was the competitors on stage or the audience on both sides, everyone's nerves were stretched taut at this mont, breaths held as they fixated on the center of the venue.
"Now, I declare the battle to begin!" The host at the microphone struck down the hamr forcefully, and the tallic chi imdiately rang out, shattering the prior silence.
mbers of Swarm's Reign looked at each other, confird their resolve, and began to break forward at full speed. anwhile, Prin Coco chuckled lightly, rubbing her nose, then pulled a fla-like red guitar from beneath the speakers and began to strum.
At the final showdown, she was ironically not so eager.
Indeed, such a competition, such a night, should be thoroughly enjoyed. If she played only for victory, it would be like imposing a cage upon herself.
Accompanied by the rising guitar and bass, Prin's mood swelled, and she even laughed out loud.
"Watch closely, Tilan. Playing the Songstress isn't child's play," she murmured, and then she sang the lyrics familiar to Tilan.
"I can't see, cause it's burning deep inside." At the rise of the first line, a seemingly transparent Fla spread out from beneath Prin Coco's feet, washing over everything it touched, and each mber it brushed gained a faint red glow.
"Like gasoline, a fire running wild." As the second line fell, fiery red flas ignited in the eyes of every student from Swarm's Reign Academy, and their Magic Power grew more intense and turbulent.
"No more fear, cause I'm getting closer now."
"So unreal, but I like it anyhow."
Countless buzzing bees rose from both sides of the bridge, flaring like the Fla that obscured the night sky behind Prin Coco, resembling a sky filled with fiery red sunset clouds.
"I go faster and faster and faster."
"And faster and faster and faster and faster."
As her arm, strumming the guitar, swung down sharply, hundreds of Flaming bees dove like nurous deep red cots, with a dazzling light streaking through the night sky.
The lody kept circling and repeating, the emotion within deepening, until it was sung out like a roar that sent shivers up the spine and awe through the minds.
"I can't live in a fairytale of lies." Amid these winding, rapid streams of fiery teors, Swarm's Reign's students beca the leading stars, more dazzling and scorching. As thousands of deep red teors swept by, the surging waves of fire spread forward. Even the audience on the shore a kiloter away felt an asphyxiating heat wave hit them.
The massive bridge, constructed of special steel, twisted slightly in the glow and heat of the flas. So parts of the structure creaked softly due to thermal expansion. Originally black and steel in color, the bridge was now mostly dyed red by the reflected firelight from the water and sky.
This was Prin Coco indeed... Tilan looked at the blazing fire and vivid red filling her vision, a surge of warm air and breath rushing towards her, lifting her hair.
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