Long Guocheng was dazed for a moment, then turned his head to look into Xi Keyao's eyes. He hesitated, but considering that Xi Keyao was also an SR-rated Awakener, she shouldn't be easily hurt, so he redirected the "Vision Pressure" towards her.
A faint light and shadow appeared in Xi Keyao's eyes, with a virtual image of a large cauldron enveloping the Triangular Thunder Krait within her pupils.
When the force of the "Vision Pressure" fell on the eyes of Xi Keyao, she wasn't hurt, but instead, she used the method of "Support with All Might" to transfer the power of the "Vision Pressure" entirely into the vision of the cauldron!
The Triangular Thunder Krait was furiously slamming into the cauldron, momentarily ignoring the threat of the cauldron's walls. That vision pressure turned into an invisible yet mighty impact, abruptly bursting the eyes of the Triangular Thunder Krait!
The Triangular Thunder Krait inside the cauldron also fell to the ground, lifeless.
Xi Keyao withdrew her cauldron, looking at the Triangular Thunder Krait with surprise on her face, and then let out a huge sigh of relief.
"It's dead just like that?"
Long Guocheng was stunned!
He was even more baffled than Li Zimu and Ma Ziqian!
At least Li Zimu and Ma Ziqian had actually blinded the Triangular Thunder Krait with their daggers, but he had no idea what had happened, let alone how it was done.
What he did just now was merely showing a light and looking at Xi Keyao with "Vision Pressure," and then— the Triangular Thunder Krait was finished?
What kind of bizarre operation was that?
It took a long while for Long Guocheng to process what had happened.
"Wow! Xiang Beifei, you are amazing!" Xi Keyao clapped her hands, her eyes full of admiring little stars.
Her "Cauldron Vision" ability needed the help of others, and she couldn't deal with the things within the cauldron on her own. She could only protect herself just now but had no way to defeat the desolate beast. However, Xiang Beifei had guided her to kill the Triangular Thunder Krait with just a few words.
That seemed like magic to Xi Keyao!
Long Guocheng recovered from his daze and asked, "How did you know that Xi Keyao's and my abilities could be combined?"
"Yeah, you seem to know a lot about our abilities," Ma Ziqian also expressed his puzzlement.
They had only just met at noon, but Xiang Beifei seemed to know so much about them.
"Didn't you try to deal with the Triangular Thunder Krait by yourselves just now? Aren't those abilities obvious at a glance?" Xiang Beifei explained simply, "Your speed, Li Zimu's artistic conception, Xi Keyao's big cauldron, and Long Guocheng's Radiance Abound—"
"It's Dazzling Brilliance!"
Long Guocheng said through clenched teeth.
"Whatever, it's all pretty much the same, as long as the meaning is clear," Xiang Beifei waved his hand dismissively, "Combining your abilities and coordinating them a bit will be able to deal with the Triangular Thunder Krait."
"But you are really incredible! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even know I had the ability to kill the Triangular Thunder Krait!" Xi Keyao exclaimed in amazement.
"Yeah, I don't even know how I killed the Triangular Thunder Krait. It's like... I just lifted my hand and accidentally... stabbed it in the eye?" Ma Ziqian still found it somewhat unbelievable.
Although they had killed the Triangular Thunder Krait with their own abilities, it all felt too dreamlike, as if by sheer coincidence. Ma Ziqian even thought he might have... accidentally killed the Triangular Thunder Krait?
Li Zimu came over and asked in surprise, "Why did you have me sharpen the ice spike to three feet and two inches?"
"Because if the ice spike is too long, the Triangular Thunder Krait will just retreat backward and not confront it directly. If it's too short, the krait will completely ignore it. No matter how you stab, it won't care. Three feet and two inches is about the optimal length for it to deploy lightning. At that size, whether it reacts or not will create an opportunity.
If it reacts, then Ma Ziqian gets a chance. If it doesn't, the force from the ice spike will shake its head slightly, not causing any harm, but even just a two-inch tremor is enough. You also have another ice spike above, which will be right in position to stab its eye as its head tilts."
Xiang Beifei gestured simply, sharing the process with Li Zimu.
Li Zimu pondered for a long time, recalling the battle scene, and then suddenly understood, saying, "So that's how it is, I've learned something."
But he couldn't help taking another look at Xiang Beifei, because the situation seemed as if it had been prearranged, without powerful computing ability, it would be very difficult to reach such a level.
"Did you simulate this battle in your mind?" Li Zimu asked.
"More or less." Xiang Beifei nodded.
At this moment, Ye Changfeng came over and said in a deep voice, "This is the importance of a pioneer team's commanding captain. As long as the commander has sufficient discernment, they can coordinate all the team members' abilities and bring out the most powerful strength!"
Ye Changfeng tossed four spheres to them and then said, "Actually, you all have the ability to kill a Triangular Thunder Krait, it's just that you don't know how to maximize your strengths. This is the complete footage of your battle just now, if you have any doubts, go and watch it, take a good look at why Xiang Beifei had you take action at that moment, and whether you could find such an opportunity if it were you!"
He had used floating spheres to record the entire battle process on the side, conveniently for the four of them to review afterward and learn from their experiences.
Long Guocheng and the others received their own spheres and then hurried to watch the playback of the battle. The battle had ended so bizarrely that perhaps only the playback could answer their questions.
Xiang Beifei was still sitting on the rock, involuntarily yawning.
"I've said it, you're very suitable to be a pioneer team captain. Your analytical skills are strong. To have watched their battle for less than twenty minutes and already be able to bring out all four of their strengths, that's really rare," Ye Changfeng couldn't help but praise.
He had taught for so many years and had countless students, yet rarely had he seen one with such powerful commanding abilities.
In Xiang Beifei's case, the others didn't even need to bring their brains, acting just like tool people, following his lead; when to use abilities, when to retreat, just listen to Xiang Beifei was enough.
"Troublesome," Xiang Beifei complained.
Against a desolate beast like the Triangular Thunder Krait, he could finish the opponent in one encounter, and here he had to go to great lengths to direct others, the thought alone made him feel exhausted.
"Teamwork is often more effective than acting alone," Ye Changfeng emphasized, "In the wastelands beyond the domain, there are many times you'll need to rely on your teammates, one person isn't omnipotent!"
"I understand the reasoning," Xiang Beifei sighed, saying dejectedly, "but it's just troublesome."
Ye Changfeng was also somewhat helpless, saying, "You should know, all four of them are novices, while you are no longer a novice. During the freshman competition, you must look after them."
"I'm not their parent."
"But you are the captain!" Ye Changfeng said sternly.
Xiang Beifei grimaced.
Professor Guo wanted to make him a class representative, to command his classmates to defend against desolate beasts, and Ye Changfeng wanted him to be the pioneer squad's captain, leading classmates to deal with desolate beasts.
But he preferred charging forward alone, slashing whoever he encountered, just looking out for himself was enough, without much burden.
With more people, there were all sorts of concerns.
But anyway, these four were at least SR, so they probably wouldn't drag him down too much.
"The teacher should know that it was just a Triangular Thunder Krait, right? The formidable desolate beasts are deeper in!"
Xiang Beifei looked towards the distant wilds beyond the domain, he had already encountered the desolate beasts there. A couple of days ago, when he followed Elder Luo there, he was chased by a group of powerful Meridian Opening phase desolate beasts.
Those desolate beasts were no match for the Triangular Thunder Krait.
The early stage of Meridian Opening was manageable; if the four of them couldn't deal with it, Xiang Beifei could just punch it out directly.
But the later stages of Meridian Opening were different.
The last time he went to the Marquis Domain with Elder Luo, they provoked a late-stage Meridian Opening desolate beast and ended up being chased miserably. Even though he knew the beast's weaknesses, it was of no use because their strengths were too disparate to even touch its weak points.
Even if they encountered that late-stage Meridian Opening desolate beast again, with the help of these four, Xiang Beifei wasn't sure whether they could defeat it.
There were too many uncertainties.