Chapter 7

After demonstrating her manifestation, Yuan Hanshuang smoothly passed the talent identification test.

The senior staff congratulated her with a smile, saying, “Congratulations on becoming a Talented Combatant. Your Fighter Qualification Certificate has been upgraded, and you can check it in the backstage at any time.”

“Thank you.”

Yuan Hanshuang walked out of the testing room happily, with an additional pattern on her badge hanging on her chest.

From today onwards, she was no longer an ordinary combatant but a talented combatant.

Although her badge rank hadn’t changed, still only one level higher than Bronze, the price for a single match was now tripled, which was quite satisfying.

“Let’s go and test our combat power now.”

She patted the koi fish on her shoulder, and it excitedly flapped its fins.

As the most esteemed combat mode in the interstellar world, resonance Combat was undeniably intense.

However, no matter how powerful the new power system was, it had to integrate with her ancient martial arts from her previous life to unleash a strength greater than the sum of its parts. This was a lengthy process that required repeated contemplation and extensive practical training.

“Let me see…just to be safe, let’s form a team for the first match.”

Yuan Hanshuang submitted a 2v2 duel application on the screen.

Soon, the screen displayed a match found, instructing her to proceed to the corresponding competition area.

When she arrived, three people were already standing on the field. They all wore similar masks, and their heads displayed fluorescent IDs, making it seem like they were playing a holographic game.

As Yuan Hanshuang stepped onto the field, her teammate exclaimed in surprise, “Damn, how did I end up with a Tier 1 rookie in my team!”

Most Talentend combatant who reached the Silver tier were at least Tier 1 Intermediate. Obviously, the teammate didn’t expect to randomly match with a Tier 1 rookie. Even a lottery draw wouldn’t be this outrageous.

“This is just my luck.” Seeing the two Tier 1 Intermediates on the opposing side, the teammate scoffed, “Hey, SpongeBob, let’s surrender after three minutes. Got it?”

Quitting the match as soon as it started, how pathetic!

Yuan Hanshuang ignored him and silently lamented her lost ID.

Initially, her ID was “Father,” and she had to respectfully shout it whenever the host introduced her or during audience discussions. But she couldn’t bear it anymore, so she and others collectively reported it, forcing her to change her name to “SpongeBob.”

“Prepare, the match begins!”

After the countdown, the Talent Fighters on the field quickly synchronized, and the koi fish instantly transformed into a streak of light, entering Yuan Hanshuang’s eyebrow.

In an instant, her deep blue pupils turned into profound red, matching the pattern on the small koi fish. Her aura surged higher and higher.

Other Talented combatant also exhibited partial manifestation features, such as elongated and pointed claws, and cat ears appearing on their heads. This was a prominent characteristic of resonance Combat.

The fundamental difference between resonance Combat and Manifestation Combat was that Manifestation Combat released the Manifestation itself to fight on its own, while resonance Combat involved retracting the Manifestation and enhancing the individual’s own strength, personally joining the fight. It could be referred to as sending out minions versus the main character taking the field.

While waiting earlier, Yuan Hanshuang had observed carefully. The two Talented combatants on the opposite side had Manifestation forms of Wind Spirit Cat and Spirit Grass Rabbit. These were common Manifestation forms, quite popular and commonly seen, making it convenient for Yuan Hanshuang, who had thoroughly studied them.

For example, she knew that the Talented combatant who synchronized with Wind Spirit Cat followed an agile path, while the Talented combatant who synchronized with Spirit Grass Rabbit would undoubtedly take a supporting role.

As for her teammate, their Manifestation was a Wolf Spider, indicating a control type.

“Damn, we have a long-range one who only knows how to shoot from a distance!”

The Wolf Spider, seeing Yuan Hanshuang’s Manifestation, probably had a good idea.

He had encountered a teammate with a koi fish Manifestation in ranked matches before, and they were long-range.

Having control as himself and being matched with a long-range teammate was already an unfortunate pairing. And on top of that, SpongeBob was only Tier 1 Low, making their combination a complete disaster.

“Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! Delay for three minutes, surrender as soon as the time is up!”

The thought of surrendering, which would not only result in losing ranking points but also incur a penalty fee, infuriated the Wolf Spider. He immediately chose the delaying tactic, running around the arena, fully displaying his escaping skills.

“Come on, let’s take care of one of them first.”

The two Talented combatant on the opposite side exchanged glances and decided to focus on eliminating the other Tier 1 Intermediate, who posed the biggest threat, regardless of the weak Tier 1 Low-level opponent. Yuan Hanshuang just stood there, somewhat speechlessly watching their parkour.

Their strengths were similar, but the agile type clearly had an advantage in speed.

So, it didn’t take long for the Wind Spirit Cat to catch up to the Wolf Spider, who had no choice but to turn around and use his skill first. A flash of light appeared in his palm as he released a bright white spider silk.

“!”

The quality of the silk produced by the skill was excellent, and combined with the Wolf Spider’s extensive combat experience, the shooting angles were cunning.

The Wind Spirit Cat was taken aback and quickly performed a series of backflips to narrowly avoid the attack. Fortunately, the enhancement skill of the Spirit Grass Rabbit immediately followed. After swallowing a green clump of grass, the cat ears of the Wind Spirit Cat twitched, and its speed suddenly reached a new level.

“What the hell, this is pointless!” The Wolf Spider cursed.

The Wind Spirit Cat was already agile, and now it had an additional enhancement support, making it not only agile and adept at dodging but also incredibly fast, practically reaching the heavens.

No, if they didn’t deal with this support role, they probably wouldn’t even last three minutes.

Only then did the Wolf Spider remember that he had a useless teammate. He was about to turn around and ask his teammate to help with the delay when he saw Yuan Hanshuang standing idle, which immediately infuriated him.

“SpongeBob, are you just standing there watching the show?”

The furious roar was so loud that it startled the audience in other arenas.

They had come over to join in the fun and, after seeing the situation on the field, began to revel in their misfortune.

“So it’s a random match after all. No wonder, random matches are the easiest way to match with rookie teammates.”

“This Wolf Spider is unlucky too. He’s already in Silver but got matched with a Tier 1 Beginner. It’s strange though. Tier 1 Beginner Talent Fighters are usually in the Bronze tier. How did she reach Silver? Could she have climbed up by teaming up in team matches?”

“Why is he still running around? Fight! Attack! Blast them to hell! Fight head-on!”

Seeing the situation on the field become a stalemate of chasing and escaping, many spectators booed, “They’re already in the Silver tier, why are they playing this pathetic hit-and-run style? It’s not interesting.”

“Yeah, running around like that, it’s not entertaining at all.”