Insufficient balance

  Shan Yun wiped his mouth, smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "It seems I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to reach the level of a magic guide at such a young age. It's really unthinkable. It seems I can no longer hold back my strength. Originally this move was meant for Bill, that is, the Wind Dragon Battle Team. It seems it can only be used on you first. Come, brothers, let them see our true strength."

  After saying the same, the four teammates of Shǎn Yún emitted four white auras that shot into the sky. Shǎn Yún seemed to be exerting himself greatly, and the white light on his long sword gradually transformed into a red glow. Suddenly, he burst into the air and merged with the four white lights in the sky, forming a gigantic blood-red long sword.

  Shūji exclaimed: "No, it's Shinto!"

  Senyun's face was very pale, but he revealed a triumphant smile, proudly saying: "Right, it's the God Fighting Aura. Look at the power of my Paladin and see if I can surpass the Devil Master. Come on, look at my finishing move - Blood-stained Elegance"

  I had just controlled the halo to charge towards the enemy team, when I heard Shu's exclamation. Escaping was no longer an option, so I gritted my teeth and released all of my magical power. The halo shone with an even brighter golden light under my control, charging towards the opponent for the second time.

  Two extremely powerful forces collided in mid-air, the entire arena was blown apart by the violent energy, and the five people of Flash Cloud were knocked to the ground. The worst off was me, spewing out fresh blood, my head a blur, I fell into Dong Ri's arms. I felt that there was no longer any magical power left in my body, and the golden ball had shrunk to a pitiful size.

  Fortunately, the audience was far away and didn't get affected. Everyone let out a surprised sigh at our overwhelming power.

  Touji and Shuuji behind me didn't seem to have been affected much, they just looked a bit disheveled.

  Senyun struggled to his feet, "What a powerful magic! It took the combined strength of all five of us just to barely withstand it. I'm also almost out of fighting power." He looked at his teammates who were knocked to the ground and shook his head with a bitter smile: "They can't fight anymore either."

  "Then admit defeat," Shūji said coldly. "We still have two people who can continue fighting."

  "Admit defeat? Impossible. Come on, Little Eagle, merge." Although my body can no longer move, I clearly know that Flash Cloud is using Phantom Beast Merge to recover some of his combat power, and with the help of the phantom beast's strength, he still has a chance to fight against Winter Day's injured Shou.

  "I whispered softly in my heart, 'Xiao Jin, I've run out of magic power, can you still fight? Help me.'"

  Xiao Jin replied that its accumulated energy can support about 3 minutes.

  I barely stretched out my hand to hold back Winter who was about to rush out, and said in a weak voice, "Save your secret move for the next round, let me go, come on, Little Jin."

  A flash of golden light, and the small gold dragon burst into the air, its body already roughly formed as it let out a mighty roar. I knew time was pressing, so I immediately gave it the order to attack. To conserve its strength, I had it launch a physical assault.

  Xiao Jin flapped his massive wings and charged towards Shanyun, who was startled and felt a sense of danger. He swung the long sword surrounded by the illusory beasts and shouted: "Difeng Shenying Jian!" A hawk-shaped aura shot out from the tip of the sword and flew towards Xiao Jin. In fact, Shanyun's strength was almost exhausted, and he was completely relying on the support of the illusory beasts.

  Little Jin's large wings flapped, and he stretched out a massive front claw to grab the eagle-shaped aura emitted by Shanyun. The scene was somewhat comical as the aura struggled like an old eagle caught in Little Jin's hand. Little Jin shook his paw and grabbed the aura with force, crushing it into powder before pouncing on Shanyun.

  I was afraid Xiao Jin would kill him, so I quickly told Xiao Jin in my heart not to hurt the other party. Xiao Jin withdrew his already extended sharp claws and used his wings to knock Cui Yun flying out. He fainted on the ground, this time he couldn't get up again.

  It was with Xiao Jin's great power that we won the final victory, I was already very weak and barely managed to recall Xiao Jin before losing consciousness.

  ……

  I gradually regained consciousness, dazed and confused, opening my eyes to find myself in a small wooden hut. There was no one around me. As I slightly moved, the ache all over my body made me groan, as if I was about to fall apart. I focused my mind to check on my magical power's situation, and the result could only be described with one word: dire. Extremely dire. My remaining magical power was less than 30% of its optimal state, and this was after an unknown amount of rest.

  Outside came the sound of winter days, "Teacher, I seem to hear some movement from the longbow. I'll go take a look."

  On a winter day, he pushed open the door and walked in, "Chang Gong, you're awake. How's your body?"

  "Ah, I'm all aching now, what time is it?" I said weakly.

  "It's already afternoon on the second day now, you've been unconscious for a night and a whole day." Dong Ri replied.

  "Ah! Tomorrow we'll be competing against the Wind Dragon Team. How are the others?"

  "Winter let out a sigh, shook his head and said helplessly: "Gao De and Xing Aoming will definitely not be able to play tomorrow, they are both seriously injured. Xiuzi may not fully recover even if he participates in the battle tomorrow. I didn't expect Prince Wang's team to be so formidable, we really won miserably. Don't know what to do tomorrow."

  Outside the house came Teacher Wen's voice: "Is Chang Gong awake?" Dong Ri replied: "Yes, he just woke up."

  Teacher Wen also came over, I said with shame: "Sorry, Teacher Wen, I didn't live up to your expectations."

  He burst out laughing and said, "Silly kid, what are you talking about? You've already done extremely well. I didn't expect Chiru to send Flash Cloud into battle, nor did I think Flash Cloud had reached the level of a Luminous Knight. Originally, there were six Luminous Knights on the continent, with four in Xidia and two in the Kingdom of Darou. Adding Flash Cloud makes seven. If Bell has the same level of skill, you wouldn't have stood a chance tomorrow. I'm already thrilled that you can lead them to defeat opponents who are much stronger than you. Even if you lose tomorrow, it's not a big deal. Get some rest, and if things don't go well, just forfeit tomorrow."

  I firmly replied, "No way, no matter what, we must participate in the competition tomorrow, even if it's just Winter and I." In fact, I knew that winning tomorrow would be a miracle.

  The teacher just smiled and said: "Take a good rest, let's talk about it tomorrow."

  "After the teacher left, I stared tightly at Dong Ri's eyes, gritted my teeth and said to him: 'Tomorrow, no matter how I recover, we must go into battle, and fight with our last bit of strength.'"

  Tears welled up in his eyes, he grasped my hand, "Alright, tomorrow we'll fight them with all our might, we must regain face for Teacher Wen, we are just, justice will prevail."