Published: February 13, 2025
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When the shadow of Xia Bai appeared, it was silent and unnoticed.
Brandt had no idea, and Anu Mious, who was currently within the vine space created by the Yama Tree, also could not detect it.
Only the elite warriors entangled by Gao Yi and Liang Chuyin could see this scene.
However, they did not notice the change immediately because Gao Yi and Liang Chuyin brought them unexpected trouble.
Everyone knew that Gao Yi was good at defense, thanks to the excellent performance of the Cloud Summit Quartet during the entire novice battlefield, everyone had a good understanding of these four people.
But one thing that had to be said was that the novices were not 'gods' watching the live broadcast in front of the light barrier; they did not have a god's perspective. The information they had was summarized from many people's mouths over several cycles and analyzed from the leaderboard.
So they really had no specific idea about how good Gao Yi's defense could be.
Moreover, it is worth noting that Brandt was also good at defense and ranked ahead of Gao Yi on the power leaderboard, so it was only natural for these Hall Planet Camp people to assume that Gao Yi's template was Brandt, and that Gao Yi was a low-tier version of Brandt.
They were quite clear about what Brandt was like in battle, so they confidently imagined that Gao Yi should look like that.
But in fact, Gao Yi was far from what they imagined.
As he approached them, the shield he was holding suddenly shot out at a certain moment, breaking free from control, and crashed into the twelve members of the elite Hall Planet squad just as they were preparing to attack.
Some people reacted, but the shield came too suddenly and too fast; some weapons landed on the shield, which may have reduced the force with which it came flying, but it made its subsequent trajectory even more uncontrollable.
The shield rampaged through the crowd, causing the twelve to fall into brief chaos. By the time the shield had noticeably slowed down and was about to drop helplessly, this process was incredibly short.
It lasted only about two or three seconds.
And just as the shield was about to hit the ground, it exploded.
This was something the twelve Hall Planet Camp elites had never anticipated.
The crimson condensation level shield, when Ye Zhongming made it, focused on two points: first, defense, and second, that it would explode upon breaking.
As for the other abilities released when Gao Yi used this shield, those belonged to him and the other equipment he had.
Broken iron shards wreaked havoc within the crowd, and those closest to the explosion center suffered the most damage. The power behind it was almost equivalent to a full-force attack from these novices, instantly knocking these few people to the ground amid their cries. One of them, perhaps having particularly bad luck, was hit by several shards that nearly severed his body in half, and by the time he fell, he was basically out of breath.
The others were injured but not too severely; however, the feeling of being outnumbered yet being taken advantage of was very unpleasant.
After all, they were elites, and when the situation became uncertain, they quickly found the opponent's weakness.
This weakness had just appeared.
That Gao Yi, the defender Gao Yi, lost his shield.
Only, when they looked again amid the brief chaos, they discovered that Gao Yi, who had charged in close, was still... holding a shield, grinning at them.
The shape of this shield was considerably smaller than the one that had broken before.
Moreover, when Gao Yi pulled out the other hand that was originally hidden behind the shield, it was gripping a second, smaller diamond-shaped shield!
Double shields!
Many who had some knowledge about equipment recognized at a glance that these two shields, regardless of color or pattern, or the divine aura flowing on them, were nearly identical.
This indicated that these were two pieces of an equipment set, a renyi level set shield!
Above Gao Yi, dozens of embroidered balls were flying towards them.