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Chapter 104 Team Minimum Limit
In the next few days, Bai Yu's imagination of Zhao Lingyu being secretly taken away by people from the Martial Arts Administration did not appear, and someone else disappeared.

Qin Ying, the head coach of the school team, has been missing. Even during the Bai Zewu High School game, the head coach's position in the preparation table was empty. Before that, Qin Ying had fulfilled his duties and never been absent.

However, this did not affect the results of the competition. In the end, Shirasawa Takeko advanced to the next round with eight wins in all major games.
It is worth mentioning that Takeko Aoba, the biggest dark horse of this tournament, also won all the matches. Lin Meng carried the team forward and became a star player that attracted the attention of many media and audiences.

The remaining six qualifying teams are the well-known powerful Wu Gao from Tianhai City and Hongfeng City.

Next, their group of promoted teams will face the promoted teams from Wuyi City and Yutao City to determine the top eight.

It’s a new week, Thursday. The stands of the Shangwu Arena, which can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators, are packed with seats. Flags symbolizing the various Wushu high-level teams are flying in the field, with the image of the mythical beast Bai Ze occupying most of them.
One of the highlights of today’s game is Shirasawa Wugao’s match against the heroic Wugao from Wuyi City.

Qunying Wugao has performed well in all previous college leagues. It has not lost a single game so far this year and is a strong contender for the Eastern Conference championship.

With everyone watching, the teams from both sides walked out of the player channels on both sides, and the stadium was filled with shouts of "King Baize".
But in Bai Zewu's high team, Wang Hai, Yuan Qiu, and Zhang Heng didn't have the ease and comfort of the home court at all.
On the contrary, they are under a lot of pressure. In addition to the pressure given by the opponents in front of them, a lot of this pressure also comes from the future.

Just last night, Qin Ying, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, showed up in the school team training room, and also notified a message:
The format of the finals has been determined, best of five games.

Previously, they were more or less lucky and could rely on Bai Yu and Zhao Lingyu to keep winning.

Zhang Heng was stunned, and Bai Yu and others also looked sideways.

After so many games, Shirasawa Takeko's analysis team has collected enough data.
By comparison, Yuan Qiu, the strongest among the three, is in the upper second echelon among the Eastern players, Wang Hai is slightly worse, Zhang Heng and two substitutes are in the middle and lower echelon of the second echelon.
Without the guarantees of Zhao Lingyu and Bai Yu, it would take everyone to perform exceptionally well to defeat the heroes and martial arts masters with such strength.

Now the competition system is clear. If they want to win the final Longzhou championship, someone must stand up, and it is difficult to do so with their current strength.

"Zhang Heng, come on for the first game." Qin Ying suddenly said.

Zhang Heng performed very well and was even stronger than his usual training state.

"Probably because I want to give Zhang Heng a chance."

However, the degree alone is not enough to make up for the gap in strength.
Xu Teng's understanding of martial arts, physical strength, and combat awareness are much better than Zhang Heng's.
In the end, in the continuous collision of close martial arts, Zhang Heng, who was a beat slower, was broken through the force field by Xu Teng and hit continuously in the abdomen.

As for Zhang Heng, he lives up to his name, is balanced in all aspects, and works hard enough, but his talent is not as good as the first two, and his growth ceiling is relatively low. Coupled with his introverted and quiet personality, his presence in the team has never been high.
Now Qin Ying suddenly asked Zhang Heng to go up first, and everyone including Zhang Heng was surprised.

"Boom!"

More than a minute later, the two teams took their seats in the preparation seats, the cheers gradually subsided, and the game was about to begin.

Since the start of the second round of qualifiers, Qin Ying has always let Yuan Qiu or Wang Hai take the lead. In a sense, it is regarded as a key training to prepare for the following games.

Figures intertwined, dull force fields collided, and after a simple test, the two sides began to fight fiercely.

With everyone thinking this, Zhang Heng also said a heavy "hmm" and walked onto the ring.

"In the first round, Xu Teng, a high-ranking martial artist of the group, versus Zhang Heng, a high-ranking martial artist of Bai Ze, the game begins!"

Seeing the sudden drop in the stability of the force field, the referee blew the whistle without any hesitation and announced the result: "The winner is Xu Teng, a highly skilled warrior."

Sparse applause was accompanied by sudden shouts, and a few spectators from Wuyi City waved flags with the word "Qun Ying" printed on them.

"I'm sorry." Zhang Heng covered his abdomen and returned to the preparation table in shame. His loss like this only consumed Xu Teng's physical strength a little, and he didn't even force the opponent's ultimate move, creating almost no value for the team members behind him.

"It's okay, you performed well, and you didn't slack off even when I wasn't training."

Qin Ying comforted her and then looked at the remaining team members. She ignored Wang Hai who was gearing up and impatient.

"Yao Ping, come on."

"Ah, me?" Yao Ping, the substitute, widened his eyes and pointed at himself with his hand.

The four main players, Wang Hai, Yuan Qiu, Bai Yu, and Zhao Lingyu, are still there, so it shouldn't be his turn anyway.

"That's right, go ahead." Qin Ying affirmed.

Yao Ping looked around and then hesitantly walked onto the ring.

Facing Xu Teng, who was a level stronger, Yao Ping could only do his best, but the final outcome was similar to Zhang Heng.

"The winner is Xu Teng, a great warrior among all the heroes!"

Shirasawa Wugao suffered consecutive defeats, and the people in the stands who supported the heroic Wugao worked harder and cheered loudly.

Qin Ying's expression didn't change at all, and then she clicked on Yuan Qiu.

Yuan Qiu steadily defeated Xu Teng and Li Yuan, two opponents, and regained a victory.
But then Yuan Qiu faced Shan Yong, who was similar in strength to himself. Due to his reduced physical strength, he was half a step too slow in using blood martial arts, and unfortunately lost.

Three people were eliminated and there were still two spots left. Qin Ying did not choose the safest way to send Bai Yu or Zhao Lingyu. She gave one spot to Wang Hai.

"Wang Hai, it's your turn."

"Okay!" Wang Hai rushed towards the ring excitedly.

Wang Hai was more aggressive than the others. He had been holding back in the audience just now. Facing Shan Yong, who was stronger than himself, he refused to give in. He exchanged injuries for injuries and forcefully forced him to the edge of the ring.
However, in the end, Wang Hai couldn't hold it back and wanted to win more beautifully. Shan Yong seized the opportunity and used his strength to throw him out of the ring.

"grass!"

Wang Hai looked at Shan Yong who was smiling on the stage and slapped his face hard. But if he lost, his skills were inferior to others.
He lowered his head and waited to return to the preparation table, with tears in his eyes and said nothing.

The first three people tried their best, but he lost the game while still having some energy left. It was completely different.

Seeing this, Bai Yu almost understood Qin Ying's thoughts.
This situation now is probably the lowest limit for the entire team in the finals.

Everyone failed to bring out their own strengths, or in other words, failed to overcome their shortcomings and grow.

Zhang Heng worked hard, but lacked direction.

Yao Ping has no self-confidence and always feels that he is "weak and inferior".
Yuan Qiu sought stability and failed to overwhelm weak opponents, but Wang Hai overtook him again.
However, there is also a problem. Normally, Yao Ping as a substitute should not be included in the lower limit of the team. Zhang Heng, the three of them plus him and Zhao Lingyu, the five main players are.

(End of this chapter)