Chapter 148 - 149: Synchronization Training — Their Respective Strengths
The words of Elder Xuan echoed in the minds of the pre-selection team members. They were all intelligent—naturally, they quickly understood the deeper meaning.
Cao Jinxuan’s eyes flickered slightly as he was the first to speak. "So that’s how it is."
Xu Sanshi and the others looked at him. What do you mean, "so that’s how it is"? Are you trying to make us look stupid with how smart you sound?
As Cao Jinxuan recalled how Big Brother and Sister Bone Armor had selected the team members, as well as the earlier battle, a thread of reasoning gradually formed in his mind.
"Sister Bone Armor’s team members, aside from having the highest soul power levels among all of us—and aside from Senior Sister Ling Luochen—all of them specialize in explosive and aggressive attacks."
"As for Big Brother’s team—us—we represent a more traditional lineup: control, support, defense, power attack, agility attack... The ideal, balanced composition of a conventional team."
As he said this, he turned to Elder Xuan. "If this arrangement was something you set up beforehand, then I’d guess your intention, beyond just testing our ability to adapt, was to teach us a certain principle."
Elder Xuan couldn’t help but smile in appreciation as he listened to Cao Jinxuan’s analysis. "Oh? Then tell me—what principle was I trying to teach you?"
Cao Jinxuan spoke slowly and clearly. "If I’m not mistaken, Big Brother’s earlier words already made it very clear."
"Even if every one of us is a genius, the best among our peers—even if we have a nearly perfect team composition, with a powerful Soul Master like Big Brother leading us—when faced with a vast gap in absolute strength, all of it becomes meaningless, nothing more than superficial flash."
He looked more firmly at Elder Xuan as he continued: "You wanted to teach us that no matter how great our talent or how well our team synergizes, it can never overcome the absolute disparity in soul power levels."
"In the face of overwhelming strength, tactics, cooperation, and skills all become illusions. Only personal strength, true and solid, is the foundation of everything."