As the new recruits were not as strong as the veterans in terms of individual strength, even if ten of them were to fight against one veteran, their combat powers might still not be as strong as their opponent's. But, the recruits were a team that knew how to cooperate with each other, each possessing their own characteristics and skills. It was precisely this that caused the veterans to be forced into their present predicament, as they couldn't deal with the recruits at that moment!

Back in the conference room, the officers and the instructors could not help but look surprised when they saw this scene unfolding before their eyes. None of them had expected that the battle between the veterans and the recruits would fall into such an awkward situation!

"They were overconfident! They even belittled their enemies."

"This batch of recruits is so cunning, they even know how to split the veterans up, so that they are unable to form teams!"

"It's Steve who is the smart one. He is obviously the one who came up with this idea."

"The plan is a really good one indeed, but the veterans are no fools. They might be at a disadvantage for the time being, but that doesn't mean that they've lost." Chief Instructor Wendy said calmly among the other voices ringing out in the room.

On the battlefield, Steve's plan had been very successful. He had made good use of the anger in the veterans' hearts, as well as their desires to defeat the recruits.

While the veterans had been busy belittling their enemies, he'd split them all up, rendering them unable to fight against the groups of recruits! But, there were still a lot of powerful veterans on the battlefield, and when their strength was strong enough, even Steve's most clever schemes would be in vain.

"Get out of my way, all of you!" Garfield shouted angrily. He then blew up a recruit's s.h.i.+eld with one blow, while simultaneously landing a blow on the recruit's chest with his fist.

The recruit flew off to the side, spewing blood from his lips. He then fell to the ground and blacked out.

As one of the 10 geniuses among the 500 veterans with a basic cell value of 350 points, he was much stronger than the other veterans. As such, the inferior F-grade s.h.i.+eld couldn't block his fists!

He was like a human beast, ripping the cooperation of the 10 recruits apart easily. As he knocked out two of the recruits with three punches, the other eight recruits' faces paled. He was too ferocious and much stronger than them!

"I'll be your opponent!" Just then, a b.u.mblebee Armor flew down from the sky. It was Lucy, who with two sharp slender swords in her hands, quickly stabbed at Garfield's eyes!

Her b.u.mblebee Swords were round in shape, yet they were very sharp because of the special materials that they were made from. Seeing the swords, Garfield's eyes flashed with alarm. He could feel the terrifying sharpness of the blades!

Hence, Garfield backed away. As he did so, the b.u.mblebee Sword flashed past his eyes, and Lucy whipped her leg towards Garfield's head. Garfield raised his right hand to defend himself against Lucy's kick.

Bang!

Lucy's attack was blocked! Although she had the b.u.mblebee Armor to improve her strength, she was still a little weaker than Garfield.

Although armors could add a lot of combat power value, these increases were mainly because of the powerful lethal weapons that were attached to the armor, such as laser weapons, laser guns, micro-missiles and so on. In the absence of such weapons of ma.s.s destruction, the increased combat power value would be greatly reduced, especially if one were to rely solely on the increased strength, speed, and ordinary cold weapons of the armor itself.

In facing the veterans, recruits mainly used armors to enhance their defenses. This meant that, in terms of speed and strength, they'd still be a little weaker. This was why Connell had agreed to Steve's request that the recruits be allowed to use armor and robots.

"You're too naive if you think that you can defeat me with just one suit of armor!" Garfield sneered and suddenly grabbed Lucy's ankle.