228: Purple quality formation card [Red Sand Formation]!

“Can the challenge end today?”

In the stands, Mu Qianshan asked Jiang Yuan curiously.

The setting sun in the distance had already dyed the sky a dim yellow, but Jiang Yuan calmly nodded.

“Yes, once the sixth-ranked person successfully challenges, I can directly challenge the first-ranked.”

In one day, Jiang Yuan directly rose from over four hundred to the current tenth place.

However, the fifth-ranked person was not present, so Jiang Yuan chose the sixth-ranked.

At this ranking, whether it was the fifth or sixth, it was the same; they could both directly challenge the first place later.

Since the sixth-ranked person hadn’t arrived yet, Jiang Yuan also came to the stands, sitting beside Mu Qianshan, waiting for his opponent to arrive.

Although the sixth-ranked person hadn’t arrived yet, everyone tacitly cleared out the Martial Arts Arena, wanting to see if Jiang Yuan could really reach first place in a few days.

And now, although the sixth-ranked person hadn’t arrived, the top-ranked youth among the fourth-year students had already entered the Martial Arts Arena.

He had received news that Jiang Yuan’s target was him.

To save time and to observe Jiang Yuan’s fighting style in advance, he had already arrived when Jiang Yuan’s ranking entered the top fifty.

After watching so many battles, he always felt that Jiang Yuan was cheating.

He, who was originally full of confidence, was now somewhat unsure if he could defeat Jiang Yuan.

Well, he only had ninety percent confidence in defeating his opponent left.

Although he had also single-handedly slain a Demon Clan member of the same realm on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.

But he just heard from others that Jiang Yuan alone, or rather, with his Card Spirit, directly surrounded eight, plus the Demon Clan members who had already been controlled before, for a total of nine races.

And he killed them all!

If it weren’t for a forced breakthrough due to special circumstances later, which kicked him out of the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, those remaining few would likely not have escaped either.

Such a terrifying guy, now facing him?

But it should be fine, after all, he faced opponents of the same realm when he was on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.

And now he was facing him in a cross-level challenge.

If they were of the same realm, he might have surrendered without a second thought.

But now Jiang Yuan was two minor levels below him.

As a genius himself, he didn’t believe he would be defeated by Jiang Yuan crossing two levels.

Before long, the sixth-ranked youth among the fourth-year students arrived at the Martial Arts Arena.

“Where did you go? Why are you so late?”

Someone familiar with Liu Xiaofei couldn’t help but ask loudly when they saw Liu Xiaofei arrive.

“Secret weapon, don’t ask.”

Liu Xiaofei chuckled, then looked at Jiang Yuan, who was getting up in the stands.

“Are you ready?”

“Of course, I’m ready.”

Jiang Yuan smiled: “I’ve been preparing here for a long time.”

“Hehe, don’t mind me, I’m preparing my secret weapon to deal with you.” Liu Xiaofei smiled, winked at Jiang Yuan, then gestured for Jiang Yuan to go first.

“I look forward to your secret weapon.”

Jiang Yuan smiled and activated the Martial Arts Arena.

Liu Xiaofei also narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a voice only he could hear: “You should be looking forward, the surprise is coming soon.”

As Liu Xiaofei’s voice fell, he followed Jiang Yuan into the Martial Arts Arena space.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, I’m also a Card Creator.”

Before the battle began, Liu Xiaofei looked at Jiang Yuan confidently and smiled: “Just to give you a heads-up.”

As Liu Xiaofei’s words fell, Jiang Yuan hadn’t yet figured out what the other party intended to do when the battle had already begun.

Without the slightest hesitation, five cards appeared in Jiang Yuan’s hand.

Two purple-quality cards, [Zhao Gongming] and [Steel Whip].

One blue-quality card [Linglong Pagoda], one blue-quality card [Nine Breaths Qi Cultivation], and one blue-quality card [Star Power Futon].

With his current Jiang Lou Initial Stage strength, he could roughly use three purple-quality cards at once.

However, after using three purple-quality cards, he would have no Star Power left.

This was clearly not ideal, so Jiang Yuan usually started with these five cards.

Zhao Gongming for combat, Linglong Pagoda for self-protection, and the remaining two cards for Star Power recovery.

As the [Nine Breaths Qi Cultivation] and [Star Power Futon] skills were activated, Jiang Yuan’s Star Power quickly recovered to full.

Without the slightest hesitation, a blue-quality card appeared in Jiang Yuan’s hand again.

Then Nezha and Shi Ji also appeared in the arena, along with their various weapons.

However, Liu Xiaofei, seeing this, didn’t make any move, still looking at Jiang Yuan with a smile.

Jiang Yuan was a little strange, but Zhao Gongming had already launched an attack on Liu Xiaofei at this moment.

The moment Zhao Gongming moved, Liu Xiaofei also quickly pulled out a purple-quality card.

Having watched so many of Jiang Yuan’s battles, he clearly knew how fast Zhao Gongming was.

If he reacted even a little slower, he might have his head smashed by Zhao Gongming’s Steel Whip before his trump card could even be used.

“Bang!”

The purple card in Liu Xiaofei’s hand shone brightly, and in just an instant, two points of purple light lit up above Liu Xiaofei’s and Jiang Yuan’s heads.

The Linglong Pagoda above Jiang Yuan’s head did not block this purple light; in fact, this star-like purple light even shimmered on the tip of the Linglong Pagoda.

It was like dancing.

Jiang Yuan was a little curious, but more than that, he was surprised.

Because Zhao Gongming’s attack actually passed through Liu Xiaofei’s body and directly smashed onto the ground.

Zhao Gongming was also somewhat surprised; Liu Xiaofei was clearly standing there, but just now he felt that he hadn’t hit anything solid.

It was as if Liu Xiaofei in front of him was just a phantom.

“Let me try!”

After Nezha saw this, his Wind Fire Wheels spun, and he leaped up, attacking Liu Xiaofei.

Two Fire Tipped Spears, one thrown, but it passed directly through Liu Xiaofei’s body, just like Zhao Gongming’s Steel Whip, and stuck into the ground.

The smile on Zhao Gongming’s face disappeared, his right hand wielded the Steel Whip again, his left hand formed a seal, and a black tiger also appeared beside Zhao Gongming, simultaneously launching an attack towards Liu Xiaofei.

Nezha, relying on the speed of his Wind Fire Wheels, had already arrived in front of Liu Xiaofei, and his downward spear strike fell heavily.

“Bang!”

“Whoosh!”

The tiger claw missed, the Steel Whip missed, and the Fire Tipped Spear also hit the ground, kicking up shattered stones.

Liu Xiaofei still stood there with a smile, calmly looking at Zhao Gongming and Jiang Yuan in front of him.

“What’s going on? Why can’t we hit him?”

“Is it the effect of some special card? I saw him use a card just now.”

“Is this what he called his secret weapon?”

The people in the stands were discussing animatedly, and Mu Qianshan, Hu Qingwei, and Tong Yuchang also looked at the arena with serious expressions.

“I told you, I’m a Card Creator.”

Liu Xiaofei looked at Jiang Yuan and smiled, emphasizing again: “How’s the surprise I prepared for you?”

“It’s indeed not bad.”

Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Xiaofei and nodded.

Standing Upright Without a Shadow?

He had wanted to create that himself.

After creating [Zhao Gongming] that time, he thought of this seemingly invincible defensive skill.

But unfortunately, he ultimately failed to successfully create it.

But looking at Liu Xiaofei’s appearance just now, it was clearly the activation method of [Thirty-Six Transformations · Standing Upright Without a Shadow].

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan asked Liu Xiaofei curiously: “I saw you used a purple-quality card just now; it should be the effect that makes others unable to hit you, right?”

“Yes, this is a surprise specially prepared for you.”

Liu Xiaofei smiled, but Jiang Yuan didn’t pay attention to the subtle provocation in Liu Xiaofei’s words, only feeling a little curious.

“After the battle, can I ask you about the crafting method of this card?”

Jiang Yuan looked at Liu Xiaofei with a serious expression: “I tried to create this type of defensive card before, but I failed.”

“Hmm?”

Liu Xiaofei was stunned.

No, this isn’t the surprise I gave you, is it?

Why, when you saw this, did you not have the reaction I imagined?

Seeing that their attacks had no effect on me, aren’t you even a little flustered?

You actually want to ask me what materials I used to create this card?

This?

Jiang Yuan’s action truly confused Liu Xiaofei.

This shouldn’t be the reaction, should it?

“Uh…”

But Liu Xiaofei quickly reacted, his eyes moved, and he charged towards Jiang Yuan.

“Once you defeat me, I’ll tell you!”

“Alright, alright.”

Jiang Yuan clapped his hands excitedly; he felt that he was not far from [Thirty-Six Transformations · Standing Upright Without a Shadow].

Zhao Gongming and Nezha were still trying to attack Liu Xiaofei, but they couldn’t cause any effect on him.

Their attacks still passed directly through Liu Xiaofei, utterly unable to affect him.

Shi Ji, beside Jiang Yuan, also frowned slightly; she had just tried, and neither skill attacks nor [Netherlight] worked.

When Shi Ji first appeared, she had already inflicted [Netherlight] on Liu Xiaofei.

However, after Liu Xiaofei used that strange card just now, not only could her [Netherlight] effect not be triggered, but it couldn’t even continue to stack.

This made Shi Ji a little puzzled; theoretically, even an ability like [Standing Upright Without a Shadow] that makes oneself intangible shouldn’t prevent the already inflicted [Netherlight] from triggering.

Strange?

Shi Ji was perplexed, but Jiang Yuan showed no signs of panic, which annoyed Liu Xiaofei even more.

The distance between them grew shorter, and a short dagger appeared in Liu Xiaofei’s hand.

Liu Xiaofei’s profession was an assassin with high attack and high burst damage.

However, in this battle, he didn’t use any stealth-type cards.

Because he was confident that after he used that card just now, whether he was stealthy or not was no longer important.

He didn’t believe that Jiang Yuan, with myasthenia, could defeat him in a one-on-one battle.

For this battle, he had thoroughly investigated Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan was different from other Beast Tamer Card Masters; other Beast Tamer Card Masters more or less had some offensive capabilities.

But Jiang Yuan was different; the illness of myasthenia made him completely devoid of any offensive ability.

Even if he held a weapon, whether his own strength combined with the weapon could break through his defense was debatable.

Furthermore, he reviewed all of Jiang Yuan’s battles, and Jiang Yuan simply had no habit or ability to use weapons.

The impact of myasthenia was not only on strength and attack, but also on speed.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t run fast, but he had a unicorn, and that unicorn was very fast.

But what of it? The Martial Arts Arena wasn’t very big; no matter how fast he ran, he couldn’t run far.

So, in response to Jiang Yuan’s lack of offensive ability and inability to run fast, he quickly processed and created a new card, specifically designed to deal with Card Masters like Jiang Yuan who had no offensive ability themselves and relied entirely on Beast Taming or Card Spirits for combat.

Purple-quality Skill Card [Shadow Duel]!

It only had one skill.

[Shadow Duel]: Locks onto a target. Other targets besides this target cannot deal damage to oneself and the other party, lasting for ten minutes.

The strength realm of other targets that cannot deal damage to oneself must not exceed two minor levels.

Once this skill was activated, for ten minutes, neither he nor Jiang Yuan would be affected by others.

Of course, the strength of these “others” could not exceed the user’s level by more than two levels.

Whether it was Jiang Yuan or himself, they could both remain unaffected by people whose strength was below the Great Beam (Late Stage) of the Fifth Realm.

Within ten minutes, only the opponent could cause damage to them.

Of course, their attacks could also only cause damage to each other.

Just like Liu Xiaofei now, even if he wanted to attack Zhao Gongming and Nezha, it would be futile; his attacks couldn’t hit them.

He was confident that he could resolve Jiang Yuan within ten minutes.

After all, the effect of the Linglong Pagoda on Jiang Yuan’s head had already been revealed.

It could only block attacks from same-level strength, not exceeding blue-quality equipment or skills.

His strength realm was two levels higher than Jiang Yuan’s, and the short dagger in his hand was purple-quality; under either condition, Jiang Yuan’s Linglong Pagoda couldn’t withstand it.

He didn’t know what Jiang Yuan would use to face his attack!

Liu Xiaofei had an excited smile on his face; he had already envisioned Jiang Yuan’s defeat.

Didn’t he say he would top the rankings today?

Didn’t he say that today, having just entered the fourth year, with Jiang Lou Initial Stage strength, he would defeat all opponents of Jiang Lou strength and take first place in the fourth-year rankings!

Didn’t he say he would prove himself invincible among peers!

Why isn’t it working now?

Is this it?

Is this it?

Jiang Yuan saw Liu Xiaofei’s excited, almost rampant, smile, but he wasn’t flustered.

Setting aside everything else, Jiang Yuan currently had ample Star Power, and also the two Star Power replenishment cards, [Nine Breaths Qi Cultivation] and [Star Power Futon].

As long as Liu Xiaofei’s attack didn’t reach the upper limit of the Linglong Pagoda’s Star Power consumption in one go, it was basically impossible to cause damage to Jiang Yuan.

As for the upper limit of the Linglong Pagoda’s Star Power consumption?

The strongest combined attack from Nezha and Zhao Gongming hadn’t even reached that limit.

However, facing the charging Liu Xiaofei, a purple-quality card still appeared in Jiang Yuan’s hand.

Attacks are useless, I wonder if restrictions would work?

[Red Sand Formation]!

Activate!