264: Mu Qianshan, eliminated!

Damn it!

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly, looking at the figure smoking by the window in the room.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yuan turned and gestured to Zhao Gongming and the others, who had also fallen silent.

Although he didn't know how strong that guy was, it was better to act now than to be discovered and forced to react.

The cooldown for Earth Walking Technique was one minute, and it was still on cooldown.

If they were discovered within that minute, it would be troublesome.

In this battlefield, where most people basically chose to team up, if you saw one person, there were definitely more than one person nearby.

Either kill him directly, prevent him from making a sound, and then leave after a minute.

Or hide.

But hiding wasn't that easy.

This seemed to be the living room of a residential building. Although they could retreat to the back rooms to hide, who knew if the other party would come over.

After a brief thought, Jiang Yuan still decided to strike first.

Jiang Yuan beckoned, and Zhao Gongming, Nezha, and Mu Qianshan quietly approached the opponent.

Zhao Wansong smoked, looking out at the ruined walls and broken tiles outside the window with a melancholic expression: “Seriously, when are we setting off? They said our team only has three people left, so we have to leave later to avoid being ambushed by other powerful teams.”

“Damn it, aren’t we strong?”

“I’m ranked fortieth in the Bei Mang Academy fifth-year leaderboard!”

Zhao Wansong flicked his cigarette butt onto the ground, stepped on it, and ground it with a depressed tone.

“Plus you, one ranked twenty-third, and one ranked eleventh, I really don’t understand what you guys are chickening out for?”

Zhao Wansong was very displeased, but his words startled Mu Qianshan, who was already less than two meters away from him.

Fortieth in the Bei Mang Academy fifth-year leaderboard?

He knew without thinking that the opponent was at the Late Stage level.

And it seemed like he wasn't the only one here; there were two other guys stronger than him.

What the heck was this?

If the sneak attack failed, they would be eliminated here directly.

And for several Late Stage cultivators to ambush a Late Stage cultivator?

The success rate was infinitely close to five percent!

With such a success rate, it was better to hide.

Mu Qianshan didn't hesitate and immediately gestured to Zhao Gongming and Nezha, who were already prepared to attack.

After the three looked at each other and nodded, they quietly retreated again.

They were even more cautious than when they advanced.

“Damn it, I’ll go talk to them!”

Just as the three had retreated a few steps, Zhao Wansong suddenly swung his fist again, saying angrily.

“Bad news!”

When Jiang Yuan saw the opponent's movement and heard his tone, his heart tightened, and a purple quality Card immediately appeared in his hand.

Seventy-Two Transformations · Shifting Scenery!

This Card had been prepared earlier to obscure Nezha and the others' movements.

However, he didn't expect the opponent to be even more careless than he imagined.

He had thought this Card wouldn't be needed, but an unexpected turn of events occurred.

The opponent's strength was somewhat unexpectedly strong!

The purple Card shone, and an image appeared before Mu Qianshan and the others.

It was the wall behind Jiang Yuan.

“Hmm?”

Zhao Wansong turned around, looking at the wall behind him with a strange expression.

“I remember this room wasn't this small just now?”

Zhao Wansong gestured, then shook his head blankly: “Forget it, must be an illusion.”

Saying that, Zhao Wansong shook his head and left the room.

“Phew!”

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Good thing he didn’t notice.”

Mu Qianshan patted his chest, then looked at Jiang Yuan.

“For safety’s sake, let’s go into that room.”

Jiang Yuan pointed to the room behind him: “Once the one-minute cooldown is over, we’ll leave directly.”

“Alright.”

Mu Qianshan nodded, and then the group entered a bedroom behind them.

The bedroom also perfectly matched the city's aesthetic; aside from being somewhat intact, every other part was in disrepair. Even the bed was collapsed, covered in a thick layer of dust.

“Too bad, I originally wanted to rest a bit.”

Mu Qianshan said, pursing his lips at the sight.

“Let’s rest after we enter the safe zone. Tonight, we’ll officially fly over the plains in the sky.”

It was already evening, and it would probably be completely dark in another hour or two.

That was the safest time to cross the grassland.

After all, the dark night sky could also reduce visibility.

“True, I wonder how many more times this poison circle will shrink? When will it end.”

“It should be soon.”

“You can end it now.”

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, a strange but slightly familiar voice came over.

“If I had known they were just a few Jiang Lou level guys, I would have eaten them all myself.”

Zhao Wansong looked at Jiang Yuan and the others, a disappointed expression on his face.

“I thought it was a big fish, so I wanted to call you guys over to be safe, but this is it?”

Zhao Wansong shook his head, but Dong Yumeng next to him slightly shook her head: “Just attack directly. Talk too much and they might run away.”

Saying that, a purple quality Skill Card appeared in her hand.

Purple Quality Skill Card: Fiery Flame Formation!

A very fast flaming goose appeared in the room, hitting Nezha in the blink of an eye.

However, Nezha also timely activated the Huntian Ribbon's Mixed Sea skill, barely blocking the attack.

“Seven seconds left!”

Jiang Yuan shouted, and then the Linglong Pagoda trapped Dong Yumeng, who had just made her move.

However, the two young men next to them also launched attacks towards Zhao Gongming and Mu Qianshan.

The weapon Zhao Wansong used was a staff, made of an unknown metal, with tiger head patterns at both ends. He swung it fiercely towards Zhao Gongming.

The remaining young man, however, was a Mechanical Card Master. As the purple Card shone, a futuristic-looking floating cannon appeared beside his shoulder.

Purple Quality Skill Card: Concentrated Laser!

Launches a laser attack at the target, with extremely strong penetration, and can cause burning damage.

“Bang!”

“Boom!”

Two sounds almost simultaneously rang out. Zhao Gongming's Steel Whip guided Zhao Wansong's tiger-head staff, using skill to make the tiger-head staff strike the ground.

Shattered stones flew, hitting the Linglong Pagoda, slightly reducing Jiang Yuan's Star Power.

Looking at the large pit that appeared on the ground, Zhao Wansong didn't hesitate. He exerted force with his hand, purple light shone, and the tiger-head staff swung directly downwards towards Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming blocked with his Steel Whip, but with full power, he was still hit by this powerful attack and slammed into the wall, shattering the entire wall and flying outside.

Mu Qianshan on the other side was not doing well either. His purple defensive equipment, the Purple Ribbon Garment, was directly broken open, and the laser hit his shoulder, piercing through it.

If it weren't for him dodging, his heart would have been pierced through at this moment.

But thankfully, Shi Ji's illusion skill, Green Sea Blue Sky, successfully controlled the Mechanical Card Master, preventing him from launching subsequent attacks.

Jiang Yuan directed Nezha to charge towards Dong Yumeng.

“He’s a Skill Card Master; offense is the best defense!”

Skill Card Masters are generally not very strong in close combat; using offense as defense can prevent the opponent from having a free hand to attack.

“Four seconds left, hold on!”

Jiang Yuan said, then saw Mu Qianshan's situation.

Without hesitation, another purple quality Card shone.

Earthly Flames Formation!

However, the target was not the Mechanical Card Master, but Mu Qianshan.

Earthly Flames Formation comes with a hidden effect, so it can be used without a target.

“It seems your little disciple is in danger this time.” Guan Chutian said with a smile, turning to Li Yueying as she watched the battle on the screen.

“After all, he’s only at the Jiang Lou level. It’s already quite good to be eliminated at this point.”

Guan Chutian still had a gentle smile on her face, but this expression made Li Yueying more and more annoyed as she looked at it.

“Why don’t we have a fight after the Four School Joint Examination ends!”

Li Yueying coldly glared at Guan Chutian and directly said, “I don’t know what you’re being sarcastic about?”

“He’s only at the Late Stage level. Are you expecting him to win the championship?”

“If he really wins the championship, wouldn’t all the fourth and fifth-year students from your three academies become a laughingstock?”

Li Yueying retorted, but Guan Chutian's expression didn't change at all.

“If he wins the championship, of course we’ll become a laughingstock, but do you think he has the strength to win the championship?”

It was still that gentle tone, but it was precisely her gentle tone, speaking such words, that made Li Yueying so irritated.

“Speaking of which, I remember you also took in two disciples a while ago, why haven’t I seen them?”

Just as Li Yueying was annoyed and wanted to directly fight Guan Chutian, Jin Lingyu next to her pushed up his glasses and spoke with a hint of curiosity.

Guan Chutian's expression changed slightly, and she turned to look at Jin Lingyu.

However, Jin Lingyu merely tilted his head slightly, smiling courteously at Guan Chutian.

Guan Chutian snorted coldly, turned her head, and stopped speaking.

Li Yueying's eyes moved between the two of them, looking at Jin Lingyu's smile and Guan Chutian's not-so-pleasant expression, she seemed to understand something.

Yu Chengtian rubbed his bald head, not understanding what had happened.

Miao Xinghuo, on the other hand, just smiled faintly, watching Jiang Yuan's battle on the screen, completely unconcerned by the tense atmosphere between them just now.

In the battlefield, the Mechanical Card Master, seeing Mu Qianshan disappear before him, also unhesitatingly took out another purple quality Skill Card.

As the purple Skill Card shone, the floating cannons behind him increased from one to five.

Magnetic Storm Dragon Roar!

Five floating cannons simultaneously released light, accompanied by bursts of dragon roars, and five Energy cannons directly pierced through the space where nothing could be seen in front of them.

The defense inherent in Earthly Flames Formation only held for a moment, barely even causing the five Energy cannons to briefly pause before they broke through the Earthly Flames Formation.

“Damn it!”

After Mu Qianshan cursed in a low voice one last time, he was hit by the Energy cannon. His entire body instantly turned into nothingness and disappeared.

“Damn it!”

Jiang Yuan also cursed angrily at this sight. At this moment, there was still one second left on the cooldown for Earth Walking Technique.

However, the three opponents' attacks came at them again.

Nezha's attack was pushed away by Dong Yumeng's Resist Fire Ring, then purple light shone, and a large area of Flame Array was released.

The targets were Jiang Yuan and Shi Ji.

After Jiang Yuan blocked the attack with the Linglong Pagoda, all the Star Power in his body was consumed, which was why he couldn't successfully save Mu Qianshan.

Mu Qianshan couldn't react. He had great trust in Jiang Yuan's array Cards.

However, he didn't expect the opponent to use a large-scale attack without even a moment's hesitation. Even if he successfully used False Shape, with a five-meter full coverage, he couldn't escape the fate of being eliminated.

Only if Jiang Yuan used False Shape and swapped positions with Mu Qianshan could he use the Linglong Pagoda's ability to block this attack.

However, the attacks from the two opponents arrived simultaneously, making it impossible to save Mu Qianshan.

He could only watch helplessly as Mu Qianshan was eliminated before his eyes.

After Jiang Yuan cursed angrily, Sweet Dew Water fell, and three purple quality Cards appeared in his hand again.

Purple Quality Card: Golden Light Formation!

Purple Quality Card: Red Sand Formation!

Purple Quality Card: Flame Array!

The three array Cards were used simultaneously, targeting the two people in the room and the one person on the street outside.

Although the three array Cards could only temporarily trap them for a second, or perhaps even less than a second.

But this amount of time was already enough for them to use Earth Movement Technique and leave this place.

As long as they left here, the rest would be easy.

And the three array Cards had another purpose.

To obscure the opponent's vision, so they wouldn't know they were underground, preparing for escape.

After all, who knew if the opponent had attacks that could target below ground.

Such as Skill Cards like Earthquake.

Three purple lights shone, and Dong Yumeng and the two others instantly felt as if they had gone to another space.

One space was full of flames, and under the swaying of a red banner in the air, a large amount of flames attacked him.

Another space was full of red sand, constantly cutting through the purple defensive equipment on his body.

The last space had a large number of mirrors, constantly releasing golden light attacks.

Although the three didn't know what was happening, they still instinctively used their most powerful skills.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

With three consecutive sounds, the three also broke through the formations with powerful force and reappeared in the room.

However, Jiang Yuan and the others had already disappeared, and only the twilight of the setting sun remained in the room.

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...

Jiang Yuan and the others, who had already used Earth Movement Technique, were now rapidly moving underground.

“There are still too many remaining. We need to find a way to gather them together and make them fight among themselves.”

Jiang Yuan pondered his plan in his mind while moving underground.