270: Ownership of the “treasure”

When Jiang Yuan saw the young man next to him sway and look like he was about to fall off the disc, he instinctively reached out.

However, both of them were in the air, and Jiang Yuan was currently in the form of a small bird on the back of a Golden-Winged Great Peng, so he couldn't reach him at all.

Of course, even if he could reach, Jiang Yuan's small wings would be completely useless.

But thankfully, the young man on the disc quickly steadied himself, and a purple quality card appeared in his hand as he looked at Jiang Yuan.

Instinctively, Jiang Yuan and Nezha also got ready for battle.

Nezha, who had also turned into a small bird in the air, transformed back into his original form, his Fire Tipped Spear pointing directly at the young man in front of him.

But just as Nezha was about to attack, the young man in front of him suddenly cried out in surprise.

“Jiang Yuan?”

Jiang Yuan froze, then raised his wing, stopped Nezha, and then looked at the young man in front of him with a serious expression.

“You know me?”

Seeing the small bird's serious, mature demeanor, Ai Xiu couldn't help but smile.

“It's not that I know you; after all, I don't recognize you in your current form.”

After Ai Xiu finished speaking, Jiang Yuan also reacted.

It seemed that was indeed the case; he was currently in the form of a small bird.

But how did he recognize him?

Was it Nezha?

Jiang Yuan turned his head to glance at Nezha, who was stepping on the Wind Fire Wheels, and confusingly stroked his head with his wing.

“The two small pagodas and a bottle on your head are too recognizable.”

Ai Xiu smiled, pointing to Jiang Yuan's head: “I've seen many with one Linglong Pagoda on their head, but you're the only one with two Linglong Pagodas and a bottle on your head.”

With that, Ai Xiu smiled and waved at Jiang Yuan: “Hello, this should be our first meeting. My name is Ai Xiu.”

“Ai Xiu?”

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised, but quickly realized that this Ai Xiu should also be from his academy.

But he didn't know if he was a fourth-year or fifth-year Student.

“Ai Xiu, Zhongyuan Academy fifth-year Student, ranked second on the leaderboard.”

Seeing the confusion in Jiang Yuan's eyes, Ai Xiu sighed slightly before introducing himself.

“A senior, huh.”

The small bird nodded seriously, but Ai Xiu, seeing this scene, couldn't help but want to laugh again.

“Slap!”

Jiang Yuan looked at Ai Xiu, who suddenly slapped himself, somewhat bewildered, not understanding what was going on with him.

“No, can you talk to me in your original form? You really look too…”

Ai Xiu gasped, touched his face, and then spoke to Jiang Yuan.

“I can't fly, so how can I return to my original form?”

The little bird tilted its head!

Ai Xiu wanted to laugh again; he always felt that Jiang Yuan's appearance was very comical.

“Alright, why are you in the air? Aren't you afraid of being targeted in your current form?”

“No, they can't focus here.”

Jiang Yuan shrugged his wings indifferently, then seemed to realize something and looked at Ai Xiu strangely.

“Why… are you here?”

“Ha, where else would I be? This is a safe zone.”

Ai Xiu was puzzled, but Jiang Yuan had no intention of explaining to him.

Because he seemed to see Ai Xiu's slightly darkened eye circles.

Presumably, the other party hadn't slept, so he hadn't received the message.

This is the downside of [Dream Marriage]; if you don't sleep, you won't enter the other person's dream.

But after all, it's [Dream Marriage], so you naturally need to sleep to have dreams.

Ai Xiu looked at the small bird, who suddenly nodded with understanding, somewhat suspiciously: “What do you mean? Is it wrong for me to be here?”

“Nothing.”

Jiang Yuan didn't tell the other party about the treasure there.

After all, if he didn't know, then so be it, but if he knew, he certainly couldn't let people from his academy go and sacrifice themselves.

The battle over there was too abnormal.

It was almost comparable to when the dongtian secret treasure erupted in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield last time.

But last time, his identity was that of an invincible combatant.

And this time, he was a Second-Sequence Race that could be easily suppressed and hammered by others…

Not necessarily a Third-Sequence Race; it should be a Second-Sequence Race.

But the difference wasn't big; they were both the kind that could be easily slaughtered and driven away.

“Okay then.”

Although Ai Xiu was a little curious, since Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, he didn't press further.

“But your strength to last until now is truly impressive.”

After encountering someone from the same academy, Ai Xiu was no longer in a hurry to leave, but instead controlled the disc beneath him to approach Jiang Yuan, smiling as he asked Jiang Yuan.

“Who are your teammates? If you tell me, I might even know them.”

“Mu Qianshan.”

“Hmm…”

Ai Xiu paused, his mind beginning to ponder the name Mu Qianshan.

Unfortunately, he couldn't successfully recall anyone by that name.

“A fifth-year Student?”

A moment later, Ai Xiu carefully asked.

“A fourth-year Student, already eliminated.”

“Ah?”

Ai Xiu looked at Jiang Yuan in surprise; he had originally thought that Jiang Yuan, with his initial strength, could reach this point because he had several strong teammates.

But the result was…

“Was it just the two of you in a team?”

“What else?”

The way Jiang Yuan had his two wings behind his back made Ai Xiu want to laugh again.

But in the end, he held it in: “Mm-hmm.”

“Hmm?”

Jiang Yuan looked at Ai Xiu in confusion, not understanding what this guy wanted to do.

But Jiang Yuan didn't pay too much attention, just kept his guard up against the other party.

After all, he didn't really know him, and although the effect of [Cute Head] suggested he had no hostility and even some goodwill, he still remained cautious.

Ai Xiu saw Jiang Yuan glance at him in confusion, then turn his head away again, ignoring him, and couldn't help but rub his chin.

[It seems this isn't a suitable opportunity yet; let's wait until we're more familiar.]

[And the intel was correct; he is indeed someone with a slight social phobia.]

Ai Xiu smiled, then no longer initiated conversation, turning his head to look forward, but still maintaining the same speed as Jiang Yuan.

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“It's our turn to act.”

When Huang Huanqing saw that only over thirty people remained in the field, she said to her two remaining teammates.

Not only her, but Shi Zhuan and Wei Qiyou, who had just been forced to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield, were also ready to make their move.

“Go!”

As Li Chengyi once again slew an opponent, Huang Huanqing and their few teams simultaneously saw an opportunity, their purple lights shining brightly as they quickly rushed towards the treasure.

“Target the treasure, don't get too entangled!”

The three teams almost all had similar ideas: get the treasure and then directly retreat.

After all, this treasure had cost them several teammates.

If they didn't successfully obtain this treasure, wouldn't their teammates' sacrifices be in vain?

This was also why so many people had been eliminated just now, but they hadn't left.

The higher the difficulty, the better the reward.

This had already become a subconscious thought.

Everyone present basically shared this understanding.

After all, because of this treasure, almost three or four hundred people had already been eliminated.

There were also some who fled, but only one or two remaining people without teams were irrelevant.

“Damn it!”

Seeing the several teams suddenly charge out, Li Chengyi couldn't help but curse.

Then, no longer hiding, he immediately displayed his full strength.

Three purple quality cards in his hand shone, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and in the next second, a large-scale lightning strike suddenly fell, almost encompassing half of Chen Xing Lake.

At the same time, a lightning-formed armor appeared on Li Chengyi's body within the lightning storm.

“Boom!”

The third Skill Card was also released, the card appearing in the air, and a thick white lightning bolt instantly shot out, engulfing the two people in front of him.

A moment later, the white lightning dissipated, and the two people who had just been struck by the white lightning also disappeared, instantly killed and eliminated!

“He's Li Chengyi, Zhongyuan Academy fifth-year Student, ranked first!”

Only after Li Chengyi displayed his true strength did someone recognize him.

“Too late, unfortunately.”

Li Chengyi chuckled, looking at the person from before, a lightning spear appearing in his hand, which he directly threw over.

The reason he hadn't exposed his full strength earlier was out of fear of revealing his identity and being ganged up on.

Just like the top-ranked teams from the other Four Top Academies.

Although their strength was formidable, who among those present wasn't a genius Student from one of the Four Top Academies?

Even if they were ranked first on their academy's leaderboard, they couldn't withstand the combined attacks of so many people.

But now it was different; although there were still quite a few people left, according to his plan, now wasn't the time to expose his full strength.

However, those few teams that were forced to flee earlier had now returned.

If he didn't act quickly, it would be troublesome.

“Ye Jinhuan!”

“Understood!”

Li Chengyi shouted, and Ye Jinhuan also smiled as she took out several purple quality Skill Cards.

As one of the purple quality Skill Cards shone, four purple lights merged into the bodies of Li Chengyi and his four-person team, including herself.

Subsequently, the other cards in Ye Jinhuan's hand shone in sequence.

Purple mist permeated the field, and the still boiling, bubbling red venom also formed a river, blocking the returning teams outside.

“Ye Jinhuan!”

Shi Zhuan's expression also turned ugly upon seeing this: “A rare poison-attribute Skill Card Master, all her cards carry toxins!”

“Dispel! Firestorm!”

Just as Shi Zhuan's expression turned ugly, a team member from Huang Huanqing's team stepped forward.

The purple card in his hand shone, a firestorm appeared in the field, and in a moment, all the purple mist in the air was evaporated.

“It's not just that.”

Ye Jinhuan smiled, and the card in her hand shone again.

Before the others could rush in, the evaporated poison mist filled the dark clouds in the sky.

The dark clouds, which had only been raining lightning, now began to rain green droplets.

The droplets fell onto the ground, which no longer had grass, instantly creating a corroded pit.

“Got it!”

While Li Chengyi and Ye Jinhuan were fighting, another Student from their team entered the ground, then appeared next to the treasure.

With a wave of his hand, after all five cards were in his possession, Luo Huanan's figure directly disappeared.

As an Card Assassin, Luo Huanan's speed was very fast, successfully retreating from the treasure's location before the attacks arrived.

Before, there were also people like him who tried to use their invisibility to secretly take the treasure.

However, although everyone was fighting, their attention was still on the treasure.

Everyone understood what the battle was for, so it was naturally impossible to let the treasure be secretly taken away.

But this time was different; both Li Chengyi and Ye Jinhuan's large-scale attacks drew the attention of all the remaining few people in the field.

Coupled with the sudden appearance of Huang Huanqing and others, no one else noticed him except for his opponents.

In this situation, Luo Huanan also followed the plan, using his full strength to directly kill the opponent in front of him, then used Earth Movement Technique to reach the treasure.

After obtaining the treasure, he used Subterranean Shrinking to retreat.

Seeing Luo Huanan succeed, Li Chengyi and the other two didn't hesitate at all, directly using their respective cards to leave the area.

Li Chengyi transformed into lightning, disappearing in a flash, while Ye Jinhuan smiled slightly, her body turning into purple mist and merging into the air.

The other teammate also smiled at Huang Huanqing and the others, then used Earth Movement Technique.

Upon seeing this, everyone, whether Huang Huanqing or Shi Zhuan, could barely suppress the anger in their hearts.

Huang Huanqing and Shi Zhuan turned to look at each other, then both silently turned their heads away.

Both Huang Huanqing and Shi Zhuan knew each other, knowing that the other was the top-ranked person in their respective academies' leaderboards.

If their two teams were to fight here now, it would definitely be a mutually destructive battle; no matter which team was eliminated, the other team wouldn't fare well.

Moreover, Wei Qiyou and Bai Fusi were also present.

It wouldn't be good to let those two gain an advantage!

But now both of them had anger in their hearts, so what should they do?

Of course, eliminate some people!

The eyes of both teams focused on the remaining ten or so people in the field.

Frankly, anyone who could fight until now and hadn't been eliminated would definitely not be weak.

But that also depended on who they were compared to.

If there were more of those people, Huang Huanqing and Shi Zhuan wouldn't do anything.

But Li Chengyi and Ye Jinhuan's last wave of attacks left those who hadn't been eliminated in a bad state.

Poison, besides being disgusting, also had a very large range!

“Kill!”

Huang Huanqing didn't hesitate; Mechanical Crow and Shadow Fire Ferret directly charged forward.

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“They shouldn't be able to catch up. Quickly, let's see what cards are in the treasure.”

After running a long distance, Li Chengyi excitedly asked Luo Huanan.

They were very interested in the treasure left by the Old Principal.

“The white card is indeed Linglong Pagoda; we can't use this for now.”

Luo Huanan also excitedly took out the cards from his Backpack Card, then looked at them under the expectant gazes of the three.

“This is Thirty-Six Transformations, Subterranean Shrinking?”

“Thirty-Six Transformations? Is this a series of cards like Seventy-Two Transformations?”