294: The champion's reward and the girl's request! (Monthly ticket requested!!)

"Stop him!" Li Chengyi's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the Qiankun Circle land on his colorful defensive barrier and roared!

The Huntian Ribbon landed on the colorful defensive barrier, and the powerful impact also formed a white shockwave at the point of contact, spreading outwards.

After a brief stalemate, cracks began to appear on the colorful defensive barrier.

At first, it was just a single point, then it spread into three lines.

The three lines spread again, and in just one or two seconds, the entire colorful defensive barrier was covered with dense cracks.

"Bang!"

With a soft sound like shattering glass, the colorful defensive barrier shattered in response.

Fragments of colorful light scattered, reflecting in Li Chengyi's lifeless eyes.

"Bang!"

With another crisp sound, the purple quality defensive equipment on Li Chengyi's body appeared, but there was no room for resistance.

The moment it made contact, the purple defensive equipment dimmed and returned to Li Chengyi's body.

At the same time, the Martial Arts Arena disappeared, and Jiang Yuan and the lifeless Li Chengyi appeared on the stage simultaneously.

"Phew."

Jiang Yuan let out a long breath and smiled at Li Chengyi.

Fortunately, the Qiankun Circle's attack power was sufficient in the end.

After all, judging from Li Chengyi's previous battles, he still had many Skill Cards.

However, he didn't use them all in the end, so he must have run out of Star Power.

"Finally, was it that your Star Power couldn't recover?"

"Yes."

Upon hearing Jiang Yuan's voice, Li Chengyi snapped back to reality and nodded at Jiang Yuan.

"All-attribute Skill Cards, yes, although their combat power is very strong, their consumption of Star Power is also terrifying."

Li Chengyi shook his head helplessly: "After this Four School Joint Examination, I'll come find you."

With that, Li Chengyi patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder and walked off the stage.

Jiang Yuan successfully advanced, and he needed to return to the lounge.

As for Li Chengyi, since he was eliminated, he had to return to the arena, which was a different path from Jiang Yuan's.

"I didn't expect Jiang Yuan to win in the end?"

Yu Chengtian gently touched his bald head, and a bad premonition immediately arose in his mind.

However, the next second, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "Impossible, Huang Huanqing won't lose."

After saying that, Yu Chengtian turned to look at Jin Lingyu.

Seeing that Jin Lingyu also had a surprised expression, Yu Chengtian finally relaxed.

It should be fine.

After comforting himself again, Yu Chengtian quietly waited for Huang Huanqing to appear.

In just a moment, Huang Huanqing and Wei Qiyou appeared together.

Jiang Yuan, on the other hand, sat alone in the lounge, watching the battle being broadcast on the big screen.

"It seems, a bit too cautious?"

"There's nothing wrong with being cautious."

"As long as we win in the end, that's enough."

Zhao Gongming chuckled and patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder.

He knew what Jiang Yuan meant.

It was nothing more than his caution, which prevented them from directly launching their strongest attack and eliminating Li Chengyi immediately.

In fact, it even made him and Nezha look a bit disheveled.

"I need to make the Dinghai Divine Pearl sooner." Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly and said with a slight sigh.

Zhao Gongming was ultimately not very suitable for this kind of forceful breakthrough combat style.

Compared to Nezha, he had too few forceful advance skills.

Although Nezha didn't have many either.

However, most mythical figures don't seem to have very strong close-combat abilities.

Except for a few famous Gods of War.

Figures like Zhao Gongming, Shi Ji, the Twelve Golden Immortals, the Jie Sect Immortals, and so on, basically all attack opponents using magical treasures, divine abilities, and the like.

Only figures like Yang Jian and Monkey Brother are more adept at close-combat abilities.

And although Zhao Gongming's close-combat ability is very powerful, his full-power attack with the Steel Whip is comparable to the third arrow of the Zhentian Arrow!

But the problem is that Zhao Gongming doesn't have many advance skills.

Unlike Nezha, who is very fast due to the existence of the Wind Fire Wheels.

Zhao Gongming mostly relies on [Swift Thunder Flash] to get close.

And without [Swift Thunder Flash], it's very difficult to approach a Skill Card Master like Li Chengyi, who possesses various means.

"I don't know if my idea is correct."

"But I imagine your combat style should be to use long-range attacks first, then let the opponent actively approach, and once the opponent is close, you use close-combat abilities to directly resolve them."

Jiang Yuan didn't know if his imagined combat style for Zhao Gongming was correct.

After all, Zhao Gongming is a figure from myths, and he had never personally witnessed how Zhao Gongming fought.

"That can also work."

Zhao Gongming smiled gently, showing no sign of objection.

In fact, contrary to Jiang Yuan's thoughts, he was capable of adapting to many combat styles.

For close combat, he had the Steel Whip; for long-range attacks, he had Lei Fa and the Dinghai Divine Pearl.

However, according to what Jiang Yuan liked to say about Nezha, he himself was not in his complete form yet.

Whether it was the scarcity of lightning spell skills or the absence of the Dinghai Divine Pearl and the Immortal Binding Rope, these were all major factors affecting his combat power.

However, Zhao Gongming also knew that everything had to be taken one step at a time, and it was certainly impossible to return to his complete form at the very beginning.

Therefore, Zhao Gongming was not urgent or pressuring Jiang Yuan.

Furthermore, there was an even more important reason...

"You've progressed too quickly, so the opponents you face are all stronger than you, and there are rarely any of the same level anymore."

Zhao Gongming's tone was gentle, and Shi Ji and Nezha on the side also nodded.

It seemed that ever since entering Zhongyuan Academy, Jiang Yuan had almost never fought at the same level.

Even if there were battles of the same level, such as in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.

But at that time, although it was a battle of the same level, the opponents outnumbered them by a lot.

It wasn't one-on-one, or even counting Nezha, Shi Ji, and Zhao Gongming, it wouldn't be four-on-four, but rather Jiang Yuan and his companions facing a group.

Of course, 'same level' here refers to the same strength level as Jiang Yuan, not the same realm.

Just like when he was at the Xuanxiao Stage, he challenged Students in the Xuan Xiao Late Stage while still in the Xuanxiao Early Stage.

It's the same now; while still in the Late Stage, he was forced to face opponents with Great Beam strength.

It wasn't even Da Liang Initial Stage, but Late Stage.

If it weren't for his extreme luck and the Summoning Immortals that summoned the Mokylin, he would have been directly eliminated that time.

"Mu Qianshan, don't put so much pressure on yourself." Nezha also gently patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder and said to him in a gentle tone.

"Indeed."

Jiang Yuan heard Nezha and Zhao Gongming's words, and seeing Shi Ji's slightly worried gaze, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, a smile appearing on his face.

"But I still want to compete for the championship of this Four School Joint Examination."

Jiang Yuan looked up towards the awards platform.

"Whether it's the Card Quality Enhancement Card or that S-grade purple quality weapon card, both are cards that are very much needed at this stage."

"In comparison, that red quality heavenly material and earthly treasure and those two red quality material cards are not as important."

To be fair, the rewards for the second arena of this Four School Joint Examination are very generous.

This is also why Jiang Yuan desperately wanted to win the championship.

The most important among them was undoubtedly that Card Quality Enhancement Card.

A purple quality Card Quality Enhancement Card can upgrade any card below purple quality by one quality level!

In other words, a blue quality card, without the addition of any material cards, can be upgraded to purple quality with just this one card.

Of course, the point Jiang Yuan values most is that using this Quality Enhancement Card to upgrade a card's quality will not change its skill effect!

For example, if this card is used to upgrade a blue quality Skill Card.

The skill effect will not change at all, because you are upgrading the card's quality using a Quality Enhancement Card, not by using materials.

This kind of enhancement does not change the essence of the skill, but it increases the skill's damage and the effects it produces.

It seems useless, but this kind of card is still very popular.

One reason is the scarcity of the card.

After all, Quality Enhancement Cards are natural cards, only appearing in the secret treasure light orbs that burst forth from dongtian secret treasures.

Unfortunately, Jiang Yuan's luck wasn't great; the secret treasure light orbs he opened in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield last time didn't yield any Quality Enhancement Cards.

Although even if one had appeared, it would have only been a blue quality Quality Enhancement Card, Jiang Yuan actually needs blue quality ones more right now; a purple quality Quality Enhancement Card would be a bit wasteful for him at the moment.

Of course, scarcity alone cannot make this card a hot commodity.

The most important point is that it can also enhance the quality of heavenly material and earthly treasure!

Once a blue quality heavenly material and earthly treasure is sealed into a card, that card becomes blue quality.

Then, at this point, a purple quality enhancement card can be used to upgrade this card to purple quality.

In this way, this heavenly material and earthly treasure will also be upgraded from blue quality to purple quality.

This is the most important reason why Quality Enhancement Cards are so sought after.

And the reason Jiang Yuan wants such a card is precisely because he has a card whose skill characteristics he doesn't want to change, yet he wants to improve its quality.

The Linglong Pagoda!

As a unique item, the Linglong Pagoda is still blue quality.

It's not that Jiang Yuan doesn't want to upgrade it, but rather that Jiang Yuan knows that if it were upgraded, the Linglong Pagoda would transform from a purely defensive equipment into an offensive one.

After all, Jiang Yuan had already created several purple quality one-time cards, the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda.

And without that defensive equipment, the Linglong Pagoda would be meaningless to Jiang Yuan.

For offense, he had Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and Shi Ji.

By then, whether the fourth Summoning Card was created or he advanced to the Sixth Realm Shi Shen, it would cure his myasthenia.

In this situation, he would also possess offensive capabilities.

The little bit of attack power provided by the Linglong Pagoda was completely negligible; it was far less effective than its ability to prevent damage from attacks of the same level.

The Linglong Pagoda defends against attacks higher than its own level, while the Linglong Pagoda defends against attacks of the same strength as itself.

Although because he upgraded the Linglong Pagoda a bit, the blue quality Linglong Pagoda can now be broken through if attacked by a purple quality Skill Card or equipment card.

Although it's not as good as white quality, that's all he can do.

Who told him that the Linglong Pagoda was a unique item and he couldn't make a second one?

As long as he could get first place.

Jiang Yuan thought of this and looked up at the arena.

On the arena, the battle was nearing its end.

Huang Huanqing's five beast tamers cooperated with each other, and their strength was definitely not a simple one plus one equals two result.

If Li Chengyi could challenge Shi Shen Early Stage when his Star Power was sufficient.

Then Huang Huanqing was a Student who could truly challenge Shi Shen Early Stage strength while still at Late Stage strength!

Undoubtedly, the strongest Student in this session of the Four School Joint Examination's second arena!

"First place?"

Zhao Gongming also looked up at the arena, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

Compared to Zhao Gongming's subtlety, Nezha was more unrestrained.

"Mu Qianshan, leave it to me... us!"

Nezha laughed loudly, patted his chest vigorously, and said to Jiang Yuan.

"Then I'll leave it to you all."

Jiang Yuan also smiled and extended his palm.

Nezha didn't hesitate and was the first to place his palm on Jiang Yuan's hand.

Then came Zhao Gongming and Shi Ji.

"Go for it!"

As the sound rang out, the door to the lounge also opened.

Huang Huanqing looked at the few people gathered in a circle, tilted her head, feeling a bit puzzled, but didn't say anything, and sat back in her seat.

"What have you decided?"

After a moment of silence in the lounge, Huang Huanqing took the initiative to ask.

"Decided what?"

"About making a card for me."

"Not considering it for now."

Jiang Yuan shook his head, once again refusing Huang Huanqing's request.

Are you kidding me? I haven't even finished making my own cards yet.

And there are still so many things I haven't done, I'm almost overwhelmed, how can I take orders for making cards?

"Hmm..."

Huang Huanqing was silent for a moment, seemingly not expecting Jiang Yuan to refuse so completely again.

"I can offer compensation."

"That's still not possible, I still have many cards I haven't had time to make yet."

Jiang Yuan shook his head again: "I simply don't have time to take orders for making cards."

The weapons for the three Card Spirits, the fourth Summoning Card, official orders, and the three-piece life-saving set.

Although the Linglong Pagoda in the three-piece life-saving set is still a white card, his clients are not just those with high strength.

Many first and second-year Students also really like this card.

Of course, the three-piece life-saving set is not necessarily sold as a complete set.

Jiang Yuan No. 2 has been complaining during this time; every day, besides recovering Star Power, he's making cards.

Otherwise, he's watching Jiang Yuan return, scolding Jiang Yuan, and then making Jiang Yuan join him in making cards.

"I can tell you my requirements first, and you can make it for me whenever you have time."

Huang Huanqing hesitated for a moment, then spoke again.

She wanted a special kind of card.

And this card, it seemed, only Jiang Yuan could make.

"This..."

Looking at the girl in front of him with a hint of pleading in her eyes, Jiang Yuan also hesitated.

Why is she so persistent?

"Alright, then you can tell me your requirements first. I'm not sure if I can do it. If I can, it depends on the time. If not..."

"Okay!"

Huang Huanqing's face lit up with joy, and then she began to speak.

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