296: Tactics? I'm covering fire, okay! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

Huang Huanqing was instantly startled when she saw the lightning flashing in Jiang Yuan's hand. She hadn't seen him use any offensive skills in previous battles!

Subconsciously, Huang Huanqing disregarded her image and quickly rolled to the side, evading the Palm Thunder attack.

However, what Huang Huanqing didn't know was that ever since Jiang Yuan entered Zhongyuan Academy, he had basically stopped using any offensive skills.

After all, his meager attack power, even after ten attacks, couldn't compare to Nezha's single hit.

Instead, it was better to act as an outsider, find the opponent's weaknesses, and then direct Nezha and the others to attack.

At that time, he had considered developing into a Skill Card Master.

However, he later changed his mind after a conversation with his master, Li Yueying.

Jiang Yuan's fighting style wasn't that of a pure Beast Tamer Card Master.

Instead, he was more like a variant Beast Tamer Card Master.

Compared to other Beast Tamer Card Masters who needed to rely on various cards to amplify their Beast, command their Beast, and have their Beast block damage for them, Jiang Yuan was more like a Beast Tamer Card Master who didn't need to manage anything.

All he needed to do was protect himself on the battlefield; Nezha and Zhao Gongming would handle the rest.

Especially since Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and Shi Ji were all very strong.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan later basically gave up on the Skill Card Master's combat methods.

But now...

"Lightning Spirit, Lightning Strike!"

Jiang Yuan attacked again. He hadn't tried this method of fighting freely without needing to protect his own safety for a long time.

Of course, he didn't relax, as Huang Huanqing most likely also had offensive skills.

As a Beast Tamer Card Master, although most of his combat power relied on his Beast, what if his Beast was overwhelmed and couldn't protect him, or if his Beast fought with all its might, even at the cost of its life, to reduce the opponent to critical health and incapacitate them?

In such a situation, as a Beast Tamer Card Master, having some ability to finish off opponents and protect oneself was perfectly fine, wasn't it?

Jiang Yuan raised his hand, and a blue lightning bolt fell from the sky.

Compared to Palm Thunder, the speed of Lightning Strike was much faster.

Huang Huanqing had no intention of dodging. Another card appeared in her hand.

"Defense Exchange!"

However, this time it was an exchange of defense with Mechanical Crow.

Because the defense on Mechanical Crow was from Diamond Octopus.

After exchanging defenses, Huang Huanqing easily blocked the Lightning Strike attack.

Although Huang Huanqing's hair was somewhat singed, it didn't affect her combat ability.

A purple quality card shimmered in her hand, and a sharp blade similar to a Tang saber appeared in Huang Huanqing's hand.

"Attack Exchange!"

Huang Huanqing looked up at the battle of the several Beasts in the field and immediately made up her mind.

Although she had more Beasts, under the attacks of Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and Shi Ji, they quickly fell into a disadvantage.

After realizing he couldn't catch the agile Mechanical Crow, Nezha unhesitatingly attacked the Three-striped Magic Wolf.

Although Diamond Octopus reacted quickly and transferred its Energy barrier to the Three-striped Magic Wolf.

However, this could not stop Nezha's attack.

The third Zhentian Arrow was shot directly, passing through the Energy barrier and hitting the Three-striped Magic Wolf.

And it was precisely after seeing this scene that Huang Huanqing used "Power Exchange," exchanging her strength with the Three-striped Magic Wolf.

However, the damage caused by the Three-striped Magic Wolf was magic damage, so now, among Huang Huanqing's dual attacks, her special attack was higher.

Huang Huanqing instantly changed her strategy. With a sweep of her hand, the long saber was immediately covered in flames.

"Flame Slash!"

Huang Huanqing didn't speak. The purple card glowed, and a fiery blade flew towards Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan had already adjusted his state at this time. myasthenia still had a significant impact on combat.

Fortunately, he didn't need to move.

Jiang Yuan stood in the Linglong Pagoda, quietly watching the fiery blade approach.

"Boom!"

The fiery blade hit the Linglong Pagoda. The powerful impact transformed the fiery blade into a wall of fire, covering the Linglong Pagoda's Energy tower body and engulfing it.

"Consumed about half of my Star Power?"

Jiang Yuan felt the disappearance of the Star Power within his body and roughly estimated Huang Huanqing's attack strength.

"Not bad, still acceptable."

Jiang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, then a smile appeared on his face.

Now he could unleash his attacks to his heart's content!

Do you know how long I've waited for this day?

Don't you know that I secretly upgraded all qualities of cards to purple quality cards?

You don't know!

But now you do.

I, Jiang Yuan, am not without combat ability!

I, too, have a heart that yearns for battle!

"Fire Spirit, Prairie Fire!"

"Fire Spirit, Fireball!"

"Fire Spirit, Flame Impact!"

"Fire Spirit, Flowing Flame!"

Jiang Yuan timed the recovery intervals of Nine Breaths Qi Cultivation and Star Power Futon. Four purple quality cards instantly appeared in his hand. As the Star Power in his body was depleted, the four cards in his hand also glowed with dazzling purple light!

All of them were fire-attribute attacks.

A sea of fire appeared in the field. Although it couldn't cause any damage to Huang Huanqing's Beasts, Huang Huanqing had no choice but to dodge.

Even though her defense was incredibly strong, she couldn't continuously endure the burning damage of the sea of fire.

After all, Jiang Yuan's attacks in the field now were not limited to just the sea of fire.

A larger fireball followed behind the fireball, with many smaller fireballs next to it, all rushing towards Huang Huanqing.

Basically, the entire field, including the positions of her Beasts, was covered by these attacks.

Although due to the effect of Shadow Duel, these attacks would not damage her Beasts, they could cause significant damage to her.

Huang Huanqing was not a Skill Card Master after all. Faced with such a degree of fire-attribute attacks, she could only choose to use her Beast's skills to block them.

"Jiang Yuan, is he also a Skill Card Master?"

Below the stage, Li Chengyi, seeing this scene, turned his head stiffly to Mu Qianshan beside him and asked in surprise.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Mu Qianshan was somewhat puzzled: "You also know that he's a myasthenia patient and has no combat ability himself. Of course, he would choose the Skill Card Master's fighting style, which doesn't require movement and only consumes mental Energy."

Li Chengyi fell silent.

That makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

After all, he himself was a Skill Card Master, so of course he understood what the Skill Card Master's combat style relied on.

But you old man...

Your Nezha and Zhao Gongming, and that unnamed woman in black, already have such high combat power, and your own combat power isn't weak either?

What a joke!

So you weren't even going all out when fighting me, the top-ranked fifth-year student of Zhongyuan Academy?

Truly...

Li Chengyi really wanted to curse out loud at this moment, but he didn't know what to curse about. Curse Jiang Yuan for being too strong?

"Why haven't I seen him use this ability before?" Ye Jinhuan, seeing the silent Li Chengyi, also asked curiously.

"Of course, it's because his previous opponents were all dealt with by Nezha and Zhao Gongming."

Ye Jinhuan looked at Mu Qianshan's righteous demeanor and finally understood why Li Chengyi was silent.

Well, as long as you're happy...

Ye Jinhuan was silent for a moment, then turned her head back to continue watching the battle on the field.

Mu Qianshan scratched his head, feeling a bit strange about the two of them.

However, Mu Qianshan didn't say much more and also looked up at the field.

After seeing Jiang Yuan display this Skill Card Master fighting style, not only Li Chengyi, Ye Jinhuan, and the opponents Jiang Yuan had previously defeated, but even Old Principal turned to Li Yueying in surprise.

"His own combat ability isn't weak either?"

"Of course not. Although myasthenia means he has no talent in martial arts, it doesn't affect him in terms of Skill Card Master."

Li Yueying spread her hands: "He also told me that since he's on his own, he simply doesn't have the money to support a Skill Card Master's fighting style, which is why he chose to make his own cards and embarked on this new path."

"This..."

Old Principal also fell silent for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Should he say that this world should also thank Jiang Yuan for not having money?

After all, if Jiang Yuan had money, he might have directly taken the path of a Skill Card Master instead of creating this new path.

"Then why haven't I seen him use this fighting style before?"

"He didn't need to before."

Li Yueying rested her chin on her hand, nodding perfunctorily as she watched the field: "In previous battles, Nezha, Zhao Gongming, and Shi Ji were enough. There was no need for Jiang Yuan to add that negligible bit of damage."

"Also, it was I who told him not to use the Skill Card Master's fighting style."

"You were afraid?"

Old Principal nodded, seemingly understanding Li Yueying's thoughts.

"Yes, before he advances to the Sixth Realm Shi Shen, he should try to use Summoning Cards to fight. Only this way, when his body is reshaped, the awakened trait won't deviate towards the Skill Card Master aspect."

"If his trait really deviates towards the Skill Card Master aspect, it will be a very troublesome thing to cleanse it at that time."

Li Yueying shook her head helplessly, looking at Jiang Yuan who was constantly releasing Skill Cards on the field.

"If this weren't the Four School Joint Examination battlefield, if he weren't fighting for the academy's glory, I really wouldn't want him to use this Skill Card Master fighting style."

After listening to Li Yueying, Old Principal also nodded with a sense of helplessness.

"You should have said so earlier. If you had said so earlier, we could have just prevented him from using this fighting style before the match started."

"The materials needed for trait cleansing and the pain one has to endure are even better than the reward for being champion of this second battlefield."

"I also didn't expect Huang Huanqing to have such a card."

After Li Yueying finished speaking, Old Principal seemed to suddenly remember something and spoke directly to Li Yueying.

"How about letting him add another fighting style? Like an archer?"

"That way, it changes from a choice of two to a choice of three, and with the proportion of fighting styles, wouldn't the probability of a Summoning Card Master trait be higher?"

"Old Principal, don't cause more trouble. Do you think Jiang Yuan's body can draw a bow and shoot arrows?"

Li Yueying was a bit helpless: "And if he really gets an archer talent at that time, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?"

"Sigh."

With Li Yueying saying that, Old Principal had no other option and could only sigh helplessly.

"Alright then, if the trait deviates at that time, I'll go to the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield again and bring back the necessary materials."

"Old Principal, you!"

Li Yueying was startled and quickly turned to look at Old Principal, but before she could finish her dissuasion, Old Principal waved his hand.

"He's fighting for our academy's glory after all, so of course, we have to ensure his aftercare."

Old Principal looked at the excited Jiang Yuan on the field with some worry: "It's just hard on this child. I don't know if he can bear the pain of trait cleansing."

Li Yueying didn't speak, but continued to watch Jiang Yuan in the field, silently praying in her heart.

As for whether Jiang Yuan could break through to the Sixth Realm Shi Shen, they weren't worried at all.

If nothing unexpected happened, the blue quality Star Power light orb from this championship reward would be enough for Jiang Yuan to reach the Daliang, close to Late Stage strength.

With this foundation, they no longer worried too much about Jiang Yuan's myasthenia.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan on the field was unaware of what Old Principal and his master were saying.

At this moment, with lightning in his left hand and flames in his right, he was continuously attacking Huang Huanqing.

Putting everything else aside, he was certainly enjoying himself.

And Huang Huanqing?

At this moment, she finally realized that all of this seemed premeditated.

No wonder that guy from Zhongyuan Academy sold his cards so readily.

Thinking about it, it made sense. The cards were originally made to target Jiang Yuan.

Before the Four School Joint Examination started, someone suddenly bought this card. To say he wouldn't be suspicious?

Only a ghost would believe that!

But even so, he still sold the card to her very readily.

It turned out all of this was planned.

On the surface, Jiang Yuan, as a Summoning Card Master, wasn't strong in combat and also suffered from myasthenia, meaning he basically had no combat ability whatsoever.

And she, on the other hand, not only had several offensive skills but also a decent sword technique, and her close-combat ability was passable.

But now it had turned out like this.

Was all of this truly your plan?

Huang Huanqing looked up at Jiang Yuan, and seeing the excited smile on his face further solidified her thoughts.

"You tacticians are all so devious!"

Jiang Yuan was a bit puzzled, not understanding what the other party meant.

Is this a tactic? This is clearly saturation bombardment, alright!

After Huang Huanqing spoke fiercely, she immediately transferred all the skills from her Beasts to herself.

Not only that, but Mechanical Crow's physical attack ability and Shadow Fire Weasel's speed were all transferred to Huang Huanqing at this moment.

"Since that's the case, I won't hold back anymore!"

Although transferring all her Beast's abilities to herself didn't result in as much combat power as when they were on the Beasts themselves.

But now, in Shadow Duel, as long as she could defeat Jiang Yuan, even if all the Beasts outside were defeated, the final victory would still be hers!