387: Arrogant Jinwu, the method to crack [Shadow Duel]!

Zhao Gongming rubbed his forehead, Shi Ji’s lips curved slightly upward, and Nezha, who had been in a bad mood, instantly burst out laughing.

“Ha.”

“Ai!”

Nezha’s voice and Lu Qi’s voice rang out simultaneously. Lu Qi, who was on Huang Huanqing’s shoulder, immediately flew in front of Lu Yi, trying to make Lu Yi shut up.

“What’s wrong?”

Lu Yi was very curious. Although his body was blocked by Lu Qi, he still poked his bird head out, preparing to see what was going on with that old man.

“OA! Old man, turn your head around.”

Jiang Yuan watched this scene with a chuckle, having no intention of stopping him.

Hmm, Supreme Lord Lao’s temper is still quite good.

At most, he’d make this Golden Crow stoke the furnace for him for a few days, that’s all.

Watching the fun.

At this moment, not only Jiang Yuan, but also Nezha, Shi Ji, and Zhao Gongming on the side were thinking the same thing.

Only Lu Qi was flustered, as he knew who that “old man” was.

And there were two others who were completely bewildered.

Mu Qianshan and Huang Huanqing didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, so they looked at the scene with some confusion.

“Hmm, quite a lively little bird.”

“Little bird? This great lord is among the Golden Crows…”

Supreme Lord Lao nodded slightly, slowly got up, and turned around.

And Lu Yi, who was proudly introducing himself, instantly stiffened after seeing Supreme Lord Lao’s appearance.

No!

Supreme Lord Lao!

How is he here!

Oh no!!!

After the Golden Crow’s mind rapidly spun, his gaze also changed from the arrogant and domineering look he had just now to one of fawning.

“Among the Golden Crows, what?”

“Hehehe, among the Golden Crows, a tiny, tiny, tiny bird.”

The Golden Crow, with a fawning expression, shrank back behind Jiang Yuan’s neck: “Um, Supreme Lord Lao, do you need to stoke the furnace? Sun True Fire is very useful in that regard.”

Lu Qi looked at his brother, whose expression changed so quickly, with a complex look.

But then again, that was Supreme Lord Lao! If he didn’t act a little cowardly…

Lu Qi suddenly shivered, as if he had thought of something terrifying.

However…

As expected of big brother!

Then, Lu Qi cast an admiring glance at Lu Yi.

Saying things like Sun True Fire is suitable for stoking furnaces, he himself couldn’t be that shameless!

His cultivation was still a bit shallow.

“Then you these past two days…”

Supreme Lord Lao also chuckled lightly. Just as he was about to tell the Golden Crow to follow him, he seemed to suddenly remember something and shook his head slightly.

If it were other times, it would be fine, but now that Jiang Yuan was challenging the rankings, it wouldn’t work.

Because of the influence of the Martial Arts Arena, they could only follow along.

Under the circumstances of going in and out, they would also be affected.

Normally, if Jiang Yuan didn’t stay in the Martial Arts Arena for too long, the impact wouldn't be very big.

But if the time was long, that wouldn’t work.

Other things were fine, but alchemy wouldn’t work.

Alchemy, after all, required complete concentration, and even a little disturbance would affect the final result.

“Alas, it’s not the main body after all, and the Water-Fire Boys are not here.”

Supreme Lord Lao shook his head slightly; the limitations of this world were simply too many.

Of course, the most significant limitation still lay in Jiang Yuan’s strength.

“I wonder if a red quality pill can be successfully refined.”

Supreme Lord Lao glanced at Lu Yi, who was a bit nervous, and Lu Qi, who was looking at Lu Yi with inexplicable admiration, and pondered for a moment.

“If I had their Sun True Fire, maybe I could force the refinement?”

“red quality heavenly material and earthly treasure are still too expensive and rare; let’s wait a bit longer.”

Shaking his head slightly, Supreme Lord Lao smiled at the two Golden Crows, then sat back down on the sofa.

“When I need you two, I’ll naturally call you.”

“Alright!”

Lu Yi quickly agreed, then looked up at Jiang Yuan, who had materialized him.

“Hehe!”

With Supreme Lord Lao holding the fort, the Golden Crow also lost his inherent arrogance and became gentle.

“Let’s learn some fire-attribute skills first.”

Jiang Yuan said, then motioned for the two Golden Crows to begin.

The two Golden Crows nodded, then flew outside.

The room wasn't small, but their flames were clearly more powerful.

“This is a bit troublesome.”

After the two small Golden Crows had flown out, Jiang Yuan picked up the Golden Crow’s Skill Card and looked at it carefully.

Although he had seen it before when making this Skill Card for Huang Huanqing, he hadn’t looked at it too closely.

At first, he subconsciously thought that the Golden Crow’s Sun True Fire was like Zhao Gongming’s Decree Thunder.

However, after it was created, he realized that these were two different skills.

In other words, if he used the Golden Crow’s Flame Control skill, it would only be ordinary flames, not Sun True Fire.

Although there was Nezha’s Lotus Avatar’s amplification for fire-attribute skills, it clearly wouldn’t deal as much damage as Sun True Fire.

This was indeed a rather troublesome matter.

After looking closely again, Jiang Yuan sighed and put away the Skill Card in his hand.

Sure enough, he still needed to find a way to counter Skill Cards like Shadow Duel.

If he didn’t break this Skill Card, it would be difficult when challenging the Shi Shen Late Stage.

To be honest, with Jiang Yuan’s current strength, facing the Sixth Realm Solid Star Middle Stage was manageable; although it was difficult, he could barely last until the duration of the Shadow Duel Skill Card ended.

If it were the Shi Shen Late Stage, then it would probably not work.

“Standing Upright Without a Shadow, why is it so difficult?”

Jiang Yuan sighed. The Seventy-Two Transformations skills were clearly difficult to be effective against Shadow Duel.

To block this kind of skill, only skills from the Thirty-Six Transformations would work.

For example, Standing Upright Without a Shadow.

Since there was no physical body, it naturally wouldn't be hit by the effects of the Skill Card.

However, it was clear that Standing Upright Without a Shadow would most likely have to wait until a red quality Skill Card.

The skills in the Thirty-Six Transformations involved too many things, and many of them required red quality Skill Cards to bear.

Huang Huanqing looked at Jiang Yuan strangely, not understanding what Jiang Yuan’s sudden sigh meant.

However, she didn't ask further, as she wasn't someone who talked much.

If Jiang Yuan wanted to say something, he would naturally tell her.

Soon, the two small Golden Crows returned from outside.

Just by looking at Lu Yi’s excited face, one could tell that he had definitely gained many skills.

But then again, Huang Huanqing’s original intention when she went to the Element Spirit Race’s Grotto-Heaven was the same as Jiang Yuan’s.

She wanted to acquire more fire-attribute skills.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first.”

Huang Huanqing looked at Lu Qi, who was perched on her shoulder, smiled lightly at Jiang Yuan, and then prepared to leave.

“Alright. Oh, by the way, I see you’re about to break through. I have some pills here that can help with breakthroughs.”

Jiang Yuan said, hesitating for a moment. After all, saying that someone might not succeed in breaking through always felt a bit awkward.

“Hmm, if anyone around you needs it, you can contact me.”

“Alright.”

Huang Huanqing naturally understood Jiang Yuan’s meaning. She smiled at Jiang Yuan, then turned and left.

After all, she wasn't from Zhongyuan Academy, and Martial Arts Academy was quite far from Zhongyuan Academy.

However, because Jiang Yuan called her, she came directly by opening a spatial passage.

Rich and powerful, confirmed!

“Oh, right, Zhan Youqing was too embarrassed to say it herself, so she asked me to subtly mention it to you when I saw you—the matter of the remaining five sets of armor.”

“Alright, after challenging the rankings these next two days.”

“Okay.”

Huang Huanqing came quickly and left just as quickly.

In the house, only Jiang Yuan, Mu Qianshan, and Liu Huaqiang remained.

And some Card Spirits.

Mu Qianshan looked at the Golden Crow, the envy in his eyes completely undisguised.

“Quickly raise my combat power, I want a Golden Crow too!”

Mu Qianshan quickly made up his mind. After telling Jiang Yuan, he sat cross-legged on the sofa and began to prepare for his breakthrough.

Jiang Yuan had no intention of disturbing him and also sat on the sofa, starting to think about how to deal with the Shadow Duel Skill Card.

Honestly, this Skill Card really limited him too much.

Especially since he himself wasn’t someone who liked to fight.

“Shadow Duel should have a judgment condition, or rather, a target locking condition. If we deal with it based on that, would it be better?”

Seeing Jiang Yuan deep in thought, Supreme Lord Lao understood the problem Jiang Yuan was currently pondering, so he spoke to him.

“Shi Ji’s Unbreakable Stone Will?”

As soon as Supreme Lord Lao said that, Jiang Yuan immediately thought of Shi Ji’s skill.

After all, the locking condition for a Skill Card targeting a specific person was basically will-based locking.

However, this locking method was not a mental attack, so Shi Ji’s Unbreakable Stone Will should be ineffective.

“If I make it lock onto the wrong person, will it be easier to handle?”

Jiang Yuan murmured to himself, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

“I’ll try it out tomorrow.”

Jiang Yuan smiled, then contentedly closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

Anyway, his opponents basically all had a Shadow Duel Skill Card, so he wasn’t afraid of not encountering it.

… …

“Failed?”

“Hmm, I’ll try a few more times today. If it really doesn’t work, then I’ll use the pills.”

The next morning, as soon as Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, he saw a haggard Mu Qianshan.

Seeing Mu Qianshan in this state, Jiang Yuan asked curiously.

Mu Qianshan nodded, preparing to try again today and tomorrow.

If it really didn’t work, it would still be in time to use the pills.

“Alright then, good luck. I’m going back to the Martial Arts Arena.”

“Okay.”

Mu Qianshan nodded, and Jiang Yuan also took Supreme Lord Lao, Nezha, and the others out the door.

However, before going to the Martial Arts Arena, there was one more thing to do.

That was the Golden Crow’s skills.

He needed to find a place to learn the Golden Crow’s skills.

His characteristic was being able to use one skill from a Card Spirit.

But he couldn’t learn the skills that came with this characteristic; he still needed to learn them separately.

Just like Lu Yi, even with this skill, he still needed to go and learn other fire-attribute skills from Lu Qi to expand his skill pool.

Jiang Yuan was the same.

It was a pity it wasn't Sun True Fire; if it were Sun True Fire, it would be even better.

“Supreme Lord Lao, is there a way to improve my characteristic?”

When in doubt, ask Supreme Lord Lao.

Jiang Yuan also felt the sensation of having a treasure at home, like having an elder.

“Some heavenly material and earthly treasure have the effect of improving the quality of characteristics. As for pills, I’ve never refined such a type before. I’ll study it when I get back.”

“But from your idea, you probably want to improve your characteristic so you can gain more than one skill from a Card Spirit, right?”

“Yes, that’s exactly it.”

Jiang Yuan nodded, looking at Supreme Lord Lao with anticipation.

“Alright, I’ll think about it.”

Supreme Lord Lao responded to Jiang Yuan while beginning to ponder the effects and medicinal properties of various heavenly material and earthly treasure in his mind.

“Alright.”

Jiang Yuan nodded with a smile, then took the Golden Crow to an open space and began to learn skills.

“Hmm…”

After learning skills for a while, Jiang Yuan suddenly froze.

“Yesterday, when Lu Yi was learning from Lu Qi, why didn’t I join them?”

Lu Yi also had to relearn, and at that time, I also had the Flame Control skill online. If I had learned it together back then, I wouldn’t have to waste this time now.

Jiang Yuan helplessly pouted, suddenly feeling that his own mind was sometimes quite muddled.

After sighing, Jiang Yuan could only continue to follow Lu Yi and finish learning all the remaining skills.

“When we go on stage later, you should probably not appear for now.”

“Huh?”

Lu Yi was puzzled, glancing sideways at Jiang Yuan, his expression purely one of provocation.

However, Jiang Yuan understood that Lu Yi didn’t actually have that intention.

At the very least, with Supreme Lord Lao nearby, he wouldn’t have that thought.

But, no wonder Hou Yi shot arrows to kill you all, with your personalities.

Jiang Yuan chuckled at the thought, but still explained to a more confused Lu Yi.

“To hide my characteristic.”

“If you appear, and I happen to be able to use fire-attribute skills, they will easily connect the two of us, making my characteristic easier to expose.”

Jiang Yuan said, then paused: “Although it doesn’t matter if my characteristic is exposed or not, as it’s not a characteristic that needs to be hidden, it’s still better to hide it for as long as possible.”

“Alright.”

Lu Yi nodded, continuing to stand on Jiang Yuan’s shoulder, looking serious.

“What I mean is, you can come back now.” Jiang Yuan smiled slightly, looking at the Golden Crow on his shoulder as he spoke.

He always felt that this Golden Crow’s head wasn’t quite right?

“Oh, oh.”

The Golden Crow nodded blankly, then transformed into a Skill Card and returned to Jiang Yuan’s consciousness space.

Supreme Lord Lao, seeing this scene, chuckled lightly and continued walking towards the Martial Arts Arena with Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan had more skills today, and they were fire-attribute skills, different from lightning-attribute ones.

In this way, Jiang Yuan’s weakness was reduced by one more, as there were quite a few Skill Cards that could be immune to or reduce damage from lightning-attribute skills.

“Have you found a way to deal with Shadow Duel?”

“Hmm, I’ll try it. I don’t know if it will succeed.”

Jiang Yuan nodded: “Actually, there’s another method, but it requires using another one of Shi Ji’s skills. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to change skills and then try it out.”