441: Successfully advanced! Mu Qianshan's plan! (Seeking monthly votes)

After Grandmaster and Linglong Pagoda advanced, there were no special changes.

The Linglong Pagoda's invincibility time after being broken increased from three seconds to five seconds.

Besides that, the Star Power consumption was reduced by ten percent.

There was no other difference.

Apart from that, it was Grandmaster's situation.

Jiang Yuan's material cards were clearly intended to add one or two skills to Grandmaster.

But it didn't happen.

Grandmaster's various abilities merely improved; not a single skill was added.

This made Jiang Yuan feel a bit strange.

So, he directly materialized Grandmaster.

"The quality has improved?"

Grandmaster seemed surprised: "There doesn't seem to be much difference."

"Yes, that's why I called you out."

Jiang Yuan smiled helplessly: "I originally planned to add a fire skill for you, or a life-saving skill."

"But it seems it didn't succeed."

"No big deal, if it didn't succeed, it didn't succeed."

A hint of surprise flashed in Grandmaster's eyes, then he smiled and comforted Jiang Yuan: "I'm a non-combatant to begin with, aren't I?"

"That's true."

Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly, then stopped dwelling on it, as the card's quality had already improved.

In this world, there was no way to lower the quality of an already upgraded card and then re-upgrade it.

"Let's talk about it after you upgrade me to gold quality."

Grandmaster smiled, waved his hand, and then took out his alchemy furnace.

"I'll continue refining pills first."

"Mu Qianshan, that little fellow, said the Burst Star Pill might sell out, so he told me to stock up."

"Burst Star Pill?"

Jiang Yuan was momentarily stunned, then he realized.

Isn't that the pill he asked Mu Qianshan to sell, but couldn't sell?

"When did he tell you?"

"Today."

"Today?"

Jiang Yuan was a bit puzzled; hadn't Mu Qianshan said two days ago that this pill couldn't be sold?

He probably came up with some new marketing method, right?

Although Jiang Yuan was a bit confused, he didn't say anything, nodded, and then left the room.

"How was it? Did the advancement succeed?"

"It counts as a successful advancement, I guess?"

Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly.

Although this advancement was successful, he felt a lack of accomplishment.

Grandmaster's card information, apart from the improvement in various abilities, had no other enhancements.

It wasn't even as good as the Linglong Pagoda.

Originally, everyone said that the Linglong Pagoda's improvement this time was a bit small.

But Grandmaster gave him a surprise.

Life is hard, Jiang Yuan sighed.

"It's good that the upgrade succeeded."

Mu Qianshan also relaxed; if nothing unexpected happened, after tomorrow's competition, that pill would sell out.

If the advancement had failed, while Grandmaster wouldn't disappear, it would be troublesome if his mentality was affected.

"What did Grandmaster mean just now when he said the Burst Star Pill would sell big?"

"Of course, he meant it literally."

Mu Qianshan smiled: "I plan to use this pill in the finals tomorrow, under everyone's gaze, to let everyone know that this pill has no side effects whatsoever!"

Saying it had no side effects was actually false.

There were still side effects.

The characteristic of this pill was that it could improve the quality of one's Star Power.

Just like when Star Power is unstable, using card effects will be slightly worse.

After using this pill, the effect of using cards would be better.

Of course, it wasn't completely without side effects, just that the side effects were relatively minor.

After three minutes of use, the Star Power would become slightly unstable.

After using it three times in a row, the unstable Star Power would only then affect the Star Power; at this point, if the Burst Star Pill wasn't used, the card's power would decrease due to unstable Star Power.

However, after using it three times, if the Burst Star Pill was used again, its power would be similar to before it was used.

In other words, a gain and a loss canceled each other out.

But even if used three times consecutively, the unstable Star Power only required one night of diligent cultivation to perfectly resolve.

The reason it was said to have no side effects was purely to make a name for it.

And theoretically, this pill indeed had no side effects.

After all, using it three times consecutively, it would take nine minutes to cause unstable Star Power.

Using it once would only cause unstable Star Power that didn't affect card usage.

The World Will didn't count this as a side effect.

In other words, in one battle, if you used the Burst Star Pill within three times, and didn't use the third one, after leaving that combat space, you could continue to use two in the next battle, and not use the third one.

Repeating this cycle, it was almost equivalent to having no side effects.

This was also considered exploiting a bug in the World Will.

But unexpectedly, no one believed it.

So, Mu Qianshan decided to demonstrate it himself tomorrow.

"The finals? The finals might not work."

Jiang Yuan listened to Mu Qianshan's plan and shook his head slightly.

"In the finals, basically everyone with pills will use them, especially when their strength is inferior to the opponent's."

"Oh, right!"

Mu Qianshan suddenly slapped his thigh, startling Nezha and the two Golden Crows beside him.

"I almost forgot about that."

"Then tomorrow, I'll start using it from the top 100 matches, or even directly within the top 100."

"I'll use the pill in every match, so they'll know that this pill I'm using has no side effects."

Mu Qianshan looked at Jiang Yuan excitedly and gave him a thumbs up.

"Indeed, it has to be someone else. Mu Qianshan No.2 and I have the same thought process, and the same blind spots in our thinking. We didn't even consider this aspect of the problem."

"Next time, I should discuss it with Jiang Yuan No. 2."

Mu Qianshan said, greeted Jiang Yuan, and then returned to his room.

Not only did he have a match tomorrow, but after hearing Jiang Yuan's words, he also needed to go back and refine his plan.

Jiang Yuan smiled and sat directly beside Nezha.

"Come on, 2v2 mode, activate!"

"Activate!"

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"Were you out stealing last night?"

Seeing Jiang Yuan yawning early in the morning, Li Yueying asked him amusingly.

"No, I played games all night with Nezha and the others last night," Jiang Yuan yawned, speaking with a hint of helplessness.

"They're Card Spirits, and you're comparing yourself to them?"

"Speaking of which, I'm a Card Master, alright? My physical fitness is also very strong; I'm just a little tired."

Jiang Yuan said righteously: "This is mental fatigue!"

"Alright, anyway, you don't have a match today."

Li Yueying shrugged, speaking indifferently.

"Are you sure you don't want the seeded Student information?"

"No, get lost."

"Alrighty."

After Ancient Capital Si Dan left, today's competition officially began.

Mu Qianshan passed the first few rounds smoothly and quickly entered the top 100 matches.

In the top 100 ranking matches, the first round had fifty matches; these were already considered relatively strong Students among all races.

In the first match of the top 100, Mu Qianshan took a pill at the start.

His opponent's face instantly changed.

Damn it, I ran into an Innocent Fool!

He must think I'm stronger than him, that's why he took the pill directly!

He's going to use his victory in this match to bring me down!

"Why is he taking pills in the first round of the top 100 matches?"

"This Human, surely he's not an opponent for an Undead, is he?"

"Speaking of which, this Undead fellow's strength isn't weak either."

"This Human isn't weak either; he previously eliminated a Student from our Giant Demon Clan."

"Didn't this guy eliminate a Student from our Demon Race? Why is he taking pills when he faces an Undead?"

On the Giant Stone Plains, everyone from all races who saw this scene was puzzled.

It wasn't as if the opponent was incredibly strong, nor was it as if his own strength was particularly weak.

Taking pills at the start, wasn't this purely cutting off his own future?

Doesn't he want to continue improving?

Everyone was puzzled, but Mu Qianshan's strength in the arena indeed improved significantly.

The Pure Yang Sword Art was unleashed, and in just a moment, he secured victory in this battle.

"Let's see what he does in his next match."

"What a pity, such strong strength, yet he cut off his own path."

"Hahaha, idiot!"

"I hope a Student from our Demon Race can meet this kind person in the next round."

"Is there any way to bribe the World Will to let a Student from our Demon Race meet him?"

After Mu Qianshan's battle ended, some were puzzled, some regretted, but more were excited and expectant.

They looked forward to a Student from their own race encountering him.

After all, having used a strength-enhancing pill, his strength in the next round would definitely decline.

If a Student from their own race met him, wouldn't that be a huge stroke of luck?

Entering the next round without breaking a sweat!

Mu Qianshan's action also puzzled many Humans; some even ran over to ask Mu Qianshan what was going on after his battle ended.

"As long as you don't use the third one, this pill basically has no side effects."

"Only when you use three or more will there be some side effects of unstable Star Power."

"However, the duration of one pill is three minutes, so I don't think you'd need a third one, unless the strength difference is truly too great."

"But if the strength difference is truly too great, even if you use ten pills, as long as you can win, that's fine."

Mu Qianshan's words instantly swayed many people.

Including the several other Human Students who also advanced to the top fifty.

"Of course, if you don't believe what I say, you can wait and see."

Mu Qianshan smiled: "I will still use this pill in the next battle."

As Mu Qianshan spoke, everyone remained half-believing, half-doubting.

However, even so, some still made up their minds and directly bought two.

Buy two to try; what if they come in handy?

What if they encounter a strong opponent in the next match and aren't their match? Then they could use this pill.

However, they were also mentally prepared that a pill with basically no side effects might not be very potent.

But if they used this pill with no side effects and still couldn't defeat the opponent, then they would have to use a pill with side effects.

Everyone could clearly distinguish between being eliminated now or being eliminated in the next round.

After Mu Qianshan sold some pills, the second round of the top 100 matches quickly began.

This round was from fifty to twenty-five, which was quite important.

But even so, Mu Qianshan still used a pill at the start.

"No way, he's still taking it?"

"Of course he has to take it, otherwise, how will he suppress the side effects from the pill he just took?"

"No, but the problem is he only took one, doesn't that mean there's no improvement?"

"Who knows what the effect of his pill is?"

The Demon Race youth shrugged and smiled: "But, isn't our luck good?"

"That's true, our Demon Race ran into him. Although he just took another pill, the side effects of the pill aren't that easy to suppress."

The two Demon Race individuals laughed heartily, and people from other races were also astonished by Mu Qianshan's audacity.

"He took another one."

"Don't tell me he's going to rely on pills to force his way into the top ten?"

"This guy has some guts."

"I can't quite understand it; his strength is clearly not weak, so why does he still need to take pills to enhance his strength?"

"Is it possible that his pill has no side effects?"

A Water Element Spirit Race Student among the Element Spirit Race frowned slightly, recalling the no-side-effect pill sold by that stall owner two days ago.

Recalling carefully, wasn't that stall owner the very Student who was currently on the field constantly taking pills?

In the arena, after Mu Qianshan took the pill, the battle didn't end quickly.

His opponent, the Demon Race youth, was truly not weak and very difficult to deal with.

Seeing that three minutes had already passed, Mu Qianshan didn't hesitate, forced the opponent back with a sword, and then swallowed another Burst Star Pill.

With the use of the Burst Star Pill, Mu Qianshan's card power returned to its previous level.

"No way, another one?"

"Holy crap, he's really gone mad!"

"After taking two pills consecutively, no matter what pill he uses in the next round, he probably won't be able to suppress the side effects."

"Crazy, this guy is truly crazy!"

Almost everyone from all races was astonished by Mu Qianshan's actions; only the Humans remained unmoved.

Those who knew in advance, like Jiang Yuan and Li Yueying, were smiling as they watched Mu Qianshan in the arena.

Others who didn't know also understood the situation of the pill Mu Qianshan was using after the previous battle ended, so they naturally wouldn't question anything.

They were just a bit excited, because looking at Mu Qianshan's behavior, it seemed that what he said about the pill having no side effects was true!

In the arena, Mu Qianshan chuckled lightly, didn't hesitate, and unleashed the sixth layer of Pure Yang Sword Art, quickly securing victory in the battle.

However, although he won this battle, he was still widely criticized among various races.

This combat method was too excessive.

Especially for those who were serious about battling.

If everyone learned from Mu Qianshan and desperately took pills just to win this round.

Many people might be dragged down.

This included some powerful Students.

However, Mu Qianshan didn't care at all. After the battle ended and he sold some pills within the Human race, the third round of the top 100 matches began, and Mu Qianshan took the stage again.

This time it was the twenty-five to thirteen match, and his opponent was a Student from the Demon Race.

As soon as the battle began, Mu Qianshan didn't hesitate and swallowed another pill!