449: Civil war? (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

Gloriosa's movements became slower and slower, and she quickly sensed that something was wrong.

But by then, it was too late.

Under the gaze of all the races and the tense expressions of the Angel Clan, Shi Ji's hand, like cold jade, lifted.

“Boom!”

As Shi Ji clenched her hand, Netherlight Energy instantly exploded within Gloriosa's body.

The next second, the battle ended!

Jiang Yuan and Shi Ji returned to the Giant Stone Plains simultaneously.

“What’s going on?”

“What Skill did that summoned creature named Shi Ji just use?”

“It should be her main body’s Skill; I didn’t see her use a Skill Card.”

“This summoned creature named Shi Ji is quite strong, isn’t she?”

“Of course she is; if she wasn’t strong, that Human Race guy definitely wouldn’t have chosen her.”

“Speaking of which, does that Human Race guy have no combat power at all?”

“Probably?”

After seeing Shi Ji easily defeat Gloriosa of the Angel Clan, people from various races began to discuss.

However, although they knew Shi Ji's name now, they did not know Jiang Yuan's name.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Yuan had called Shi Ji’s name, but Shi Ji had not called Jiang Yuan’s name.

It definitely wasn't because Jiang Yuan's presence was too low!

“I suddenly realized that the interval between each round of battles seems a bit too short.”

Not long after Jiang Yuan returned to the Giant Stone Plains, Mu Qianshan also returned.

He had won again.

But he looked very tired.

“After each battle, isn’t it like the Martial Arts Arena, where you recover as soon as you come out?”

“Physically, I’ve recovered, but the psychological pressure is especially great.”

Mu Qianshan looked at the battle still ongoing in the sky, praying that it would end a little slower.

“How so?”

Jiang Yuan smiled and asked Mu Qianshan.

“The opponent in every battle is stronger than me, and I’m constantly thinking about how to win during the battle.”

“It’s too difficult!”

Mu Qianshan let out a mournful cry, attracting the attention of many people around him.

“Think about the spoils of war the World Will gives you after you win a battle.”

Jiang Yuan smiled: “To be honest, I’m envious.”

“You’ll get them soon, what’s there to envy?”

Mu Qianshan sat up, because in the sky, the last battle of this round had already ended.

“With your strength, you’ll definitely get better rewards than me.”

Mu Qianshan said, stretching.

“Another round of competition is about to begin!”

After a round of battle, there is a five-minute break.

For Mu Qianshan, he wished he could skip the previous five-minute break, but now he wished this five-minute break could be longer.

However, Mu Qianshan had successfully entered the top five.

There was a bye position in this round of matches.

The bye position would battle the bye position from the loser's bracket that was fighting simultaneously in this round.

If the winner's bracket wins, they enter the top three; if the loser's bracket wins, they become sixth place.

Although the rules were a bit strange, these were the rules set by the World Will.

After five minutes, the battle had already begun.

The bye was that guy from the Element Spirit Race, and Jiang Yuan's opponent was a Student from the Demon Race.

“I didn’t expect such good luck, to run into them so soon!”

Wenren Fangyan looked at Jiang Yuan and Lezheng Ding on the screen, and her glasses also reflected light!

Lezheng Ding had no intention of speaking to Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan was happy to be at ease.

As soon as the battle began, Lezheng Ding disappeared.

Jiang Yuan was not flustered; four red quality cards still appeared, and Linglong Pagoda enveloped him.

He had known for a long time that the opponent was an Card Assassin.

However, what he feared least was an Card Assassin.

Jiang Yuan smiled and sat down cross-legged directly inside the Linglong Pagoda.

“Holy crap, so arrogant?”

Among the Demon Race, some people instantly became displeased when they saw Jiang Yuan like this.

“Lezheng Ding’s attack strength is still very high; maybe he can break through that small golden pagoda on him.”

“He’s so arrogant, he’s definitely the one who’ll suffer!”

The Demon Race people spoke one after another, but Wenren Fangyan and the Demon Race team leader frowned.

“Will it work?”

“If we act like this, won’t we alert the enemy?”

“No.”

Facing the team leader’s question, Wenren Fangyan was very calm.

“He’s very confident, and he probably hasn’t encountered this type of card many times.”

“It’s just a preliminary test to see if this type of card is effective.”

“If it’s effective…”

Wenren Fangyan didn’t finish her sentence, but the killing intent revealed in her eyes already explained her thoughts.

“I hope it works.”

The Demon Race team leader nodded: “If we can eliminate him directly, that would be best!”

According to Wenren Fangyan, Jiang Yuan’s strength was even greater than that.

The Human Race had already produced one Mu Qianshan, who had received so many extra rewards!

They couldn't let another Jiang Yuan appear!

You should know that the reward for challenging above one's level was at least a red quality card!

The Human Race getting so many red quality cards was unacceptable!

Amidst the prayers of the Demon Race, Lezheng Ding also attacked Jiang Yuan directly, as Wenren Fangyan had instructed.

However, he did not use that special card the first time, but instead crashed directly into Jiang Yuan's Linglong Pagoda.

After crashing into Jiang Yuan's Linglong Pagoda, he attacked several more times before finally using that special attack card.

Star-Shattering Stab!

Ignores defensive equipment skills, dealing direct damage to the target!

Clearly, this was the special card Wenren Fangyan had specifically prepared.

The reason she let him attack a few times before using this special card was to prevent Jiang Yuan from noticing.

To make Jiang Yuan think that Lezheng Ding used this card because he couldn't break through the defense, not because the Demon Race knew his information.

As the short sword in his hand struck the Linglong Pagoda, under the effect of the Skill Card Star-Shattering Stab, the Linglong Pagoda shattered.

The Linglong Pagoda's defense was not very high to begin with; it mainly relied on the skill entries on it for defense.

Now, without the skill's defense, its physical defense could not withstand Lezheng Ding's attack at all.

The Linglong Pagoda shattered, and golden fragments fell.

Lezheng Ding was overjoyed and immediately launched an attack on Jiang Yuan.

However, Jiang Yuan merely glanced at him, and the next second, another golden miniature pagoda phantom appeared, blocking Lezheng Ding’s attack.

However, this golden miniature pagoda, compared to the previous gleaming golden one, seemed to have a bit more of the earth's profoundness, not as dazzlingly golden.

“How does he have another golden miniature pagoda?”

The Students of all races watching this battle almost simultaneously frowned.

After the golden miniature pagoda was broken just now, the opponents Jiang Yuan had fought before all showed excited expressions.

However, what they didn't expect was that the golden miniature pagoda just now was only the first layer of defense, and there was another golden miniature pagoda as the second layer of defense!

According to convention, the second layer of defense is generally stronger than the first layer of defense.

Doesn't this mean that all their efforts for so long just now didn't even break through Jiang Yuan's weakest layer of defense?

Their mentality was somewhat exploding!

At this moment, some Quail Fire Initial Stage Students also frowned.

After all, given Jiang Yuan's current combat power, it was highly likely that Jiang Yuan would be one of their enemies next.

Although it's uncertain whether Jiang Yuan will choose to challenge above his level?

However, there's no harm in challenging upwards, and most people would probably want to try it.

What if he's also like that? What if he has even more defensive equipment on him?

Then I should also prepare early.

In the arena, seeing another golden miniature pagoda phantom appear before him, Lezheng Ding couldn't help but be stunned.

And it was at this moment that Shi Ji's illusion skill, hidden for almost the entire match, was finally used, controlling Lezheng Ding.

Shi Ji's mental strength is the same as Jian Qing's.

And Jian Qing's mental strength has now reached the level of Quail Fire Late Stage.

Shi Ji is naturally the same.

However, the illusions Shi Ji released were stronger.

The main reason lies in Shi Ji's Unbreakable Stone Will and Phantasmal Dream skills.

One can increase the strength of mental skills, and the other can increase the power of illusions.

With both combined, Lezheng Ding, who was at the same level, couldn't resist at all and directly fell into the illusion.

“Sure enough, there’s still another layer of defense.”

Wenren Fangyan's face darkened, especially when she saw Shi Ji use an illusion to pull Lezheng Ding into an illusion, which made her even more shocked.

Just a Card Spirit, yet so powerful!

Shi Ji was much stronger than when she saw her last time!

She could almost be invincible among her peers without the help of other Card Spirits?

Yet, the last time they met, Shi Ji was just a support Card Spirit!

Not only Wenren Fangyan and the Demon Race team leader frowned, but some Students from other races also frowned.

It felt like Shi Ji hadn't used her full strength yet?

They had just felt that Shi Ji had used her full strength, but now it seemed they were wrong.

This led them to now believe that Shi Ji still hadn't used her full strength and was still hiding her combat power.

However, even without using her full strength, she already had the feeling of being invincible among her peers.

Then if she used her full strength…

“Of course she’d be invincible among her peers!”

Ancient Capital Si Dan looked at Shi Ji on the screen, his face filled with infatuation: “This is my future wife, how can she not be strong!”

Gudou Siyin rolled her eyes, somewhat unwilling to bother with this love-struck fool.

She wondered if there was a way to cure love-struckness among the races or among all races.

This guy was truly hopeless!

Gudou Siyin shook her head and continued watching the battle above.

After being controlled by the illusion, that guy from the Demon Race was clearly on the verge of collapsing.

His defensive equipment had already been shattered, and what was defending him now should be his body's inherent defense.

Just like Linglong Pagoda and Purple Ribbon Garment.

This guy from the Demon Race also had two layers of defense.

“But, does the illusion last that long?”

“Why hasn’t he woken up after such a long time?”

“Is it because he wasn’t hit, so it doesn’t hurt?”

“Is it possible that her illusion ability is too strong?”

“This guy really hasn’t used his full strength!”

Nearly half a minute of control time, even for a race like the Demon Race, whose mental abilities are not very strong, this control time is too terrifying.

Is this guy's mental strength that high?

But then again, he's a Summoner; if his mental strength wasn't high, he wouldn't be able to control so many summoned creatures.

Soon, all of Lezheng Ding's defensive equipment was shattered.

And Lezheng Ding also successfully woke up from the illusion after more than twenty seconds.

After using a Skill Card to block Shi Ji's attack, Lezheng Ding also felt that his speed had slowed down a lot.

But before he could think further, Shi Ji's attack arrived again.

With a delicate grip of her hand, Netherlight erupted, taking away Lezheng Ding, whose self-defense had already been weakened to almost nothing.

In the end, Jiang Yuan once again won the battle.

He was also the fastest person to win a battle, no one else!

When Jiang Yuan returned to the Giant Stone Plains, other battles were still ongoing.

Including Mu Qianshan's battle.

However, Mu Qianshan seemed much more relaxed in this match.

After all, his opponent was from the loser's bracket.

However, although the opponent from the loser's bracket was a bit weaker, and Mu Qianshan was a bit more relaxed, the battle had not yet ended.

Jiang Yuan watched for a while, and the Golden Crow also exerted its full strength.

After a Golden Crow Ray, as thick as a bucket, pierced through the opponent, Mu Qianshan also successfully won the battle.

“S-rank red quality Skill Card, see if you can use it.”

As soon as Mu Qianshan returned to the Giant Stone Plains, he lay directly on the grass.

However, he didn't forget to check his spoils of war.

Seeing that the spoils of war rewarded by the World Will this time was an S-rank red quality Skill Card, he directly handed it to Jiang Yuan.

“No.”

Jiang Yuan shook his head, smiling helplessly: “This card perfectly avoids all the cards I need to upgrade in quality.”

“Alright, then there’s nothing we can do. You can only hope I win another round later.”

“Winning another round is fine; after winning another round, we’ll meet in the finals.”

“I’ll try my best!”

“I just hope I don’t run into you in the next match.”

Mu Qianshan's eyes were serious; the upcoming match was the semi-finals, four into two.

Jiang Yuan, the recently victorious Mu Qianshan, and the winners of the other ongoing battles between the Giant Demon Clan and the Demon Race.

Plus one more Student, a total of four people, four into two!

Two of the four people were from the Human Race; the probability of them meeting was actually quite high.

If they wanted to reach the finals, they couldn't meet in the semi-finals.

“We’ll see later.”

Mu Qianshan looked at the two battles on the screen.

The winners of these two battles would be their opponents in the next round.

Soon, the winners appeared.

One Student from the Demon Race, and one Student from the Mechanical Race.

After five minutes of rest, the semi-finals also began.

After Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan exchanged glances, they simultaneously entered the battlefield.

Subconsciously, both of them simultaneously looked up at the opposite side.