"Block it for me!"
Li Chengyi's eyes were on the brink of splitting as he bellowed at the Qiankun Ring landing on his colorful defense barrier!
The Held Shining Silk hit the colorful defense barrier, and the powerful impact created a white shockwave that spread out from where the two contacted.
After a brief stalemate, cracks began to appear on the colorful defense barrier.
First, it started with a point, then spread into three lines.
The three lines spread further, and in just a second or two, the entire colorful defense barrier was covered with dense cracks.
"BANG!"
With a sound akin to shattering glass, the colorful defense barrier also broke apart.
Fragments of colorful light scattered, reflecting in Li Chengyi's lifeless eyes.
"BANG!"
With another crisp sound, Li Chengyi's Purple Quality Defense Equipment surfaced on his body, but there was no room for resistance. At the moment of contact, the purple defense equipment dimmed and retracted into Li Chengyi's body.
Simultaneously, the Martial Arts Arena disappeared, and both Jiang Yuan and the lifeless-eyed Li Chengyi appeared on the stage.
"Huff."
Jiang Yuan let out a long breath and smiled at Li Chengyi.
Fortunately, the attacking power of the Qiankun Ring was sufficient.
After all, based on Li Chengyi's previous battles, he still had many Defense Skill Cards.
However, none were used in the end, presumably due to insufficient Star Power.
"In the end, did you run out of Star Power?"
"Mhm."
Upon hearing Jiang Yuan's voice, Li Chengyi came back to his senses and nodded to Jiang Yuan.
"A full-attribute Skill Card, yes, while it is extremely powerful, the consumption of Star Power is also quite terrifying."
Li Chengyi helplessly shook his head and said, "After this Joint Examination between the four schools ends, I'll come to find you."
Having said that, Li Chengyi patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder and walked towards the audience below.
Jiang Yuan successfully advanced, and he had to return to the rest room.
Because Li Chengyi was eliminated, he had to return to the arena, a different path from Jiang Yuan's.
"Who would have thought Jiang Yuan would win in the end?"
Yu Chengtian gently touched his bald head, suddenly feeling a bad premonition.
But the next second, he shook his head and muttered to himself, "Impossible, Huang Huanqing will not lose."
Having said that, Yu Chengtian turned his head to look at Jin Lingyu.
Seeing that Jin Lingyu also had a shocked expression, Yu Chengtian finally relaxed.
It should be fine.
After comforting himself once more, Yu Chengtian quietly awaited Huang Huanqing's appearance.
But in just a moment, Huang Huanqing and Wei Qiyou went on stage together.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan sat alone in the rest room, watching the battles displayed on the big screen.
"It seems a bit too cautious?"
"Being cautious isn't necessarily a bad thing."
"As long as we win in the end, that's enough."
Zhao Gongming chuckled lightly and patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder.
He knew what Jiang Yuan meant.
It was simply because of his caution, they didn't launch the strongest attack immediately to directly take down Li Chengyi.
Even allowing himself and Nezha to appear somewhat in a tough spot.
"I need to craft the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Pearl sooner rather than later," Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly, voicing his sentiment.
After all, Zhao Gongming was not quite suitable for a battle style that required forcefully breaking through to the opponent.
Compared to Nezha, he had too few Charge Skills.
Although Nezha didn't have many either.
But most mythical characters don't seem to have very powerful close-combat abilities.
Except for a few well-known War Gods.
Like Zhao Gongming, Shi Ji, the Twelve Golden Immortals, the Jie Sect immortals, and others mostly use treasures, Divine Skills, and the like to attack their opponents.
Only characters like Yang Jian and Brother Monkey are more skilled at close-combat abilities.
Although Zhao Gongming's close-combat ability is exceptionally strong, the full force attack with the steel whip is comparable to the third arrow of the Sky Shattering Arrow!
But the problem is, Zhao Gongming does not have many Charge Skills.
Unlike Nezha, who is fast because of the Wind and Fire Wheel.
Zhao Gongming relies more on the Lightning Flash to get close.
Without the Lightning Flash, facing Li Chengyi who has a variety of means as a Skill Card Master, it becomes difficult to approach.
"I don't even know if my theory is correct."
"However, the way I imagine you should fight is to start with a ranged attack, then force the opponent to close in, and when they do, use your close-combat ability to finish them off."
Jiang Yuan didn't know if the combat style he imagined for Zhao Gongming was correct.
After all, Zhao Gongming was a mythical figure, and he had not witnessed Zhao Gongming's battle firsthand.
"It can be done like that."
Zhao Gongming smiled gently, with no objections.
Actually, contrary to what Jiang Yuan thought, he was capable of many styles of battle.
For close combat there's the steel whip, and for ranged attacks, there's Thunder Skill and the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Pearl.
However, according to Jiang Yuan's affection for mentioning Nezha, he himself wasn't in his complete state right now.
Whether the rarity of Thunder Skills or the absence of the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Pearl and the Immortal Binding Rope, they all greatly affected his Combat Power.
But Zhao Gongming also knew that things needed to be approached step by step; it was impossible to start in a complete state from the beginning.
Therefore, Zhao Gongming was not in a hurry, nor was he pressuring Jiang Yuan.
Another, and more important reason, was...