Chapter 112: Change a Master
"I bet that's all he can take down!"
Unlike the people discussing whether Summoning Cards can be replicated or not, the vice principals here have already started betting.
"Me too!"
"Same here!"
"+1"
"Seriously? How are we supposed to play like this?"
The plump vice principal who first brought it up watched the group of uniformly minded guys with a mix of laughter and tears.
"Are you kidding me? Ranked 317th in the sophomore Martial Arts Examination, how could a freshman just admitted to school take him down?"
One of the vice principals pointed at Jiang Yuan and his target on the screen, speaking with a bit of disdain.
"Even if he's suppressed to the late stages of Xingji, it's not something this freshman can achieve. There's too much difference in their combat experience, and this guy has mixed it up on the All Clans battlefield."
"Yeah, that's right."
"Anyway, Jiang Yuan is not easy to deal with." The plump vice principal mumbled, still quite optimistic about Jiang Yuan and his group.
"But it's not a big deal if Jiang Yuan gets taken out, he has already demonstrated his abilities."
"Instantly killing one Hunter, taking a few rounds to spear another Hunter, his strength is indeed substantial."
"By the way, how many late-stage Xingji newcomers are there this time?"
"More than thirty, two more than the last batch."
The vice principals discussed among themselves, while Jiang Yuan and Nezha were also closing in on that red dot.
Unfortunately, time on the screen had run out, and the map had vanished.
But the red dot hadn't moved yet in the last glimpse; if they hurried, they could still find it.
Jiang Yuan and Nezha picked up their pace once again.
At the same time, Jiang Yuan replenished his Star Power once more.
Though he'd advanced to the late stages of Xingji, he only had a bit more Star Power than in the mid-stage.
It must be said that one can only use one Blue Quality Card at a time, and dealing with Star Power is still quite troublesome.
Especially now that he has more Blue Quality Cards on hand, using Sweet Dew Water from the Jade Purifying Bottle to replenish Star Power would be somewhat wasteful.
He looked for any equipment or Skill that could continuously restore Star Power.
For him right now, cards that sustain Star Power recovery are more cost-effective.
Jiang Yuan pondered this while rushing toward his destination.
"Nobody here?"
After Jiang Yuan and Nezha arrived at their destination, there was nobody left.
Although the broken trees nearby could prove that a battle had just taken place.
But with the "corpses" gone, they couldn't pursue without having seen anyone.
"What should we do?"
Nezha turned his head to look at Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan had already walked forward a couple of steps, bending down to pick something up.
Then, under the curious gazes of Nezha and the Unihorn Smoke Beast, Jiang Yuan tossed the twig he was holding into the air.
"This way!"
After the twig fell, Jiang Yuan looked at its direction and said to Nezha.
Nezha was taken aback for a moment but then nodded: "Let's go then."
Jiang Yuan mounted the Unihorn Smoke Beast, Nezha stood on the Wind and Fire Wheels, and the two of them proceeded aimlessly forward.
They had no choice; the twig was not used to predict the direction of their just-missed target.
It was purely to give them a direction to move forward aimlessly.
Without a target, there was naturally no need for speed.
"Now the bet starts over, they didn't encounter each other," the plump vice principal laughed happily watching this scene.
Their two groups were heading in completely opposite directions, and it was highly unlikely for them to encounter each other.
"I really want to give them another map reveal."
One of the vice-principals shook his head in dissatisfaction.
The only time a map would be revealed again, other than when a Hunter died, was during the scheduled six-hour intervals.
A map reveal occurred every six hours, with the same map shrinking a bit each time.
However, only a little over four hours had passed, and there was still an hour left before the next map reveal.
"It's good, isn't it, that a new talent has emerged among the freshmen?"
"Yeah, just worried that the new student might be too overconfident."
"Don't worry, the school has no shortage of thorns, and what thorns dislike most are other thorns."
One vice-principal spoke with a laugh, and the others joined in.
Indeed, that's the case.
It's not the thorns you should fear, but whether you can stand them.
Among the crowd, only the blonde lady didn't laugh but instead turned to look at Wang Wenqing.
Speaking of which, the recruitment teacher Liu Shengshan promised a vice-principal as a teacher.
But it wasn't necessarily going to be Wang Wenqing, right?
The blonde lady's gaze flickered, and Wang Wenqing also seemed to sense something as he turned his head towards her.
However, what he saw was the blonde lady in deep contemplation.
"Wow, a fight has broken out again. Are they being too arrogant?"
Suddenly, a voice spoke up, drawing everyone's attention back to the screen, where Jiang Yuan and Nezha drew the eye.
The two were strolling down the road, with Nezha even flying in the sky.
With such a display, it would be hard to justify for any passing Hunter not to take action.
As expected, a muscular brute didn't hesitate to charge towards Jiang Yuan after seeing this.
Compared to Nezha, who was armed, the muscular brute chose to take out Jiang Yuan first, who was unarmed.
"Die!"
The muscular brute leapt out from behind a rock and bellowed, his Double-edged Long-handled Axe slashing diagonally towards Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan was startled, and the Unihorn Smoke Beast quickly accelerated to create a gap.
Before the Double-edged Long-handled Axe in the muscular brute's hand struck down, the Unihorn Smoke Beast had already put some distance between them.
By then, Nezha had also reacted, speeding up on the Wind and Fire Wheel, and thrusting his Fire-tipped Spear towards the muscular brute who had just landed.
Glancing at Jiang Yuan with a hint of regret, the muscular brute used his Double-edged Long-handled Axe to block the thrust of the Fire-tipped Spear.
The Fire-tipped Spear struck the blade, and Nezha did not hesitate to emit purple flames.
The muscular brute's Double-edged Long-handled Axe wasn't one of those heavy types.
Since it had a long handle, the blade was relatively thin, more agile than the axe Zhou Dongshan often used.
This meant that under the widespread blast of flames, the blade couldn't completely block the attack of the purple flames.
The muscular brute hadn't expected that Nezha's spear tip could emit flames.
But fortunately, his Defense Equipment was activated, blocking the flames.
A white card shone in front of the muscular brute, then transformed into a stream of light that settled on his axe.
The next second, the axe in the muscular brute's hand swung into motion, pressing closer to Nezha.
Jiang Yuan stood aside, somewhat surprised by the scene.
The muscular brute's swinging axe seemed to have become lighter.
Did he use a Skill Card to reduce the weight of his axe?
Quite an interesting play.
As Jiang Yuan was pondering, he failed to notice the bayonet swiftly approaching behind him, aiming for his back.