The bald teenager, holding a broadsword, had just risen to his feet when he was struck by a purple thunderbolt from the sky.

A white light flickered on the bald teenager's body, and his armor was activated, but in the next second, the light of the armor shattered violently as the thunderbolt made a direct hit.

"Ah!"

With a loud roar, his body trembling, the bald teenager's cry also attracted the attention of several others.

"Eh?"

Qin Boyuan, who had just dealt with the old rogues from four top academies, saw Jiang Yuan retract the Linglong Tower.

Then, he launched an attack on someone else.

"Mu Qianshan, didn't you say that his combat power is mostly reliant on Nezha?"

After pondering for a moment, Qin Boyuan quickly came to a realization.

Indeed, Mu Qianshan said he made that Nezha card because he couldn't afford to become a Skill Card Master or a Beast Taming Card Master.

But now he has money.

Not to mention the deposit from the military, just the sale of those eight Purple Quality cards after he left home that day.

That would have been enough for him to arm himself with a bunch of white quality cards.

"So it turns out that this kid changed because of the opportunity I gave him."

Qin Boyuan cracked a smile, but in the next second, his smile froze on his face.

"If that's the case, wouldn't Summoning Cards become obsolete in the future?"

A sudden pang of alarm shot through Qin Boyuan as he anxiously glanced towards Jiang Yuan.

If it were because of him that a new card genre failed to emerge,

Then that would be a great fault of his own!

But surely, he couldn't just take back the deposit he gave him now, could he?

Qin Boyuan felt a headache coming on, and both Mayor Si Chengwen and others from the top four academies were surprised.

He actually has combat power?

But it makes sense. Muscle atrophy doesn't affect the circulation of Star Power; as long as he's not dead, there are many ways to acquire combat power.

The simplest would be to follow the path of a Skill Card Master, constantly using cards to unleash skills.

Then there are Beast Taming Card Masters, Mechanical Card Masters, and so on.

Like the eternal regret of Zhongyuan Academy in their hearts, that one took the route of a Mechanical Card Master.

Flesh may be frail, but machines ascend!

However, if he has such combat power, why didn't he show it during the Pocket World Simulation League?

People were puzzled; they really couldn't think of a reason.

The reason he didn't show it at the Pocket World Simulation League was because he didn't have the money to make various Skill Cards.

The money he made from selling those Linglong Towers was mostly spent on making Nezha cards.

Si Chengwen watched as Jiang Yuan, who emerged from the golden tower, took initiative to join the battle, his eyes gradually filling with interest.

It was just not clear whether his Skill Cards were self-made or purchased.

After all, in their eyes, Jiang Yuan was a card-making genius without combat power.

Now, suddenly displaying his combat power, they were genuinely surprised.

Leaving aside the reactions of everyone above, Jiang Yuan, on the Martial Arts Arena, launched an attack on the bald teenager and suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

He turned to look.

After the bald teenager let out a scream, everyone's gaze turned here.

Seeing Jiang Yuan emerge from the Linglong Tower, they reached a consensus instantly.

This despicable fellow, who only came out to fight now, had to be taken down first!

The few who came out from the Linglong Towers before were also taken down by their joint efforts.

We've been fighting life and death here; why should you hide until now and come out to pick a cheap victory?

The disappearance of several Linglong Towers also let them roughly understand the pattern.

Presumably, this last person also came out because of the expiration of that golden tower's duration.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the hostile crowd, then at the bald kid who had been struck partially black by lightning.

He gritted his teeth, and a white card appeared again in front of him.

As Jiang Yuan waved his sword finger, a longsword flew out of the white card.

"Go!"

With Jiang Yuan's light shout, the sword glowing with faint golden light flew straight towards the bald youth.

The sword danced, and without armor, the bald youth couldn't stop the golden longsword.

The golden longsword slashed across his neck, and the bald youth was instantly eliminated from the competition.

[Sword Control·Golden Light]!

The sword's name was [Golden Light], a Skill Card from the [Sword Control] series.

This was, just like the recently used [Thunder Skill·Summon Lightning], a card specially made by Jiang Yuan for the Martial Arts Examination over the past couple of days.

However, he hadn't expected that the rules of the Martial Arts Examination would change, no longer one-on-one.

He originally wanted to show his prowess in the early rounds and try out his combat abilities.

He didn't expect to only find the opportunity now.

Jiang Yuan sighed, but thankfully, he had eliminated one.

As Jiang Yuan sighed, the Linglong Tower covered him once again.

"Clang!"

As the golden body of the Linglong Tower covered Jiang Yuan, a dagger collided with it, emitting a pleasant sound of metal striking gold.

"How can this guy still use it!"

The dozen people who had rushed halfway stopped abruptly, then spontaneously started fighting each other again.

They had tried earlier; if it weren't for the golden tower that they couldn't break, they would have eliminated these guys hiding inside the golden tower a long time ago.

Jiang Yuan stroked his chin, sat down cross-legged inside Linglong, and watched them fight.

Having already taken one down, he also had a chance to test his own combat power.

Not bad, just barely sufficient.

Although there were still a few cards he hadn't managed to use in time.

While Jiang Yuan watched them, Si Chengwen was also stroking his chin, watching Jiang Yuan.

"Speaking of which, isn't there something wrong with this competition format?"

"What's wrong is the people, not the format..."

Qin Boyuan naturally knew what Si Chengwen was referring to.

Because in several fields, the top ten were able to drag it out to the end only by using that golden tower.

In their view, without the golden tower, there was no way they could have lasted to the end.

Not to mention that since the beginning, Jiang Yuan had only appeared from the golden tower once.

Honestly, Qin Boyuan was very much in favor of this competition format.

It was much more interesting than one-on-one.

It was just this time the variable of the golden tower had come into play.

"Perhaps we should go back to the old format afterwards, the one-on-one, otherwise that guy just sits in the golden tower, and I really have a headache."

Si Chengwen pointed at Jiang Yuan irritably, "Anyway, after the next round, there will only be two hundred people left. Let's return to the one-on-one format. Otherwise, he just sits there and ends up in the top ten again."

After Si Chengwen spoke, everyone nodded in agreement.

The opening of the number three field just a moment ago, with more than a dozen golden towers falling, truly raised their blood pressure.

If such a scene were to occur again, they would indeed get very irritated.

You have to understand, by now almost seven or eight individuals with golden towers have successfully advanced.

Judging by the current situation, maybe the next round with two hundred people brawling would start with a dozen or two golden towers falling down again.

That's utterly nauseating!

Let's save this chaotic competition format for next year; for this year's second round, we're restoring it!