Mu Qianshan suddenly stopped talking in mid-sentence.

Fast speed?

Could it be faster than someone in the late stages of Great Liang?

Even with the Unihorn Smoke Beast, it wouldn't work.

Others have mounts too.

There are mounts faster than the Unihorn Smoke Beast.

"Taking the path outside the city requires a detour; it's better to go through the city."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, he also began to ponder how to traverse this hazardous urban area.

"Would it work if we use the Earth Walking Skill?"

Zhao Gongming looked at the map and gestured on it with his hand.

"The Earth Walking Skill only lasts for three minutes..."

Jiang Yuan said, his eyes suddenly brightening, "Yes, although the Earth Walking Skill only lasts for three minutes, we have abandoned buildings in the city for cover. We just need to enter a building when the time is about to expire, wait for the cooldown to finish, and then repeat the process."

"Yes, that's the way."

Zhao Gongming slightly smiled and stepped back among the group.

"We have resolved the issue with the city, but what about outside the city?"

Mu Qianshan pointed at the map to the plains north of the ruins and looked toward Jiang Yuan.

"Regarding the plains..."

Jiang Yuan gazed at the plains, roughly the size of two ruined cities on the map, and fell silent.

Being weak is a disadvantage; if there were no contestants with Great Liang's strength in this assessment, he could have charged across the plains boldly with Nezha and Zhao Gongming.

"With the Earth Walking Skill, the target is too obvious on the plains, and there should be plenty of battles there."

Jiang Yuan stroked his chin, "In that case, how about using Fake Shape?"

"Fake Shape?"

Mu Qianshan looked at Jiang Yuan, puzzled, then suddenly realized.

Fake Shape could indeed work!

The disposable [Seventy-two Changes · Fake Shape] sold only had the ability to create dummies; they lacked the ability to Transform.

But the ones they had could Transform.

Although riddled with vulnerabilities and easily exposed with a simple Detection Skill.

But as long as no one sees, isn't it all good?

"So we're going to transform into creatures from the Beast Clan that can burrow?"

Creatures from the Beast Clan with Drilling Skill could possibly make it through the grassland.

"The creatures produced by Fake Shape only provide the external appearance and basic abilities."

Jiang Yuan spoke somewhat helplessly, "The burrowing ability of those creatures is considered a Talent Skill, which is not usable by the transformed shape from Fake Shape."

Even though [Seventy-two Changes · Fake Shape] was improved to his own Quality by Jiang Yuan, it was still incapable of using the abilities and skills of the transformed creatures.

"However, we can transform into birds and fly over. As long as we fly high enough, we won't be seen."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, three Purple Quality Cards appeared in his hand.

"We can also combine them with the Wind Control and Moving Scene cards."

[Seventy-two Changes · Wind Control]: Travel by wind, speed increase.

[Seventy-two Changes · Moving Scene]: Alter the surrounding environment's appearance.

"After transforming into birds, we can use Wind Control to increase our speed. If we see people, we use Moving Scene to hide our silhouettes, and then we can cross these plains."

[Moving Scene] can completely achieve this—after it's used, the scenery right beneath oneself appears identical to its surroundings.

Not to mention no one pays attention to the skies, and even if they do, most people wouldn't care.

The reason for using this is because, in this battle space, apart from humans, there are no other creatures.

Including small birds.

"Alright, let's take action."

Mu Qianshan nodded and glanced at the map, "The Poison Circle is coming."

"Okay."

Jiang Yuan spoke, and a Purple Quality Card appeared in his hand.

It was [Earth Walking Skill]!

The duration of the Blue Quality [Earth Walking Skill] is one minute, whereas the Purple Quality [Earth Walking Skill] lasts three minutes.

"Let's go!"

The group said and released their cards simultaneously.

As five purple glows shone, the silhouettes of Jiang Yuan and the others vanished.

"The Earth Walking Skill is indeed a good card."

Guan Chutian, watching Jiang Yuan and his team on the screen, nodded in agreement.

Although he had seen higher Quality cards capable of burrowing underground, he couldn't deny that Jiang Yuan's card was indeed very effective.

And it seems to be part of a series.

If going by the name Seventy-two Changes, this series should have seventy-two different cards with various effects.

"But, how exactly did Pingyuan and the others get through? I didn't quite understand. Did they use some other special card?"

Guan Chutian said, turning her gaze towards Li Yueying, but Li Yueying did not give her a pleasant look in return.

"Just wait and see, and you'll know."

"That's true."

Guan Chutian smiled, not minding Li Yueying's tone at all, and turned her head to look at another screen.

On the screen was Wang Mingzhi, the seventh-ranked player from their Academy.

And Wang Mingzhi was located at the edge of the Ruins City.

In other words, if Jiang Yuan and his team proceed according to their plan, they will inevitably encounter Wang Mingzhi.

If Wang Mingzhi does not leave this place, that is.

"To become a bird, you also need a place, huh."

Guan Chutian muttered to herself with a smile and glanced at the screen where Jiang Yuan and his team were located.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan and his team had reached the duration limit of the Earth Walking Skill and had emerged from underground.

They came out inside an abandoned building.

It was quite safe - after all, it was a space within a pile of rubble with no entrance or exit, a place that had completely collapsed.

"Let's rest for a bit, wait for the Earth Walking Skill's cooldown period."

Jiang Yuan said, and handed another Purple Quality Card to Mu Qianshan.

"This is also one of the Seventy-two Changes Series cards, named Cute Head."

"What does that mean?"

Mu Qianshan, who was about to take the card, paused and looked up at Jiang Yuan, puzzled.

The names of the previous Seventy-two Changes Series cards made it clear what the effects of the cards were.

Like swordsmanship or Wind Control, for instance.

But Cute Head?

Black question mark.jpg!

"You'll know once you look."

After Jiang Yuan placed the card into Mu Qianshan's hand, he said with a smile.

[Seventy-two Changes·Cute Head]: Sense certain events before they occur.

In simple terms, it's a function for danger prediction.

However, it's not limited to just danger; it can also predict opportunities.

But in this battlefield where only humans exist, and where you cannot obtain spoils of war by killing the opponent, forget about opportunities - it's better to simply think of it as danger prediction.

"That's good!"

After reading the card information, Mu Qianshan couldn't help but shine with excitement: "With this, the chances of us being attacked are much lower."

"And if we do get attacked, we can sense it in advance and react accordingly."

"Exactly."

Jiang Yuan smiled and then became somewhat agitated.

In the end, strength is still needed!

Without strength, one can only be cautious and use everything available to their advantage.

But with strength, there's no need for all that.

Jiang Yuan took a moment to introspect the stars within his body, then sighed again.

Great Liang's strength seems a bit strange - the later stage of Great Liang's strength is much more potent than the mid-stage.

Or rather, the strength of every stage in Great Liang is different.

Is it because everyone present is a genius from the top four Academies?

I wonder if I can fight against those with late-stage Great Liang strength after breaking through to the early stage of Great Liang, just like when I had just broken through to the Jianglu strength.

"Let's go, time to set off."

After pondering for a while, Jiang Yuan shook his head to cast aside these yet-to-happen concerns and stood up to speak to Mu Qianshan and the others.

"Alright."

With the Purple Card shining once more, Jiang Yuan and his team's figures disappeared again.

"Judging by the distance they covered the first time, choosing this spot isn't a good one."

Miao Xinghuo, upon seeing Jiang Yuan use the Earth Walking Skill again on the screen, roughly calculated the place where they would likely reappear next.

Miao Xinghuo's finger touched the map, then looked towards the screen of that location.

On that screen, a team of Great Liang's strong competitors was stealthily located.

Leading them was Dong Yumeng, ranked eleventh at Beimang Academy.

A powerful Skill Card Master.

At the same time, there were two others from their Academy whose strength was not weak either.

Ranked twenty-third among Beimang Academy's fifth-year students.

Ranked fortieth among Beimang Academy's fifth-year students.

"The smaller the map, the better; the probability of encountering enemies has increased." Guan Chutian also saw this scene and spoke with a smile.