Two fists can't beat four hands, let alone a hundred.

Other things aside, one skill per person is enough to take them out.

Running away is the only option!

Wei Qiyou and Bai Fusuer exchanged glances without hesitation, pulling out a Purple Quality Card before everyone could surround them.

[72 Transformations·Fake Shape]!

After being upgraded to Purple Quality, [72 Transformations·Fake Shape]'s range increased significantly.

In the blink of an eye, they were already on the outer edge of the encirclement, then without hesitation, they turned their heads and ran.

They could save the [Earth Walking Skill] for later, as their speed alone gave them a chance to escape from the outer edge.

Apart from the Linglong Tower, which they hardly needed to use now, the only thing left was one [Earth Walking Skill].

Of course, it was their only one and couldn't be used here just yet.

They ran fast, but Huang Huanqing's team was not doing well.

Her team had a few more members, and by the time they decided to run, everyone had already gathered around.

Eventually, Huang Huanqing's team managed to escape, but not without losing two members and a Three-Patterned Magic Wolf.

Shi Zhuan's team also had a tough time; compared to Huang Huanqing, they had even more members. Despite the ongoing conflict, they still had seven people left.

However, after this encounter, only three members of their team survived.

"Good thing we didn't rush forward just now."

After witnessing this, Li Chengyi's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly blended into the crowd, unremarkable.

"Indeed."

Ye Jinhuan also nodded with some relief, thinking that the danger he had just sensed was right.

While they were talking, the treasure box had successfully fallen to the ground.

It fell right in front of someone.

Wang Xiaoguang was elated, the treasure had landed right in front of him, how lucky?

Without hesitation, he reached out and opened the box in front of him.

The next second, one White Quality and four Purple Quality Cards appeared before him.

But before he could reach for them, about a dozen attacks instantly engulfed him.

Wang Xiaoguang, eliminated!

"How come there's a White Quality Card in the treasure?"

Someone who had just attacked asked, puzzled.

But no one answered him.

Seeing this White Quality Card, some people began to weigh their options.

This was the Zhongyuan Academy, and the life-saving "set of three" that had recently been popular in major universities seems to have originated from this Academy.

The life-saving set just happened to include a White Quality Card.

What this box's card was suddenly became obvious.

But what about the other two cards? What were their effects?

Could the effects of the other two Purple Quality Cards be what might significantly increase one's chances of making it into the top two hundred?

Everyone didn't know, but the competition for the treasure grew even fiercer.

Unceasingly rushing toward the box, constantly facing various attacks.

Jiang Yuan watched the scene from the sky with a smile of satisfaction in his eyes.

Objective achieved!

Although he didn't know how many people were left on the battlefield, not many around this lake were likely to get out alive.

Jiang Yuan smiled happily, patting the back of Zhao Gongming beneath him with his little wings.

"Let's go, to the safe zone!"

The Poison Circle was about an hour away from completely shrinking, with this round's safe zone edge by the lake, leaving a little more than half of the lake within the safe zone.

But the next round will most likely not include this lake.

Jiang Yuan seemed to have figured out the pattern of the safe zone appearing, which seemed to always be in the top right corner of the map.

Now they just needed to fly towards the top right corner of the map.

As for who got the treasure?

That was no longer his concern.

Jiang Yuan smiled and, sitting on Zhao Gongming's back, cheerfully flew forward.

This treasure event should at least provide him a day's worth of safety.

After this day, he would be able to use his trump card.

The cooldown time for [72 Transformations·Summoning Immortals] still had twenty-one hours left.

With a trump card in hand, he no longer needed to be so wary and sneak around; he could be bolder.

Jiang Yuan hummed a little tune happily, but the brains of the competitors by Sunken Star Lake were about to explode.

In just a moment's time, there was no longer any grass around Sunken Star Lake.

The ground, affected by various Skills, had changed from a grassy plain to a bare surface, even featuring holes of various sizes.

After a period of battles, the rate of elimination for competitors around Sunken Star Lake was much higher than Jiang Yuan had imagined.

From over five hundred at the start, now only slightly over a hundred remained.

And that number was still decreasing.

"Hisss!"

Yu Chengtian couldn't help but gasp as he watched the gruesome battle on the screen.

"Is the elimination rate this exaggerated?"

Looking again at the eliminated competitors on the square, wanting to continue an unfinished battle there, Yu Chengtian puzzledly rubbed his bald head.

"Aren't they afraid that those few cards are useless cards?"

"Of course that's impossible; the reputation of our old principal stands there," Jin Lingyu said after glancing at the stopped fight on the square that hadn't yet started.

"I have to say, this Jiang Yuan is indeed talented. His planned event has directly reduced the second battlefield by more than half."

Miao Xinghuo also nodded in agreement, decided in his heart that in the next Joint Examination hosted at their Academy, he would want to include this rule.

"Indeed, this makes sense, understanding how to take advantage of the situation—the reputation of the old principal."

Guan Chutian turned her head to glance at the smiling old principal and then turned back to ask the others, "But isn't it unfair to determine that they are not in a team state?"

"Of course not."

Jin Lingyu shook his head slightly, "This is a strategic collective assault during battle; surely we can't prevent them from eliminating stronger competitors first."

"After all, this is also one of the pleasures of the Joint Examination, isn't it?"

When everyone collectively attacked the team of top-ranked contestants from this Academy, the deputy principal had already started discussions and voting.

In the end, apart from Guan Chutian, the other three people judged that this was not team behavior.

"Alright then."

Ultimately, Guan Chutian could only give up reluctantly.

The main reason was that her Academy's Shi Zhuan had suffered too severe injuries in this "illegal teaming."

A team of seven, with Shi Zhuan as their number one, the other six were among the top twenty in their Academy's rankings.

Now, only the first-ranked Shi Zhuan and the seventeenth and nineteenth ranked contestants remained.

In an instant, they went from a likely champion team to a 'just advance' team.

Such a contrast...

Guan Chutian shook her head helplessly, but this was the charm of the Joint Examination; no one knew what would happen next.

Haven't you seen the second-ranked Wang Baiqing of the Martial Arts Academy get eliminated not long after the start of the Joint Examination?

Fortunately, they hadn't chosen to give up.

Guan Chutian looked at the screen, at Huang Huanqing's team that had just been defeated, at the two from the Martial Arts Academy, Wei Qiyou and Bai Fusi, as well as her own Academy's team led by Shi Zhuan, all hidden in the surroundings.

If there was a suitable time, they would have appeared together in the field, continuing the contest for that treasure.

"Only wondering what card is placed in the treasure."

"Of course, it's one of the 36 Transformations, the Subterranean Shrinking, which has a better effect than Earth Walking Skill!"

Jiang Yuan, full of pride, said to Nezha next to him.

"Subterranean Shrinking is faster than Earth Walking Skill and covers a greater distance, but compared to Earth Walking Skill, it has a longer cooldown."

"It's not about the longer cooldown, we've used Subterranean Shrinking just now in the Ruined City."

"It's just that with our lower strength, using Subterranean Shrinking once or twice still wouldn't allow us to leave the city, and including the cooldown, it turns out Earth Walking Skill is faster."

Jiang Yuan's lips curled up slightly, revealing a Shiba Inu smile: "Of course, the cards I gave them are all single-use, so cooldowns don't matter."

"But even so, it's quite generous!"

While Jiang Yuan was speaking, he suddenly saw a young man sitting cross-legged on a disc fly past him.

"What a cool bird."

The young man admired, and just as he was about to turn his head, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"Bird?"

"No, that's not right. In this school league examination, there shouldn't be any other creatures apart from humans!"