The white-haired school beauty sighs every day, yet he keeps getting stronger.

Lin Weiwei conceded defeat, and the referee quickly went up to announce the result.

Zhang Ziyang sheathed the Flaming Blade, took a few steps back, and deactivated his transformation.

The tall, bright red armor instantly vanished into light and shadow, revealing the handsome face of a young man.

Zhang Ziyang cupped his hands in a fist salute:

"Accepted."

Lin Weiwei shook her head:

"You're too modest. I was too arrogant before. You taught me a lesson, little brother."

After she finished speaking, she composed herself, smiled gently at the boy in front of her, and her cold eyes thawed like spring water, filled with a friendly smile.

"Little brother, you probably haven't learned any combat skills yet, right? To express my apologies, I'll give you some honest advice, provided you're willing to listen to what your defeated opponent has to say."

"All ears."

Zhang Ziyang smiled and gestured for him to speak.

so-called—

"Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me. I will choose their good points and follow them, and correct their bad points."

Although Lin Weiwei was defeated by him, her combat experience still has unique aspects that can be learned from.

The two moves that transformed the Blood Poison Vine into a sharp spear and created a sky full of sword shadows are excellent examples of this.

Seeing that Zhang Ziyang was willing to listen, Lin Weiwei's goodwill towards him increased greatly, and she stepped forward to walk alongside him.

The two walked off the ring together and headed towards the rest area.

Lin Weiwei said as she walked:

"Your Soul Card is of gold quality and comes with its own exclusive weapon, so it can be said to have unlimited potential."

In my opinion, wildcards generally don't help you much; you'd be better off focusing on unlocking the potential of your own Soul Cards.

But if you want to go further, you can't rely solely on Soul Card abilities to fight.

You also need to learn how to use basic combat skills and combine them with your Soul Card abilities to unleash even greater power!

Zhang Ziyang nodded:

"I also have some thoughts on this, but I don't know which of the four basic combat skills to start with."

The four basic combat techniques are: Entanglement, Concealment, Charge, and Mindfulness.

Each has its own unique characteristics and distinct effects.

Ideally, it would be best to learn all four subjects.

However, learning combat skills requires time and effort.

These combat skills are not all compatible with the card master's soul card abilities.

Therefore, it's best to start by learning combat skills that suit your Soul Card, as this saves the most time and effort.

Upon hearing this, Lin Weiwei smiled smugly on her beautiful face, then ran to Zhang Ziyang with her long, eye-catching legs, putting her slender arms behind her back, looking quite playful and cute.

"I do have a good suggestion regarding this!"

She smiled with pursed lips, leaning forward, her generous and magnificent chest swaying slightly, almost breaking free of the restraints of her camouflage vest and falling off.

Zhang Ziyang's gaze couldn't help but follow her, and he almost became her loyal fan.

Lin Weiwei rolled her eyes at him, then gently covered the deep, dark cleavage of her chest with her hand:

"You can start by learning the four basic combat skills: [Entangle] and [Charge]. These two basic combat skills should help improve your combat power the most. As for [Conceal] and [Mind Clarity], you can learn them later if you make progress quickly."

Zhang Ziyang withdrew his gaze and coughed twice without changing his expression:

"Alright, but may I ask why you recommended these two combat skills?"

"It's simple. Your Flame Dragon Armor has the ability to control flames, right? [Entangle] will allow you to better control flames, to the point of complete mastery; while [Charge] will enhance explosive power and greatly increase the power of your moves. As long as you can combine these two combat skills with the Flame Dragon Armor, plus your freakish physical attributes, you should be able to easily crush any card master below the second tier!"

Lin Weiwei straightened her back, reached out a finger to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, and offered her own insights.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ziyang also felt that what she said made sense.

"Been taught a lesson."

"As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is often your enemy. My strategy, which I, a defeated opponent, have put together, is pretty good, isn't it? Isn't it very thorough?"

Lin Weiwei smiled charmingly, her eyes bright and clear, just like the blazing sun hanging high outside the arena.

Zhang Ziyang was amused by her:

"Yes, yes, thank you for the guide, Sister Lin."

Lin Weiwei smiled, her inner turmoil completely dissipating, and waved to him with a flourish.

"You've got it. Well then, goodbye, little brother. Hope you'll be even stronger next time we meet!"

"Okay, you too."

Zhang Ziyang waved goodbye to her.

After watching Lin Weiwei walk away, he casually reached for his waist and took out his phone from the Wangjiang Release Device.

Before the match, Zhang Ziyang specifically downloaded an external betting software and carefully selected the matches to bet on himself to win.

He is very confident in his own abilities.

This kind of wool is too good to pass up; you might as well take advantage of it.

Unfortunately, there are limits on the amount you can bet on, capped at 20.

Now that we've won, the total profit is 20, calculated by multiplying 48 by the odds of 3.4 and subtracting the initial investment.

Upon opening the phone, the first thing you see is a page displaying the winning lottery results and the shower of fireworks.

The top notification bar even displayed two new notifications of funds arriving in the bank card.

One of them made 48 yuan by betting on external markets.

One is the 1,000 yuan bonus awarded by Tianxing Arena for winning the competition.

Zhang Ziyang watched the account balance grow rapidly, a smile playing on his lips. It was harder to play than an AK.

His strength level was too low, and he was a newcomer with no reputation.

Even if you win in the arena, how much money can you actually win?

Therefore, Zhang Ziyang set his sights on the external betting odds from the very beginning.

Lin Weiwei, who ranked high in the third tier, was considered extremely unlucky by others, but for Zhang Ziyang, it was a stroke of good fortune.

If there wasn't a clear difference in strength on the surface, why would the bookmakers be willing to raise the odds?

Unfortunately, this method can only be used once.

He defeated Lin Weiwei, demonstrating some of his strength.

From now on, bookmakers will no longer treat him as a novice. In their future matches, they will be more careful in setting the odds and will no longer be taken advantage of.

But for Zhang Ziyang, that was enough.

"This 48 is practically free. If I use it to buy 16 second-tier crystal cores, it's more than enough to support my resource consumption in the early stages. It's a real windfall!"

Having successfully profited from the market maker's scheme, Zhang Ziyang was in an excellent mood.

As he exited the software and was about to put his phone back into the release device, he noticed a bright red "3" in the upper right corner of the phone icon.

Missed calls?

Zhang Ziyang was stunned for a moment. When he clicked on it, he saw an unfamiliar number highlighted in red.

The number below indicates that it is registered in Kyoto.

Kyoto?

Zhang Ziyang slapped his forehead and immediately remembered.

When I asked for leave, Lao Gao said that Jinghua University might call today, and he repeatedly told me to keep my phone on at all times so as not to miss the call.

But in order to concentrate on the game, he threw his phone into the release device's storage space.

These phone calls must have come by chance while he was competing.

"Tsk, how could I have forgotten about that!"

Zhang Ziyang smacked his lips, quickly avoided the noisy crowd around him, found a relatively quiet corner, and dialed the number back.

Dududu~~

Soon, the call was connected.

A somewhat impatient middle-aged woman's voice rang out.

"Hello, this is the Admissions Office of Jinghua University. How can I help you?"