Chapter 189: 189 Mount Flower VS Shaliye 1_1
Shaliye Card Set: Changer, Hou Yi, Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine, Ganesha, Heaven’s Pendulum Clock.
Mount Flower Card Set: The Four Heavenly Kings plus Su Daji.
Indeed, the appearance of unified character cards on the field created an awe-inspiring spectacle. The Four Heavenly Kings, clad in turquoise armor and holding different weapons, exuded a powerful and domineering presence, and the Purple Mink in Mo Lishou’s arms equally drew attention. Then there was Su Daji, the fox that always seemed to wear a smile. People were already aware of how stunning she looked in human form, and seeing her again, they couldn’t help but cry out in admiration. She already had a group of die-hard fans captivated by her beauty. To their dismay, Mount Flower declared they would only consider releasing Su Daji merchandise after the competition ended.
The Moon Palace Card Set comprised cards with known abilities. Shaliye had previously displayed Ganesha’s abilities, but they had not yet been utilized in the competition. Ganesha possessed cursing and sealing power, rendering any card she cursed incapable of using any abilities for 10 seconds. Furthermore, she was an area-of-effect card that could target two to three cards. Of course, for the card’s effects to activate, there was naturally a 10-second delay.
Heaven’s Pendulum Clock was an amplification card, used to increase Hou Yi’s attack power. Wen Jiang and his team knew at a glance that Shaliye had made the same mistake Guiqing once did: blindly trusting Hou Yi’s ability and focusing solely on protecting and buffing him. Their lineup, in theory, had no flaws, with Heaven’s Pendulum Clock for amplification, Ganesha’s curses and seals to protect Hou Yi, and Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine also for protection.
As soon as the match began, Hou Yi made the first move, and whichever card he targeted immediately became the center of attention. If they activated their combo state straight away, Changer’s ascension would trigger Hou Yi’s rampage; with a single arrow, he could pierce through three cards at once. Which card would be the unlucky one?
The opponent thought the same. The moment the referee announced the start of the match, Shaliye’s Spirit Card Master reacted a fraction of a second faster than Mount Flower’s. Hou Yi promptly targeted the only card he recognized: Su Daji. This was because Su Daji had counterattack capabilities. If she managed to counter Hou Yi’s arrow, it would be like handing a live target to the opponent; the mighty Hou Yi could become a weapon turned against his own side. But the Spirit Card Master controlling Hou Yi had absolute confidence in his teammates, believing they would protect him well. With a confident smile, and since his team was unfamiliar with the four combo cards, their first target was naturally Su Daji.
This card, Su Daji, possessed counterattack abilities. Even Crying Maria, a card that Xi Zhou himself was somewhat apprehensive about, had been defeated by her. Moreover, Su Daji had also been responsible for sending one of Shaliye’s own Spirit Card Masters to the hospital. She was undoubtedly a card to be reckoned with! With Hou Yi being such a Strong Control Card, what could the opponent do?
As expected, Su Daji was the first to be targeted. Gong Yuan was instantly immobilized, forced to wait until the arrow was shot. And Hou Yi’s arrow automatically tracked its target; in a normal scenario, it would almost certainly hit. But the opponent didn’t release the arrow immediately. Instead, they waited, anticipating the Spirit Card Master controlling Changer to ascend and activate the combo state, with the goal of violently eliminating three cards at once.
Mount Flower’s overall strength might have been weaker than Shaliye’s in the past. However, through their subconscious synergy cultivated with Wen Jiang, along with the peculiar powers of the new cards, their spiritual power and responsiveness were both enhanced. The moment they saw Su Daji targeted, with Heaven’s Pendulum Clock also in the firing line, Shi Qi, controlling the fastest Mo Lishou, took the initiative.
Mo Lishou’s ability: to summon the Purple Mink to a designated location to devour an opposing card. After five seconds, the Purple Mink could perfectly copy the devoured card’s ability and unleash it once. They had experimented before; although Mo Lishou was an Assassin Card, his Purple Mink leaned more towards actual control and couldn’t instantly destroy an opponent’s card. However, if the ability it copied was equally terrifying, that would be enough to achieve an instant kill! The target Shi Qi focused on was not Hou Yi but Ganesha! Because the opponent had no idea just how terrifying Mo Lishou’s ability was.
As Changer began her ascension, she entered a state that rendered her uncontrollable. The moment the Purple Mink in Mo Lishou’s embrace vanished, Shaliye’s team immediately went on high alert. Anything that disappeared on the battlefield had to be watched very closely. Even though Changer could pierce through invisibility, she had not yet completely reached the Moon Palace.
At this moment, Ganesha also started her move. This Card Spirit took the form of a very beautiful, white-haired witch. Though she lacked wings, her pale skin and pointed ears made her as beautiful as an elf, and her forehead was marked with a cross symbol. This card had quite a number of fans in Europe. Ganesha’s body floated slightly as she uttered ancient murmurs, resembling some kind of summoning ritual, and a ray of light spread from her body. Then, three identical, pure white cross symbols, radiating a holy light, appeared on Su Daji, Mo Liqing, and Mo Lihong. Ganesha’s ability was activating; in ten seconds, she would seal the abilities of these three cards. Wen Jiang and his team had only ten seconds to counter.
At the very moment Ganesha began her action, the Purple Mink suddenly appeared beside her. The Purple Mink’s body was massive, even surpassing the on-field Card Spirits, and as it wagged its fluffy tail, it swallowed Ganesha whole before anyone could react. Such a huge Card Spirit was gulped down by the Purple Mink in one bite. When it opened its mouth wide, its cute appearance revealed a savage lethality that nearly shocked some members of the audience into a stupor.
"Damn!" Even those watching the live stream couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.
Those who returned to the hotel, like Tan Heming and the others, just happened to witness this scene. Luo Juerao was flabbergasted and said, "How is it that all the cards created by Mount Flower have such bizarre abilities? Could it be that Ganesha was instantly killed just by that swallow?"
But clearly, that wasn’t the case. Ganesha had been swallowed whole, but her ability’s mark was still there, indicating that the ability was still taking effect. As long as Ganesha wasn’t destroyed, her sealing power wouldn’t disappear. Unfortunately, now that Ganesha was under control, she was unable to switch to using her curse state.
The Spirit Card Master controlling Ganesha was also taken aback. He immediately said to his teammates, "I’m fine. I don’t feel any substantial damage yet, but there’s something strange about this Purple Mink!" He shared a mental link with his Card Spirit and didn’t sense that Ganesha was in mortal danger, which puzzled everyone. If Ganesha was unharmed, what was the Purple Mink’s ability? This gave everyone a bad feeling.
But the pace of the battle couldn’t be summed up in just a few words. Ganesha was swallowed, her ability was still active, and the Spirit Card Master controlling Hou Yi drew his bow and aimed his arrow. Before Changer could reach the Moon Palace, he immediately shot a deadly arrow towards Su Daji. After that shot, he hardly paused, and the next moment, without any hesitation, he targeted Wen Jiang’s Mo Lihong!