Chapter 95: 095 One Arrow Instantly Takes Down Space Mirror!_1
"Here it comes, here it comes!"
In the Card Department, Jiang Kun, still in charge of reviewing submissions, was instantly invigorated.
Recently, the higher-ups had given notice: if the Card Maker who created the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine Card submitted new cards, they were to be reviewed immediately.
The power of the Jade Rabbit card had recently spread throughout the Empire. Originally taken off the market, it had been released again for some unknown reason.
This caused some interested parties to pay even closer attention to the Card Maker of Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine.
"Changer, Hou Yi? Damn, they really made it, and it’s a combo-card set!" Jiang Kun couldn’t help but curse.
A combo-card set was absolutely the strongest card combination in any deck. Not only were they mutually supportive, but they could also enhance the cards’ abilities even further. It was a type of alternative BUFF boost invented by Spirit Card Masters, though very rare in the A-Rank Group.
No one knew that Bai Ze and Bi Fang, these two National Treasure Cards, were actually combo cards!
Other colleagues also crowded around excitedly.
The backstory for this submission was written quite simply, with most details already conveyed by the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine Card, only adding some background on the individual cards.
For instance, Changer and Hou Yi were described as a loving couple. After Changer entered the Cold Palace on the Moon, she spent her days weeping, profoundly distressed, able to do nothing but gaze at her husband from afar. Had it not been for the Jade Rabbit’s company, her days would have been extremely difficult.
A husband and wife combo, no wonder they managed to create a combo-card set, Jiang Kun felt somewhat moved by this backstory.
Unfortunately, the same old issue remained: they couldn’t test the power.
Not to mention, the handsome man and beautiful woman were quite easy on the eyes.
Changer had gentle, delicate eyebrows. Hou Yi was tall and heroic, wearing simple clothes, but the bow and arrow in his hands were dazzling, with blistering flames bursting forth from the arrow. Hou Yi furrowed his brow and looked up into the sky, where a massive sun was faintly visible at the edge. The ground at his feet was cracked and parched, indicating the hellish conditions on Earth at the time.
Hou Yi Shooting The Sun, Changer Flying to the Moon. Such obvious naming, Jiang Kun thought.
He checked the card background and found no issues, so he let it pass without further review.
Meanwhile, the official website quickly updated with the Changer and Hou Yi cards, sticking with Wen Jiang’s pricing at 200,000 as usual.
But at the same time, because it was a combo-card set, there would be a special official bundle offer.
Those who had previously bought the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine Card had been specially flagged, so they would be the first to know as soon as Wen Jiang produced a new card and it passed the official website’s review.
"Huh?"
Within the Broken Heart Sect, an A-Rank Group coach was in a meeting when several people’s phones began to buzz simultaneously.
Upon checking his phone, the coach exclaimed, "Damn," without thinking.
A combo-card!! A once-in-a-century occurrence for the A-Rank Group. And it was crafted by someone he was following, he realized.
Almost instantly, the coach unhesitatingly placed an order for both the Changer and Hou Yi cards.
"It’s a combo-card for Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine?"
The team members exchanged glances, all realizing that these two cards were definitely extraordinary.
The Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine Card alone was outrageous enough, and now there was a combo-card. How outrageous would that be?
"Let’s go, let’s go," the Broken Heart coach said with extra excitement. "Let’s give them a try first."
The previous Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine card was so strong that they had to consider including it in their deck. Now they faced two new publicly available cards, clueless as to what this Card Maker was thinking.
As soon as the card was copied, everyone first burst out with profanity: "Holy shit, a strong control output card, how the hell is that fair? Both control and the highest damage output?"
"Changer before and after ascension is like two different people! Support abilities maxed out, able to see through invisibility, boosting ally attack power and reducing enemy defense power—how the heck can such a godly card be made?"
"There have been attempts to combine offensive and defensive capabilities in one card before, but nobody’s succeeded. How did she do it?"
The moment the card abilities were imported into their minds, the team members looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.
When the coach saw Hou Yi, he suddenly had a bad premonition.
The Broken Heart Association had a god-tier Defense Card called the Space Domain. The Space Domain could swallow damage and was known as an unorthodox Defense Card. Changer’s first stage was very similar to this card, able to keep the Card Spirit excited to the point of ignoring damage taken. This indeed made sense.
But the moment Hou Yi registered in their minds, he was clearly a strong output card.
The coach suddenly said gravely, "Bring out the Space Mirror. Have Hou Yi go one-on-one with it and see how long it takes him to break it."
The uncertainty of card abilities without actual combat left the team members murmuring cautiously, "It should be hard, right? The Space Mirror is really powerful."
The coach waved his hand, and the Broken Heart Association members proceeded to the training field.
They first summoned Hou Yi. As he appeared, dressed simply but with a resolute expression, he fixed his gaze firmly ahead.
And the Space Domain was a giant diamond-shaped mirror, floating in mid-air, hollow inside.
The team member controlling Hou Yi began to act. The Space Mirror maintained its defensive stance. As Hou Yi’s gaze seemingly ignited with flames, he continued to stare down the Space Mirror. The team member controlling the Space Mirror muttered under their breath, "Indeed, it can’t move."
Although the Space Mirror itself was immovable, the sensation of being controlled was strikingly evident.
At that moment, Hou Yi drew his bow. The team member controlling him suddenly gasped as their spiritual power was consumed at an insane rate. Then, an arrow blazing with roaring flames shot from Hou Yi’s hand.
The arrow left the bow, creating a whoosh as it cut through the air.
The arrow was so fast that it was almost impossible for the naked eye to track. In an instant, the thunderous, fiery arrow plunged straight into the diamond-shaped mirror!
CRACK—
Everyone heard a faint shattering sound. A second later, the mirror surface collapsed, and the Card Spirit vanished instantly!
It happened so fast that even the Jade Rabbit wouldn’t have had time to save it.
"Fuck, one-shot?!?!"
At that moment, the members of the Broken Heart Association felt a chill run down their spines.
The A-Rank Card Space Mirror, hailed as god-tier defense, was one-shot by a publicly released card.
They hadn’t even used the power of the combo-card set yet.
The coach turned pale.
He stared hard at Hou Yi. After shooting the arrow, since the Spirit Card Master made no further move, Hou Yi also retracted his bow and looked down at his surroundings.
Such a card shouldn’t possess A-Rank power; it shattered the current understanding of card levels, the coach thought.
"Control with such high output," a team member said, suddenly on the verge of a breakdown. "Does this mean our Defense Cards will be useless if we encounter Hou Yi in future matches?"
"One piece of good news, one bad news."
"The good news is we have Hou Yi. The bad news is so does everyone else."
These three cards would ruin the current harmony among all the major associations.
Of course, they didn’t know yet that a bigger disaster was hidden within Mount Flower.
And as soon as the Changer and Hou Yi cards were used by the major associations, the entire Imperial City, and even some foreign Card Associations that received the news, fell into a deathly silence.