Chapter 134: 134 Mount Flower VS Holy Beast 1_1
The opponent seized the initiative by activating their Ice Bear King card, inflicting a brief paralysis effect on Mount Flower’s team.
Fortunately, their commander, Ruan Chunen, reacted swiftly. He preemptively used Ghost Wood to shield his teammates. Ghost Wood, a huge willow tree, rapidly grew new shoots and branches. A dense thicket of willow strands began to appear, but it couldn’t unfold its vines to activate its healing effect due to the paralysis.
Ghost Wood first blocked the Ice Bear King’s attack. A card’s effectiveness is related to the Spirit Card Master’s spiritual power; clearly, the Holy Beast Association’s controller didn’t have enough spiritual power to command five cards simultaneously.
Since Ghost Wood had absorbed most of the control effect, Chen Runyu and the other offensive card users only experienced very brief discomfort.
Several Card Spirits exhibited varying degrees of sluggishness and stiffness. Wen Jiang paused subtly.
Because of her overwhelming strength, she couldn’t feel this state at all.
This slight stiffness allowed the opponent to launch their first full attack. Each Card Spirit had a different position, but it was unlikely that any Card Spirit would charge directly into their team.
Accompanying the Ice Bear King’s attack were the combined effects of a linked card set. Beautiful silver frost spread from the ground like blooming snow lotuses, appearing extensively near Shi Qi’s King Bee Insect. Shi Qi wanted to charge forward but couldn’t pass through the frost. By the time she maneuvered her card out of the frosted area, she had lost the initiative, and the intense cold made her shiver.
Shi Qi cursed, "Damn, off to a bad start!"
It was so cold that her teeth were chattering. Such negative states could directly affect a Spirit Card Master, making today’s battle extremely difficult—it was almost the first intense battle they had encountered this year.
However, Shi Qi didn’t find it inappropriate. If we don’t fight strong teams, will we always just overpower the weak?
Then we’d become weak ourselves.
Ruan Chunen, however, remained calm. "Runyu, you and Shi Qi, focus all attacks on the Ice Wolf King. Let’s stack poison on it and eliminate it first."
Shouldn’t we focus on the healer or the key Ice Snake King first? Chen Runyu thought.
But contradicting the commander on the battlefield was a major taboo, so despite his doubts, he complied.
Seeing the frost descend beside the King Bee Insect, and knowing the King Bee Insect was too fast to easily catch, the Holy Beast Association players decisively chose not to waste the Ice Snake King’s ability on it, opting instead to observe the situation.
The earlier paralysis caused Mount Flower’s Card Spirits to react sluggishly. However, as the Ice Wolf King needed to find an opportune moment to strike, the still-mobile Ice Leopard King seized the initiative. It rushed through the icy terrain towards the Poison Cage Flower, with the Ice Snake King and Ice Bear King providing support from behind.
The Ice Wolf King followed closely, while the healing card, Ice Deer King, maintained a safe distance.
The Poison Cage Flower’s main body was a black, fully bloomed trumpet flower. Beneath it grew eight large petals that aided its movement. Already in a safe position, it simply moved closer to Ghost Wood’s range when it saw the Ice Leopard King targeting it.
Ghost Wood was still paralyzed and couldn’t use its skills. In the field, only Wen Jiang’s Card Spirits could react normally, but her Dandelion was an absolute control card with no defensive or offensive power.
Everyone could only watch helplessly as the Ice Leopard King approached the Poison Cage Flower with ferocious momentum.
The Ice Leopard King, with its silvery-white fur and lifelike icy-blue eyes, looked majestic and formidable—a true sovereign of the ice, much like the Ice Wolf King.
The moment the Ice Leopard King neared the Poison Cage Flower, Ghost Wood’s paralysis was about to end. However, Ruan Chunen could only change the direction of the willow strands and couldn’t do much else. The Ice Bear King and Ice Snake King followed up from behind, their sharp claws almost ready to strike the Poison Cage Flower.
A single attack certainly wouldn’t destroy the Poison Cage Flower, but the subsequent negative frost effect would continuously wear it down.
ROAR—
A massive, earth-shaking roar echoed as flashing silver claws purposefully swiped at the Poison Cage Flower.
All of this seemed to happen slowly, but in fact, only a few seconds had passed since the start of the match, and the Ice Leopard King was already within arm’s reach.
CHINK—
The King Bee Insect, controlled by Shi Qi, swept its poisonous stinger past the Ice Leopard King and shot it directly into the Ice Wolf King. After all, they were so close; it would have been embarrassing for Shi Qi to miss, even if her movements were slowed.
The opponent had anticipated an attack but didn’t expect it to be on the Ice Wolf King. Caught off guard for a moment, they did not stop their movements.
Conversely, the player controlling the Ice Wolf King hesitated for a second.
Chen Runyu knew he had no choice but to endure this attack. Following Ruan Chunen’s command, he gritted his teeth and unleashed all his poisonous seeds onto the Ice Wolf King.
In an instant, the snow-white body of the Ice Wolf King was tinged with strands of ominous purple—a sign of poisoning.
Realizing it was indeed their target, and seeing the Ice Leopard King launch its attack, the Ice Wolf King immediately retreated to receive healing from the Ice Deer King.
At the same time, the Ice Bear King suddenly unleashed its skill once again.
ROAR!
The earth trembled. This time, the shaking was so close that the Spirit Card Masters could almost feel the ground vibrating.
Chen Runyu and Gong Yuan bore the full force of the skill and were completely immobilized. The opponent was trying to prevent their Card Spirits from having any chance to counterattack.
The Ice Snake King loomed behind, hissing out a wisp of ice fog.
The commentator exclaimed, "We can see the Ice Bear King has taken the initiative, using Earth Tremor to paralyze the opponent! Mount Flower’s support reacted quickly! That was a brilliant placement of Ghost Wood, absorbing most of the attack!"
"The Ice Leopard King is on the move, undoubtedly targeting the Poison Cage Flower—Mount Flower’s sole key offensive Poison Card! If the Poison Cage Flower takes the brunt of these attacks, that card will be rendered practically useless!"
"The Ice Snake King and Ice Bear King are close behind! Mount Flower’s reactions weren’t slow, but after being hit by that paralysis effect, their Card Spirits’ movements have become sluggish. The Ice Leopard King has bypassed Ghost Wood—yes, it’s heading straight for the Poison Cage Flower!"
"Huh? Both of Mount Flower’s targeted attacks are hitting the Ice Leopard King? Honestly, that’s not a good choice. If their core Card Spirit, the Ice Snake King, isn’t dealt with, Mount Flower will be like sitting ducks once they’re frozen—"
"AHHH! The Ice Leopard King attacks—HUH?! WHAT IN THE—?! This Dandelion—!"
The commentator was certainly skilled, his rapid-fire delivery clearly conveying the battlefield situation in mere seconds.
But the situation on the field changed in the blink of an eye. Just when it seemed the Poison Cage Flower was about to take the hit, several dandelions suddenly flew by.
These dandelions lacked offensive and defensive power. Yet, at that very moment, they appeared right before the Ice Leopard King. The player controlling the Ice Leopard King felt as if something had momentarily obscured his vision, causing a slight disturbance, and he instinctively tilted his head.
The Ice Leopard King mimicked the head-tilting movement. What was initially a swift and accurate strike now had a slight deviation, losing its original ferocity.
CRUNCH—
The claw shattered one of the Poison Cage Flower’s petals. Radiant ice spread across its body, indicating it had been afflicted with a negative status effect. Chen Runyu felt the impact—a coldness spreading through his body—but the damage seemed far less than what the Ice Leopard King’s full-power initial attack would have inflicted.
Having landed a hit amidst these unexpected developments, the Ice Leopard King didn’t dare linger. The paralysis lasted only a brief second; Gong Yuan’s River Maiden had already recovered. If the Ice Leopard King were completely controlled now, it would be finished, regardless of its offensive power.
The Ice Bear King assisted in covering the retreat, and the Ice Leopard King retreated without hesitation.
The instant it retreated, Ruan Chunen’s Ghost Wood regained mobility and, seizing the last possible moment, whipped the Ice Leopard King with two tendrils, applying a layer of poison.