Elemental Card King.

Chapter 202 Advancement to Advanced Card Master

If they don't work even harder and ultimately fail to win the championship, everyone will feel they've let down Su Chen's epic and outstanding performance.

Once they realized this, the entire Xuanhuang team doubled their training efforts.

On May 10th, they faced their fourth team match.

After bidding farewell to the grueling schedule, the intensity of the matches dropped sharply. There was no need for Su Chen to take on all the responsibilities like a parent and child. The whole process was relaxed and carefree. With a certain degree of leniency, even the three substitutes were able to take the field comfortably.

"Take it."

Cao Zheng cheered with joy; getting a chance to play was really not easy.

same day.

In the solo match, Su Chen faced his old rival, Captain Imon from the Florence team. This top mage, who was proficient in both water and lightning magic, did not grit his teeth and suffer the beating. Instead, he chose to surrender on the spot.

This move undoubtedly subjected him to immense criticism.

However, it was a wise move.

After all, they were going to face the Papal team early the next morning, and in order to maintain his mental health, Eamon ultimately did not think about confronting his inner demons.

As for revenge and getting back at him?

What a joke.

They dared to charge into the fray alone, attempting to take on five opponents. Even if Aemon were foolish, he wouldn't dare to provoke the elemental rulers.

"They'll behave themselves after taking a hit from an elemental counter."

And this strategy was indeed appropriate.

The next day.

After a grueling four minutes, the Papal team was declared utterly defeated, and the priestess Melvin ultimately failed to secure a draw.

"Heavy water has a suffocating and continuously pressurizing effect, making it difficult for external energy fluctuations to pass through and flow. At the same time, when the coverage area of ​​heavy water is wide enough, it can cause extremely exaggerated site damage."

This is the excellent characteristic of the Heavy Water Demon Seed.

Clearly, the interconnected and ordered field of energy could not withstand the heavy water bombardment that covered the entire area and was destroyed in all directions.

After losing their water resistance, the four heavily armored paladins were like turtles at the mercy of others.

With their crushing defeat, the qualification situation in Group A, the "group of death," suddenly became clear.

"Xuanhuang Kingdom and Florence Kingdom have advanced, while the other four teams have been eliminated," some players from other groups who came to watch sighed.

Although the Xuanhuang team still has one team battle to play, everyone assumes they will advance with five wins.

Florence, on the other hand, had four wins and one loss.

As for Alfonso and Papal, who are ranked lower, they have both accumulated two losses and are basically guaranteed to be eliminated.

"This is terrible. The monster room on Pangu Continent is truly outrageous."

Overall, objectively speaking, both teams are quite strong. Their strength is not enough to qualify for the final, but they are also strong enough not to fail to make it out of the first round of the qualifiers.

"What a pity, this grouping is so mentally taxing. If it were any other division, it wouldn't be like this."

While complaining about the competition format, many athletes also secretly thought that the Florence team, having left their home ground in the water, would not go far in the later stages of the competition.

On May 13, the Xuanhuang team played their last team match in the Water City tournament, winning easily and with all members on the field once again, defeating an opponent who had been eliminated early and had no will to fight.

the same day.

In the singles competition, Su Chen faced off against the Priestess Melvin, and after striking her in mid-air in less than a minute, he officially advanced to the next round ahead of schedule.

Xia He was the same; yet another poor summoner-style card player was mercilessly slaughtered by her.

"Rather than saying Xia He was lucky, it's more accurate to say that the conservative and comfortable atmosphere of the past led to a surge in the number of summoner-style card players," Yao Yi said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Human civilization has been at peace for a long time, so the stability maintenance and security wars that occur within the alliance territory are not taken seriously and do not even qualify as battles.

The lack of martial virtue naturally leads card players to adopt a more conservative playstyle, aiming to avoid injury as much as possible.

"During the glorious century-long expedition, martial arts-style card players once dominated the mainstream, and I look forward to seeing that day again," Yao Yi said with anticipation.

This prospect may need to be proven true.

Just when everyone was preoccupied with the changing world situation, a major event drew everyone to their television screens.

"A communication came from the Starry Sky Plane, located at the farthest edge of the First Realm. The plane's observation station clearly detected an unprecedentedly strong signal from the endless universe, indicating a super-large-scale prime plane that has never been recorded or discovered before."

"Currently, the trajectory of this unidentified primary plane is officially moving towards the Alliance's territory. Based on known intelligence, it can be identified as the Demon Realm!"

this moment.

The group of people watching on screen could no longer remain calm; their expressions turned serious.

Many people let out a long sigh.

"To be optimistic, the signals captured by the probes at the dimensional observatory are too far away. I estimate that we may not see them for decades," Professor Wu Zhongming said with a smile.

This is undoubtedly a generally accepted view.

The reason why doomsday theories are so easily refuted is precisely this: even if they do collide with a superplane with an extremely high level of threat, it is very difficult for them to meet. And even if their trajectories do indeed explode with bad luck and they collide in the future, it will still take an incredibly long period of decades.

But right now.

Everything has changed.

"The demons control the ritual of interfering with the trajectory of the plane. The entire demon realm has been transformed into their invincible warships, which are accelerating toward our territory. It won't take that long at all."

Teacher He Yun shook her head and sighed, "Even if there is a deviation along the way, the demonic offspring can adjust the trajectory, so the time will definitely be greatly reduced."

In this regard.

Teacher Wu Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and then, after realizing what he had just done, his face turned as bitter as a gourd.

No one can provide a specific timeframe.

The news also connected with offline events, conveying the views of several authoritative dimensional scholars.

"Due to the interference of the demonic ritual, we are unable to accurately calculate the trajectory of the plane. However, based on the current large-scale data model, I boldly predict that it will be at least ten years before the demonic realm approaches the edge of the alliance's territory."

This is a compromise.

Another leading scholar of astronomy has offered an extremely pessimistic view, suggesting that it may only take five years or less.

The most optimistic view comes from another facetist who gave a prediction of 20 years from now.

No matter how you look at it, the fact that a formidable enemy is at hand has been confirmed, and the situation has become increasingly urgent.

"Chairman Yao, we'll really need your help this time," Deputy Team Leader Lin joked at this point.

Before setting off, Yao Yi had joked that his old bones wouldn't last long enough for the arrival of the Demon Race. But now, no matter how you look at it, this renowned legendary card master will surely make it to that day.

“It seems that your generation will inevitably become the main force.” Yao Yi glanced at the group of children, a glimmer of hope appearing in his eyes.

That night.

There was some noise coming from outside the Orion Hotel.

Through the window, one could even vaguely see flames shooting into the sky.

There have been more disturbances outside. "The new government really likes to say everything."

Many people were optimistic that at least this generation would not experience war or witness the end of the world.

But after the dimensional observation station officially captured the enemy's main dimension, everything changed. This devastating news was enough to make people realize that everyone might become collateral damage to the world.

Florence, as one of the main sites of the humanist resurgence movement in the past, naturally experienced some unrest there.

Various so-called peace-loving people began to spontaneously take to the streets to demonstrate, and some religious figures even began to loudly proclaim the arrival of our Lord and that humanity will face the final judgment of the apocalypse, creating a very lively scene.

"It's time to start reflecting again." Cao Zhengdu chuckled.

Early the next morning.

One of the entrances to the Azure Arena was even vandalized with paint by unknown individuals.

The social divisions became apparent from this point on.

Previously, there were even peace activists who dared to break into military factories and disrupt production.

These days, competing in world-class venues is child's play.

It is certain that another group of people who have stepped forward will be arrested.

"The three-hour free time has been cancelled. Everyone should continue their internal training. Then, on the 16th, we will fly directly to the Divine Eagle Kingdom," Yao Yi said.

Having finally made it abroad, I should have had some free time to go out, but with the current unrest and widespread anxiety, there's no need to wander around aimlessly.

The team members had no objections.

The Orion Hotel has a wine cellar and a souvenir shop, making it convenient for tourists to purchase local specialties.

Su Chen spent hundreds of thousands of Alliance Coins to buy five bottles of wine from the wine cellar shop and sent them back to his hometown in Donghua City via express delivery.

And this morning.

He also used professional mental testing equipment to test his own mental strength.

"725 is possible!"

This result surprised Ms. He Yun, who was accompanying the group.

She was quite surprised by the progress of the other person's mental abilities.

It can only be said that the Elemental Mastery talent truly lives up to its reputation as a cultivation-type talent; with the spiritual gift of consuming ten times the resources, progress is indeed rapid.

Su Chen removed the mental ritual device, stood up from the cockpit, and said, "Today we can try to upgrade the Elemental Magic Weapon Card to the four-star level."

Teacher He Yun was even more taken aback.

Logically speaking, given the burden of carrying one's personal soul, an intermediate card master can typically contract around four four-star cards.

This is an average, and naturally it does not apply to those who are exceptionally gifted.

Therefore, the vast majority of world championship players generally have 5 four-star contract cards.

Currently, Su Chen only has Elemental Magic and Weapon Card, Elemental Field Card, and Elemental Bombardment Card, all at the three-star level. If he were to get another Contract Card to upgrade to four stars, theoretically it would indeed exceed the limit of his soul's capacity.

Failure to enhance meditation also carries risks.

At best, the material will be lost.

In severe cases, the contract card will collapse, and one's own spiritual consciousness will be damaged.

"Don't worry."

Su Chen glanced at Teacher He Yun, whose face showed worry, and then abandoned his humble tone, saying frankly, "I have received the inheritance of the Twilight Dragon, and my soul strength and life level have been greatly enhanced, so I will definitely be fine."

The Dragon's Legacy is the ultimate prize in the Ancient Dragon's Nest Secret Realm, and it's not exactly a secret.

Moreover, his innate soul strength is extraordinary, so attempting to get a sixth four-star card is no problem at all.

The initial plan was to advance to the rank of Senior Card Master before June.

Perhaps influenced by some external circumstances, he, who was increasingly eager for power, no longer needed to rely on the colorless divine card to advance steadily.

Soon.

Special-level researcher Duan Lianqing also learned of the news, as she and a logistics teacher were responsible for carrying the resource material cards of the team members.

"It was supposed to be in June, but I didn't expect it to be so early." Duan Lianqing sighed, but did not try to stop it.

Everything was already prepared.

Since the Elemental Magic series cards do not have a common effect, a stack of 30 material cards is naturally needed as enhancement materials.

Ten times the resources—this is clearly a massive undertaking.

The news quickly spread, and the players on the team suddenly felt pressured, but a strange sense of ease and security also arose. This powerful support was getting stronger and stronger.

"If Captain Su advances to the advanced card master level, he will need to master a brand new mental characteristic and his strength will also increase significantly, since he will be able to bind a new contract card." Tang Nianwei and the others couldn't help but sigh.

When the news reached Yao Yi and the others...

Deputy Team Leader Lin seemed rather anxious.

After the match against the host country that day, he strongly urged the president to submit an application to the General Association and the Ministry of Education, requesting increased resource investment in Su Chen.

If compliance with procedures is required, then the key points are as follows.
First, he should be added to the national strategic talent pool ahead of schedule. In the past, this required candidates to be at least 20 years old. However, in these extraordinary times, the requirements should be relaxed, and the organization is discussing this matter.

Second, at the alliance's suggestion, in order to deal with the future crisis in the demon realm, the superpowers have jointly drafted a 'Reinforce the Future' plan, one aspect of which is to increase investment in youth so that this generation can become a stronger backbone when the crisis comes.

Now that the main plane of the demon realm has been explored, it is very likely that the age range of the recipients of the reinforcement plan will be further adjusted.

Combining various factors
Deputy Team Leader Lin couldn't wait any longer. He said urgently, "To hell with the application process! At least with Su Chen's Contract Nine Cards, he should have received a Secret Card. By the time the approval comes through, the World Championship will be over. Under the wartime system, let's not be so rigid."

He wanted to act first and ask for permission later, like getting on the train first and buying the ticket later.

After a moment's thought, Yao Yi, the powerful vice president of the association, nodded and said, "No problem, I'll let the logistics department know first."

The matter is settled.

the other side.

"here we go."

After returning to his personal meditation room, Su Chen took out all the material cards from his card pack and laid them out in an arc in front of him.

If I'm not mistaken, due to the strength of his soul, he is unlikely to encounter any bottlenecks when advancing to the advanced card master level. It's very likely that after using up most of his material cards, he will smoothly and naturally enter the next stage thanks to the spiritual gift.

"This has a psychological effect."

"New Contract Card".

"as well as."

"Regarding the new talent traits of the Elemental Masters."

Didn't think much about it.

After sitting down and meditating, all his thoughts and distractions were eliminated. His mind was suddenly emptied, and his consciousness was elevated from the material realm to the vast ocean of his spiritual awareness.

(End of this chapter)