As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 150 Super Flash Card!
Xiong Rulong felt that he was very likely, no, 100% certain, to be hit by Xu Yan's elbow.

If Xu Yan hadn't held back, that ferocious elbow strike would have torn his eyeballs apart, filling his eye sockets with blood and causing him to lose most of his left-side vision and combat ability.

Xiong Rulong swallowed hard, and looking at Xu Yan's nonchalant smile, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Hou Zhijian, who has more practical experience, saw more of the tricks of the trade.

Are Xu Yan's scythe sweep and elbow strike powerful?
It's impressive, but not quite divine. Both I and the Xiong brothers can perform it, and we're confident we can do it even more smoothly and powerfully.

After all, these are classic moves from the no-card strategy.

However, Hou Zhijian felt that if he were to use these two moves on Xiong Chenghu, he would definitely not be able to achieve the same effect.

Because of the card reader.

Just now, at least half of Xiong Chenghu's attention was focused on Xu Yan's card reader, trying to capture the moment when the components inside the card reader vibrated, the rune array on the sealing card flashed, and the ripples of the remnant soul spread out.

As a result, I got infected.

"Xu Yan never intended to summon a guardian spirit from the beginning; he used a cardless technique from start to finish!"

Hou Zhijian vaguely felt that he had grasped the key point, and deep in his mind, a rusty door was violently smashed open.

Xiong Chenghu saw a glimmer of light through his fingers.

The wound was located below his eye socket, and the blood did not obstruct his vision, so he quickly realized that his eyeball was unharmed.

The fifteen-year-old boy was both ashamed and embarrassed, his cheeks flushed red, and he blurted out, "You cheated!"

"Any questions?"

Xu Yan smiled, "At first, I just waved the card reader in my hand at you and inserted the sealing card into the card slot. I didn't say that I was going to use my guardian spirit to compete with you!"

"Even if I told you, things can change in an instant on the battlefield. Your pressure is too strong, so I don't have time to activate the sealing card. I'm forced to use my fists and feet to finish the fight. That won't do either."
"As far as I know, most of the Spirit Control Tournaments of the Heroic Spirit Alliance do not stipulate how many sealing cards a contestant can use. As long as they are not explicitly prohibited evil spirit cards and the contestant's life force can support them, zero to one hundred cards are all within the rules."

Xiong Chenghu opened his mouth.

But they didn't know how to refute it.

"I've watched videos of our club's past competitions, and there's one thing I really don't understand: why don't you guys wear a card reader on your wrists?"

Xu Yan continued, "In our wilderness area, even if the sealing card is damaged and the guardian spirit cannot be summoned, people will still tie the card reader firmly to their arms and insert the damaged sealing card into the slot at all times."

"Even if the card reader is completely broken, we will try to piece together a replica from scrap metal so that everyone can see it clearly."

"It's like a broken sword that hasn't been drawn, or a gun that's run out of bullets. You may know it's not very useful, but how would the enemy know?"
"As long as the enemy's attention is drawn, even if only for half a second, your opportunity will come."

Xiong Chenghu retorted, "Because we're a cardless streamer!"

It's only natural that cardless data transfer doesn't require a card reader, isn't it?
Xu Yan shrugged.

"That's why I say that sticking to the rules from thousands of years ago and not trying to make any changes is hopeless for no-card streaming!"
"Fine, seeing how indignant you look, can't we still play? Shall we have another round? This time I promise I'll activate the sealing card!"

Xiong Chenghu's eyes widened.

Having cultivated the "no-card" technique since childhood, his body's recovery speed was several times that of ordinary people, and fighting with injuries was commonplace for him. He applied some of his homemade medicinal gel to his wounds, stuck on a footprint, and punched himself twice on the head: "Again!"

This time he became more cautious.

In addition to keeping a close eye on Xu Yan's card reader, they also kept a close watch on Xu Yan's feet and elbows.

After several rounds of probing, Xu Yan created some distance, waved his arms, and activated the sealing card.

Xiong Chenghu charged forward again.

The speed was slightly slower than before, by half a beat.

A subtle smile curved his lips; he felt he had seen through Xu Yan's literary trap.

It says the sealed card will definitely be activated, but it doesn't say when it will be activated.

By knocking himself to the ground and then reactivating himself, he wasn't lying, was he?
Therefore, he preferred to wait until Xu Yan completed most of the summoning gestures and sensed the fluctuations of the remnant soul from the card reader before pushing his speed and power to the limit.

"With Brother Xu's strength, it would take him at least one second to summon the Bronze Spirit."

"Even if I give him half a second, he still has a full half second to unleash his most ferocious attack."

"In the worst-case scenario, Brother Xu and 'Crystal Slime' spend so much time together that they develop feelings for each other, and their bond greatly speeds up the summoning process. Even if that happens, it doesn't matter. We'd rather let Brother Xu summon 'Crystal Slime' than fall into their trap so easily!"

Xiong Chenghu noticed that the green indicator light on Xu Yan's card reader was flashing at a high frequency.

I also truly sensed the remnants of the past, like invisible flames burning, interfering with the life magnetic field.

"It's now!"

With legs like exploding explosive charges, Xiong Chenghu unleashed astonishing power, like a rampaging human armored vehicle, crushing Xu Yan mercilessly.

Then, he saw a ball of light, like a supernova explosion, shoot out from Xu Yan's card reader.

The milky-white sphere of light expanded instantly, engulfing the entire field of vision, causing his pupils to contract frantically, his eyeballs to twitch wildly, and all he could see was white light; he couldn't see anything at all!

Before Xiong Chenghu could even scream, his balance was disrupted again by the scythe.

Fortunately, Xu Yan did not follow up with an elbow strike this time. He simply let Xu Yan fall to the ground in a flustered manner, covering his eyes and letting tears and snot stream down his face.

"It's nothing, just a flash. Your vision will return to normal in half a minute to a minute."

Xiong Chenghu listened to Xu Yan's patient explanation, "I didn't use 'Crystal Slime,' but the Black Iron Civilian Card [Firefly] used in the club for emergency lighting. Of course, I enhanced and modified 'Firefly,' engraving several offensive rune arrays to increase its maximum output. At the cost of sacrificing the number of uses and time, I increased the instantaneous brightness by several hundred times, turning a lighting card into a flash card."

"But in essence, it still belongs to the category of Black Iron civilian cards, and its summoning speed is much faster than that of Bronze battle cards."

"I remember that, in order to encourage innovation, the Spirit Mastery Competition does not prohibit contestants from making reasonable modifications to the sealing cards, is that right?"

Xiong Chenghu gradually regained his sight.

Staring in disbelief at the slightly reddish sealed card in Xu Yan's hand, which seemed to be tethered by an invisible fishing line and was bouncing lightly.

(End of this chapter)