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Chapter 163 His cards are strange!
Unlike ordinary spectators who enjoy watching the excitement and not minding the drama.

All the clubs participating in the Dawn Cup conducted detailed technical analyses of the Kuangtie team's refreshing new tactics.

Especially since they will be facing Hou Zhijian and the Xiong brothers tomorrow, they are on high alert and dare not let their guard down. They have slowed down every single one of their movements several times over, breaking them down to the point where they can't be broken down any further, and racking their brains to find a way to break them down.

They also hired their own coaches and sparring partners to play the Xiong brothers, constantly unleashing powerful killing moves from the no-card style, such as the "dive takedown".

After pondering the matter until late into the night, the contestants had a better understanding of the situation.

Although the Kuangtie team performed well today, it was ultimately due to the fact that others were not familiar with them and were complacent.

In the upcoming matches, everyone will consider Kuangtie Team to be the most threatening team.

It won't be so easy to use a card reader to divert attention or to disguise the Bronze War Spirit as an "illusion jellyfish".

The players, who had been tense all night, could finally breathe a sigh of relief, take a break, and recharge their energy so they could teach the Kuangtie team a lesson tomorrow.

Several students from the Card Making Department of Liming College were still working late into the night.

They are all future stars obsessed with technology.

They are also audience members today.

I witnessed two powerful dive takedowns.

However, unlike ordinary viewers and the Spirit Masters involved in the game, their professional eye as Card Makers allowed them to keenly perceive what was hidden behind the diving and slamming maneuver.

Several students, each controlling a "Phantom Jellyfish" and a Bronze Battle Card, attempted to replicate the duel between Joe Cole and Xiong Chenghu.

However, it was unexpectedly discovered that, under normal circumstances, Joe Cole should not have fallen for the trick.

The mimicry ability of the "Illusion Jellyfish" has serious flaws and limitations.

As the spirit of iron, it cannot realistically simulate the spirit of bronze for an extended period of time.

Moreover, the "Twin Scorpions" are extremely ferocious magical creatures and should pose a great threat to lower creatures like the "Illusion Jellyfish".

The "Mirage Jellyfish" is an extremely frail and timid supernatural creature.

In fact, the reason it was able to evolve mimicry skills is so that it can disguise itself and escape in time when encountering natural enemies.

If the "Illusion Jellyfish" could stand up to the "Gemini Scorpion" for several minutes without revealing any weaknesses, it wouldn't just be a "Black Iron" class.

After several attempts, faced with the pressure of the Bronze War Spirit, the "Illusory Jellyfish" controlled by the students all showed severe distortion, blurring and ripples, just like a television screen that had been interfered with. They could only last for a dozen seconds before revealing their true form.

"There's no reason for that. Xiong Chenghu's 'Illusion Jellyfish' held off Joe Cole's 'Twin Scorpions' for at least three minutes without showing any weakness."

"Joe Cole is a veteran who has participated in two Dawn Cups, so he can't possibly not be able to distinguish between the Iron Spirit and the Bronze Spirit."

How exactly did he fall for it?

After much deliberation, the students concluded that Xiong Chenghu was a hidden expert in spirit control, capable of unleashing the power of a bronze card from a black iron card.

There's something strange about the sealed card.

"A master has enhanced Xiong Chenghu's Black Iron Card."

"The 'Illusion Jellyfish' was originally a very common civilian card, with many companies launching corresponding products, mainly used for business presentations and multimedia teaching. However, this unknown master greatly enhanced the civilian card's battery life, resilience, and the sophistication of its disguise, even adding a soul-protecting array. Upon suffering severe damage, it automatically severed the spiritual link between the guardian spirit and the spirit master!"

"This mysterious card-making expert is the key to Xiong Chenghu's victory!"

With this in mind, let's look back at Hou Zhijian's match.

To the students' surprise, Hou Zhijian's "Giant Sword" and "Great Rock Serpent" seemed to have been enhanced, becoming slightly stronger than in their normal state.

It was this seemingly insignificant improvement that led the opponent to misjudge Hou Zhijian's strength, resulting in the final defeat.

However, the structures of the "Giant Sword" and the "Great Rock Turtle" are more complex, and what tricks the mysterious card maker had played is not something these future card makers who have not yet graduated can easily see through.

The students posted their guesses online in a small, professional card-making forum.

This forum was exclusively for the card makers of Dawn City, and since it was late at night, there weren't many people online, so their speculations weren't taken seriously.

Among the few replies, an experienced industry insider raised a clear objection—the Kuangtie Club is not known for strengthening the sealing card, and half a month ago, most of the coaching and technical team was wiped out.

The current Kuangtie team doesn't even have a single official card maker, so how could they possibly make exquisite modifications to three sealing cards—"Illusion Jellyfish," "Giant Rock Turtle," and "Giant Sword"—which are produced by different companies, come from different eras, and have completely different levels and personalities?
"Making a Black Iron card perform as well as a Bronze card is more difficult than simply enhancing a Bronze card."

“I don’t doubt that there are people in Dawn City who possess such technology, but all the advanced card makers who possess this technology are in the three major Spirit Card Clubs, Dawn Academy, and Dawn Heavy Industry. How could they possibly be in the Kuang Tie Club and mixed up with the cardless style?”

This industry insider said dismissively.

The students looked at each other, but no one objected.

The post quickly sank to the bottom.

……

Besides the card-making students driven by curiosity, there were others who also couldn't sleep all night.

At midnight, the elite training room of the Shattered Star Club was still brightly lit.

Club owner Sheikh Kratt frowned, staring intently at the match highlights playing on the big screen.

The Xiong brothers' dive takedowns not only left their opponents dazed and confused, but also repeatedly struck his heart like cannonballs.

As one of the three high-level spirit card clubs in Dawn City.

The pressure faced by Shattered Star Club during the economic downturn far exceeded that of Crazy Iron Club.

Beneath the seemingly prosperous and thriving facade lie high operating costs and a precarious cash flow.

Sheikh Krat pulled out all the stops, risking his entire network and reputation built over decades of his career, and finally secured the support of Aurora Life, one of the four major card manufacturers. However, Aurora Life signed a performance-based agreement with him.

Unless Shattered Star Club makes groundbreaking progress in the Spirit Showdown in the next few seasons, it will not be able to receive additional investment from "Zhendan Life".

Otherwise, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, but you will also be burdened with huge debts, and decades of hard work will be destroyed in an instant.

They originally thought that by spending a fortune to poach Chu Zhifeng and forming a double insurance with "Golden Boy" Carlos, they could be completely safe.

The unexpected changes in the Kuangtie team made him feel vaguely uneasy.

(End of this chapter)