Card Master: My Special Feature - Choose One of Three

Although Bai Miao forcibly extracted the beetle phantom from Li Xun, he was, after all, only a second-tier card master.

A momentary burst of power can draw away the beetle phantom, but it cannot control it.

The veins on Bai Miao's arms bulged, his knuckles turned white, and the fishing rod was slowly pulled from his hands.

The burst of wind and thunder is astonishing, but it cannot be used continuously.

Having already used the Wind and Thunder Benefit once, Bai Miao's spiritual energy was depleted, and he was barely maintaining the [Fate Deception - Fishing Rod] by relying on the Thunder and Wind.

"I'm losing control of it! I need to find a way to kill the beetle I just caught!"

Bai Miao's ears were bright red, and the skin on his neck was taut.

"【Double Swords of Gold Splitting】-The Dance of Shattered Gold Swords".

Yin Changfeng's spiritual pressure surged dramatically, and the golden light of his twin swords shone brightly. The two swords transformed into two wildly dancing dragons, slashing at the beetle phantom that was pulling on Bai Miao's fishing rod.

Wei Liang unleashed the [Hundred Crack Fist], punching the air in front of him several times, creating a series of crackling sounds as he unleashed a barrage of spiritual energy from a distance.

"【Falling Star Sword】-Starry Sky Sword Formation, kill."

Li Xun forcibly channeled his spiritual energy and activated the [Falling Star Sword], sending six longswords shimmering with starlight towards the end of the fishing line.

"Chirp—"

The three attacked together, and the black insect phantom cried out in pain as it broke free from Bai Miao's control and burrowed into the swarm of black beetles.

Pink Ball transforms back into a cat, its form ethereal, as if it might disappear at any moment.

The beetle swarm coalesced into a humanoid form once more, its inorganic black eyes flashing with chilling killing intent.

"You cannot kill my main body," the insectoid said in a statement. "Danger has been averted. Entering target annihilation mode."

The black insects surged into the insect carapace's body, and the insect carapace, which was originally the height of an ordinary person, suddenly grew to six or seven meters in size. Its limbs transformed into sharp insect limbs covered with an insect carapace, and two sharp mouthparts protruded from its mouth.

Large red lotus flames fell from the sky, turning into a rain of fire.

The scorching heat burns the black insects that roam freely within the territory, melting their limbs.

The crimson lotus flames bloomed in profusion, and in these magnificent flames, the bodies of the insects, along with all the black beetles in the spiritual realm, were burned to ashes.

Dressed in a red dress, Yun Chuxiu stood in mid-air, even more intense than the blazing red lotus of karmic fire.

She swooped down like a shooting star and landed in front of Bai Miao.

This was the first time Yun Chuxiu had seen Bai Miao in such a disheveled state. His face was pale, his arms were trembling, and a large patch of blood had spread across his abdomen.

The insect shell was burned by karmic fire, the spiritual realm dissipated, and the spiritual pressure plummeted. She dialed a phone.

"The medical team will be on standby immediately to treat the injured."

Before Jiang Nianqing went to the capital, she specifically instructed her to take care of Bai Miao, in case anything happened to him.

Recalling Jiang Nianqing's angry appearance, Yun Chuxiu felt a chill run down her spine.

The medical staff quickly placed Bai Miao on a stretcher.

"Director Yun, I have already taken the life-saving medicine, and my wounds have mostly healed."

Even though Bai Miao said that he had already taken the life-saving potion and was no longer in any serious condition, Yun Chuxiu still demanded that he undergo a thorough examination.

Li Xun, who was lying on the ground unable to move even his fingers and breathing weakly, finally received treatment from the medical department staff.

He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the medical staff treated him with significantly less care and gentleness than they had when they treated Bai Miao.

"Lie still, don't look around or move around. You know your own body's condition."

Seeing the medical card specialist take out the restraints, Li Xun obediently lay down, no longer daring to move or think wildly.

In the Secret Service Medical Department's ward, Bai Miao lay in bed resting at the request of the medical card specialist.

Bai Miao's body still suffered a great burden after overdrawing his spiritual energy several times in a short period of time, even with Lei Fengheng's support.

If it weren't for the excellent physical foundation that the "Harmony of Spirit and Flesh" provided for Bai Miao, he would have been overwhelmed long ago.

"Sister Yun, I suspect that the insect armor has not been completely eliminated. When I separated him from Li Xun, I found that the number of fate threads on his body was too small."

The last time something like this happened was with Huang Jing's Ghost Serpent.

Bai Miao lay on the hospital bed, feeling somewhat uncomfortable; he wasn't used to the feeling of being in a hospital bed.

He liked the warm, fuzzy feel of the sheets after they had been dried in the sun.

The hospital beds in the medical ward were clean and odorless, yet they exuded a sickly coldness.

Fen Yuan and Xi Xi Ha Ha also disliked the hospital bed, snuggling in Bai Miao's arms and refusing to get down.

Yun Chuxiu stood by the hospital bed and breathed a sigh of relief after carefully confirming with the medical card specialist that Bai Miao had no hidden injuries.

"Your colleagues in the intelligence department will continue to investigate this matter. The most important thing for you now is to get plenty of rest."

Not only Bai Miao, but even Yun Chuxiu was surprised that Bai Miao, who was known for his laziness, would one day be forced to take a break.

"Li Xun was bewitched by Xiao Mingzhe, but fortunately you reported the situation to the bureau in time, preventing a major disaster."

Xiao Mingzhe's method of influencing Li Xun was so subtle that even medical card masters could not detect anything amiss when examining his spiritual energy and physical body.

How did you discover that Xiao Mingzhe had controlled Li Xun?

"This is hard to explain, Sister Yun," Bai Miao's eyes flashed with a dark golden light, and Yun Chuxiu noticed that his pupils had turned into a dark golden cross star, just like the pink ball.

"I saw a dark, beetle-like phantom crawling on Li Xun, intertwining with his fate."

Bai Miao's method is not applicable; it directly examines the situation from the perspective of entangled fates, which is extremely crude.

Yun Chuxiu knew that Bai Miao's cards had extremely strong tracking abilities, but she didn't expect that he also had such strong detection abilities.

According to the bureau's records, Bai Miao's card potential rating is A, which is the same level as Li Xun's [Falling Star Sword].

Based on Bai Miao's demonstrated strength, his cards clearly have potential far exceeding that of A-rank cards.

Since Jiang Nianqing, the Shenzhou Alliance has not produced a single card master with card potential reaching S level for nearly ten years.

Yun Chuxiu believes that Jiang Nianqing did this to protect Bai Miao.

The fact that the Jiang family already has an S-level Jiang Nianqing is already quite remarkable. The emergence of another Bai Miao would be more of a curse than a blessing for both the Jiang family and Bai Miao.

"Once you've rested, go through everyone in the bureau and find those who are being controlled."

Yun Chuxiu is very busy. As the director of the Special Operations Bureau, he needs to coordinate Special Operations Bureau agents to participate in the River Lantern Festival and maintain the daily spiritual realm cleanup in Yujiang City.

She left the ward quickly after assigning Bai Miao his tasks.

Not long after Yun Chuxiu left, Xia Yuebai and Lü Dantong pushed open the door and walked in.

"I heard you suffered a serious injury," Xia Yuebai said, her gaze falling on the white gauze wrapped around Bai Miao's abdomen. Her fingertips, wisps of spiritual energy from the [Transcendental Being] technique, brushed across Bai Miao's wound.

After confirming that Bai Miao's injury was not serious, her expression was somewhat unnatural, as if she was worried but did not want Bai Miao to find out.

"I've told you to be careful so many times, but you didn't listen. Now you're seriously injured and you know what pain is."

"It really hurts. I've never felt so much pain in my life."

Bai Miao recalled the sword wound to his abdomen and was filled with lingering fear.

"Without the life-saving medicine you gave me, my wounds probably wouldn't have healed so quickly."