Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

Shen Yue actually wants to expel her best friend from the student council and invite Zhang Yun, that iron-casting kid, to join the student council. On what grounds?

That kid only knows the Iron Codex!

Chen Wu wanted to say something more, but when his gaze fell on Shen Yue's cool profile, he knew it was pointless to say anything...

This vice president is an ice queen; once she's made up her mind, no one can change it...

Chen Wu suddenly turned his head, his resentful gaze fixed on Zhang Yun on the stage, his fist clenching tightly.

They're all cast iron boys on stage!

If that kid hadn't knocked Li Ping unconscious with a sword, how could Li Ping have been expelled from the student council?

This is not over yet! How dare you harm your own best friend!

...

At this moment, Shen Yue's icy blue eyes reflected the young man standing with his sword in the arena, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up slightly.

His fingertips silently caressed the hilt of the rapier at his waist.

Zhang Yun's sword strike just now, from the start to the hit, had a trajectory as clean as a textbook demonstration, without a single unnecessary arc.

And it just happened to knock Li Ping unconscious, without causing too much damage.

The control of force was perfect.

That's definitely master-level swordsmanship, and it's mastery honed in real combat, not just fancy moves learned in the training ground.

As a summoner specializing in swordsmanship, Shen Yue naturally admired Zhang Yun and wanted to recruit him into her ranks.

She has made her decision: no matter how Zhang Yun performs with his card beast, she will invite him to join the student council!

...

At this moment, Chen Zhen was also observing Zhang Yun, amazed by his sword strike just now.

As a high-level summoner, Chen Zhen was a veteran of countless battles and could naturally see the formidable swordsmanship of Zhang Yun.

A student as skilled in swordsmanship as him, even if his beast is weaker, will have a bright future as long as he can improve his own rank.

This student is worth nurturing!

"Send a few people to carry Li Ping to the infirmary."

"Yes, Teacher Chen."

Several student leaders rushed up, lifted the still unconscious Li Ping onto a stretcher, and carried him away.

At this moment, Chen Zhen loudly announced:

"In the first round, the martial arts test, Zhang Yun won decisively and earned 20 points."

"Li Ping has been knocked unconscious and is unable to continue the challenge. Is there anyone willing to take Li Ping's place and test the card beast for Zhang Yun?"

"If no one can replace him, Zhang Yun can be directly promoted to Class S."

"I'll do it!"

Chen Wu seized the opportunity and strode out from the line of examiners.

Chen Zhen looked at him, about to say something, when Chen Wu spoke first to Zhang Yun on the stage:

"Junior Zhang Yun, your sneak attack on Li Ping just now was an unfair victory and doesn't show any skill."

"It would be unfair to all the junior students who participated in the assessment if you were directly promoted to Class S."

"Let me test your card beast. If your card beast can withstand 10 moves from my card beast, I believe no one will object to you entering Class S."

"how?"

[Holy crap, it's that idiot from before!]

[Don't hold back for a moment, let the skeleton hack and slash his monster to death!]

Even without the magic spirit's reminder, Zhang Yun recognized the birdman.

Just now at the registration desk, this guy spoke rudely. Zhang Yun wanted to beat him up, but the head of the teaching department scolded him away.

Now that he's jumping out to cause trouble again, he's determined to make things difficult for me, so Zhang Yun will naturally not let him off the hook!

Zhang Yun nodded and said, "Since you would like to offer your guidance, please come up on stage."

"Haha, great!"

Chen Wu strode towards the stage.

Chen Sheng looked at his nephew, his brows furrowing even more.

He certainly knew that Li Ping and Chen Wu were friends, and that Chen Wu's rise to power was mostly to stand up for his friend.

He also knew that Chen Wu's Silver Minotaur was a Tier 2, Stage 2 character with a combat power of 1,100 points. Against a junior student at the Iron level, it would be a crushing defeat.

If it were an ordinary student, Chen Sheng would naturally have stopped him.

But his nephew was standing up for his friend, and Chen Sheng, as his uncle, had some selfish motives, so he simply acquiesced.

With his hands behind his back, he addressed the two men, saying, "Both of you should know your limits and stop when you've made your move. Don't seriously injure your opponent's monster."

"Hehe, don't worry, Teacher Chen."

Chen Wu replied to Chen Zhen, then walked up to Zhang Yun with a gentle smile on his face.

"Hey junior, my name is Chen Wu. We just bumped into each other over by the campus wall, do you remember me?"

Zhang Yun nodded: "I remember."

"Haha, just remember that!"

Chen Wu laughed heartily and said, "By the way... I need to tell you something first. My Silver Minotaur has just been upgraded to Tier 2, Stage 2, and its condition is a bit unstable."

"I'll try my best to control it later and prevent it from hurting my junior's phantom beast."

"If you can withstand 10 moves from my Beast Card, I'll definitely recommend you to Teacher Chen for Class S. What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yun responded with a friendly smile: "What a coincidence, my card beast has also just been upgraded to Tier 1, Stage 5, and its condition is very unstable."

"If I lose control of it later and accidentally injure your monster, please forgive me, senior."

When Chen Wu saw Zhang Yun facing him directly and daring to act arrogantly so close to him, his eyes slowly narrowed.

"Hehe, junior, if I may ask... what kind of beast do you have? It's so powerful that it accidentally injured my second-tier Silver Minotaur?"

"Just an ordinary little skeleton," Zhang Yun said, pointing to the little skeleton beside him.

"Wow, it's a skeleton soldier!"

Chen Wu's gaze fell on the skeleton Kaka, feigning surprise, and exclaimed, "Impressive, junior! This skeleton soldier exudes extraordinary presence and a menacing aura. Could it also be a Silver-rank?"

"More or less..."

Chen Wu's eyes darted around, and he suddenly said, "Since they're both Silver-level, let's have a fair duel between Silver-level Card Beasts, shall we?"

"good!"

Without hesitation, Zhang Yun replied, "Then let them fight freely."

The moment those words were spoken, everyone in the room was stunned.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yun as if he were a fool.

A newbie in Iron Mage wants a fair duel with a Bronze Summoner, is he just asking for trouble?

A Tier 2, Stage 1 card beast has twice the combat power of a Tier 1, Stage 5 card beast of the same type. How do you defeat it?

Fearing that Zhang Yun would be taken advantage of, Zhou Na quickly stepped forward and called out, "Zhang Yun, don't agree to his request!"

"He's a Bronze Summoner, and his Card Beast is at least Tier 2. You're an Iron Summoner, and your Card Beast is only Tier 1, Stage 5!"

"The level difference between your card beasts is huge, it's completely unfair!"

"Test according to the rules, and stop when you've reached the point of exhaustion. Don't push things too hard!"

To be fair, the homeroom teacher was a nice person, but Zhang Yun didn't want to listen to her.

After all, his little skeleton baby is no pushover!

"Thank you for reminding me, I understand."

Zhang Yun gave a perfunctory reply and handed the longsword in his hand to the little skeleton: "Hehe, go ahead and show your strength."

Click-click—!

The little skeleton nodded, drew its sharp alloy longsword, and, standing on tiptoe, handed the scabbard to Zhang Yun.

Immediately, it waddled towards the center of the field with its short legs...

Seeing Zhang Yun fall into his trap, Chen Wu had already hastily retreated to the other side and summoned his Bronze Codex...