Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

"Of course, I am currently in the freest period of my life."

"What about the new book?"

"I don't know, I've never thought about that question."

"You lazybones! Sequels are so easy to make!"

"Forgive me, I don't know how to write next. Am I supposed to write about the daily life of the nameless swordsman of Southern Qin? I really can't imagine what that would be like. It can't just be him playing cards every day, can it?"

Nephalem suddenly coughed violently, and he gave Zhao Yunxian a strange look, which caught her attention.

"what happened?"

"No...it's nothing."

The four took their seats and skillfully drew their identity cards. Zhao Yunxian, the lord, was the first to reveal his general.

God? King of the Black Dragons...

(Those who have forgotten the skills can read the long reviews; some readers have already compiled statistics, so I won't repeat them here.)

The Black Dragon King is a typical general who develops over a long period and then unleashes a powerful burst of power. His skill mechanics make him impossible to defeat quickly. His "Devouring Heaven" skill is widely regarded as the "most brainless skill in history." However, people have to admit that this skill does have a certain degree of synergy. The Black Dragon Emperor wanted to conquer the world in one fell swoop, but "the late emperor's great undertaking was not yet half completed when he encountered an unnamed swordsman from Southern Qin," and thus, his efforts were in vain.

To defeat the Black Dragon King, you can only choose generals with strong card-playing abilities. Ideally, you should be able to kill the loyalist and the inner circle, leaving none in your hand. This makes the Black Dragon King a lamb to the slaughter... but the Black Dragon King's loyalist and the inner circle will certainly understand this. So, this is where everyone's general selection skills are tested.

Ying Qin was looking at the generals at the pass... He quickly gave up on some of them because their faces were too plain.

There are only three remaining choices.

The first is Ying Qin Guan's destined general, the nameless swordsman of Southern Qin... This general's personal abilities are useless if he doesn't become a loyalist; his ultimate skill is unchanging, making him a weak general in Southern Qin. However, he can occasionally be surprisingly effective. Some lords might choose to sacrifice themselves upon seeing him. Therefore, he can be considered a surprise tactic as a rebel, but overall, it's not recommended.

The second military commander is named 'Shan'.

'Shan' is not a name, but a catchphrase of this person. He likes to say 'Shan'. His real name is unknown, so he is called 'Shan'. He is a strategist of the Black Dragon Empire and one of only two generals of the Black Dragon Empire in this era to enter the Time-Space Kill.

The card depicts a handsome man sitting in front of a chessboard amidst a peach blossom grove. A peach blossom floats on a wine jar beside him. The man sitting opposite the chessboard reveals only a corner of his clothing, on which is tattooed the head of a black dragon.

【good】

Era: Modern

Physical strength: 3/5

[Optimal Optimization]: Once per turn during your play phase, you may draw x+1 cards and then discard x cards, where x is the number of cards in your hand plus the number of equipment cards.

(The choices I make are always the right ones)

One of the strongest card-wielding generals in the game "All Time and Space Kill," and quite effective against the Black Dragon Emperor's Devouring Heaven. However, with only three health and no defense, and being a counter-general, he's a bit difficult for Ying Qin Guan in position five, and also heavily reliant on hand size, as he can be countered by the Black Dragon Emperor's Royal Authority. The two are mutually restraining, not one-sided. But overall, the Black Dragon Emperor is definitely stronger.

Ying Qin Guan hesitated for a moment, then looked at the third general.

[SP Ye Jiaofang]

A general doesn't necessarily have only one card. For example, the God of War and the Black Dragon Emperor can fight a 7v7 Holy Grail War. The former has many cards because of his fame and strength, while the latter has many cards because he covers too many fields and has achieved results in all of them.

The term SP usually refers to a general during a specific period of time. For example, if Ying Qin Guan were to release an SP version, it might be SP? Poor Country Boy? Ying Qin Guan.

This SP version of Ye Jiaofang depicts a period before he became invincible. He carries a sword case on his back and leads a horse across the wilderness, clearly traveling the world.

[SP Ye Jiaofang]

Era: Ancient

Stamina: 5

[Ten Ultimate Martial Arts]: At the start of the game, you draw any number of cards and gain all of them as equipment cards. Continue this process until you have obtained 5 equipment cards. After that, discard any other cards drawn in this way.

You gain 3 additional equipment slots, which can only be used to equip weapons and armor.

[Unarmed]: You can convert equipment cards into any attribute and kill them from an unlimited distance. Kills made in this way do not count towards the number of uses.

【Sweeping Momentum】: When you have 2 or more equipment cards in your equipment zone, your Kill can target two more targets.

【Perfect Counter】: When you do not discard or lose cards during your discard phase, you may draw the same number of cards. You may not draw more than x+3 cards in this way each turn, where x is the number of cards in your equipment zone.

(I've learned it...it's mine now!)

The focus of the original "Fengshen Ye Jiaofang" card is on his mastery of martial arts, while the focus of the SP Ye Jiaofang card is clearly on weapons. Martial arts and weapons are obviously more important, and taken alone, the overall theme is quite ordinary. However, when placed together with the original "Fengshen Ye Jiaofang" card, the theme immediately becomes much stronger.

Ying Qin Guan was torn between the last two cards, unsure which one to choose... Both were good options, but neither seemed quite sufficient to defeat the Black Dragon Emperor.

While Ying Qin Guan was still struggling with his decision, everyone covered their own generals and began urging Ying Qin Guan onward.

He was about to pick one at random when Nephalem suddenly spoke up, saying, "If your opponent isn't alone, you won't be alone either... Believe in yourself."

Ying Qin Guan was slightly taken aback, then a thought struck him, and he made a decision, stamping his general card.

Everyone turned it over together, and Zhao Yunxian was the first to look at Ying Qin Pass... it was the nameless swordsman from Southern Qin.

She immediately gave a "Holy crap, what the hell did you pick?" look. The Black Dragon Emperor is one of the most difficult generals to kill. If Ying Qin Guan is her loyal subject, she'll be in jail for life. Because the Black Dragon needs a Lantern Loyalist, that is, a loyal subject with strong individual abilities, or at least a Dreadlord with the ability to hoard cards. Picking a simple Qin general... it just shows that the two are really incompatible. If Ying Qin Guan is...

Just as she was thinking this, she saw the Nephalem warriors.

The card depicts a woman dressed in red, whose features are obscured.

【sp Beauty】

Era: Age of Gods

Physical strength: three

【Creating a God】: Limited skill. Activated on generals other than yourself. If that general has any other forms such as 'SP', 'Star', 'World', or 'God', you are allowed to choose one of them to replace your general (cannot be the same as a general on the field). If you do not have any other forms or do not choose a replacement, you draw three cards and increase your maximum health by one.

【Sublimation】: Awakening Skill. During the preparation phase, if you have already used "God Creation", you can choose a character to be considered as meeting the awakening conditions. If the character does not have an awakening skill or does not choose to awaken, draw three cards and increase the maximum health by one.

(Are you ready to save the world?)

Chapter 72 Awakening is not the end

On Ying Qin Pass's side, they were indeed rebels.

The Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin is a very special general. Judging from his skills, he's practically useless if he's not a loyal subject. However, sometimes, if the lord is a special general, he can be used to bait the enemy. For example, a legendary general who can gain two cards with one health point. In extreme cases, he can even be used as a spy, usually surviving to the end and fighting the lord 1v1. Although he's a blank slate, if the lord is also a blank slate, he might still be viable.

Take Black Dragon Emperor for example... This is a top-tier Immovable White with an extremely long development cycle. Before awakening, it has almost no output ability, and its output opportunity is only one wave, and it also depends on what cards the other party has left in their hand. Theoretically speaking, in the end, Black Dragon Emperor is not even as good as Immovable White - at least Immovable White still has equipment slots.

Therefore, in Zhao Yunxian's view, Ying Qin Guan's identity is possible... especially since there is an SP beauty in the field who can awaken Ying Qin Guan in two rounds. Ying Qin Guan is in position five, and SP beauty is in position three, which means that Ying Qin Guan can awaken directly in the second round.

The awakened nameless swordsman of Southern Qin... can only be described as a monster in team battles.

"Hopefully they're not in cahoots..."

In a five-player game, only when there are two rebels will Neferpitou help Ying Qin Guan awaken. However, both of these generals are disastrous choices for rebels, so the possibility is probably slim.

Zhao Yunxian then looked at the generals chosen by the two from the Yorozuya. Shenxin had chosen a melee general who didn't rely on being supported and had some card-drawing ability, while Yu Xietian had chosen a staking general who could hoard cards. Both of these generals were considered to be loyal to the Black Dragon. Shenxin was more loyal, but in this case...

"So, they're the rebels?"

The game "Time and Space Kill" originally used identity as a major selling point. However, over the years, more and more generals have been released, and the synergy and counter-relationships have become more obvious. As a result, in many cases, one can determine the identity just by looking at the general's face. This is really not a good thing. It has deviated from the essence of this card game of intrigue and has become a game of who can be more cunning and ruthless.

At the start of the game, Zhao Yunxian had no weapon and couldn't reach the Nephalem, so she could only camp and wait... In a game where the Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin can awaken, the traitor is practically useless. If the two from the Yorozuya weren't stupid, they should have focused their attacks on the Nephalem, SP Red Beauty, a fragile character with only three health and no defense, who was targeted by three people. Logically, she shouldn't have survived to the second round, but Zhao Yunxian and Yu Xietian are both professional campers, and Shen Xin is in the fourth position, meaning they only have one round left. Whether they can kill her is uncertain.

The second player is Yu Xietian, who attacked Nephalem, but the attack was dodged. He then chose to wait in the pit. He has a big Biyue card, and the cards that Biyue brings can be distributed. One of the kill cards was given to Shenxin, and one of the attack cards was given to Zhaoyunxian. The rebels were immediately under great pressure.

When it was Nephalem's turn, without hesitation, he activated the God Creation. Ying Qin Guan naturally did not change his general and chose to draw cards.

When it came to Shenxin, he really went all out, using a powerful spear attack, a wine-based kill, and a cleaver with added damage, taking three hits in one strike. Fortunately, Ying Qin Guan managed to save him... but that was all. When it was his turn, he symbolically dealt Shenxin a hit, and that was it.

After that, Zhao Yunxian and Nephalem each stabbed Nephalem. Nephalem was the ultimate villain. He didn't have any peaches himself, nor did he ask Ying Qin Guan if he had any beforehand. He held onto his dagger and didn't let go. Later, he managed to defend against Yu Xietian's wine attack.

"It wasn't easy to get here..." When it was Nephalem's turn, he shook his head, gave the Ascension to Ying Qin Guan, and then it was taken away by Shen Xin.

"ended."

Nephalem flipped over his identity card, and sure enough, he was a traitor. Now everything was clear. At this point in the game, the rest was just garbage time. The wave when the Black Dragon Emperor awakened was called the desperate wave. Even the God of War was countered because he couldn't compete when his identity was taken away. Only the nameless swordsman from Southern Qin...

These two generals are the most clearly countered generals in the recent installments of Time and Space Kill. The design is incredibly ingenious. The Black Dragon Emperor's Devouring Heaven skill is a Lord skill. In other words, only when this general is the Lord will he be in his true, complete form.

Secondly, among the nameless swordsmen of Southern Qin, only loyal subjects can usually become fully transformed.

The two generals were utterly incompatible. The nameless swordsman from Southern Qin was simply incapable of being a loyal subject of the Black Dragon. Even if he were, their interests would align due to their different statuses, preventing them from becoming enemies. Furthermore, the nameless swordsman's awakening required special conditions; even if he fought recklessly regardless of his status, they would never be able to clash at their peak. In other words, the Black Dragon Emperor would never encounter the nameless swordsman from Southern Qin, nor would he suffer that inexplicable Waterloo.

However, there are always some generals who can directly awaken... SP Beauty, a general from ancient times, was originally used to cooperate with the God of War. The God of War has several cards, and the strongest one is of course the God of War? The God of War, which also has an awakening skill, directly promoting the original version of the God of War to the top spot in non-event arenas... However, as so many generals are gradually released, there will always be more suitable and stronger combinations.

For example, the nameless swordsman from Southern Qin who awakened.

Just like now, the nameless swordsman of Southern Qin has awakened.

A genuine team battle monster, a team battle weapon that can wreak havoc even if you just charge into the event arena.

This is itself a kind of... teasing, mockery, or rather, persecution of the Black Dragon Emperor by the Time-Space Killing Company.

See, I designed this specifically for you to ensure you're unlikely to encounter the nameless swordsman from Southern Qin under normal circumstances. But if you do encounter him anyway, don't blame yourself for being powerless to fight back.

Yes, the Black Dragon Emperor is utterly powerless against the Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin. His skill design completely overwhelms and counters the Black Dragon Emperor. For example, the Black Dragon Emperor's awakening skill, Devouring Heaven, which is hailed as the 'most brain-dead design,' can take away all of the Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin's cards. However, with the existence of 'Unyielding Will,' the Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin can continuously replenish his cards. Not to mention the skill 'Overlord of Southern Qin,' where the Black Dragon Emperor can use 'Royal Authority' to transfer damage or make others give him cards. But is this useful? For the awakened Nameless Swordsman of Southern Qin, giving him cards is merely a minor form of countermeasure.

Therefore, the Nephalem genius would say such a thing... He believed it was over, and the remaining games were just garbage time.

However, Zhao Yunxian held a different opinion.

"Is it over...? Maybe not. He's still at full health, not even at his strongest, and besides..."

Zhao Yunxian tapped the general card of Yu Xietian.

"This isn't a one-man game, it's not a one-on-one fight between us. This one is about to awaken too."

Chapter Seventy-Three: Waiting

Some victories can be determined simply by looking at the generals. Although the term "miracle" exists, a miracle is a miracle precisely because it never happens.

However, this is not a one-man game. The current situation can be described as a three-on-one battle, and Ying Qin Guan's biggest disadvantage is that he is at full health.

The nameless swordsman of Southern Qin is a warrior who grows stronger the more wounded he becomes. Although being left with low health is inevitable most of the time, he ultimately doesn't have the initiative like Ji Li.

It doesn't matter if we don't have the initiative. Neither Shenxin's little cleaver nor Zhaoyunxian's Black Dragon Emperor is qualified to break through Ying Qin's defenses. The problem is Yu Xietian... this is an event card.

In the card, a man with his upper body naked and wearing a grass skirt around his lower body walks out of a dark cave.

【古】

Era: Age of Gods

Stamina: 7

[Wait]: At the end of your turn, if the damage you have dealt this turn is not less than x, you will draw y cards from your hand, where x is the health you have lost and y is your current health. You can then distribute the cards you have drawn in this way as you wish.