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Chapter 368 Let’s play cards!
Malu understood every word Gu Qingyi said, but when they were put together it always felt weird.

"Young man, have you never fought with anyone?" the middle-aged woman at the side also asked curiously.

"Ah? Fighting? Of course I have fought before." Malu said.

Although he served as a commander for a while in the second plane, he was the real main force in team battles in the first plane.

"Oh, stop nagging. You'll know after you hit me once." Gu Qingyi said as he swung out a palm and slapped Malu on the chest.

The millipede was unable to dodge and was hit by her.

The next moment, a magical thing happened. He was not injured. Instead, he was pulled back two steps by an invisible force and stood opposite Gu Qingyi.

Then he assumed a boxing stance, and his body involuntarily jumped left and right.

Gu Qingyi on the opposite side also drew out the long sword from his waist, made a sword flower, then stood on his right leg, raised his left leg, and held the sword across his head.

"Ah?" Before Malu could open his mouth to complain about this shameful posture, something even more bizarre happened the next moment. Dozens of cards flew out of his and Gu Qingyi's bodies respectively.

These cards were still emitting a faint glow, circling in the air, and then each fell into the card library area on the left hand side of the two people.

Then the three cards at the top flew into Malu's hand.

Malu looked carefully and saw that the three cards were Basic Boxing, Basic Boxing and Basic Blocking.

There is a little man on each opened card. The little man in the basic boxing style is swinging his fist, while the little man in the basic blocking style is raising his arms in a blocking posture.

Although they are just silhouettes, they are lifelike and if you look closely you can see that the size of the little man is almost the same as that of a millipede.

In addition to the excellent paintings, there is also a lot of information on the cards.

Let’s still take basic boxing as an example.

There is a layer in the upper left corner of this card, which is easy to understand. It should mean that Malu’s basic boxing skills have only been practiced to the first level, and Malu estimates that the first level should be the lowest level.

There is a big 0 in the upper right corner, and there is a line of description below the card.

——Swing your fist with all your strength, power 1.

In addition to the cards, there are two translucent figures on the left and right of Milliard. The figure on the left is red, with his hands reaching up to the sky and a number 12 on his head.

The blue man on the right hand side is sitting cross-legged, with dim meridians and a number above his head - 0.

Gu Qingyi on the opposite side was in a similar situation as him, also holding three cards in her hand, with a little man on each side, but Malu couldn't see what cards she had in her hand.

Gu Qingyi said at this time, "This time I took the initiative to attack, so I can choose the battle mode. I decided to adjust the battle mode to sparring, so that neither you nor I will get hurt.

"Also, I'm investigating a case in secret, so it's not convenient for me to show off my skills in front of others. So I set the spectator mode for this battle to be private. This way, our battle won't be seen by others."

Malu turned his head to look at He Qisheng and the people from Xingtong Escort Agency standing beside him, and found that they had indeed withdrawn their gazes.

I couldn't help but wonder, "Can't they see us now?"

"No, we didn't disappear. We just entered a decisive battle state. In this state, a thick fog will block our three-meter radius. No one else can enter, and they can't harm the two parties in the decisive battle by any means."

"Eh... who made this rule?" "Who made it?" Gu Qingyi looked at Malu with a strange look in her eyes. "Your question is very strange, because it has been like this for thousands of years. If you insist on saying who made it, then it can only be attributed to the way of heaven, just like birth, aging, sickness and death, there is no reason why."

"Is this so?"

Malu could probably understand what was going on in this plane. Here, the concept of normal fighting was completely replaced by playing cards. Even those martial arts masters were no exception. All the martial arts they practiced were turned into decks of cards.

It also made them all become masters of playing cards.

Of course, from a philosophical perspective, it could also be that the normal concept of playing cards on Earth has been replaced by fighting, but that’s not important.

The important thing is to adapt to local customs and recite scriptures according to the temple you enter.

Malu perked up. He had been to many dimensions and was now able to accept new settings faster than others. Besides, when it came to playing cards, he wasn't sleepy anymore.

Although he is not a super master, he is still a veteran card player.

I have played many card games, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Shadowverse, Hearthstone... I have played them all, and I feel that I am quite talented in this area.

After understanding the general rules, he confidently said to Gu Qingyi, "You play your cards first."

"Okay." Gu Qingyi didn't waste any words. She waved her hand and two rays of light flew out from the deck and landed in her hands.

Then Gu Qingyi played one of the cards.

——Bao Yuan Jue.

"This is my... well, Iron Clothes Sect's mental card. I have only cultivated it to the second level. The effect is to increase 4 points of true energy and 4 points of parry. The unused true energy can be accumulated to the next round as long as it does not exceed the upper limit, and the parry is only effective in this round."

After Gu Qingyi finished speaking, the 0 on the head of the transparent blue man on her right hand side turned into a 4.

Afterwards, Gu Qingyi played another card—Iron Chains Across the River.

"This is the fourth move of the self-defense card Iron Armor Skill - Iron Lock Across the River. I have cultivated it to the third level, which increases the parry value by 3 points. In addition, I chose to consume 4 point of true energy to activate the additional effect of this card, increasing its parry value to 1 points.

"Adding the 4 points of parry provided by Bao Yuan Jue before, my parry now becomes 14 points."

As Gu Qingyi finished speaking, the red figure on her left changed. A +63 appeared behind the number 14 representing the blood volume, but this +14 was flashing all the time.

This means that this is a temporary effect for one round. In addition, the number above the blue man's head on her right side has also changed, from 4 to 3.

Her personal demonstration gave Malu a more intuitive understanding of the functions of the two transparent men, one red and one blue. To put it simply, one is the health bar and the other is the blue bar.

If the health bar is gone, you will naturally lose, but the blue bar representing true energy can be used to perform more powerful moves or activate certain additional effects. It is equivalent to the fee in the card game and is easy to understand.

For example, in this Iron Lock Across the River, Gu Qingyi used 1 point of true Qi to increase its parry effect from the original 4 points to 10 points.

Malu then looked at the basic boxing skills in his hand. Well, the power was only 1 point, which meant that he had to use at least 14 punches to break Gu Qingyi's defense.

Looking at Gu Qingyi's 63 health points, Malu found another bright spot.

(End of this chapter)