Elemental Card King.

Chapter 128 The Day the Competition Begins: A Perfect Debut
All dissent was quelled with just one battle.

Su Chen and Xia He each secured their spots as seeded players within their respective teams.

These three days were basically all for cultivation.

By the 7th, most of the main force had arrived.

On the evening of the 8th, the last team from Yaoguang Province, which came from outside the province, also arrived in Beijing.

On the morning of the 9th, all the contestants attended a simple send-off ceremony. Yao, the vice president of the Xuanhuang Kingdom Card Master Association, came to give a speech and some words of encouragement.

Upon returning, Su Chen used professional mental detection equipment to conduct a self-test, which showed his mental strength to be 529.

This is not far from the 550 standard for Contract Seven Cards.

"I still have 11 material cards on hand, which should be enough."

A three-star space-type material card can provide approximately 1.8 energy, and the required unlocking and enhancement time is about 9 hours.

"The entire national competition will last for 11 days, which is more than enough."

That same evening, a brief pre-match intelligence report began to circulate.

"The intelligence preview is finally out." Many people seemed very excited.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." Knowing your opponent's talents and card deck information in advance is a small advantage.

However, after watching half of it, they were drenched in sweat.

"What kind of monsters are these?"

Pei Xingwei, from the Jiangnan Provincial Team, possesses the first talent sequence 'Limit Breaker', which breaks the upper limit of each stage of contract cards and also breaks the limits of the cards themselves. Currently, he has 8 contract cards.

Pei Xingcang, same as above, twin brothers from the same school, +1 Limit Breaker.

Mo Chenyi, from the Great Xia Provincial Team, is the first talent sequence 'Meditator', one of the top cultivation talents in the country. He currently has 8 cards in contract. His talent characteristic can also allow contracted summoned beasts to have enlightenment, and they can learn skills and secret techniques with a certain probability without the need for meditation to strengthen them.

Gao Jun, from the Capital Team, possesses the terrifying ability to prevent others from using cards, and it is said that he can ban 2-3 cards when he uses his full power.

Qi Jinglong, Xuanwu Provincial Team, first talent sequence 'Fantasy Fusion', fuses all things and endows them with mythical fantasy characteristics.

“Yang Taihe, there is still your superior fusion talent in here.”

"Good grief, even knowing this talent information is useless."

"Goodness, it would have been better not to know. After reading this, I feel even more hopeless. If I draw one of these guys, I'm just waiting to die."

Some people just feel that life is too hard.

After losing their seeded player spot, they have a certain probability of being drawn as the first or second player from other provincial teams.

If you're extremely unlucky and draw the first talent sequence, then you're doomed.

"By drawing the Judgement card from the Chinese team, it's basically a surrender. If my only core summon card gets banned, what's the point of playing against him?" The player on the team who was playing the Split Slime build felt like crying.

If the Slime Summoning card, which is the core of his deck, is banned, then all his other cards are essentially rendered useless.

"Me too." Another player who played the Undead Skeleton build was also speechless. This kind of talent was just too domineering and made no sense at all.

The same tragedy befell most card players.

Not only summoner decks, but other spell decks and combat decks also have their own core deck building cards.

Once it's disabled, it's all over!
In addition to the five top-tier talents revealed in the official rankings, this preview of the national competition also lists a few other top-tier talents.

In the last line of the list, Su Chen was also mentioned briefly.

'Su Chen, the top player on the Qingyun Provincial Team, an Elemental Master.'

Very simple.

But the most important message has already been conveyed.

It's practically saying, 'This guy will keep using elemental counters.'

"Who found out this information?" one of the instructors said with a smile and a shake of his head.

There were no walls that couldn't be ventilated, not to mention they hadn't taken any security measures.

"One scary thing is that we know the Jiangnan Provincial Team has three First Talent Sequence users, but this intelligence only gave two of them, so a big fish was missed," Teacher He Yun kindly reminded her.

"Not just that."

One teacher added, "This intelligence report clearly doesn't include information about the Beiluo Provincial Team. They're not even on the list of top talent trainees. They definitely haven't been found out."

this.
I've started talking more and more.

Many members of the team looked increasingly worried.

Vice President Li clapped his hands with a smile: "Don't be scared off by the so-called first-tier ranking; there are a lot of fakes in there."

"You need to understand that there is no such thing as the strongest talent or the strongest card deck style in this world. There are god-level card masters who start with useless talent."

"Not to mention, I defeated the first talent sequence user when I was young. It's not that scary."

real or fake?

Many people were skeptical. The first part of the statement made sense, but seeing Vice President Li's overweight and out-of-shape figure, they felt it lacked some persuasiveness.

"That's right, there's no such thing as the strongest talent, only the strongest card master. In the end, it all depends on the person. Who cares about talent? Just smash them all." Gao Mingxuan smiled confidently, and he was the only one in the entire room to laugh out loud.

No matter what, the ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet her in-laws.

Tomorrow we'll see who's truly capable.

The next day.

March 10th, 7:3 AM.

After finishing breakfast, the provincial teams left the hotel and headed to the nearby venues.

'The No. 1 venue in the world'!
From an aerial view, the arena resembles a blooming lotus, with its layered, arched dome decorations resembling outstretched lotus leaves—magnificent and spectacular.

From the bottom front view, the base is based on a solemn and majestic dragon platform, which steadily supports the entire Capital Arena.

The central part of the entire venue is a super-large indoor area, shaped like the stamen of a lotus flower.

The core is surrounded by ten meticulously designed outer areas, which cluster around it like flower petals.

"The Azure Lotus Dragon Platform, this place has quite a history. You should know that it was a huge dragon's nest in the primitive era," someone sighed.

At the various entrances, which resemble giant gates, are painted with various dragon-shaped images, engraved on them like guardian totems.

"It's so big, I feel like I'm going to develop megalophobia."

Not long after entering, everyone felt that everything around them appeared majestic and imposing.

"This is still an outdoor venue."

"My God."

"No wonder they are so confident in having a thousand players compete at the same time."

Many people praised it.

"It's just that without an audience, it always feels like something's missing."

"There's nothing we can do. This is a closed-door, real-world competition. These days, we have to be careful about what others say."

After all, a certain percentage of the contestants are minors.

Especially since this national competition is going on a very large scale, with the intensity and strength of the competition referencing the glorious century-long expedition, it is natural to take into account the impact outside the competition.

Each participant entering the venue will be given an individual participant card.

"Your player cards will be used during the competition, so please keep them safe," the staff member reminded you enthusiastically.

The entire contestant card is made of almost completely transparent material, as thin as a cicada's wing, and quite lightweight.

The card is completely blank, with only the player's tournament number on the left side.

Su Chen glanced at the number on his personal card: 0701.

Xia He is number 0702.

The team numbers for the entire Qingyun provincial team are all linked together.

And this moment.

Inside this No. 7 outer arena, a total of 15 standard tournament-sized fighting rings have already risen from the ground.

High in the air, multiple screens and light displays floated.

"Pay attention to your player card information and get ready for battle. Remember, don't resist when you're teleported to your assigned arena later," the teacher reminded him.

According to the competition manual, the competition will officially begin at 7:30.

The first stage of the national competition will eliminate 500 people through a points-based competition.

The number of people will be cut in half.

"Look, the lottery for allocation is about to begin."

With someone pointing it out, many people looked at their individual player cards. They saw arcs of light flowing along the outline, and a brand new number gradually appeared on the right side of the card.

That was their assigned opponent. "Number 0081".

This is the ID number of Su Chen's first opponent.

hum! !

soon.

A surge of teleportation energy erupted from the player's card, and without any resistance or opposition, the light quickly enveloped his entire figure.

"come on!"

"come on!"

At the very last moment before the teleportation, Su Chen and Xia He offered their blessings in unison.

next moment.

The two figures disappeared from the spot.

One second later.

Su Chen appeared on a ring outside the No. 1 arena, while his first opponent appeared on the other side of the ring.

The person opposite him was tall and thin, with a delicate face and a cold, sharp glint in his eyes, like a hunter gazing at its prey in the distance.

"Go for it, Xiao Ye!"

"Brother Ye, let's get off to a flying start."

Cheers could be heard coming from the nearby stands.

The coaches and players who were temporarily on leave from the Tianfu provincial team were cheering on Ye Leyi, a member of the team.

It turned out that the arena where Su Chen was located was right under their noses.

too close.

Almost all eyes turned to look at them.

"You're out of luck, this is my little home turf." Ye Leyi's lips curled into a smile as he leisurely waved to the figures in the stands.

Su Chen remained noncommittal, his expression indifferent, and offered no response.

He had absolutely no interest in the pre-match trash talk.

"Get ready."

The referee was already in place by the ring. After briefly reading out the rules, he immediately signaled to both sides to make their final preparations.

At this moment, both sides also cut out their own cards and weapons, both of which were scepters, but the styles were different.

"He shouldn't be a pure mage."

A question mark arose in Ye Leyi's mind, because the other party was not wearing a magic robe.

He had no time to think further; the countdown had already begun.

Swish!
As the referee's raised right hand slammed down, the word "Start" rang out.

same moment.

As if in response, the surrounding arenas also saw a surge and burst of card energy appear in various locations.

"Xiao Ling, the competition has begun," Su Chen conveyed his thoughts.

The starting stance remains unchanged.

Core Summoning Cards + Elemental Beast Spirit Cards + Elemental Magic Weapon Cards.

The mini-triad form of the Demon Spirit Master makes its debut.

hum!
After the azure summoning array completely dissipated, the Wind Whisper Spirit Envoy, dressed in a light veil, descended onto the field, surrounded by boundless, fierce gale currents and surging spiritual energy.

next second.

The moment the spirit dress was just completed.

Another extremely vast and powerful lightning-attribute fluctuation erupted from his body.

"The opponent is a water-type."

Upon realizing that his opponent was a water mage through and through, Su Chen did not hesitate for a moment and immediately activated the Elemental Synchronization ability.

"Something's wrong!"

"Wait, this is it?"

Under the astonished gazes of the people in the nearby stands, Su Chen's clear black and white eyes shone with a dual light of blue and purple.

Under intense scrutiny, this strange and alluring beauty prompted the demon wielder on the field to transform into the 'Dancing Demoness', a being with both wind and thunder attributes.

Gale!

Holy Thunder!

Two unique elemental fluctuations intertwined around Xiao Ling's body, and her power surged to almost its peak.

Swish!
With a wave of her hand, Xiao Ling unleashed a thick, powerful arc of lightning that shot through the air like a dragon in flight, instantly shattering the surging torrent of water that was sweeping towards her.

Moreover, the magnificent and awe-inspiring holy lightning continued its powerful blast towards the distant enemy figure.

"He is the elemental ruler."

In a daze, Ye Leyi, who had just cast a water-attribute shield on himself, immediately sensed something was wrong and forcibly activated his Blink card to escape from the spot.

No matter how.

His burst combo was already poised to be unleashed.

With the activation of the field effect card [Call of the Vortex], a wave of water immediately spread across the field, and a huge vortex with extremely strong suction force gradually formed within it.

This is a powerful control effect with extremely strong absorption capabilities.

After the [Spring Strike] and [Water Element Resonance] were instantly applied, thousands of delicate streams of water rose from the ground, transforming into sharp water columns that wove a dense net into the sky.

But everything seemed so pale and powerless.

The little spirit, amidst the intertwining wind and thunder, completely ignored the terrifying swallowing power of the ground, and swaggered across the sky as if walking on clouds.

Its speed was like a thunderbolt from the sky, easily piercing through layers of water waves.

"you!"

Ye Leyi's face turned completely pale. He had just activated [Raging Torrent], but before the tide could fully gain momentum, an intricate and mysterious magic symbol was completely marked on the water elemental shield surrounding him.

This sudden mark, like the scythe of death hanging over his neck, was almost driven by the instinct for survival. Ye Leyi used the Blink card again in fear and unease.

Swish!
However, the figure that appeared tens of meters away in an instant could not be avoided.

The engulfing chain of lightning, like a divine punishment, swept across the land, completely enveloping his figure.

puff!
Under the power of elemental advantage, the water elemental shield was like a bubble that burst easily, and Ye Leyi himself was immediately subjected to a personal baptism of thunder.

Not only that, Xiao Ling swung her lightning whip, which, like a python coiling around his body, perfectly bound his figure.

paralysis!

Stiff!

Under this sustained, forceful control, the opponent, who was trembling uncontrollably, completely lost consciousness after a few seconds.

"Okay, that's all!!"

The referee's expression tightened, and he decisively announced the result of the match.

He pointed to the only figure standing in the field and shouted, "The winner is Su Chen from the Qingyun Provincial Team!"

Without needing its master to speak, Xiao Ling immediately released its body from the lightning whip.

at the same time.

The members of the Tianfu Provincial Team in the nearby stands stared at Su Chen with astonishment. Even those who were slow to realize it knew that this was the Elemental Dominator from the intelligence preview.

"They easily crushed and destroyed our team's number five member with just three contract cards. They're truly a force to be reckoned with."

Many of the instructors could hardly contain their astonishment.

This is much more impressive than I imagined.

"Su Chen is only listed at the very end of the intelligence list. Goodness, how strong must the other monsters be?" one contestant said with a shake of his head and a laugh.

“No, the top player on the Qingyun team is probably much stronger than you think.” The team’s senior special-grade researcher had a keen eye and his face became serious: “Aqi is probably going to run into a tough opponent.”

ah.
Is it that exaggerated?

Many people's expressions changed drastically. The "Aqi" mentioned by the researcher was none other than Qi Jinglong, the first person in their team to compete for a spot on the national team.

According to the intelligence preview, Brother Qi, as the first talent sequence user, is one of the strong candidates to challenge for the championship.

(End of this chapter)