Elemental Card King.

Chapter 129 Miraculous Effect, Leading the Way to First Place
A winning start.

Xiaoling handed in a perfect answer sheet with great efficiency.

The opponent deserved to lose.

Supported by the dual special elements of Gale and Holy Thunder, the 'Dancing Demoness' has already taken the lead among dual-attribute forms in terms of ultra-long endurance, instant burst damage, and mobility.

This water mage's attempt to use the vortex cage technique appears weak and ineffective, and after being countered by the elements, it becomes as laughable as a toy.

Furthermore.

Once the secret technique 'Spell Seal' of the Demon Spirit Master is successfully applied to a spell-based card player, almost every one of them will be instantly attacked, leaving the opponent no room to maneuver or escape.

These elemental mages were really unlucky to encounter Su Chen.

Start with elemental counters.

Mark the body with a backhand grip.

"Let's go."

After recording the score, Su Chen's contestant card emitted a wave of teleportation energy, and Xiao Ling immediately flew to his side in response to her master's call.

next moment.

His figure, along with his summoned beast, vanished from the battlefield.

"Haha, just as I expected."

When Su Chen teleported back to the Qingyun Provincial Team's location, Vice President Li immediately clapped his hands and laughed, his fluffy double chin twitching slightly.

"Here you go. You only have ten minutes to rest, so replenish and recover quickly." Teacher He Yun immediately handed over a bottle of competition-specific beverage.

After thanking him, Su Chen immediately took the bottle and opened it.

With the Elemental Synchronization talent activated, as long as this dual-element state is maintained, every second during this period will continuously consume one's own mental energy.

Of course, because the battle ended so quickly, and because of the dual recovery from the Sun Observation Technique and the Elemental Technique, his mental strength did not drop much.

"As expected of you!"

"Su Chen is still incredibly steady. He must have encountered a pitiful guy who can be easily countered and controlled by elemental forces."

"This is the talent for elemental mastery; you have to admit it."

Some of the players on the team who had a bye were already used to his lightning-fast efficiency in his first game.

Only Feng Xingqin remained silent and did not participate in any discussion.

"There's a ranking list, look!"

A ranking list began to appear on the holographic screen floating above the venue, with the 13 contestants temporarily tied for first place undoubtedly the first victors who had just ended the battle in an instant.

Su Chen's name was naturally displayed above.

First place: Su Chen, 3 points.

Besides that.

Pei Xingwei, Gao Jun, Qi Jinglong, and many other familiar first-tier talent sequence users also appeared on the list.

The winner gets 3 points, and the loser gets 0 points.

Currently, all the players tied for second place have zero points; they are all easy targets who lost their first battle.

One breath less.

The list continued to be updated, with more than ten more people instantly making the list.

Xia He's name also appears above.

"She won too."

The teleportation hub at the provincial team's stands once again reflected a changing light and shadow, as a cool and aloof girl clad in full armor teleported back.

"Great, they're all pretty fast." The instructors laughed excitedly.

Within seconds, both of the team's aces successfully completed their debuts.

Xia He's female battle armor automatically retracted its helmet, releasing her long, silky hair, which added a touch of softness to the otherwise cold armor.

"Congratulations." She took the complimentary drink and sat down next to Su Chen.

"Congratulations to you too." Su Chen raised his drink.

Beside him, on the other side, Xiao Ling, who had deactivated the elemental synergy effect, sat obediently in her chair. Her petite frame, just over a meter tall, meant that her short legs could not reach the ground, causing her to sway back and forth.

It tilted its head slightly, looking at the screen in the air.

"Master, look!" The little guy was quite excited, and pointed to one of the light screens with his little hand.

The holographic screen not only displays rankings, but also shows real-time battle scenes on multiple giant light screens.

On one of the arenas, an enormous Night Spirit Envoy appeared.

Because the chaotic and formless elemental spirits will evolve in accordance with their master's aesthetic preferences.

Therefore, this Dynamaxed monster reveals many masculine characteristics in its appearance.

"This is going to follow the pure path of spirit control."

Su Chen, filled with curiosity, carefully observed the other party's form and spiritual fluctuations.

"This Night Spirit has absorbed three different types of ghostly and spiritual life forms: Giant Wanderer, Mist Ghost, and Shadow Demon Spirit, which is why it has such a massive size," Teacher He Yun pointed out on the spot. She had noticed this stand from the beginning.

Normally, a three-star spirit master should not absorb three kinds of spirits at the same time. This is obviously due to the mastery of some kind of secret technique or innate talent.

Interestingly, his opponent was also a summoner-style card player who used contracted spirit beasts.

The four little ones—Fire Spirit, Water Spirit, Radiant Spirit, and Wind Spirit—transformed into a gigantic magical life form, interwoven with multiple elements, under the activation of two effect cards: [Elemental Fusion] and [Elemental Synchronization].

"This can be considered as Spirit Taming VS Multi-Elemental Form."

Of course, this is not a rigorous statement, and neither of them are the complete form in the true sense. They are both the result of using the corresponding effects in advance through various deck constructions.

“The extraordinary plasticity of the Demon Summoner is indeed just as outstanding as that of the slime,” Xia He said.

Interestingly, on one of the arenas inside the No. 7 arena, someone was actually playing a slime deck.

After witnessing the slime proliferation and slime fusion builds, the national competition player on the sidelines was playing the slime transformation build.

Jelly-like slimes are highly malleable and extensible, and they also possess the innate characteristics of mimicry and transformation, allowing them to imitate the physical appearance of other summoned creatures in a highly similar manner.

soon.

With the support of the effect card [Transformation Master], this slime has transformed into a Soul Eater Hound, just like its opponent.

Logically speaking, imitators will ultimately find it difficult to compete with the original.

Not long after the battle began, the pseudo-demon hound was completely and utterly defeated, its body sliced ​​to pieces by the 'Soul Devouring Slash' that emanated from it.

However, slimes are much more resilient than expected.

The wounds all over its body splattered with streams of viscous acid, scalding the real Soul-Devouring Demon Hound with dozens of fine, corrosive marks.

The splattered slime seemed to possess a life of its own, constantly flowing towards the pseudo-demon hound's wounds under the influence of an invisible force.

"ended."

Under its owner's triumphant declaration, the situation began to turn around rapidly.

The two effect cards, [Rapid Learning] and [Gene Stealing], have already been activated.

At this moment, the slime, having acquired the opponent's genes in the battle, began to gradually unlock and comprehend the Soul Eater's talents and skills, further boosted by another effect card, [Mimicry Enhancement].

The pseudo-demon hound suddenly became even more robust and massive, and began to suppress the Soul-Devouring Demon Hound opposite it with overwhelming ferocity.

"That's too violent. What do you mean by piracy beating the original?"

Some people also noticed this scene.

"A lot of people do play the Slime deck."

"There's no way around it, it's worth it! Its growth rate is just too high. A slime that covers the entire early, mid, and late stages with all its strength is simply awesome."

"Furthermore, this card is top-notch in terms of versatility and playability, and there are just too many deck archetypes available."

According to an interesting statistic, slime-related decks are almost always present in major domestic and international tournaments.

“Send three teachers to other outer fields to monitor the deck data of those first-tier talent sequence players,” Li Dun suggested.

When the leader said that, someone naturally stood up on the spot.

The information currently circulating is somewhat rudimentary. Not only are the personnel involved in the leaks incomplete, but the information also only provides details about card master talents without specifying any particular card decks.

of course.

After at least ten points-based matches, their true strength will inevitably be revealed.

Before long, players from the Qingyun Provincial Team began to return. Some were disheartened, while others were excited. The outcome was already decided.

The losers had all returned after receiving treatment, and their faces all looked somewhat pale.

"Time's almost up, get ready for the next round," Teacher He Yun glanced at her watch and gave a timely reminder.

In this national competition, the tie-breaking standard is only ten minutes. If the time limit is exceeded and a winner cannot be determined, each player will receive 1 point.

This change has also caused considerable dissatisfaction among players who use the popular "Armor-Stacking Warrior" deck.

But there is no way.

A funny saying is that tortoises have no human rights.

This deck archetype has disgusted countless people; it's truly universally disliked.

"Matching has begun."

Su Chen had already noticed that the outline of the tournament card in his hand had begun to glow with an arc. Xiao Ling, who was beside him, also understood and gently grasped her master's left hand with her little hand.

hum!
next second.

After being matched with a player with the ID 0959, the two of them disappeared from the spot amidst the cheers of the surrounding crowd.

"We've arrived at another outer arena." The short, handsome player opposite him looked around, exuding a relaxed aura.

Su Chen, who had been teleported there, glanced around and realized that this was not the No. 7 outer area.

From this perspective, the match venues are randomly assigned, and there is no strict home or away game.

"You two don't seem to feel any tension at all during the big competition."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the referee's expression suddenly turned stern: "Alright, everyone's in a rush to finish their rounds, so get ready for the final preparations and let's get started."

"No problem, I guarantee it will save you time." The person on the other end patted their chest and agreed.

It saves time. Xiaoling tilted her head and figured it out.

It's incredibly good at that.

After all, the homework given by the master was to get rid of the bloated and clumsy fellow within a certain period of time.

Ten seconds later.

The battle has begun.

soon.

Su Chen immediately witnessed firsthand just how long the opponent's spellcasting range was. The figure suddenly raised his scepter and successfully cast a spell across a vast area, directly applying a poison to Xiao Ling's body.

Along with the contagious nature of the 'toxin spread', even Su Chen himself was attacked by a strong and potent poison, and his exposed skin felt a strange numbness.

"That's interesting," Su Chen sighed.

Such long casting range and speed of spell cards absolutely rely on the support of individual talent traits.

Other summoner card players will be in real trouble when they encounter this poison mage. He himself is not wearing Drive Armor, and the opponent applies Poison to the card player in the first move, causing great trouble for the summoner from the start.

just
Before the toxin could invade his nervous system, a holy white light emanated from Su Chen's body, instantly spreading throughout his body and dispelling all the external toxins.

Similarly, with a wave of his hand, a dazzling purifying light bathed Xiaoling. "What kind of purification technique is this!"

The handsome young boy, who had been relaxed all the time, immediately became displeased, and his pupils widened slightly, because he saw that the Wind Whisper Spirit Envoy in front of him had completely transformed into the Holy Radiance Spirit Envoy of the Light attribute.

"Elemental Dominator."

His face was tense, as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

What terrifies him is that no matter how far away he activates the [Poison Strike], it is quickly wiped out by the miraculously effective Purifying Light.

"Sun Contemplation Method!"

What made him even more devastated was that the card player had already erected a shield of light around himself and was too lazy to keep fighting with him.

The incredibly dense fluctuations of light elements prevented even a trace of toxin from seeping in.

On the contrary, before it even got very close, the blazing holy light completely melted and dissolved all the pale green toxin fluctuations.

Finished!

If the first layer of toxin cannot be successfully injected, the subsequent [Catalyst], [Deadly Toxin], and [Pathogen Outbreak] cannot follow up, thus rapidly stacking and detonating toxin damage.

The core cards failed to work.

His deck build is basically completely ruined.

"God-defying! Is that the advanced level of the Sun Observation Technique?"

The handsome young man was quite exasperated. He had witnessed the effects of the proficient level of the Sun Observation Technique before, but none of them had such exaggerated and miraculous effects.

At this moment, as he watched the Holy Radiance Spirit Envoy leaping towards him, he almost lost the will to resist.

In order not to lose so badly, he gritted his teeth and persevered. As the field effect card [Disaster Poison Mist] was activated, the poison mist spread, gradually dyeing the area around him with a strange, ghastly green color.

"not good."

But before he could continue to delay,

Despite triggering the Flash Card twice in a row, the Poison Master still couldn't escape the death omen that echoed in his mind.

puff!
A terrifying penetrating force instantly pierced through the body, and a golden-scaled sword, shimmering with a holy white light, suddenly pierced through the opponent's body.

Instead of a gruesome scene of blood gushing out, this attack caused venom to splatter and spread everywhere.

If it weren't for the holy light covering the blade, it would probably have been completely corroded by this extremely concentrated poison.

"I'm done playing, I surrender!!"

The handsome, youthful boy shouted at the top of his lungs, his previous calm and collected demeanor completely gone.

He cultivated the Nether Poison Technique, making his entire body practically poisonous. Parts of his body, after turning into venomous liquid, narrowly escaped the devastating blows, and he had no intention of continuing the fight.

If he were to strike again, he would definitely draw blood.

There's no point in making things difficult if you're destined to lose.

"competition is over!"

The referee promptly and decisively announced the result: "The winner is Su Chen from the Qingyun Provincial Team!"

"Su Chen." The opponent, who had collapsed to the ground in fright, was pale-faced and stared incredulously at the figure of his opponent in the distance.

What terrified him even more than the elemental domination was that this guy seemed to have mastered the Sun Observation Technique to the proficiency level.

Unless he possesses some special secret technique, it's impossible for him to be mistaken.

This guy is a monster!
"I've finally seen a monster from another province in person."

At the same time, the Yaoguang Provincial Team also noticed the performance of this arena battle.

Even without a live broadcast, and despite the battle breaking out and ending too quickly, one of the instructors still managed to discover something amiss by chance.

"That Su Chen definitely possesses a mastery level of the Sun Observation Technique."

Almost half of the members of their Yaoguang provincial team are connected with the element of light, including light warriors, light mages, and light summoners.

People who live near mountains live off the mountains, and people who live near water live off the water.

This is also determined by the characteristics of the Yao Guang Plane outside the realm.

“Elemental Masters can indeed cultivate without meditation, but do you know what that judgment means?” the leader of the team said with a smile.

In addition to stopping meditation practice, two other conditions must be met.

"With the aid of a divine artifact, his mental control must be very strong, otherwise the speed at which he mentally imitates the three images of the Sunrise wouldn't be so fast," the instructor responded.

"Okay, write it down. Also, don't spread the information. Just let Xiao remember it."

only.

Bad news soon followed.

Xiao Xiao, the top player of Yaoguang Provincial Team, quickly returned via teleportation, but not to a victory; instead, he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of one person.

"Ah, it's not the third player from the Jiangnan Provincial Team?"

As everyone knows, the Jiangnan Provincial Team has three players with the highest talent sequence, and two seeded players are simply not enough to go around.

This extra third player is bound to make the seeded players from other provincial teams feel uncomfortable, and if they are drawn, they will most likely lose miserably.

"That bastard is from the Beiluo Provincial Team, not a seeded player. Damn it, I actually lost to my own deck."

Upon further inquiry, everyone realized that the top talent sequencer of the Beiluo Provincial Team, 'Copier,' had actually given up his seed spot.

"This should be their team's strategy. It seems that these young players really want to compete for 2-3 national team spots."

"Another possibility is that this soaring monster simply wants to find other first-tier talent sequence users to make its move first."

"A 'copycat'."

This talent allows you to copy cards activated by others. At the intermediate card master level, you can also unlock copying the mental combat skills and summoned beast skills used by others.

This copying effect is not permanent, but its strength lies in the fact that during the duration of the talent, you can obtain cards and skills with almost identical effects.

This is even more disgusting than the armor-stacking strategy.

As the saying goes, 'Your card is really good; it'll be mine in the next second.'

"That is indeed a tricky problem. The quality of this year's national competition is really high, and it is worthy of this year's heavy reward."

The seeding system in the points-based competition avoids, to some extent, the absolute unlucky ones.

of course.

This naturally reduces the viewing experience of this first stage.

It's unlikely that a true clash between two titans will ever take place.

Within half an hour.

Su Chen was still making great strides.

In the third match, he encountered an opponent playing a Mind Control deck.

This deck is also a classic, especially since most young people nowadays like to play summoner decks. Mind Mage is specifically designed to control enemy units to fight for them.

No matter how fast you expand your operations, you can't keep up with the spread of this 'spiritual plague'.

However, Su Chen's opponent was clearly a bit confused.

He simply couldn't steal control of Xiaoling.

Putting aside the inherent spiritual attributes of the Demon Summoner, after being fed numerous spiritual material cards, its spiritual resistance is now extraordinary.

Even more deadly is that the spread of mental illness and spiritual plague will still be ruthlessly dispelled by the purifying light of the Sun Observation Method.

"Damn it!" The opponent was the first to break down.

What the hell?!

He encountered the same unsolvable problem that Su Chen's opponent had faced in the previous round: after [Mind Lock] and [Mind Control] became completely ineffective, all his subsequent deck developments could not be extended.

Your own deck construction is essentially useless.

Continuing like this would just be meaningless waste of time.

"surrender!"

This person, not wanting to be beaten, and without hesitation, raised their hand to admit defeat on the spot.

Even worse than a clumsy fellow. Xiao Ling was speechless, her pretty face full of helplessness. She hadn't even started playing yet, and her opponent had already given up.

Su Chen smiled. The clumsy thing was a bulky and tall training robot. Even if it suffered a heavy blow and its limbs were crippled, it would still try its best to fight back with its preset program.

In a sense, Xiaoling wasn't wrong.

"Today's preliminary rounds are unlikely to be this intense, but we can't let our guard down too easily." Su Chen gave a special warning, emphasizing that complacency is the biggest enemy, and there are countless examples of strong individuals who have been caught off guard and lost their way.

"Understood." Xiaoling nodded seriously.

For it, every word of its master's teachings is the most unquestionable rule.

soon.

The competition continues.

In the fourth match, the opponent was a warrior who used a stacking armor build. Before his armor could be stacked to a high value, this half-finished turtle was mercilessly blasted through by the little spirit released by the True Spirit.

"It can't be stacked at all."

Generally speaking, armored turtles don't easily let their armor be depleted, since they stack it to an extremely high value to convert into attack damage and kill someone in one go.

But he couldn't withstand the demon's attacks and, despite the effects of [Barrier Thorns] and [Reflective Armor], it managed to devour him.

"What kind of defensive skill is this? It's so tough!"

In the fifth match, my opponent was a fire mage card player.

"Number 701 is Su Chen. I knew it was you. Well, now that I've run into you, there's no fun left."

For these elemental mages, encountering an elemental ruler was a nightmare.

However, despite all that, this fire-wielding youth, who had successfully refined the demonic seed of heaven and earth and mastered the unique flame 'Netherflame', fought back fiercely and managed to withstand the onslaught for about 1.5 seconds before being engulfed and submerged by the relentless, towering waves.

Under certain circumstances, water and fire do indeed clash.

A trickle of water cannot withstand the blazing flames, and even a raging fire succumbs to the vast ocean.

With the support of Su Chen's water-based spell card [Azure Raging Waves] and scene card [Tidal Water Realm], even the most powerful Heavenly Flame would find it difficult to withstand for long.

Another victory, easily secured.

"Is Su Chen from the Qingyun Provincial Team always picking on the weak? He actually came in first place again."

At this very moment, people in all ten outdoor venues are watching the leaderboard on the aerial screens.

First place: Su Chen (15 points).

At this moment, there are no ties for first place.

After holding for a full 12 seconds, another 'Meditator', Mo Chenyi, who had just won five consecutive games and also accumulated 15 points, joined the top spot.

Within the next three seconds.

The Pei Xingwei brothers, who were the first in the talent sequence, along with Gao Jun, the 'Judge', Qi Jinglong, and other talents, began to rank first one after another.

"Even when you're beating a newbie, there are different levels of skill; the gap has widened."

"Wow, what a master at crushing noobs!"

"Of course, it's also possible that the matchmaking process was delayed."

"Hard to say, but this elemental master got away with it. It must feel great to be trampling on so many first-tier talent sequence users."

(End of this chapter)