Elemental Card King.

Chapter 219 Dimensional Pocket, Wang Liyang Reappears, Underground Holy Capital

After successfully advancing to the knockout stage on June 9th, a matter involving the senior high school students of Xuanhuang Kingdom and the hearts of countless parents has come to an end.

The college entrance examination is over.

This is a major life event.

Due to the wartime system and the temporary major reforms to the college entrance examination, many families have been affected.

However, the tides of time never shift according to individual will.

Su Chen also curiously checked the class group chat today because someone had tagged him.

Xu Zigui: "Whoosh! I've checked the answers for all the subjects, I'm absolutely guaranteed admission to Tianwu University, @Su Chen. [Hugging his leg.jpg]"

Xiao Tingting: "Go mad somewhere else, don't bother Su Chen who's playing in the competition, and be more considerate of the other students' feelings."

On the night the college entrance examination ended, the answers for each subject were basically released.

This year, the physical fitness test's practical component has increased to 200 points, and the top 5 universities are expanding their recruitment of combat card masters. Judging from the current situation, Xu Zigui, who won the third prize in the provincial competition, is indeed a shoo-in.

After all, given similar progress in individual mental strength, those with practical combat experience will receive a higher weight.

Some people are happy that someone is worried.

This college entrance examination reform has also caused many students in the elite class to suffer in silence, so Xu Zigui's remarks are, as always, inappropriate.

Su Chen glanced at it and then ignored it, finishing his task by diving underwater.

Also.

After the three rounds of preliminary rounds conclude the day after tomorrow, the participants will also enjoy a long seven-day break.

This involves the gathering and coordination of all teams outside the alliance.

With large-scale and active participation this year, a total of 256 teams from various extraterritorial member states (including federations, confederations, and kingdoms), as well as autonomous territories and foreign tribes with eligibility to participate, have entered the knockout stage.

The qualifying rounds are progressing at different paces, with some teams having shorter or longer journeys, which is why the off-season feels a bit long.

This offseason is also the best time to strengthen the team.

Simultaneously.

The players also engaged in in-depth discussions about strategies and plans for the underground holy city.

"I need to add a large storage capacity," Su Chen pondered.

This competition format allows players to freely handle excess packaging cards and overflow resources.

It encourages players to fight each other for resources, and it's also a way of giving away a large amount of extra benefits. If you have the ability, you can take all the extra resources you can.

Nobody knows how to use a one-star storage card.

The [Dimensional Space] technique previously demonstrated by Senior Researcher Duan Lianqing, which involved the effect of consuming a single contract slot for storage, is not within the scope of consideration.

"Fortunately, the multi-elemental beast spirit has a 'dimensional pocket' skill."

Just like Mr. Wu Zhongming complained that growing wisteria vines is very expensive.

Even after acquiring a limited edition card, there are still many expansion packs to consider purchasing.

If we compare it to a single-player game, DLC expansion packs are often much more expensive than the base game.

Well known.

All storage-type products are very expensive, especially Su Chen's previous A-space sports shoulder bag, which is a true luxury item.

According to the description, the 'Dimensional Pocket' allows the multi-elemental beast spirits to open a dimensional space the size of a standard shipping container, which can not only store living creatures, but also play a certain role in magical sealing and preservation.

Invisible and concealed, safe and secure.

This extended skill is directly priced at 7500 million Alliance Coins.

The ability to contain living beings makes it a life-saving skill.

It can't be low.

"I can accept it."

Su Chen is quite wealthy, and with over 100 million yuan in his bank account, he wouldn't feel too much heartache.

All investments are worthwhile.

Regarding the relief foundation's quota, after it was refreshed in June, he had accumulated 5025 quota that he had not redeemed or used.

One quota here can be exchanged for 30000 Alliance Coins, but it can be said that this is the least worthwhile exchange item.

but.

Ultimately, the cost was covered by the Xuanhuang Kingdom General Association.

"This World Championship is quite special. Limited edition cards and materials, in addition to the public version cards, can be funded through a special fund. Moreover, we have exclusive preferential procurement channels with the three major card game giants."

No need for Chairman Yao to make the decision.

Tomorrow night.

The relevant enhancement materials were then delivered from Blue Star in triplicate. To prevent them from being cracked, they were specially prepared by a potion master to indirectly 'encrypt' them.

Su Chen didn't waste any time and successfully enhanced the skill through meditation in less than ten minutes.

'Dimensional Pocket: Creates an invisible, extra-dimensional space within the body.'

The skill information is very brief.

It can be used even without controlling a spirit.

"Let's give it a try."

Wow!
Before my eyes, a wind eagle spirit, billowing like clouds in the air, had already taken shape in the meditation room.

A surge of slightly turbulent spatial energy slowly arose, and a vortex wave immediately swallowed Xiao Ling's figure completely.

The little creature that was in front of them vanished from reality.

"Inside the beast spirit's 'belly'."

Following the soul link, Su Chen immediately sensed that Xiao Ling existed within a dimensional space constructed by the multi-elemental beast spirits.

soon.

This wave of absorption also encompassed his own figure.

"This place is quite big," Su Chen sighed as he looked around.

According to the description, a four-star beast spirit's 'dimensional pocket' should be the size of a standard shipping container, but this is clearly far beyond the standard specifications. It is visible to the naked eye that it is at least 3.5 times the size of a standard container.

It's very large and spacious, and doesn't feel oppressive at all.

Upon closer examination, it's clear that the reason for the overpowered nature of this Multi-Beast Spirit Card is that it's so overpowered.

It was originally a four-star orange-red tier, so feeding it so many material cards wasn't a waste.

"Breathing is smooth, and living life can be confirmed."

Su Chen glanced at Xiao Ling, who was hopping around in circles, and after thinking it over, he confirmed that this dimensional pocket could only be used as his private space.

“If outsiders are imprisoned, they can be easily freed from their restraints.”

He had already witnessed the storage efficiency just now, and the skill's pre-cast animation was more than two seconds long.

"Then, it is extremely risky to include outsiders in it."

Su Chen arrived at the boundary of the space, reached out and touched the wall. After carefully exploring it with his own senses, he clearly felt that its stability was not enough to withstand many four-star spells.

If it collapses from the inside, it will surely cause great harm to the multi-elemental beast spirits.

Therefore, we cannot accept outsiders.

"The positioning is very clear: personal private storage and living space."

From now on, we won't have to worry about wind and rain when camping in the wild.

"Xiao Ling, this is your little home now," Su Chen said with a smile.

Little Ling cheered, her bright eyes already scanning the surroundings, seemingly envisioning how to build her own home in an empty environment.

Cat-web sofa.

Cloud-woven mattress.

Three-piece bed sheet set.

Su Chen directly purchased some daily necessities privately. At the same time, he also spent 1500 yuan from the relief foundation to exchange for some space-type material cards, mainly to expand the scope of his dimensional pocket.

After several days of deciphering and some modifications,

The ceiling has been raised to over ten meters, and the venue is now almost the size of a standard competition venue, which is quite large and wide.

And at this time.

The Xuanhuang team officially announced their departure from Mercury. Like the other 15 teams that stood out in the Tianyu Main Plane competition, they boarded a starship together and headed to the space ring at the Lagrange point.

The main force of one of the expeditionary forces entered the pass through here during the military coup that day.

Many contestants exchanged knowing smiles.

"So, 'Bu Paopao' really managed to escape?" Cao Zheng asked curiously.

Former global defense secretary Alan Bradley and a group of his cronies have successfully fled outside the alliance's territory and their whereabouts remain unknown.

"It doesn't matter if they're just a bunch of defeated soldiers."

The universe is so vast that once they successfully break away from the alliance's borders, it will be really difficult to catch them.

Wow!
At this moment, the space ring against the backdrop of a dazzling starry sky, after coordinate correction, instantly formed a stable teleportation portal from the immense spatial energy.

This gentle and mysterious door connects to another world.

In the dim light, one can see the stars swirling and turning, as if a Milky Way were flowing through it.

"The other side of the door is the Star River Dimension."

"It's very beautiful."

Many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures.

As the interstellar warship's engines began to propel it forward, the front half of the ship had completely penetrated into the stargate. Little Ling, standing beside Su Chen, couldn't help but hold her breath, the little guy nervously gripping her master's hand.

All of a sudden.

Once the entire ship had completed its passage, a completely new world unfolded before our eyes.

"Wow!"

Xiao Ling was stunned.

Outside the cabin, the entire sky was filled with thick, dazzling nebulae and star clusters, their colors vibrant and ever-changing.

Here, the stars are brighter and clearer than anywhere else, and a wide river seems to stretch across the sky, shimmering with light.

“No wonder it’s called the Galaxy Plane,” Su Chen said.

He had a special connection with this small dimension he had never visited before, since the first custom card back he ever got was the Galaxy card back.

"They should have arrived by now."

Under the direction of some people's gazes, a number of interstellar transport ships could be seen shuttling through the star ring in a space not far away.

"In a race of a hundred boats, the one that paddles hardest will come first."

This scene also made Su Chen sigh.

"The champion will only be born in the heavens, and will defend the glory of the main plane to the death."

"Glory belongs only to the human race."

In this setting, declarations from many foreign athletes could be heard from inside the cabin.

After swimming through three rounds of qualifying matches, they can now truly open their eyes to the world and are about to face competitive rivalry with many vassal tribes within the alliance's territory.

The Blue Star Alliance is ultimately a massive, interdimensional political entity dominated by humanity.

Foreign tribes under the jurisdiction of the rulers are ultimately vassals.

Therefore, most young people inevitably have a sense of superiority.

"Shut up."

"You curry-smelling Indian, you better watch out before you fall into my hands."

The three half-orcs from the Divine Eagle Kingdom were annoyed by some of the remarks. Because their country had always adhered to the principle of one drop of blood, they, these hybrids, were classified as beastmen.

Even if you have 75% human blood, it won't work.

It is conceivable that their upbringing was also subject to some degree of discrimination.

For a while.

The smell of gunpowder inside the cabin had become much stronger.

President Yao and many other national team leaders witnessed this scene.

In fact.

After experiencing firsthand the benefits of the dual cultivation system, he and other high-ranking foreign officials jointly reported the situation to the Secretariat of the Alliance Cabinet while in the Capital of Crafts.

The new cabinet's global defense minister and foreign minister are aware of this matter.

This matter can be big or small.

Because they discovered that the Ivy League High School of the Divine Eagle Kingdom was actually cooperating with the Spirit Lion Empire from beyond the realm while conducting this earth-shattering research.

This dual cultivation system has already been passed down to the Spirit Lion Empire.

Almost half of the nobles and royalty of the Lion Empire are orcs.

Although the Orcs and Humans get along very well (they are extremely compatible with human aesthetics and have intermarried a lot in the past), they have always actively embraced human civilization.

But now and then.

Now facing the threat of the demonic race, and with the foreseeable shadow of war looming, the human leadership cannot afford to be complacent, lest they nurture a tiger that will turn on them. After all, the spread of this technology has come at a terrible time.

Last year, the national team of the Lion Empire had already secured fourth place in the team competition.

With reinforcements this year, they will undoubtedly be a major threat.

Also.

Since these vassal tribes have mostly had no sense of participation in past world championships, either being humiliated or on their way to being humiliated, the All-Union Card Masters Association, truly acting out of political correctness, has made an exception for some of these tribes, allowing their 20-year-old youths to participate as contestants.

What's worth complaining about is
Several orcish kingdoms had already appealed the decision, successfully participating in the all-alliance tournament by arguing that their race's legal age of adulthood was 20. This naturally improved the situation considerably.

Over the course of a century, there have indeed been some teams from other ethnic groups that emerged as dark horses and won the championship.

"Don't underestimate it, just take it with a normal attitude," Chairman Yao said calmly to the Xuanhuang team members.

Prior to this, Su Chen and his group of contestants had already gained a general understanding of the cultivation systems of different foreign races.

15 minute later.

One after another, interstellar warships and transport ships have landed steadily at the Starship One jump center docking point according to the station's schedule.

then
Having exited the spacecraft without any issues, the group switched to a different mode of transport, boarding off-road vehicles and heading towards their destination, eventually arriving at the ancient ruins of the Holy City.

A magnificent pyramid stands on the earth, surrounded by a large area of ​​palace ruins that have undergone renovations, which diminishes the sense of desolation.

There is also a stone tablet with inscriptions at the entrance.

“Cities, writing, religion—this is a very sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization,” Xia He said.

"It certainly looks like it has a glorious past." Su Chen looked around and found that this ancient site was better preserved than the Ling Clan cultural ruins he had seen in Yundu.

Xia He's parents are both mythological archaeologists, and this young woman who makes judgments is also a knowledgeable young woman.

Perhaps due to her family background, she loved reading history and humanities books and was quite knowledgeable about the ancient civilizations of the Star River Plane.

Under her guidance, Su Chen also learned about some cutting-edge archaeological information.

It is said that the earliest civilization creators of this star plane were the Gutez people, a race of small giants who were at least three meters tall, dating back at least tens of thousands of years.

just
When humanity's expeditionary fleet discovered this small plane, the Gutz had long since vanished, completely disappearing from the stage of history, and their civilization was destroyed by a group of insects.

“Back then, when the human fleet arrived at the Star River Plane, it immediately faced a battle with the Plane Insectoids, who occupied and dominated everything here,” Xia He said calmly.

Time has healed all wounds.

Su Chen clearly remembered that the scenery along the way was beautiful, and he even saw some human cities and fortresses that had been inhabited by immigrants. There was not a trace of the rampage caused by the plane insectoids.

And beneath their feet lies the arena for this points-based knockout tournament.

6 month 22 number.

After resting, the players from all over the league, who had arrived some time earlier, finally gathered at a magnificent temple in the ancient holy city on this day.

“The Gutez people are indeed tall.”

Su Chen could clearly sense that the gate towers of the temple were very spacious, and the weathered murals inside seemed to depict the tall, kneeling figures of the ancient Tezi people performing sacrifices.

"Those three-legged golden crows were considered messengers of light."

Xia He extended a slender finger and pointed to a mural: "That ghostly mist is what they consider to be the messenger of darkness."

"What exactly is it?" Su Chen asked curiously, feeling a sense of malevolence emanating from the Moon Messenger.

"A ghost!" Xia He exclaimed.

what.

Su Chen looked at the girl and saw a slight upturn at the corner of her mouth on her fair and cool face.

She was clearly joking seriously just now.

This is strange.

Xia He suppressed her smile and explained, "It's a kind of dark-attribute ghostly life form, probably a nightmare-like creature."

While they were earnestly discussing the ancient ruins, most of the contestants gathered there were simply sizing each other up.

"That must be the goddess."

Cao Zheng's gaze fell on the beautiful girl standing against a pillar in the corner of the venue.

"What do you mean, a 15-year-old rebellious girl?"

This goddess Dani had blonde hair with red highlights at the ends, and her short, stocky figure wasn't wearing a team uniform. Instead, she wore a very unique Lolita outfit, and her round little face was chewing on a chewing candy.

When the Tianyu Main Plane gathered earlier, one player from the opposing team was the only one of the 16 teams to be absent.

Judging from first impressions alone, this girl with divine blood seems to be a spoiled princess.

But no one dared to underestimate it.

Many people were interested in this legitimate daughter of the divine family, and their eyes frequently darted over her. However, when the goddess Dani's gaze swept over them, everyone felt a strange pain in their eyes and averted their gaze.

"This is the true blessing of the gate, a gift from a god-level card master of our time," Qi Hanhai said with a complex tone.

His family, which has been around for thousands of years, is one of the leading families in Jiangnan Province, but in the past thousand years, it has only produced two legendary card masters.

His great-grandfather was known as the strongest among his ancestors, with the most outstanding talent and endowment. However, after failing to break through to the god-level realm, his lifespan was exhausted, and he ended up dying and disappearing.

otherwise.

He could probably be a god now.

"He was born like a mythical monster." Cao Zheng also withdrew his gaze, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes. The feeling he had just experienced was comparable to facing Su Chen's mythical little phoenix.

It is definitely even better.

This is simply unbelievable for a human to appear like this.

and.

He's only a few years old.

Hey!
Could you please ban her from participating in the World Championship?

Compared to those foreign competitors who are two years older than themselves and participate in the World Championships, this goddess Dani certainly puts a lot more pressure on people.

"Captain Su, this is your greatest enemy." He had intended to give a warning.

However, they found that their captain was very calm and composed, and was still talking to Xia He about the cultural history of this ancient site.

Cao Zheng thought to himself, "I'd rather have a woman than my brothers."

at this time.

The person has not yet arrived.

A cold and stern voice rang out.

"Check your backpack to make sure you have everything you need."

The domineering aura brewing within it directly overwhelmed all other sounds within the temple.

Everyone suddenly fell silent and subconsciously obeyed the command.

"Strategy Map Handbook"

"Sleeping bag and bring your own dry food."

"30 encapsulated cards."

"Communication equipment".

"as well as."

"Contestant ID card, remember, that's your life-saving tool."

The player card not only involves personal information identification, but the protective spells injected into it also ensure that the player will automatically take effect when they suffer a serious fatal injury, and teleport the dying player away from the field.

Everyone naturally understands the importance of this card.

The speaker's voice was not very loud, but each short sentence was filled with a certain intonation, which inexplicably gave people a sense of pressure.

It was as if a tough military officer was giving a speech.

That voice sounds so familiar. Su Chen was slightly taken aback.

"Wang Liyang!"

After exchanging a glance with Xia He, he immediately looked at the several figures approaching from the high platform ahead.

The speaker just now had a resolute and serious face, a standard image of a cold and tough guy, and was meticulous in every way, showing a strong military officer's demeanor. This person was none other than Wang Liyang, whom we hadn't seen for a long time!
"What's this guy doing here?!"

In the temple's colonnade, Teacher He Yun slightly opened her mouth.

Holy crap, that devil Wang!!

Teacher Wu Zhongming inexplicably shrank back, as if a traumatic stress response mechanism had been triggered.

"This Major General Wang is the deputy director of the Armed Forces Department of the Alliance General Association, one of the Four Tigers in the military. I didn't expect him to be an old acquaintance of yours." Chairman Yao glanced at them with considerable surprise.

Even he probably never imagined that a promising military tiger would be stripped of all his military posts and relegated to a small place due to political infighting.

"what!"

Teacher He was startled; she hadn't expected this to happen.

Not long ago, major card player associations began to establish combat readiness armed departments from top to bottom.

This organizational structure is undoubtedly in response to the call of a wartime regime, in order to make good use of the Card Masters Association's own armed combat capabilities.

but
In the eyes of the higher-ups, this also reflects the military's interference in the Card Masters Association.

Because during the military coup, many important high-ranking officials at the Divine Capital Headquarters did not stand on the side of a neutral third party, this may have seriously angered the military, which is why the Alliance General Association parachuted in many military leaders afterward.

Chairman Yao even heard that many military officers who had been transferred to civilian positions were beginning to infiltrate the combat readiness and armed forces departments of various local associations.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, who would have thought that a former head of the education group appointed by the Donghua City Association would transform into the deputy minister of the combat readiness department of the All-Alliance Card Masters Association?" Teacher He sighed inexplicably.

Her eyes never left Wang Liyang.

"But why doesn't this guy go back to the front lines now that he's been promoted?" Teacher He clenched her hands. She knew very well that the battlefield was his home. Could it be that he was injured during the coup in the capital?

And this guy got promoted again?

When we spoke on the phone before, he had been promoted to colonel. I didn't expect that after a while, he would jump directly to the rank of major general.

He skipped two grades!
but.

Wang Liyang, who just spoke, is only the number two person in charge of the event organizers.

Standing at the very center of the high platform was the newly appointed vice president of the Alliance Association, who also served as the minister of the Armed Forces Department. Judging from his appearance, he was clearly a general.

The indifferent general merely glanced at the scene and said expressionlessly, "The elimination rounds will begin in one minute."

have to say.

Influenced by the speeches of the organizers, the contestants inside the temple dared not make a sound, and many silently composed themselves, preparing to enter battle mode.

Rupert, the half-orc captain from the Kingdom of the Eagle, glanced at the figures of several people with a seemingly casual look.

This guy is obviously very vengeful.

As for the goddess Dani, she still acted like a rebellious girl.

Thousands of people and thousands of faces.

After the defending champions, the Glorious Trident, bumped fists with each other, they hugged their teammates.

More teams are testing the official in-team communication equipment.

After exchanging glances with Wang Liyang on the platform, Su Chen looked away and, at Cao Zheng's enthusiastic prompting, gave him a high five.

"Maintain the original strategy and communicate immediately when encountering difficulties."

As the captain, he also emphasized the tactics that had been finalized in recent days.

As a damage-dealing team, Xuanhuang Team may have terrible teamwork, no dedicated support, and conflicting individual abilities that make it difficult for them to complement each other. However, once separated, each member can handle the situation with ease thanks to their top-notch individual skills.

They are a group of exceptional individual fighters.

As long as individual players in the team don't encounter any outrageously powerful monsters from other teams, they are more than capable of protecting themselves.

In a sense, this is a small initial advantage for the Xuanhuang team in the seven-day assessment in the underground holy capital.

"We understand."

Tang Nianwei, Pei Xingwei, and the others exchanged glances. According to this tactical plan, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Su Chen and Xia He, with their superior skills and daring, would head straight for the bottom floor.

Forming a team will slow down individual progress and time.

This is also a point of contention.

Once you reunite with your teammates scattered across the land, it's possible that all the inheritance and blessings will have already been taken away by someone else.

However, if one were to venture out alone, the danger level would increase dramatically. At least in the Land of Inheritance, there are definitely a lot of dangerous monsters deployed, and the scale is enough to deal with a group. If one were to venture out alone, the difficulty would definitely skyrocket.

just.

Who would have thought that Chairman Yao and Deputy Group Leader Lin would tacitly approve of Su Chen's actions?

Two players made blind runs, while the six players grouped up at the start.

This is their Xuanhuang team's playing style.

soon.

One minute has passed.

"Game start."

As if an ancient power had been revived, the temple grounds presented a complex and intricate array of patterns.

Under a constantly intertwining and spreading beam of teleportation light, the figures of all the contestants blurred and then disappeared from the spot.

According to the rules, the contestants from each group will appear in an evenly distributed manner on the first underground level of the underground holy city.

"Do you think highly of that young man?"

Lieutenant General Mancini, who was in the lead, looked at the empty temple and suddenly said with a smile.

He clearly noticed that Wang Liyang had subtly nodded to a boy earlier, and he could sense a hint of expectation in it.

"Hmm, I want to see how far they go," Wang Liyang said calmly.

"That seems like a serious matter."

Lieutenant General Mancini burst into laughter. The right half of his face, covered in wrinkles and scars, stretched into a somewhat frightening, grotesque grimace due to the muscle tension.

"To earn the praise and affirmation of a legendary assassin like yourself, how terrifying must this young man be?"

"However, this assessment will be quite difficult, and we don't know if these teenagers have the necessary skills."

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

With the military's involvement, their hawkish approach naturally added some spice to this elimination round.

(End of this chapter)