Elemental Card King.

Chapter 226 Shocking Change: Insect Plague, an Assessment That Eliminates Everyone?!
"Captain Su, you're on a killing spree!!"

At this moment, thanks to Cao Zheng's reminder, everyone suddenly noticed a name at the top of the real-time elimination list.

First place: Su Chen (out of 5)

If I'm not mistaken, it means that our team captain eliminated four people in a short period of time without us even noticing.

this.
It’s too outrageous.

Moreover, some of them are beyond our comprehension.

"Yeah, there was a blockage at the elevator entrance, so I cleared the obstruction," Su Chen replied calmly.

The tone of his voice, which was taken for granted, was so natural that it was impossible to find fault with it.

"That makes sense." Everyone smiled.

Many players chose to block the door due to various factors, and some were forced to do so out of necessity, getting stuck in a dead end in a chain of suspicion like a dark forest.

to be frank.

One of Su Chen's tenets is to always adhere to the principle of "I will not offend others unless they offend me."

In a competitive environment, he will generally not make a move unless he puts his hostility into action.

The portal to the first underground level is like this.

Just now, the group of people who were locked in a stalemate at the elevator shortcut attacked me together, so naturally I shouldn't blame them for retaliating and sending them on their way.

Also.

Being number one on the elimination list doesn't bring any real benefits.

In a sense, this naming rights deal could even be considered as stirring up a wave of hatred from outsiders.

but
"I've got all 120 packaging cards."

This round of eliminations wasn't without its benefits.

Both Xiao Ling and Xiao Yao, with their mastery of mental manipulation, were quite adept at stealing their opponents' sealed cards before they could teleport away from the field.

"Only 24 out of 120 cards contain resources."

As Su Chen descended to the ninth basement level via the elevator, he tallied up his spoils.

Since it's only the early morning of the second day and we're still traveling, the resources here aren't particularly abundant.

"Something is better than nothing."

Because it was so easy to succeed, Su Chen didn't feel any regret.

Swish!
His slender figure, trailing shadowy magical light, descended straight down the tunnel, the surging spiritual energy and magic power from before not yet completely dissipated.

This caused the surrounding darkness and shadows to twist and sway as if they were paying homage to a shadow lord, as if they were cheering and jumping for joy.

Wow!
The figures of the Ghostly Spirit and the Night Phoenix also descended together.

previously.

They even spotted a figure outside the elevator gate on the sixth floor underground.

The other party was hiding there.

"It's just a clone, ignore it."

The other party's psychological invisibility techniques can reduce external perception of them, thereby achieving the effect of disappearing from others' sight. Unfortunately, this cannot be hidden from Su Chen and the little ones.

They even discerned that this figure, which had faded and disappeared into the surrounding environment, was merely an empty shell.

"This"

But for Roy, who comes from the national team, it was nothing short of a dramatic change.

Su Chen, whose soul is different from ordinary people, Xiao Yao, who has a mental master, and Xiao Ling, who has a special mental form, all scanned him three times.

This is so scary.

"Could it be that we've actually helped the enemy raise a monster?"

Roy had naturally met Su Chen before. He had personally witnessed the entire event when Su Chen came to visit and challenge Ji Linbin.

After such a long time apart, I always felt that the pressure exerted by the other party had become even more intense.

broken!

He couldn't say for sure if the screams from above had disturbed his peace of mind, but after a few seconds of scrutinizing and observing, he couldn't calm down for a long time.

So much so.
He also said something somewhat inappropriate within the team.

"No joke, Su Chen is probably the biggest favorite to win the singles competition."

As the third regular member of the Water Moon team, and a semi-support player, Roy, who has a contract with a clone deck, has so far created eighteen clones that are scattered throughout many levels of the underground holy city.

His clones can not only share vision and perception with each other and distribute power among themselves, but they can even achieve the effect of teleportation.

In other words, relying on this clone construction system, as long as Roy's clone finds a group of people, it can use them as anchor points to quickly and swiftly achieve the teleportation effect.

As a key figure in the team, his words undoubtedly carry significant weight.

but.

This act of praising the enemy undoubtedly earned him a stern rebuke from the team's core member, 'Dragon Rider'.

"If he met me, you wouldn't think that way. Don't disrupt the morale of the team. Find us quickly and complete the regrouping before dawn at the latest."

In this regard.

After realizing he had said something inappropriate, Roy immediately sighed and said, "I understand."

boom! !

at the same time.

A loud explosion came from the very bottom of the elevator entrance.

Like a volcanic eruption, dazzling flames burst forth from below in an instant. The reason why Roy's clone was stuck halfway was undoubtedly because he knew that a lot of tactical laser trip mines had been deployed at the lowest exit.

He knew a thing or two about it, let alone Su Chen.

This is certainly true.

When Su Chen keenly sensed that a faint signal was buried underground, he chose to use his dimensional pocket to retrieve the two little guys and then teleported away.

Subsequently
A giant, ethereal hand extended from his left arm, grabbing a four-star purple Earthshatter Rat and blasting it like a cannonball towards the elevator entrance. The poor rat then triggered a landmine, detonating the trap inside.

Meanwhile, the mechanical deck master who orchestrated everything had already left the scene.

Within perception, in the distance, the figure of a female lion-woman fell into the scan.

The other person had thick, wild silver hair that fell to around waist level and swayed gently in the wind. He had a pair of sharp wolf ears on either side of his head. His body was well-proportioned and athletic, and every inch of his skin exuded an aura of strength and agility.

"Humph!"

With a snort, the female lion-woman from the Lion Empire immediately activated a card, opening a portal beneath her feet. After stepping through, she vanished from reality.

"Still an orc."

Su Chen pondered. It seemed the intelligence was correct. This year, the dual cultivation system training program, which originated from Ivy League universities, had indeed cooperated with the Spirit Lion Empire, which had good relations with humans.

If I'm not mistaken, the card that allowed her to teleport away was the Space Card [Any Rotating Door].

Four-star red level.

Its effect can transmit coordinates within perception, and it can also break down barriers and obstacles in any area.

Last year, this orc would never have been able to contract cards that required at least 680 energy.

The scene just now undoubtedly showed that the other party entered the tenth underground level in one go.

at this time.

A tall figure on a sacrificial altar in the distance waved in response. Her beautiful figure was shrouded in moonlight, like a goddess under the moon. It was Xia He who had been waiting there for a while.

The other side had clearly just been engaged in a fierce battle as well.

After Su Chen gathered, she recounted the battle that had just taken place.

In the five-person melee, two were eliminated, one escaped, and finally, the female lionwoman chose to flee upon seeing Su Chen arrive.

"A space deck, huh?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow; he had already figured out the deck-building strategy of these orcs. "They generally love playing with multi-beast spirit cards, since the synergy is indeed very high. If you build a deck around this, you can definitely develop a space deck."

This approach is flawless except for its high price.

The high cost is not a problem with the deck itself, but rather a matter of the player's financial resources.

"Let's rest after we reach the next floor."

Su Chen already sensed that the ninth underground level would be very lively, so in order to avoid disturbing it, he decided to continue his journey at full speed.

Moreover, in order to be the first to find the important heritage, he would inevitably have to travel.

"Okay." Xia He had no objections.

soon.

The two who had met set off immediately.

There are only six teleportation portals left on the nine underground levels, and the entire area has shrunk considerably. Of course, if you were to fly around the outermost perimeter, it would probably take almost a day.

At 2:30 a.m.

They found the portal entrance to the tenth underground level and entered this religious sacrificial area.

The simulated light sources on the dome had long since lost their effectiveness. In this dimness, one could vaguely see a series of towering hills standing on the earth.

Those are pyramids.

“Some of them are tombs; I’m afraid some important figures from Guterres are buried here,” Xia He said.

Su Chen shook his head and laughed, "They're all forced to hide underground; they have to give up some living space to bury people."

but
From this vantage point, some discoveries were made.

There are more insects now.

hum! !

A series of high-frequency buzzing noises could be heard, and the creature was quite large, at least four meters long.

What's even more chilling is that, if I'm not mistaken, a pyramid in the distance is covered with a thick layer of insects.

It's densely packed, with three layers inside and three layers outside.

Perhaps sensing the fluctuations in the aura of living beings, the giant insects that had been lingering outside began to attack the approaching figures with abandon.

Despite being only a four-star level, he disregarded the level difference and launched a flying attack without regard for his own life or death.

For a while.

Su Chen and Xia He exchanged a glance.

"Somewhat something is wrong."

At that moment, the two undoubtedly conveyed the same message.

Su Chen recalled what he had seen and heard since entering the underground holy city, and he immediately remembered the little insect that was still greedily gnawing on bamboo leaves amidst the air currents stirred up by the outbreak of battle and the rampant spiritual aftereffects.

Xia He then thought of the dimensional insect plague that had once wiped out the Gutez civilization.

The two suddenly realized something.

"Logically speaking, since humanity took control of the interstellar plane, these alien insects should have been completely eradicated. What's going on?"

now.

The same astonishment and bewilderment, even a surge of rage, arose among the group of instructors outside the underground holy city.

"Why would a six-star queen egg appear at the very bottom of the underground holy city, and why has it been decaying for some time?"

"Is your assessment aimed at eliminating everyone? Then is the passing on of knowledge and skills truly something you want to offer?"

No wall is completely airtight.

After the news spread, some national guidance teams disregarded their fear of the overbearing soldiers and went directly to their door to point the finger at these Strategic Armed Forces soldiers who had interfered in the league's youth competition.

Even Deputy Team Leader Lin, the tough-looking leader, joined in the questioning.

If a six-star monster or another type of insectoid summon appears, no one will take it seriously.

Unfortunately, this was the queen egg of a different kind of demonic insect, one of the root causes of the dimensional insect plague.

"The Demon Queen does not possess many offensive capabilities, but her nature is one of insatiable greed. She constantly plunders genes and hatches stronger offspring of the insect race by feeding and mating."

"Once there are enough organisms to feed and mate with, their spawning rate will be as fast as an arsenal assembly line."

"and."

"These are all weapons of war that have no fear of life."

According to information provided by the 'Eye of Truth' that covers the entire underground holy city, the situation deep underground is not optimistic.

According to intelligence secretly provided by the operations staff, the insect infestation has already multiplied to a scale of millions of soldier ants, and has so far cultivated five six-star alien insects and eighteen five-star alien insects.

If left unchecked, once the queen insect is found, it will likely start to multiply to tens of millions from the third day onwards, until it completely covers the entire underground holy city by the fourth day.

No matter how you look at it, this is all aimed at eliminating all the contestants.

In this regard.

Under a barrage of questions, Wang Liyang coldly offered an explanation.

"The real test is the insect plague; if you don't have the skills, just quit."

"in addition."

"There is some latest news from an extraterrestrial observation station that you may not know yet: the trajectory of the Demon Realm's main plane is moving at an unimaginable speed and is expected to collide with the Alliance's territory within two or three years."

Speaking of which.

A mocking smile appeared on Wang Liyang's resolute and indifferent face: "Therefore, the so-called reinforcement plan that was finalized at the beginning is completely meaningless, because the main force responsible for going to the front line will not be these young people."

"The ultimate prize of the Secret Realm, the 'Spirit Ascension' inheritance, is something that legendary card players all yearn for. If they cannot overcome the difficulties, then it will be taken back. It's that simple."

what! !

These words, once spoken, caused a huge uproar.

The teachers and staff, who had just been indignant, were all dumbfounded.

"This happened so quickly."

Everyone found it hard to accept this fact, never expecting that the demonic beings who controlled the trajectory of the plane's operation would actually arrive within two or three years.

This is even more hopeless than the most pessimistic expert assessments.

The full-scale interdimensional war is likely to engulf every place, and the day of peace will begin to count down in the foreseeable future.

"You're not kidding me, are you?!"

A representative from the Divine Eagle Kingdom retorted incredulously.

In this regard.

Major General Wang gave the other party a cold and indifferent look, and without offering any further explanation, he left the room under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"I never expected it to turn out like this."

Deputy Team Leader Lin rarely showed a wry smile. If the reinforcement plan for the future had not been proposed in the first place, then Su Chen would not have received that inheritance award, which was also needed by legendary big shots, in the national competition of Xuanhuang Kingdom.

The workings of fate are so unpredictable.

really"

A person's destiny depends on both their own efforts and the course of history.

"Su Chen, let's see if you can take this down!"

"Lady Luck will favor you, no, you will definitely not let your own strength go to waste."

And at this time.

Ten levels underground in the underground holy city, after avoiding the areas ravaged by the insect plague, Su Chen and Xia He unexpectedly and very luckily found a blessed place within a mausoleum.

"Not bad luck." Su Chen smiled.

(End of this chapter)