My anime-style card deck is fine!

But Wushan Yu was the only one who was not harmed.

Naturally, if you can't hit it, it will have no effect whatsoever!

After [Meditation], Espeon only has one turn left. And after the [Wide Area Power] attack just missed, the space where Espeon is located is undoubtedly the safest!

Wushan Yu had already moved to a different location long ago.

There was no other way; she had to anticipate and move ahead of time. The servant's [mental field] left her with no room or time to react on the fly.

Fortunately, the failure of her previous attack made Cattleya hesitate for a moment.

The rain from Wushan was moved from Miss Gothic's venue.

They successfully evaded the attacks of the two Pokémon.

"...Missed again?"

Cattleya frowned. As expected, Miss Goth and the steward's attack, like the previous ones, stopped after disappearing into the thick fog.

No, you can't think like that!

Did it miss, or did it actually hit but simply concealed its movement... or perhaps some special effect was activated, rendering both attacks ineffective?

Cattleya was frantically racking her brains, thinking hard.

But unlike the Pokémon world, this world has so many more types of cards, which is completely different from the limited Pokémon skills and abilities!

Because as long as card players exist, there will be a constant stream of new cards, along with their effects!

therefore--

The answer is 【I don't know】!

The thick fog obscured all feedback and known information, and endless unknowns surged forth alongside it.

"So that's how it is. This is the real purpose of the fog."

Cattleya frowned slightly. She now understood Wushan Yu's tactics, which were quite simple.

Information warfare!

The unknown brings space and time, and self-doubt and speculation can become unbalanced due to the obscuring of information.

Ultimately, this caused the duel between the two sides to deviate from its intended course.

No matter what kind of attack or occupation you launch, you will not get any corresponding feedback. Unless you win, all information will be drowned in this thick fog!

How tricky!

Cattleya has discovered how troublesome Wushan Rain is.

Meanwhile, outside the arena, Amon was somewhat surprised to see Wushan Yu in the duel arena, but he quickly understood.

In fact, despite all that has been said, the actions of both sides in this round were actually nothing special.

It was very simple: Wushanyu used a special effect to avoid the attacks of Espeon and Absorb, and then summoned a minion to block Gothic's Wide-Range Destruction.

—It wasn't even able to completely block it.

He himself was severely injured as a result, and was left with only a sliver of health!

All Caitlya needed to do was let Espeon launch another attack, without even needing to use any effects or skills; a simple normal attack would have been enough to take down Wushanyu!

No matter how you look at it, Wushan Yu was at a huge disadvantage, and it wouldn't have been wrong for him to admit defeat back then!

but……

Can't do it!

Faced with the absolute unknown, Cattleya fell into a predicament called self-doubt.

What imprisoned Gadria was not the surrounding fog, but Gadria herself, and the unknown deliberately created by Wushan Yu!

"Wow, Wushan Rain is amazing."

Amon couldn't help but exclaim, "Clearly, Wushan Yu must have gone easy on me when we played 'Dou Dizhu' with Ai Ke and Wushan Yu before."

Or rather, Wushan Yu and Ai Ke didn't have a good synergy or compatibility.

One prefers quiet, the other prefers activity.

Meanwhile, the little girl Aiko was too efficient and quick to act. Before Wushan Yu could even prepare, she had already summoned five cannons and started bombarding Amon.

Later, Amon even opened up a foggy track.

This venue is the real key!

The appearance of the museum site covered up the [Misty and Hazy] effect of Wushan Rain, and also directly cut off one of her important tactical systems.

As a result, the remaining Mist Mountain God system doesn't seem very good.

But thinking about it carefully, apart from Fanxing who climbed up by clinging to Amon's coattails, the first one to clear the level and arrive here was Wushanyu. If he was really as weak as before, how could he have cleared the level so quickly?

It's worth noting that in the previous gathering duel, Wushan Yu was a genius card master who was able to fight back and forth with Amon by relying on temporary card creation!

"Cattleya, it looks like we're in trouble."

Amon now understood why Wushan Yu had refused to take on the challenge and had simply remained an observer.

Salted fish?

No, they're just biding their time!

This kind of battle relies on 'deception' and 'the unknown'.

Once it's used, and someone gains information from it, its power will be greatly reduced—since there's only one chance, we should find the most suitable time!

Right now!

"To put it simply..." Amon looked at Tieshan Youyou beside him: "You got ripped off."

"..."

Tieshan Youyou had to give up a favor.

Chapter 179: The Mist

"Draw a card!"

second round!

Cattleya drew a card and then, without any hesitation, issued the order: "Everyone gets it, [Wide Area Combat Power]!"

Without any hesitation, and without any gloom.

Caitlia trusts herself completely, and she also believes in her Pokémon!

It's just a thick fog!

Missed? Then let's cover the entire area! Still no effect? ​​Then let's try again! Let her overturn this thick fog, along with the flowerbeds and the surrounding ground!

With a simple mindset, Cattleya's instructions were swift and without hesitation.

As for whether there might be any traps?

It doesn't matter. You only know what a trap is when you step into it!

"Woo——!!"

Espeon took the lead, followed closely by Gothic and Abbot.

The three Pokémon once again gathered all their spiritual power and poured it into the earth below, causing a resonance of psychic energy within the earth. In the end, it transformed into a psychic wave that swept outwards!

—Full coverage!

Wushan Yu could no longer rely on positioning to avoid damage as before.

However, she had no intention of hiding!

Before, it was because there wasn't enough time, but things are different now.

"Activate the cards that were face down in the previous turn." Wushan Rain made a silent declaration in the thick fog: "The sky meets the clouds and waves, connecting with the morning mist; the Milky Way seems to turn as a thousand sails dance."

"Ritual Card [Mist Mountain God - Heaven Connects with Clouds and Dawn Mist]! This card can only be activated when [Mist Concealment and Mist Corridor] is on the field. If there are two or more fields on the field at the same time, choose one field and banish it until three turns later. At the start of each turn, that field has a 50% chance to return to the Duel Arena."

As the cards unfold.

Espeon's attack dissipated like a thick fog, and even Espeon itself merged into the fog, as if it were covered by the fog and disappeared without a trace.

With Espeon and her surrounding area disappearing, the attack naturally came to nothing.

Taking advantage of the space compression caused by the disappearance of the arena, Wushan Yu moved to another arena—by this time, neither Aiguanshi nor Miss Gothic's attacks had already passed.

Wushan Rain effortlessly dodged another attack from the two Pokémon!

"...Still no feedback?"

Caldaria was completely unaware of Espeon's disappearance, instead focusing intently on the thick fog in front of her.

A thick fog, billowing and rolling, obscured all information.

This made her start to get a little irritated.

The only thing we know for sure is that the duel is not over, and her Pokémon's attacks have not brought Gadria victory!

"Since we don't know if it will hit, let's try something that's guaranteed to hit!"

Cattleya was too lazy to think anymore.

Can’t hit?

Then let's try a different approach.

“Miss Goth, Espeon, Espeon, Servant—” Gadria had barely opened her mouth when she realized something was amiss; something seemed to be missing from the scene before her.

What's missing?

It was immediately obvious—the Espeon in front of her had disappeared!

"Eevee? When?!"

Gadria was genuinely a little flustered, but before she could figure out Espeon's whereabouts...