Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

With everyone at the card-making high school watching, and Zhang Shan admitting defeat, the "First Freshman Instructor Open Challenge" officially came to an end.

The students who watched the game live were the most deeply moved.

"Is this the power of the top freshman? They're on a completely different level from us!!"

"Is Hao Shen really the same age as us? I feel like Hao Shen could beat a hundred of me."

"Even disregarding feelings, a hundred is still too conservative..."

Zhao Lei sighed, "We're both beginner card makers, so why is Brother Hao's mental strength, cards, and skills so much stronger than ours?"

Xu Miaomiao glanced at him sideways, disdainfully looking Zhao Lei up and down beside her: "Open your eyes and look, that can't be a junior card maker!"

Xu Miaomiao's words not only startled Zhao Lei, but also plunged the surrounding students into a brief silence.

"That makes sense. Although those below the advanced card maker level cannot cultivate fixed techniques, their spiritual power only differs in total amount, so their external projections don't reveal anything special."

But the fact that Hao Shen could maintain two summon cards and two legion cards for so long, and still produce so many skill cards, suggests he's probably already a mid-level card maker.

Xu Miaomiao looked at the still-present phantom of the ancient temple under the moon on the beach and asked in confusion, "But did you guys notice that when Hao Shen's shrimp monster killed [Tiger Vanguard] just now?"

It seems that Instructor Zhang's [Tiger Vanguard] didn't transform into a card and fly back to Instructor Zhang's mental space.

Someone nearby immediately chimed in: "Of course not, that super cool-looking Diamond Shrimp Monster punched Tiger Vanguard into a bloody mist..."

But halfway through his sentence, his voice became less confident:

"That's right, even if it's reduced to a bloody mist, it should still be restored to its card form and fly back to the card maker's mental space."

……

Principal Zhu, watching the screen in the monitoring room, had a broad smile on his face:

"Zhang Shan is incredibly lucky. He's had that [Tiger Vanguard] card stuck at the upgrade stage for almost half a year now, hasn't he?"

Commander Yu also laughed heartily and replied, "Yes, this kid has first-class talent in swordsmanship and is also quite good at card making."

I'm stuck on this [Tiger Vanguard] card; I can't find the missing piece for advancement.

Principal Zhu looked at the screen with satisfaction and said, "Previously, in order to improve his strength, he kept trying to take shortcuts and get equipment cards."

However, the main material for this [Vanguard Blade] is, after all, a high-quality item like the [Tiger Tooth Rift Blade] (purple), so it was somewhat of an unexpected bonus.

Commander Yu said, "[The Rending Wind Tiger Lord] is a great demon that is just one step away from becoming a [Overlord].

It's not surprising that there's a trace of the Mountain Lord's True Meaning in the Tiger Tooth Rift Blade he forged from his tiger teeth.

However, if Zhou Hao hadn't shattered the blade, that wisp of Mountain Lord's true essence wouldn't have been able to fully integrate into Tiger Vanguard's body.

Without that punch from the Diamond Shrimp Monster, Tiger Vanguard wouldn't have had the chance to digest that wisp of true meaning on the brink of death. Zhou Hao is truly this kid's lucky star.

……

Meanwhile, on the main battlefield, Zhou Hao was already annoyed and almost couldn't stand the noise from these rats banging drums and blowing suonas.

"Brother Zhang, you can't take your own cards back?"

Zhang Shan looked completely bewildered: "I've never encountered this situation before!"

At this moment, the blood-like aura in the ancient temple gradually intensified, and red mist permeated the air.

A tiger's roar suddenly rang out. Zhou Hao looked up and saw a phantom figure dressed in a black robe, holding a large seal in his hand, condensing in mid-air on the high platform.

This phantom, with a tiger's head and a human body, didn't seem to exude the same murderous aura as the [Tiger Vanguard]. Instead, it possessed a kingly aura that made people want to kneel down in reverence.

Beneath the illusory image, the [Tiger Vanguard], who had previously been blasted into a bloody mist, was now sitting cross-legged on the high platform with his eyes closed, seemingly unharmed.

The moment Zhou Hao saw this figure, his agitated emotions subsided considerably, and instead, a sense of submission and reverence arose within him.

"Who do you think you are! You think you can make me kneel before you?!"

The anger that Zhou Hao had accumulated over the past half day actually clashed with this aura that made people submit, giving Zhou Hao a moment to think.

"At this point, even Zhang Shan doesn't know what happened; things have spiraled out of control."

I need to leave the area of ​​effect of the field card first. The most direct way to do that is to demolish this dilapidated temple!

With that, Zhou Hao mentally issued the command: "Leave nothing but me and Zhang Shan!!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Hao's card went completely berserk, and the [Gourd Brother] card rampaged around even more wildly.

The Crab General, along with his Crab Generals, wielded their giant pincers, smashing the walls and floors until they were covered in rubble.

The Shrimp General led his Shrimp Soldiers in launching and punching, causing the beams, pillars, and stone tables to tilt precariously.

"roar!!"

The phantom on the high platform seemed to let out a majestic tiger's roar in anger.

The tiger's roar caused all the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, except for the dim-witted Calabash Brothers, to freeze in their tracks.

"Aww~!!"

Before the tiger's roar had even ended, a more resonant and powerful familiar voice rang out behind Zhou Hao, completely drowning out the roar.

With its body outstretched and head held high, [Ao Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea] reveals its dragon form on land for the first time.

The enormous jade-white dragon suddenly soared into the air, and the dense red mist around it gathered around Ao Lie as if it had seen a true king, transforming into a red cloud beside him.

The noisy rats also turned into mist and were absorbed into the red clouds surrounding Ao Lie.

At this point, vision was restored.

The crowd saw a majestic and enormous serpentine sea monster, seemingly a celestial deity, soaring through the clouds and roaring angrily at the Lord of the Mountains and Forests atop the ancient temple platform.

The tiger-shaped phantom seemed somewhat afraid, but it still stubbornly roared and threatened towards Zhou Hao, but the white dragon was not going to tolerate it.

The next second, Bai Long Ao Lie, riding on red clouds, pounced down like lightning.

The dragon's body wrapped itself around the pretentious tiger-shaped phantom, and then it took a vicious bite.

There was no blood splattering, no flesh and bone exposed.

This bite felt like biting into a large cloud of mist, only the majestic tiger shadow was fainter.

"roar!!"

This tiger's roar, however, no longer possessed its previous majesty; instead, it conveyed a sense of panic.

The white dragon wanted to take another big bite out of the phantom.

But after being torn apart, the tiger-shaped phantom seemed to be terrified and quickly turned into a wisp of mist, merging into the body of the Tiger Vanguard sitting on the high platform.

As the tiger-shaped phantom dissipated, [Tiger Vanguard] transformed into a light purple card and entered Zhang Shan's mind, while the ancient temple, red mist, and monster corpses gradually disappeared.

The white dragon smacked its lips, seemingly still wanting more, then transformed into a blue-purple card and entered Zhou Hao's mental space.

Zhou Hao finally regained his composure and glanced at Ao Lie's panel.

However, it was discovered that the "Level" column had changed from "★★★" to "★★★★".

"Upgraded?! Max level?"

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