Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

As Zhou Hao finished speaking, Ao Lie, who had been standing beside him with his eyes closed in rest, also remained silent and simply raised his hand gently.

Zhou Hao felt the concentration of water vapor around him suddenly increase significantly.

"【Divine Power - Overturning Rivers and Seas】? Are they going to unleash a powerful attack right off the bat?"

Just as Zhou Hao was wondering, another unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, Zhou Hao felt a scorching heat coming from above.

The next second, a burst of fire ripped through the rain, hurtling straight toward the enormous "water elemental giant" like a fiery meteor.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Hao realized that it wasn't a fireball, but a young girl.

"What kind of lightning strike is this?"

The girl was quite striking in appearance, her breathtaking curves accentuated by a crimson armor, and her flowing golden curls shone like flames in the rainy night.

Her feet were burning with orange-red flames, and she slammed down on the water elemental giant in a Leo-style flying kick.

"There are other experts?"

The girl's imposing presence was palpable; even standing by the window, Zhou Hao could feel the scorching energy contained in her kick.

However, the [Divine Power - Overturning Rivers and Seas] has already been activated.

When Ao Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea, made his move, the burning sensation was instantly cleared away.

Zhou Hao felt that the world suddenly became quiet, and the sounds of wind and rain, flowing water, and the roars of the water elemental giants all disappeared.

Even the girl in red armor in the sky paused for a moment, like a flying insect suddenly sealed in amber.

The flames that entwined its feet were extinguished silently, like candlelight encountering a giant wave, losing all their previous imposing aura.

The rain in the sky seemed to freeze before Zhou Hao's eyes, the splashes of water on the ground hung suspended in mid-air, no longer falling, and the puddles stopped flowing.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the scene, even the battle-hardened Jinghai Navy squad.

They were so amazed by this spectacular sight that they held their breath and couldn't speak.

The water elemental giant, which had grown to the height of a three-story building, seemed to be suddenly gripped by an invisible hand.

Its enormous body suddenly collapsed, turning into a stream of water that splashed all over the ground.

In the flowing water, sea-blue droplets, emitting a shimmering blue light, rise leisurely.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, the water droplets slowly rose and finally landed in Zhou Hao's hand by the window.

"boom!!"

The next second, the rain began to fall, the puddles began to flow, and everything around returned to normal.

The sea monster that had been suffocating the three Jinghai soldiers just seconds before had turned into a few water droplets in Zhou Hao's hand.

Zhou Hao looked downstairs and saw that the three men from the Jinghai Army stood solemnly and gave him a military salute.

He then clasped his fist in a gesture of respect to the blonde girl who had failed to save him, before driving away.

The blonde girl in red armor looked in Zhou Hao's direction and nodded.

Then, flames shot out from beneath the feet of the crimson armor, and it flew away from the scene.

With the crisis resolved, Zhou Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Beep beep beep~"

Suddenly, a message notification sounded.

Zhou Hao opened his phone and saw an unfamiliar name appear in the "New Friends" section of the dating app.

"Ma Ling'er? Who's that?"

Zhou Hao was puzzled, but then he saw a line of text in the notes section:

"I'm the one you just shot down from the sky. Your cards are pretty good, let's play sometime."

How did she get my number?

Zhou Hao became somewhat wary; he initially intended to pretend he hadn't seen it.

But thinking about the armor the girl was wearing that he had never seen before, and filled with a thirst for new knowledge, he clicked "agree."

Putting aside his phone, Zhou Hao finally had time to look at the few glowing water droplets in his hand.

Unsurprisingly, this was his biggest gain from this trip.

He returned to the study and took out the extra blank cards.

Following his memory, Zhou Hao began to use his mental power to wrap each of the glistening water droplets and drag them one by one into the blank cards.

As streaks of azure light illuminated the blank cards, wave-like patterns began to spread along their edges.

The card covers feature images of condensed water, with the words "Water Elemental Giant" slowly forming above the cards.

"No wonder he was so difficult to deal with, he's a [boss-level]..."

[Normal (Gray) - Dangerous (White) - Elite (Green) - Boss (Blue) - Leader (Purple) - Overlord (Orange) - Disaster (Red) - Legendary (Gold) - World Destroyer (Rainbow) - ? ? ? (Black)]

Five [Boss-level] creatures fused together!! Five whole blue-quality materials!!

Zhou Hao had just made a purchase, so he knew all too well the price of the blue material.

Although it's a sea monster theme that's rampant in Shanhai City, it's still a new species of sea monster with high research value, and each one could easily sell for 200,000.

"One million!! I didn't expect that [West Sea Jade Dragon Third Prince Ao Lie] would break even as soon as it was made."

But the sea monster invasion isn't over yet, so Zhou Hao can't just sell these five materials.

Regardless, this first card still gave Zhou Hao a huge surprise.

Looking at Ao Lie beside him, he couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

There's no way around it; it's hard not to laugh when you're playing a wheelchair character.

Zhou Hao had thought that this [Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea, Ao Lie] would be much stronger than ordinary blue cards, but he didn't expect him to be this much stronger.

Leaving aside the imposing and awe-inspiring Ma Ling'er, who seemed like a divine warrior descending from the heavens,

That's Zhang's [Bone Spike Murloc] downstairs, it's a proper blue card.

Both being blue cards, the Bone Spike Murloc couldn't even withstand a single hit from the combined Water Elemental Giant.

But in front of this Jade Dragon Third Prince, the fused version of the [Water Element Giant] was crushed into material without even seeing an enemy.

Ao Lie killed the fused version of the [Water Element Giant] without even moving his feet, and also knocked down the kind-hearted Ma Ling'er in the process.

It can only be said that Zhou Hao underestimated the value of this card.

"【Divine Power - Overturning Rivers and Seas】: Ao Lie expends a large amount of magical power to greatly enhance his control over water and the range of that control. In dragon form, the effect of this divine power will be greatly enhanced."

"When I was studying Chinese mythology, I always thought this supernatural power meant having the immense strength to turn rivers upside down and seas back up. I never imagined it was a skill that enhanced the control of the elements."

Zhou Hao silently recalled Ao Lie's skill information, his mind filled with anticipation:

"This is only the [Divine Power - Overturning Rivers and Seas] in the immortal form."

If it were in dragon form, just how powerful would this divine ability be?

As he pondered, Zhou Hao began to feel slightly dizzy, a sign that he knew was a sign of insufficient mental energy.

"From now on, we should save these trump cards for crucial moments."

That was the Sage form in energy-saving mode just now. If it were the Dragon form,

If he were to unleash this [Divine Power - Overturning Rivers and Seas] again, Zhou Hao estimated that he would be completely drained.

Fortunately, the [Summoning Card] consumes very little mental energy outside of combat, and with Ao Lie's Immortal form, the energy consumption will be further reduced.

Although keeping a [Summoning Card] in the world for an extended period of time is bad for the card maker's mental strength, he dares not undo Ao Lie's summoning now.

After all, this sea monster invasion is quite serious, even more serious than any previous one.

In Zhou Hao's memory, there had never been a sea monster that could burrow into sewers to bypass coastal defenses and even fuse to become stronger.

If it weren't for his and Ma Ling'er's intervention, not only would Ping'an Community have fallen, but even the headquarters of the Shanhai City Card Master Association nearby would have been in danger.

Moreover, according to Captain Zhang, this sea monster invasion also includes many new species that have never appeared before.

The Water Elemental Giants were just a few that slipped through the net to the rear, so you can imagine that the battle on the front line along the coast will only be more severe.

But for the resilient people of the mountains and seas, sea monsters landing and beast tides attacking cities are nothing new.

Shanhai City is adjacent to two major secret realms. Even though the [Ailao Mountain] secret realm on the east side is not as large as the [West Sea] secret realm, it still requires a large number of card makers to defend.

"The card makers in Shanhai City have a tough life. They have to make naval battle cards to defend against sea monsters, and also make land battle cards to defend against monsters."

Zhou Hao lay on the bed, muttering, "I still need to make a few more cards..."