Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

The head-to-head match between the top two freshmen has garnered a lot of attention, and everyone is eagerly anticipating this battle.

Many people see this match as a preview of the final.

Even though they had no hope of recruiting, the local conglomerates that had already withdrawn from the competition still spent huge sums of money to buy tickets for today's event.

Upon receiving the news, media outlets, armed with their cameras and microphones, scrambled to secure the best vantage point.

Some influential figures on the internet, despite not being invited, voluntarily paid seven-figure ticket prices to come and record the live broadcast of the match.

Zhou Hao walked onto the stage under the spotlight, knowing that there would be many more such moments of being in the spotlight in the future.

Zhou Hao and Xiao Huohuo on the other side nodded to each other as a greeting.

"Now, please welcome your two contestants to the [Holographic Battlefield]!!"

As the host finished speaking, the two stepped onto the battlefield together, and the competition officially began.

The moment I stepped inside, a familiar feeling washed over me.

Looking at the broad stone platform beneath his feet and the stone forest composed of irregular rocks and pillars protruding from the sea, Zhou Hao could easily understand where he was.

"Does the 【Holographic Battlefield】simulate real-world locations? This time it just happens to be simulating the 【Shrimp Monster Stone Forest】?"

The audience members watching the battle also started discussing it.

"It's a complete rout. I'd heard that the strength of this year's first naval battle for freshmen is especially terrifying, arguably the strongest among all freshmen in recent years. Add to that this battlefield? Tsk tsk tsk..."

"Xiao Huohuo spent all his time in the sea area during the credit competition and never went up the mountain. It's possible that his strange fire is suitable for sea combat."

"If it weren't for the advantage of the venue, I still think Xiao Huohuo would win. After all, he's a [Different Fire] type card maker!"

Weren't Emperor Yan's contemporaries strong back then? Yet they were still completely overwhelmed.

Although Zhou Hao has a significant lead in academic credits, many viewers still believe that Xiao Huohuo is the stronger fighter.

The reason is simply that the card maker in history, who was given the title of "Emperor Yan," was too invincible, which made people look at the rare "different fire type" card makers with special regard.

Although Emperor Yan has been in seclusion for hundreds of years, and it is even unknown whether he is still alive, his illustrious name continues to circulate in people's hearts.

Moreover, the [Avatar of Fire] skill, which is naturally innate to the Fire-type card maker, is indeed too overpowered in the early and mid-game.

……

On the battlefield, Xiao Huohuo looked at Zhou Hao and said coldly:

"The name of this strange flame is [Sea Heart Flame]. Please enlighten me."

As he spoke, the azure flames above his head suddenly surged, covering his entire body, and he instantly became a fiery azure figure.

Upon hearing this name, Zhou Hao's heart skipped a beat. The reason was simple: he had seen this name in his high school textbooks.

The section on historical figures records that the first strange fire awakened by Emperor Yan was the Sea Heart Flame.

Upon hearing these three words, the students began to discuss animatedly, and the entire scene erupted in chaos.

"This should be the second fire-type card maker to awaken the [Sea Heart Flame] since the [Emperor Yan], right?"

"Could it be that Emperor Yan has truly perished?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? The [Flame Emperor] is considered one of the strongest among the titled emperors. Even the [Thunder God], who is more ancient than him, is still alive. How could the [Flame Emperor] have fallen?"

"But his last appearance was hundreds of years ago, and deep within the old land, so who knows..."

"Shut up! The Yanhuang people owe their existence today entirely to the strenuous efforts of those who have been granted titles. How dare you speak so lightly of titles?"

"The key is that there are too few card makers specializing in different types of flames. Although no different flames have reappeared yet, no one can prove that a different flame is unique."

"But no matter what, the fact that Xiao Huohuo was able to awaken the [Sea Heart Flame] means that his starting point is already comparable to that of a titled expert."

The phrase "【海心炎】" kept the media extremely busy, and the big influencers on the live stream were overjoyed to see the live stream's popularity soar.

The people in the specially invited audience were all in an uproar: "President Guo, that's not fair! Hiding such a prodigy in secret? Not revealing a single thing?"

Even the previously self-assured admissions officer from Beijing University joined in to make a phone call, sounding quite anxious.

No one is talking about taking on apprentices anymore.

The main reason is that card makers with different fire element are extremely rare, and they cannot be taught unless the teacher is also a different fire element master.

But none of this was relevant to the battle on the field; the two began summoning cards.

Zhou Hao silently thought to himself, "Ao Lie, a fight is about to break out."

But Xiao Huohuo, with his aloof expression, made a much bigger fuss.

He then ceremoniously conjured a card, tossed it into the air, and shouted:

"【Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Endless Fire Domain, Sea-Dividing Flame Devouring Divine Annihilation Ferocious Python - Xiao Haixin】!! Appears!!

Xiao Huohuo's powerful, lion-like language system stunned everyone.

Some even wondered, "Does a longer name mean a stronger card? Is this the real difference between me and a genius?"

Of course, the first person to be impacted by the name "Thunder Card" was our boss, Mr. Zhou.

He never expected that the other party would not only dare to use such a shameful name when making cards, but would even dare to shout it out when summoning cards.

"Perhaps all geniuses have some extraordinary qualities? For example, Xiao Huo's card name is extremely long? And his mental fortitude is also exceptionally strong?"

However, even though shouting like that is a bit rude, it seems to have a pretty good momentum.

"How about we try it next time?"

Zhou Hao pondered this in his mind, and at the same time, he also gleaned a key piece of information from this long list of names.

"[Endless Fire Domain]? The iconic domain card of the [Flame Emperor]? Surname Xiao? Could this kid really be the reincarnation of the [Flame Emperor]?"

But no one could answer that question for him.

Just as Zhou Hao was deep in thought, two roars from giant beasts interrupted his reverie.

"Hiss~"

"Awooo!!"

The giant blue flame python that had fought the instructor earlier manifested itself directly, floating above Xiao Huohuo and letting out a fierce hiss at Zhou Hao.

Meanwhile, Ao Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea, revealed his dragon form, and his majestic and high-pitched dragon roar directly drowned out the hiss of the sea-blue fire python.

The two giants were about the same size, one majestic and awe-inspiring, the other menacing.

Neither of them would yield to the other, and in the blink of an eye, they were wrestling and tearing at each other.

In an instant, dragon scales and blood splattered, and azure flames danced in the air.

The clash between the two colossal beasts was awe-inspiring, brimming with primal wildness.

Since Zhou Hao successfully created the card, he has never seen a card of the same level that can fight to such an extent with [West Sea Jade Dragon Third Prince Ao Lie] at sea.

Although [Ao ​​Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea] has four more claws than this fire python, his melee combat ability is obviously stronger.

However, the fire python was burning with sea-blue flames all over its body, and many parts of Ao Lie's dragon scales and blood were burned into ice shards.

After a round of probing, the two were evenly matched, and neither gained an advantage.

"This fire python named Xiao Haixin should also be at the maximum level, and it can fight Ao Lie to this extent, so it must have a background."

However, the card maker specializing in different types of fire is too mysterious, and I don't know their background. Perhaps I should play to my strengths and drag the battlefield into the sea.

"thump!!"

"thump!!"

The two jumped into the sea almost simultaneously, both planning to fight underwater.

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