Who said this card is outrageous?

Then comes the last question—how did the superhuman who was besieged eventually disappear?

When the security team arrived at the scene, they found no bodies other than the victim's, nor any traces of blood dragging.

The only somewhat useful clue was some broken pieces of ice, about five meters from the alley entrance, that were still vaguely recognizable as hand and foot shapes.

If the middle-aged man wasn't mistaken, it must have been that the person being attacked tried to escape but was frozen in place by some powerful ice-type skill, freezing their limbs and even their entire body.

Whether the person eventually broke free and escaped or was captured remains unknown.

……

The on-site investigation is ongoing, but these newly obtained clues have only made the already complex case even more complicated.

The middle-aged man subconsciously reached into his pocket for cigarettes, but as soon as his fingers touched the cigarette pack, a stinging sensation spread from his temple, as if he had been gently pricked by a thin needle.

Having some experience, he immediately realized what was happening, awkwardly pulled his hand out of his pocket, and turned to look at the girl who was tidying up documents not far away.

"Sorry, Xiao Ruan, it's just a habit."

Ruan Ruoshi then looked away from the documents in her hand, her expression indifferent to the point of being cold, and her tone flat: "This is the scene of the crime. The smell of smoke will mask any remaining scents and may affect the identification of clues. Uncle He, this isn't your first time on a field mission."

He Zhenghai didn't take the girl's cold tone to heart, because he knew it was one of the side effects of her using her special ability.

He just scratched the back of his head and couldn't help but mutter, "It's all because of this stupid case."

"And the fishmen outside the city have started to get restless too." He Zhenghai leaned against the wall, arms crossed, his tone tinged with annoyance. "Recently, they've been coming ashore every few days, getting more and more into causing trouble. It seems like they've had a lot more fish than usual this year."

Ruan Ruoshi did not respond, continuing to look down at the documents in her hands, seemingly unconcerned about the fishman's question.

She then continued her more detailed investigation at the scene to see if she could find any important clues that she had missed.

……

Meanwhile, Zhang Che had already arrived at the entrance of Wang Guofu's card shop.

He took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing the jumbled thoughts in his mind, and then pushed open the door and went inside.

"They're here?" Wang Guofu peeked out from behind the counter, his expression somewhat subtle. "Those two students arrived a while ago and are waiting in the inner room."

"Understood, thank you Uncle Wang."

"And..." Wang Guofu suddenly lowered his voice and gestured towards the inner room, "They brought a female student over. She's quite pretty; she must be a classmate."

Zhang Che nodded and was about to go inside when Wang Guofu stopped him again: "Hey, I think the relationship between that female student and Fu Xing seems a bit strange."

Zhang Che: ? ?

So Fu Xing brought his girlfriend along? It's only been a few days, and he's already exposed himself way too quickly!

Thinking of how cautious and afraid his brothers would find out about him last time, Zhang Che suddenly perked up.

"Uncle Wang, I'll head over now." Zhang Che said, then strode into the inner room.

The door was half-open. The moment Zhang Che pushed it open, the three people inside looked over at the same time, but the scene was not quite what he had expected.

The three people sat on the sofa against the wall. An unfamiliar girl with long, straight black hair sat on the far left, Yu Renjia sat on the far right, and Fu Xing was sandwiched in the middle. Her posture was stiff and her expression was subtle. She looked a bit like a mouse cornered by two cats.

The girl wore black-rimmed glasses, her long hair fell to her shoulders, and although her features weren't stunning, she was definitely pretty.

Add to that her impressive figure and calm expression, and she's definitely a cool and aloof older sister type.

Therefore, when Zhang Che pushed the door open and came in, she only glanced at him briefly before looking away and continuing to drink her tea.

Yu Renjia spoke first: "Zhang Che, you've finally arrived!"

Fu Xing reacted even more strongly; he almost sprang up from the sofa, his face showing the expression of a drowning person grasping at the last straw.

"Brother Zhang Che! Come, come, have a seat!" His voice was a half-tone higher than usual, and as he spoke, he winked at Zhang Che, his eyes practically overflowing with pleading—

help me!

This completely baffled Zhang Che. He thought to himself, "Yu Renjia isn't a woman, so why does it feel like Fu Xing has entered a hellish situation?"

Chapter 18 The Fishman's Abnormality

Zhang Che could only pretend he hadn't seen anything and naturally walked over and sat down opposite the three of them: "Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's alright, we just arrived recently." Yu Renjia waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing to worry about.

When Zhang Che sat down, he caught a glimpse of Fu Xing out of the corner of his eye, and Fu Xing visibly relaxed.

"By the way, let me introduce you." He took the initiative to start the conversation and pointed to the girl next to him, "This is my... my girlfriend, Su Wanqing, a third-year student at Binhai University, a third-tier card master."

Su Wanqing smiled and nodded to Zhang Che, which was her way of greeting him.

“Zhang Che, the card maker I mentioned to you is the one who created the Six-Tailed Fox.” Fu Xing then turned to Su Wanqing.

"I know." Su Wanqing's voice was calm and light, but her tone clearly fluctuated. "Six-Tails is very good. I like it very much. You are a very skilled card maker."

Zhang Che smiled politely.

Su Wanqing appears to be a calm and rational person, which complements Fu Xing's carefree personality.

But now is not the time for gossip. He has more important things to do.

"Old Yu, about that card of yours..." Zhang Che took the initiative to speak, a slightly troubled expression appearing on his face at the right moment.

Yu Renjia immediately sat up straight, his eyes filled with anticipation and nervousness: "What happened? Did it work?"

Zhang Che shook his head and sighed, "It didn't work out."

Yu Renjia's expectation instantly vanished.

“I’ve tried several times during this period, and I’ve failed every time.” Zhang Che’s expression looked very sincere. “The difficulty of making a second-tier blue card is much greater than I imagined. The reason I was able to make the Six-Tails before was mainly because I had experience making snow foxes before.”

Although Yu Renjia was disappointed, he wasn't too surprised. After all, second-tier blue cards weren't exactly common, and it was normal not to be able to make them.

“However—” Zhang Che changed the subject, “After summarizing the lessons learned from several failures, I am now quite confident that I can make the card.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Renjia's eyes lit up again, and he hurriedly asked Zhang Che how confident he was.

"Seventy percent."

"Seventy percent?" Yu Renjia practically jumped up. "Are you serious?!"

Zhang Che nodded and said that he came to the store mainly to buy materials.

Without saying a word, Yu Renjia turned around and rummaged through his backpack: "You should have said so earlier! I have plenty of materials for the merfolk!"

As he spoke, he pulled out more than a dozen cloth bags of various sizes from his backpack and piled them all on the coffee table. Fu Xing, who was standing to the side, was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and hurriedly started taking things out of his own backpack.

Zhang Che was stunned as he stared at the small mountain that was rapidly piling up on the coffee table.

The spine of the Murloc Warrior, the water-based crystal core of the Wave-Treading Murloc, the hardened skin of the Reef Murloc, the tail fin of the Tide Murloc, the Murloc Hunter's... all second-tier materials, and in pretty good condition.

Even more outrageous, Fu Xing pulled out two items wrapped in soft cloth from the bottom of his backpack. Upon opening them, a rich, extraordinary energy immediately emanated from them.

One was a fist-sized crystal bottle filled halfway with a silvery-blue liquid, emitting a faint glow. The liquid inside seemed to be alive, gently surging. Next to it was a palm-sized bone, its surface covered with fine and regular patterns, naturally formed merman runes, containing a special magic circuit.

"Tidal Blood and Murloc Cursed Bone... materials from a Tier 3 Tidecaller Murloc?" Zhang Che's eyes widened.

“Yes, I got it outside the city a couple of days ago,” Fu Xing replied.

Zhang Che took a deep breath, and his gaze towards the two changed: "How many murloc lairs have you two raided?"

Yu Renjia and Fu Xing exchanged a glance, their expressions somewhat complicated.

"It's a long story," Fu Xing sighed and spoke first. "Recently, the fishmen outside the city have gone mad and are running ashore much more frequently than before."

Moreover, their numbers and strength are also higher. In the past, when I went to the beach, I mostly encountered first-tier murlocs, and I could only see one second-tier murloc occasionally.

However, while second-tier murlocs aren't everywhere these days, you can basically encounter a few every time you go to the coast.

“The school has added a lot of tasks to clear out the fishmen, and the reward credits are also more than usual,” Yu Renjia continued. “So we thought we’d collect some materials while we were at it, so we formed a team to go.”

At this point, he couldn't help but glare at Fu Xing: "It turns out that this guy felt it wasn't enough on the shore, so he insisted on going to a place even further away from the shore."

Fu Xing guiltily looked away.

Yu Renjia's tone turned unpleasant: "After that, we hadn't gone very far when we encountered a Tidecaller fishman."

As a shaman-like character among the Murloc race, the individual combat strength of the Tidecaller Murloc is only that of a typical Tier 3 Murloc. The two of them, along with the cards created by Zhang Che, can handle it.

However, each Tidecaller is accompanied by a bunch of Tier 1 and Tier 2 minions, and a simple buff can easily crush them both.

"How could we withstand this? We couldn't hold on for long, and we couldn't even run away. If it weren't for the older students passing by, we would have lost our lives there."

After Yu Renjia finished speaking, he couldn't help but glare at Fu Xing again.

Fu Xing shrank back and muttered under his breath, "In the end, nothing happened, right..."

Zhang Che noticed that Su Wanqing, who was sitting next to him, twitched her lips slightly, as if she wanted to laugh but held it back.

It turned out that the team led by the senior students was led by Su Wanqing. In her eagerness to save people, she summoned the Six-Tailed Fox and used a [Frozen Wind] spell to make the fishmen stand still, and they were all dealt with in no time.

"And then?" Zhang Che had already guessed what would happen next, but he still asked anyway.

"And then?" Yu Renjia turned to look at Fu Xing, a meaningful smile on his face. "Then someone confessed everything."

Fu Xing's expression was somewhat unnatural.

【Six-Tailed Fox】As an original card created by Zhang Che, it can be said that he is currently the only person in the world who can create it.

Seeing it in Su Wanqing's hands, Yu Renjia, with his intelligence, quickly guessed what was going on.

"It seems the card I made has done a great job," Zhang Che said meaningfully.

Su Wanqing nodded, her expression remaining calm, but a barely perceptible blush appeared at the base of her ears.

"The card works great." She paused, then added, "Thank you."

Upon hearing the word "thank you," Fu Xing immediately chuckled foolishly, regardless of whether the words were addressed to him or not.

Yu Renjia rolled his eyes, indicating that he couldn't be bothered with this spineless guy!

Seeing this scene before him, Zhang Che felt a slight relaxation in his tense state.

He picked out the materials he needed from the coffee table, while mentally planning how to make Fu Xing and the other two his witnesses according to the plan.

Chapter 19 Enhanced Card Crafting: The Even Stronger [Tidal Sea Spirit]

After sensing the psychic gaze of the female sheriff, Zhang Che quickly realized one thing—the world has all sorts of supernatural abilities and tools, and the security team might have some supernatural beings or tools that can revert to past appearances.

However, judging from the fact that he is still "at large," the Binhai City Public Security Bureau probably doesn't have anything particularly impressive, but they might have some low-level stuff.