Who said this card is outrageous?

Nobody would believe it if I told them!

Thinking of this, Zhang Che breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he didn't show it on the surface.

Then he took a deep breath and activated the card in front of Lin Jiming and Xu Jing, summoning Ahri.

A purple magic circle unfolded in the center of the office, and Ahri stepped out from it.

She must have sensed the "caution" signal Zhang Che sent through the mental link. Instead of snuggling up to Zhang Che as usual, she stood still, her nine tails curling up behind her, and her golden eyes calmly watching the two strangers in the office.

His gaze lingered on Xu Jing and Lin Jiming for a few seconds before finally settling on the Frostblade Wolf.

Is this his opponent?

On the other side, Xu Jing and Lin Jiming immediately began to scrutinize Ah Li after she appeared.

That figure and posture almost indistinguishable from a human's, that face so exquisitely beautiful it seemed unreal, that naturally flowing spirituality and charm—

Every detail made the two of them marvel inwardly.

Lin Jiming, in particular, exclaimed that he wondered which master card maker had created this.

This level of humanoid card crafting could only be produced by card makers at least at the upper-level extraordinary level.

Chapter 144 A Probability of 16 in 10,000

The battle has officially begun.

Sensing that the enemy before him was clearly not on the same level as the two weaklings from before, the Frostblade Wolf lowered its body, letting out a low growl, and a thin layer of frost gradually began to cover its silvery-white fur.

Its gaze was fixed on Ahri, but not to assess how strong the enemy was; rather, it was estimating how many seconds it would take to finish the battle.

The standoff between the two lasted only a few seconds before Ahri made the first move.

Her nine tails swung simultaneously, and gray-blue demonic flames shot out from the tips of her tails, spreading out in the air to form a dense net of fire that enveloped the Frostblade Wolf.

【Mysterious Foxfire】!

At the same time, she raised her right hand, and a pink orb condensed in her palm, passing through the gaps in the fire net and heading straight for the Frostblade Wolf's face.

【The Deceptive Jewel】!

The Frostblade Wolf was caught off guard by this sudden attack. It hadn't expected her to go all out from the start, leaving it no room to maneuver.

It nimbly dodged the attack of the Deception Orb by sidestepping, but the fire net of the eerie foxfire covered too wide an area, directly burning through the thin frost on its fur, and leaving several charred marks on its body.

However, the most deadly thing is the mental attack that comes with Foxfire, which makes Frostblade Wolf very uncomfortable.

But the Frostblade Wolf's strength was undeniable, and its counterattack began quickly: it first let out a low howl, the sound waves creating visible ripples in the air, shattering most of the demonic fire that was attacking again.

Then it opened its mouth, and the white, cold air condensed into ice crystals in the air, forming a straight stream of cold air that rushed straight towards Ahri.

Ahri didn't take the hit head-on; her body vanished from the spot and reappeared behind Frostblade Wolf the next second.

[Spiritual Assault]!

At the same time, she activated the Static Field card in her equipment inventory, and a dense purple electric net spread out from her body, enveloping the Frostblade Wolf.

This move truly amazed Lin Jiming. He never expected that this fox-human card could not only use mental attacks, but also master spatial power.

This raised his opinion of the card creator even higher.

The Frostblade Wolf shuddered from the electric shock, but as a fourth-tier blue card, it had considerable mental resistance, and this level of electric current was not enough to render it incapacitated.

It turned and pounced on Ahri, its claws covered in a layer of sharp frost, continuously slashing at Ahri with frost blades. Ahri tried to use charm magic to distract the Frostblade Wolf and make its attacks miss their mark, but unfortunately, the effect was not ideal.

The two sides continued their exchange, and for a time it was difficult to determine a winner.

However, despite the seemingly tense battle, Zhang Che knew in his heart that Ah Li's chances of winning were not high.

At most, it's a 30/70 split.

But no one expected that Frostblade Wolf would have such bad luck—

The uniqueness of the [Electrostatic Field] is called Chain Collapse. Its effect is that every time an enemy target within the field uses a supernatural ability, there is a low probability of triggering an electrostatic backlash, causing a stronger paralysis effect.

If the backlash is triggered three times in a short period of time, the fourth time will detonate the target directly, causing extremely high damage close to the level of a mid-level transcendent being.

During its continuous attacks, the Frostblade Wolf triggered static backlash three times in less than half a minute.

Each backlash caused the Frostblade Wolf's body to tremble violently, its movements to become increasingly sluggish, and its attacks to become increasingly powerless.

In the end, it was even unable to maintain the passive recovery effect of the power of ice.

But it was unwilling to give up, so the Frostblade Wolf used its last bit of strength to concentrate all its ice-attribute energy into its claws and unleashed a final blow at Ahri.

That was an attack it launched with all its might, far more powerful than any of its previous Frostblade Slashes.

Then, the fourth electrostatic backlash was triggered.

The electric current surged in from all directions like a net being drawn in, completely enveloping the Frostblade Wolf.

Unlike the previous three times, this time the current seemed to have been given a boost of energy, no longer fine purple electric threads, but transformed into thick electric pythons that tightly wrapped around the Frostblade Wolf's limbs, torso, and head, binding it firmly.

The brightness of the current increased, changing from purple to white, and from white to a dazzling gold, as if a sun was being ignited in Ahri's electrostatic field.

Boom—

The extreme restraint allowed the Frostblade Wolf to absorb almost all the damage. It didn't even have time to let out a scream before its entire body was completely dissolved, disintegrated, and transformed into the purest energy particles in the electric current, dissipating into the air of the training ground.

Zhang Che was clearly stunned by the scene before him for a moment: first he was shocked by the terrifying power of the chain collapse, and then he was surprised that he could kill a fourth-tier blue card summon so cleanly and efficiently.

Immediately afterward, an even more exciting thought popped into his mind: to be able to kill a fourth-tier blue card summon so cleanly and efficiently meant that the power of that attack had definitely reached the fifth or even sixth tier.

A Tier 1 purple card can actually unleash such power when equipped.

Unfortunately, the probability of triggering it is too low to use it as a regular method; otherwise, it would be truly invincible.

As expected of a masterpiece by a legendary card maker!

"Clap clap-"

A crisp round of applause rang out from behind Zhang Che, who then snapped out of his daze and turned to look at Lin Jiming, who was clapping.

"Impressive, impressive! Truly a promising young talent." Lin Jiming's tone was sincere, without the slightest hint of perfunctoriness.

He clapped as he walked up to Ali, scrutinizing her closely. Ali didn't back away or flinch; she simply looked calmly at the middle-aged man who was half a head taller than her.

"And if I'm not mistaken, that move just now should have been a chain reaction of electrostatic field collapse, right?" Lin Jiming turned his head to look at Zhang Che. His expression contained surprise, admiration, and a hint of inexplicable curiosity.

As the first purple card in almost every card maker's life, [Static Field] is still easy to recognize.

So, who was Master Lu Ming's top student who created this purple card? Or was it a replica made by a card maker who greatly admired Master Lu Ming and spent countless hours replicating it?

Lin Jiming had a few guesses in his mind, but he didn't say them out loud.

With the outcome decided, Lin Jiming readily fulfilled his promise, taking the spiritual crystal out of his pocket and handing it to Zhang Che.

"Keep it up, young man." Lin Jiming patted Zhang Che on the shoulder, his tone carrying the expectation of an elder for a younger generation. "The future of the Federation depends on young people like you."

Zhang Che accepted the crystal with both hands, carefully put it into his magic pocket, and then quickly put on an expression of being flattered, thanking the other party repeatedly, giving the other party plenty of emotional value.

After all, he claimed to have won this spiritual crystallization himself, but everyone knew the truth. Zhang Che definitely owed Lin Jiming a favor.

Chapter 145 Harvest Time

"Alright, we've talked about what we needed to talk about, and we've fought what we needed to fight. See you later." Lin Jiming stretched, waved to Xu Jing, and strode out of the office.

The boots made a heavy "thump-thump" sound on the floor and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor, leaving only Zhang Che and Xu Jing in the office.

After a brief silence, Zhang Che looked at Xu Jing and asked curiously, "Just who is this Consultant Lin? He just gave away a mid-level transcendent spiritual crystal like that?"

After all, the other party is just a mid-level transcendent. Even if they have some special methods, they shouldn't be so arrogant, right?

"Sigh, what can you do when someone has such a wonderful younger sister?" Xu Jing lay sprawled on the sofa without any regard for her image, her tone full of envy.

She usually presents a dignified and proper image at the college, but at this moment she is like a deflated balloon, sprawled on the sofa, too lazy to even move her fingers.

"younger sister?"

"Yes, Lin Zhaoli, who was the youngest high-level transcendent in the Federation back then and has now advanced to the eighth rank of Frost Domain Sword Saint."

"Eighth rank?!" Zhang Che exclaimed in surprise.

There are hardly any eighth-level superhumans in the entire Southeast Province, and this person is actually Lin Jiming's own sister.

No wonder she's so generous. With such a powerful younger sister, she could probably easily bring back a huge amount of mid-level extraordinary resources after just one trip to a high-level rift.

These things are of almost no value to those who have reached the pinnacle of their abilities, but they are perfect for investing in young people who are just beginning to show their talent.

By casually tossing out a few, one could potentially gain the gratitude and trust of a future mid-level superhuman—a deal that's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.

Even in the worst-case scenario—investing in an ungrateful person or having the investor go bankrupt midway through the investment—they wouldn't feel a shred of regret.

Compared to Fu Xing's maternal grandfather, Zhang Che felt that this was the real case of accidentally intruding into the imperial family.

He thought to himself silently.

Zhang Che didn't know how he left Xu Jing's office. When he walked out of the Card Master Academy's gate and stood on the steps, looking at the sun gradually setting in the distance, a sense of unreality suddenly welled up in his heart.

I never expected that the thing that worried me the most, advancing to the fourth rank, would be mostly resolved so quickly.

You should know that he was prepared for a long battle.

However, spiritual crystallization cannot guarantee 100% success, so Zhang Che dared not be careless and decided to hone his spiritual power for a while longer before attempting to advance.

Otherwise, if something unexpected were to happen and this hard-won spiritual crystal were wasted, he would probably regret it for a very, very long time...

Xu Jing never mentioned Ah Li's matter from beginning to end; it's unclear whether she forgot or did it on purpose.

……

With the mayor's return and the arrival of provincial officials, the subsequent series of events proceeded at an accelerated pace, and were all resolved in a very short time.

First, there was the previous attack.

Ke Yuanzhou's identity as a traitor was officially revealed, and he and two other fourth-order superhumans who were arrested together were publicly executed in Binhai City Square in the presence of Lin Jiming and others.

The square was packed with people that day.

When Ke Yuanzhou was executed, his eyes were not blindfolded. His gaze swept over the crowd, and his lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no sound came out.

Clearly, they have run out of any useful information to extract.

Rather than keeping them alive and fearing their rescue, it's better to appease people with their heads. It also serves as a warning to others, a chance to expose potential moles in other cities.