7: Borrowing the power of the raging sea, we want both...

The alley was deathly silent.

Only heavy breathing could be heard, rising and falling.

The yellow-haired thug's arm was still frozen in mid-air, fine cold sweat oozing from his forehead, his face as pale as paper.

That soul-deep tremor left him stiff and unable to move.

Zhao She's face alternated between green and white; he made his living on the streets by his sharp eyesight.

His gaze was fixed on the spot on Lu Yuan's chest where the dark gold light had vanished.

What kind of power was that?

Strong?

It was incredibly strong!

Just that aura made his heart pound!

But he couldn't back down! This pressure came and went quickly, who knew what it was.

Especially in front of his subordinates and his cousin!

“Hmph! Playing tricks!” Zhao She growled, feigning toughness, “Don't think a little dark magic can scare me!”

He suddenly stepped back, creating distance, “Ah Hu! Show him what's what!”

Ah Hu:???

But he dared not disobey his boss's order.

He gritted his teeth and stomped his foot!

Buzz!

A wave of green Source Power spread from his body!

A card appeared out of thin air in his hand!

The card was dark blue, with a drawing of a huge crocodile lurking in murky swamp water, its mouth full of fangs, its eyes vicious.

Swamp Crocodile

Quality: Blue

Star Rating: Four-star

Type: beast taming card

Species: Reptile / Amphibious

Skills: Death Roll (violently Bites and rotates its body, dealing massive damage to the target), Swamp Ambush (passive, increases stealth and movement speed in swamp or water environments)

Note: A fierce swamp hunter, extremely strong in close-range Bite attacks.

A four-star blue card!

This was already the strongest combat power Zhao She's subordinate could produce!

Although it was only blue quality, a four-star beast taming card was an insurmountable existence for ordinary apprentices!

“Swamp Crocodile!” When Zhao Feng saw the blue card appear, most of the fear on his face dissipated, and he became arrogant again, “Lu Yuan! You're dead! Ah Hu Ge's crocodile can tear you to shreds in one Bite!”

Let you show off!

Let you be arrogant!

In front of the true power of cards, your little tricks are nothing!

Ah Hu took a deep breath, mobilizing the Source Power within his body, preparing to summon the Swamp Crocodile.

The blue light began to intensify, and the crocodile pattern on the card seemed to come alive, emitting a cold, damp aura.

The temperature in the alley seemed to drop a few degrees.

However.

Just as Ah Hu was about to complete the summon.

Lu Yuan moved.

He didn't even look at the Swamp Crocodile card.

He simply flicked his wrist.

Buzz—!!!

A light more substantial and dazzling than the soul pressure from before suddenly erupted from his palm!

That light was not gray, not green, and certainly not blue!

It was—

A brilliant gold, dazzling like a solar furnace!

The dark gold card border was magnificent and mysterious!

On the card face, raging waves surged, a giant turtle raised its head, a dragon's head was ferocious, gold scales shimmered, and the sharp spikes on the turtle's shell gleamed with a cold light!

A power far more majestic, vast, and filled with the aura of life and destruction than the Swamp Crocodile, swept through the entire narrow alley like a tsunami!

Raging Waves Sea Soul!

gold!

Two-star!

The moment this card appeared.

The Swamp Crocodile card in Ah Hu's hand instantly dimmed its green light, even emitting a faint whimper, as if it had encountered a natural enemy, trembling with fear!

The ferocious eyes of the Swamp Crocodile on the card now showed only terror!

Ah Hu himself was struck as if by lightning, his hand holding the card trembling violently, almost unable to grip it!

“gold... gold?!”

Zhao She cried out in alarm!

gold!

That was the legendary gold quality!

And the star rating clearly marked on the card was two stars!

Two-star gold card?!

How was this possible?!

How could a poor student who wasn't even a novice Card Master possess a two-star gold card?!

This was even more outrageous than him seeing the mayor personally come to the West Alley entrance!

Zhao Feng also made a hoarse sound in his throat but couldn't utter a single word.

gold... he had only seen cards of this quality in textbooks and news footage!

That was a treasure countless Card Masters dreamed of!

How could Lu Yuan... have it?!

The other two thugs immediately fled; they were just small-time street figures, let alone gold, they rarely even saw blue quality cards!

Their boss had lost his mind to dare mess with such a powerful figure.

In the alley, only the faint gold glow emanating from the Raging Waves Sea Soul card remained, along with the heavy and vast pressure like the deep sea.

Lu Yuan held the Raging Waves Sea Soul, feeling the familiarity and power transmitted from the card.

He was also very embarrassed; all his Source Power had been spent on gambling cards, he couldn't even summon, so he could only pretend to be calm, like a fox borrowing a tiger's prestige.

However, merely displaying this card itself, with its inherent rank and quality suppression, was enough to crush everything!

This was the power of a gold legend!

He raised his eyes, saying mockingly:

“Now.”

“Whose reasoning, do you think, is stronger?”

The answer was self-evident.

In the face of absolute quality and power, a blue card, before a gold card, didn't even have the courage to be summoned!

How could they fight now?

Go to their deaths?

Zhao She forced a smile uglier than crying.

“Mis... misunderstanding! Brother! This is absolutely a misunderstanding!”

His voice trembled, and his previous arrogance was completely gone.

“It's all this kid!” Zhao She suddenly pointed at Zhao Feng next to him, his eyes fierce, “It's all Zhao Feng, this good-for-nothing, causing trouble! It has nothing to do with me!”

Zhao Feng, suddenly pointed at by Zhao She, shivered in fright, his face deathly pale.

“She... She Ge... I...”

“Shut up!” Zhao She sharply interrupted him, then quickly bowed and scraped to Lu Yuan, “Brother, look... what a mess this has turned into.”

“Your money... and the card... I'll give them to you right away!”

He quickly pulled a bulging wallet from his chest and then took out a card from another pocket.

The card was blue, with a turtle on its face whose shell was covered with sharp saber-toothed.

It was precisely that blue one-star saber-toothed turtle!

He held the wallet and the card in both hands, carefully handing them to Lu Yuan.

“Brother, fifteen thousand star coins, no less! And this saber-toothed turtle! What do you think... is this acceptable?”

His posture was extremely low, almost groveling.

Ah Hu next to him didn't even dare to breathe, thinking: Don't look at me, don't look at me.

Lu Yuan looked at the money and card Zhao She handed over, then at his face, which was filled with fear and flattery.

He didn't take them, his gaze sweeping over the saber-toothed turtle card.

saber-toothed turtle

Quality: Blue

Star Rating: One-star

Type: beast taming card

Species: Turtle / Terrestrial

Skills: Bite, Hard Shell Defense

Note: A defensive beast taming card slightly stronger than the Green Water Turtle, but still very weak in attack.

This was the regret of the original owner before he died... “Not enough.”

Zhao She's heart sank sharply.

Lu Yuan extended a finger, pointing at the Swamp Crocodile in the hand of the thug named Ah Hu.

“Leave that card too.”