123: The power of Fel Purge

Chapter 123 The Power of Fel Purge

“Hmm?”

The High Priestess hadn’t expected anyone to be able to move freely on the field under the effect of Blacklight Suppression.

Logically, the suppression she unleashed at Platinum 10 should have firmly controlled even a Platinum 13.

Unless the opponent’s comprehensive stats, such as Stamina and Energy, greatly exceeded a normal Platinum 13, it would be impossible to break free in such a short time.

“Shi Li!”

Buzz Grey, whose life had just been saved, exclaimed.

“So it’s you—”

The High Priestess scrutinized Shi Li, who was standing before the card table.

If it was this guy, it wasn’t surprising.

He possessed two Unique Character Cards with Characteristics, which was equivalent to one four-star and one three-star card in terms of power.

“With your strength, you wouldn’t think you could stop me, would you?”

She sneered.

Even if she had fallen to Platinum 5, her deck’s strength Still maintained a significant lead.

“How will I know if I don’t try?”

Shi Li had already started arranging his cards.

“Very well, in any case, you damned outsiders are destined to be sacrificed sooner or later.”

The High Priestess also began arranging her cards.

Soon, the reveal phase of the first round arrived.

Shi Li was the first to reveal his front-row cards.

“Tiao Tiao!”

“Protect the Homeland!”

It was Jumping Guard + Crow Warrior.

The Jumping Guard carried Stasis + Little Tiao Tiao.

The Crow Warrior carried Stun + Charge.

“So your card also has such an entry.”

The High Priestess’s gaze fell upon the entry “Tiao Tiao Awakening.”

“But all my cards are three-star, how can you fight me?”

She smiled and revealed her first front-row card.

“!”

Its projection was a knight wreathed in black Energy, as if enveloped in black flames.

Fel Knight

Persistence, 30 points, three-star attack 30, 110/110, 0/30

Xie Neng Connection - Passive: For every Fel revealed card on the field, Fel Knight’s maximum health +5.

Xie Neng Decomposition - Passive: For every Fel card that leaves the field, Fel Knight gains 10 Charge (T5).

Dark Stance - 30 Energy: Fel Knight performs Defense and deals 10 damage to one target. “As expected, it’s a Fel card.”

Seeing this card, Shi Li frowned.

The reason the High Priestess hadn’t made a move until now was that most of her cards had been corrupted and transformed by Fel Energy.

This was also why many Fel card players were willing to embrace Fel Energy.

To some extent, character cards infected by Fel Energy could be said to have been strengthened.

Immediately after, the High Priestess revealed her second front-row card.

“Roar!!!”

As the card was revealed, a three-horned, six-legged rhino-like monster emerged.

Shi Li was not unfamiliar with this creature; he and Zhong Xin had encountered it while exploring the mine.

However, its body was also covered in black, filamentous Energy, obscuring its scales.

Its card face, as expected, clearly showed signs of Fel Energy infection.

Fel Armored Rhino Beast

Persistence, 30 points, three-star attack 0, 110/110, 0/30

Xie Neng Connection - Passive: For every Fel revealed card on the field, Fel Armored Rhino Beast’s maximum health +5.

Xie Neng Decomposition - Passive: For every Fel card that leaves the field, Fel Armored Rhino Beast gains 10 Charge (T5).

Cowering Stance - Passive: Fel Armored Rhino Beast’s attack -30, but it performs Defense throughout.

Both were Defense-oriented cards. Without revealing subsequent cards, it was difficult to determine which column her ace card was in.

After both sides finished revealing their cards, the action phase began.

The High Priestess played the hand card Defense, while Shi Li played the hand card Charge.

Then, Shi Li’s two cards focused fire on the Fel Armored Rhino Beast.

The second round arrived, and Shi Li was the first to reveal his middle-row card.

“Yoo-hoo~”

The Thunderhorn Deer, carrying Flaw and Double Strike, appeared.

Since the opponent’s two cards were primarily self-Defense character cards, he would just add another card to break through Defense.

“Hmph, merely a two-star card.”

The High Priestess snorted coldly and revealed her middle-row card.

“Gah!!!”

A large, entirely black snail, occupying two spaces, crawled out from the card face.

Fel Giant Snail

Wisdom, 30 points, three-star attack 30, 165/165, 30/30

Fel Colossus - Passive: Fel Giant Snail occupies two card slots, maximum health +50.

Xie Neng Connection - Passive: For every Fel revealed card on the field, Fel Giant Snail’s maximum health +5.

Xie Neng Decomposition - Passive: For every Fel card that leaves the field, Fel Giant Snail gains 10 Charge (T5).

This was a relatively special colossus card, only 30 points but occupying two card slots.

Logically, such a low-cost colossus card should not have additional health bonuses.

But with the power of Fel Energy, it Still gained a 50-point bonus.

What was even stranger was that this card, similar to the Fel Armored Rhino Beast, did not carry an active skill entry.

This made Shi Li somewhat vigilant.

Because he didn’t believe that the High Priestess, as a former Platinum 10 player, would only have these entries, nor would she pair such a deck just to force a three-star lineup.

Deploying three such tanks surely had an ulterior motive.

As both sides finished revealing their cards, the mutual attack phase arrived again.

Since the Crow Warrior was fully charged, this time he used Stun to break through the Fel Armored Rhino Beast’s Defense.

However, because the High Priestess had played the Treatment hand card in advance, she couldn’t instantly kill it.

The Fel Armored Rhino Beast had 25/115 remaining.

In the third round, Shi Li’s last-row card was Red Blade Maiden.

“please teach!”

This time, the Red Blade Maiden carried Unceasing + Abundant + Crimson Blaze.

The opponent had too many self-Defense cards, making it impossible to Counter with a Counter hand card.

So he could only bring Crimson Blaze, which could ignore Defense and deal Fixed Damage, instead of Vast, which dealt True Damage but couldn’t ignore Defense.

“A regular Red Blade Maiden. Are you betting everything so early?”

In the High Priestess’s view, leaving only 20 points for the ace card was foolish.

At least, it wouldn’t work for her.

“Come on!”

Then, she also revealed her last-row card.

More precisely, both her last-row card and ace card were revealed simultaneously.

“Great King! Please descend!”

The projection on the last-row card was an elderly man in luxurious robes, holding a scepter.

His scepter was wreathed in black Energy, exuding a dangerous aura.

This card came from the token card bestowed upon her by that Lord.

Fel Monk

Balanced, 30 points, three-star attack 30, 55/55

Xie Neng Connection - Passive: For every Fel revealed card on the field, Fel Monk’s maximum health +5.

Sacrifice for the King - Passive: Fel Monk’s maximum health -70, increases allied ace card’s maximum health +50.

Fel Awakening - Passive: When Fel Monk appears, it can reveal an allied Fel ace card simultaneously.

Besides the last-row card, the High Priestess’s ace card was also revealed simultaneously.

“Arise, my servant!”

A mass of black fire emerged from the card face, and then a black-robed figure wreathed in Fel Energy slowly ascended.

Fel Mage

Listen to the Wind, 30 points, three-star attack 60, 250/250, 0/60

Fel Extraction - Passive: Fel Mage can utilize the Energy of allied Fel revealed cards at a 50% conversion rate. Fel Summon - 0 ~ ∞% Energy: For every 30 Energy consumed, Fel Mage can summon 1 Fel Servant (T0).

Fel Servant

Balanced, 20 points, one-star attack 20, 10/10

Interference - Passive: Fel Servant can block attacks. Even with a life-or-death crisis before them, it couldn’t stop the arrival of the Void commentator.

As this card appeared, everyone gasped in surprise.

“Such a powerful card! It can actually summon summoning cards with a blocking effect!”

“Theoretically, as long as there’s enough Energy, it can endlessly summon servants to block attacks!”

“No wonder I wondered why the Fel Armored Rhino Beast and Fel Giant Snail, despite not needing Energy, Still carried the Charge entry!”

“Crucially, this thing not only blocks but also has 20 attack power!”

“And as more Fel Servants are summoned, it can also increase the maximum health benefit that Xie Neng Connection brings to other cards!”

Even now, the Fel Armored Rhino Beast, already at 30/30, and the Fel Giant Snail, originally at 30/30, were enough for the Fel Mage to summon one Fel Servant.

If the Fel Servants were left unchecked, they would continuously provide output.

If these low-health servants were instantly killed, it would trigger the Charge of other Fel cards, continuing to provide Energy for the Fel Mage.

It could be described as a perpetual motion machine.

With this analysis, this Fel Mage was definitely the core card of the High Priestess’s deck.

“Your Little Tiao Tiao is only 5 points, while my Fel Servant is 20 points.”

The High Priestess’s meaning was very clear.

Under the rule of larger scores eating smaller scores, the Tiao Tiao were completely unable to prevent the Fel Servants from appearing.

If summoned to the same square, the Tiao Tiao would be directly pushed out by the Fel Servants.

"So what?"

Shi Li began to operate his deck.

The action phase of the third round arrived.

Both sides Still played the hand cards they were supposed to, and exchanged normal attacks.

In this round, one Fel Servant was summoned, while the Fel Rhinoceros exited the field.

On Shi Li's side, the Crow Warrior was also defeated.

In the fourth round, the Fel Knight exited the field.

In the fifth round, the Jumping Guard exited the field, and the Fel Servants accumulated to two cards.

At this point, the High Priest's advantage became apparent.

Although she had already fallen to Platinum 5, the 9+1 card slots activated at Platinum 10 were Still present.

Therefore, the Fel Mage had enough empty card slots for summoning.

In the sixth round, the Fel Giant exited the field, and the Thunderhorn Deer exited the field.

The specific cards on both sides were as follows:

[Empty] [Mage] [Empty]

[Empty] [Monk] [Servant]

[Empty] [Empty] [Empty]

[Empty] [Servant] [Empty]

VS

[Empty] [Empty]

[Empty] [Empty]

[Empty] [Sword Maiden]

[Cover King] [Cover King]

From the card layout, Shi Li was at an absolute disadvantage.

The Red Blade Maiden was not at full health, and even without the trump card, the opponent Still had 70 attack power.

It would only take two rounds to easily defeat the Red Blade Maiden.

"It's over, how can Shi Li Still fight this?"

"Shi Li! Quickly use Retreat! Don't fight anymore!"

Zhang He and Zhong Xin watched from outside the arena, their hearts burning with anxiety.

Having finally regained his ability to act, Shi Li definitely had a chance to escape.

It was important to know that if he lost this card game, he would likely be refined into a ball of light by the High Priest and offered to Fel Energy.

They didn't want to see a genius fall like this.

"LV1 Movement."

But Shi Li seemed deaf to their pleas, merely playing this hand card.

Before the opponent could focus fire on the Red Blade Maiden, he moved her to the left.

[Die!]

[Roar!] 2

The opponent's three cards attacked simultaneously, striking Shi Li's Cover King card.

[Imminent]

The words "Imminent" popped up, and he was completely unharmed this round.

"It's useless."

The High Priest merely smiled at this.

Because in this round, she chose to make the Fel Mage Still again.

[Awoo!]

As the new round arrived, a new Fel Servant was summoned again.

With this, the High Priest's middle row card slots were all filled.

Even if the opponent's trump card had the help of the Red Blade Maiden, it would Still take at least three rounds to clear the three blocking cards in front of the trump card.

What's more, within these three rounds, she could continue to summon new Fel Servants to block attacks.

"Any small trick is useless in the face of absolute advantage."

The High Priest declared her victory.

"Until the last card, you never know the outcome."

Shi Li, however, wagged his finger.

Then, he revealed his trump card.

[Yu Yu~]

A Yu Weng maiden with cicada-like wings soared out from the card, flying with agile grace.

"This, this is!"

"Wengweng An is above!"

"I never thought I'd be fortunate enough to witness her true form in my lifetime!"

The members of the pioneering team might not recognize her, but the warriors of the Weng Weng clan could not fail to recognize her.

They worshipped the statue of their great ancestor every day, and her face was deeply etched into their minds.

Cicada Wing Patrol

Balanced, 30 points, Two-Star Attack 70, 200 / 200

[Universal - Characteristic]: When Cicada Wing Patrol joins the deck, increase your score limit by +10.

[Blessing - Passive]: When Cicada Wing Patrol is revealed, make one revealed card gain 10 points of Encouragement for this game (T0).

[Fel Purge - Passive]: Cicada Wing Patrol deals 10 damage to all Fel Energy revealed cards each round, and derivative cards take double damage (T0).

Derivative cards refer to secondary or tertiary character cards derived from character cards.

This includes, but is not limited to, summon cards, fusion cards, transformation cards, support cards, etc.

So, not to mention that these Fel Servants have 10/10 health, even if they had 20/20, they would Still be instantly killed.

This is a divine skill for clearing miscellaneous cards, specifically targeting Fel Energy-type derivative cards.

It perfectly Counters the Fel Mage's summons.

In Wengweng An's two simulation missions, Shi Li had encountered many large, medium, and small Fel Energy BOSSes.

They all shared a common Characteristic: they produced various derivative cards.

And Fel Purge was precisely the key ability Wengweng An used to deal with the final BOSS's summons during her Star Ascension mission.

So, when he saw the Fel Mage appear, he wasn't flustered at all, just a little emotional.

He hadn't expected that the Fel Purge ability, having just been activated, would come in handy so quickly.

-10, -10, -20, -20, -20

A large swath of damage numbers jumped out from above the High Priest's character cards.

"This is impossible!!!"

At this moment, the High Priest's face was more unpleasant than a fly that had eaten feces.

As a leader of the Holy Valley, she naturally recognized Wengweng An.

Wengweng An, the legendary figure who saved the Weng Weng clan and this land.

If it weren't for her leading the common people back then, this land would have been completely lost to the invasion of Fel Energy.

But this card... wasn't it taken from the Holy Valley treasury!

I gave the outsiders cards to use against myself?

The so-called treasury reward was originally just a formality she went through to prevent outsiders from becoming suspicious.

Who would have thought that someone would obtain the token card!

And even convert the token card into a two-star card that Counters Fel Energy cards in such a short time!

Now, it seems she's become a clown!

"No! I Still have hope!"

The High Priest suddenly awoke with a start.

Even if the Fel Servants' health dropped to 0, they could Still participate in output this round before the T5 settlement for exiting the field.

As long as the Red Blade Maiden was defeated, then with the Fel Mage + Fel Monk, she Still had a chance to win!

"LV1 Counter: Make one LV1 hand card played by the opponent this round invalid!"

The new action phase arrived, and the High Priest fiercely played this hand card.

As long as the Red Blade Maiden couldn't use Defense, she would be instantly killed no matter what.

"LV2 Defense: Make two of your cards enter Defense state, taking -50% damage. (T1)"

However, right in front of the High Priest, Shi Li slowly played this card.

"!!!"

The High Priest's plan completely failed.

After the Fel Servants were cleared, the combination of Fel Mage + Fel Monk simply couldn't defeat the combination of Cicada Wing Patrol + Red Blade Maiden.

The tide of the game instantly turned overwhelmingly in Shi Li's favor.

The outcome was decided; what remained was merely a matter of time.

"Wengweng An has manifested! Her light Still protects us even after a hundred years!"

"The omnipotent Wengweng An! She will surely bless us through this difficult time!"

"Praise Wengweng An! Praise Shi Li Weng!"

The appearance of Cicada Wing Patrol caused the emotions of the Weng Weng clan to soar to an unprecedented high.

And as the owner of this character card, Shi Li's status in their hearts also rapidly increased.

"No!!!"

The High Priest let out an unwilling roar.

The backlash from losing the card game caused her to continuously spit out large mouthfuls of black blood.

The color quickly drained from her face, and she was clearly on the verge of death.

"My Lord! Save me!"

She frantically sought help from the black giant hand.

Under such pleas, the black giant hand slowly moved.

It aimed its palm at the High Priest, and then a black Energy was rapidly drawn from the High Priest's body.

Along with the extraction of the black Energy, the High Priest's body began to disintegrate.

"No! This isn't what you promised me!!!"

When her body disintegrated until only her head remained, the High Priest roared out the last words of her life.

After speaking, she completely turned into powder and scattered with the wind.

"This is Fel Energy; when you have no more use, you will be mercilessly abandoned immediately."

Zhang He watched this scene without a trace of pity.

The black giant hand seemed oblivious to the High Priest's roar, remaining unmoved.

It merely extended a finger and pointed at Shi Li.

Whoosh!

A slender black beam of light shot over.

The light beam was too fast; Shi Li had no time to dodge.

Boom!

Instantly, a flood of human voices echoed in Shi Li's mind.

However, these words were all overlapping, making it impossible to discern any meaning.

Immediately after, his eyes rolled back, and he was about to lose consciousness.

[Shi Li's Card Game Quotes]: 3. Until the last card, you never know the outcome.