34: Chapter 34: Bound and Blindfolded? A Card Maker in the Form of a Pupa

Sun Po ultimately didn't go anywhere.

In his view, this felt more like an invitation to pick a side.

Both sides had extended olive branches,

but leaning toward either side under such conditions of insufficient information would be unwise.

Although he really wanted to go register his identity as a Junior Card Maker,

and also wanted to check out the official mental-resistance items,

right now, he should just finish the match first.

The next day, dark clouds overcast the sky.

Today was likewise a focal match.

Liu Jianren, known as the "Disgrace of Purple Cards", finally fought his way back from the loser's bracket.

Today, he would battle the No. 3 seed from No. 1 High School—Hu Xue.

Hu Xue's Hu Family was the most mysterious among the three major families in Gaoping City; it was only rumored that the family excelled in charm arts,

and their women were born extremely beautiful, never marrying out, only accepting matrilocal sons-in-law.

It was worth noting that the card-making talent of the Hu Family's women was generally stronger than that of the men.

Therefore, past patriarchs were basically all female,

and thus Hu Xue, who possessed the best talent of this generation, was extremely likely to become the next head of the Hu Family as well.

Speaking of Liu Jianren's luck, it probably still hadn't warmed up.

If he were matched against Lu Shan, even with Lu Shan's carpet-bombing style, Liu Jianren wouldn't be completely without a chance.

As long as he could fluke-dodge Lu Shan's sneak attack, summon the Red Flood Dragon, and directly deploy the Water and Fire Flood Dragon Pill,

then unleash fifteen minutes of the Water and Fire Blasting Flow against them, it would surely turn Tiger Vanguard and Lu Shan into ashes together.

You must know that when Sun Po designed the Red Flood Dragon, he started with the goal of powerful destructive force.

Solely in terms of innate skill strength, Changyou and the Double-Pupil Warrior were far inferior to the Red Flood Dragon; the former two won out in high growth potential.

However, if Liu Jianren and the Red Flood Dragon faced Hu Xue, they would be at a huge disadvantage.

The video of Liu Jianren last time being controlled by a [Green 4-Star] "Bunny Girl" to the point of drooling was still spreading like wildfire in the class group chat to this day.

Liu Jianren, who made meme stickers of others every day, never imagined that one day he would become a meme sticker himself,

and right at the start they would throw out, "Drooling Card Maker, where did your 'Shameless Snake' go?"

This caused Liu Jianren to reflect deeply and painfully.

These past few days, aside from the matches,

after every match every day, he was dragged out into the wild by Yang Xinyue for three to five hours of special training.

But could a few days of special training handle a contestant like Hu Xue, whose charm skills were rumored to be maxed out?

Sun Po didn't have much confidence either.

Speaking of which, Yang Xinyue hadn't come to watch the matches the past few days, but she came today; this actually made Sun Po a bit curious.

Yang Xinyue on the side pushed up her sunglasses and said,

"This lady went and cleaned up your mess these past few days, giving the Qian Family a little warning."

"Didn't you beat Qian Hu terribly back then? That family's old man wasn't resigned and pulled some petty tricks."

"Not to mention how the Qian Family was declining, only knowing how to use underhanded tricks."

Sun Po understood, but he actually hadn't even felt the Qian Family's methods; maybe they were too mild?

Yang Xinyue continued,

"However, Qian Hu is still considered somewhat gutsy. Unable to bear the result brought by his family's years of nurturing him, he went straight to enlist in the military."

As they were speaking, a loud shout from the host interrupted their chat.

"No. 2 Municipal High School's No. 2 seed, Liu Jianren, versus No. 1 High School's No. 3 seed, Hu Xue!!"

"Match start!!!"

In the center of the arena, Hu Xue, wearing No. 1 High School's uniform with her long hair draped over her shoulders and charming, watery eyes,

looked just like a little white flower blooming in the wild—tender yet pure, alluring yet not bewitching,

making people want to carefully pluck her and cherish her in the palm of their hand.

Sun Po could only feel the surrounding male audience's breathing grow a bit heavier, and even many female audience members had flushed faces.

Yet that mighty general in silver armor and silver spear suddenly gave a cold shout:

"Zha!!!"

An invisible ripple swept outward, and an invisible, extremely faint flame also emanated from the bodies of the audience throughout the entire venue.

The audience then abruptly snapped to their senses:

"I actually just wanted to divorce my wife! I wanted to throw everything away to pursue her!"

"Not to mention divorce, I just wanted to die for this girl! Divorce? I wanted to divorce even before entering this arena, you have no idea..."

This male audience member was still chattering incessantly, completely unaware that his companion was frantically giving him eye signals.

Suddenly, he felt a chill radiating all around, whipped his head back, and only saw two red-glinting eyes.

"Wife, you... when did you arrive? Wife, the sky is so white today, oh no, the clouds are so blue, hehe..."

Subsequently, earth-shattering shrieks of misery resounded inside the arena.

This small interlude also relaxed Sun Po's tightly wound nerves from the past few days quite a bit.

Sun Po naturally also felt the change in his mental state.

Upon first seeing Hu Xue, Sun Po also felt an urge to rush up and protect her, not wanting anyone to hurt her.

But right at this moment, an illusion of a pair of huge and fierce golden pupils suddenly flashed in Sun Po's mind.

Sun Po abruptly woke up and saw Yang Xinyue beside him looking at him with a half-smile:

"Woke up from the little white lotus's charm so quickly?"

Sun Po shook his head:

"If it were just me, I definitely wouldn't have woken up. Fortunately, there is Changyou's [Golden Pupil Illusion-Breaking], and once it detects my abnormality inside Tianhe Budu, it will automatically release [Golden Pupil Illusion-Breaking]."

Yang Xinyue clicked her tongue in wonder:

"I really don't know just how much luck you have to be able to make a card like Changyou."

"It absorbs disaster qi inside Tianhe Budu, studies nether soldiers on the side, and still has to act as your babysitter?"

"This isn't a card; this is a biological father!!"

Sun Po smiled a bit embarrassedly.

He really was still too reliant on Changyou,

but there was no way around it—who told our family's little darling to be so outstanding?

In addition, he was even more curious about the method used just now by that mighty general in silver armor and silver spear.

If he remembered correctly, that shout "Zha" was a Taoist mantra,

originating from the *Supreme Mystery-Pervading Numinous Treasure Boundless Salvation Superior Wondrous Scripture*,

and it was rumored that this character was transformed from innate yang qi, capable of breaking demonic and evil forces,

specially able to break external demonic harassment and inner demonic illusions,

and could even trigger the Samadhi True Fire within the human body to burn away all delusional thoughts.

Thus, Sun Po looked toward Yang Xinyue beside him:

"Sister Xinyue, what was the method used by that general in silver armor and silver spear?"

Yang Xinyue pointed at the general:

"You mean that? It's the [Heavenly General] I told you about; every city has one."

"This [Heavenly General] belongs to the president of the Gaoping City Card Association, and every year during the Gaokao, it escorts and protects the event."

"As for that loud roar, it should be an ancient technique bestowed by the authorities."

"Although the [Heavenly General] has no true name, it can master a very small number of ancient techniques."

Sun Po understood.

At this time, the audience who had been waiting for a long time suddenly became restless,

casting their gazes toward the edge of the arena with their mouths wide open.

Yang Xinyue hurriedly pushed her sunglasses further up.

Only then did Sun Po finally know why Yang Xinyue wore sunglasses today—

because Liu Jianren was entering the arena, and she was truly afraid of being recognized as Liu Jianren's classmate!

At this moment, Liu Jianren had a black cloth blindfold tied over his eyes, wrapping himself up like a rice dumpling,

and he blindly wriggled his way in, shouting as he wriggled:

"Red Flood Dragon!! Spray the hell out of those bastards!!"