2: Chapter 2 Without me, you are nothing!

Facing Chen Xi's accusation,

Lin Feng's face didn't show the slightest hint of being moved; instead, he retorted with disdain:

"What do you mean, 'exhausted your efforts'? Chen Xi, get this straight: we are a team! As the Card Maker of the team, isn't it only natural and right for you to help us make class core cards?"

"That's right, Brother Xi," Zhang Xinyu immediately chimed in softly from the side:

"I don't think you can only think about your own contributions. Look, during this time, we've all worked hard running dungeons, and haven't we also helped you level up? Isn't that our contribution to you?"

At these words, Chen Xi was completely driven to laughter by his anger.

The last trace of color drained from his face, leaving only cold mockery:

"Contribution? Did I not go to the dungeons? The five of us fought together and shared the risks together. Why does it end up being you guys 'carrying' me to level up? Moreover, the gains from every dungeon are split equally among the five of us, but do you know that the small share I get isn't even enough for a tenth of the cost of making a single core card? The rest was all paid for out of my own pocket, bought bit by bit from the trading house!"

Lin Feng acted as if he hadn't heard Chen Xi's questioning at all. He waved his hand dismissively and said in a tone that brooked no argument:

"Enough, stop talking about these useless things. Chen Xi, I'm notifying you now, not asking for your opinion. Hurry up and take the initiative to leave the team. Let's part ways amicably; don't make things look too ugly."

"Part ways amicably..."

Chen Xi chewed on those words, finding them incredibly ironic.

He was completely disappointed in the group of people before him, and not a single shred of old sentiment remained.

Having seen the true faces of these people, Chen Xi no longer felt any attachment to this bullshit Shenfeng Squad.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze calmly sweeping over the four of them as he said word by word:

"If you want me to leave, fine. However, you must return the class core cards of the four of you!"

"On what grounds?" Lin Feng spoke as if he had heard the world's biggest joke:

"Since you've already given them to us, these cards belong to us! Being willing to give you ten thousand dragon coins now is already giving you a lot of face. Don't push your luck!"

Zhang Xinyu also chimed in coquettishly:

"That's right, Brother Xi. Anyway, your class is Card Maker. For you, making class core cards should be a trivial matter, right? We all came from the same team, so don't be so stingy."

"Stingy?"

Chen Xi was truly driven to laughter by the shameless logic of these people.

They complained that I had no combat power and wanted to kick me out of the team.

They kicked me out and still wanted to snatch away the core cards I had exhausted my heart and soul to make.

And now, they actually turned around and called me "stingy"?

Seeing that Chen Xi remained unyielding, Lin Feng's patience was exhausted. He simply tore off the last layer of pretense, his face full of contempt and mockery:

"To tell you the truth, from the very beginning when we recruited you into the team, it was just to make up five people so that running dungeons would be safer. We've been prepared for a long time; as soon as we found a suitable damage dealer, we would kick you, this burden, out."

"You're in a pure support class, which isn't very useful to begin with. Now we've already carried you for so long for nothing, letting you reach Level 10."

Lin Feng's eyes were filled with patronizing arrogance:

"You should be thanking us instead."

Heh, thanking them?

Lin Feng's series of shameless remarks made Chen Xi feel chilled to the bone, his heart cooling to the extreme.

When he first arrived, this team was no different from a heap of loose sand.

As the captain, Lin Feng didn't even know how to read basic dungeon route positioning, acting as reckless as a brainless wild boar.

As the priest, Zhang Xinyu was even more of a joke. The first time she saw a monster, she was so scared that she hid in the back, unable to move, nearly causing the whole team's death.

Of all these difficulties, which one wasn't solved bit by bit by him racking his brains to help them?

Now, in their mouths, he had instead become the burden who was just tagging along for a free ride?

These people are not only blind in their eyes, but also blind in their hearts!

"Chen Xi, stop wasting everyone's time."

Fang Yue, who had been silent, also took a step forward and urged with a frown:

"Since you've awakened a useless support class, you should have the awareness of being eliminated. Being kicked out of a team is only a matter of time; it's very normal."

Hearing this,

Chen Xi finally had an epiphany.

So from the very beginning, you already had the intention of kicking me out?

Inviting me to join the team back then was just to use me?

Lin Feng smiled disdainfully:

"What else?"

"If you were the captain, I believe you would have made the same choice for the future of the team. Leave the team quickly; don't delay us from finding a new, powerful teammate!"

Lin Feng reached out again, flashing the captain's authority badge on his bracelet, and issued a final ultimatum to Chen Xi:

"Hurry up and apply to leave the team. Don't force us to go to the Academic Affairs Office to apply for your forced removal. If that happens, it won't be as simple as just being kicked out; even your reputation in the entire school will be completely ruined!"

Chen Xi slowly raised his head, looking at the four people before him whose expressions were cold to the extreme.

Those faces that had once fought side-by-side now appeared incredibly ugly and unfamiliar.

His heart, at this moment,

Was as silent as dead ashes.

Fine.

Really, fine.

In the instant before the boundless rage was about to consume his rationality,

The flames of anger in Chen Xi's heart strangely subsided, replaced by a bone-chilling calmness.

He slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness abruptly sinking into his sea of consciousness.

[Name: Chen Xi]

[Class: Miracle Card Maker (Unique Hidden)]

[Level: 10]

[Strength: 135 (class core card bonus)]

[Agility: 128 (class core card bonus)]

[Constitution: 136 (class core card bonus)]

[Spirit: 148 (class core card bonus)]

[Skills]

[Miracle Creation: Can turn equipment, items, materials, and all things into cards, and can fuse and upgrade cards.]

[Miracle Deduction: Consumes Spirit; can deduce the production formula and required materials for a target card in the mind, with a certain probability of deducing a God-level card recipe.]

[Card Affinity Reflection: The Card Maker's eyes can perceive the essential information of a target (class, attributes, etc.) and, based on its life map, deduce its future growth trajectory after combining with a specific card.]

[Myriad Rivers Return to the Sea: The attribute bonuses teammates obtain from embedding class core cards will be simultaneously increased on your own body.]

[Sovereign Judgment: You are the eternal master of the cards you create. Can consume Spirit to dispose of the cards you've made at will, including but not limited to remote destruction and stripping of buffs. Current maximum cards that can be destroyed simultaneously: (0/1)]

Sovereign Judgment!

Leaving the team? No problem.

Wanting to get my core cards for free?

In your dreams!

He possessed the ability to destroy the cards anytime, anywhere.

The corners of Chen Xi's mouth curled into a cold and dangerous arc.

Saying I'm dragging you back, are you? Saying that without me, you can be stronger, are you?

Fine.

I'll first do as you wish and leave the team myself.

I will level up at the fastest speed and frantically increase my Spirit until it's enough to turn the "1" of this Sovereign Judgment into a "4"!

When you are all self-satisfied and go to challenge higher-difficulty dungeons...

When you are at the most critical moment, facing the most powerful BOSS, and think that victory is within your grasp...

I will let you personally experience it.

The taste of core cards shattering instantly, attributes plummeting, and falling from the clouds into hell!

I want to let you,

And everyone in the entire Jiang University know!

Without me, Chen Xi, you, the Shenfeng Battle Team—

Are nothing!