The Card Cultivation System
CCS-164

Eventually the citizens realized which side Heiliao was on. But it was not Huo Bing who managed to make them aware. Neither Xika nor Heiliao. Except a totally unexpected figure. The figure they were supposed to protect but now turned around to protect them.

Ao Fan.

The boy thrust the spear of one of the adult men who fell towards the snake that was after Fu Shang. But the snake was at the Red 2 stage, how could it possibly die that easily with just a 6-year-old's original attack?

His spear managed to pierce through the snake's body, but it was still a long way from making it die. Even so, you must not underestimate anyone on the battlefield, including children.

JLB!

Fan Ao did not manage to kill the snake with his spear thrust. But what if the other kids stick a gun on the snake's body as well? There are six children in total. Each of them gave a relentless attack until the remaining weapons were used up.

But after all they were just ordinary children who had no qi. The snake is still alive, though it is dying. Xika came and directly slashed the snake's head.

He looked at the six children one by one carefully. It was clear that the tears that were not a little had been flooded. Their bodies were shaking violently. But even better, none of them backed down or cried.

Even the smallest Fan Mu did not let out the slightest sobbing.

Xika rushed to hug the six. In his arms he realized how scared the children were. But they dared to come forward to protect their uncles and aunts.

Today, Xika sees a new definition of courage. Courage is not having no fear. There is no creature that has no fear. Courage is where you feel fear but you step forward and don't give up. That's called courage.

And today, the six children showed courage.

The citizens who were trembling in fear began to come to a realization. They started to see the situation clearly. The terrifying wolf that they were about to kill earlier was now fighting to protect them. Likewise with the young man who said he was the son of their savior.

Now, replace the vibrating Xika. His body trembled violently burning with anger. He was really angry with these people. By their acts of cowardice. He stepped forward and grabbed the collar of one of the citizens. And without further ado, Xika raised her hand.

THE DUAK!

"......."

THE DUAK!

"ASSHOOK!"

The citizen whose collar was pulled by Xika was just silent without resisting.

"YOU ARE ALL COWARDS! COWARD I SAID!"

"SEE THEM!" Xika pointed at Fan Ao and the others, "Didn't you all have been frightened by the attacks of beasts? Is that what scares you all? I know you've been through some serious trauma. But I never thought you guys would just keep quiet until your son had to step in.

Are they not treasures that you always take good care of? Don't you want nothing to happen to them? Then why are you guys quiet?! HUH?!"

Bruk!

Xika threw the citizen to the ground. He turned and looked at the children. Giving a bitter smile, he said,

"I'm sorry. From now on leave it to me. You guys just wait inside. Okay well? We'll play again when I'm done. Yea?"

"Yahoooo!!!!"

Finally Fan Mu's cry broke out. But Xika misunderstood the meaning of Fan Mu's cry. He thought Fan Mu was scared and could not stay in this place anymore. Fan Ao also nodded.

"Wouldn't! If we go inside, Xing Ge won't come back, will he?"

At that moment, Fan Ao also started to let out her cries. And the other kids followed. They all cried out loud, not out of fear of battle, but out of fear that Xika would not return.

Seeing that, Xika could only speak a thousand languages. He really did not think the children loved him very much. Then he smiled and stroked their heads one by one.

"You go inside first. If you guys don't come back, Xing Ge really won't come back. You don't want to, do you?"

The six of them shook their heads strongly.

"good. Then wait for me inside."

After saying that Xika turned around and left. But a small hand held his shirt.

"Xing Ge.......certainly will return...... right?"

"definitely. I promise," Xika gave her pinkie with a smile. Liang Zhu hooked his pinky with Xika's pinky.

Xika turned back. He threw some cards at the snakes surrounding Heiliao giving the wolf some room.

"YOU CAN'T DIE!"

Xika smiled. He waved his hand then jumped into the middle of the snake. Huo Bing and Heiliao were already waiting for him.

"Sorry to wait."

Both of them just smile. And they went back to fighting. Huo Bing did not use much qi. He only used it to make the occasional breeze and blow away the snakes so that Xika or Heiliao had a pause to breathe.

Upon seeing Xika and Heiliao not needing any help, Huo Bing retreated from the battle and flew scouting over the situation. He went forward to guess the number of enemies. There are a few thousand snakes left.

Whether it's a good or bad thing. If the few thousand remaining snakes were all at the Red 3 or 4 level then that was not a good thing. But if it turned out that they were at Red level 1 or 2, it could lighten Huo Bing's heart and there was a chance that they could survive.

The bird spun a few times before returning to the side of Xika and Heiliao. Besides, he saw something strange. Xika and Heiliao were just the two of them. However they fought, they could not dispel all the snakes. There were about several tens of snakes passing through Xika and Heiliao.

Indeed, there are some snakes that target the residents, but most just go and destroy buildings or nature blindly. Although no lives were lost, they completely destroyed nature to the ground.

But as long as there are no fatalities it should be fine. Damaged nature can be restored, but lost lives cannot be restored.

Currently Xika was holding a Space Shifter-shaped stick in her right hand. Cosmos floated around him ready to attack the approaching snake. Xika had already started using qi despite still trying to save it.

Only in a desperate situation or a troublesome situation did Xika just use qi. But the longer, the more situations forced him to use qi.

Xika made some thorns from the ground that managed to hit the snakes. But more snakes are coming. In fact, there are snakes that have wings. The kind that Huo Bing, Xika, and Heiliao hated the most.

He exchanged attacks with several snakes that jumped off the ground targeting his face. Xika can fend it off. But his position now did not allow him to dodge the snakes that had opened his mouth to shoot explosive poison towards Xika.

"Sk..shit....." Xika cursed in heart.

SLASHY!

But the explosive poison never hit Xika. Because the serpents had been cut down by someone.

Xika turned around and saw the citizens had taken their weapons and started fighting. One of them happened to be near Xika and saw her in distress. He could only give an apologetic smile without speaking when he saw Xika looking at him.

Xika smiled back little. At least they're conscious now. He turned his head and did not find Fan Ao and the others. They should have entered into the defense made by the Village Chief. With the citizens, then the possibility of them surviving is greater.

But those people have not fought for a long time. No, you could say they have never fought. When the savage beast raid first, they could not fight. After Xing Taiyang had saved, they were still unable to fight either. They had not practiced fighting at all in these decades and were just enjoying the peace of their lives.

So, the citizens did not last long in the middle of the battle. Although Xika felt these snakes were weak, but the citizens did not feel the same way. Many suffered severe injuries when only a few moments they joined.

Worse yet, their opponent was a snake. A little wrong then they not only got the wound but also the poison. No one knew how powerful the poison these snakes were carrying. No one could check it.

Xika looked over and saw the state of the citizens. If this continues, they will all die. He can't let that happen.

"Huo Bing, take my place. Remember, don't use too much qi."

After saying that, Xika turned around without hearing a reply from Huo Bing. He knew the bird heard it and had taken its place by now.

Xika shouted back. This time to the people. He asked them to retreat which was immediately followed without question. They retreated to the front of the village. Xika gave the recovery pills Heiliao made to the citizens.

"You guys are pretty alert here. Keep the snakes from entering the village. You wounded, rest. You who still have energy, treat their wounds, if it is bad bring it inside. The rest are standing guard here."

Finished speaking, Xika gave Zheng Wei a few bottles of pills. The man seemed to be fine even though his arm was bleeding. Then Xika came back out of the village to fight.

He saw that Zheng Wei distributed the pills evenly. They also follow their instructions very well. This way, Xika and the others can fight with more focus.

Xika suddenly thought of an idea.

"Heiliao, why don't we call Lang Jin, Lang Yi and the others here? With them we can survive, right? Even fighting back."

"yes too. Why don't I think?"

The black wolf no longer spoke and opened its mouth. He gathered the qi to open a hole connecting the wolves to this place.

A black Qi gathered in Heiliao's mouth, then he released it towards the high sky.

A BLAR!

However, no black holes were created. The Qi that Heiliao had shot out earlier was as if it had crashed into something in the sky.

And Heiliao who realized what it was showed a bad look on her face.