The Card Cultivation System
CCS-243

Liu Shang was declared defeated because he stepped on the ground outside the arena, while Xika was still constantly floating. After the game was over, he went down. But he did not leave immediately, he brought the fainted Liu Shang into the treatment room.

His actions successfully elicited various reactions from various spectators and sect elders. The audience praised his different actions on the appeal of the other winners. Most of the other winners did not go low on Xika. They did not even bother to look at their opponents after the match was over.

But Xika, not only did she hold back Liu Shang's last moment, Xika also brought her own opponent straight into the treatment room. He is not as arrogant and airs like other winners. The audience agreed with Xika's attitude. Why is it talented if you don't have good character?

However, apparently the elders from other sects and clans disagreed with the audience. To them, Xika's attitude was not necessary. Why humiliate yourself by bringing your opponent into the treatment room? Although his talent is good, but it seems they are reluctant to establish cooperation or just foster a good relationship with Xika.

When Xika's match was over, some of the other matches were also over. Most matches are ordinary so that makes the audience bored. The match between the two small sects was certainly not interesting to watch. At most, only matches from big sects like the Burning Abyss Sect against small sects were quite interesting to watch. But that was just a one-sided fight. There was nothing as surprising as for example, a participant from a small sect defeated his opponent from a large sect.

So far, it was Xika and Liu Shang's match that was the most interesting. Moreover, Liu Shang managed to change the shadow that the small sect was not always weak. Although he lost, but he has shown amazing ability. Some large sects began to glance at the Rising Flow Sect.

In fact, some argue that Liu Shang should be able to continue towards the next round, only that he was less fortunate to get Xika as his opponent. Of course, their opinions were not unfounded. Basically cultivators could only manipulate the elements that were near them. Some of the more talented, can turn their qi into an element. But converting qi into elements is not as easy as it seems. Not many can do it in large numbers.

In the battle of Xika and Liu Shang earlier, Xika had the advantage of being a wind cultivator. Around the arena was a wind that he could use at will. As for Liu Shang, he was a water cultivator. And in the arena there was no water at all. That is, he had to change his qinya into a water element before he could attack Xika.

It was from this fact that many considered Liu Shang to be quite a genius. Liu Shang was able to turn his qinya into water with a considerable amount. Starting from the water dragon, the aquarium, and the last technique, all of it requires a lot of water elements. Liu Shang who had not even reached the Royal Stage could turn his qinya into that much water enough to prove himself as a genius.

In some corners of the audience, there were several pairs of sharp eyes observing Xika and Liu Shang's fight just now. They were the participants from the big sects who got quite the final turn. Their eyes narrowed when they saw Xika's fight. It didn't matter if Liu Shang won, because the man was from a small sect so he wouldn't have many techniques and it was likely that all of his techniques had been put out in the fight just now.

But the problem is, the one who won was Xika. They realized some things from Xika's fight earlier. First, after a few matches that took place, they did not hear of any other participants from the Academy. That meant, Xika was the only participant of the competition this time around. What the hell does that mean? Was the Academy so confident with Xika that it only appointed her as the only participant? They should be wary of the man.

Second, Xika did not use any technique during the match. This was what made them quite uneasy as Xika advanced to the next round. Liu Shang had put out quite a lot of techniques for the small sect and Xika had managed to break them all down without using a single technique. That meant, Xika's control over the elements was so frightening that it could defeat her opponent without using any techniques. One more reason they should be wary of Xika.

Also, Xika managed to hide her abilities well. Successfully winning without using a single technique means, no one knows the technique. Mysterious enemies are harder to deal with.

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Arena 17, Burning Abyss Sect vs Earthquake Sect.

"HEY!"

WUSH OFF!

BUKS!

Han Feng smashed his fist right into his opponent's stomach. Instantly the participants from the Earthquake Sect burned all over their bodies and could no longer continue the match. The Arena Overseer furrowed his brows seeing Han Feng finish off his opponent ruthlessly.

Though his opponent was several times about to give up, but Han Feng continued to beat him without giving him a chance to talk. In the end, he ended the match by burning his opponent's body. Even if it could still survive, it would probably take a long time for his opponent to recover, and at that time he would be far behind.

"Hey, Master Supervisor, I won right? Why just shut up?"

"Arena 17, Han Feng of the Burning Abyss Sect won!"

"Huh, daritadi should."

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Arena 8, In Clan vs Huang Clan.

Di Lang closed his eyes for a moment, after which opened them while twitching his hands. From underground, there appeared the tendrils of plants that stormed forward attacking the participants of the Huang Clan. His opponent tried to slash the tendrils with his sword, but failed because Di Lang's tendrils were too strong.

Finally, Di Lang managed to pin his opponent down. Seeing that his opponent had yet to give up, he moved his finger and another single tendril full of thorns emerged from the ground. He pointed the tendril to his opponent's neck until his opponent was forced to surrender.

"Arena 8, Di Lang of the Di Clan won!"

After letting go of the twists of his tendrils, Di Lang bowed respectfully then descended from the arena. Arena's supervisor looked at him in silence. Di Lang's strength might not be inferior to Han Feng of the Burning Abyss Sect. But his attitude is still better. Although, an arrogant look was still visible in Di Lang's eyes.

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Arena 19, Immortal Pearl Pavilion vs Coiling Dragon Sect.

Zhen Fang disappeared to make his opponent turn his head in confusion. Then, from the four cardinal directions, a sharp wind blade appeared and attacked the participants from the Coiling Dragon Sect. The man roared then swung his hardened hand over to a kind of dragon scales and dispelled the four wind blades.

SHUSUH!

From behind, Zhen Fang appeared. His opponent was quite confident with his defense techniques so let Zhen Fang attack. Unfortunately, that was a big mistake. Zhen Fang poked a few points on his opponent's back, then spun and stabbed another point in the front of his opponent.

Blood spurted out from the spots that Zhen Fang had pierced earlier. His opponent fell silent without being able to move. His skin began to loosen with the loss of the dragon scales in his hands. After a while, the veins began to appear because his body was tense and could not breathe.

"Supervisor sir, have I won? It seems he can't fight anymore."

"Arena 19, Zhen Fang of the Immortal Pearl Pavilion won!"

"Thank you." Zhen Fang cupped his hands together. Then he walked towards his opponent and stabbed a few other points in his body.

"Hosh......"

His opponent immediately exhaled a loud breath. For a while, he was completely unable to move. His whole body completely stopped. If the Arena Overseer did not immediately stop the match and Zhen Fang did not quickly help him, perhaps he would die.

Many people stared at the representatives of the Immortal Pearl Pavillion in curiosity as well as surprise. No one expected that the Immortal Pearl Paviliion would participate as well in this year's Welcoming Competition. This was their first time participating in the anticipation, usually they just became sponsors and watched on the side.

This year, another strong competitor. After so many years, the Immortal Pearl Pavillion began to show its strength. Many great powers were already suspicious, but they did not expect that the Pavilion was this strong. They were not fools, so they knew that it took a great deal of strength to be able to trade cultivation materials. Otherwise, the Pavilion had long since been devoured by other great powers along with their entire wealth.

Previously, there were some big sects who had started to hesitate with the strength of the Pavilion. However, they are still in the investigation stage. Thankfully, they were not in a hurry. Otherwise, looking at the strength that the Pavilion displayed today, it was possible for their sect to stay in history.

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Arena 45, Sky Devouring Castle vs Mammoth Break Clan.

"I-I'm giving up!"

Even before the Arena Overseer announced the start of the match, the participants from the Mammoth Break Clan had given up. He wasn't crazy enough to challenge anyone from the Sky Devouring Castle, even if it was just a freshman. To be accepted by the Sky Devouring Castle meant that he had abilities that were far above average.

Tian Li only stared at his opponent for a glance before snorting and averted his gaze.

The Arena Overseer was somewhat disappointed at not being able to witness the new disciple from the Sky Devouring Castle. He was curious about their abilities. But what can be done, the opponent is too weak. According to him, only a handful of people would choose to keep fighting even if the opponent was from the Sky Devouring Castle. The rest would instantly give up like the participants from this Mammoth Break Clan.

"Arena 45, Tian Li of the Sky Devouring Castle won!"

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Huo Bing watched the few matches. Just like most people, he also paid attention to their match coming from a big sect. So far, nothing is too dangerous. But there are some to watch out for. Also, it was difficult to judge their abilities as this was only the preliminary round, so they only brought out their makeshift abilities.

But something caught Huo Bing's attention. The Immortal Pearl Pavilion. He heard that before the Pavilion had never participated in this kind of competition. They have always been sponsors. What caused the Pavilion to show its fangs?

He became reminded of the battle Xika and Tian Yin used to be. Before the two of them fought, the Immortal Pearl Pavillion owed Xika a debt. But at the time of the fight, even when Xika was beaten all out, the Pavilion party just kept quiet and did nothing. It left a bad impression for Huo Bing. Now, he could not look at anyone who came from the Pavilion without a suspicious look.

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In the treatment room, Xika sat beside Liu Shang. The man regained consciousness not long after Xika took him to the treatment room. It seems that the wound is not too severe.

"Why....are you here? Are you waiting for me to wake up?" asked Liu Shang puzzledly.

"There's something I want to ask you. As I recall, I'm not very famous. How do you know my name? Why do you call me a genius? Also, why set me as your target?"

Liu Shang smiled somewhat disappointedly. He thinks Xika's here because she's worried about him. But it seems like Xika's question does make sense. He knew Xika earlier than anyone else. Xika must have been suspicious about it.

"Two years ago, if I wasn't wrong, there was a rumor. In a small town that is not too famous, there is a horrendous fight. Reportedly, the fight involved the number one genius of the Lin Dynasty, namely Tian Yin.

Indeed whenever the genius fights will definitely cause a commotion. But this time it's different. The main highlight was the opponent of this number one genius. He said he was just an unknown young man. However, he was able to cause Tian Yin who was almost never injured to suffer severe injuries. In fact, even though the young man was dying, he still raised his head high.

Perhaps, in the entire Lin Dynasty, only that young man was unafraid of Tian Yin the Genius. I arrived in the city a few days after the fight. Even if it had passed, but the townspeople still continued to talk about the fight as if it had only happened a moment ago.

When I heard the news of the fight, I was immediately interested. I'm not a talented kid. For a long time, I was just an ordinary kid. Average of the average. Sometimes I try to challenge those who are stronger than me, more talented, the genius. But I always lose. So, I'm sure that up until now I'll just always be a normal kid. I will never surpass the genius at any time.

That's why I'm interested in that fight. I feel like there is still hope for me who is mediocre. The story of the fight between the number one genius and the unknown young man successfully motivated me. Even if he was just an ordinary young man, even if he was just an unknown young man, but he was able to inflict heavy injuries on the genius.

After that, I questioned almost everyone in the city to hear more clearly about the fight. I want to know every detail, how the chronology is, how they can fight, where did the young man come from, and who exactly is the young man? I even saw their battle marks.

Then I finally found out the name of the unknown young man.

Xing Xika's."