The Card Cultivation System
CCS-260S

Just a moment before, when Elder Xu was in an all-out battle, he began to restrain his movements. If it wasn't a life-threatening attack, it wouldn't have held him back. It saves a lot of energy. Although, after that he got a fair amount of pain.

A short while after realizing the reason his movements slowed down, Elder Xu no longer resisted. Instead of fighting the onslaught of Yun Xingzhao, Li Tang, and Liang Jihua, the old man preferred to prepare his next plan. Even if he managed to fight the third onslaught, there was still Xika who held back his movements.

And again the ability of the boy is quite great. Elder Xu wasn't sure he could defeat Xika with his slowed and scarred body. So the old man preferred to devise a plan capable of defeating all four simultaneously.

So Elder Xu began to gather his qi to blow away the wind that was holding him back as well as being able to injure three others. Even if the explosion was like a double-edged sword, Elder Xu could still endure it with his powerful body. It was different from Li Tang and Liang Jihua.

Unfortunately, his plan failed.

A moment before Elder Xu detonated his qinya, Xika had blown out the wind that was around Elder Xu first. It was completely outside the old man's expectations. As a result, Elder Xu lost control of the qi he was collecting and Xika's wind explosion managed to mess up the qi he collected so that it flowed irregularly and caused internal injuries.

BLARR!

"GOD!"

The test!

The test!

The test!

Drops of blood began to fall from Elder Xu's entire body. Even his lips were covered in blood from internal bleeding. Elder Xu did not drag on in his shock. He gritted his teeth and immediately regulated the flow of qi within his body to get back in order.

But unfinished he set his qinya, a shadow came and tied his legs. Not enough, a chill gathered at his feet and formed a thick ice.

"Uhuk! What y'all-uhuk! think.......this will-uhuk!......enough.....uhuk!.....?"

As if answering Elder Xu's question, Liang Jihua directed the ice powders to stick all over Elder Xu's body. Then before Elder Xu realized what was happening, the ice powder that had covered his body into a snow puppet turned into thousands of icicles that pierced his body at the same time.

"GHAW!"

Crat!

If the explosion of Xika wind managed to make Elder Xu drip his blood, Liang Jihua's attack this time managed to make Elder Xu spew his blood to drench the white ice spikes into red.

Drr! Drr! Drr!

Elder Xu's knees shook violently. If there was no ice to hold his leg, he would have kneeled long ago. But the ice on his legs actually forced himself to continue standing, as a result making his knees tremble violently.

Liang Jihua looked at Elder Xu's figure with a forehead drenched in sweat. Making ice fields, throwing ice needles, launching ice spikes many times, scattering ice powder and turning it into ice spikes, and the latter's attack greatly drained his qinya. Moreover, some things like launching ice spines require high concentration.

The girl's gaze was filled with anxious expectations. He noticed Elder Xu's trembling knee. In his heart, he hoped that the old man would tremble with exhaustion and be unable to stand up again. If Elder Xu's knee tremors are not due to fatigue.......

Shuts!

"HEY!"

From behind the tree, Yun Xingzhao darted. Earlier, when the explosion occurred, he crashed into the back of a tree and hid behind it. Even if it managed to hide, but that didn't mean Yun Xingzhao wasn't injured at all. His body was not fully covered in meteor rocks like before.

Stone powders fell down and exposed his skin that was full of wounds. It seemed to be the result of the fight with Elder Xu earlier. But, even though his meteor body was no longer intact, Yun Xingzhao still drove on with great determination.

He had to defeat Elder Xu. And now is his chance. Xika said this action was just in case, but it meant that even Xika was unsure whether Liang Jihua's attack would succeed in defeating Elder Xu or not. Therefore, he had to make sure that Elder Xu had completely fainted they defeated.

THE DUAK!

TUBS!

BUKS!

Yun Xingzhao's fist managed to crush Liang Jihua's ice spines and make his ice splinters enter Elder Xu's body. Even so, Yun Xingzhao still did not stop. He kept raising his fist. He would only stop when he was completely convinced that Elder Xu had lost.

BUKS!

SIR!

DAK!

Bruk!

After so many blows, Yun Xingzhao finally stopped. He wanted to take one more blow, but his body was no longer strong. His hands felt heavy after being smashed countless times into Elder Xu's body. His feet no longer had any energy. Yun Xingzhao fell in a seated position. His head was looking up anxiously.

Then, he met a glance with Elder Xu. For a moment he felt shocked, that all the previous attacks still could not bring down Elder Xu. But then, Yun Xingzhao noticed Elder Xu's eyeballs rising upwards. The old man had fainted, not since when.

"God....."

He could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Later,

Bruk!

He fell and his face hit the ground. Not far from her, Xika's voice called out to her, asking her how she was.

"Brother Yun! Are you all right?"

Quickly Xika approached Yun Xingzhao. Then Xika looked at Yun Xingzhao's body which was filled with bruised scars of Elder Xu's punches. The Meteor Layer on his body was no longer around, completely revealing his weakened condition.

Xika looked at Yun Xingzhao worriedly. He was about to heal the man, or at least ease his wound. But if he did it would mean he would use the same water element by revealing his strength.

A figure arrived beside him. Xika raised her head and looked at the cold face of Liang Jihua who was staring at Yun Xingzhao.

"Don't tell me you can't cure him?" ask the girl.

"Aahaha......" Xika only replied with a dry laugh.

"Then what's the point of you approaching him so quickly? Hush." Despite grumbling, Liang Jihua raised both of her hands facing Yun Xingzhao.

"Miss Liang......maybe your ice element......?"

"Es also still have a relationship with water. So, yeah. My ice can heal."

Xika nodded in understanding. He glanced at Yun Xingzhao who was slowly covered in ice. He looked similar to Elder Xu just before Liang Jihua turned him into the target of his sharp thorns. Xika wished inwardly that Liang Jihua had not changed her mind and suddenly stabbed Yun Xingzhao with thousands of spurs as well.

"I have no healing ability," Li Tang also came and looked at Yun Xingzhao's condition. After that he looked at Xika and Liang Jihua. "but I have an ointment and some pills."

He handed his ointment to Xika while saying, "You also previously exchanged blows with Elder Xu right? Even if it's not like him, but you're gonna get hurt, too."

Then, he handed some pills as well to Liang Jihua without saying anything. The girl snorted violently.

"Huh, do you think Northern Light Palace lacks a healing pill?" But he still took the pill that Li Tang had proffered to him.

Shortly after, Yun Xingzhao opened his eyes. Feeling a strange but comfortable cold feeling, he turned his head and saw his body covered in ice. After a moment of silence, his peaceful expression changed in horror.

"What's up, Brother Yun? Why is your face so?"

"These girls.....will he stab me with thorns like he did with Elder Xu before?"

Uh. Xika smiled understandingly. Anyone who saw his body covered in ice would definitely think so after seeing Liang Jihua's final attack.

"Ck, you don't know yourself. It's a good thing I lightened your wounds, instead of thanking you instead of insulting."

Liang Jihua no longer helped Yun Xingzhao. He lowered both his hands and disappeared from Yun Xingzhao's body, then he went away. Perhaps to rest while healing himself.

When the ice started to dissipate from his body, the back pain attacking Yun Xingzhao made him regret having caused Liang Jihua to stay away.

"Brother Li, please take care of Brother Yun. Maybe I should talk to that wild girl."

"Gdh...." Li Tang held back his laughter hearing Xika's call to Liang Jihua while nodding.

Xika walked over to Liang Jihua. But from a distance of several meters, the sharp gaze of the girl had pierced him as if distracted by his presence.

"What do you want?" he said with a ketus.

Xika scratched her head in confusion. As he remembered he had never offended the girl in front of him. They had even fought together before. Why is this girl still so sniffy on him?

"Anu, Miss Liang? Are you all right?"

"Don't you see I'm exhausted? Hurry up if you just want to make it easy."

Now Xika became even more confused how to respond to this girl.

"Well, it seems we have some business to settle. May I know where you hear me from? I didn't mean to offend but, as I recall, I never met you. How can you talk as if you knew me? And again, why did you save me before?"

"Ck, no thanks." Liang Jihua turned her head.

Xika breathed deeply. Apparently, in front of this girl he had to be patient. "I thank you for helping me before. But I wonder why you did it."

"A friend. He says you're strong, but you're very weak. My friend must be blind. Can he say you're strong?"

An awkward and confused smile was plastered on Xika's face. "So.........Why did you help me because of your friend? Is he from the same sect as you?"

Even if Liang Jihua turned her face away, Xika could see a hint of the girl's expression turning moody when she talked about her friend.

"No."

"Oh........When did he come back?"

"Don't know...maybe it won't......."

When talking about his friend, Liang Jihua's tone began to soften. No longer as fierce as before. Xika so wonder how the figure of Liang Jihua's friend is actually and what kind of creature wants to befriend a savage girl like Liang Jihua.

"If I may know........What is his name? Maybe in the future I can thank him." Xika smiled.

Shuts!

Liang Jihua immediately turned to look at Xika right into her eyes sharply. "No! I won't tell you anything more about my friend. You're too weak. Winning this competition just came back to me. Now go and forget this conversation. Let's just say this never happened."

Xika became confused by Liang Jihua's sudden change. Why did he become as ferocious again as before? Did he offend Liang Jihua or his friend by accident? Hold still. Liang Jihua is one of the Four Most Beautiful Girls. Maybe he offended his fans by accident?

It's probable. But it feels strange that Liang Jihua fans talk about Xika to Liang Jihua. Wait, maybe not a fan. Could be the most beautiful girl, right? If remembered.......Wu Liao is also one of the Four Most Beautiful Girls right?

Don't tell me, the friend Liang Jihua was talking about was Wu Liao?