The Card Cultivation System
CCS-264

Unfortunately, Xika did not have much time to think. Several wrinkles started to appear on the side of the soil wall which meant that soon Xika would be showered with sharp thorns. His body was injured, while Liang Jihua was unconscious beside him.

He might still be able to dodge if he let Liang Jihua, but if he tried to save the girl? Impossible. There was also another more ruthless idea popping into Xika's head. He could use Liang Jihua's body as a meat shield. Unfortunately, doing such a thing was not Xika's style.

Doing something impossible, such as saving Liang Jihua while avoiding the many sharp thorns that came, was the new Xika style. But the question is, how will Xika do that?

Xika turned her head and looked at Liang Jihua who was still unconscious. He even saw Liang Jihua there were two. Quickly Xika shook her head while clucking in annoyance. His eyesight began to focus again. The dantian on his body began to glow. Star Glance was back on, this time even without Xika realizing it.

Regardless of how she could see clearly and feel strong again, Xika rushed towards Liang Jihua and intended to carry the savage girl on her back while dodging. In Xika's heart hope that the girl does not wake up suddenly and suddenly her shoulder. Given Liang Jihua's character so far, it might just happen.

Unfortunately, the girl refused to be touched. Even if unconscious, his subconscious does not allow others, or perhaps men, to touch him. The girl's hand moved away as Xika intended to grab her.

"Ck, motherfucker. Why are all girls acting like this anyway? If it wasn't to save you, I wouldn't want to touch you either!"

After a quick sigh, Xika pulled out her card. His father's relic card, not a card in a connotative sense. Once again, he hoped that Liang Jihua would not wake up all of a sudden. He did not want Cosmos to be exposed before the final round, or until this round was over.

But considering that the savage girl before him was still thinking about such trivial things as touching it was taboo, even though her life was on the edge, Xika was forced to use her card. At that moment, the only method Xika had thought of was the method he used on Xingli back then.

Shuts!

JLB!

JLB!

JLB!

Xika threw two to thirty cards and covered the body of the savage girl. It then lifted him in time before those earth thorns pierced Liang Jihua's body. Fortunately, the girl did not resist when the Xika card approached and stuck. Otherwise, Xika might just be able to resignedly let the girl get stabbed.

But the thorns that come not once or twice, but continuously. The entire time when the thorns kept firing, Xika had to keep dodging and aim her card to bring Liang Jihua to safety.

Of course, it requires a lot of concentration. Xika was able to do so thanks to Star Glance. Faintly he began to realize the clear feeling that suddenly appeared in his head came from where. But he had no idea how long Star Glance would be active and until when.

If Star Glance stopped and Xika again felt dizzy while Liang Jihua was still unconscious.

Shit!

While sneering, Xika shouted at Liang Jihua who was still unconscious.

"Hoi, the Beast Girl! Wake up!"

Shuts!

"You want to die, right? Now is not the time for a stupid nap! Get up if you don't want to die!"

Jem!

"Damn it! Did Northern Light Palace just teach her students to nap while colleagues were struggling desperately?!"

I don't know if the last sentence woke Liang Jihua or if the girl was conscious but pretended to be asleep. To be sure, the girl replied to Xika's shout out loud not looking like someone who had just fainted.

"Don't insult my sect, you're a weak man!"

At ordinary times, Xika would not care what the savage girl said, but at this moment she was already desperately fighting to save the girl but this was what she said? Of course Xika went up in black.

"Oho? I'm a weak man? Who would take a relaxing nap while everyone else would have to fight back and forth so as not to get hit by the rain of thorns? Huh uh?!"

Hearing Xika's words, Liang Jihua only realized her surroundings and turned to and fro. The number of sharp thorns scattered here and there made Liang Jihua aware of what Xika was doing. The man not only saved himself but also saved him, who had fainted from earlier.

I don't know how long Xika's been doing that and how she's done it. But what was in Liang Jihua's head was not that now, but rather how guilty he felt to have cursed even insulted Xika.

"I-i....m-sorry......."

Xika did not seem to care about Liang Jihua's reaction. He helped the girl for himself. If the girl is eliminated, then she must defeat other participants alone who will get heavier without a partner.

"Deliver the cold. Make this wall freeze. I'll break through it."

Liang Jihua looked up for a moment, then realized that Xika had already said the same sentence before. He ignored the dizziness in his head and focused on freezing the walls that locked them up. Although she felt dizzy, but it seemed that Xika suffered more severe injuries than her.

It felt like Xika had pushed him away from the enemy's combined technique. After that he was worried for a moment then something hard hit him and everything went black. When he woke up, he was already in this place. If not wrong Xika had faced with the opponent's technique directly. Was that blood in his stomach the result of the opponent's technique?

Sshhhhhhhhhhhh!

Krrtt!

"Forward. Don't stop."

Xika looked around the wall that locked them up. The thorns still appeared, but it was slower than before thanks to Liang Jihua's ice. Moreover, Liang Jihua's ice froze this wall until it slowly outside. When the time was right, Xika just drilled this wall with wind elements and destroyed this wall.

"On the count of three, I'm gonna hole this wall. Prepare to attack the enemy."

Liang Jihua could only nod in silence. After the guilt, the next feeling that appeared in his heart was anger. In his heart he promised, once out of this damned wall he would beat all out the man who smashed him unconscious.

"One......"

Xika turns the Space Shifter into a stick and pulls back the cards.

"Two........"

The wind began to gather at the end of the Space Shifter and rotate so that it looked like a spinning spear eye.

"Three!'

SHUSUH!

DRRTA!

A BLAR!

Xika managed to punch a hole in the wall as planned. Liang Jihua immediately jumped forward while throwing his ice needles in all directions. From inside the cave, Xika heard shouts of shock and disbelief that the walls of their combined techniques had been broken through.

"What?! He made it through our wall?!"

"No way! Are the two of them stronger than the combined twenty-four of us?"

In addition, Xika also heard a scream of pain that did not need to be guessed again who did it. He smiled and closed his eyes. The palm of his hand he pointed at the previous opponent's technique scar. Slowly, water flowed out from his palm and seeped into his stomach.

Ssr!!

The set!

Xika stopped her healing. Although it did not recover completely, but this was enough. If it is too long in the cave Liang Jihua could be suspicious.

Shuts!

So Xika also stepped out and saw Liang Jihua being surrounded by all-out enemies. Even so, the girl did not appear to be afraid. He even seems to be getting excited. His eyes glittering to and fro looking for what.

About ten people surrounded Liang Jihua and attacked him up close using swords, spears, or other weapons made from the ground. While the rest supported their comrades from afar by sending knives or ground arrows towards Liang Jihua.

Shit!

Bret down!

A ground knife successfully grazed Liang Jihua's arm. Then another one on his shoulder. And some others managed to incise a scratch on Liang Jihua's body. But the girl still refused to give up. Previously, Xika had helped him even though he was heavily injured.

So this time he will not retreat as much and as great as his enemy. He felt ashamed of Xika for showing his weakness. Inside that wall, if Xika intended to do anything else to her, perhaps no one would know.

But he also felt angry, at himself. In the midst of the battle, could he be worried? And again, it even makes the burden of his partner increasing. If Xika can save himself even though he is seriously injured, how can he give up even though he only experienced a little dizziness?

Across there, Xika naturally had no idea what Liang Jihua was thinking. But he wouldn't stay silent to see his partner surrounded like that. He closed his eyes concentrating hard on controlling the wind. Then his eyes opened and the wind blew.

As Xika's eyes opened, Liang Jihua's opponents' movements grew slower, while the girl's movements accelerated.

Xika needed to concentrate for a while to direct the wind without using her hands. Usually, he directs his hand in a certain direction to make it easier to determine the target. But this time, he felt he would need his hand for something else.

Shuts!

Bret down!

Jem!

Liang Jihua was getting mad as he was getting faster while his opponents were getting slower. He began to blindly attack his opponent with the ice dagger he was holding. The thing that made Xika frown across there.

"Don't waste energy! They were earth cultivators, the wounds you gave them were nothing. Use the cold first before hurting them, then-"

A kick to Xika's head forced her to stop talking. Xika lowered her head and rolled to the back of the opponent then gave a counter-kick.

BUKS!

Xika felt her feet touch something hard, more like a rock instead of a human body. When he turned his head, he found a floating ground shield holding his kick from the opponent's body.

"Hohoho. It's worth it that the combined techniques of the dungeon land you managed to solve. You're great."

"Thank you, but I don't need any praise from the enemy!" Xika spat after speaking then swung her leg.

THE DUAK!

Again the enemy's shield managed to block Xika's kick, making him cluck in annoyance. While his enemy, Tu Shi was otherwise mistaken, was laughing proudly.

"Hahahaha.....Do you not know the soil element specialist? The ground is hard and strong. You won't be able to destroy my shield the number of times you kick. Besides, when my shield hits your body, it's over, just like it happened to that girl a while ago."

The fighting Liang Jihua heard a piece of Tu Shi and Xika talk. Apparently, the man made her faint. But before Liang Jihua lunged at Tu Shi rashly, Xika had already shouted first.

"Stop them, you can come here. That's if I haven't cleaned it up."

The sentence sounded arrogant, both by Tu Shi and Liang Jihua. But at the very least, Liang Jihua would focus on his own battles for a while ahead. So Xika can also focus on facing the opponent in front of him. He smiled at Tu Shi.

"I know the ground is hard and strong. But other than that......"

Xika disappeared from Tu shi's sight and reappeared behind him as she spoke right beside his ear.

"I also know that the ground is heavy and slow."

THE SET!

"S-since when.....?"

MAAM!

This time, Xika's kick only managed to be held back by Tu shi's arm. But even that was enough to make him crash a few meters. However, Xika knew that such an attack would have no impact on a Land Cultivator who had a strong defense.

"Hahaha! Your kick was even weaker than a mosquito bite!"

"Curtain!" Not giving up, Xika swung her hand a few times and sent a wind slash at Tu Shi.

WHOSHS!

WHOSHS!

WHOSHS!

A BLAR!

A BLAR!

A BLAR!

Unfortunately, those slashes did not manage to incise any injuries other than the scratches on his ground shield Tu Shi.

"BAHAHAHAHAHA!" It seemed that Tu Shi was already unable to speak anymore seeing Xika's attack being too weak. Liang Jihua who was still fighting even frowned seeing that. If he hadn't fought alongside Xika before, he would have cried out swear words seeing how weak Xika's attack was.

But after fighting together, Liang Jihua realized that Xika did everything not without calculations. People who laugh at the beginning usually lose. So for this time, Liang Jihua shut her mouth tightly while looking forward to what Xika would do next.

After giving out consecutive slashes, Xika looked exhausted. His breathing was irregular, his hands resting on his knees trying not to fall.

"You......Is your body also as hard as the ground.....?" xika asked while slowly adjusting her breathing.

"Hahahaha! I'm telling you, there's nothing harder than the ground! Earth is the hardest material in the world!"

"Oh? Thank you then."

Suddenly Xika's exhausted expression was replaced by a triumphant smile that was plastered wide on Xika's face.

"You just confirmed my plan will go well."