The Card Cultivation System
CCS-268

Xika so felt a bit unwell towards Liang Jihua. Even from behind her back, Xika could see that the girl was holding back a great deal of shame. Her neck looked very red, but Xika suspected it was not because she was overheated or due to the wounds of the previous fight.

From the first meeting Xika already knew Liang Jihua was not the type of woman who easily got along with a man like Qing Hu. In fact, Xika suspected the girl was similar to Xingli, barely ever touching a man at all. And now, he was forced to carry a man who required a fair amount of physical contact?

Xika could imagine what her feelings were like. Moreover, he also felt less comfortable with this physical contact as he kept on recalling Yin Xingli. But what could be done, his body was completely exhausted now, as well as the defense that Xika made was stronger than Liang Jihua's defense.

"It seems they're still chasing, can you go any faster?" xika asked rather unkindly. He knew how hard it was for the girl to just save herself, and now he also had to take Xika along.

".........."

Xika wants to protest that her card shield is more than helpful, but she chooses to keep quiet. Unfortunately, not with his opponent.

The seven white-robed figures were still faithfully chasing behind, even though the large explosive arrows no longer chased after. It seemed that they still did not accept the defeat of their comrades.

"I will try to finish them off one by one, try not to fall or get hit by their attacks."

"Ck, talking is easy."

Since the archers were no longer chasing and left only seven white-robed figures chasing, the Xika card shield was not much needed and he could use it to attack the seven figures.

First of all, Xika put her card back into the pocket of her cloak to give the impression that she was exhausted and could not use her card anymore. Then, when the seven enemies got more aggressive because they believed Xika was exhausted and began to shorten the distance, Xika again pulled out her card.

A SHOCK!

BRET!

SLASHY!

JLB!

Four people were successfully subverted with severe injuries. The rest of the three were stunned quite violently because they did not expect Xika's impromptu attack and the impact was so great. Their shock was enough to give Liang Jihua time to extend the distance.

But it didn't last long. The three came to their senses and went back to chasing Xika and Liang Jihua, only while still maintaining their vigilance. The Xika cards gave an unexpected and quite ferocious attack. They did not want to suffer the same fate as their comrades, but they also could not allow the two people who were from the great sects who were their enemies to escape.

Xika managed to reduce the number of enemies by half, but after that the remaining ones were even more vigilant. In this case, Liang Jihua could run out of energy first and then they would become easy prey. He must think of a new strategy.

"Are you still able to give one two more strikes?"

"................"

This time Liang Jihua was silent not because he was arrogant or lazy to serve Xika but because he was too tired and did not have the energy to even just answer or argue with Xika.

After closing her eyes for a while, Xika got a new idea. Suitable to finish off his enemy without Liang Jihua's help.

"Leave me here, then run and hide yourself."

Liang Jihua sneered with her lips, but she did not heed Xika's words at all. Previously, Xika had saved herself even though Xika herself was injured. At that time, it felt quite impossible to save Xika at once himself but in fact the man was able to do it.

He may not be able to perform the same miracle as Xika, but he is determined not to leave Xika. He will no longer be a burden, or just think of himself.

But Xika was unaware of Liang Jihua's determination. He simply thought that the girl did not hear him, so repeated her words.

"You can leave me here. Run and hide yourself."

"Ck," Liang Jihua clucked in annoyance, "Shut up! You're not helping at all." Finished talking, Liang Jihua leaped to the side to avoid the attack that one of their pursuer figures had thrown.

Instead of being impressed, Xika was confused as to how to respond to the girl. But the plan won't work if Liang Jihua doesn't leave him.

"I have a plan, but it only works if you leave me here."

"Haha. Nice try, I won't leave you."

If Xika was confused before, this time he was astonished by Liang Jihua's actions. Was this girl's head hit during the fight earlier? Why did this girl intend not to leave her? That Liang Jihua just a moment ago would have seemed to not hesitate to throw himself and escape.

"I'm not lying. And I'm not crazy to the point of willingly sacrificing myself to keep you safe. Just leave me here."

Liang Jihua was hesitant. Xika was indeed not the type who would sacrifice themselves so that Liang Jihua could survive, after all their relationship was not like that. But he had promised himself he would never leave Xika again. What's he supposed to do?

A BLAR!

One more attack that led to Liang Jihua and successfully avoided it with great difficulty. The wind from the blast managed to blow Liang Jihua and Xika quite far away, even though the girl had avoided it.

BRUK!

And both landed in a non-wearing position. Xika below and Liang Jihua above. If Han Feng were here, it would seem that he would be burnt to the ground. Unfortunately, Xika had absolutely no interest in Liang Jihua.

In a fit of annoyance, he shifted Liang Jihua away from above his body. He finally got out of this girl. He had to pretend to be abandoned by Liang Jihua and seemed completely devoid of energy to deceive his opponents and injure them.

"Now go. It's up to you to come back later, but for now you have to go."

Liang Jihua gave a doubtful look before gritting her teeth and disappearing behind the trees. He only half-believes in Xika's plan, so he will recover as soon as possible, then come back to help Xika.

Xika smiled happily as the savage girl finally left. Now all he needed to do was to let his opponent off guard and attack them. But it seemed that to do that he would have to suffer one or two more injuries.

Srak!

The three figures stopped five meters away from Xika. They looked at each other because Liang Jihua left Xika here. They decided to discuss for a while and agreed to finish off Xika first, before returning to pursue Liang Jihua.

To date, Liang Jihua did not pose a too meaningful threat. Unlike Xika, even in a weak moment like this, it felt like the man was still able to give a decent attack.

So the three surrounded Xika and approached her slowly. They were still staring at Xika vigilantly. A few moments later their vigilance was proven correct. Fifteen cards darted and aimed for their stomachs, which fortunately they were able to avoid.

After that, Xika still gave out a few more attacks, but slowly her attacks slowed down and weakened. The three realized that and suspected that Xika was almost no longer able to use his cards.

A BLAR!

JLB!

SLASHY!

Xika did not even move at all from her place. He could only look at the three with an unacceptable look mixed with pain. His hands were still flailing but nothing happened.

The three looked back, then smiled at the same time. Xika was right to no longer have power, otherwise he would have avoided their attacks earlier. It was impossible for him to deliberately receive such a large attack just to trick them because their attacks were quite large and had a strong destructive power.

So the three approached and intended to send Xika back to the Academy by activating her talisman. Unfortunately, they are still wrong. In fact, Xika had deliberately received such a powerful attack to let them off guard. Although having to suffer injuries that are not light, but it is worth it if you can make these three figures fall.

When the distance between her opponent and herself was less than a meter, Xika gave a triumphant smile. Then, before his opponents could realize something was wrong, the cards that had previously been lying helplessly flew back and pierced the stomachs of each opponent.

"What?!"

"UKH!"

"......"

BRUK!

As the three fainted unconscious, Xika also threw her head to the ground and breathed in relief. Finally the ten figures completely fell down. Now he can rest even though it seems like there is not much time left.

It should have been at that moment that he shifted again into the trees to hide himself. But his qinya was completely depleted and his head was also completely exhausted. Controlling the cards to attack and defend from earlier was really draining his mental health.

So Xika lay there with her three enemies still lying helplessly away from her without protection.

Or at least that was Xika's mind.

I don't know how long he slept but he woke up because the cold was familiar. When he opened his eyes, he saw Liang Jihua sitting cross-legged in front of him still with torn clothes and skin full of wounds. It seems the girl is really back.

The srek!

Xika tried to get up without making a sound, but Liang Jihua realized that he had woken up and immediately turned around. The girl immediately opened her mouth but after a while, no sound came out. Xika herself was quite confused about what to say because honestly she did not expect the girl would come back.

"How's your wound?" Finally he chose ordinary talk.

"Lumayan."

Xika did not know if what was meant was 'My injuries are good enough, soon to be healed' or 'Lumayan, it seems that soon I will die'.

"Can you move? Delivering message?"

The girl glanced at Xika with frowning eyes. Xika has not even fully recovered, but it seems that she already has a view of what to do in the future.

"Why is that?"

Xika was silent for a while, then attempted to sit down only to find that her stomach, chest, hands and feet immediately protested. More surprisingly, Liang Jihua approached and helped Xika sit down, which required more physical contact between them.

Though the current situation is not forced, but why did the girl do it? Xika was still curious as to why the girl was helping her, but there was something else she had to think about right now. He took a deep breath, then did a whisper of wind with enough energy so that it was certain everyone who was still in the second half heard it.

'Retreat.'

That was the content of the whisper of the wind Xika. Of course Liang Jihua could not understand what Xika was thinking from just one such word.

"That's a message to Zhen Fang and the others. The opposing team is too strong. We must unite to defeat them."

Actually, Liang Jihua wanted to refute. It was impossible for those from the big sects to lose to the small and medium-sized sect guilds, but then he was reminded of the strength of the white-robed figures he was fighting against and immediately shut his mouth.

"When you fought with them before, did you realize it wasn't their entire group? There's still another group hiding like those archers."

Liang Jihua nodded. He also faintly sensed the figures still hiding in the darkness even though he did not know how many and how strong they were.

"You might see the last step I take before we step back. Remember the wind I threw? The goal is not to hurt the opponent. I'm using it to detect how many enemies are hiding."

Liang Jihua's eyes widened. So that was the reason Xika threw such a huge wind but did not injure her enemy in the slightest. He really could not guess the mind of this man.

"Then how did it go? How many did you find?"

"About three to four hundred. Each of them was in the Qi Forming 9 more or less. And I suspect there are still many who have the equivalent strength or even more than the white-robed figures we just fought."

Liang Jihua opened her mouth and then closed it again. He could not find the right words for their current situation. It seemed that three to four hundred figures with the equivalent strength of a white-robed figure were enough to finish off the eight of them.

"That's why I asked Zhen Fang and the others to retreat. We must unite to defeat them."

In fact, Liang Jihua doubted that they could defeat the opposing group even if they had united. How not? 8 People against a group of 400? Even if they are divided evenly, they have to fight fifty to one. That is if they manage to gather before being destroyed by the enemy.

Noticing Liang Jihua's worries, Xika tried to comfort her. After all, mentally quite influential in war. If Liang Jihua's mentality had been destroyed before the war, then their chances of winning would have been slimmer.

"I'm pretty sure that we can beat them if we stick together. But there's one problem we should worry about."

".........?"

"So this way, since our members are almost all from big sects, each one has its own pride. Li Tang and Yun Xingzhao would probably back off because they recognized my voice. But what about the other members? Even if they recognized my voice, would they back down just because of a single warning?"

Liang Jihua widened her eyes again. He understood Xika's intentions. They may still have a chance to win if they retreat and unite, but the problem is not necessarily that the other members retreat just because of one warning. If they insist on attacking the opposing group even though they do not know the strength and number of opponents, they can be destroyed by the opposing group.

At that time, the chances of them winning will get smaller or even disappear altogether.