The Card Cultivation System
CCS-312

SHUU!

THE DUAK!

THE DUAK!

Huo Bing performed a spinning kick by combining the two elements on his feet just when his enemies were in the air. They managed to hold it, but still bounced to hit some trees.

After taking a glance at the condition of his enemies, Huo Bing decided not to approach any of them and would rather wait for the two to get close. They woke up shortly afterwards, and attacked him again.

The first Immortal Pearl Pavillion sword cultivator reached it. Huo Bing dodged it easily and let the man clash with the other snakes that had previously also been eyeing him. Then he darted to the right where the two Capital cultivators were waiting. One from the Burning Abyss Clan and another from Northern Light Palace.

The two cultivators did not wait for him to get close. They were already prepared to welcome him with the expertise of their respective sects. Skilfully, Huo Bing dodged the attacks of the two and gave a counterattack. But he had not had time to give a further attack, a yellow ball is corrosive approaching.

He jumped back away. The smoke that appeared due to the explosion of the yellow ball made the surroundings appear blurry. One attack he halted, a snake that opened its jaws wide he managed to avoid. However, he reacted too late when a sword pierced his stomach.

THE TEST!

A few drops of blood fell from Huo Bing's mouth. The bird stared at the sword that pierced through his body with a smile. While continuously dripping blood from his mouth, Huo Bing spun around and kicked the sword owner who was an Immortal Pearl Pavillion cultivator.

Then he pulled out the sword and twisted it several times.

"Thank you for the sword" he said, giving a wider smile.

Seeing Huo Bing who seemed to care nothing at all even though a sword pierced him made the guts of cultivators from the Capital shrink. Actually the reason Huo Bing was not worried at all was because he had the Fruit of Life. But he did not expect to scare his lawyers.

Unfortunately, the same is not true for snakes. They don't care if they get stabbed or not. As long as he is not dead, they will continue to attack.

While the cultivators from the Capital hesitated to attack him, the snakes had already launched their attacks first. But just before their attack reached him, a black hole appeared and spewed out a similar attack that negated each other.

From above a voice sounded,

"You okay Half-Grown Bird?"

Huo Bing glanced over and found Heiliao standing back and folding her hands while surrounded by black holes absorbing and returning the attacks of her opponents.

"Just destroy yourself, Wolf Shit!" huo Bing said while grinning. Then he darted and pitted his sword against the fangs of the black-spotted red snake.

After a while they clashed, the snake retreated as Huo Bing spouted fire from its mouth. Two other snakes have come forward in his place. Plus another human cultivator seems to have intended to attack again.

Five attackers, two from the front and three from the back. Huo Bing greeted him well even though the puncture wound on his sword proved to be hindering his movements. Several times he dodged too late so now his body was filled with scratches.

His breathing was rushed and many of his wounds were dripping blood. Although not severe, but the longer the fight goes the situation will be increasingly unfavorable for him. Just when the cultivator from the Capital came back sure it wouldn't take long to subdue him, he smiled.

From under his cloak, Huo Bing took out an object that made them chased to this extent.

"This, right? The thing you are looking for." he told the Capital cultivators. He bit the fruit and then continued, "Of course you know how much of this fruit we have, right?" As he spoke, slowly the wound began to close including the stab wound that was on his stomach.

"We can do this all day, you know. I mean fight. And we will not be exhausted as long as we have this fruit of life. I'm sure there'll still be left after we all beat you. Do you still want to continue?"

"Fuck, don't trust him! Seeing him talk like this there must be another reason!" said Jin Fu, the cultivator who became their representative. But Heiliao had beaten him before the man spoke more.

Huo Bing did not look daunted or panicked at Jin Fu's words. Still eating the fruit, he continued, "Reason? Of course there is. Don't you think it would be a pity that I spent all these fruits just for nothing like fighting?"

"CHRISTIAN!!!"

The red-spotted black snake again attacked Huo Bing. He didn't care what the bird said. However Huo Bing who had just recovered his body with the Fruit of Life immediately caught it and burned the snake alive. Unfinished, he pops an ice flower from the center of the creature's stomach and freezes it and breaks it into thousands of pieces.

Huo Bing did all of that without turning her head at all. His eyes remained straight fixed on the Capital cultivators who seemed to be starting to hesitate.

"L-lantas what do you want?"

A wide smile flashed across Huo Bing's face as if he had been waiting for that statement from earlier.

Above, while fending off and giving occasional counterattacks, Xika smiled hearing Huo Bing's words. He was not anxious at all when he heard Huo Bing's offer. Just look at it he already knew that everything Huo Bing said was a lie.

First, about those who can fight continuously without fatigue at all, it is a lie. The entire fruit of life was already in the black hole and Huo Bing already knew what the consequences would be if he took the fruit again. So they could not fight continuously nor could they give the fruit of life as a bargaining gift.

Xika was sure Heiliao would definitely move them all when the whole snake was dead and their chase would start again.

WHUSHES!

After looking down avoiding the corrosive spit vomit, Xika turned her staff and made two snakes flung. Then he threw two cards and managed to cut off their tails. They will need time to attack again.

"You want to work together to defeat us?"

Suddenly the old man the leader of the snakes spoke. Previously, he had only fought a little at the beginning with Jin Fu. Then pull away and just quietly observe the situation. Till now. I don't know what the plan is now. Whereas if he did not continue to speak, Huo Bing was sure the cultivators of the Capital would agree.

"Why? Scared huh?" huo Bing said giving a provocation.

The old man only snorted in response to Huo Bing. Then he turned his head to the other cultivators from the capital.

"Rather than them, you should be working with us."

Huo Bing frowned not understanding the old man's intentions.

"You forgot who you got the Berserk Pill recipe from? And where did you get the right ingredients to make it?"

The other cultivators of the Capital frowned not understanding, except the cultivators who came from the Immortal Pearl Pavillion. Cold sweat started to drip down their bodies.

"What do you mean?" huo Bing asked.

"Oh? You didn't know? If it's not wrong, that young man over there," the old man pointed at Xika, "you're up against another young man using Berserk Pill right? The recipe comes from all of us. Then bought by his clan from, what was his name? It's kind of like a pavilion....."

Huo Bing's expression turned ugly. He thought they were safe in the city and far from the forest where the snakes lived. Apparently he was wrong, it turns out that the influence of the snake is wider than expected. Even they managed to affect the Capital now.

At this moment, the entire battle stopped. No one is fighting. Everyone stared at each other confused about which side to choose.

"In addition to the pill, there are also other pills"

"You! You're the reason the small and medium-sized sects developed so quickly?!" cut Heiliao off before the old man finished his words.

"It was me who gave the pill recipe, but I didn't expect it to cause many sects to grow rapidly. Glad to be able to help." she said while licking her own aunt in the last sentence.

Goddamn it, Huo Bing said in his heart. If this is the case, the Capital will be in the grip of the snakes soon.

"So, than them what if you cooperate with us? Working with us has proven to be more profitable than them. What have they been giving all this time? Destroying your plans, destroying your pride, disrupting your business, and causing a split between you?"

You old fox, Xika thought to herself. The old man must have been afraid that the three of them were cooperating with the cultivators from the Capital.

"You're after something from them, aren't you? Tell us what the goods are and we will give them to you after our business with them is done." continued the old man.

Jin Fu's face darkened, "How can we trust your words? What if it turns out you lied and harmed us?"

"Have we done that before?"

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

Jin Fu could not reply anymore. Based on the transactions they have done with the snakes so far all proved profitable and reliable. It seems he has no choice anymore.

Gritting his teeth, Jin Fu said, "alright."

The old man smiled widely for a moment, inversely proportional to the expressions of Xika and her comrades. They almost found the bright spot before. The situation is getting worse now. Will they be able to escape?