The Card Cultivation System
CCS-314

Just a moment before, just when Xika, Huo Bing, and Heiliao had just escaped........

The snakes looked panicked and immediately shot towards the direction Xika and Huo Bing had gone, as did the cultivators from the Capital.

A SHOCK!

THE SNACK!

THE SET!

But everything stopped immediately when Old Man spoke, "calm down."

At the same time, all the snakes that had been moving restlessly and frantically fell silent, making the cultivators from the Capital unwillingly to remain silent out of curiosity as well as bewilderment.

"There's no point in chasing them. We'd better just go home." said the old man, turning his back.

"Wait a minute!" said Jin Fu. "Whatchu mean? Better just go home? You intend to deny your words?!"

Instantly also all the snakes as well as the cultivators from the Capital instantly put up a fighting position and stood facing each other.

Surprisingly, the old man did not look panicked and instead smiled. He snorted then said, "heh, if you still want what is your goal, you should follow me. And I won't wait for you."

Finished talking the old man immediately jumped away followed by the entire snake leaving Jin Fu and the rest of the cultivators from the Capital bewildered. They looked at each other trying to figure out what was happening, but because it was fruitless they looked at Jin Fu looking forward to the next decision.

In ordinary situations, they would not consider Jin Fu as their leader since each of them had high pride let alone their cultivation base being the same. But in a precarious situation like this where a decision can have a fatal effect, they do not want to vote and ask Jin Fu to be their scapegoat. In this way when mistakes happen they can blame Jin Fu completely.

Jin Fu of course knew their thoughts but at this moment he did not have much choice. He had to make a quick decision as the snakes got further away. Gritting his teeth, he finally chose to follow the snakes. I hope that his decision is not wrong.

A SHOCK!

The remaining nine cultivators followed in his footsteps and tried to chase after the snakes.

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"Who are you?!" xika said in surprise as she turned to look at Huo Bing and Heiliao. The faces of both of them did not look good. A thread of sweat was seen dripping on Heiliao's forehead while Huo Bing had just swallowed his saliva.

After a moment of silence, Huo Bing finally opened his voice, "well, Xika you remember saying you wanted to meet a dragon, right? Congratulations, you've met one of them."

"In this situation you can still joke." Heiliao said.

While Xika, her emotions were mixed. The dragon has been one of his favorite animals in childhood, just as he loved wolves. But when he heard the story of Huo Bing he became worried whether the dragon was indeed as evil as it was.

Some books he read as a child say that every dragon has an incredible aura that makes all creatures want to respect him. Well, now Xika wasn't too sure. This beast that Huo Bing called a dragon before him did indeed have an aura. But instead of respecting her, Xika instead felt a bad aura. Either he had to kill the dragon or he had to get away from it as quickly as possible. That was what Xika felt when she felt the aura of the creature.

"Hooo's? You know my kind? Where are you from, little bird?" say the creature. Xika needed to think for a while because the sound that sounded was more like a growl than words.

"From a very high place, where your whole kind is treated no more than worms on the ground."

The creature let out another strange sound that Xika thought was his laughing voice.

"It's funny. I want to visit that place. But did you know little bird, that right now you and your two friends are nothing more than worms on the ground to me."

"really? Is it for you earthworms can also do-" Heiliao patted Xika and Huo Bing's shoulders then disappeared instantly.

"-this?" the echo of Heiliao's voice was still heard even though he was no longer in place. But the creature was just silent, just like the previous snake old man who did not look panicked when the three had just fled before him.

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A SHOCK!

The three appeared again on a tree trunk that was lush enough to hide their existence.

"Well..hah......huh......."

Xika felt Heiliao's grip on her shoulder tighten before the wolf fell to its knees with an unbecoming breath.

"Heiliao!"

"I'm fine............the teleportation distance this time requires more qi at once concentration............We should be safe from the creature...... but just in case........." Heiliao took out the Fruit of Life and immediately bit him.

THE SNACK!

A pair of wings reappeared behind the bodies of Xika and Huo Bing. Xika raised the Heiliao that had turned into her cute wolf form and immediately flew flapping its wings. In his heart he had a bad feeling about the creature.

A few flaps of wings passed and no one spoke. The situation this time felt more tense than before. Each thought should save as much energy as possible even for Huo Bing who is always chatty.

Suddenly, the two stopped flapping their wings simultaneously. Their eyes widened not believing what was in front of their eyes. Especially Heiliao.

"Hehehe.....why? Shocked huh?" said the creature seemed satisfied with the expressions of the three of them.

True enough, before them appeared the dragon that had previously knocked them all down. Flapping its wings, the dragon continued to watch the three casually, not at all afraid that his prey would run away again.

"It is impossible......we have just traveled a few pounds...... there is no way you can fly that fast"

Heiliao suddenly snapped his words as he could not check the cultivation base of the creatures before him.

Heiliao's face grew pale. He could already guess what the creature was doing to chase them, but he tried to shake it off.

The creature smiled as Heiliao guessed what she had just done. But before he could warn Huo Bing or Xika, the creature had already disappeared.

A SHOCK!

THE DUAK!

Xika and Huo Bing again crashed downwards like before without even having a chance to react.

A BRUAKKK!!!

This time the more severe dizziness attacked Xika. He even felt like some of his back bones were fractured. He immediately bit the Fruit of Life a few times until the pain in his back subsided.

When he lifted his head, a scaly footprint was only a few inches away from him. Suddenly he felt a stab in his stomach and then pushed back.

BOOM!

The dragon missed. He did not manage to step on Xika because Heiliao managed to push him. Well, more precisely Heiliao kicked him to keep Xika from being stepped on.

"Focus Xika!" shouted Heiliao. He ran with both of his hands wrapped in space elements.

Heiliao smashed both of his hands and punched the dragon in succession. "Xika, Huo Bing, the reason the snakes are not chasing us at all is because of this creature. It means that if we can defeat him we can escape safely!"

THE DUAK!

BAM!

DAR!

Hearing Heiliao's words, Xika rushed out the Space Shifter then attacked the dragon as well. He even used Singles mixed with element combinations several times.

In contrast to Huo Bing who was just silent. Deep down he knew that it was impossible for them to defeat this creature. His memory of hundreds of years ago will his fight with a similar figure reappears. Even if he was in his strongest form, he still could not defeat a dragon.

Especially now, with his cultivation still far from his original strength. Even if they had an infinite supply of Life Fruit, it was still impossible to win against it. The creature could crush them before they even bit the Fruit of Life.

"Wolf, don't you question why the serpents are so confident that they don't chase after us and leave everything to these creatures?"

OHHHHH!!!!

The smoke from Xika and Heiliao's attack thinned out showing the dragon's figure that was still fine, not injured in the slightest even though it had been hit by successive attacks from Xika and Heiliao.

"Ck, motherfucker. If only we could rest for a while......."

"Xika, it's useless. Even if we're all at our best and not exhausted, we still can't beat him."

"Then you're supposed to be helping, who knows we can"

"Damn it, why don't you understand? That's impossible Xika, IMPOSSIBLE! We can't beat that thing! No matter how our condition is, no matter if we join, no matter how much attack we give, everything is useless. It is a creature at the top of the food chain! No one can beat him!"

Suddenly silent atmosphere. No one answered Huo Bing. Even the dragon was silent, even though the reason was silent because he thought these three earthworms were very funny. Instead of trying to fight or run away, they fought with each other.

Xika lowered her head in silence. His shoulders were shaking withstanding emotions.

"Did you finally understand? There's nothing we can do. We can just step back and sit around waiting"

THE DUAK!

Xika kicked Huo Bing hard until the bird bounced away before he even managed to finish his speech.

Huo Bing got up while stroking her stomach, "SHIT! WHAT ARE YOU-"

"YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE, YOU FUCKING BIRD! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU, HUH?!" xika said as she walked closer to Huo Bing.

Huo Bing had just opened her mouth, yet Xika had already returned to speaking.

"Did the snakes hit your head too hard? Is your head broken and needs to be repaired? Who are you, huh? I don't have a cowardly brother like you!"

"Suckers! What can you do, huh? All your attacks are not working! Running is useless! All we can do is wait for death!"

"I think I need to hit you again. Who are you really, huh? Have you been possessed by those snakes? The Huo Bing I knew would never give up even if there was no way out. He will not give up even if he knows that only death awaits.

Did you forget who we are, huh? I am a handicapped boy who has been unable to cultivate for many years. But now I stand with a cultivation stronger than most people. What about Heiliao? He is a lonely wolf who is just waiting for his death. But now he stands with hope for tomorrow even if he has to fight to the death.

And vou? You are a strange creature that should have been dead for hundreds of years. You're just a helpless, disembodied soul that's going to die in a few years. But now you are standing firmly with a body full of vitality.

No way out anymore? Impossible? There's nothing we can do? We are the creatures of impossibility itself. Even if the sky collapses, we'll tunnel into another world!"

"Your mouth attracts a little worm. Too bad I have to eat you right now." said the dragon after a long silence.

"Fuckin' earthworms, I'll make sure you have a stomachache and can't pee for years!" xika said while grinning savagely.