The Card Cultivation System
CCS-42

The wolf looked at Huo Bing and Xika who were now surprised to see some of his energy.

He closed his eyes for a while then went forward and attacked while opening his mouth and showing his fangs.

Huo Bing dodged upwards while Xika rolled down the wolf's legs.

Xika had just stood up, but when she turned her head, a black fang had been waiting for her.

He stomped his feet and coated it with the wind element so that it flew.

But even though it was already flying, the wolf could still prey on Xika due to its large size.

Xika tried to fly higher as fast as possible, but the black fangs were already in front of her.

Then a claw alighted on his shoulder and carried him flying away avoiding the fangs.

"Huo Bing! What are we supposed to do? My attack had no effect on his energy, let alone on him."

"I don't know. You wait here and think of a way. I'll try to exert all my strength."

Huo Bing put Xika in a fairly high place. Xika did not know how Huo Bing could know or see this place that was as black as his surroundings.

"The land you can land is only about 5 meters around you. Be careful."

After saying that, Huo Bing flapped her wings and flew closer to the wolf that was waiting for them.

Now Huo Bing's body was becoming clearer, as he used more qi than usual.

Huo Bing swung his claws and he managed to injure the wolf. There seems to be hope.

The wolf looked at the wound Huo Bing had caused for a while, then shifted its gaze again. It seems that the wound was not too heavy.

While Xika was up there thinking of a way for herself and Huo Bing to escape from the wolf.

"The wolf doesn't care if I'm a real star card or not. He must have wanted to find out through the fight.

So all I have to do is prove that I'm worthy. But what can I do?

Struggling and getting up as much as I fall? No, it's more like begging for mercy than proving yourself.

Escape from this place? It would just make me look like a coward.

Fight him to death to show my courage? He will not care about my courage, he will only think about my race in his stomach.

So what am I supposed to do?"

DUARR!!!

The wolf shot out the same sort of beam as the space tiger and hit Huo Bing.

Huo Bing hit the invisible wall because it was too dark.

The wolf only stared at Huo Bing for a while, then turned his gaze towards Xika.

The next second, he disappeared from Huo Bing's sight and appeared in Xika's sight.

Huo Bing looked at that and cursed.

"Damn!"

Then he realized something.

"Black, dark, space-shifting, star woman, wolf......

So that!

XIKA, CAREFUL. HE'S THE MASTER OF SPACE."

"Ruler of Space?"

Xika was confused by what Huo Bing shouted, in contrast to that wolf whose face was ordinary, there was not even the slightest change in expression when his identity was known.

It may be invisible because it's dark, but it's actually floating.

The five-meter-wide ground around Xika could not hold it in at all so he flew up and aligned himself with Xika so that it looked as if he was treading the same ground.

"You're asking me to expose myself, aren't you?"

The wolf raised his eyebrows by hearing Xika's words.

"So what am I supposed to do?"

The wolf closed its eyes for a while then opened it and replied,

"Stop that..."

"........"

It was the wolf who asked him to reveal himself, and now he also did not know what Xika had to prove.

Xika thought for a while, then said,

"You're the Master of Space, right? What if I could understand the element of space in such a short period of time? Is that enough for you?"

The wolf did not answer Xika. He just looked into Xika's eyes. Somehow Xika remembered Xingli and felt they were similar. He wanted to ask if he had any blood relation with Xingli but Xika was sure the wolf would not answer him.

"Do what you want to do, but I won't make it easy."

Xika found a speck of hope. Maybe he survived. But it looks like the wolf won't allow itself to 'communicate' calmly.

So Xika tried to pay close attention to the wolf and tried to find clues to understand space.

Just a second Xika noticed the wolf, a claw struck where it was just a moment ago.

Xika jumped dodging and fell. But he kept his eyes on the wolf even though he was drifting a few hundred meters between himself and the ground.

From above, the wolf shot out the same black beam that injured Huo Bing.

Xika turned the Space Shifter into a stick and when he was not far from the ground, he stuck his wand and changed the direction of the fall so that the black beam did not hit him.

Xika landed not far from Huo Bing.

"Give me some time. There may still be hope when I understand space" Xika said to Huo Bing who was answered with a nod.

The wolf descended and pointed its claws at Xika and Huo Bing.

Huo Bing immediately flew over and welcomed the wolf attack.

The clash of the two attacks shook the place where Xika was standing, but he was already unconcerned.

Now he focuses on feeling his surroundings. He focuses on feeling the space.

And it's not easy. Space is everywhere, even the whole world is space. Therefore Xika could not easily sense space.

Xika did not know how long time had passed, she only felt shock after shock, but she started to feel space.

Huo Bing also did not know how long time had passed since this place was so dark and black, so there was no difference between day and night.

But finally Xika opened her eyes and now she had understood the element of space. He can communicate with space even if only a little.

When Xika had already opened her eyes, she saw Huo Bing who was thrown and landed not far from her.

The Huo Bing he saw was already different from the Huo Bing he knew.

Although it was only a body made using qi, but his body was seen to have bruises here and there. In addition, what made Xika worry the most was Huo Bing's body which was now very tranpsaran. Even flickering a few times.

Huo Bing turned to Xika.

"Well.hah...hah."

The wolf fired another attack that was still similar to the previous black beam.

Xika closed her eyes and concentrated. Then he moved Huo Bing to dodge the wolf attack.

The now exhausted Huo Bing realized that he would only be a burden to Xika, so he decided to return to Xika's dantian.

He turned into a beam of light and headed towards Xika's dantian.

"Send it to you."

Simultaneously with those words, Huo Bing walked into Xika's dantian and did not say anything more.

"Hey!"

Xika called out to the wolf then she moved space several times.

"Look, I've understood space. Is this enough? Are you impressed?"

"No."

"What's? Why?"

"You understand space calmly, while your friend desperately protects you. That doesn't impress me. Anyone can understand space when he sits quietly. If you understand it while fighting with me I might be impressed."

"Based on a fucking wolf!

So Huo Bing's sacrifice was in vain?"

"It was not me who made his sacrifice in vain. You're the one who made his sacrifice in vain."

"What's? You blame me? Who would make Huo Bing hurt like that?"

"You can fight him to reduce the wounds he received."

Xika could not stand this wolf anymore. He no longer cared for his language and politeness.

"AHHHHH!!!!!

YOU FUCKING WOLF! YOU'RE NOT A WOLF.

YOU MUST BE A WEREWOLF!"

"Hmph, that's bullshit."

"THE BLANK YOU SAID?

WOLVES ARE CREATURES THAT LIVE IN GROUPS, BUT I DID NOT FIND ANY OTHER WOLVES. THAT ALONE IS PROOF THAT YOU'RE NOT A WOLF WITHOUT YOUR FRIEND."

"I'm powerful. I don't need friends. Friends can't always protect you, only strength can."

Xika shut up for a moment. His voice was exhausted after shouting quite a lot.

"You don't need friends? It proves you're not a wolf. The wolf is always with his friend. Wolves cannot live alone, no creature can live alone."

The wolf simply fell silent at Xika's words.

"Then I should have died. But all failed because you're a fucking kid.

The girl I missed suddenly came after a long time I tried to forget her and she asked me to repeat my life just for you. Hear you? For yours. FOR YOU."

The wolf also went up in black after being scolded by Xika.

Xika quietly briefly inhaled some air then replied to the wolf, (it seems like her voice has recovered a little)

"I DON'T CARE DAMN! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT STAR GIRL YOU LIKE! I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS AT ALL! FUCK THE STAR CARD, I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T ME."

Xika was silent for a while to breathe then shouted again.

"I JUST WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE! WHY DO PROBLEMS ALWAYS COME TO ME? I'VE HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS, THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO ADD TO YOUR PROBLEMS!

WHO ARE YOU? PULLING ME INTO YOUR TROUBLE ALL OF A SUDDEN! IF I AM WORTHY THEN I LIVE IF I AM NOT WORTHY THEN I DIE? WHO ARE YOU? HUH UH? WHO ARE YOU TO DECIDE MY FATE?"

Xika stopped again to take a breath while the wolf was still speechless hearing Xika's words.

"You said you didn't need friends? It's worth it that the girl left you. He doesn't want to be with weak people who don't even have friends."

"SILENCE!! KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT MY LIFE HUH?!"

"NOTHING! I DON'T KNOW AND DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE!"

"IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT GIRL I ALREADY HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS! I GAVE UP MY DESIRE TO BE FRIENDS TO BE WITH THAT GIRL! AND HE LEFT ME! AFTER I SPENT ALL MY TIME ON HER, SHE LEFT ME!

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING?!!

THE FEELING OF BEING ABANDONED BY THE ONLY PERSON WHO LOVES YOU!"

The wolf was silent for a moment calming itself down. He continued,

"Heh, there's no way a boy like you would know such a feeling."

"What's? Not likely? NOT LIKELY?

DON'T TALK LIKE YOU KNOW MY LIFE!

AT FIVE YEARS OLD, I LOST BOTH MY PARENTS!

TEN YEARS OLD I LOST MY UNCLE WHO ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF ME!

AND NOW I MIGHT LOSE THE ONLY FRIEND OF MY LIFE!!

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU! YOU ARE SELFISH AND WEAK!

YOU DRAGGED ME INTO YOUR TROUBLE AND ALMOST KILLED MY FRIEND!"

Xika took a breath and then threw it away. This time he was a little calmer.

"You're saying you've been wasting your time?

Now you are given the chance to repeat your life and correct your previous mistakes. You can be friends with a lot of wolves.

But you're rejecting the opportunity? Huh huh? HUH UH?

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE WEAK!

YOU ARE STUPID AND SELFISH AND WEAK!

THE OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU REJECT IT!

YOU DRAGGED SOMEONE ELSE AND ALMOST KILLED BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN PROBLEMS!

AND YOU ASKED ME IF I KNEW ABOUT YOUR LIFE? THERE ISN'T! I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR MISERABLE LIFE AT ALL!"

Xika remained silent for a moment, calmed herself down, then spoke again, and then,

"Let me go. You no longer have a problem. You should have died. A creature like you deserves to die.

Not with my friend or me.

I still have a reason to live. And so does my friend.

We still have goals and expectations. More than we have each other.

You who live aimlessly will not understand what I feel."

The wolf was silent. He thought back to what Xika said.

He said to himself, 'He said,

"Heh, that's right too. Why did I follow the girl's words?"

The wolf closed his eyes for a long time.

Xika was waiting for him with a face that did not care.

Huo Bing had already expended all of her energy just to protect herself.

He doesn't care anymore. If the wolf did not let him go, he would fight to the death.

Huo Bing had already protected himself.

His uncle was protecting him.

This time it was her turn to protect.

It has been protected too much. He will not be silent again while others protect him. He will also come forward and fight together.

Then the wolf opened his eyes. He no longer had anger in his eyes.

"Then show me why you're alive."

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*note

Sorry, in some previous chapters there are still errors in the use of punctuation. I write italics, but even ordinary letters come out, only on the right left there is an additional *. I wonder why Mangatoon can do that.

So if the letter is italic it is usually in the mind. If Huo Bing said it using italics it meant that he was again in Xika's dantian. If you use ordinary letters italicized, he again uses his physical form. Besides, there are other mistakes. I just fixed some, I'll fix it again. Thank ye.