The Card Cultivation System
CCS-63

Shouts of pain, screams of death, and blood filled the room.

It's very chaotic right now.

Attacks come from all directions, and you'll be killed instantly if you're not strong enough.

Xika who was currently standing in the middle of the room tried to move.

He was about to move to the end close to the wall. At least there would be no attack from behind if he attached his back to the wall.

It was quite difficult indeed, but eventually Xika managed to get to the wall.

There he found Qin Mo quite the difficulty.

He was targeted for having a hammer artifact.

Xika immediately moved to help Qin Mo by killing some people around him then moving in another direction.

Right now, the room was so full of battles. No one would have expected Xika to help Qin Mo if he had not spoken to Qin Mo. One would only think he was trying to defend his life by killing others.

After helping Qin Mo, Xika no longer killed. As much as possible, he did not want to kill. Not for fear, but for another reason.

This battle must be stopped immediately. Xika did not know what the City Lord and the three snakes were planning, but for sure he could not let the entire pattern on the floor be doused in blood. At that time, there would be a terrible thing that even Xika did not know what. Moreover, every single life that was here could be an additional force to fight against the City Lord and the three snakes.

Previously he killed because he was forced, but now he has moved places and no longer has to kill.

Xika thought hard how to stop this battle.

An idea in his head. It's a pretty dangerous idea, but that's all I can think of.

The plan, he would move towards the City Lord's place and pull the robes of the three strange creatures. If their forms were visible, then whatever the City Lord said would not be able to affect the crowd anymore.

Xika started moving towards the City Lord.

But not yet halfway through, he had already realized the flaws in his plan.

The City Lord would not let anyone approach the three cloaked creatures. He was also standing in front of them, so sneaking was not possible.

All he could do was scream. Just like Bai Feng. Although there was a chance that he would meet the same end as Bai Feng.

"Wait on! Stopgap! The old man had indeed already proven that the formation lit up when it was exposed to blood. But how could we know that it was a formation to open a way out? Moreover, the City Lord has not answered the identity of the three people behind you" Xika said as she pointed at the three people behind the City Lord.

The City Lord closed his eyes for a moment, annoyed that again there were annoying questions.

"Alright, I'll let you see the identities of these seniors."

Then he stepped back and spoke to the three men. Xika had no idea what they were talking about, but her premonition was already bad enough before, and now it was getting worse.

The three men came forward and opened the hood that covered their faces.

There were three old faces full of wrinkles.

But none of them talk.

Instead, it was the City Lord who spoke introduced them.

"Let me introduce! On the left-hand side"

While the City Lord was talking introducing the three people behind him, Xika looked at the floor and found that almost the entire pattern had lit up. He has to act now.

"O old snake! Flick that cipher."

Xika cut off the man's words and exposed his lie. He could not let the serpents carry out his plan.

The City Lord furrowed his brows.

"What?"

Xika threw a powder of smoke around her to take a look.

When the smoke disappeared, Xika was already standing beside the City Lord.

He slapped the City Lord once then held his head to keep exposing the back of his head.

"Don't you guys feel weird about the City Lord? During this time he was known as a friendly and kind person. How could such a figure possibly ask his people to kill each other?"

Some people nodded at Xika's words.

One of the robed old men was about to advance, but the others stopped him.

"We'll see what she wants to do first" said the man who held back with a curious look at what Xika was going to do.

But deep in his heart, he was firmly convinced that his plan would work and that no one would be able to derail him. So he just wanted to see what a little ant like Xika could do.

Xika realized what they were talking about then jumped into the middle of the crowd while carrying the City Lord.

Another cultivator stepped aside to make room for Xika to land.

"Heh, I already know your old snake trick!"

"Look at this!" xika said while revealing two holes in the neck of the City Lord.

"Do you know what this hole is?"

One of them answered,

"Look like a snake bite."

"The City Lord has been poisoned by the three old snakes behind me. Through the poison, they controlled the City Lord and guided us to this trap. This place is not a sacred bird tomb full of treasures, but a trap for us to lay down our lives."

"What are all the treasures for?"

"Of course to lure us in. That's the bait they provided. After slaughtering all of us, they will take our treasures and use them to carry out their plans."

"What plan?""Why don't you just ask them?" xika said while looking at the three old men who were still silent in her place.

"Aren't you going to open the old snake's mouth?"

The old man standing on the right already had an angry expression, yet the person standing in the middle had a calm expression.

"Hey son! Do you have any evidence for all that you say?"

"Proof yes........."

Xika was silent for a while then replied confidently.

"I don't have any proof. But you're gonna unlock all your own ruse."

Now the three old men were both furrowing their brows not expecting the answer Xika gave.

Just as Xika finished speaking, Lian Minjie, Lin Zhu, and Qin Mo saw 'madness' radiate in Xika's eyes.

Then Huo Bing appeared for a moment.

Huo Bing's appearance shocked everyone in the room.

Neither the cultivators behind him, nor the three old men in front of him.

The crowd stepped back in surprise. Lin Zhu, Lian Minjie, and Qin Mo also had views that were as shocked as Huo Bing's appearance. They were confused as to why Huo Bing had appeared here.

While the three old men were staring at Xika lustfully killing.

Previously they were a bit hesitant about Xika's identity and wanted to confirm it further. But now Huo Bing himself appeared and confirmed their conjecture.

One of the three of them could not stand it anymore and stuck out his tongue.The crowd was surprised to see the tongue that was forked in two out of the old man's mouth. Not only that, their necks were elongated and showed that they were not human.

"So?"

Only the middle-aged old man could still hold himself back, but he also looked at Xika with a murderous lust.

"Heh, you're really reckless. I admit that you were right.The three of us lured you all here to resurrect the Great Elder. And for that it takes a lot of blood. Although my plan has been revealed, but the blood collected is quite a lot.Thank you all. Especially for you, son. If you had spoken earlier before any blood had been spilled, our plan would have failed. But you stupidly said it at the last second."

Xika's face turned bad.

He did not expect that he was still too late to stop the old snake's plan.

"Now, watch! Recessum in Abyssum (Abyss Absorption)!"

After saying that, the three of them laughed, and their bodies changed.

The longer it gets longer and more flexible, until it finally turns into a snake completely.

The three old men had now turned into huge snakes.

Then they opened their mouths and gathered qi.

Xika immediately realized what the snakes were about to do.

"Stop them!"

Another cultivator immediately rushed towards the snakes.

But it's too late.

The snakes had already finished collecting the qi and now they were shooting it into the middle of the floor.

The unlucky cultivator who was on the path of the attack instantly died without leaving behind the slightest corpse.

The attack of the three snakes hit the circle in the center of the floor precisely.

The circle is lit. Then the surrounding part also lit up, and followed by the other part.

Slowly, the entire pattern on the floor lit up.

Simultaneously with the evisceration of the patterns on the floor, the cultivators felt an approaching bad feeling.