Chapter 192: 192 Mount Flower VS Shaliye 4_1
"The Moon Palace Card Set was a trap for Shaliye and his team," Tan Heming stated, seeing the defeated Shaliye on screen. He fully affirmed the strength of the Mount Flower deck. "The Four Heavenly Kings have abilities designed to counter the Moon Palace Card Set, and they possess more comprehensive multi-state abilities. I even suspect they haven’t yet used all the abilities of their cards. It’s clear they deliberately let Shaliye use the Moon Palace Card Set to execute a targeted strategy against him."
The S-Rank Mountain Ghost coach also nodded, rarely praising A-Rank Group cards. "The Card Maker who created these cards is truly a genius."
It takes a genius to come up with such cards; it’s a veritable coup de grâce. The abilities of each card seem like they could combine into a synergistic set.
"However," Tan Heming changed tack, his eyes narrowing slightly, "without Wen Jiang, this deck wouldn’t be so easy to wield. Judging from the situation just now, the two critical moments were when Wen Jiang intercepted Hou Yi’s arrows. If someone else had controlled the Mo Lihong card she used, it might not have had the same effect."
"Indeed." The coach and several teammates, all world-class players, clearly saw that while the cards were strong, the player wielding them was crucial. Wen Jiang’s interception of Hou Yi’s arrows seemed effortless. However, for someone else to accurately act within the only two-second window to weaken Hou Yi’s ability while under relentless targeting would probably be beyond most people.
But since they hadn’t controlled the Mo Lihong card themselves, they couldn’t grasp the exact difficulty involved.
The other teammates also chimed in with praise but then voiced a doubt, "If Shaliye had switched to their regular deck instead of using the Moon Palace Card Set, would they have stood a chance?"
The coach had initially wanted to say it was hard to tell.
Tan Heming decisively replied, "No chance. With Wen Jiang there, they would have had no hope. The Moon Palace Card Set was already difficult to counter; a regular deck against the Four Heavenly Kings would mean an even faster defeat. The Mount Flower cards rank among the absolute T0—the strongest cards—in today’s A-Rank Cards. As for Su Daji, her full capabilities haven’t been revealed yet, so it’s hard to say for certain."
It was indeed hard to say.
The Moon Palace Card Set crumbled too quickly. Gong Yuan, at the competition venue, seemed somewhat astonished as the Su Daji he controlled didn’t even get a chance to fully act.
Their opponents were left with only two cards: Ganesha and Heaven’s Pendulum Clock. The Spirit Card Masters looked at each other and could only smile wryly. What could one support card and one control card possibly do?
In the end, Su Daji’s ability took effect. They discovered that Ganesha’s curse and seal abilities were ultimately used on Heaven’s Pendulum Clock. Undoubtedly, Su Daji’s counter-ability had worked.
Shaliye’s defeat was swift and utterly disconcerting.
The victorious Mount Flower team was even more flabbergasted than Shaliye.
We won? Chen Runyu thought in disbelief, murmuring, We won just like that?
That was Shaliye, the second-ranked major association in the Sanctuary. Although famous for their S-level Players, it didn’t mean their A-Level players were weak; they were still a world-class team.
But unexpectedly, they had been so thoroughly defeated at Mount Flower’s hands.
Before this, they felt that under Wen Jiang’s leadership, they might have a chance to win. But they never imagined such a decisive victory; it hardly felt like a normal match.
Shaliye had barely drawn on their spiritual power before their Card Spirits began to dissipate. At that point, there was truly no hope left.
It was because it was too fast—so fast it felt surreal!
This match must have set the record for the quickest conclusion of an A-Level match, right?
Ruan Chunen looked at Wen Jiang with a complex expression. "This is normal. The Four Heavenly Kings plus Su Daji are currently the strongest A-Rank Cards. The opponent’s only primary damage dealer was Hou Yi, and Wen Jiang directly blocked his most lethal Skills for us. This effectively nullified all five of their cards against us. Winning so decisively only proves the power of the Four Heavenly Kings Card Set."
But as the captain, he wasn’t sure if this was good or bad. Wen Jiang said it was to train them, but she was still too indulgent. Chen Runyu had just started his career and encountered an ultra god-level teammate like Wen Jiang. If Wen Jiang really left the team next year, he feared the players they faced afterward would give them a cerebral hemorrhage.
Wen Jiang probably understood Ruan Chunen’s complex thoughts, but she didn’t intervene much; after all, these were matters they had to consider for themselves.
"Let’s go."
After winning the match, Tang Qian and the opposing coach hastily shook hands. The coach from Shaliye had a complicated expression; they had lost too decisively and couldn’t even maintain a composed expression. A thousand unspoken words turned into a bitter smile. "It’s an honor, in a way, to have such a powerful card set used against us."
Tang Qian was very gracious. "It’s only because you were kind enough not to ban them."
The Shaliye coach shook his head. "That was probably the only time those cards will make it through."
Tang Qian didn’t speak. Indeed.
Now that the power of the Four Heavenly Kings Card Set had been displayed—a synergistic set with complex and overpowered abilities—its impact was clear. Mo Liqing, by merely switching between two abilities and using an amplification, could directly annihilate three cards from the Moon Palace Card Set. His strength was likely no less than Hou Yi’s. In upcoming matches, any association that wasn’t foolish would definitely not let these five cards through. The Ban/Pick phase would likely become another hair-pulling ordeal.
In the hotel, the domestic associations that had watched the match were not only stunned but also felt their scalps tingle.
"What a powerful card set!"
"They eliminated the Moon Palace Card Set so decisively and instantly! We must never let these cards through in the future!"
"Damn, this makes the Ban/Pick phase against Mount Flower incredibly difficult. And the main issue isn’t even their other players; that Wen Jiang is freakishly strong."
But some people saw the key point.
Inside the Frost Moon Association, an A-Rank coach from the Temple of Gods Association asked their ace player, "Alva, what do you think?"
Alva Davelin, the arrogant individual who once boasted he would use Yunxia cards to thrash Yunxia players.
He indeed had the grounds for such pride. Ever since the Moon Palace Card Set appeared, even being from Frost Moon, he acknowledged the strength of those cards. Now, after seeing Mount Flower’s match, he was silent for a long moment. He wasn’t as unrestrained as he appeared on camera, and he accurately pinpointed Mount Flower’s key aspect. "Hard to say. It’s not the cards that are strong; it’s their substitute player. She’s outrageous."
Obviously, anyone with a slightly more discerning eye could tell who the Four Heavenly Kings cards were designed to counter.
Alva said, "I’ve used Hou Yi in matches. I know how difficult it is to break down Hou Yi’s offensive. Shaliye’s damage dealer, in terms of skill, is just a tad weaker than me, but their Hou Yi was completely neutralized by that substitute player. Apart from her, honestly, the other four players aren’t worth fearing; they aren’t considered top-tier in Yunxia. But that’s also what’s terrifying: she alone can elevate these four players. If it were me, I couldn’t do it."
Such terrifying power they had only witnessed in one person before.
Starting from R-Rank, rising to S-Rank in just a few short years, now a world-class player, becoming the nightmare of countless S-level Players.
Fortunately, that person was one of Frost Moon’s own.