Chapter 54: 054 No kidding, they were besieged by at least one legion_1
"PFFT—"
As the five individuals unwillingly spat blood and fell, their bodies were swiftly corroded by the poisonous fog of the cards.
In the blink of an eye, they turned to ashes.
That was the terrifying strength of the cards. They didn’t just exist in the arena. In reality, they were a complete weapon for murder.
Wen Jiang summoned her cards, her figure still somewhat shaky.
Zero Egg exclaimed in shock, "You control so many Card Spirits, and you only feel a bit dizzy?"
Wen Jiang clicked her tongue. "Not really. If it had been a bit longer, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on. If they had resisted a little longer, I wouldn’t have been able to keep up the act today."
Her spiritual power wasn’t the problem. It was her Spiritual Energy that couldn’t hold up.
Zero Egg: "..."
Damn, what kind of ghost could withstand such a dense assault of cards?
Those five didn’t even last a minute.
Wen Jiang had intended to leave. The commotion she caused would surely attract the attention of the Border City Guard Squad quickly, and they were probably already on their way.
But she noticed a bag at the feet of where the five people had disappeared.
The bag had moved just now, and she caught the scent of a person.
She walked over and summoned the Rabbit Demon to cut open the woven bag.
A pale-faced girl emerged.
She was—truly beautiful.
She had an exotic style, not like the local people of Yunxia, and a great figure, though she was a bit too delicate.
The girl’s eyes were tightly closed. Given the silk she wore, her previous environment must have been good. Was she kidnapped by these five individuals?
What a pity. They had died too thoroughly. The System had hacked into these five individuals’ phones in an instant, only to retrieve some fragmentary information. They were very cautious. Aside from some photos and document data, there was nothing else.
These individuals were notorious Spirit Card Master criminals, internationally wanted, so they only dared to wander these intermediate areas.
Their crimes were enough to have them shot hundreds of times.
Wen Jiang, of course, would not show mercy. The photos and information they had received came from an unknown number, most likely a disguise by Wu Fanjia, who sought to kidnap Wen Jiang and sell her to the border of Country Beiwu.
What kind of place was that? An inferno on earth. It would be better for the girl to die outright than to end up there.
Zero Egg suddenly exclaimed, "EH! Damn, I feel it! She has a data remnant of that System on her."
Wen Jiang raised an eyebrow. "Oh? A data remnant, not a host of the Heaven’s Mandate System?"
"No, it’s some kind of data." Zero Egg seemed to make an estimate and then affirmed, "Right, card data! Remember the R-Rank Card Set I recommended to you before? It was full of cards that change your appearance. She’s got something similar. Host, touch her, and I can check her out."
Wen Jiang: "..."
Still, she lowered her head and touched the girl’s arm.
Her skin, smooth as ice, was unbelievably silky, just like milk.
"Yes, that’s it! The Ice Skin Jade Bone Card, the Milk Skin Card, and also the Body Shape Change Card... Mmm, mmm—her body has been transformed into a high-quality one by these cards."
Zero Egg’s tone held some confusion. "But she only has the card data, not the System’s binding data. How strange. Could it be that a host of the Heaven’s Mandate System used the cards on her? Why would they do that?"
Wen Jiang paused for a moment. "Can these cards be used by others, and repeatedly?"
"Yes, of course, they can be used by others. But a card like that cannot be used repeatedly. Once drawn, there is only that one card. If you give it to someone else, it’s gone. The only way to get another would be to return to our original world and reapply to the Heart of the World."
Zero Egg couldn’t understand. "These are top-quality cards for you humans! Once transformed, it’s an actual genetic change, making you stay in that state forever. Why would anyone be willing to give such great things to someone else?"
Wen Jiang instantly understood.
She couldn’t help but laugh out loud. "The cards she’s been using are all ones that cause enormous changes, and they completely defy common sense. This means if she didn’t look the same before as she does now, these cards have changed her life. My temperament and appearance could change because I went to the hospital; that can be explained by a drastic change in personality. But what about her? Would the people around her see her as a monster?"
Zero Egg: "..."
It suddenly hit a data glitch.
Indeed, cards forcefully transform instantly, without regard for the process.
But it vaguely felt something wasn’t right. "Host, what do you mean?"
"Someone used these cards to harm this woman."
She pinched the girl’s arm again—not to take advantage, but because it felt incredibly good, to an extent that seemed inhuman. Normal people have small flaws, but this girl didn’t. Every part of her body seemed to be made of perfect genes.
The sensation was so pleasant that even Wen Jiang felt an urge to keep touching her.
But it was just a feeling. Self-restraint was easy for her.
But what about some disgusting men?
This girl was a treasure, a real treasure.
"She was deliberately transformed with cards, most likely to serve men," Wen Jiang deduced.
This was because the System had just mentioned a very private card among those used. Indeed, for some people, the System was no good thing at all.
If Zero Egg didn’t seem so foolish, she would have eliminated such a harmful thing long ago.
Wen Jiang suddenly found it amusing. "It seems the person bound by your so-called Heaven’s Mandate System isn’t such a good person, huh."
"AH?" Zero Egg felt something was amiss. "We usually choose... admirable hosts to bind with. That might not necessarily be the case here..."
"Song Yingchen is considered a good male protagonist by you. What expectations can I have for your System’s judgment?"
Zero Egg: "..."
You can attack that System, but we’ve had such a long history together, and you still attack me!
Angry! HMPH!
Wen Jiang looked down at the girl on the ground. Zero Egg asked, "So what about her?"
Now that she knew the girl was related to the other System, Wen Jiang thought for a moment and decided to take her.
She lifted the girl and carried her on her shoulder. The girl looked fleshy but was, in fact, unbelievably light, barely having any substantial weight.
Wen Jiang summoned an acceleration card and quickly left the place.
「Not long after.」
The Border City Guard Squad arrived. Using special cards to conduct a scan, they soon discovered that five people had died there.
Upon obtaining this clue, the Guard Squad immediately reported back to Imperial City: "The Fiend A Squad we were pursuing is dead. Yes, truly dead! We detected the residual spiritual energy of over a hundred B-Rank Cards at the scene."
"Yes, you heard right. The exact number is one hundred and eight B-Rank Cards and five A-Rank Cards. Those A-Rank Cards should have belonged to them. It looks like they were besieged by a legion of Spirit Card Masters."
"No joke. It would take at least seventy to eighty B-Level Spirit Card Masters to summon so many cards! This was organized and disciplined. It must be a very formidable B-Level organization."
The other party on the line: "..."