CHAPTER 37: 037 THE RAMPANT WEN JIANG? (SUPPLEMENT 1)_1

"Holy shit, Sheng Hongying is here too!!"

"The great Hongying is here to watch the game!"

"That can’t be right. It’s just a B-Level competition. Maybe this girl is just bluffing. How embarrassing would it be for her if she ended up losing?"

By now, the testing arena had been switched to the Mount Flower Association’s card training gym. It was originally intended just for those looking to join the excitement, but somehow, when Wen Jiang was preparing, the association’s lead star captain, Sheng Hongying, also showed up to spectate.

This was only a B-Level competition, after all!

To be honest, for an S Rank Spirit Card Master, a B-Level competition was nothing more than a kids’ fight in kindergarten.

There was simply no need to watch.

But, Sheng Hongying really did show up.

She walked in with Tang Qian, ignoring the surprised looks and various admiring, fanatical gazes of others, and found an excellent spot with a perfect view where no one dared to crowd her.

And as news of Sheng Hongying’s visit spread throughout the Mount Flower Association, more and more people came to watch the match.

Chen Runyu was dumbfounded.

He felt a faint, unsettling premonition. If this became too high-profile, could it affect Wen Jiang’s mindset?

She had to fight four consecutive battles. He was already sweating bullets for Wen Jiang. And now, with the attention of such a prominent figure, could she really keep her composure?

He looked up at Wen Jiang on the stage. She was sitting there, selecting from the four types of cards HR had prepared for her.

Her demeanor was still calm, unconcerned with the surrounding spectators.

The Mount Flower Association provided five cards of each type for Wen Jiang to choose from, totaling twenty cards. Wen Jiang randomly selected one for each position.

These B-Rank Cards were popular on the market, and they were the same cards her opponents would use.

The fairness in card selection lay in its randomness, which was intended to test Wen Jiang’s reaction.

"You’re just in a match, and you attract a figure like this?" Zero Egg was also puzzled. "But fighting four rounds in a row does seem quite provocative to them."

Zero Egg wasn’t surprised by Wen Jiang’s strength. A monster who didn’t even need to sleep, her spiritual power was so immense she could have figuratively strung up everyone present and thrashed them.

The gym usually only had seating for a few hundred, as there was more than one training gym. Now, this particular one was packed, and some people couldn’t even find a spot, forced to just stand there and watch the match.

HR asked her, "Have you picked your cards?"

Wen Jiang nodded.

Then, she simply swiped across the first card in the vertical row for each of the four positions.

That selection highlighted a distinct air of doing as she pleased.

HR: "..."

She pursed her lips and walked off the stage, letting the Spirit Card Master for the offensive position go up first for round one.

The opponent was a robust male Spirit Card Master with a rather honest and simple look. The B-Rank Card he used, the "Armored Bear," resembled him.

The Armored Bear was shaped like a black bear wearing armor. Its advantages included formidable attack power. Just by looking at the Card Spirit’s appearance, one could tell it was agile, fast, and tough-skinned.

Its only weakness was its large Card Spirit body, which made it an easy target for mandatory Control Cards.

But this was a 1v1 duel, and there was no questioning the Armored Bear’s dueling capability.

Wen Jiang selected the "Wolf Leopard."

The Wolf Leopard card, while sounding mighty, was rather mediocre among B-Rank Cards. It lacked the dominant attack power of the Armored Bear, and their speeds were comparable. However, the Wolf Leopard had an additional attribute: after attacking an opponent, the Card Spirit would induce a bleeding state. The more wounds inflicted, the quicker the defeat.

In one-on-one card duels, it wasn’t particularly strong.

Chen Runyu moved to his master Tang Qian’s side. He glanced at Sheng Hongying with some excitement, secretly wanting to sneak a photo with her but not having the guts to do so.

Tang Qian glanced at Chen Runyu and did not stop him from approaching. Then she suddenly said, "The speed of the two cards is matched. If this newcomer is quick to respond and drags out a war of attrition, relying on the Wolf Leopard’s bleeding status, then she could win. However, the Armored Bear probably won’t give her the chance."

Clearly, that’s what everyone else thought too.

Sheng Hongying, who had been silent until now, suddenly said, "If someone’s spiritual power reaches its peak within a certain level, and their awareness, reaction time, and combat sharpness are all top-notch, then, even if she’s holding a pet card, she could easily win."

Tang Qian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed derisively. "B-Level? How high could their talent possibly be?"

This was her instinct, honed from many years as a coach: B-Level individuals, no matter how remarkable their combat abilities, were always just B-Level.

In the center of the arena, the match began!

Both parties summoned their Card Spirits simultaneously. As soon as the Armored Bear entered the arena, it roared skyward, its bellow nearly powerful enough to overturn the entire venue.

As for the Wolf Leopard, its head bore the shape of a wolf, but its body leaned more towards that of a leopard. After being summoned, it just watched the Armored Bear without making a sound.

The performance of the Card Spirits usually reflected the Spirit Card Master’s reaction. It seemed the Armored Bear’s Spirit Card Master had a hint of provocation in their actions.

With a BEEP signaling the start of the match, the Armored Bear launched a lightning-fast offensive, charging straight towards the Wolf Leopard.

Because it was a test, there was no host, and everyone had to watch for themselves. Seeing the Armored Bear initiate the attack, someone exclaimed, "Wow!"

"Looks like he doesn’t intend to give her time to drag it out. I wonder how long the Wolf Leopard can hold out?"

"A quick response could still dodge it," someone shook their head, "but I’m not sure how many times."

Clearly, no one was optimistic about the Wolf Leopard winning against the Armored Bear.

Zero Egg, watching the Armored Bear charge over, couldn’t help but sigh. "How does this feel even slower than that little girl you encountered the other day?"

That little girl couldn’t beat Fat Orange even with a Red-beak Eagle card, let alone this Wolf Leopard.

As expected, when the Armored Bear charged, the Wolf Leopard dodged its attack by swiftly moving to the side. The bear’s fan-like paw slapped the ground with a force that seemed capable of cracking it.

It dodged. Was it trying to stall for time?

Just when everyone was thinking this, the Wolf Leopard, after quickly evading, twisted its body at an unnaturally fast speed, sprinting behind the Armored Bear. With a SWISH! SWISH! it inflicted two bloody wounds on the bear’s body.

One paw struck the Armored Bear’s armor, producing a CLANG!—a grating noise that set one’s teeth on edge.

This didn’t seem like the Wolf Leopard’s usual speed. For just a B-Rank Card, its movements were ghost-like. The Armored Bear’s Spirit Card Master was already reacting quickly. As soon as he was attacked, he immediately retreated. But his vision blurred, and the Wolf Leopard was upon him again. With two quick swipes, it fiercely carved into the bear.

The Wolf Leopard’s added bleeding status meant that after such a clawing, defeat was almost certain.

"Impossible! Is this the speed a B-Rank card should have?!"

"Damn, how can the Wolf Leopard Card Spirit be so fast?!"

The Spirit Card Masters in the audience were astounded. Some A-level Spirit Card Masters exchanged disbelieving looks.

They could also control B-Rank Cards, but to push a card to this speed seemed a bit... unlikely, didn’t it?

BANG!

The Wolf Leopard, both in speed and offensive momentum, didn’t resemble a regular B-Rank Card. The Armored Bear couldn’t withstand it for long. It didn’t even need to wait for the bleeding to take full effect before it was taken out on the spot.

The Armored Bear’s Spirit Card Master, his spiritual power heavily stricken, sat down with a thud at the end of the match, his face pale.

Clearly, he had been beaten so thoroughly he hadn’t had a chance to recover.

Wen Jiang didn’t delay at all. She knocked on the barrier wall of the combat area. "Next."

Everyone: "..."