CHAPTER 75: WHY SHOULD HE TAKE HIS PLACE? _1

"Like me, if it’s a normal battle where we’re trying to drag out the time, I could directly apply a Resurrection Shield to all five cards, ensuring one chance of revival," Assistant Luo Juerao said. He had also tried this new card, and the satisfaction in his eyes was unmistakable. "It’s a pity that it’s only A-Rank; we S-Rank players can’t use it."

In the S-Rank arena, the Jade Rabbit card could only survive for the first two seconds of its appearance.

Tan Heming shook his head. "It’s not easy to use well, either. On the field, as long as you prevent the Jade Rabbit from making the pill properly, or interrupt its path the moment it uses the pill and disturb its judgment, a Card Spirit will explode too quickly for Jade Rabbit to save it."

The Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine requires the rabbit itself to feed the Card Spirit. Otherwise, it doesn’t count as effective. This meant that it had to be accompanied by a Card Spirit to ensure it could perform actions safely, which greatly limited its use.

A god card is a god card, but its effectiveness also depends on the Spirit Card Master’s operation.

"Yeah," Tan Heming said, acknowledging a problem Luo Juerao was also aware of. "It’s strange; I always feel that this card isn’t meant to be played on its own. It needs other cards to work with. You mentioned before that the maker of this card might be the same person who created the Bamboo Demon Dual-Change Card Set. Could it be possible that the Jade Rabbit card is also part of that set?"

After Luo Juerao spoke, Tan Heming’s gaze sharpened. He looked at the card’s background story.

"Hou Yi, Changer?" Tan Heming wondered. "Could they be part of this card set?" It made no sense to include unrelated characters in the background story of the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine.

"It’s possible. This card has caused quite a stir online, and the Card Maker even claims it’s a legend from the time of the Yunxia Pantheon," Luo Juerao said, finding it interesting. "I’m actually looking forward to whether the Card Maker will release the other two cards."

Luo Juerao had good thoughts, but Wen Jiang had not yet made the Changer and Hou Yi cards.

She was training with several teammates.

Her description: Teammates are decent.

Teammates’ description: "Our leader is incredible! Absolutely awesome!"

"Your combat talent is incredible," Shi Qi couldn’t help but praise Wen Jiang. "You’re on a whole different level compared to the previous one."

Wen Jiang hadn’t shown off excessively, but she was highly cooperative. She did exactly what she needed to do at the right time, even without much verbal instruction from her teammates. As soon as a Card Spirit was in trouble, Jade Rabbit would already be close, feeding it medicine. She even ensured Jade Rabbit stayed with her teammate’s Card Spirit throughout, never deviating from the planned route or negatively impacting the situation.

Her teammates didn’t say it aloud, but they knew that such awareness required a comprehensive view of the entire field. Wen Jiang possessed terrifying observational and executional skills. And such observational skills were precisely what a team’s commander needed.

Before this, the team’s commander had always been Assistant Ruan Chunen.

Ruan Chunen could certainly see Wen Jiang’s talent, so he suggested, "Wen Jiang, you have such awareness. Why don’t you take over as commander?"

Wen Jiang shook her head and refused. "No, the commander position doesn’t suit me."

Shi Qi and the others were taken aback. Although they knew Wen Jiang was suitable for commanding, the previous commander had been Ruan Chunen, and they couldn’t disregard his opinion. However, Ruan Chunen himself had initiated the offer, and Wen Jiang’s direct refusal puzzled them.

Ruan Chunen was also a bit surprised. "But you’re quite suited for it."

Wen Jiang replied, "I only have this one year to participate in A-Level competitions. What will you do after I leave?"

"What? Why?" Chen Runyu was the first to ask. "What will you be doing after a year?"

Go to another association? Impossible. She hasn’t gone to one now, so there’s no reason she would go next year.

Wen Jiang looked at him with a pitying gaze. Silly child, I’ll have leveled up in a year. How could I still hang out with you guys then?

She didn’t say this aloud, however. Instead, she smiled mysteriously and said, "It’s a secret."

Since it was her secret, they knew it was better not to be too persistent. Although cooperation was valued among A-Level players, finding teammates was still relatively easy. Knowing that Wen Jiang only had a year to participate in competitions, everyone assumed she would retire after that and felt a sense of pity for her.

While Wen Jiang was training, Zero Egg was quite happily collecting money. However, money, in the end, wasn’t mere data to Zero Egg. It held less appeal than emotional energy, and its inherent quality wasn’t as high either. "There are quite a few buyers, and the revenue has now surpassed that of the previous B-Rank Card Set. Sigh, these people are excited, but why is there so little emotional energy?"

After all, A-Rank Cards were too expensive. Lower-level Spirit Card Masters and ordinary people had no use for them after purchase, and even among A-Level Spirit Card Masters, some couldn’t afford them. Plus, considering it was only the first day, selling this many was already a prelude to the card becoming a huge hit. Moreover, this card was almost *too* good value. Buying one card was equivalent to repairing countless A-Rank Cards; buying too many would actually be redundant or less cost-effective.

In the morning, people were still pushing the narrative that this card was merely trading on the Yunxia civilization’s fame. By the afternoon, some were directly praising the Card Maker as an incredibly fair seller, wondering if they were on the verge of bankruptcy to be selling such a divine card so eagerly just to make some money.

What rotten luck! Wen Jiang thought.

Zero Egg sorted through the incoming messages and said to Wen Jiang, "Indeed, some nobles are trying to contact you. The Chunyu Family hopes to meet with you privately. I rejected them, mimicking your tone."

Wen Jiang didn’t dwell on it. "Hmm, just reject them all. That’s fine."

Her talent in Card Making was so high that it was inevitable people would try to reach out to her. Since the cards always had to go through the national treasury, her information likely wouldn’t be kept secret for long. Any cunning noble would definitely try all means to obtain her details. As long as she hadn’t collaborated with a major association, she was a prized catch.

Of course, while the card generated more and more buzz online, Wen Jiang also ran into some trouble. Naturally, someone was causing trouble. This person was Chen Shaoning, whom Wen Jiang had displaced.

As a professional player, after joining the Mount Flower Association, he had registered his information and didn’t shy away from mentioning that his uncle was a powerful Card Maker. Using this connection as a selling point, he had indeed attracted a group of fans. Some looked down on him for using his uncle’s reputation to gain attention. Of course, there were also mindless fans who considered him to have a high status—the nephew of a Card Maker.

After being kicked out, he was warned by Tang Qian and didn’t dare to badmouth the Mount Flower Association. However, he investigated Wen Jiang and found she had no background and had even been expelled from a school for nobility. Just who was this person, and by what right did she take his place? Was it just because she suddenly advanced to A-Level? She won the B-Level championship only because the B-Level Spirit Card Masters were trash. Did she really think she could win easily now that she was in A-Level?

The more Chen Shaoning thought about it, the more frustrated he became. That night, he posted a message on his account:

Mount Flower - Chen Shaoning: It’s agonizing. I entered the professional scene for my dreams, earned a spot in the team competitions, and trained hard for a month, only to be replaced just like that. They didn’t even give us a chance to prove ourselves against each other. Is this what being a professional means?

He was very cunning, choosing to post it at the exact time the Mount Flower official website announced the change in participants.