The next day, the school issued another announcement: “Cards that do not directly affect actual combat power and combat results can be used.”
At first, everyone didn't take it seriously, thinking the school was wasting time. Because if a card doesn't increase combat power, would anyone buy it? What would they buy it for? To look at?
But soon, everyone stopped thinking that way.
On the arena, Xiao Guo and Xiao Lian stood facing each other. Since both were beauties, many people still gathered to watch their match.
Seeing that most people had arrived, Xiao Guo nodded slightly to Xiao Lian, took out a card with a blue dragon-shaped beast on it, and lightly shouted, “Sea Dragon!”
“Roar—!”
A beast roar and the sound of waves rose. A phantom of a sea dragon emitting blue-gold light coiled up from under Xiao Guo’s feet, about five meters high, majestic, ferocious, and dangerous! It stared menacingly at Xiao Lian opposite her!
The students watching this scene below were stunned!
“No way? What is this? Is this still Tier 2?”
“I’m also a water mage, why have I never heard of this move?!”
“Holy crap, what’s going on? Aren’t they good sisters? Why are they using ultimate moves right away?”
While the crowd below was discussing, Xiao Lian looked at the Sea Dragon phantom opposite her. She had to admit, this thing looked really intimidating. If Boss Lu hadn't told her beforehand, she wouldn't have believed it truly had no attack power!
The Sea Dragon’s intense gaze made her inexplicably nervous. Then, she also took out a card with a mink-shaped exotic beast printed on it and shouted, “Violet Lightning Mink!”
“Crack—!”
“Hiss—!”
Accompanied by a thunderclap, a mink-shaped phantom composed of purple lightning immediately rose from behind her, hissing at the Sea Dragon. It was also five meters high, and its aura was no weaker than the Sea Dragon opposite!
Watching this scene, the crowd below was surprised again. Then someone reacted, “They just used cards, right? Why isn’t the referee teacher stopping them?”
“Yeah, what exactly is going on?!”
“No way, are normal matches rigged too?”
The crowd below discussed without any intention of avoiding the referee, so the referee heard everything clearly, his face full of black lines. After enduring for a moment, he found that the people below were not restraining themselves and their voices were getting louder. So he immediately cursed with a dark face:
“You idiots! Have you learned nothing?! Can’t you detect the energy fluctuations? Can’t you distinguish that these are just things with form but no substance?!”
“If I let you go to the battlefield, you probably wouldn’t even know how you died!”
Along with the teacher’s scolding, the people below immediately quieted down. Then one person said, “So this is the kind of card mentioned in the announcement?”
“It should be, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t just sit by and do nothing.”
“...”
Ignoring the murmuring from below, Xiao Guo on the stage had already finished chanting her spell and shouted, “Wave Impact!”
Immediately, a small, transparent water dragon appeared. Accompanied by a faint dragon roar, it surged forward, changing its path twice on the ground before rushing towards Xiao Lian opposite her.
Xiao Lian was not to be outdone. “Power of Thunder, protect my body! Thunder Ring!”
The Violet Lightning Mink phantom behind her immediately let out a hiss, spreading its claws outward, and a purple thunder ring expanded, shattering the water dragon!
The two of them weren't really fighting seriously; they were mostly just showcasing the effects of the cards and the forms of their skills.
The crowd below watched, dazzled. Regardless of whether it was useful or had any bonus effects, it was certainly cool!
After a while, the two stopped fighting. Xiao Guo looked at the people below and said with a smile, “Boss Lu has these cards for sale, and also the full version with combat power bonuses. Those interested can go check them out!”
“Mm! He also offers custom services there. Whatever you want it to look like, he can do it!” Xiao Lian also said with a smile.
Xiao Lian’s eyes were truly opened today. After experiencing it herself, she found that when casting a spell, firing a water pillar versus firing a water dragon had a completely different deterrent effect!
This coolness was not useless; it put people at a disadvantage in terms of aura, but it wouldn't significantly impact actual combat power or the battle outcome. While cool, even a weakling wouldn't defeat a truly strong opponent with this card.
And truly strong opponents wouldn’t be swayed by this aura in determining victory.
Following that were the two male students who were with Xiao Guo. They were two martial artists. One had a phantom of a divine general appear behind him, then disappear, only to reappear when he used a skill, performing the same movements as him.
After this fight, the students below were all itching to try. Some students who had run ahead sent messages: Tier 1 cards were two hundred yuan each, Tier 2 cards were five hundred yuan each, and customization added one hundred yuan!
At this, everyone immediately became excited!
If these cards were very expensive, then no matter how cool they were, they wouldn’t consider them, because they weren’t practical at all. By the time they reached Tier 5 or 6, the effects they produced with a flick of their hand would be much cooler than this!
But unfortunately, they were still far from Tier 5 or 6, and these cards were unexpectedly cheap. A blank Tier 1 card was only one hundred yuan, and Boss Lu sold them for two hundred yuan each. Considering the costs of research, card making time, etc., it was practically not making any money!
So everyone swarmed into the Super Martial Card Shop, lining up to buy cards!
Almost everyone would customize one that was different from others. Customization only added one hundred yuan, which was cheap!
But almost everyone, when buying the pure special effects version, would also buy a full version with combat power bonuses. One was for fun, and the other was the main purpose of coming.
Many of them had previously bought some cards from Lu Chenxing and knew that his cards were cheap and effective. This was also his first card release since he was promoted to Tier 2. They originally came to buy a backup card, and now that they encountered such a fun card, they bought one to try, since it wasn't expensive anyway.
Of course, not everyone liked these flashy cards. There were also practical people who came to customize Tier 2 cards, with one effect costing five thousand yuan, which was a very reasonable price.
While Lu Chenxing’s business was booming, changes were happening in the suburbs.
In the suburbs, deep in the forest, where there should have been vibrant life, it was now silent. Countless animal carcasses lay everywhere; some had already rotted and smelled, while others were still clinging to life. But without exception, none of them had any wounds on their bodies.
Purple-black mist rose from the dead animal carcasses, flying towards a certain spot and disappearing.