Wen Xiangjie arrived at the training ground with her card drawer.
Banners with slogans welcoming other schools for visits and friendly matches were being hung by students on both sides of the training ground.
As Wen Xiangjie approached the rostrum to sign up, she overheard a conversation between two old men seated in the center of the platform.
"Headmaster Hillman, your school's new students seem to be in good spirits this year. It's just that my visit this time was a bit sudden. Your school's new students probably haven't had time to attend many classes yet, so for this friendly match, I can only apologize in advance."
"What does Headmaster Danpier mean by that? Don't all schools start at the same time? With the same amount of teaching time, I don't believe our school's new students will be any worse than your school's new students."
"Logically, that's true, but I won't hide it from Headmaster Hillman. This year, our school has a genius student with extraordinary combat talent. This friendly match is specifically to give him some good practical experience."
"I was wondering why Headmaster Danpier's visit was so sudden this time. Logically, to hold a friendly match with our school, your esteemed school should have made an appointment in advance." Hillman's expression became very unpleasant.
If it weren't for the card god's oracle in this old guy's hand, he would never have agreed to this old guy's sudden request to hold this ridiculous friendly match.
He knew this old guy wasn't up to any good. He wanted that so-called genius new student to step all over their school's reputation and elevate his own school's name!
"I'm truly sorry, Headmaster Hillman, but we're also helping your school's new students hone their combat skills. Battles between peers can help them see their own shortcomings more clearly. This also helps your school better teach new students and give them a good lesson!" Danpier laughed heartily.
That smug, arrogant smile made Hillman want to pretend to draw a card with his card drawer and actually smack him hard across his old face!
After listening to their conversation, Wen Xiangjie fell into contemplation.
No wonder this friendly match was announced so suddenly today, even the banners were just hung up.
It turned out the school next door had suddenly come looking for trouble, and for some reason, their Headmaster couldn't refuse.
Looking at their Headmaster's gritted teeth, as if he wanted to kill the Headmaster of the school next door, he must have hated the other Headmaster immensely.
The school next door suddenly showing up to hold a friendly match must mean they had something to rely on.
If she could help the Headmaster slap them in the face, then some things would be easier to discuss.
The fact that she could exchange an epic card for a chance to compete in the Arena Tournament from Zhao Yongfeng indicated that the rules of this instance were very flexible; as long as you had a way, you could exploit loopholes in the rules.
When it was Wen Xiangjie's turn to sign up, she walked up to Helena.
"Name, class." Helena looked up at Wen Xiangjie, a form laid out on the table.
"Wen Xiangjie, Class One."
After writing Wen Xiangjie's name and class on the form, Helena continued to ask, "Have you assembled your card deck? A deck requires a minimum of 40 cards. Are you sure your deck has enough cards? If the deck doesn't have enough cards, the battle cannot begin."
Today was the fifth day since the game instance opened, and the school had only issued four low-level card packs in total. The timing of this friendly match's special event trigger was too extreme. If a new student sold one of their cards and had no other means to obtain new cards, they wouldn't even qualify to participate in this friendly match.
One could only say that opportunities are for those who are prepared.
"Hmm... Would it be convenient for you to give me your card drawer so I can help you check the number of cards in your deck? Also, I can help you look at your deck's composition." Helena said.
"Then I'll trouble you, teacher." Wen Xiangjie removed the card drawer from her left wrist and handed it to Helena.
Helena took the card drawer from Wen Xiangjie and opened its compartment. A dazzling purple light almost blinded Helena's eyes.
"This???" Helena looked at Wen Xiangjie in shock.
It had only been five days since enrollment, and this new student already had an epic card?
She knew that her own deck only contained four epic cards in total, and that was because of her extraordinary family background and her own exceptional talent.
It seemed that in this friendly match, their school might not necessarily lose after all.
"You're very good!" Helena praised Wen Xiangjie. As she spoke, she took all the cards out of the card drawer: "An epic card, and an epic combat card at that. The potential of this deck of yours is very high, but you still need to pay attention to the combination of mechanism cards. Let me see what mechanism cards you've put in..."
Helena's voice abruptly stopped.
No, what is this? What is this?
How... how are they all purple cards???
Helena, disbelieving, quickly slid her hands across the cards, counting all the cards in Wen Xiangjie's deck.
Purple, purple, still purple!
There wasn't even a single blue rare card!
This was actually a deck composed entirely of epic cards!!!
Helena's mind went blank from the shock, and she temporarily lost her ability to speak. Her mouth moved, but not a single word came out.
She had never seen a deck composed entirely of epic cards in her life!
Even her elders at home, famous Card Masters, at most had about twenty epic cards in a single deck, which was already considered a profound foundation.
Wen Xiangjie, a new student who had just enrolled five days ago, or more accurately, only four days ago, actually possessed a deck composed entirely of epic cards???
The impact of this deck was simply too strong; anyone who saw it would be stunned for at least a minute.
After a long while, Helena finally recovered.
She couldn't help but blurt out, "Where did you get these epic cards?"
Only after asking did she realize her impoliteness and quickly waved her hand, "I was rude, you don't have to answer."
"There's nothing difficult to answer about it. I opened them from card packs I bought at the Card Pack Sales Store. The Card Pack Sales Store manager saw me open them with his own eyes, and some other customers can also testify." Wen Xiangjie replied with a smile.
Helena: ???
"You mean, you opened sixty epic cards from card packs???" Helena's eyes widened even more.
"Yes." Wen Xiangjie answered honestly.
Helena: ???
Then what about the tens of thousands of card packs she had bought at the Card Pack Sales Store?
Did it just mean she liked tearing open packaging?
"Actually, teacher, I opened more than sixty epic cards; I also sold some..."
"Alright, don't say another word." Helena clutched her chest: "Teacher needs to calm down. Here, it hurts."