While the energy orb and the empty firmament magician were merging, Leo anxiously watched the three face-down cards on Wen Xiangjie's field, afraid that Wen Xiangjie would suddenly flip one of them, interrupting the fusion of the energy orb and the empty firmament magician.
Fortunately, Wen Xiangjie merely watched the fusion of the energy orb and the empty firmament magician with an intrigued expression from beginning to end.
Leo breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, this Mechanism Card, Sacrifice, is very difficult to use. Given Wen Xiangjie's age and experience, she probably hasn't seen a card with a similar mechanism before, so she naturally wouldn't have prepared a corresponding Mechanism Card in her deck.
He knew it; accumulation is very important.
Young people nowadays are still too impatient.
With his confidence restored, Leo's face once again showed the calm composure of a Card Master.
After merging with the black energy orb, the empty firmament magician's staff became dark and shiny.
【empty firmament magician: Attack 2300 (reverts to 1300 after one turn).】
"A Battle Card that has merged with sacrificial energy can directly launch an attack this turn! empty firmament magician, attack Clockwork Puppet!" Leo waved his hand.
Black energy surged from the empty firmament magician's staff, and just as it was about to shoot a black energy beam at the Clockwork Puppet, Wen Xiangjie suddenly flipped over a face-down card.
"Activate the Mechanism Card, Absorb." Wen Xiangjie looked at the empty firmament magician's staff. "Absorb the energy from the empty firmament magician and transfer it to the Clockwork Puppet."
The dark black energy mass on the empty firmament magician's staff was guided by a blue light, struggling to detach from the staff. The bottom of the staff had already returned to blue.
"Activate the Mechanism Card Scarlet Seal! Seal the Mechanism Card Absorb!" Leo immediately activated his own face-down card, which was his ace Mechanism Card, Scarlet Seal.
There was no time to hesitate. Regardless of what Wen Xiangjie's remaining two face-down cards were, he had to stop Wen Xiangjie from activating Absorb.
A blood-red cross suppressed the Absorb card face. The Absorb card stopped emitting blue light, and the empty firmament magician's staff turned completely black again.
Looking at Wen Xiangjie's remaining two face-down cards, Leo felt his left eyelid twitch uncontrollably.
"Activate the Mechanism Card, Exempt." Wen Xiangjie waved her hand again, and another face-down card flipped up.
"Exempt invalidates your opponent's next face-down card," Wen Xiangjie explained the effect of the Exempt Mechanism Card to Leo with a smile.
Under the effect of the Exempt Mechanism Card, the blood-red cross reverted to a card and flew back into Leo's card drawer.
Without the suppression of the blood-red cross, the Absorb card once again emitted blue light. The black orb on the empty firmament magician's staff completely detached from the staff and merged into the Clockwork Puppet's body. All the clockwork mechanisms on the Clockwork Puppet turned pitch black.
【Clockwork Puppet: Attack 2600 (3000 when using a skill).】
【empty firmament magician: Attack 1300.】
The situation on the field reversed again and again in a short amount of time, leaving Wang Zhizhen and Pang Jinglin, who were watching from the sidelines, stunned. The tension and excitement almost made them forget to breathe, and their hearts pounded wildly.
"Now, it's my turn," Wen Xiangjie said to Leo with a smile.
Now that the Clockwork Puppet had gained the sacrificial energy, it could launch an attack against the opponent.
"Clockwork Puppet, attack empty firmament magician," Wen Xiangjie issued the command.
Because the Clockwork Puppet's skill was still on cooldown, Wen Xiangjie had the Clockwork Puppet perform a normal attack on the empty firmament magician.
The Clockwork Puppet rushed to the empty firmament magician and plunged its right hand directly into the empty firmament magician's chest. The empty firmament magician instantly shattered into pieces.
Leo's Life Points consequently dropped by a full 1300 points!
Of that, 1000 points came from the friendly contribution of Leo's Sacrifice Mechanism Card.
Seeing his carefully laid out sacrificial strategy being turned against him by Wen Xiangjie, Leo felt his heart break and his fighting spirit largely diminished.
The small remaining portion of his fighting spirit, not yet completely lost, stemmed from his pride as a Card Master.
However, pride cannot feed you, nor can it be used as a health bar.
One sacrificial strategy alone completely exhausted all of Leo's valuable hand cards.
Leo was completely burnt out.
There were no more reversals. When it was Wen Xiangjie's turn, she easily reduced Leo's Life Points to zero.
Even after the battle ended, Wen Xiangjie still had one face-down card on her field and several Battle Cards and Mechanism Cards in her hand, more than enough to defeat a few more Leos.
Leo watched his Life Points drop to zero, a bewildered expression on his face.
He... lost just like that?
As a seasoned and genuine Card Master who had been famous for many years, Leo hadn't lost in a long time, let alone lost so quickly.
Accustomed to back-and-forth clashes, Wen Xiangjie's storm-like assault left Leo still somewhat unable to recover.
Pang Jinglin on the sidelines was even more shocked than Leo himself.
Leo was one of the Card Masters he focused on buttering up. To confirm Leo's identity as a Card Master, he had gone to great lengths to collect a lot of information about Leo, knowing how many important matches and how many famous Card Masters Leo had defeated.
But today, Leo actually lost to a player who had only entered the game dungeon five days ago???
Pang Jinglin looked at the sky in a daze.
The sun was warm, perfect for napping in its rays.
He must have accidentally fallen asleep; this must be a dream.
"Ow!" A sharp pain from his back immediately brought Pang Jinglin back to reality.
Pang Jinglin looked in disbelief at Wang Zhizhen, who had withdrawn her fist.
How could such a seemingly soft and harmless fist hit someone so hard?!
For a moment, Pang Jinglin felt like he heard his bones crying out their farewells.
"What are you doing?!"
"Didn't you suspect you were dreaming? I'm helping you wake up," Wang Zhizhen said with a giggle. "I must make you clearly understand how amazing my goddess is!"
Pang Jinglin: ?
Fine, you're noble, you're impressive. You almost punched me to death just to make me realize how amazing your goddess is.
True fans are truly not to be trifled with.
After the battle ended, Wen Xiangjie heard a somewhat ethereal male voice.
【Congratulations on winning this battle. Based on the quality of this battle, your opponent's level, and your performance in the battle, congratulations on receiving Experience Card x 1000.】
【Epic Mechanism Card, Vigilance, Scarlet Seal is now your spoils of war.】
The Epic Mechanism Card, Vigilance, Scarlet Seal from Leo's deck automatically flew out of Leo's card drawer and landed in Wen Xiangjie's hand.