Chapter 169

"He... discarded them all?!!"

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Gu Xuan wasn't aware of the other players' thoughts,

but right now,

looking at the nine cards in front of him, he was speechless...

Among these nine cards, no two cards had the same point value!

This meant he couldn't take a single one!

However... this situation

could also be considered a good thing,

because

all nine cards were trick and basic cards, which could add nine points to his [Heavenly Appointment] mark.

Gu Xuan didn't hesitate much.

The main purpose of Nine Expeditions was to replenish Heavenly Appointment marks and accelerate the triggering of Pingxiang.

If he couldn't get the cards, so be it.

With a slight shift of his intent,

the nine cards laid out before him

all entered the discard pile.

Afterward, the eight [Heavenly Appointment] marks on his body

directly increased by nine,

becoming seventeen.

"Lifting stones to mend the heavens, if not me, then who!"

Gu Xuan's current health limit was nine points.

He removed nine points from the seventeen [Heavenly Appointment] marks,

increasing his health limit to ten points. Two more cards flew out from the deck to replenish Gu Xuan's hand area.

At the same time,

Gu Xuan still had eight [Heavenly Appointment] marks on him!

The player using Boundless Guan Yu, watching Gu Xuan's actions,

was stunned at first,

but once he reacted,

he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I thought you were going to draw nine cards!"

"Turns out you couldn't take a single one,"

"It's just a skill to help yourself increase your health limit!"

"You really are a big meat shield..."

The player using Boundless Guan Yu didn't hold back his tongue,

but in reality,

he was secretly relieved.

He had originally thought Gu Xuan was about to explode.

Fortunately,

in the end, he only increased his health limit.

It seems this Divine General is just a meat shield;

no need to worry about him, just focus on attacking the Lord.

The player using Boundless Wang Yi in the first position,

seeing that Gu Xuan didn't get a single card,

saw her eyes, which had lit up, dim once again.

She had thought this guy was going to draw nine cards and explode.

As it turned out,

he was just increasing his own health limit.

You could at least add one to mine; Boundless Wang Yi's strength goes up a level with just one more health point.

What's the point of only adding to yourself?

On the other side, Gu Xuan didn't pay any attention to Boundless Guan Yu,

continuing to play his cards as he pleased.

"Cross the River and Dismantle!"

He targeted Boundless Sun Sun Shangxiang.

A hand card fell from Boundless Sun Sun Shangxiang's hand.

The discarded card was a basic card, a Diamond Dodge.

The [Heavenly Appointment] mark increased by 1 again, becoming nine!

Now, the player using Boundless Sun Sun Shangxiang had only one hand card left.

Gu Xuan still had a Cross the River and Dismantle in his hand.

He pondered for a moment and didn't continue to dismantle Boundless Sun Sun Shangxiang's hand cards.

Instead, he threw this Cross the River at Boundless Guan Yu,

discarding his Eight Trigrams Formation.

During the upcoming Pingxiang process, he wouldn't be able to use other cards,

so he had to get rid of this guy's defensive equipment first.

Since it was an equipment card being discarded,

the [Heavenly Appointment] skill didn't trigger again.

However,

Gu Xuan didn't need the [Heavenly Appointment] mark to reach ten points to increase his health limit right now.

He wanted to activate [Pingxiang] first to reduce his health limit to one point,

then use the nine [Heavenly Appointment] marks to increase his health limit back up and draw cards!

This way,

the nine Fire Strikes from the Pingxiang skill,

plus the Wolong Zhuge Crossbow and the Strike in his hand,

and the cards drawn from the [Heavenly Appointment] trigger,

would be enough to kill everyone on the field!

Moreover, he had two Peaches in his hand,

which was perfectly enough to restore his health to three points after the [Heavenly Appointment] skill increased his health limit.

Even if a Renegade managed to survive stubbornly,

he wasn't afraid of failing.

Having decided on the order of his moves,

Gu Xuan scanned Boundless Guan Yu and the others,

curled his lips, and chuckled lightly:

"We've been playing for so long, it's time to send you all to elimination!"

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Send us to elimination?

Boundless Guan Yu was stunned.

Afterward,

he looked at the six hand cards in Gu Xuan's hand,

A sneer appears on his face.

There are still three Rebels left!

Plus one Traitor,

a total of four.

Gu Xuan actually says he wants to eliminate them all?

Roughly calculating, adding their health together, to kill them,

that round would have to deal at least 14 points of damage.

This is still assuming they have no hand cards and no defense.

But is that possible?

Gu Xuan only has six hand cards.

The Rebel closest to him is Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang.

Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang is equipped with Vine Armor,

and the last hand card she is holding is likely a Dodge, or a life-saving card like Wine or Peach.

With six hand cards, wanting to kill through Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang, unless he hits with a Fire Slash, plus damage strategy cards like Duel or Fire Attack.

But how many cards like Fire Slash and Duel are there in the deck in total?

How could they all be in Gu Xuan's hand?

With these six hand cards, the Boundary Guan Yu player guesses that killing Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang is already tough, let alone killing through the whole field?

It's simply dreaming.

Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang uses an expression that says "Stop joking."

Looking at Gu Xuan,

obviously, she also thinks Gu Xuan is being funny.

Earlier, Gu Xuan didn't dismantle her Vine Armor,

which should be out of consideration for her [Owl Princess] skill, fearing she would draw cards.

But this indirectly preserved her defensive ability.

In her hand now is a Heart Dodge.

Unless Gu Xuan has a pile of fire damage cards in his hand,

otherwise,

she isn't afraid at all.

The Boundary Wang Yi player looks at Gu Xuan.

At first, when she heard Gu Xuan say he wanted to eliminate several Rebels,

she was excited for a moment.

But thinking about how Gu Xuan had been adding to his health limit and hadn't used any other skills,

she felt a bit uneasy.

A Divine General with low attack power,

with six cards, at most could kill Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang.

If his luck is even better, maybe he could cripple Lu Xun and Boundary Guan Yu?

But wanting to eliminate all the Rebels...

She feels this sounds more like bragging and making threats.

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The audience in the live stream room can change perspectives to look at cards.

They can see Gu Xuan's hand cards and understand the situation better than the players on the field.

"Two Peaches, one Wolong Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, and three ordinary Slashes... Where does the big boss get the confidence to kill through the whole field..."

"Is there a hidden skill?"

"One Heavenly Appointment and one Nine Expeditions, the effects of these two marks have both come out; they are both for stacking health limits and drawing cards. I don't think it's likely there are other skills."

"The performance of the big boss's general from beginning to end... really looks like a blank slate,"

"Although he can add health limits and draw cards, this is equivalent to playing a 'Create Something from Nothing' in one round. I feel the burst is too poor."

"There are gains and losses. If the body is hard, the burst is weak. I personally feel this Divine General is more suitable as a Lord; as a Loyalist... not very strong."

"Eh... why is the big boss looking at Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang?"

"That's right, aren't the cards in the big boss's hand all ordinary Slashes? Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang has Vine Armor!"

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The players on the field are restless.

In position two,

Gu Xuan sweeps his gaze toward Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang,

his mouth curling into an arc,

his eyes carrying a hint of a smile.

The latter is stunned by Gu Xuan's sudden smile.

Immediately after,

she feels a chill on her neck,

as if a cold wind is pouring in from her collar, making the Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang player shiver uncontrollably.

Why does she suddenly feel

that there is a cold, eerie aura in the competition field?!

Before she can pull her clothes together on her neck,

a faint smell of burning comes into the air.

A scorching aura comes from the left,

dispelling the chill just now.

"What's the situation?"

The Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang player frowns and looks toward the source of the heat.

After seeing the scene in front of her, the Boundary Sun Sun Shangxiang player can't help but exclaim,

"Damn!"

Flames.

What comes into view is a sea of flames.

Around the competition field, in the void behind the players,

I don't know when,

but raging fires have already ignited.

The flames seem endless, swallowing the entire competition space!

The source of the flames

is behind position two.

Divine Jiang Wei stands indifferently in the midst of the raging flames.

The pitch-black iron sword held in his right hand,

I don't know when,

but it is already filled with firelight!

A Vermilion Bird spreads its wings, circling around Divine Jiang Wei, emitting bursts of cries.

Divine Jiang Wei slowly draws the divine sword burning with flames.

Even without seeing his mouth open or close,

an empty and indifferent electronic sound spreads throughout the entire competition space,

shaking the players on the field to their hearts.

"Ride the horse and be generous, donate the body to resist the tiger and jackal!"

Accompanied by this resolute electronic sound,

the skill [Pingxiang] is activated!

Gu Xuan's health limit instantly drops from ten points to one!