Chapter 27: Did I really dodge it?

"Forget it! End turn!"

The player playing Lu Meng gritted their teeth.

Only with cards in hand could one have confidence.

They would watch player 1314's moves later,

test the waters, and then decide how to play.

"As long as the green hills remain, one need not worry about firewood."

Skill [Self-Restraint] activated.

Since Lu Meng did not use or play a Kill, the discard phase was skipped.

The player playing Zhou Yu in the second position,

activated Heroic Pose during the draw phase,

drawing one extra card.

Looking at the seven hand cards before them,

they didn't rush to play, but turned their head to look at Gu Xuan,

asking with a fawning smile:

"Big boss, tell me, should we hit the lord first, or the loyalist?"

Hearing the question from the player playing Zhou Yu,

Gu Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"So you guys have all decided I'm a rebel?"

Even though he actually was.

The player playing Zhou Yu nodded with a smirk,

though they didn't dare say what was in their heart:

'You just don't look like a good person...'

Gu Xuan roughly guessed their thoughts from the player's face,

and shook his head helplessly.

"Suit yourself,"

"It doesn't matter which one you hit."

The player playing Zhou Yu then began to play cards.

They first equipped a Vermilion Bird Feather Fan and a +1 Horse,

then began targeting Lu Meng.

"Crossbow Dismantle,"

A Dodge from Lu Meng's hand fell away.

"Wine, Kill!"

"Dodge!"

"You dodged it?"

"Then how about this?"

The player playing Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow.

Skill [Discord] used!

"Suffer! In the hell of hatred and cruelty!"

Designate a character; they must guess a suit and take a card from your hand.

If the suits do not match, they take one point of damage.

The player playing Zhou Yu pointed at the hand cards floating in front of them and said to the player playing Lu Meng:

"Guess."

The player playing Lu Meng hesitated for a moment,

and guessed Hearts.

Then they drew a card from the two shown by Zhou Yu.

It was a Heart 'Unpredictable'.

"They guessed it right?"

Zhou Yu was speechless; this luck was truly a bit too good.

Then they ended their turn.

"Whatever, even if you dodged this turn,"

"five health points won't be enough for the big boss to cut through later!"

"Big boss, don't you agree?"

Gu Xuan was silent.

He glanced at his hand cards—a pile of Dodges.

He... really didn't seem to have that ability.

When it was the turn of the player playing Sun Quan in the third position,

they first used 'Balance' to swap out useless cards,

then equipped a Green Steel Sword,

and played a Kill on Zhou Yu.

After being blocked by Zhou Yu's Dodge,

they ended their turn.

Afterward, they didn't forget to say to the lord:

"My lord, look! I forced the rebel's Dodge out for you!"

"They have no hand cards now! You can ravage them to your heart's content later!"

"You old actor, still faking it!" the player playing Liu Bei scolded,

"Kill!"

Although the scolding was directed at the player playing Sun Quan,

this Kill was aimed at SP Boundary Diao Chan.

"Dodge." Gu Xuan discarded a Dodge.

"Crossbow Dismantle!"

After Liu Bei dismantled another Dodge from him,

he directly activated the skill [Benevolence].

"Only the virtuous and wise can win over people!"

In an instant, the four remaining hand cards in his hand,

[Ten Thousand Arrows Fired, Southern Barbarian Invasion, Dodge, Kill]

all flew into the hands of Lu Meng in the first position.

"My lord! Keep hoarding cards!"

"I'm waiting for you to explode!"

"I'll give you Dodges so you won't be afraid of the fifth position killing you next time!"

The player playing Lu Meng saw this,

reached out their right hand, hammered their chest,

and then gave a thumbs up to the player playing Liu Bei:

"Thanks, good brother!"

"You wait for me!"

"After hoarding for two more rounds, I'll take you to the sky!"

However,

the moment the player playing Lu Meng saw the hand cards, they were stunned.

They opened a private chat and said to Liu Bei:

"Wait, brother,"

"you have these two damage cards, why didn't you play them,"

"why give them to me?"

"Are you saving them for the New Year?!"

The player playing Zhou Yu had no hand cards left!

Once these two damage cards were played,

by the time it was their turn,

would they even be alive?

The player playing Liu Bei scratched their head.

They asked in confusion:

"If I play Southern Barbarian, you play a Kill,"

"wouldn't you be unable to hoard cards?"

"The first wave, you didn't dodge Zhou Yu's Kill,"

"didn't you have no Dodge?"

"If I play Ten Thousand Arrows Fired, won't you lose health?"

The player playing Lu Meng sighed helplessly.

"You really don't understand Lu Meng's skill!"

"In my own turn, playing a Kill means I can't hoard cards,"

"but outside of my turn, there is no such restriction."

"Besides, even if you play Ten Thousand Arrows Fired and I lose health, trading with Zhou Yu,"

"I wouldn't be at a loss!"

The player playing Liu Bei suddenly realized and said "Oh."

Then they apologized very sincerely:

"My apologies, my apologies,"

"Sigh, missed a good opportunity." The player playing Lu Meng sighed,

then thought about whether they should play Southern Barbarian or Ten Thousand Arrows Fired next turn,

and then Kill Zhou Yu to take them out.

But if they did that,

the loyalist Liu Bei had no hand cards now,

and would lose a lot of health, dying for sure in the next wave.

Plus, after playing a Kill within their turn, they wouldn't be able to hoard cards.

"Forget it, let's just keep hoarding cards."

"Waiting for the next opportunity."

…………

"Still thinking about hoarding cards?"

"Who doesn't know that Lu Meng gets stronger the more cards they hoard?"

"Would big boss Gu give you the chance to hoard cards?"

At the Binhai Long Teng venue,

Zhou Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't help but laugh when they heard Lu Meng still intended to hoard cards.

"It's big boss Gu's turn!"

"I wonder how much damage big boss Gu can deal this time!"

"Will they take Lu Meng out in one wave?"

Li Li Bingbing and Long Teng were also curious.

They were quite looking forward to the skills of Gu Xuan's new general.

…………

It was Gu Xuan's turn.

The player playing Zhou Yu in the second position watched with wide eyes,

afraid of missing a wonderful moment.

'The big boss is about to strike!'

'I'm about to win!'

Finally, Gu Xuan, who had drawn two cards from the deck,

began to play.

He looked at his hand cards:

[Dodge, Dodge, Kill, Eight Trigrams Formation]

There really wasn't much to play.

He first equipped the Eight Trigrams Formation,

and then,

"Kill."

A Kill was aimed at Lu Meng.

"It's coming, it's coming! This hit is at least three health points!"

"It's over! You're done for!"

"Unparalleled! Taking the head from ten thousand troops!"

The player playing Zhou Yu imitated the game space's announcement, excited enough to jump off their chair.

They pointed at Lu Meng and laughed out loud,

even turning on the recording function, ready to capture the wonderful scene of cutting five health points in one strike.

After all,

the violent skills of player 1314's general

were already engraved in the hearts of the other players.

"It's over!"

When this Kill targeted them, the player playing Lu Meng thought the same.

Videos of player 1314's previous matches flooded their mind like the sea.

The player playing Lu Meng's heart was pounding, terrified.

They looked at their hand cards again...

"Huh?"

"I can play cards?"

No forced hit?

The player playing Lu Meng rubbed their eyes,

and after confirming they hadn't misread,

they hesitated while looking at Gu Xuan and slowly played a card.

"Dodge?"

Did it dodge?

It really dodged?

…………

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