Chapter 43: Such Wretched Soldiers, How Easy to Break Them!

Liu Taoxiang looked toward position five, where his fixed teammate was.

He played the general Guo Jia, a blood-selling general who feared no damage,

but feared no one attacking him.

【Game Start! Players who wish to eat peaches, play your cards!】

The first round began,

and Liu Taoxiang, in position one, started playing cards first.

He glanced at the floating cards before him:

【Hearts Fire Slash, Diamonds Slash, Clubs Wine, Hearts Draw Two, Weapon Zhangba Snake Spear】

These cards were not bad.

Liu Taoxiang first used a Draw Two,

drawing two cards in return,

one was Clubs Iron Chain, the other was Clubs Borrow a Knife to Kill.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Liu Taoxiang nodded,

"Iron Chain Linkage, connect position two and position three."

As his words fell,

a silver-white glowing iron chain extended from the void,

wrapping several times around the phantom image of Wen Yang behind Gu Xuan,

then the other end continued to stretch until it wrapped around the phantom image of Liu Bei behind Wang Lingling as well,

only then stopping its extension.

Seeing this, Liu Taoxiang drew a Diamonds Slash from his hand,

"This fire can help our army achieve a great victory!"

The feather fan in the hand of the Sleeping Dragon Zhuge behind him waved gently, a confident smile on his face,

【Fire Plan】 activated: You may treat a red hand card as Fire Attack.

Instantly, the Diamonds Slash transformed into Fire Attack,

used directly against Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan thought for a moment, then took a Hearts Dodge from his hand,

generally, when attacked by Fire Attack, playing a Hearts card is the least likely to take damage.

But unexpectedly,

Liu Taoxiang pulled out another Hearts Fire Slash,

"Whoosh!"

Accompanied by a stream of flame flowing over the silver-white iron chain,

the generals behind Gu Xuan and Wang Lingling both took one point of damage simultaneously.

Seeing the strike succeed,

Liu Taoxiang smiled smugly,

"The Sleeping Dragon Zhuge can attack or defend,"

"Wen Yang? Just a younger brother."

Seeing this, Wang Lingling glared at him in anger,

"Play your cards properly, so much nonsense!"

Liu Taoxiang pouted: "Incompetent rage."

He paid no mind to Wang Lingling's words,

equipped the Zhangba Snake Spear, kept a Clubs Wine and a Clubs Borrow a Knife to Kill, then ended his turn.

It was Wang Lingling's turn,

she glanced at her hand,

【Slash, Slash, Yin-Yang Twin Swords, Sky-Piercing Halberd, Wine, Green Dragon Crescent Blade】

"Why are they all equipment cards?"

What use is this?

Wang Lingling felt worried; even if she gave all these cards to the big shot,

it seemed they would have no effect.

Watching position one constantly mock the big shot, looking arrogant and triumphant,

Wang Lingling was so angry her teeth itched,

yet she could do nothing.

Just as she was about to equip the Green Dragon Blade, drink the wine, and slash position one, trying her luck,

to see if she could land a hit,

she heard Gu Xuan say to her:

"Slash him once, then give me all the other cards."

Gu Xuan's voice carried a hint of delighted surprise,

"I didn't notice just now, your cards are actually so good!"

"Ah?"

After hearing Gu Xuan's words, Wang Lingling couldn't help but doubtfully glance at her hand cards again,

Three weapon cards, not a single Strategem or Dodge.

You call this a good hand?

But doubts aside, one must still heed the words of a master.

He drew a Slash and attacked Position One.

"The Taiji gives birth to the Two Instruments; the Two Instruments give birth to the Four Symbols; the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams."

The voice of Wo Long Zhuge was faint.

The skill 【Eight Trigrams Formation】 activated.

The innate Eight Trigrams Array materialized around him.

Then the judgment began.

If the card is red, it counts as a Dodge; if black, the Eight Trigrams Formation fails.

"Diamond Dodge."

The judgment succeeded; a virtual Dodge was generated, evading Wang Lingling's Slash.

"Sigh."

Seeing this, Wang Lingling inevitably felt a touch of disappointment in her heart.

In contrast, the disdain in Position One's eyes was about to overflow.

Though she felt ten thousand grievances in her heart, she had not the slightest recourse.

"Only virtue and worthiness can win the people's submission."

The skill 【Benevolent Rule】 activated.