Chapter 48

Three six-star perfect-quality plant-series Magic Card spirits, after being summoned, instantly transformed the core area of the Mist Ruins into a verdant kingdom. Overwhelming flowers, grass, and trees competed to break through the ground, and rich life energy filled the surrounding space.

Even the light power emitted by the Holy Dragon Furnace Heart was suppressed by the rich life energy at this moment. After all, this was just the heart of a dead dragon species, not a real dragon species.

At this moment, Lu Li was like prey falling into a trap, while Shangguan Wan'er turned into a flower and grass queen, controlling everything in this verdant kingdom.

"Flower and Grass Domain!" The eliminated Liu Yanran looked at the verdant kingdom that covered the entire ruins core and couldn't help rubbing her smooth forehead: "Wan'er really used her full strength this time. It seems she is determined to win the final victory."

Although she was eliminated by Shangguan Wan'er, Liu Yanran wouldn't be so petty. After all, they were not playing house now, but representing their respective Magic Card associations to participate in the youth training tournament, which was a competitive relationship.

In the encounter not long ago, the joint efforts of her and Su Xueyi were suppressed by Shangguan Wan'er's Flower and Grass Domain and eliminated one against two.

That endless ocean of plants and the unceasing attacks almost made them autistic. Even when they faced it, it wasn't the complete version of the Flower and Grass Domain, just the combination of the Silver Crown Mandragora Queen and Eternal Crystal Orchid.

And now what Lu Li had to face was the complete version of the Flower and Grass Domain with the addition of the Dragon Girl Flower. The difficulty could be said to rise straight up, which could be called a hellish start.

The best way to deal with Shangguan Wan'er's combination was to strike first and not give the other party time to unfold the Flower and Grass Domain. But unfortunately, Lu Li didn't know this, so in Liu Yanran's view, Lu Li was also in danger this time.

Although Lu Li had won against her, and even the stronger Yue Di had been defeated by him, the gap in strength between Shangguan Wan'er and the others was far beyond imagination.

This was also the gap between the Commander Realm and the War General Realm. Having one more Magic Card summoning position not only meant diverse tactics but also an improvement in strength, especially when the enemy was a heaven-defying talent at Shangguan Wan'er's level.

"Can't win." Not far away, Su Xueyi bit her lip, and a trace of unwillingness flashed on the cold beauty's face. The battle with Shangguan Wan'er just now did make her feel great pressure.

Just the combination of the Silver Crown Mandragora Queen and Eternal Crystal Orchid was enough to be tricky. The Eternal Crystal Orchid, known for its extremely strong life resilience and extremely high defense characteristics, was a rare Magic Card spirit known for defense among plant-series Magic Cards.

Even among Magic Cards of the same level, the Eternal Crystal Orchid's defense was enough to rank in the top tier.

Whether it was Su Xueyi's Frost Archer or Liu Yanran's Silver Moon Fox, just to break through the Eternal Crystal Orchid's defense, they consumed nearly 80% of their combat power.

And compared to the Eternal Crystal Orchid, which focused on defense, the Dragon Girl Flower summoned by Shangguan Wan'er now was even more terrifying.

Long defense will lead to loss, only attack is the best defense, and what the Dragon Girl Flower is good at is the attack opposite to defense.

Although it is a plant-series Magic Card spirit, the main material for making this Dragon Girl Flower Magic Card spirit is dragon blood. Although dragon blood is not as precious as dragon pupils, reverse scales, and dragon hearts, the price is not cheap.

Because it absorbed dragon blood, after becoming a card, the Dragon Girl Flower would bring its own part of the dragon species' pressure and ability. Therefore, although the Dragon Girl Flower is not a pure dragon-series Magic Card, because it carries dragon-series characteristics, its destructive power even exceeds that of the Silver Crown Mandragora Queen.

Mandragora control + Crystal Orchid defense + Dragon Girl output, the three complement each other. Su Xueyi really couldn't think of how to crack this situation that could be called a certain defeat.

Similar to Su Xueyi's thoughts, many contestants in the youth training tournament were also considering how long they could persist if they met Shangguan Wan'er's lineup.

Facing such a strong combination lineup, it was impossible to defeat the other party. The only difference was how long they could persist.

"It seems that the youth training tournament will end soon." On the podium, many association branch presidents also entered the melon-eating state.

By this time, some contestants of the Magic Card Association had all been eliminated. Even those who were not eliminated, with Shangguan Wan'er as a stumbling block, there was not much chance to win the youth training tournament.

The gap was still too big, not only the gap in level but also the gap in Magic Card selection and combination was much larger than imagined.

"Old Yu, look at it openly, there is no way." Song Yongzhang patted Yu Haojia on the shoulder and comforted him.

Although the Dark Magician Girl's ability and combat power were very amazing, and even in a one-on-one situation, there was a possibility of successfully sniping Shangguan Wan'er, he still didn't favor Lu Li.

Three against one, especially Shangguan Wan'er's three Magic Card spirits had all reached the six-star perfect level, and they were almost all-round without dead ends, complementary combinations, the advantage was always on the other party's side.

Even if Lu Li could summon other Magic Card spirits, he ultimately hadn't broken through to the Commander Realm. For low-level Magic Card masters, the gap in the number of Magic Cards was difficult to ignore. Just having one more Magic Card summoning position meant a gap in combat power.

Especially the opponent Shangguan Wan'er, who was also a heaven-defying talent. Not to mention that Shangguan Wan'er's Magic Card spirits were all high quality.

Cangling City being able to go to this step, and even breaking past records, was already unexpected and very good.

85. This scene is a bit familiar

"No!" Yu Haojia shook his head: "I can only say that Lu Li hasn't shown his true strength until now."

Unlike others, Yu Haojia was more familiar with Lu Li and had more confidence. Even when he reported to Shangguan Hong, he only revealed the Dark Magician Girl. There were two surprises behind: Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon and Eye of Timaeus!

It was true that the War General Realm could only summon two Magic Card spirits to participate in the battle, and Lu Li hadn't broken through to the Commander Realm, but double dragon-series Magic Cards still had a chance to win.

Not to mention double dragon-series, just the Red-Eyes Black Dragon after sacrificing the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon was enough to sweep Shangguan Wan'er's plant-series card group combination.

The only thing to worry about was Lu Li's consumption problem, and whether Shangguan Wan'er would hide a seven-star Magic Card besides this Magic Card combination. This was also the place where Yu Haojia felt accidents would occur. After all, the other party was a descendant of Shangguan Hong, so this had to be guarded against.

"Having confidence is a good thing, but you also have to see the reality clearly." Xi Donghui was the first to refute. She naturally didn't hope, nor did she think, that Lu Li would be Shangguan Wan'er's opponent: "Yu Haojia, is what you just said a bit too arrogant?"

Of course, it was more because after Zhang Liaoxing was eliminated, she was mocked by Yu Haojia, which made her very unhappy until now.

As for the others, they couldn't help but frown, including Song Yongzhang and Mo Yingtian.

Now that it was the final stage, Yu Haojia said that Lu Li hadn't shown his true strength. Doesn't this mean that the opponents encountered before didn't even make Lu Li move for real?

Is this possible? Naturally, it made them unhappy.

"Better than some people who were wiped out." Yu Haojia's temper also came up. He really didn't intend to get used to Xi Donghui! Anyway, because of Zhang Liaoxing, their relationship hadn't been good.

"You!" Xi Donghui's gaze became gloomy. Although she wasn't the only one wiped out among the Cangming City Magic Card Association, Yu Haojia was clearly targeting her at this time.

"Dare to bet?" With a slight turn of his eyes, Yu Haojia spoke as if he refused to admit defeat: "Let's bet on who can win the final victory between Lu Li and Shangguan Wan'er."

"Bet then!" Xi Donghui didn't think carefully and agreed in one mouthful.

In her view, Shangguan Wan'er had an absolute advantage, three six-star Magic Card spirits, and they were plant-series Magic Cards that complemented each other. Even if it were her at this age facing the other party, she would probably regret it in the end.

She really didn't believe that Cangling City, whose strength had been ranked below them for years, could win the final victory of this youth training tournament.

Yu Haojia just couldn't save face, so he proposed this so-called bet.

Thinking this way, Xi Donghui proposed her bet

Material gambling is the most common form of betting among Magic Card masters; after all, for a Magic Card master, one can never have too many materials.

"The Core of the Raging Thunder Wolf and the Heart of the Flame Demon!" Seeing Xi Donghui agree, Yu Haojia did not hesitate to declare his wager.

In terms of overall value, the Core of the Raging Thunder Wolf and the Heart of the Flame Demon were even a notch higher than the Sword of Light and the Ring of the Holy Spirit.

This was not only because he had proposed the bet and wanted to suppress his opponent, but more importantly, Yu Haojia held immense confidence in Lu Li.

"Sigh!" Song Yongzhang, as a close friend, let out a sigh. Although he was dissatisfied with Yu Haojia's earlier remarks, the die was cast, and he had no way to stop the gambling match.

As for the others, they adopted the attitude of bystanders; since they weren't the ones betting and could still watch a good show, why not?

Of course, many among them also wanted to see Yu Haojia make a fool of himself. After all, Cangling City's strength was only ranked in the middle, and the fact that they had surpassed them in this Youth Training Tournament did indeed leave a trace of discomfort in their hearts.

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"Three six-star Magic Card spirits, plus this Grassland Domain covering the entire core of the ruins—you really think highly of me." Deep within the Foggy Ruins, looking at the continuously expanding Grassland Domain, Lu Li couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Seeing this expanding Grassland Domain, Lu Li subconsciously thought of Rosemon, the Queen of Flowers from the Digital World, and the miracle flower Rafflesimon, formed by the Jogress evolution of Rosemon and Lotusmon.

If it were those two Digimon, perhaps what they would have deployed wouldn't be a Grassland Domain, but a Grassland Kingdom, or even a Grassland World!

"It's a pity; wanting to create Rosemon and Rafflesimon isn't even a distant prospect right now." Lu Li thought silently, "But come to think of it, if the next Digimon Magic Card creation is successful, and it follows Angewomon's evolution chain, it wouldn't be impossible to further evolve into Rosemon and Rafflesimon."

"For the final battle, I don't want any mistakes to occur." Shangguan Wan'er responded with a faint smile, though a flash of gravity and confusion crossed the depths of her eyes.

Even when facing a combination like the Silver Crown Mandragora Queen, the Eternal Crystal Orchid, and the Dragon Girl Flower, Shangguan Wan'er did not sense any tension from Lu Li; his expression remained incomparably calm, which meant Lu Li did not consider her a threat.

But was that possible? If she were in Lu Li's position, facing this Magic Card combination, she couldn't think of any way to break it.

Unless she possessed stronger power, enough to overturn everything. However, a combination of three six-star Magic Cards was, in itself, a guarantee of absolute strength. At the very least, in this Youth Training Tournament, that was the case.

But soon, Shangguan Wan'er realized that so-called absolute strength was merely the limit of her own cognition, and Lu Li's existence shattered that cognition.

"Indeed, I don't want any mistakes either," Lu Li agreed with Shangguan Wan'er's words, and a Magic Card appeared in his hand simultaneously: "Mana, get ready."

"Understood, Master!" As Lu Li's Magic Card spirit, the Dark Magician Girl naturally understood Lu Li's thoughts, and a sense of excitement faintly emerged in her eyes.

"Then let's finish off the enemy before us." As the words fell, Lu Li flicked the Magic Card in his hand, and the next moment, Shangguan Wan'er's expression changed drastically.

Pressure—infinite, boundless pressure descended upon the entire Foggy Ruins at this moment, just like the House of Demon Spirits back then.

The contestants still inside the Foggy Ruins felt a chill and trembling in their hearts almost the instant the pressure descended; they even sensed extreme fear from the feedback of their own Magic Card spirits, as if they had encountered a natural predator!

Although this left all the contestants confused, it also heightened their vigilance. Clearly, some kind of special change had definitely occurred within the Foggy Ruins, leading to the current anomaly.

It was just a pity that they were still a considerable distance from the core area of the ruins, and coupled with the impenetrable sky-filling fog, they had no way of knowing what the source of the mutation was.

87. The Legendary Dragon, Descends!

The azure dragon body, full of violence and oppressive force, occupied everyone's vision just by floating in mid-air; after spreading its wings, it reached dozens of meters, and with just a light flap, it whipped up a terrifying storm.

The Grassland Domain laid out in the core area of the ruins was teetering under the assault of the storm. Even the core area of the ruins, which seemed to have vast space, became incomparably crowded at this moment.

The sharp dragon teeth and claws, and the thick, long dragon tail sweeping back and forth, bringing with it bursts of sonic booms, were enough to show that this dragon species before them also possessed formidable destructive power in close-quarters combat.

But what left the deepest impression was that pair of vertical dragon pupils, blue as the sky; the massive pressure covering the entire Foggy Ruins originated precisely from these azure dragon pupils that seemed to possess the power of judgment.

Under the gaze of the dragon pupils, Shangguan Wan'er could feel endless pressure descending upon her, and from the feedback of the Silver Crown Mandragora Queen and other Magic Card spirits, she felt a sense of fear.

From the moment the massive projection of the legendary dragon Timaeus descended into the core area of the Foggy Ruins, the Grassland Domain, which had been expanding continuously, began to shrink frantically, forming layers of three-dimensional defense as if it had sensed the presence of a natural predator.

At this moment, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but be dumbfounded; she had calculated everything, but she had never calculated that Lu Li would summon a dragon-species Magic Card spirit in this final battle.

……

"Holy crap! Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Someone come and slap me awake!"

*Slap! *

A crisp sound of a slap rang out, proving that this scene before them was real and not a dream. Afterward, everyone went crazy.

"A dragon species! Lu Li actually has a dragon-type Magic Card spirit!" Liu Yanran was completely stunned; even she hadn't expected that Lu Li was still hiding a dragon-type Magic Card. This meant that even without the Dark Magician Girl, the gap between the two of them was still much larger than imagined.