Demon's Nest Riot

The shrill, urgent alarm blared against Lu Su's nerves.

He hurried to the window and saw that everything within sight had been swallowed by dense fog.

Terrifying roars rang out incessantly from within the mist.

The warning on the television continued broadcasting over and over.

Panicked footsteps echoed through the apartment building where Lu Su lived.

When he opened his door, he saw the residents rushing downstairs.

The auntie across the hall spotted Lu Su and hurriedly called out, "Xiao Luo, hurry, hurry!"

The auntie grabbed Lu Su by the arm and pulled him into the crowd.

Amid the crowd, Lu Su watched the people around him evacuate in an orderly manner despite their fear, and he sighed inwardly.

The people of this world had long grown accustomed to Secret Realm Invasions.

At the entrance to the community, a loudspeaker was playing a recording on loop.

"Card Masters will soon arrive to rescue you. Residents, please wait patiently."

"Card Masters will soon arrive to rescue you. Residents, please wait patiently."

Pitch-black fog had already shrouded the surroundings.

The residents of Happiness Community did not dare act rashly.

No one knew whether monsters might suddenly emerge from the mist.

The monsters within Secret Realms could generally only be killed by cards created by Card Masters. This was also why the world had initially been utterly powerless against Secret Realm Invasions.

Moreover, most people could only create Black Iron Grade white cards, which were nothing more than animals like Goo Goo Chickens.

Gradually, unrest spread through the crowd. Shanghai City was simply too vast, and the Card Masters of the Card Master Association were stretched thin whenever a Secret Realm Invasion occurred.

What was more, this invasion had come from the Demon's Nest, the largest Secret Realm around Shanghai City.

Suddenly, screams erupted from the people at the very edge of the crowd.

"There are monsters! Monsters from the Demon's Nest!"

As the screams rang out, pairs of scarlet eyes emerged from the fog.

A young man on the outskirts gritted his teeth. "Howling Pack, go!"

A Black Iron Grade white creature card: Howling Pack.

It could summon a large dog of a random breed.

This time, it was a German Shepherd.

The young man pointed into the mist. "Howling Pack, attack!"

Having received the command, the German Shepherd charged fiercely into the fog.

"Woof! Woof! Awooo!"

At first, fierce barking came from the German Shepherd that had vanished into the mist, but it soon turned into low whimpers before gradually falling silent.

The young man's face turned deathly pale.

People in the surrounding crowd began to break down one after another.

"Mom, I want Mom!"

"Those Card Masters must have gone to protect the rich! That's why they still haven't come to save us!"

"I don't want to die."

Amid the crowd's chaotic cries, the monsters in the dense fog gradually revealed themselves.

There were seven Ghouls, the lowest-ranking monsters in the Demon's Nest.

Three of them still had large smears of blood around their mouths, with strands of flesh hanging from the sharp teeth in their ghastly jaws.

Yet when Lu Su saw that they were Ghouls, he relaxed instead.

According to his memories, any Black Iron Grade Card Master could easily deal with Ghouls.

What he feared were those indescribable monsters from his memories.

Like the Demon's Nest's most famous monster, the Flesh King.

With a sigh, the education he had received in his previous life ultimately would not allow Lu Su to stand by and watch a tragedy unfold.

Setting aside his thoughts, Lu Su prepared to step forward and deal with the Ghouls, only to find his left arm caught by the auntie across the hall. "Xiao Luo, don't try to be a hero."

Lu Su gently freed himself and smiled at her. "Aunt Xu, I became a Card Master."

Aunt Xu froze. A Card Master? What Card Master?

She had always known that Xiao Luo from across the hall wanted to become a Card Master, but she had never heard that he had succeeded.

Under Aunt Xu's suspicious gaze, Lu Su squeezed through the crowded residents before him and walked to the front of the crowd.

At that moment, everyone's attention turned to him.

"Who's that kid?"

"No idea."

"Hurry and pull him back. He's still so young, don't let him throw his life away."

By then, the Ghouls were already extremely close to the crowd.

Lu Su could clearly see their disgusting saliva dripping onto the ground.

With a light touch upon the card in his mind, Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared before him in an instant.

The residents of Happiness Community fell silent the moment they saw Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

But discussions immediately broke out again.

"Is he a Card Master?"

"He's a Card Master! We're saved!"

"Such a young Card Master... can he really do it?"

Blocking out the noisy chatter around him, Lu Su said softly, "I'm counting on you, Yoriichi."

Tsugikuni Yoriichi nodded lightly and slowly drew the Katana in his hand.

With a soft exhale, the blade in Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hand instantly turned crimson.

The next moment, he vanished from the residents' sight.

When he reappeared, he was already among the Ghouls.

Beside him lay a Ghoul with its head severed from its body.

Perhaps provoked by their companion's death, the remaining six Ghouls leaped up at once and pounced viciously at Tsugikuni Yoriichi from midair.

Facing the Ghouls attacking from every direction, Tsugikuni Yoriichi took a deep breath and bent his knees slightly.

A blazing scarlet arc of sword light flashed before the eyes of the Happiness Community residents.

The ring-shaped blade light swept through the Ghouls' bodies, instantly cutting all six Ghouls in half.

The crowd immediately erupted in cries of shock.

Lu Su drew a quiet breath. He had known that a Purple Quality card would be strong, but he had not expected it to be this strong.

According to official data, an ordinary Black Iron Card Master capable of creating Blue Quality cards could only handle five Ghouls at once.

Yet Yoriichi had just slain seven Ghouls in one go without even counting it as a warm-up.

Shaking his head, Lu Su cast aside his jumbled thoughts.

He stepped forward and slowly wrapped his Spiritual Power around the Ghoul corpses on the ground.

With a sudden exertion of force, seven faintly glowing Material Cards appeared in his hands.

Summon Material: Ghoul (Green) ×7.

Looking at the materials in his hand, Lu Su sighed inwardly. No wonder Card Masters could make money.

A Black Iron Grade green material sold for over twenty thousand Great Ming Treasure Notes on average. He had just earned one hundred and forty thousand in a single stroke.

Just as Lu Su marveled at the enormous profits of being a Card Master, Tsugikuni Yoriichi silently stepped in front of him with his sword drawn.

A massive figure gradually emerged from the dense fog.

Lu Su frowned tightly.

With such a huge body, he did not know whether Yoriichi could handle it.

Just as he began to feel that things were getting worse, a man's voice came from the fog. "Sorry, sorry. I ran into a Gluttonous Behemoth on the way and got delayed for a bit. I'm not too late, am I?"

The massive figure in the fog revealed its true appearance.

It was a Silver Wolf as tall as a two-story building.

The Silver Wolf's cold pupils stared at Lu Su.

"Huh, did you take care of these Ghouls? Not bad, kid."

The man's voice suddenly sounded beside Lu Su, startling him.

Lu Su turned and saw a young man wearing a floral shirt, beach shorts, and flip-flops.

The young man called to the enormous Silver Wolf before him, "Alright, Howling Moon, stop scaring him."

The Silver Wolf obediently lowered its head and let out a contented purr beneath the man's hand.

"Let me introduce myself. Xiao Yifei, third-year student in the Card Making Department at Shanghai University."