Facing this opponent, the Fist Fighter was surprisingly steady, focusing mainly on defense and evasion, which was completely contrary to Chen Xiao Diao's usual passionate fighting style.
The Fist Fighter also had his own grievances; it wasn't that he didn't want to attack, but the pressure from facing a ferocious person like Wu Song was immense!
Once he attacked, he would easily expose flaws, and if caught, it would be death!
As the saying goes, "A missed Rising Dragon has severe consequences." The Fist Fighter's combat instincts told him he could only play defensively for now.
Since a frontal breakthrough was impossible, Wu Song decided to change his tactics.
Wu Song feigned an opening, making two phantom punches in front of the Fist Fighter before turning and walking away.
The Fist Fighter was stunned, while Chen Xiao Diao excitedly shouted, "He's scared! Charge! Knock him dead!"
Although the Fist Fighter instinctively felt something was wrong, he couldn't disobey the Card Master's orders. He lunged forward, throwing out a jab.
As if Wu Song had eyes in the back of his head, he had already moved in an arc, creating distance.
Then, with a back-swing kick thrown without looking back, he struck the Fist Fighter's abdomen before the jab landed, causing the Fist Fighter to gasp.
Wu Song spun back around, channeling power from his spine, the air exploding, and delivered a whip kick!
These two consecutive kicks were the combat skill Mandarin Duck Kick!
The Fist Fighter knew this kick was powerful and had to be blocked.
He gritted his teeth and braced himself, shrugging his shoulders and raising his elbow to withstand the heavy kick, but his body already swayed slightly, his footing becoming unstable.
Wu Song pressed his advantage, his right hand thrusting forward. The Fist Fighter triggered Muscle Memory, quickly bringing his hands up to protect his head and resuming his guard.
Unexpectedly, Wu Song's eyes turned blood red, revealing a Crimson Vein Gaze as his killing intent instantly erupted!
It was Wu Song's Human Tai Sui trait!
The Fist Fighter's spirit was immediately impacted by the killing intent. He felt as if the ferocious man before him was a man-eating tiger, and his movements momentarily froze.
In a battle between masters, a moment was all it took.
Wu Song's outstretched hand slipped through the Fist Fighter's not-yet-fully-closed arms, directly gripping his neck and lifting him with one hand.
Chen Xiao Diao was shocked; this was a muscular man nearly 1.9 meters tall! He just lifted him like that!
Wu Song's iron-like grip on the Fist Fighter's neck caused veins to bulge, his blood essence blocked, and he was on the verge of suffocating.
Yet, he still gritted his teeth, his face flushed red, desperately trying to widen his traps to create more space under Wu Song's chokehold.
Wu Song no longer struggled with the grip on the neck but instead slammed the Fist Fighter heavily downwards.
With the Fist Fighter's weight of over 100 kilograms accelerating, he was smashed onto the ground. Without even needing a follow-up punch, he completely lost his combat ability and retreated into Chen Xiao Diao's card as a wisp of spiritual light.
Victory! Wu Song only fought tough opponents in his life!
It was a satisfying and exhilarating victory that left Wu Song feeling exhilarated and Lin Chen thoroughly entertained.
Furthermore, Wu Song displayed extremely high combat intelligence!
After calculating that a direct confrontation wouldn't lead to a quick win, he swiftly used Jade Ring Steps and Mandarin Duck Kick to create a slight opening, then precisely timed the release of his killing intent to gain a sliver of space for a decisive blow, ultimately defeating his opponent.
In contrast, Chen Xiao Diao's commands were quite poor; she only knew how to charge headlong, the kind of reckless Card Master who would be easily killed by a feigned retreat and a surprise counter-attack on the battlefield.
Wu Song, radiating killing intent, approached Chen Xiao Diao, his nearly two-meter height towering over her short stature of just over 1.5 meters.
Chen Xiao Diao cowered in despair, her Ghost Card's Card Spirit was too powerful, was she going to die?
"Alright, stop scaring her."
Lin Chen spoke, and Wu Song retracted his killing intent, stepping aside.
"Miss Chen, can you listen to my explanation now? I'm not a Ghost Card Master."
"Ah?"
Chen Xiao Diao seemed stunned and hadn't reacted yet.
"For the specific details, you can have my neighbors, the parties involved, testify."
Uncle Qin and the other neighbors who had sobered up were called over, trembling, to testify. It was Uncle Qin who had called the police – there had been an Anomalous Invasion incident in Xin'an Residential Area.
Chen Xiao Diao, on the other hand, was the official patrol officer responsible for the security of this neighborhood.
When she arrived, Lin Chen had already dealt with the rotten fish corpse, and all she saw was Wu Song, radiating dense killing intent.
Chen Xiao Diao naturally assumed Wu Song was the anomaly.
Driven by her passion and a desire to protect the people, Chen Xiao Diao didn't think further and directly attacked, leading to this misunderstanding.
However, it was fortunate that Wu Song had physically persuaded her.
Chen Xiao Diao sheepishly apologized to Lin Chen for arriving late, mistaking him, and for "beating up" a vigilant citizen who was acting heroically.
The key point was that she, an official patrol officer, couldn't even defeat a concerned citizen, which was a disgrace to the Card Association Security Bureau.
It wasn't entirely Chen Xiao Diao's fault; it wasn't that she wasn't strong enough, but Lin Chen's cards were simply too overpowered, and their spiritual essence was very high. Without Lin Chen's orders, they toyed with the Fist Fighter as if he were in their palms.
Chen Xiao Diao politely raised her question: "Lin Chen, why does your Fighter card have a strange aura, full of killing intent? No wonder I made a mistake."
Lin Chen calmly explained, "Because when the card was made, a material from an eerie object was added, which caused it to carry some killing intent. My apologies~"
"An eerie object?! Card making?" Chen Xiao Diao thought she had misheard.
"You actually made a card from an eerie object?! And you succeeded?! And the negative attributes only brought a bit of malevolent energy?!"
Chen Xiao Diao looked at Lin Chen with disbelief, circling him from a distance, looking him up and down.
"Miss Chen, do you have any questions?"
"I just wanted to see if you were missing any limbs. Cards made from eerie objects might require the card owner to sacrifice an arm, a leg, their liver, lungs, or something."
Lin Chen helplessly displayed the card information for [Qinghe County Exile Fighter · Wu Song].
Only then did Chen Xiao Diao accept the reality.
But then she suddenly realized, this Card Master in front of her was actually an unknown card-making genius!
She no longer cared about saving face and pounced like a puppy, rushing towards Lin Chen.
Lin Chen was startled by the boisterous Chen Xiao Diao. "What are you doing?! Miss Chen."
"Don't call me Miss Chen, Brother Chen! You're my brother from now on! Just call me Xiao Diao~"
This Chen Xiao Diao was too forward!
But Lin Chen knew that Chen Xiao Diao's behavior must mean she needed something.
"Go ahead, is there something you need help with?"
"Hehehe~" Chen Xiao Diao smiled sheepishly.
"Brother Chen, I want to ask you to help me make a ghost card!"
The author, along with Chen Xiao Diao, is here to ask for votes and continued reading!
A wave of new book traffic is coming soon. If the continued reading data is poor, the subsequent traffic will be very low!
Chen Xiao Diao hugged the readers' legs and smiled shyly, "Reader brother, I want to ask you to give me a monthly ticket!"
Chapter 15: Card Making is Actually This Profitable?!
"Ghost card? Are you crazy?"
Lin Chen was shocked by Chen Xiao Diao's audacious request. So he wasn't the only outlaw; there was someone else!
"Pah, pah, pah, I didn't explain clearly. Not a ghost card, but a card like your [Wu Song] that can incorporate eerie object materials but has very low negative effects."
Chen Xiao Diao began to explain her needs.
It turned out Chen Xiao Diao had previously participated in an instance, luckily survived, and obtained a green-grade eerie object material.
She wanted to use this green-grade material to advance her Fist Fighter, but making cards from eerie objects was very risky, and card makers could easily suffer sanity contamination during the process.
Even if the card was successfully made, the negative attributes of the card would be significant.
Unless many positive attributes could be added to forcibly neutralize the [Eerie] attribute.
But this would require very high-quality materials, which Chen Xiao Diao couldn't afford.
Chen Xiao Diao had also asked her colleagues in the Card Making Group of the Security Bureau. When they heard she wanted to make a card from an eerie object, they all refused because it was a thankless task.
Furthermore, the market value of cards made from eerie object materials was very low, often selling for only half the price of normal cards. Even if she cashed them out, it would be a huge loss for Chen Xiao Diao.
Chen Xiao Diao had been troubled by this for a long time.
Card Masters had to constantly improve their strength to survive future anomalous instances.
Having a green-grade material but being unable to monetize it made Chen Xiao Diao feel worse than having nothing.
But meeting Lin Chen meant there was a turning point for this matter!
She had come to the right place! Chen Xiao Diao would absolutely not let go of Lin Chen's support.
Lin Chen tentatively asked, "Making cards involving eerie objects, doesn't that require reporting?"
Chen Xiao Diao said, "I'll handle the reporting. There are more lenient restrictions for official Card Masters of the Security Bureau, as long as the [Eerie] element doesn't exceed the limit.
The official ban is mainly aimed at those rogue Card Masters doing reckless research in the private sector. Some of these Card Masters even delve into forbidden knowledge to increase their card-making success rate!"
Lin Chen's expression turned awkward. This was describing his past self.
Seeing the young girl's determination to rely on him, Lin Chen sighed and agreed.
"However, the fee for making this card…"
Lin Chen wasn't doing charity; he was also short on money and needed to earn a good sum!
"I understand! 150,000! Is that okay?"
Chen Xiao Diao very understandingly quoted a price.
150,000!
For a pauper like Lin Chen, this was a colossal sum.
Lin Chen had previously spent 35,000 on a white card [Fighter] and was currently penniless.
With this 150,000, he could buy materials, and coupled with the green-grade [Night Fishing Anomaly · Rotten Fish Corpse] he had just obtained;
If the materials were suitable, Lin Chen could even make a blue card for himself!
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