Above the sea of clouds.
A black tower stood motionless, occasionally releasing invisible pulses.
The monsters struck by those pulses burst like smashed watermelons with a pop and fell toward the ground, leaving behind only drifting clouds of blood mist.
No monster could get close to the tower.
Xu Xingke stood at its tip, lowering the card in his hand, his expression cold.
-The communication had ended.
The conversation just now had actually been crucial, even determining the course of the world.
Others did not understand the situation, but he knew-
Those two powerful beings of the "Five Desires" had to be beside Shen Ye, and they were certainly watching how everything unfolded.
If he showed even the slightest weakness, they might switch sides.
Even though they had signed a Contract-
A Contract could still be broken if one paid a certain price.
The Time Law...
Despite what he had said just now, it really was difficult to counter.
The enemy had unlimited chances to start over.
In other words, they could die an infinite number of times, while everything would be over if they won just once.
How could they fight that?
"A pity... our world has already been destroyed."
"And the deck is incomplete, too."
Xu Xingke reached out and pressed against the void.
A card album appeared before him.
The album opened on its own.
Many of its pages were already tattered beyond repair.
Of the hundreds of pages, only a dozen or so remained intact, holding cards that radiated pulses of power.
Xu Xingke's gaze dimmed slightly as he reached out and turned the pages.
A long while passed.
He drew out a card.
It depicted a grand banquet.
Generals and noncommissioned officers in military uniform gathered together, clinking glasses, chasing one another playfully, singing and