The Joker Returns

Old Man Xu appeared at the doorway of that house.

If one had to name the highest-ranked being in the Card Master Plane today, almost everyone would acknowledge High Dragon God Malodis.

But when it came to the most mysterious and unfathomable methods, Ji Xun would definitely choose Old Man Xu of the Ten of Clubs—Hermit Sequence.

Almost no one had ever seen him make a move.

Yet the truth was that Lanlingster had mentioned this old man's strength in the final words he left on the Forbidden Ruin Stone Tablet.

This man was one of the founders of the Illuminated Hermitage, a group that secretly altered the historical trajectory.

One had to understand that the course of civilization itself was part of the laws of Cosmic Operation.

Nearly every Card Master's ascension ritual followed this historical trajectory.

For example, to condense a War godhood, one had to glimpse the mysteries of War Law in a war capable of changing the course of civilization.

Yet Old Man Xu could alter the historical trajectory.

That was an act of defiance against the rules of the universe.

The karmic consequences were not something ordinary people could endure.

His strength was evident from that alone.

Ji Xun believed that Old Man Xu's current strength surpassed even Dragon God Malodis.

At that moment, the gap-toothed old man stood in the street, his aged eyes fixed on the Golden Patterned Youth before him without the slightest ripple.

The Golden Patterned Youth's expression grew slightly solemn upon seeing Old Man Xu appear so suddenly.

Yet there was not much surprise in his eyes. His expression seemed to mock: No longer hiding?!

He naturally knew that his repeated use of the Book of Dimensional Descent had exposed his trail.

However,

since the other party had come looking