Cataclysm King

Chapter 545: Poker Game: Flower Card Cheating
"All members suppress with firepower! Group A's vanguard team blocks the next wave of dragon breath, and we must preserve the fighting power of the God Hunter team."

"The acidic magic pattern resistance of the Vanguard A group's heavy armor shield has been corroded by 27%. Execute the order to change guards and equipment; Vanguard B group will take over."

"Be careful, the target has released a highly toxic field, the magic barrier is activated, and the pharmacy team is releasing toxin neutralizers."

"The Blade Armor Squad has suffered 13% casualties. The bait has been thrown out. Execute Plan C! The Magic Dragon Hunting Crossbow is ready to fire!"

"The sharp knife team is ready to attack, and the antimatter artillery is always ready"

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The command room has a communications center connected to hundreds of mechanical armors.

Various real-time combat commands were issued by the staff in the command room.

Catalina had discussed these tactics carefully with Ji Xun before.

Many of them were suggestions made by Ji Xun, so there was nothing unexpected.

Those who participated in the battle were all elite allied forces, and no one retreated even when facing an eighth-level dragonborn that they had never seen before.

The commands are almost 100% executed without any errors.

Although the battle was fierce, in Ji Xun's eyes, if the enemy did not have any unexpected means, the outcome would be doomed if the fight continued.

After all, the mechanical army can withstand the first and most fiercest attack, and what follows is a war of attrition.

Both the domain and dragon's breath are the "ultimate moves" of the Dragonborn card master after transformation.

The attack damage is high though.

But it also consumes a lot of mana.

It is true that the "Poison Scythe" Zuolas is at the eighth level, but not everyone possesses the magical secret of "Gluttony" like Ji Xun.

The spell power is limited.

Without being able to use dragon breath to break through the mechanical armor army's defensive formation, this ultimate move cannot be used continuously, and will become weaker and weaker as the fight continues.

Mechanical equipment can be replaced.

Just like the poison-resistant mechanical shields specially prepared for this ambush, each person was equipped with several of them.

If it is corroded, just replace it and you can continue playing.

Although mechanical armor may also have overload and energy problems, as long as the tactics are properly coordinated, it is entirely possible to utilize the intervals between shift changes and replace accessories to restore combat effectiveness.

This is the horror of the mechanical army.

These hundreds of mechanical armors are hundreds of individuals, but they are also a whole.

Once it fails to break the legion's battle formation, it will be unstoppable like a steel torrent.

In the sky, the strange reddish-brown dragon became more and more angry as it fought, but it could do nothing to the mechanical army.

"Poison Scythe" Zuolas had never fought such a frustrating battle before. It seemed that the methods used by those guys were all aimed at restraining him, and any method he used felt like hitting cotton and had no effect.

He couldn't understand it. He was clearly here to deal with the natives of the Eastern Wasteland, and he thought it would be a battle without any suspense.

How could it be like this?
He, the leader, couldn't figure it out, and the mercenaries of the Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Group were even more confused.

Facing the concentrated fire of countless magic artillery from the mechanical army, a seventh or eighth level card master can still rely on his strong strength to resist.

But those low-level card masters are complete sitting ducks.

In the face of the Alliance Army's terrifying firepower, the ancient magic equipment of the Southern Continent was as fragile as paper.

At this moment, the god of death seemed to appear in person on the battlefield. With the swing of an invisible black sickle, corpses fell like wheat being cut.

However, the core of the entire battlefield is to encircle and kill the eighth-level "Poison Scythe" Zolas.

In the huge camp, the green poisonous gas was so thick that it was completely impossible to see anything.

This is the poisonous realm of Zoras.

A normal human card master in this area would instantly turn into a pool of blood, not to mention being able to see anything.

The senses of mechanical armor, however, are completely unrestricted.

Although it cannot be seen, the target's location is clearly displayed on the mechanics' helmets.

Thermal imaging and life detection technology make the target's movements clear.

"whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

Hundreds of demon-destroying rune chains [Mechanical Dragon Hunting Spears] shot out from the steam-powered jet device that had been accumulating power for a long time.

Although steam machinery has a storage time, it does not have the obvious pre-swinging movement like humans, and the launch is quick and stealthy.

Although Zolas gained a powerful body after transforming into a dragon, his dodging ability was greatly limited.

Hundreds of steel cables accurately pierced the strange dragon in the sky with a wingspan of more than ten meters.

Although they heard the sounds of "clang", "clang", and "clang" and flashes of fire, everyone in the command post knew that they had failed to break through the defense.

But no one cared.

Because it has long been said in the "booklet" that a dragon-hunting spear of this level cannot hurt an eighth-level dragonborn.

The actual function of the steel cable is to tie things down!

The strange dragon was caught off guard and its huge body was trapped by the steel cable.

Although he used dragon breath spray to corrode and break several steel cables around his neck, at that moment, the second and third batches of steel cables attacked again.

After several rounds of steam boiler deflation sounds, the strange dragon in the sky had been tied up tightly by hundreds of mechanical steel cables, and the number was increasing.

Like a bird in an iron cage, unable to move forward or backward.

Although "Poison Scythe" Zolas was furious and kept spewing dragon breath and breaking the steel cables, this was the tactic of the Alliance Army.

It is to force him to use dragon breath continuously and consume his cursed energy.

When dealing with an eighth-level dragonborn, if you don’t have the ability to kill it quickly, you can only consume it.

Just like the prey caught in a hunter's trap, the best time to capture it is when the prey is exhausted.

After struggling for a long time, the strange dragon finally realized that it could not escape, and its body suddenly shrank and it returned to human form.

The steel cables rustled down, and Zolas released several spell cards into the camp.

However, before the poisonous tornado swept over, the mechanics who were well prepared had already raised their shields.

At the same time, countless magical cannons fired out.

Although the defense cannot be broken, the enemy will need to consume a huge amount of magical power to defend against such dense artillery fire.

And after changing back into human form, the thirty God Hunter armors also started close combat with tacit cooperation.

"Poison Scythe" Zolas is a magic card master, and his physical body is also a weakness.

Once those steel monsters get close to you, you will still be in a very bad state.

Although the God Hunter Armor could not break through his body protection field in a short time, this was a protracted battle.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"bang"

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In the huge camp, the battle between the two sides suddenly came to a stalemate.

Intense and tragic.

This time, the Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Group was ordered to encircle and suppress the natives of the Eastern Wilderness, and almost all of the several thousand people in the fortress were mobilized.

And they thought they could win easily, so their tactics were very aggressive.

When Captain Zuolas broke into the camp, thousands of people almost immediately plunged into the trap that the Allied Forces had set up long ago.

Faced with an almost endless outpouring of ammunition, the number of people is now just a measure of casualties.

In the huge camp, fighting was going on everywhere in every passage.

There were casualties on both sides.

But the mercenaries were just piles of flesh and blood, while the Allied forces mostly lost mechanical equipment.

In the command room, the top leaders of the Alliance Army looked at the battle situation projected on the display crystal, each with an extremely serious expression.

But there was an increasingly strong expectation in everyone's eyes.

This battle, from the beginning to now, was almost entirely within their expectations.

This battle is of great significance.

It not only gives confidence to all members of the Alliance Army and lets them know that machines can also kill top card masters, but more importantly, it will buy the Alliance Army a long period of stability in the future.

Most of the people who are opening up new areas now are mercenaries. If a large mercenary group like the "Dragon Wing Viper Mercenaries" suffers a setback, other mercenaries will definitely be cautious.

Even Duke Simon has to be cautious.

Now that the three kingdoms of the Southern Continent are at civil war and have no interest in coming to the Old Continent, the Duke Simon’s Mansion is already considered the top force among the pioneering nobles.

The Central Continent is very large, and everyone is fighting for wealth, so there is no need to fight to the death with the Alliance Army, which would give other hostile nobles the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

In the command room, Catalina's anxiety finally dissipated at this moment.

Looking at the data flashing on various instruments, a look of relief appeared in her eyes.

Although some costs were paid, this actual combat is of great significance for the future.

Just like "Dragon Power" can use instruments to evaluate the energy level, things like "domain" and "eighth-level law strength" can also be digitized.

A large amount of data was collected during this battle, which means that future mechanical equipment can be made based on this data to produce equipment of corresponding strength.

Even if there is no strong support like Ji Xun in the future, the alliance army will have the confidence to face the eighth level.

Thinking of this, Catalina glanced at the only guy in the entire command post who was still sitting leisurely on a chair.

Their eyes met and they smiled at each other.

Ji Xun said, "If we fight for a while longer, that guy will run away. I'm going to take action, and your secret weapons are also ready."

Catalina didn't say much, just nodded: "Yeah."

I didn’t know the combat capability of the eighth-level card master before, so all the tactical arrangements were deduced.

Now that they have witnessed the horror of the eighth level with their own eyes, everyone knows that the God Hunter Armor is still not capable of killing the "Poison Scythe" Zolas.

At least the enemy wanted to escape, and they had no means to stop them.

If Ji Xun wasn't there, Katarina might have planned to use the "secret weapon" to sneak attack. Although the chance of killing was not high, at least she could injure him. But if she did that, it would expose the weapon and fail to kill him, which would cause a lot of trouble in the future.

Fortunately, there are strong reinforcements.

Catalina looked at Ji Xun who stood up from the chair and instinctively reminded him, "Be careful."

Ji Xun shook his head and chuckled.

From the beginning to the end, the eighth level posed no threat to him.

However, seeing the concern in Catalina's crystal eyes, he responded, "Yeah."

As he said that, he took a step and walked into the space crack in front of him.

The generals and staff officers in the command room all twitched their eyes when they saw this method of walking in the void.

Ji Xun's strength can be seen in his every move.

Ji Xun left the command post and appeared in an inconspicuous corner of the camp.

The air was filled with thick yellow-green poison, but it had almost no effect on his current state.

The fighting on the battlefield was still very fierce.

Although "Poison Scythe" Zuolas knew that he was doomed this time, he was an eighth-level strongman after all, and he had to save his face.

There is absolutely no benefit in fighting with this group of tough guys, but if I just run away in disgrace, what will my teammates think?
And what does employer Simon Duke think?
Zuolas thought, since he had already figured out the limits of these mechanical armors, they couldn't kill him, so he might as well destroy more of them.

At least when the follow-up troops arrive to take stock of the battlefield, they will be able to see how fierce the battle was.

He could also say that these indigenous mechas were far beyond the intelligence, not that his strength was not good enough.

At the same time, it can also protect some of his trusted confidants to evacuate first.

In this way, the battle continued for a long time.

Ji Xun watched for a while, and the laws of war materialized in his eyes, and the deductions in his mind were almost completely played out before his eyes.

But he also didn't want to let the Dragon Wing Viper mercenaries escape.

Any mercenaries who appear in the camp will not be left alive.

Ji Xun didn't want to do it himself.

All he had to do was to keep the eighth-level "Poison Scythe" Zolas.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun turned his wrist and a card with a colorful clown printed on it appeared in his hand.

It was that cursed card——【Color JOKER】.

I got this relic of the Great Emperor when I killed the Holy Son of Heavenly Dragon, Cheresa, in the Dead Zone, but I never dared to take it out.

Later, when I came to the Old World, I took it out and studied it.

At that time, the Holy Son of Tianlong used actual actions to prove the incredible power of this card.

Ji Xun has now figured it out a bit.

Thinking of this, he looked at the "Poison Scythe" Zolas in battle and murmured softly: "Poker Game - Flower Card Fraud!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the colorful clown on the card seemed to come alive, and a creepy smile appeared on its funny red and white face.

In an instant, the rules were changed.

No one else noticed any changes, but Zuo Lasi, who was in a fierce battle, had a drastic change of expression, because he found that his perception was disturbed!
No matter what method he tried, he felt that he was trapped in a state of confusion and unable to correctly determine his direction.

It was as if I was trapped in an invisible barrier and no matter how hard I tried to escape, I couldn't get out.

From the perspective of others, this eighth-level mercenary leader looked like he had taken an overdose of hallucinogens and was running around anxiously.

Only Ji Xun knew clearly that it was because he used [Color JOKER] to change the rules of space, and the space in that guy's perception was disordered.

This is also one of the ways to use this Curse Card that he recently figured out.

It is necessary to use the laws that you understand to forcibly change the rules of the universe in certain areas.

Just like telling a story, your story must be based on sufficient cognition to be convincing.

The reason why the Holy Son Cheresa was so powerful when using this card was because the Dragon God Ariel was behind him.

Ji Xun currently has limited rules that he can use, but they are completely sufficient to deal with a card master of the same level.

He didn't make another move, but played with the two cards in his hand.

One [gray JOKER] and one [colorful JOKER].

One is for copying spells, and the other is for changing the rules.

I didn’t feel that way before.

Now that he has two trump cards in his hand, Ji Xun has a strange feeling in his heart.

It's as if these two Curse Cards are connected by a magical bond, and if used together, they will have some special effect.

But that feeling was like the hazy feeling when you first comprehend the law, seeming to be there and not there.

Ji Xun felt that it might be because his realm was not high enough.

Now whenever I have time, I take it out and play with it.

The spatial rule barrier released by the Curse God Card is of extremely high grade. Even if it is not one or two levels higher, it is impossible to find any flaws.

The "Poison Scythe" Zuolas had no idea what was happening and couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

He panicked because he couldn't understand.

The mechanics were not polite. After receiving Katarina's order, more than 20 hunter armors entered the final battle state.

The close combat was extremely fierce.

Originally, Zolas had a domain protecting his body, so even if he was carrying these hunting god armors, he could not die before his cursed power was completely consumed.

He can even use poison to corrode most of the Hunter God's armor.

However, as the fight was going on, suddenly a black beam of light shot out from the ground.

Originally, Zuo La Si thought it was just an ordinary magic artillery that could not be avoided, and he did not prepare to avoid it.

But the moment the black beam of light hit him, his expression changed drastically.

Because he found that the black beam of light actually annihilated his poisonous field and then rushed straight towards his body.

"Brush~"

Although the annihilation beam, which was as thick as a bucket, was consumed by the field along the way, it eventually became only as thick as a thumb.

But it was this beam of black light that pierced through Zuo Las' body.

The black light seemed to annihilate everything, not even the blood could flow out.

Zuo La Si's eyes were full of disbelief and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The defense was broken for the first time.

The hunter god armors did not miss this opportunity and swarmed forward.

In the distance, Ji Xun looked at the black light and muttered to himself: "A powerful killer weapon!"

Of course he knew this secret weapon.

This was the rare blueprint he had obtained in the other-dimensional space in "The Horror Worm Cave: Searching for the Evil Queen Malgit" - [Conceptual Drawing 1.0 of the Mechanical Angel Antimatter Destroying Device].

It has now been developed by the New World Science and Technology City in Donghuang.

Even though Ji Xun didn't understand the exact principle of the cannon, he had seen this dark energy before. It was on the corpse of the Weeping Angel and the remains of the Mechanical Angel.

He guessed that it might be the "unknown dark energy" that the "Lightless Sun" pointed to when it was cultivated to a high level.

This is a special thing that can annihilate all matter.

If it could really be used in the mechanical field, it would be a fatal threat to top card masters.

But it is still in the experimental stage.

Just after firing a shot, the Hunter God Armor responsible for the launch on the ground was destroyed.

Even the eighth level couldn't withstand the annihilation ray, and neither could the armor.

Fortunately, the effect met expectations.

"Poison Scythe" Zuolas was seriously injured and unable to escape. He was already at the end of his strength.

He was like prey trapped in a trap, being shot and consumed by hunters with weapons.

Soon, the battle was over.

The eighth-level Zuolas was killed, and the Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Group was almost wiped out.

The Alliance suffered heavy casualties as well. More than a dozen of the thirty God Hunter armors were severely damaged, and several were basically completely scrapped, so they could only be smelted for materials.

Other mechas and equipment also suffered considerable losses.

Fortunately, we won the battle and the casualties were not too heavy.

After the battle, Catalina and the top leaders of the Allied Forces did not dare to stay any longer.

The results of the battle here will be transmitted back to the fortress soon, and the enemy will definitely come to check it out.

The mechanics simply cleaned up the battlefield and left the underground river along the escape passage they had reserved.

The Allied forces also deliberately left traces of the battlefield.

Let everyone know that these "Eastern Wilderness natives" are capable of killing an eighth-level card master.

The tragic victory after a fierce battle also implies that the gap between the two sides is not big.

This will not attract stronger forces.

Of course, even if they were cleaning up the battlefield, no one would notice Ji Xun’s presence.

Zuolas can't escape, and the people in Duke Simon's Mansion will definitely think it is some kind of "black technology".

It is precisely because of the unknown that people are more fearful.

On the other hand, the news of the great victory spread quickly to all the allied forces.

The morale of the army was greatly boosted.

The news also spread among the aristocratic forces in the southern continent through various spy channels.

With this great victory, the Alliance Army took an important step towards becoming the top force in the Old Continent.

(End of this chapter)