The Heavenly Martial Empress Returns Chapter 278: The Effects Of Cards

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The tempest beast roared, releasing a powerful gust of tempestuous winds against Bing Xue!

BOOOM!

[LIFE POINTS: 50.000 -> 42.000]

“Once your life points end, you lose, you know?! So better start doing something, hahaha!”

Belphegor quickly pulled three more cards, which he placed around his beast without showing them; they were most likely either traps or beasts.

“Those are likely traps or beasts that’ll activate once you step on them or attack them…!” Belze said. “Bing Xue, what are you currently planning to do?”

“Hmmm…” Bing Xue remained in silence, reading each card’s description, down to every last detail. “Okay.”

She quickly began using one card after another.

“I summon the Serpentine White Dragon in Attack Position. I summon the Greenwood Forest Archer in Defensive Position. I summon the Aberrant Mutant of the Sewers in Defensive Position. I use the Unexpected Visitor Card. I use the Greedy Hand Card. And I equip the Life Draining Knife to my Greenwood Forest Archer.”

“What? She’s using all her cards?! Has she lost her mind?! HAAHAHAH!”

Belphegor laughed at Bing Xue, while the other demons laughed and mocked her.

And as three monsters appeared by her side, a giant white serpent, a majestic elf archer, and a monstrous slime-like sludge monster covered by trash, the other cards activated.

The elf archer gained a knife, and then, a door opened above everyone; someone knocked at the door.

Knock, knock!

“Please, come in!”

Bing Xue spoke as the door opened, and something emerged from it.

This was the effect of Unexpected Visitor.

Something appeared…

A random monster from her deck!

RUMBLE!

It emerged furiously and viciously, resembling a huge… blazing monster, a giant salamander!

“Oooh!?”

Belze was shocked; the salamander was actually a…

“That’s a [Volcanic Dragon]!?”

It wasn’t a salamander but a dragon!

RUMBLE!

The dragon fell into the battlefield, enormous in size, releasing flames and lava everywhere…

[Volcanic Dragon (Tier 5)]

[LIFE POINTS: 25.000]

[ATTACK POINTS: 15.000]

[SPECIAL EFFECT: VOLCANIC TERRAIN]

“A Tier 5 monster…?”

Belphegor was confused; how did Bing Xue even get the luck for that?

And in fact, he was wrong.

There wasn’t any luck involved.

“Have you never read your own cards, Belphegor? Unexpected Visitor increases the chances for stronger visitors the more monsters are in the field and the fewer cards there are at hand.”

“That’s… you’re not wrong… But this is…!”

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me that your memory is playing tricks on you. That is what this card says.”

“I know that, but… Whatever…”

Belphegor felt shocked; he had never imagined low-tier cards could have such effects if played correctly!

He had mostly created these cards to fill the decks and make players curse their bad luck; their conditions were stupid and unachievable the longer a game went too.

“I used Greedy Hand too, remember?”

Suddenly, a phantasmal, spectral hand materialized, grabbing one of the cards of Belphegor.

It was a Tier 3 Card that stole Tier 3 or below Cards, prioritizing Tier 3s above all else!

FLASH!

“Dammit!”

Belphegor cursed as he saw Bing Xue take one of his useful cards, resembling a bottle of potion.

[Healing Elixir: Tier 3]

“I place the Volcanic Dragon in Attack Position and attack from a long distance using Flame Breath!”

“ROOOOAAARRR!”

The Volcanic Dragon roared, blasting Belphegor’s beast into ashes.

BOOOM!

However, as the beast died, all three of the cards he placed in secret activated, as the demon smiled.

“HAHAHAHA! FOOL! DID YOU THINK I WOULD ALLOW YOU TO EASILY KILL HIM FROM A DISTANCE?!”

As he laughed while his Life Poins decreased by five thousand, the three cards were revealed.

A mirror with tentacles on it.

[Bouncing Psycho Mirror: Tier 4]

A mass of shadows shaped as a man.

[Slender Joe: Tier 4]

And lastly, a serpent with nine heads, hissing angrily.

[Undying Hydra: Tier 4]

“Bouncing Psycho Mirror has been activated! Take half of the damage back to you, bitch!”

The mirror shone brightly, firing a beam of fire towards Bing Xue.

BOOOM!

Her Life Points quickly decreased…

[LIFE POINTS: 42.000 -> 34.500]

“7500 damage? So it takes into consideration the entire attack’s damage, not what he took as damage or what his beast did… Huh, a tricky card.”

It also ignored defensive beasts, attacking her directly without them being able to protect her.

“SLENDER JOE! GO AND SLICE HER BEASTS!”

“Gyahahahah!”

The shadow-shaped man laughed, reaching Bing Xue’s beasts; the Volcanic Dragon roared furiously, attacking him.

Meanwhile, the elf archer and the sludge beast also attacked, firing long-ranged attacks!

Arrows fell, poisonous sludge balls, and fiery flames.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

“Uuuaaaggh!”

Slender Joe was unable to reach any foe before it was reduced to ashes.

However, from its death, a black fog appeared, wrapping around the Volcanic Dragon.

“That’s…! A curse!”

Belze gritted her teeth, realizing Belphegor had everything prepared.

“A curse?”

“Yeah, check your Volcanic Dragon; look!”

[Volcanic Dragon (Tier 5): Defense Position]

[LIFE POINTS: 20.000 (-5.000)]

[ATTACK POINTS: 10.000 (-5.000)]

[SPECIAL EFFECT: VOLCANIC TERRAIN]

[CURSE: SLENDER JOE’S LAST LAUGH: 3 TURNS]

“It’s weaker… What a nasty ability. And that hydra… did nothing?”

The hydra, which had been summoned, was only there, glaring around without doing much else.

“It’s a Hydra; they can take a lot of damage. Unless you deal full damage to its health and kill it in one blow, it can regenerate to full health after every turn.”

[Undying Hydra (Tier 4): Defense Position]

[LIFE POINTS: 20.000]

[ATTACK POINTS: 5.000]

[SPECIAL EFFECT: REGENERATION]

“So that’s why he weakened my dragon… Good play, Belphegor.”

“HAHAH! I AM THE KING OF THIS GAME! READY TO LOSE YET?”

“Not at all, but it’s your turn, so go ahead.”

“THANK YOU~!”

Belphegor readjusted his mask, taking out cards from his deck.

“I summon Radiant Golden Phoenix in Defense Position. I summon Thousand-Eyed Floating Meatball in Attack Position! And I place two more cards in the field. I end my turn.”

He didn’t even attack this time.

Just what could Belphegor be planning now?

Will Bing Xue be able to overcome this game and save Ra from his clutches?

Belze wasn’t sure…

And yet Bing Xue nodded, taking several cards from her deck, filling her hand with five new cards.

“Ohhh… I can work with this.”

Her eyes shone brightly.

What Belphegor didn’t know was that Bing Xue loved playing board games back in Murim to kill time inside her Inner Realm with various of her disciples.

For thousands of years.

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