The Card Cultivation System
CCS-163

WHISK!!

SLASHY!

Xika threw a piece of cards and split the two several approaching snakes. But it's not enough. When he killed five, ten snakes came. When he killed ten, twenty serpents came. And it continued like that until Xika started to be surrounded.

But these snakes were only at the Red 1 stage which was comparable to a Qi 3 Forming stage cultivator. Although Xika was only in the Forming Qi 2, but he had four dantians. Moreover, two of his four dantians had reached Qi Forming 3 so he could be considered half a step towards Forming Qi 3.

After all, these snakes were weaker than Xika had expected. But he did not relax his vigilance.

A SHOCK!

WHUSHES!

Xika fights with a stick in the right hand and a card in the left hand. Sometimes he threw his cards to attack snakes that were a little far away. He did not use his qi at all because he knew what he was fighting was only the weakest snake.

The terrible part still hasn't arrived, or at least come to fight. So Xika had to save her qi as much as possible to deal with the more powerful snakes.

He turned his head and found Heiliao doing the same with him. Basically Heiliao is a Spirit Beast so his body is stronger than Xika and he is able to kill more than Xika just armed with his physical body.

But what about Huo Bing? The bird has no physical body. If he spent his qi for a keroco like this there he would not be able to fight against the leader of this attack.

"Huo Bing! Don't fight. You just stay by the side and watch the situation!"

"Heh. You're asking me to sit idly by while you fight risking your lives? No, thank you."

"You don't have a physical body. Save your energy to fight off stronger snakes. Just observe the battle for a while."

Huo Bing thought for a while before following Xika's advice. He gave no more attacks and just flew to and fro observing the situation.

But the current state of affairs could not be called a battle. This was not a situation where two armies fought each other, but rather a large force against two beings.

Right, two creatures. Only Xika and Heiliao fought. The citizens who previously said they could fight are now sitting limp on the ground with trembling bodies.

Only Zheng Wei was still standing, but it made no difference. His hand shook violently and soon his weapon would slip out of its grip. The other citizens had even removed their weapons and were just staring blankly at the battle that was happening in plain sight.

Xika and Heiliao were not aware of that because they were busy fighting, but Huo Bing who was flying in the sky could clearly see the state of the citizens who were being struck by fear.

The bird swore loudly. He would at least take care of things like this. If he could, he would be better off swapping positions with Xika or Heiliao, but unfortunately he did not have a physical body. So it is he who must awaken the citizens.

Sreth!

Sreth!

Whush!

Several snakes made it past Xika and Heiliao and headed towards the citizens. Huo Bing came down and absorbed their souls alive giving the serpents a very painful agony. But he doesn't care. There was something more important that he had to take care of.

Huo Bing opened his beak wide and then pulled out an ear-piercing screech to resuscitate the citizens. And he managed to resuscitate the citizens.

But they can't make them fight. Zheng Wei and the rest of the citizens were indeed aware of their dark memories, but it did not seem to have much effect.

When they opened their eyes, the citizens did not see Huo Bing, Xika's friend, but a large bird that was about to eat them.

"Ciii......"

"La-ran....!"

"Don't eat me! I-I'm not good...!"

And other reactions that were not much different were received by Huo Bing after resuscitating them. The bird raised its eyebrows confused as well as annoyed. Then he grabbed the collar of one of the residents with his feet, then slapped the man's face with the other leg.

"Oi."

Plaque!

"Conscious."

Plaque!

"Stupid man."

Plaque!

"Wake up damn it!"

Plaque!

But instead of making Huo Bing aware, it made the citizens even more afraid of him. Some kneeled in begging for mercy, some had already fled.

"Ck, shit!"

Huo Bing flew up and caught some of the fleeing citizens. He threw them and made a circle. He wanted to speak well to them but the residents were lying down to beg for mercy without listening to a word.

WHUSHES!

"Conscious! You must fight! Look at them," Huo Bing pointed at Xika and Heiliao, "You should be ashamed when a child who is even less than half your age fighting is risking your life, you are silent without doing anything!"

The citizens followed Huo Bing's wings. They saw Xika slashing five snakes at once then seven other snakes came attacking him. Then their gazes turned to Heiliao. The black wolf slashed seven snakes with its claws while its snout bit three snakes.

"H-hiiyy......."

"They even fought each other...."

"There's no hope...it's done......"

"Argh! You moron! Are you guys blind? The wolf is fighting to protect you! Put your eyes on me, damn it!" Huo Bing cursed so badly.

Xika and Heiliao might have killed a thousand snakes combined, but their numbers were unseen reduced. In fact, the two had met several times the snakes in the Red 2 stage which was equivalent to a Qi 5 Forming cultivator.

Not expecting a stronger snake, Xika was bitten several times by her neck. Heiliao's condition was better as he managed to avoid the surprise attack. But the appearance of a stronger snake is not a good sign.

Xika is immune to poison so that snake venom can not hurt him, but blood begins to drip from the snake bite marks. The bite marks managed to disturb his head so that he could not turn his head and dodge in time from the incoming attack.

Currently five snakes in the Red 1 stage wrapped around her legs while three in the Red 2 stage attempted to stick their fangs on Xika's body.

Suddenly the snakes that wrapped around Xika's feet burned to death by the fire that appeared at Xika's feet. He moved his legs several times.

"This is better."

But the snakes did not give him the opportunity to stop for a moment. More snakes were trying to wrap around Xika's legs and Xika was already not thinking about their cultivation level. Indeed, he could not kill a snake at the Red 2 stage with a single hit, but then all he had to do was hit more.

Whush!

Maidservant!

A slash!

Tang!

The final sound was caused by the snakes trying to cling to Xika's feet. Fortunately, the Nexus is hard enough to protect it. But he was helpless with the snakes wrapped around his feet to make his movements difficult.

"Basic fucking snakes!"

After screaming out of anger, Xika's legs burned again along with the snakes wrapped around her. It seemed that at this stage it was no longer possible to not use qi at all. After all, he still had the Heiliao pills in a desperate state.

NAH!

Xika stomped the Space Shifter to the ground then the snakes within a hundred meter radius were trapped by the suddenly rising ground. But Xika is not finished. The ground that trapped the snakes was changed to be replaced by a burning fire.

Thanks to the attack, there was no snake within a hundred meters of Xika and gave her a chance to rest for a while. He turned his head and found that Heiliao also had to use her qinya even though it was less than Xika.

Some of Heiliao's unavoidable attacks halau with his spatial element. The mouths of some snakes move and appear behind their own bodies so as a result they bite their own bodies.

But the snakes that were around Heiliao had a different aura. They are stronger. Guess their Xika was at the Red 3 stage which was equivalent to a Qi 7 Forming cultivator.

Shuts!

But a hundred meters was not a long distance, so Xika did not have much time to watch Heiliao. He was busy with the returning snakes. This time he encountered some who had the aura of Red 3.

Xika clicked her tongue. He swung the Space Shifter about to attack the incoming snakes, but from the left side some poisonous balls floated towards his head.

Whush!

Xika jumped dodging those poisonous balls. He managed to avoid it, but now his position becomes less profitable. It twirled the burning Space Shifter to create distance. Some Red 1 snakes died because they could not avoid the attack, but the snakes in the Red 2 or Red 3 stage did not get significant damage.

Before the snakes got close again, Xika threw some cards into the air to form a spinning wheel. The card wheel was surrounded by a sharp wind that sent several snakes crashing down. Xika directs the card wheel to take care of the snakes in the Red 1 stage.

While those in the Red 2 and 3 stages he faced himself.

The snakes began to realize Xika's power so that they did not blindly like before. Snakes in the Red 3 stage attack up close while the Red 2 ones shoot poison.

Although it had no problem with the poison, but the snake attacks contained explosive power which was quite dangerous when exposed from up close.

Meanwhile Huo Bing no longer had the patience to resuscitate the citizens. He no longer knows what to do. If he pressed them with his aura, they would be even more afraid. If he spoke well, they thought it was a ruse and were even more afraid.

"Ahhh, dammit! Xika, change places!" Huo Bing flapped her wings and flew over to Xika.

"Huo Bing, wait a minute!"

When Huo Bing was already near Xika, a snake advanced towards Fu Shang about to take the man's life.

WHUSHES!

A SHOCK!

JLB!