Card creators could often deduce or sense the primary purpose of others’ new cards just by looking at their faces.
Sheng Hongying also nodded in agreent. "I think so too."
The other three naturally agreed with their speculation.
This continued until Mountain Ghost revealed the card’s na.
When Wen Jiang saw the na Lady ng Jiang, she emitted a soft, "Huh?"
Wasn’t there a historical prototype for Lady ng Jiang?
"Lady ng Jiang?" Perhaps because the na contained the character Jiang, Song Yi instantly looked at Wen Jiang. "Isn’t that the legendary story from Qin Shi Huang’s biographical records? The one where she wept down the Great Wall?"
And those biographical stories had been conceived by Wen Jiang and penned by Mount Flower.
The things Wen Jiang wrote had created an SSR Card for others?
This realization shocked Song Yi.
Could those legendary stories actually produce such high-ranking cards? Just how much wealth had Wen Jiang truly given to the public?
Instinctively, he considered what would happen if all these stories were controlled by the Nobility...
Even Sheng Hongying and the others cast subtle glances at Wen Jiang. They didn’t share Song Yi’s thoughts, but the creation of the Lady ng Jiang card, especially when pitted against Wen Jiang, carried a hint of irony. It was as if Wen Jiang herself had handed over the very blade now pointed at her.
Seeing the varied expressions on Mount Flower’s mbers, Mountain Ghost and their team guessed sothing was amiss. After all, everyone had previously speculated that Wen Jiang had a close relationship with the card’s creator. Given her rapid advancent, it was highly likely she *was* the creator. A thought seed to strike Duan Yuleng, and he chuckled. "It mustn’t feel good knowing sothing you created has beco a weapon in soone else’s hands, right?"
Tan Heming glanced at Duan Yuleng, his voice flat. "If she were worried about that, why do you think she released them in the first place?"
This implied she wasn’t afraid at all; she likely had far more at her disposal.
Duan Yuleng was left speechless by Tan Heming’s retort. Since Tan Heming’s return, he hadn’t been overtly confrontational, yet his every word seed to land like a subtle, sharp barb. Given that Tan Heming was a team-leader-level figure whose strength had now recovered, Duan Yuleng didn’t dare openly antagonize him and chose to remain silent.
Of course, Wen Jiang wasn’t afraid. Her eyes even lit up, and she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Mountain Ghost is really a good guild."
Her teammates exchanged bewildered glances. Were you just triggered by Lady ng Jiang?
Wen Jiang hadn’t expected Mountain Ghost to give her such a huge surprise.
She had thought about creating historical figure cards before, but because historical figures also existed in this world and the world’s will wouldn’t recognize them as card material, she had eventually given up.
She had always centered her work on myths and legends—a realm of utmost importance, as it pertained to the five-thousand-year spiritual lineage of Yunxia. However, the existence of the Lady ng Jiang card dispelled one of Wen Jiang’s uncertainties.
Lady ng Jiang did have a historical prototype, with origins tracing back to the Spring and Autumn period; naturally, her na wasn’t originally Lady ng Jiang. Through generations of oral traditions and written records by the Yunxia People, these accounts eventually evolved into the famous story of Lady ng Jiang weeping down the Great Wall. This story inherently possessed a strong fantastical elent—after all, what mortal could make a great wall crumble with re tears?
Mountain Ghost creating this card now was indeed a huge, pleasant surprise for Wen Jiang.
It didn’t matter if she had a historical prototype. As long as it was touched by fantasy, it had the potential to beco a card!
Although many historical figures in existing stories had fantastical elents, their historical presence was too concrete. Figures like Qin Shi Huang, for example, were too tangibly real and thus ill-suited for direct fantastical embellishnt into cards of this nature.
The fact that Lady ng Jiang could beco an SSR Card further underscored one point: fa.
In Yunxia, the legend of Lady ng Jiang was universally known, enjoying imnse fa. The Bull Demon King from *Journey to the West*, a story Wen Jiang had adapted, might be widely recognized due to such tales’ popularity. However, figures like him weren’t as narratively central as Lady ng Jiang was to her own legend. Lady ng Jiang was the undisputed protagonist of her story, while Brother Monkey was the protagonist of *Journey to the West*.
Lady ng Jiang might not possess the sa power level as Sun Wukong, but her existence provided Wen Jiang with an unparalleled source of inspiration at this stage.
If Lady ng Jiang could be created, then the Four Great Beauties, who all have fantastical elents, could possibly be created too, right? – Those whose beauty made fish sink and birds fall, shad flowers, and eclipsed the moon.
Chang’e and Hou Yi also possessed considerable fa. Wen Jiang could have made them into SSR-strength cards, but at the ti, her own power level was insufficient, and the design’s complexity had to et specific requirents.
Now that she was S Rank, if figures of such legendary beauty—those said to make fish sink and birds fall—could be made into cards, then many other similar characters could potentially be created in new forms.
Thinking of this, Wen Jiang was overjoyed. Even before the training match began, she announced, "I have so ideas for new cards!"
Her teammates were incredulous. What? Are SSR Cards as common as cabbages by the roadside? Even if your mind is brimming with creativity, how could it be so easy to create them?
Of course, no one had the chance to ask right now, because the match was about to start.
Beyond those two new cards, Mountain Ghost had three familiar old cards: one offensive and two Control Cards.
Sheng Hongying raised an eyebrow. "Four protect one?"
If both new cards were either support or control, they would indeed be in a four-protect-one formation. It seed Mountain Ghost intended this match to be a defining battle for their new player, Ming Fuzhi, a chance to establish his reputation.
As the match started, Wen Jiang did not make a move right away. She did summon the Lotus Flower, but only to apply a status effect, imposing a one-second hard control on a single enemy card. Yes, hard control for one second, and only on a single card—still, it was better than nothing.
However, she first controlled the opponent’s offensive card, allowing Sheng Hongying to place a marker on it. Then, she stopped moving.
It wasn’t that she was completely still; rather, she paid no mind to the new The God of Control Cards card, focusing instead on the Lady ng Jiang card.
At that mont, Du Zhaiyue had unfurled the Map of Mountains and Rivers. The grand and magnificent scroll instantly spread across the sky. Once the card activated its ability, it fully deployed, and the Map of Mountains and Rivers quickly applied a supportive effect to all cards within its range. As long as they remained within its scope, allied cards would receive an offensive boost, and the opponent’s cards would have their defense lowered.
The Map of Mountains and Rivers was so vast that, within the confines of the arena, it was effectively unblockable and impossible to avoid.
Mountain Ghost naturally wouldn’t waste ti trying to evade the Map of Mountains and Rivers’ range. Their control-focused player and Sheng Hongying made their moves almost simultaneously. The Mountain Ghost player directly unleashed the ability of The God of Control Cards.
SNAP.
A card radiating a pale golden light appeared on each of Mount Flower’s five colossal Card Spirits, adhering firmly to their surfaces.
Sheng Hongying frowned slightly. However, as battlefield veterans, they quickly deduced that an unavoidable, instantly deployed area-of-effect attack card must have so drawback; its initial power probably wasn’t very high.
anwhile, she also tagged the opposing Lady ng Jiang with her Cloud River of Stars marker. She targeted Lady ng Jiang because destroying a Card Spirit would take too long; their imdiate goal was to force Lady ng Jiang to use her abilities and reveal them.
After all, while the effects of known cards could be anticipated and countered, new cards were truly unpredictable.
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