Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1794 - 544 Poker Round·Flower Card Bluffing_3

Chapter 1794: Chapter 544 Poker Round·Flower Card Bluffing_3

Just like that, the battle continued without pause for an extended time.

Leonard Churchill watched for a while, the Law of War manifesting visually before him, as his mental simulations unfolded almost entirely in real-time.

However, he had no intention of letting the Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Corps escape.

Any mercenary present within the camp was destined not to leave alive.

Leonard didn’t plan to personally intervene either.

All he needed to do was hold onto "Poison Scythe" Zorass, the Eighth Rank card master.

With that thought, Leonard flicked his wrist, and a card depicting a colorful clown appeared in his hand.

It was none other than the Curse God Card—[Colorful JOKER].

He had acquired this Emperor’s Relic after killing the Heavenly Dragon Saint Chireesa in the Death Domain but had refrained from using it until now.

It wasn’t until coming to the Old Continent that he finally took it out to study.

Back then, Chireesa had demonstrated the card’s reality-defying abilities through his actions.

Leonard had since managed to unravel some of its secrets.

With that thought, he eyed "Poison Scythe" Zorass amidst the chaotic battle and lightly murmured: "Poker Round·Flower Card Bluff!"

The moment the words left his lips, the colorful clown on the card seemed to come alive, its grotesque red-and-white face breaking into a chillingly sinister grin.

In an instant, the rules of reality shifted.

No one else noticed any changes, but the fighting Zorass instantly paled, for he realized his senses were being scrambled!

No matter what he tried, he felt trapped in an indescribable state of positional disorientation.

It was as though he had been enclosed in an invisible barrier, unable to find a way out no matter how desperately he tried.

From others’ perspectives, the Eighth Rank mercenary corps leader looked like someone overdosing on hallucinogens, darting around in frantic chaos.

Only Leonard understood; he had used [Colorful JOKER] to alter the spatial laws, inducing disarray in Zorass’s spatial perception.

This was one of the methods Leonard had recently mastered for handling this Curse God Card.

It involved forcefully altering the cosmic rules within specific areas using his comprehension of fundamental laws.

It was akin to storytelling—your narrative must be cemented in sound logic for others to believe it.

Back then, the Heavenly Dragon Saint Chireesa had wielded this card to devastating effect because he had the backing of Dragon God Airel.

Though Leonard’s ability to impose laws remained limited for now, it was more than sufficient to cripple a Same Tier card master.

He didn’t attack further but instead toyed with the two cards in his possession.

One was [Grey JOKER], and the other was [Colorful JOKER].

One enabled spell duplication; the other changed rules.

Previously, he hadn’t thought much of them.

But now, with both trump cards in hand, Leonard couldn’t ignore the strange sensation building within him.

It was as if there was a mysterious synergy linking the two Curse God Cards, promising some unique utility when used in tandem.

Yet that feeling manifested as an indistinct fog, akin to the early stages of comprehending a law—vague and elusive.

Leonard figured it might be tied to his insufficient realm.

Whenever idle, he’d pull them out and casually study them.

...

The space barrier created through the Curse God Card encompassed spatial rules of exceptionally high tier; even those lacking by one or two Big Ranks wouldn’t notice any flaws.

Zorass couldn’t fathom what was happening and found himself increasingly unable to escape.

It was precisely because he couldn’t understand that panic set in.

The mechanics were anything but merciful; following Catherine Carter’s orders, over twenty Hunting God Armors simultaneously entered their final assault mode.

The close-range melee combat grew ferociously intense.

Initially, Zorass’s Domain offered him protection, ensuring his survival against the onslaught from the Hunting God Armors as long as his Curse Power wasn’t entirely depleted.

In fact, he could even corrode a majority of the Hunting God Armors using toxic spells.

However, amidst the chaos, a black light beam suddenly erupted from the ground.

At first, Zorass assumed it was just an ordinary Magic Energy Cannon. Unable to evade, he didn’t bother trying.

Yet the moment the black beam struck, his face drastically changed.

He realized, to his horror, that the black beam had annihilated his Highly Poisonous Domain and was now barreling straight toward him.

"Whoosh~"

The black light beam, initially the size of a barrel, was whittled down to the thickness of a thumb as it consumed energy from the domain along its path.

But even in its diminished state, the remaining streak of black light pierced Zorass’s body.

It was as though the beam annihilated everything, leaving no blood to spill.

Zorass’s eyes filled with disbelief as he coughed up blood.

For the first time, his defenses were breached.

The Hunting God Armors seized the moment and swarmed him.

...

From afar, Leonard watched the streak of black light, murmuring under his breath: "A true killing tool..."

He recognized the secret weapon immediately.

It came from the rare blueprint he had acquired in the Alternate Dimension during "Horror Insect Cave·Seeking Evil Omen Mother Insect Margit"—[Mechanical Angel Anti-Matter God Destruction Device Concept Diagram 1.0].

The design had since been developed by the New World Technology City in the Eastern Wilderness.

Even Leonard himself hadn’t fully grasped the workings of the cannon but had seen the strange dark energy before—whether on the corpse of the Weeping Angel or used by the Mechanical Angel’s remains.

He speculated it might be tied to the "Unknown Dark Energy" derived from advanced "Day Without Light" cultivation.

It was a substance capable of annihilating all matter in its path.

If successfully integrated into mechanical systems, it could pose a deadly threat even to Top-level Card Masters.

Currently, however, it remained in the experimental stage.

The launcher responsible for firing it had already been destroyed, alongside the Hunting God Armor stationed on the ground.

The annihilation beam was too potent; neither the Eighth Rank nor the armor could withstand it.

Thankfully, its impact had met expectations.

"Poison Scythe" Zorass was left critically wounded, unable to escape, rendered in a state of utter exhaustion.

He resembled prey trapped in a hunter’s snare, repeatedly struck by weapons until expiring.

Before long, the battle concluded.

The Eighth Rank Zorass was slain, and the Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Corps was practically wiped out.

The Alliance Army suffered heavy losses as well, with thirty Hunting God Armors significantly damaged—more than a dozen beyond repair and best suited for material recycling.

Additional mechas and equipment also sustained substantial damage.

Nonetheless, the battle had been won, and personnel casualties were relatively minimal.

...

With the battle over, Catherine Carter and the Alliance Army’s higher-ups wasted no time lingering at the site.

The aftermath of this battle would soon reach the fortress, drawing enemy reconnaissance teams.

The mechanics hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and retreated through pre-established underground escape routes within the Dark River.

The Allied Forces deliberately left clear signs of battle at the site.

They wanted everyone to know that these "Eastern Wasteland Natives" had the capability to eliminate Eighth Rank card masters.

The bitter victory delivered a message: the gap between the factions wasn’t insurmountable.

Such a display would discourage higher-tier forces from intervening.

Of course, even with the battlefield being combed over, no one discovered Leonard Churchill’s involvement.

With Zorass unable to escape, Duke Simon’s faction would naturally assume it was some form of "black technology."

The air of mystery heightened the fear of challenging them.

Meanwhile, the victorious news swiftly spread across the various Alliance Army outposts.

Morale soared.

Through espionage networks, the news leaked into the noble factions of the Southern Continent.

The Alliance Army leveraged this triumph as a critical step toward establishing itself as a top-tier force on the Old Continent.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.