Strange Cards

Chapter 157 Taking the "First" Show

Shigure gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands and then pressed down hard.

At the same time, Shigure unleashed his own strength, severing the head of the Guardian Ape.

Shigure turned around in mid-air, plunged the long blade into the ground, and returned to the mecha.

Shigure looked at the lion ape that had fallen like a sack and the blood gushing from its neck, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Isn't this thing an immortal abomination?"

"Could it be a biological weapon developed by the Qin Dynasty? That's impossible."

Just then, the Gianluigi's corpse suddenly moved, and Shigure's sanity was about to drop completely as he looked at the headless corpse.

Half a centipede's body suddenly emerged from the severed neck of the Guardian Ape. Then, the Guardian Ape picked up its severed head with its left hand, threw the iron rod aside, and pulled out the long blade.

"Damn, they're going to put on a good show?"

Shigure produced another magic hat in his hand and reached inside.

"Give me a better prop..."

"Sacrificing ten years of Yu Yan's lottery luck..."

Shigure's hand suddenly touched something hard, and he burst out laughing as soon as he pulled it out.

"Holy crap, this is really good stuff!"

Shi Yu looked at the sturdy little iron cage in her hand and suddenly threw it towards the direction of the gorilla.

Shigure never expected that the iron cage used to keep the electrocuted ghost would become a magician's lottery prop, and that Shigure would actually pull it out.

This is no longer the iron cage that can only absorb electrical energy. After being modified and enhanced by Queen of Spades, this iron cage can control the target for 10 seconds.

It's absolutely true.

Shigure flicked his left hand, and the alien blade had somehow jumped into his right hand.

Shigure activated the Demon God Diagram, but this time the Demon God Diagram was golden red.

An aura representing flames soared into the sky, and this time Shigure appeared outside the mecha. Yanyun controlled the Remnant Fire Mecha to touch the Demon God Diagram with its alien blade, but some of the Demon God Diagram's power was diverted to the Demon Blade in Shigure's hand.

The lightning on the Fiend Blade roared once more. Just then, Yan Yun controlled the Blade and slashed it horizontally twice, striking the Lion Ape hard.

Shigure's figure transformed into lightning once more, and this time his target was the half-section of the dragon centipede protruding from the neck of the Lion Ape.

Shigure appeared instantly on Lion Garden's neck and plunged his knife into the dragon centipede's body.

Shigure's feet were firmly attached to the Lion Ape's shoulders by the power of the demon. After bracing the back of the blade with his shoulders, he pulled out the entire dragon centipede with a sudden burst of strength.

After separating from the Guardian Ape's body, Ryuu quickly went silent and was subsequently killed by the power of the Shigure Blade.

Using the body of the Lion Ape, Shigure gently landed on a stone slab in the square. Looking at the fallen body, Shigure suddenly realized something was wrong.

Shigure clearly saw that the place where the gorilla's head fell had smashed a hole in the stone slab of the square, and there seemed to be a fairly large space underneath.

After having Yanyun control the Remnant Fire Mech to keep watch around, Shiyu jumped down and quickly landed on the ground.

The dust that rose up blinded Shigure. She controlled the wind to suck up all the dust in her hand and then threw it away.

Shi Yu discovered a small box on a sandalwood table in the underground chamber. Curious, Shi Yu walked over and, after confirming that there were no traps or anything to ambush her, opened the box.

The above is an ancient text, but Shiyu translated it directly through Yanyun's translation.

"The destined one will arrive here, the nine stars will align, and the power of fifty-two evil spirits will gather in his body."

"When the two demons are locked in battle, the world will face the most terrifying darkness, from which there is no escape, and extinction is inevitable."

"But human will can overcome nature, and with the power of dawn, we can lead the world onto a path to heaven."

Shi Yu didn't find the paper strange, because there were many charlatans and sorcerers in the past.

But the signature made Shiyu take it seriously again.

"Liu Bowen?"

Why did he enter the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum?

Shigure turned the paper over, and on the back were written two Mortal Blades, all their abilities, usage methods, and taboos, along with a line of smaller text.

"I am willing to do my best to lend you a helping hand."

"The Great Way is fifty, and the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine."

"If one of them is removed, this becomes a variable."

There is still a glimmer of hope in the world; I urge you to persevere.

"The number that escapes is a variable, and also the source of its vitality."

Shigure put the paper away, but strangely, as if it knew that Shigure had finished reading it, it turned into powder.

Meanwhile, the Steel Claw Demon inside Shigure's body had also finished reading the paper, and suddenly he seemed to sense something in the darkness.

"My ghost artifact...."

Shiyu slipped out of the secret room and found the others already waiting at the entrance.

"There's nothing ghostly inside, is there?"

Qi Wu patted the dust off Shi Yu's clothes, and Shi Yu shook her head.

"No, just a table and a box."

"There was nothing in the box."

Everyone nodded. Shi Yu released the Remnant Flame Evolution Device, and after confirming that all the undead creatures in the city had been wiped out, Qi Wu decided to rest on the spot.

"Apart from the spot where the big monkey died, which is rather dirty, the square is relatively clean. Let's rest here for a while."

"After we've eaten and drunk our fill, we'll go into the palace and see what kind of culprits are hidden inside."

Everyone nodded, then took out their backpacks and began rummaging through them to find food.

The group from the northern base took out some fresh vegetables from a special box, and started eating them after dipping them in several boxes of Northeastern soybean paste.

Daifuku, on the other hand, held a bunch of scallions, sprinkled soybean paste evenly on them, and then began to gnaw on them with gusto.

The three from the Eastern Base took out some fire-starting materials, then heated up some potatoes and cooked meat before starting to eat.

At the Southern Base, Qi Wu and his group took out food such as pies and roujiamo (Chinese hamburgers) from their bags, while Shi Yu took out a guokui (a type of flatbread) from his bag.

Shiyu gently placed the fire element in her palm, warmed it slightly, and then started eating the guokui (a type of flatbread).

Having just finished eating a bunch of scallions, Daifuku smelled the aroma coming from Shiyu's place and came running over excitedly.

"Want a guokui (a type of flatbread)?"

Shiyu heated up a white sugar potsticker and a meat potsticker and handed them over, while Daifu looked at the steaming potstickers and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Impossible! How can it be steaming?"

Shigure placed her hand on Daifuku's bear paw; the slightly warm hand indicated how she heated the food.