The Card Apprentice

The Go Cage of Thousand Cuts under State Zero



The Go Cage of Thousand Cuts under State Zero

The monochromatic energy beads floated around steadily, like the sands in a river of     

stars, moving along with the ebb and flow of the waters. It was like the black and white     

pieces on the Go chess board, silently shifting their arrangement.     

Chen Mu shut his eyes once again. The breathtaking battle between Wei-ah and the     

Bronze Masked Man just now has affected his state of mind. The scenery in his eyes     

regained its color. This was bad news to him. Keeping his eyes shut wasn't a     

compulsory condition to enter into State Zero. But for a beginner like Chen Mu, this     

helped him to enter the condition faster by reducing the distractions of his environment     

on him.     

Caesar, however, could not only keep his eyes open, but could enter State Zero in the     

quickest time no matter when and how terrible the environment is.     

The monochromatic world became clear once again. A clear perception re-emerged     

from the bottom of his heart.     

Seven of the remaining eighteen guards has returned to normal. In just an instant, the     

position of these seven people were marked clearly in his heart. Naturally, his strong     

intuition has reappeared.     

Three of the seven alerted him the most! This time, Chen Mu trusted in his State Zero     

intuition without a doubt.       

His body suddenly shifted left, his right foot tapped on the ground. In a blur, he     

disappeared and re-emerged five meters to his left. The card artisans felt a blur of vision     

when their opponent disappeared.     

"Be careful!"     

"Look out!"     

The card artisans who regained their consciousness lets out shouts of warning one after     

another.       

Without using a jet stream card, Chen Mu's perception only needed to maintain his     

State Zero and control Bipolar. This greatly increased his control on Bipolar. Usually,     

any adept card artisan could control two cards at a time, a jet stream card, along with a     

battle or power shield card. This was the main fighting style adapted by most card     

artisans.      

And some top card artisans could even handle three cards at once. For example, Tang     

Hanpei, Jiao Si, Caesar, and the Bronze Masked man before him could do this. This     

meant that their control on perception has reached a terrifying state. But in an actual     

fight, rarely anyone uses three cards at the same time. The more cards in control, the     

weaker the power of each individual card. If they can't defeat someone with a card they     

are good at, adding another card won't help much anyway.     

Without using Big Mud Fish, Chen Mu's control on Bipolar increased dramatically!       

He appeared beside a melee card artisan like a ghost, his right palm chopped at his     

opponent's neck without a sound. The card artisans around them reacted quickly as     

well, the nearest let out a loud cry, and a tuft of white energy threads popped out of his     

hands.     

The snow white threads of energy as thin as hair zipped quicked toward Chen Mu!      

This card artisan's eyes were wide open with anger while controlling the thin threads!     

This was his card — Coil. Coil did not have much raw power, its destructive power was     

pitiful, even. But as a four-star card, it has its unique points.     

Coil releases countless white threads, every of them sturdy as steel. Once they capture     

an enemy, any struggle is futile. Even if it couldn't capture the enemy, the tiny threads     

could limit the enemy's movement severely, creating opportunities for allies. In fact, he     

became one of the Lady's guards because of Coil's unique characteristic.       

When he saw Chen Mu's hand almost chopping at the neck of the card artisan in front     

of him, the tuft of white threads immediately exploded and spread out into a giant web,     

capturing Chen Mu and the other card artisan.      

Got him!       

All of the card artisans were overjoyed. They were confident in their comrade's white     

threads. The hairlike thin white threads are not to be looked down, as each strand could     

hold up to 200 kilograms of weight. Swiftly, all of the melee card artisans made their     

move, surrounding Chen Mu almost the same time.       

But Coil's controller's expression change quickly, color was drained completely from his     

face!       

In his web, there was only one person — his comrade!      

He looked up and saw his comrades around him, about to attack the web, a buzz rang     

in his head, and blood rushed into his brain! He opened his mouth to shout and warn     

them, "Be care..."     

But before he could finish, a bright light surrounded them instantaneously!     

"Go Cage of Thousand Cuts!"     

Uncountable rays of light appeared without a sign around them. These rays of light,     

without exception, has a white energy bead on one end, and a black energy bead on     

another. The tightly packed light beams intersect like a web, completely surrounding the     

melee card artisans.       

The energy bodies that were just activated made the card artisans turned pale     

immediately! The thin and straight beams of light of different lengths were criss-crossed     

all over the place. Even under the lights they seemed blindingly bright! The newly     

activated battle energy bodies stopped them from activating their power shield cards!      

The area surrounded by the web of light rays brightened in an instant, and immediately     

dissapeared!       

The card artisans stood still like trees, maintaining their positions just now. Their     

expression was frozen, full of fright and fear...       

Puff!     

A pillar of blood spurted out from a card artisan's shoulder.       

Gurgle gurgle gurgle!       

As if accurately coordinated, all the card artisans within that area were like punctured     

balloons, a dozen streams of blood shot out from their bodies at the same time. Time     

seemed to have stopped at this moment. A dozen eyes witness the blood spurting to     

the air, dying it red.       

They were shocked silly! They have went through countless battles, but never have they     

seen such a bloody and horrible spectacle! A deep chill ran through their spines. At that     

moment, their entire bodies were frozen, not heeding to their commands! Still in shock,     

the Lady looked at the bloody mist in the air. And when she looked back down at the     

card artisans, there was already a river of blood flowing beneath them.       

And Chen Mu suddenly appeared behind that area.       

When he was about to chop at that card artisan, all his strength was actually focused on     

his legs!       

His intentions were to attract just one or two card artisans, creating a hole in the     

enemy's formation. But being in State Zero, he was stronger than usual. When he     

realized the card artisan behind him activating the white threads, six other card artisans     

were moving as well. So, he made some adjustments during his execution.       

When the white threads shot out in an explosion, Chen Mu was long ready. He used the     

energy stored in his two legs, evaded the web and arrived behind the card artisans.     

Then, he activated the Go Cage of Thousand Cuts, creating this horrific result.     

Under the mask, the Bronze Masked Man twitched a little.       

He could not imagine Qiao Yuan's improvement to be this quick, as if he became a     

different person! It was the same Go Cage of Thousand Cuts, but Qiao Yuan's     

application was much stronger than last time. In just a short moment of battle, the     

combat intuition Qiao Yuan displayed shocked even him!       

A cardless sect fighter that equaled his own strength, along with the strengthened Qiao     

Yuan, this will be a long night...      

With the corner of his eyes, he took a glance at the card artisans. In the blink of an eye,     

half of the twenty fell. The damage on the morale of the remaining ones could only be     

described as destructive. He noticed the paleness of their faces, and the fear in their     

eyes.      

This was the first time he felt uneasy.       

This can't go on, I have to finish this quickly!       

When the Bronze Masked Man wanted to fight with all his strength, Wei-ah     

unexpectedly made the first move!      

If State Zero Chen Mu is an artificial intuition, Wei-ah's intuition is like a wild beast's     

instinct, a terrifying instinct! Chen Mu understood deeply about this.      

When the Bronze Masked Man affirmed his determination, Wei-ah noticed it!       

And he made his move!       

The two kept each other at bay. While Wei-ah dished out his air bombs out unceasingly,     

the Bronze Masked Man's snowflakes kept on increasing.       

Wei-ah suddenly froze his body mid air, his eyes locked onto the Bronze Masked Man     

nonchalantly.       

The right fist that he pulled back to his chest turned into a lighting quick blow aimed at     

the Bronze Masked Man!      

The high speed movement of his arm created a turbulent airflow. If one were to see this     

in slow motion, they could see the air in front of Wei-ah's fist taking shape, an air bomb     

was about to be launched!      

However, before it could be sent out, Wei-ah punched at the same spot the second     

time!       

This time, his fist was even quicker. The surrounding air gathered in front of his fist by     

the pull of the fist's insane speed. A second air bomb! This second air bomb pressed     

against the first one under Wei-ah's second fist's immense pressure!     

Before his fist's afterimage could disappear, he threw a third fist!       

It was quicker than the first two!     

Bang! The third air bomb was forced between the first two air bombs, a sound like the     

crisp crash of a power shield was generated!     

The Bronze Masked Man finally revealed his fear in his eyes.      

He did not have time for other things, he immediately invoked his jet stream card. At the     

same time, his five fingers were locked into a fist.     

Ding! The bell rang again! He could feel his state of mind change. The ring this time was     

not as clear and unhurried, but extremely hasty!     

The Snowflakes flying all around the sky disappeared, and a rhombic crystal power     

shield appeared before him. Encase in the middle of the shield was a snow white peach     

flower.      

Thunk!       

The deep thunk that sounded like a thunder made everyone feel like throwing up. Chen     

Mu was going to launch his attack, but he was shaken as well. So, he gathered his     

perception by force! The Go Cage of Thousand Cuts he launched just now has spent a     

huge amount of his perception. He did not have much left, so he must use them     

carefully!       

An expression of torment flashed in the Lady's eyes. This loud noise must have hurt her     

severely, being a non-combatant.      

She supported herself by the wall weakly, her back bent, her body shivering.      

In a battle between two extremely powerful fighters, even their aftershocks could be     

deadly to a normal person.       

The transparent power shield was immediately blown into smithereens, returning to its     

former state of Snowflakes, floating in the air. The Bronze Masked Man was pushed a     

few steps back. His eyes showed his agony. The Snowflakes continued to dance in the     

air, but they no longer seemed dangerous, but rather quite powerless. Wei-ah's blow     

has shattered all the thin perception links between them!        

The Bronze Masked Man could regain control of them, but it would take some time.       

How could Wei-ah, who has finally regained control of the fight's tempo, allow him this     

luxury?     


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