Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

At the Energy Warriors a.s.sociation.

 The vice president looked at the Illusory Realm and felt worried.

 It was true.

 These children had a low IQ and he could understand that there was the problem of being unaware of reality.

Furthermore, these children were generally fifteen or sixteen years old. They were still very young and talented. They had spent all their time on cultivation and had a very limited experience.

Therefore…

 It was a good thing if they could understand the harsh realities of cultivation.

 However…

 Allowing Lu Ming to join…

 Was that too much?

 He felt that after suffering under Lu Ming's hands, the cultivators who left the Illusory Realm might have the wrong moral values…

“I hope not.”

 The a.s.sistant was just as worried.

 He was a five-star Energy Warrior!

 He felt slight fear and trepidation after seeing the so-called Moonlight Card. This meant that the card was a threat to a five-star Energy Warrior like him!

 This type of self-destructing card…

 How did Lu Ming come up with this?!

 “Wait a minute.”

 The vice president suddenly recovered his senses and was reminded of something. “Although this self-destructing card is very powerful and has special effects, I suppose one can not use it in reality?”

 “Yes.”

 The a.s.sistant was certain.

 There was no doubt that this card was very destructive and it could wipe out the enemy and the card owner. It was impossible to use in the real world…

 After all, this was real self-destruction!

 One would die if one used it in the real world!

 So…

 The vice president looked sullen. “Lu Ming created this card specifically for the Illusory Realm?”

 The a.s.sistant came back to his senses and was stunned.

 This was surprising.

 This could work as well?!

 Rumor had it that Lu Ming started out as a Card Creator and he was very creative. But it was still not right of him to create a card specifically to partic.i.p.ate in the Illusory Realm?!

 This was too much!

 Besides, this card…

 “It is unlikely to be original.

 “There hasn't been enough time since the moment we notified him to come here.”

 The a.s.sistant thought about it. “Do you think Lu Ming searched for this ability, sealed it, and created this card?”

 “Seal…”

 The vice president suddenly narrowed his eyes.

 Indeed.

 It was unlikely to be original, but if it was sealed…

 It was such a coincidence.

 He knew of someone who most likely had this ability and it was a coincidence that Lu Ming was on such close terms with this person…

 Shus.h.!.+

 He did not hesitate to make the call.

“Old w.a.n.g.

 “There's a question I've been meaning to ask you.”

 The vice president sounded gloomy. “Is Lu Ming your illegitimate son?”

 The other party swore on the other end of the phone.

 “d.a.m.n it!

 “Don't go spouting nonsense!

 “Why would I have an illegitimate son…

“Hey, honey, please stop beating me… I really… really did not… Hey! Please, lighter… Don't … stop.”

 Odd sounds could be heard from the other side of the phone.

 The vice president looked glum.

 It had been so many years, but Old w.a.n.g still had odd tastes.

 After a long time…

 There was a deep voice from the other end of the phone. “I don't know Lu Ming well.”

“That's a bunch of lies!” the vice president yelled. “w.a.n.g Tianjun, you had a different att.i.tude regarding Sword Plunge last time.”

 “Uh—”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun had almost forgotten about what happened last time.

 Oh.

 Right.

 Back then he had said that he was the one who imparted it to Lu Ming in order to hide the truth… d.a.m.n it. It was a long time ago and yet he was still the scapegoat!?

 “What's the matter?”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun sounded displeased.

 “Humph!

 “Take a look for yourself.”

 The vice president sent the pictures of Lu Ming releasing the Moonlight Card.

 Shus.h.!.+

 He turned silent.

 After a long time…

 “w.a.n.g Tianjun, you actually have a dog outside?!”

 “Uh, no.”

 “You're lying. Look at this self-abuse style, there is no one else who does this besides you?! Other people will die when using this ability?!”

“Uh, it really wasn't me.”

 Cras.h.!.+

 Cras.h.!.+

 “This is such a good ability, but you didn't impart it to Xuan-er…”

 “It's really not me.”

 Cras.h.!.+

 Cras.h.!.+

 The vice president was silent.

 He waited on the phone for a long while before he decided to end the call.

 It seemed that…

 His careless comment had sparked pent-up anger from a dozen years ago…

 Forget it.

 He could not be bothered anymore.

 Whatever…

 He should focus on the Illusory Realm.

 Hence…

 He paid attention to the Illusory Realm once again.

 However…

 He was unaware of something.

 At this moment…

 w.a.n.g Tianjun had bruises all over his face and body. There was no place that was untouched. w.a.n.g Xuan, who had just entered the door, took a look at his father and left instinctively.

 “I'm sorry, I went the wrong way.”

 Afterward…

 w.a.n.g Xuan turned around to leave.

 However, he felt that something was odd when he reached the door and he turned back. He took a closer look at w.a.n.g Tianjun and was shocked.

 “Dad?!”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun was silent.

 “What happened to you? Why are you being beaten up to this extent?”

 w.a.n.g Xuan was shocked.

 It was true that in the past, although his father was always beaten b.l.o.o.d.y, he still could recognize him. But now, he looked a mess. He could even be sold at the butcher's shop.

 w.a.n.g Tianjun was silent.

 What else could he say?

 Blame his son?

 Could he say that he was made a scapegoat because of Lu Ming again…

 He could not say that.

 As a father, he knew that Lu Ming had saved w.a.n.g Xuan's life, and he also knew that this matter had essentially nothing to do with Lu Ming. It was just that his wife misunderstood him…

 Furthermore…

 Although it felt painful to be beaten, he felt awesome at the same time.

Cough.

 “Well…”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun pulled his son close to him.

 It was alright that he was beaten up. He had another more pressing issue.

 That ability!

 The Moonlight Card!!!

 He knew very well that this ability did not originate from their family! However, it was a perfect fit with their bloodline! It was awesome!

 Lu Ming could only use it in the Illusory Realm.

 Because…

 He would definitely die if he used it in the real world!

 But what about them?

 It was not the same!

 In the w.a.n.g family's legacy, they had a similar ability where one would not die if one self-destructed!

 Think about it.

 If…

 If he released the Moonlight Card + this ability at the same time!

 Haha.

 He would wipe out everyone!

 Apart from himself, everyone near him would die!

 This was the perfect defensive ability as well as a super killing technique!

 Therefore…

 If this ability belonged to the w.a.n.g family…

 If he had this ability…

 He trembled at the thought of it.

 “Let me ask you something.”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun looked serious. “How is your relations.h.i.+p with Lu Ming?”

 “Fairly good.”

 w.a.n.g Xuan thought about it.

 They indeed had a good relations.h.i.+p.

 Because of their previous misunderstanding, coupled with the battle in the Lunar Shadow legacy, they each had a certain understanding of each other and knew each other's personalities…

 If Lu Ming was in danger, he would certainly help.

 He believed if he requested something from Lu Ming, he would definitely help. However, this would never happen!

Because he would never ask for help!

 He would always bear in mind his debts and the kindness he had been shown.

 “Does he like someone?”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun pretended to ask the question casually.

 “I don't think so.”

 w.a.n.g Xuan thought about it.

 In his impression…

 Lu Ming didn't seem to have a girlfriend.

 “Do you think it's too late for me and your mother to have a girl child now? I heard Lolitas are very popular these days. Perhaps in a dozen years or so…”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun pondered deeply.

 w.a.n.g Xuan was dumbstruck. Perhaps his father had suffered blows to his head?!

 “Forget it.

 “The wait is too long!”

 w.a.n.g Tianjun thought about it.

 Suddenly…

 He looked at w.a.n.g Xuan with an odd expression.

 “Son.

 “Let me ask you something. Are you interested in dressing up in female clothing? Do you think Lu Ming will like it or not?”

 w.a.n.g Xuan was shocked.

 They were done for!

 His father was really out of his mind!

 At this very moment…

 In the Illusory Realm.

 There were only two hours left before it ended.

 The cultivators who were busy hunting down Lu Ming discovered a serious problem for the first time —Why was it that Lu Ming had an endless number of cards…

 Indeed.

 He had an endless amount of energy!

 He had a lot of Energy Cards.

 That was understandable.

 After all, he had scammed the a.s.sociation of a bag full of…

 However, why did he have so many Moonlight Cards?!

 There were multiple explosions?!

 By materializing the Original Card?

 No.

 It was true that with the materialization of the Original Card, one could directly release the card's ability. However, if one did not have enough energy, one had to absorb additional energy to replenish what was lost! Besides, as Lu Ming was a three-star, the energy that was absorbed would be replenished in a three-star state before it was converted into four-star by force!

 The efficiency was very low!

 Time was needed to convert the energy!

 What they saw was that Lu Ming hurled out cards easily. There were explosions with every card that he used. He did not spend any time converting the energy!

 The cards had been stocked up long ago!

 Where did he get the cards from?

 “Will he cast the cards like this until the end?”

 Everyone was very worried.

 This had been the energy cycle for the past few hours.

 Depending on the time, energy was added to them and the thirty of them enhanced their energy. But they were then wiped away by Lu Ming and the energy lost was absorbed by Lu Ming, while the energy that Lu Ming lost returned to the Illusory Realm. It did not belong to anyone. However, it would be added to theirs with time, but…

 They would be defeated in the next round!

 Therefore…

 After a few hours…

 There was no increase in their energy. Instead, there was a decrease in energy!

 As for Lu Ming…

 His energy kept on increasing!

 Was there enough time left?

 “Let me look at the clock.”

 The person who majored in his eyes went over with the rest and ended up exploding,

“Well… Although I am dead, I can tell that he only has eight Moonlight Cards left,” that person said.

 Eight cards?!

 Everyone's eyes lit up immediately.

 “Let's go!”

 “Let's defeat Lu Ming and the remaining time will be ours!”

 Everyone's heart was stirred.

 Haha.

 It should end soon!

 He only had eight Moonlight Cards left. This could be settled in less than an hour. The remaining time would be theirs! Lu Ming would be the subject of their torture!

 Hence…

 Everyone rushed to kill Lu Ming.

 Boom!

 Boom!

 After eight times…

 Shus.h.!.+

 Lu Ming was about to take a card when he realized that he was left with no cards.

 Ever since he integrated the Moonlight Cards, he used the Moonlight Card as his ‘Cultivation Card' and created an endless number of cards. To think that he had depleted them!

 There was nothing left!

 Not only that, he was not left with many Energy Cards…

 He had fought by himself against thirty, it was hard and consumed a lot of cards… He actually fought one against thirty-one as he exploded as well!

 Therefore…

 The energy depletion rate was very scary!

 Lu Ming instinctively tried to materialize his original card.

 However…

 Swoos.h.!.+

 Cold lights flashed.

 Lu Ming retreated instinctively and the Original Card that was halfway to being materialized dissipated in the air.

“Haha.”

 “Do you think we will give you a chance to fight?”

 An a.s.sa.s.sin who was sponsored to join had appeared quietly in the location just now.

 “Do you think this is a one-to-one challenge?”

 A sponsored Elementalist was eying them.

 Let's not talk about cards that could be released instantly. For abilities that required the conversion of energy, they would seize the slightest delay to stop him from using the cards!

This was one VS thirty!

 “This is not the one-to-one challenge you did in Zi Yang Combat College!”

 There was a cheerful look on the talented cultivators' faces.

 Hehe.

 To think Lu Ming would have such a day!

 The thirty cultivators had been eying him. He had no way of converting the energy!

He was too naive!

 “Why bother?”

 Lu Ming gave a deep sigh. “It's better to live and let live.”

 “Haha.”

 Ye Liang merely sneered. “One's relatives will cry because of how unfair the compet.i.tion was!”

 Cough, cough.

 Lu Ming coughed. “That was an accident.”

 “There are no accidents!”

 There was a cold glitter in Ye Liang's eyes. “Ever since you released the buffalo, there was no room for compromise. Everyone, he no longer has any cards!”

 “Let's kill him!” Ye Liang roared.

 “Let's go!”

 The geniuses rushed forward.

 A Sword Card Master without any cards?

 Haha!

 Forget it!

 Sealing?

 Could he still perform sealing?!

 Now that several abilities were launched at him, there was no way he could seal them! It was no longer an issue of whether he was powerful or not. Instead it was an issue of number. There were too many abilities!

 Bang!

Bang!

Various kinds of abilities were launched at Lu Ming.

 “Master, good luck to you.”

 Zhao Yunshan retreated silently.

 He was not as loyal as Li Haoran. It was alright to help Li Haoran to beat others, but he would not fight them personally…

 After all…

 He was the master!

 Wouldn't he be useless if he needed his disciple to save him?

 Besides…

 He was also among the cultivators who were dealt a harsh blow by Lu Ming. The cultivators who had not been through the Lunar Shadow legacy would not be able to imagine the terror of being dominated by Lu Ming…

 The powerlessness.

 The humiliation.

 He could not forget it even until now. It was traumatic for him!

 This was also why he gave up on cultivation!

 And this time…

 Although he started cultivation, something was gnawing at the back of his mind. Was Lu Ming really that powerful? Was Lu Ming really the reason behind his trauma?

Or perhaps…

 It was purely an illusion back then?

 If Lu Ming was indeed very powerful, so what if he became the most loyal disciple of the Sword Card Master vocation?!

 If it was due to the traumatic experience of the Lunar Shadow legacy, and Lu Ming was not that powerful, then it was time to move on!

 Nevertheless, he needed an answer!

 Lu Ming…

 Master…

 Let me see how powerful you are!

 Zhao Yunshan muttered inside his mind.

 Right then…

 Lu Ming was trapped by countless attacks, Lu Ming without any cards seemed like a kite with its strings cut. He could only stand there awaiting their attacks!

 “Kill! Kill! Kill!”

 The geniuses were excited.

 Once they killed Lu Ming, everything would be over!

 At this very moment…

 The vice president was watching this scene as well.

 Finally…

 It was ending.

 After killing Lu Ming, the Illusory Realm would be back to normal! The geniuses could make use of the remaining two hours to battle with each other, fighting for the first place!

It was not too late!

 However…

 At this moment.

 Lu Ming who no longer had any cards suddenly lifted his hands and the Original Card appeared silently. He flicked his right hand.

 Swoos.h.!.+

 A golden glow flashed.

 Buzz—

 Time seemed to have frozen at this moment!

 Shus.h.!.+

 Shus.h.!.+

 Cold lights flashed!

 Faint gold lights flashed like lightning, sparkling around everyone. The speed was so fast that they could not help but stare.

 However…

 Swoos.h.!.+

 Swoos.h.!.+

 The gold lights were too fast for them to see anything.

 The cultivator who majored in his eyes was the only person to see everything clearly. The golden light that flashed like lightning originated from the Original Card in Lu Ming's hands. The Original Card had pink bangs!

 The Original Card floated past them and slashed their throats…

 Whoos.h.!.+

 It went to the next target.

 This…

 How could that be possible?

 The cultivator looked in disbelief at the golden light that flashed and disappeared.

 Right then…

 Time seemed to have frozen.

 The cultivators who dashed toward Lu Ming stiffened. They could feel that they seemed to have lost control of their bodies…

 At that instant.

 Pfft!

 Blood splattered.

 Flowers of blood bloomed in the air.

 “Why bother?”

 There were sighs.

 Shus.h.!.+

 The cultivators looked toward Lu Ming instinctively.

 Just a glance.

 And they knew.

 Lu Ming's deep gaze, his chiseled features, and the mysterious golden lightning were forever etched in their souls!

 They could never forget them!

 Genius?

 This was what real genius looked like!