"I'm coming in."
With a flick of his finger, Xiao Xuan summoned Pao Ding and Wang Zhaojun.
After becoming a Source Conduit, Pao Ding automatically upgraded into a combat card.
Xiao Xuan looked around, observing the surrounding environment.
Here, the ancient trees stood tall, fallen leaves covering the ground, hot and humid, much like a primordial forest.
From deep within the ancient forest, low growls could be heard, making people feel fearful.
Xiao Xuan walked cautiously, on high alert, feeling nervous all the way.
He knew deep down that in such an environment, the most frightening things were the snakes, scorpions, and other small creatures lurking in the shadows.
After walking for a while, he passed through the forest, and at the end of his line of sight, the surroundings suddenly opened up.
There was a large expanse of farmland, covered densely with wild cabbage.
At that moment, a group of white pigs was digging in the vegetable field.
These pigs, called Pippi Pigs, caused damage to enemies using their "Charge" ability.
Xiao Xuan hid under an ancient tree, picked up a stone, and threw it towards one of the pigs digging in the field.
The pig turned its head and, upon seeing Xiao Xuan, became furious.
"Ho!"
The Pippi Pig roared angrily and then charged toward Xiao Xuan.
That speed, it's just too fast.
However, at this moment, Wang Zhaojun threw a snowball at it.
Wang Zhaojun's basic attack is to throw snowballs, which have a slowing effect.
Suddenly, the previously lightning-fast Porcula's speed dropped significantly.
At the same time, Pao Ding circled behind it, picked up a kitchen knife, aimed at Porcula's buttocks, and struck.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Under Pao Ding's deadly continuous attacks, Porcula despairingly fell to the ground in a moment.
Whoosh!
A pure and refined source qi burst out of Porcula's body, rushing into Xiao Xuan's body.
Xiao Xuan looked down at his mind, and then saw the first star in his body shining a bit brighter.
If the stars had a progress bar, it's currently only increased by one percent.
Xiao Xuan cut open the pig's belly, rummaged around, and then found nothing.
"Killing them one by one is too slow."
Xiao Xuan furrowed his brows and looked at the scattered Porculas in the fields, the bold idea suddenly occurred to him...
Yan Wangqing said that Wang Zhaojun's snowstorm is perfect for mob clearing.
He wanted Pao Ding to aggro the mobs, and then once aggroed, Wang Zhaojun could unleash the ultimate, maybe resulting in wiping out the group in one go!
However, he had no idea about the snowstorm's damage, in case the pigs were aggroed and a single ultimate failed to kill them, he would be in trouble.
Thinking about being surrounded by a group of pigs was really stimulating.
"Let's try luring five first."
Xiao Xuan thought to himself, and then signaled to Pao Ding.
Pao Ding instantly understood, carefully approached one Porcula with a kitchen knife, and gave it a careful strike on its buttocks.
The Porcula became furious and immediately chased after Pao Ding.
At this moment, Wang Zhaojun threw a snowball, slowing down the Porcula's speed.
So, Pao Ding spread his legs and charged towards another Porcula, and struck its buttocks with the knife.
Change the target and strike again.
Soon, Pao Ding attracted the hatred of five Porculas, and they chased after him.
Soon, the five pigs entered the attack range of Wang Zhaojun.
At this moment, Wang Zhaojun's eyes narrowed.
In the blue sky and white clouds, suddenly a snowstorm!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The overwhelming snowstorm whistled down and fiercely smashed the surrounding Porculas.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Under this terrifying attack, all the Porculas turned into frozen pork instantly!
They all died in an instant!
Whoosh!
Five streams of pure source qi burst out of the five Porculas, rushing into Xiao Xuan's body.
Xiao Xuan was slightly astonished. The damage caused by Wang Zhaojun's snowstorm was beyond his imagination.
The five of them were directly wiped out?
Mind you, Pao Ding, who's at the same level, took a while with one strike to kill them.
Of course, in Xiao Xuan's eyes, Wang Zhaojun's positioning was first control, and then output.
After all, its snowstorm not only caused group damage and slowed down the enemies but also had a twenty percent chance to freeze a random target.
Just imagine, in a duel with someone, if Wang Zhaojun could freeze the opponent's crucial star card with one ultimate, and if the opponent couldn't recover in time, the game would be practically won.
However, as a secondary attribute, the group damage was also so powerful, which made Xiao Xuan couldn't help but sigh at Wang Zhaojun's strength.
At the same time, after the snowstorm was released, Xiao Xuan's face turned pale, feeling a sudden emptiness in his body.
Indeed, the source qi in his body was now too thin to support another release.
After searching the bodies, Xiao Xuan made a discovery.
[x3 Small Recovery Potion]
What's this?
Xiao Xuan was slightly stunned, drank a bottle, and then found that the source qi in his body, which was empty due to the release of the snowstorm, was rapidly recovering.
"This is really a good thing!"
Xiao Xuan's eyes lit up. With this restorative potion, once his internal energy was restored, he could pull another wave of monsters and continue to unleash a wave of blizzards.
Cycling through this process, after exterminating the pigs here, he might just be able to advance to a one-star Card Master!
So, after resting for a while, Pao Ding continued to pull the monsters. After they arrived, Wang Zhaojun unleashed a wave of blizzards, wiping them out in a single blow.
Cycling through it again and again.
Ten hours later.
After slaughtering the last Pippi pig in the vegetable field, Xiao Xuan's momentum was soaring!
He looked down at his mind and then saw the dim first star. At this moment, it shone brightly, like a rising sun!
"Ah~ This feels great!"
Xiao Xuan felt relaxed, with a rosy face, feeling much lighter.
At the same time, some impurities were expelled from his body.
The feeling of strength increasing was comfortable.
"A one-star Card Master."
Feeling the swelling power within himself, Xiao Xuan felt that it was all worth it.
Now, Wang Zhaojun also smoothly advanced to a one-star Card Master.
He had no doubt that perhaps now Wang Zhaojun's normal attack snowball could kill Pippi pigs.
In addition, there were some other spoils of war.
[Star Source Paper] x5, all of bronze quality.
[Small Restorative Potion] x10.
[Storage Ring] x1, about the size of a cubic meter inside.
Xiao Xuan pursed his lips. He had camped out for so long, almost exterminating all the Pippi pigs in this area, only to get this small amount of loot.
It was really bitter to think about.
However, for him, the breakthrough in realm was the greatest gain.
Furthermore, acquiring the storage ring was a bit unexpected for him.
Although he had read about this type of equipment countless times in online novels, when he truly owned one, he still felt very excited.
Xiao Xuan cut off a piece of the best pork chop and put it in the storage ring.
Hmm, next he would let Yan Wangqing experience the deliciousness of sweet and sour pork ribs.
Sip~
"I wonder what the Card Masters who enter tomorrow will think when they see this ground covered with dead bodies." Xiao Xuan looked at the ground full of Pippi pig carcasses with a strange look in his eyes, then crushed a jade stone, teleporting back home.
Entering his approximately one hundred-square-meter room, Xiao Xuan didn't lock the door because there was no need to.
After all, if someone were to come in, the only possibility was Yan Wangqing.
Xiao Xuan believed that she wouldn't come in, but if she really wanted to, well... he wouldn't object.
After taking a hot bath, Xiao Xuan lay comfortably on the bed, feeling all tingly and soft all over, softer than a Simmons mattress.
However, the pillow was too soft. He preferred a slightly firmer one.
So, Xiao Xuan summoned Wang Zhaojun and fell asleep comfortably with her slender and beautiful legs as his pillow.
The next day.
The entrance to the one-star area opened and a group of Card Masters eagerly rushed in.
Upon entering, they all ran towards the cabbage field because everyone knew that the best thing to deal with in the one-star area was the Pippi pig.
Although in the one-star beast domain, there were many types of star beasts, not just the Pippi pig.
However, the endearing Pippi pig was much easier to deal with than some other star beasts like scorpions and snakes.
"Today I'm going to kill ten!"
"Nonsense, with so many people, you'd be lucky to grab two or three."
"Damn, remember to bring back some pork later - finally won't have to just eat instant noodles, yum..."
"Hehe, if you're lucky, you might find some star source paper and make a small profit."
So a group of Card Masters ran to the cabbage field with all their might.
However, when they arrived at their destination, they were at a loss.
Huh? Why are there no pigs today? Weren't there nearly a hundred here before?
Oh my god, have these pigs been eaten by other star beasts?
What the heck, we came early in the morning just to snatch a few pigs, and there's nothing here?
Is the Card bugged?
"Bugs? This is not a game!"
All the star card masters looked puzzled, standing still in bewilderment.
But in the next moment, someone with sharp eyes saw the ground under a large tree filled with frozen pigs and exclaimed in shock, "Look at that!"
Following his direction, everyone's gaze turned, and what they saw next made their pupils shrink, their faces full of astonishment, unable to help but take in a sharp breath of cold air.
Because all around that big tree, there were frozen pigs everywhere...
Hissing...
A wave of sharp inhaling sounds echoed, and after a moment of silence, a burst of shocked exclamations suddenly broke out, filling the mountains and fields.
"Damn, all these pigs have been killed?"
"Who's so amazing that they slaughtered a hundred pigs?!"