Chapter 263 Short-term Planning

Chapter 263 Short-term Planning

Chapter 263 Short-term Planning (6.1k)

In the city defense battle, except for card makers like Russell who only have one current realm card, the rest of the people will more or less keep a few cards to ensure that they can fight back even if the card that goes out of the city to fight dies and dissipates.

But this is exactly where the card maker is cheating. As long as the card maker is not dead, the cards that disappeared can be resurrected with full health after a day.

Monsters of the same level are dead once they die, and even injuries may affect their future combat effectiveness.

This is also why the Ming Dynasty was able to maintain a stalemate with the demon army in the north for so long.

As the defenders of the city, the card makers of the Ming Dynasty certainly did not want the group of demons in the distance to get close to Jizhou Town. Therefore, the cards fighting on the city wall used their own methods to come to the front of the demon army.

Of course, the card makers of the Northern Defense Army are not without other things to do. Although they will not send the remaining cards to fight the enemy, it does not mean that they cannot carry out long-distance combat on the wall.

Russell naturally did the same. Misaka Mikoto and Aizen were responsible for long-range combat, while Luffy activated Gear Fourth and rushed into the demon army.

Of course, it is impossible that the demon army that came this time was only emerald and diamond level. There were also many demons of gold level and below.

Afterwards, Russell did not focus his attention on Luffy, but frowned at Xiao Wu in the distance.

As soon as Xiao Wu entered the battlefield, several emerald-level demons surrounded him.

Seeing this, the quiet "Kuku" next to Russell laughed and said, "It seems that our little action a few days ago has made people hate us. Xiao Luo, your card has been targeted."

"But don't worry, I will help you."

As he spoke, several Emerald Level demons surrounding Xiao Wu instantly felt an extremely sharp breath coming from their throats.

"who is it?!"

The expressions of several demons changed, and they immediately wanted to withdraw.

However, how could Xiao Wu miss such an opportunity?

The emerald green spirit spear, with a whistling sound, instantly reached the chest of an emerald-level limb-removing demon. The pitch-black tail whip transformed into a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows and suddenly stabbed at the abdomen of the target in front of it.

"laugh!"

Between two evils, choose the lesser evil. The limb-removing demon chosen by Xiao Wu held the spiritual spear in front of his chest tightly with both hands, but his unprotected abdomen was hit.

The seemingly slender tail whip opened a bloody hole in his body in the blink of an eye.

But after all, he was an Emerald-level limb-replacing demon, so this kind of injury obviously could not take his life.

What's more, his companions were present.

Feeling the evil wind coming from the side, Xiao Wu's expression remained unchanged. He loosened his right hand and used the Xianghuan to leave the spot.

This was very hard on the low-level demons and limb-jointed demons present, as the fist winds from their own emerald-level existence plowed a long bloody streak across the battlefield.

And thanks to Wen Jing, there was only one emerald-level demon causing trouble for Xiao Wu at this moment, and the rest had been slowed down by her cards.

"Two to one?" Xiao Wu casually grasped the regenerated spirit spear in his right hand, "It seems that the advantage of numbers makes you very confident."

"what a pity."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark beam of light suddenly appeared at the tip of his pale index finger and attacked the low-level demon that came to help.

"boom!"

With just one strike, the cannon fodder who tried to delay Xiao Wu were turned into dust.

At this time, friends who often fight in groups know that in the face of a one-on-many situation, the best option in this case is
First find a target and hit it to death.

It was impossible for Xiao Wu not to understand this truth.

What's more, the limb-reconstructing monster on the opposite side was already injured.

The next moment, he flashed in front of the target he had previously selected.

The limb-replacement monster, who was treated as a soft persimmon and was actually a soft persimmon, had his pupils shrunken and stared at the little crow in front of him.

The spirit spear cut through the air, producing a sharp whistling sound.

Seeing this, the demon wanted to use the same trick again, but this was just wishful thinking.

“Is this already too much to keep up with?”

Hearing Xiao Wu's voice, the limb-replacing demon was stunned for a moment, and then the filling green light submerged his figure.

Black Void Flash hits head-on.

The spiritual spear in Xiao Wu's hand is just a cover.

Ignoring the limb-jointed demon who had been devoured by the pale green spiritual power, Xiao Wu swung the spiritual spear in his right hand back at another demon who was standing nearby.

"boom!"

Large cracks suddenly appeared on the ground.

"Your companion is already dead, are you still going to continue to resist?"

A voice without any fluctuation in the tone was heard, and Xiao Wu looked expressionlessly at the demon who was in a stalemate with him.

"Shut up!"

The unknown emerald-level demon looked at the black and white figure not far away with some anger and humiliation.

He knew that he had hit a wall this time, and there was no doubt that the other party was a high-risk target.

Having dealt with the card maker system for such a long time, it is natural that the demon army cannot be completely ignorant of it.

"Gold? Or red?"

Only cards of these two qualities have the potential to crush cards of the same level.

"Another new card."

The demon army contains most of the high-risk cards in the Northern Defense Army. Under normal circumstances, elite demons should be able to deal with these high-risk cards, rather than these emerald-level cards that are just for show.

Just as he was thinking this, Xiao Wu had come to him again.

At this time, the unknown demon had lost his will to fight and was only thinking about how to get rid of the card in front of him that looked like the god of death.

Unfortunately, the gap between the two was like an insurmountable chasm. In just a few tens of seconds, the demon was pierced through the chest by the emerald green spirit spear and lifted into the air.

"It's so boring."

Xiao Wu casually threw the demon whose gun tip had stopped moving aside, stood quietly in place and began to choose the next target.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to use the Thunder Spear, but there are still many cards on the field, and Xiao Wu doesn’t want to attack his friendly forces.

"How come a monster like you suddenly appeared in the Northern Defense Army?"

At this moment, a somewhat painful voice sounded from behind him.

Xiao Wu turned around and looked.

It was an Emerald Level demon, but the strength of its aura was completely different from those two small fry previously.

"Really, could you please stop causing me trouble?"

"And my name is Yale, die with my name on your back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu had already collided with the Emerald Level Demon who called himself "Yale".

The two figures exchanged blows several times in an instant.

After a few breaths, the two stood facing each other.

Yale looked at the small wounds on Xiao Wu's body that were recovering very quickly, and couldn't help but sigh: "So you cards are trouble. Even if I kill you today, I can still see you tomorrow."

"So, who is your master?"

As he spoke, he looked towards the distant city wall, as if he was looking for Russell's figure, as if he didn't take Xiao Wu seriously at all.

".It's a boring way of provoking someone."

Xiao Wu naturally would not be fooled by Yale's tricks. He just stretched out his left hand expressionlessly, ready to let the demon opposite him have a taste of the Black Void Flash.

Just then, the ground began to shake violently.

Even Russell, who was far away from the battlefield, could feel the slight tremor.

Wen Jing, who was standing beside him, looked calm and said, "It seems that the victory has been decided on Lord Kuang's side. This should be the end of the battle today."

Then, the short-haired woman looked at Russell in surprise: "I didn't expect your card to be so strong in close combat."

But then she shook her head with some regret: "Just with this one card, your strength is still a little weak."

"As long as your card is entangled, I'm afraid you won't be able to protect yourself."

Russell knew that Wen Jing was telling the truth, so he didn't show any dissatisfaction: "Yes, I know."

"I already have an idea of ​​the next card."

Hearing this, Wen Jing patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Just be aware of it yourself."

In the distance, Yale, who was confronting Xiao Wu, frowned and said, "You are lucky today."

"Just don't let it go so easily next time, unknown card."

After saying this, he disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, the remaining demons present began to evacuate one after another.

But how could the cards present let them go so easily?

Under the attack of the cards, the demon army left many corpses on the battlefield, but most of them were limb-reattaching demons.

Obviously, to the demon army, these limb-replacement monsters are nothing more than the lowest-level consumables.

Soon, Kuang Shouzheng returned to the city wall.

"There is something strange in the demon army. Please come to the main camp tomorrow."

"The rotation will remain unchanged and the team will be disbanded."

After saying these words, the burly bald man took Dai Xin away from the top of the city wall with some doubts.

Seeing this, Wen Jing yawned and scratched her short hair: "I remember that you haven't been on duty recently, Xiao Luo, so you can go back and rest if you have nothing to do."

Russell nodded: "I see, thank you Sister Wen."

"Small things."

The woman waved her hand and disappeared from Russell's sight.

For a deputy commander like Russell, if it is not his turn to be on duty, he can just rest at home. However, most ambitious people will meditate during their rest time.

After all, in the Northern Defense Army, improving one's own strength is far more important than the so-called military power.

Besides, even if he really had some military power, could anyone bypass Fang Wenlong, the master card maker of the Northern Defense Army?

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Russell immediately left the city wall and returned to his residence. In a group battle like this, the battlefield did not need to be cleaned up by card makers above the Emerald level, and the corpses of the demons would be collected by the Northern Defense Army.

As for specific military exploits
Dai Xin, the diamond-level card maker on the city wall, has already made the statistics.

Normally, when the Northern Defense Army conducts group operations, there will be at least one diamond-level card maker accompanying them.

However, there is no such rule in small-scale combat. Just like in the secret realm, whoever kills the monster owns the material.

By the way, after Russell came to the Northern Defense Army, his salary has been increased to 30000 points per month, and the points previously earned in Donglai have also been settled.

15000 points for being the president of the association, 20000 points for resolving the Li Shuo incident, and
Report Li Shuo's demonization reward of 30000 points.

A total of 65000 points.

With such a huge sum of money in hand, Russell was already thinking about what card he should make next when he first arrived in Jizhou Town.

Strictly speaking, Xiao Wu is not the first Emerald-level card he made. The next one is the first.

Of course, Xiao Ulquiorra must be transformed into [No. 4 Ulquiorra Cifer]. After all, only one material needs to be invested to get a huge improvement. Only a fool would give up such a good thing.

"So the next card is to promote Nilu?"

[No.3 Nilu], who promoted Nilu to Emerald Level, will undoubtedly form a bond with Xiaowu.

Even if Russell has the opportunity to upgrade [Xuye Palace] to the Emerald level, he can directly activate two powerful effects.

[Sacrifice]: When [Kyouyagu] reaches Emerald rank, after [Nel] and [Harribel] die in battle, the card holder will inherit most of their strength.

[Nothingness]: When [Kyakuyoku] reaches Emerald Level, [Ulquiorra Cifer] in battle will gradually affect the surrounding enemies, making them confused.

There is no doubt that [Xuye Palace] is a powerful venue card. The reason why Xiao Wu had such a strong performance before was not only because he had the [Beng Yu Fusion] feature, but also because he had been strengthened by [Xuye Palace].

The gold-level effects are so powerful, it's obvious that the emerald-level effects won't be much worse.

But Russell immediately thought of a flaw: "Following this route can gain powerful combat power, but the problem is that my own safety cannot be guaranteed."

"Unless I stay in Jizhou Town, or have a card maker like Sister Wen team up with me."

Now, the danger level of Emerald-level battles for him has skyrocketed. Previously, when he was at the Gold-level, he could still rely on the dual physical reinforcement provided by Arrogance and Bladeheart plus the protection of Prison Blue to barely cope with it, but he definitely couldn't do that at the Emerald-level.

With Russell's current combat power, a slight scratch from an emerald-level attack would at least result in a minor injury, and if it was more serious, he could be killed right away.

Li Shuo was not in a clear mind before, otherwise Xiao Wu would not have won so easily.

"So we still have to think about how to save our lives first. Anyway, Xiao Wu only needs one piece of material, and taking into account today's battle points, it should be enough."

"By the way, I can also get a set of emerald-level materials from the Qiling Society."

At this moment, Russell suddenly thought of the reward that Jinping had promised him before, and began to consider whether to redeem it directly.

But he immediately dismissed the idea. After all, taking out two cards at once was quite eye-catching, and he had no way of explaining where he got the materials to make so many high-quality cards.

To outsiders, it might seem that the fact that Russell had so many materials just after entering the Emerald level might have been given by Bai Yueming, but his senior brother Zhang Jingxing would definitely not think so.

After all, both of them knew that their teacher had been out of contact for a long time and it was impossible for him to provide Russell with materials.

"It's better to be safe than sorry. The Northern Defense Army doesn't need a fighter like me, so I should think of a way to save my life first."

"It's just to continue to strengthen the arrogance, or..."

Russell was a little undecided for a moment.

But he soon gave up the arrogant idea of ​​advancement.

Although the ability of [Gene Replication] seems to be very cheating, Russell has hardly ever used it due to the silver level restriction.

To be honest, he wasn't very confident that he could elevate his arrogance to a higher level later on.

Maybe the Emerald level is okay right now, but what about the Diamond level, or even the Master level and Palace level later on?
Moreover, the higher the level of the card maker, the more serious the threat he faces.

High-level card makers all have at least one card that strengthens themselves.

The style of Fang Wenlong, the [Fighting God], is even more exaggerated. Almost all the cards are used to strengthen oneself, whether they are biological cards or item cards.

Therefore, you still have to replace the life-saving cards when the time comes.

Of course, [Arrogance] is already a rare and powerful card for a normal card maker, but Russell is not satisfied with it.

Now he already has several options in mind, such as the transformation props in various special effects dramas, such as the Ultraman transformation device, the Kamen Rider belt and the like.

The advantage is that the upper limit is very high, but the disadvantage is that it is still very weak when not transformed.

There are also various powerful bloodlines, such as Kryptonians and Saiyans.

But Russell has never seen a similar card in all this time.

The key point is that it is obvious that the mysterious space will not have such a loophole for him to exploit. Even if a bloodline item card is really made, it will definitely have a fixed upper limit like [Broken Jade Fusion].

Just like the infinite flow novels he read before traveling through time, a bloodline is castrated and then strengthened in stages.

But the problem is that other people's infinite flow can open the genetic lock, but Russell can't.

So there is no difference between the two options.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through Russell's mind. He thought of an idea and his face became strange: "No way..."

But soon his face gradually became excited: "If it can really be done, wouldn't it be..."

Thinking of this, Russell began to think carefully.

If his idea can be realized, it may produce unexpected results.

Early the next morning, Russell appeared in the tent looking a little listless.

Wen Jing, who was standing by, saw him like this and asked curiously in a low voice, "What did you do, Xiao Luo? Why do you look like you've overindulged yourself?"

Russell couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this: "No, I spent the whole night thinking about the construction of new cards yesterday and didn't get enough rest."

Wen Jing patted the young man's shoulder in understanding, and said with an expression of someone who had experienced it: "I understand, we card makers are like this. The demons just need to increase their strength, unlike us who have to use our brains to figure out how to make cards."

Russell nodded in agreement. He could still copy the homework he did before traveling through time. If it were a normal card maker on this blue planet, he would only be more miserable than him.

At this time, Kuang Shouzheng saw that everyone was present and said seriously, "What I want to say today is very important. Everyone, please don't spread it out."

As his words fell, the expressions of all the card makers present changed.

Seeing this, Kuang Shouzheng nodded with satisfaction: "In fact, I did not succeed in killing the diamond-level demons of the demon army yesterday. They retreated on their own initiative."

Hearing this, although Russell was a little confused, he was not surprised. After all, if Kuang Shouzheng had really killed the diamond-level demon yesterday, the remaining demon army would have no chance of evacuating alive.

Apparently the other card makers present had also thought of this.

Kuang Shouzheng continued, "But the behavior of the diamond-level demon was a little strange. He ordered the evacuation only after receiving the order. It was not what he originally thought."

No one questioned how Kuang Shouzheng found out. A diamond-level person naturally has diamond-level methods.

"More importantly, I contacted other military towns yesterday, and their demon armies also behaved in the same way."

"Then I contacted Master Fang."

Hearing Fang Wenlong's name, the card makers present couldn't help but become extremely alert.

But at this time, Kuang Shouzheng looked at Russell in the corner: "Mr. Luo should know the reason."

Russell was stunned, not knowing why the other party suddenly mentioned him.

But feeling everyone's gaze, the young man quickly realized what the bald man was referring to. He asked hesitantly, "That plan?"

To be on the safe side, Russell did not mention the specific content.

However, Kuang Shouzheng smiled at this time: "Since I have asked you, Luo Chenshi, it is natural that Master Fang allowed me to say it."

"Yes, it is the demonization plan of the demon army."

“Demonization?”

The Emerald-level card makers present, except Russell, were confused when they heard the name and obviously could not understand its meaning.

"The so-called demonization means that the demon army can use special means to completely transform the card maker into a demon, and the card can also be transformed into its own ability."

"Pay attention, it's a demon, not a limb-jointing demon."

"This is the information that Master Fang found out when he personally went to the heart of the demon army a few days ago."

After hearing this, the tent fell into silence, and everyone was silently digesting this shocking news.

At this time, Russell also understood why Fang Wenlong chose to make this news public.

After all, if the demon army has succeeded, then the Ming Dynasty really needs to be vigilant, otherwise it will be easy to be ambushed by the demonized card makers without being prepared.

"But is the demon army's technical ability so exaggerated?"

Russell did not forget that Li Shuo was the one who had been planning for a long time in Donglai before he was close to success.

After a while, Kuang Shouzheng broke the silence: "However, Master Fang said that the demonized card maker is still in the experimental stage, the experimental products are not perfect, and the number is also very scarce."

"So don't worry, everyone."

"The reason why I am sharing this news is that Master Fang has ordered the military garrisons in various places to investigate whether there are any unusual movements by the demon army in their respective areas."

Hearing this, Russell understood and secretly sighed, "No wonder, but I'm afraid the days ahead will be difficult."

As expected, Kuang Shouzheng then issued an order: "The exploration mission team is the same as last time. I hope all colleagues will do their best."

Hearing that their immediate superior had given the order, all the card makers present responded loudly: "Yes!"

After the meeting, Wen Jing rushed to Russell's side and said, "Xiao Luo, we are partners again."

"Well, let's go and fuck them a few times tonight."

As she spoke, she began to laugh strangely, "hehehe", and it was obvious that she enjoyed the mosquito tactics.

But Russell rejected Wen Jing. He said speechlessly, "Sister Wen, we used the mosquito tactics before to lure them out. I'm afraid it won't work this time."

Hearing this, the short-haired woman instantly became dejected: "Yeah, then what should we do?"

"With your fighting ability, I am not confident in taking you to kill the demon army cadres."

Russell's eyes suddenly darkened: "It doesn't matter, I have already thought of the construction of the next card."

"I will take action when the time comes."

Then, he patted Wen Jing's hunched back and said, "Just give me some time. I'll let you know when I succeed."

After saying that, the young man turned and left, preparing to return to his residence to exchange materials for making cards.

Behind him, the short-haired woman slowly drew a question mark on her head.

"?"

(End of this chapter)