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Chen Xuan furrowed his brow, staring intently at him, trying to discern truth from falsehood from his face, but that insect face was too nauseating and bizarre to capture any meaningful information.

Was this plan pushed forward by him too?

It’s not too surprising to have Star God followers among the Dimensional Limit Mechanism... The current mechanism is no longer what it used to be; retreating to the Moon Base is essentially a defeat in the war, and maintaining even a broken organization is already quite an achievement.

But the question is, how did the Star God predict that he would definitely come here?

This not only requires monitoring changes across multiple world lines but also being extremely familiar with him personally.

What surprised Chen Xuan even more was that the other party actually mentioned he "harbored a different power." Was this referring to the Ability Store? Or was it just bluffing? The enemy sensed something unusual but didn’t know the specific reason for the anomaly...

If this were true, then whether his target was himself or the Ability Store would be highly questionable.

Although many thoughts were racing through Chen Xuan’s mind, on the surface, he tried his best to remain normal, "Is that so? But seeing you work hard to uproot the Lotus Cloud Sect, it doesn’t seem like you’re waiting for me to arrive."

"If you hadn’t come, then it would have been destroyed, and there’s nothing regrettable about that." The Star God nodded at the blue hand, "Deal the cards. Since you managed to gather seven cards, I’ll draw seven as well."

The blue hand then distributed all the cards on the table to both of them.

Chen Xuan quickly glanced at the attributes of a few cards, feeling slightly astonished.

[Lin Qing].

—"Entry Points: 1."

"Attack Power: 46."

"Mind Fortress: Once this ability is activated, as long as she is on the field, all friendly personnel will not be affected by enemy control abilities."

[Honglian].

—"Entry Points: 1."

"Attack Power: 171."

"King’s Castle: Can choose two cards to act as each other’s castle and switch positions when attacked."

[Elorie].

—"Entry Points: 1."

"Attack Power: 215."

"Angel: Causes double damage to demon cards, automatically activates during defense."

[Liu Shuyue].

—"Entry Points: 2."

"Attack Power: 349."

"Demon-slaying True Sword: Causes fixed 2000 damage to cards or players (can only be used once)."

[Liuli].

—"Entry Points: 3."

"Attack Power: 608."

"Extraordinary Phenomenon: Will not die immediately when receiving a fatal attack, will exit after the end of the next round."

[Xu Xuanling].

—"Entry Points: 3."

"Attack Power: 421."

"Thousand Machines Lock Moon: Designate an attack to cause chain damage to all enemy cards on the field."

[Ji Lian].

—"Entry Points: 6."

"Attack Power: 1507."

"Gemini: Can act twice per turn, but cannot choose the same target."

These ability names are almost identical to the descriptions from the Ability Store.

Even the Dimensional Limit Mechanism, which holds a large amount of intelligence on abilities, hasn’t formed a naming convention for abilities, and the owners often have varied names for their abilities.

How did the Star God manage to obtain information so close to the Ability Store?

Moreover, Liuli is a phenomenon and wouldn’t be recorded by the store, but its essence was clearly displayed on the card.

Is this the power of the "Star God"?

"You can take your time to think of a strategy, this game doesn’t limit turn time," the Star God said, pretending to be elegant while playing with the ring on his finger. Unfortunately, no matter what, Chen Xuan couldn’t associate a human-bodied, insect-faced monster with elegance.

Suppressing other thoughts, he refocused on the card attributes.

The entry points of these characters are obviously linked to their powers, with Ji Lian being the most exaggerated, boasting a four-digit paper attack power, almost on a different level from everyone else. If you add accumulated motivational points from before, with just two points, it could deal 4521 damage to the player, practically achieving an instant kill. This means that as long as Ji Lian can be played, the game is as good as over.

However, her entry points are also quite ridiculous, and would require reaching the sixth turn to play normally.

If he sacrifices a card each round, he could play her by the third round.

But this also means the available combat power at his disposal is stretched thin.

Another fairly special card is undoubtedly Liu Shuyue.

She can enter the field in the second round, and while her paper attack power is average, her special skill can inflict 2000 direct damage. Even against Ji Lian, this 2000 damage can directly counteract the latter, equivalent to a trump card killer.

This made Chen Xuan realize that the core factor affecting the outcome of the game is the special abilities of the cards; those with lower entry points can also be key to deciding victory or defeat.

"Play your card," he said in a deep voice.

"Looks like you’re ready?" The Star God let out a hissing laugh, playing a card, "Your turn."

"I skip," Chen Xuan said without hesitation.

There’s no rule that cards must be played every round, so naturally passing is viable.

"Oh?" The opponent raised an eyebrow slightly, "Quick reaction you’ve got."

His facedown card stood up, indeed revealing the Fei Dancer.

Chen Xuan had already experienced its effect as a starting card—Charm not only turns the opponent’s card to his usage but reveals all the information of that card, serving a dual purpose. Lin Qing’s special ability seemed to just counteract the Fei Dancer, but she suffered from losing her prosthetics, and her paper attack power is too low. Even if immune to charm, she could easily be taken out by the Fei Dancer’s attack, resulting in losing a card for nothing.

Of course, skipping doesn’t mean doing nothing; Chen Xuan pointed at the card in the Star God’s hand and said, "I want to verify the card!"

"I told you, you don’t have to shout the commands," the Star God reminded patiently again.

Chen Xuan didn’t pay him any mind.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the information of a card appeared in his mind.

[Ancient Worm].

—"Entry Points: 6."

"Attack Power: 600."

"Disarray Crystal: Once activated, it affects all enemy cards; effect lasts for three turns: first turn attack is halved, second turn attack becomes zero, third turn transforms into Insect People."

Chen Xuan secretly took a deep breath.

Good heavens, who would have thought a random point would land on the opponent’s big card.

Although its attack isn’t standout, the special ability is quite troublesome; once it survives two turns, there’s basically no chance of turning the tide.

Since there were no cards on one side of the field, the Fei Dancer directly attacked Chen Xuan, and he instantly felt a sharp pain in his chest, with the green number on the table turning to 4850.

At the moment of attack, the paper value of the Fei Dancer was also revealed, just as he had seen before; indeed, it was 150.

In other words, if one doesn’t use a probing ability, and the card doesn’t perform any actions, even if it’s already on the table, the other party cannot see its detailed information.

At this moment, the entry points on Chen Xuan’s table increased to "2."

This signified the game had moved into the second round.

From now on, passing the turn would become extremely dangerous. Once the opponent sets up their formation, he might not be able to keep even a single card.

Chen Xuan directly placed down two cards.

They were Lin Qing and Elorie!

And the Star God only placed one card, obviously a card with an entry point of 2.

When the card-playing phase ended, all the facedown cards stood up automatically, and only then did Chen Xuan see the demon played out by the opponent, called [Zhao Zhilei]. This individual was also a member of the Jiang City Demon Council and was the one who introduced Xiao Canong to the other demons.

Based on impressions, Zhao Zhilei didn’t seem to excel in combat abilities.

But with the pressing threat of the Fei Dancer, Chen Xuan couldn’t bother with what abilities the opponent had.

"Activate Lin Qing’s ability!" he still shouted loudly, "Elorie, attack the Fei Dancer!"

Two blue veins seemed to bulge on the Star God’s forehead.