Chapter 211: 211 Mount Flower VS Temple of the Gods 6_1
Cyrus laughed heartily. "No matter how you look at it, Mount Flower doesn’t have many good countermeasures."
Lillian said, "River Maiden seized the initiative by striking first, but it remains to be seen how Mount Flower Association will deal with it."
Cyrus praised, "Alva reacts quickly. Attacking River Maiden first now is a good move; it’ll be greatly beneficial for them if they can eliminate this Control Card early. Wen Jiang’s Hou Yi hasn’t moved yet; it seems she’s also aware that she’s being closely watched by Eros and Circe. Those two—a reflective damage card and a Strong Control Card—are both excellent counters to Hou Yi."
River Maiden’s area-of-effect fog can last for nearly thirty seconds, and enemies enveloped by it will be stunned for a period. Dou Yuan wasn’t very strong, so this stun duration might not be long, but it should be enough to buy some time.
It was somewhat unexpected that Mount Flower opted to strike first.
For now, the Assassin Cards Oneri and Lamia were temporarily forced back by the dense fog, but once it cleared, if they weren’t stunned, it would be their time to act. Because of River Maiden’s effect, Seven-Star Butterfly hadn’t been affected yet, and Chen Runyu immediately started directing its butterflies. Anyone close to the blooming range of Seven-Star Butterfly’s flowers would have their spiritual power affected.
Shi Qi, controlling Clueless Dame, followed Chen Runyu’s Seven-Star Butterfly. In her flower state, Clueless Dame can become invisible. However, the opponent also had an unplayed card, Changer, which can see through invisibility.
Seeing Mount Flower play their Control Card so aggressively, their other cards, aside from their output cards, had yet to make a move.
Under the fog, Eros and Circe dared not relax at all; they were laser-focused on Hou Yi’s position, ready to target Hou Yi the instant her card moved.
In this state, another Control Card, Demos, began to move. It could also release a black fog to control enemies. Its area of effect was smaller than River Maiden’s, but the control duration was longer and had adverse effects—those eroded by the fog would take increased damage. Demos had no better place to cast its ability and targeted Ghost Wood. Even if Ghost Wood could resist, how long could it withstand a flurry of attacks from multiple cards?
It seemed all of Mount Flower’s cards had begun to move, while Temple of the Gods still had a few cards unplayed. Of course, Temple of the Gods had also noticed that in the center of the arena, the huge Dandelion floating in the wind had started to release smaller dandelions. This was a precursor to Wen Jiang unleashing her power; Hou Yi remained still, but Wen Jiang had already activated two cards. As long as a Card Spirit existed, spiritual power was continuously consumed.
Alva narrowed his eyes. He had seen Wen Jiang control Dandelions before and knew how tricky her Dandelions could be in advancing their position. Wen Jiang had strong control over such cards. The growth of such blinding cards posed a significant threat.
The Dandelions floated much slower than regular cards, but not absurdly so. In the blink of an eye, one had already approached Merlinuo. Merlinuo was dealing continuous damage to River Maiden, but if blinded, her ability casting would be interrupted.
Dandelions could be destroyed. Alva, controlling Sirens, released a soaring song aimed at the four released dandelions, preparing to dissolve these smaller ones with an attack of spiritual power.
A few seconds later, the dandelions were dissolved, but Alva’s expression suddenly hardened.
He had seen Dandelion-type cards before; their seeds didn’t have formidable defenses and shouldn’t take long to dissolve. However, when he just controlled Sirens to dissolve the Dandelions, he felt a surprising amount of strain and consumed more spiritual power than anticipated, giving him an ominous premonition.
He immediately said, "I can’t deal with the Dandelions; you handle them."
Trying to dissolve more would mean controlling two cards, which would cause him serious problems.
An aide glanced at Alva. "It’s just a few Dandelions, and you can’t handle that?"
Alva snorted coldly. "You can try it yourself."
The aide said nothing, weighed the options, and knew they had to find a breakthrough. After River Maiden’s mist dissipated, the aide commanded, "Lamia and Oneri, act first! Target Seven-Star Butterfly!"
Apart from Hou Yi, Seven-Star Butterfly was the opponent’s only card with strong output in the early and mid-game. If not for the Four Heavenly Kings and Su Daji causing such headaches, Temple of the Gods wouldn’t have wanted this output card to be available to their opponent. They didn’t target the immobile Ghost Wood because it was a card with high defense that could heal itself automatically, making it a low-yield target in the early game.
The aide looked towards the still-inactive Hou Yi, thought for a moment, and then said, "Ourelitaya, enhance Oneri’s abilities."
With Hou Yi currently stationary, there was no need for Ourelitaya to focus on Little God of Love.
Just as the other side gave the order, Wen Jiang glanced over, instantly understanding their intention. The only cards on the field that hadn’t moved were Hou Yi, and Circe and Eros who were focused on her. This meant the only truly free card for Temple of the Gods was Changer. Before her ascension, Changer was defensive. After ascension, she gained a boost and could spot invisible targets and enhance damage against them. However, ascension wasn’t useful at this stage, so the opponents hadn’t moved her.
Temple of the Gods, having forgone a Healing Card, might have seemed unable to prolong the battle against Mount Flower. In reality, with Mount Flower’s strongest output card, Hou Yi, being suppressed, Temple of the Gods, relying only on Changer for defense, had enough to wear them down. Mount Flower Association was in a passive situation.
At that moment, Sirens also stopped singing. Dou Yuan’s River Maiden was also taking damage from Merlinuo, whose output power was no joke. Ruan Chunen, following Wen Jiang’s instructions and risking an attack from assassins, fed River Maiden a pill, temporarily relieving Dou Yuan’s pressure.
Of course, Seven-Star Butterfly was now in trouble.
Lacking strong defense, two Assassin Cards combined with an enhancement card directly targeted Seven-Star Butterfly. A blurred shadow merged into Seven-Star Butterfly’s body, and in an instant, Chen Runyu felt a chill course through him. It was a sign of Oneri’s shadow infiltrating his card.
He could feel his spiritual power steadily decreasing, as if an invisible shackle tightly bound him. The boosted abilities from Oneri and Ourelitaya were potent. Even though Ghost Wood’s branches rapidly spread to stem the precipitous decline of his spiritual power, Chen Runyu knew this wasn’t a fundamental solution.
He didn’t dare speak. As long as Wen Jiang didn’t say stop, he wouldn’t cease spreading Seven-Star Butterfly’s flowers. The Seven-Star Butterfly would naturally corrode the Oneri shadow on its body, but the current damage was negligible to Oneri.
When Lamia, braving the ongoing assault, instantly appeared before Seven-Star Butterfly, Chen Runyu’s face turned deathly pale.
CRACK!
The beautiful, half-human, half-serpent demoness wielded a blade and swung it heavily at Seven-Star Butterfly. In an instant, Seven-Star Butterfly’s main body shook violently!