On the Divine Card Continent, spirit cards come in many varieties and are mainly divided into three major categories: Elemental Spirit Cards, life spirit cards, and special spirit cards.
Wood spirit cards, water spirit cards, and fire spirit cards are all the most basic Elemental Spirit Cards.
The card currently in Han Yang’s hand, however, was a Life Spirit Card with life force sealed inside. As long as it was activated with spiritual power, the spirit beast sealed within would emerge and fight for its master.
It was worth mentioning that life spirit cards could seal not only spirit beasts, but also refine martial artists into puppets and seal them within. However, such a practice was excessively evil and had been forbidden by the various Dynasties.
Spirit cards that belonged to neither the elemental spirit card nor the Life Spirit Card category were all special spirit cards, such as the Eight Great Heavenly-Ranked spirit cards and the Eight Great Earth-Ranked Spirit Cards.
After seeing Han Yang take out that orange Life Spirit Card, the entire Card Duel Arena exploded. Fierce cries of astonishment suddenly rang out from the audience stand.
A finely crafted Tier-Two Life Spirit Card! There probably weren’t even more than three such cards in all of Cold Night City!
And now one had appeared right before their eyes. Even if they could only look at it, that would be good enough!
They all stared greedily at the Spirit Card Han Yang had taken out. Some fearless people had already risen to their feet, as if they would immediately rush up and seize the card as soon as someone took the lead.
“Hmph!” Seeing the actions of the tens of thousands of spectators, Han Yang snorted coldly. The aura belonging to a Two-Star High-Grade spirit master spread around him, and an icy chill swept across the entire audience stand. In an instant, everyone who had been itching to act came to their senses.
Looking at Han Yang’s cold expression in the center of the Card Duel Arena, the spectators were all terrified in retrospect. They had truly been blinded by the treasure just now, actually forgetting that he was the younger brother of the han family patriarch—a noble third-rank card master!
It could be said that the Han Family’s rise to become the number-one family in Cold Night City was directly related to Han Yang. If not for the large number of spirit cards he had crafted, the Han Family’s strength could never have skyrocketed in just twenty years, allowing it to leap from a third-rate family to Cold Night City’s foremost family.
It would have been even more impossible for them to suppress the Lin Family, once Cold Night City’s number-one family twenty years ago, until it became the weakest of Cold Night City’s Ten Great Families.
It could be said that the Lin Family, where Lin Ye lived, had fallen to its current state not only because of Lin Ye’s grandfather, Lin Zhan, leaving, but more importantly because of the Han Family’s suppression.
The ridiculous thing was that Lin Feiyang still dreamed of marrying Han Yan and climbing the Han Family’s great tree so that he could rise to prominence. In reality, they had never even looked him in the eye.
“A fine Life Spirit Card?” Lin Ye raised his brows slightly, intense interest flashing in their eyes.
Although he already possessed a perfect tier-one spirit card, even an ordinary Tier-Two Spirit Card was far more powerful than a perfect tier-one spirit card in essence. Moreover, this was a Life Spirit Card, which was higher grade than an elemental spirit card, so it still held a certain attraction for him.
However, Han Yang’s next words made him realize that he had been thinking too much.
“As long as you defeat me, this Spirit Card is yours.” Han Yang gave Lin Ye a faint smile.
“Ding!”
“System mission: Defeat Han Yang. Mission rewards: 10,000 points of spirit card essence. Host, would you like to accept?”
What nearly made Lin Ye vomit was that, at this inappropriate moment, the System’s notification suddenly rang out in his mind.
Lin Ye’s mouth twitched fiercely. However, he did not immediately refuse the mission issued by the System. Instead, he calmly asked, “Does the mission have a time limit?”
Immediately afterward, Lin Ye’s mind fell silent for a moment. Clearly, the System had not expected Lin Ye to ask such a question.
A moment later, the System’s notification sounded in Lin Ye’s mind again.
“Ding!”
“Mission time limit: one month.”
“Accept!” Hearing the System’s answer, Lin Ye slowly breathed a sigh of relief and replied without hesitation.
What he needed most right now was time. If the System had said the time limit was only today, he would rather abandon this richly rewarded system mission than do something as futile as throwing an egg against a rock.
If Han Yang had only been a Two-Star Middle-Grade spirit master, he might have been able to fight him. But Han Yang was at least a Two-Star High-Grade spirit master. If he faced Han Yang, he would almost certainly die.
“Could Han Yang have gone mad?”
“How old is he, and what kind of strength does he have? He actually wants to challenge a teenager more than ten years younger than him. Shameless!”
“Tsk, tsk. As expected of Cold Night City’s former great demon. Being shameless to this extent certainly doesn’t disgrace his reputation!”
Upon hearing Han Yang’s words, waves of whispered discussion immediately arose from the audience stand. Even though the voices were quiet, Lin Ye and Han Yang in the center could still hear them.
Seeing Han Yang’s expression grow increasingly gloomy, gradually turning as dark as charcoal, Lin Ye curled his lips in a teasing smile and said, “Arena Master Han, you’re joking. I’m fifteen years old today and possess the strength of a nine-star martial artist. May I ask how old you are and what level of strength you possess?”
At these words, Han Yang’s expression became even colder. His gaze, as frigid as polar ice, fell upon Lin Ye, and his words placed an enormous compliment on Lin Ye.
“Your talent is extraordinary. Two days ago, you weren’t even a martial artist, yet today you possess the strength of a nine-star martial artist. How can you be measured by the standards of an ordinary martial artist? Since you were able to kill a nine-star martial artist with one move, defeating me should not be very difficult.”
“Actually, I never mentioned this before, but I only wanted to live quietly, so I had been hiding my strength all along. Now that I’ve come here, continuing to hide it would be no different from seeking death. Therefore, it isn’t a matter of turning from a cripple into a genius overnight.” Lin Ye shrugged with amusement and spoke with complete seriousness.
“Then are you going to refuse?” Han Yang’s eyes grew even colder, as if he would pounce on Lin Ye and kill him the moment Lin Ye refused.
“I definitely would have refused originally, but who asked you to offer such astonishing rewards? Give me one month. How about I come to the Card Duel Arena and fight you one month from today?”
Lin Ye stared intently at the Life Spirit Card in Han Yang’s hand and gritted his teeth, looking as if he desperately wanted to obtain the Spirit Card in Han Yang’s possession.
Seeing Lin Ye look at his card as if he were looking at a completely naked beauty, Han Yang thought to himself, As expected, he is nothing more than a worthless nobody. He already looks this disgraceful over a Tier-Two Life Spirit Card. It seems he will never amount to much in the future.
So what if I give you a month? I can have my niece come watch the fight then, which should also relieve the depression this good-for-nothing has caused her over the years.
“Fine. Then I’ll give you one month. Spectators, please bear witness. If the Lin Family’s Eldest Young Master does not appear here then, you’ll have to come with me to his home and invite him.” Han Yang sneered at Lin Ye before turning toward the audience stand and speaking loudly.
This move undoubtedly cut off Lin Ye’s escape route of not daring to appear one month later, forcing him to come.
Lin Ye naturally understood Han Yang’s intention, but merely smiled indifferently.
“Then can I leave now?”
“Of course!” Han Yang gestured for Lin Ye to go.
Lin Ye nodded slightly, then turned and glanced at Lan Yue. His eyes overflowed with admiration, and his lips moved slightly. Afterward, he once again entered the passage leading to the rooms behind the Card Duel Arena.