Fierce Battle

Shanghai City coast.

Bai Yueming looked grimly at the spatial vortex over the distant sea, which was continuously releasing terrifying waves of energy. "A Master Grade Secret Realm."

Without any warning, the secret realm that should never have appeared suddenly descended upon the waters around Shanghai City.

Although it had not fully descended yet, once the Secret Realm Entrance took shape, the pressure Shanghai City would face would surge severalfold. Even relocating the city would not be out of the question.

However, relocating a major city like this was exceedingly difficult, even with Card Masters.

Of course, a more likely outcome was that it would transform from an ordinary city into a military town.

But Bai Yueming had little mood to think about what would happen after today.

The old man worriedly glanced back. Just moments ago, he had clearly sensed a Master Card Master making a move within the city.

Because he had dealt with Chris before, Bai Yueming knew that he was the one who had acted.

As for the target—

There was no doubt it was his own disciple.

"Xiao Luo."

The old man softly spoke his young disciple’s name, unable to help falling into a difficult dilemma.

By both emotion and reason, he should have been focusing all his efforts on the newly appeared secret realm over the sea, as well as Jin Ping and the others who might appear.

But Bai Yueming still could not put his mind at ease about Lu Su.

This time was not at all like the previous clash with Jin Ping.

For one, Chris’s cards were different from Jin Ping’s. The former possessed stronger frontal combat power. For another, Lu Su had no other Card Masters by his side to support him right now.

After all, whether during his battle with Jin Ping or his later fight against the Nation-Destroying Fox Spirit, the youth had not been alone.

But this time, he could only rely on himself.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

At that moment, a somewhat crazed burst of laughter entered Bai Yueming’s ears.

It was Jin Ping.

Since he had already reached a deal with Chris, he naturally could not hide in the shadows and merely watch events unfold.

At that moment, the Hook-nosed Elder’s expression twisted as he said in an exaggerated tone, "Well?"

"Bai Yueming, do you like this gift?!"

As he spoke, a malicious smile appeared on Jin Ping’s face. "Choose."

"Shanghai City."

"Or your student."

Bai Yueming’s face darkened at Jin Ping’s heart-piercing words.

He knew that the time had come when he had no choice but to make a decision.

The old man took a deep breath and said word by word, "Whether it’s Shanghai City or Xiao Luo—"

"Today, I’ll protect them both!"

As his words fell, half of the cards belonging to this Great Ming Master Card Master immediately split off and rushed toward the newly appeared secret realm within the city.

Jin Ping could not help showing a trace of surprise at the sight.

But soon, he laughed wildly. "Looks like you’ve made the worst possible decision."

"Do you really think you can stop us alone?!"

"Today is the day you die!"

As he spoke, Skin Peeler and Marcus immediately appeared at his side.

At this moment, not counting the Master Grade Secret Realm that had yet to fully descend, Bai Yueming had to face three Master Card Masters and one Master Grade Demon at once.

Feeling those soul-stirring auras over the sea, Yan Wenlai’s face showed a bitter smile. "Old Bai, looks like we’re done for today."

Yet even while standing at the edge of despair, Bai Yueming remained calm.

The old man spoke to his old friend beside him in an extremely quiet voice. "Mountain Lord should arrive soon. Things aren’t that bad yet."

"What I’m worried about now is that their target is Little Ye."

Yan Wenlai froze upon hearing this.

He glanced at Jin Ping and the others in disbelief, forcing several words out of his throat. "They figured it out?!"

"I don’t know."

Bai Yueming was only guessing, so he could only shake his head to convey his uncertainty.

The scene immediately fell silent.

However, Jin Ping and the other two clearly had no intention of allowing the stalemate to continue. They immediately chose to attack.

In the span of a single breath, the Shanghai City coast vanished without a trace.

Inside the secret realm.

Lu Su relied on Little Spider’s spatial abilities to continuously evade Chris’s attacks.

Fortunately, Spider-girl had already advanced to Diamond Grade, greatly increasing her teleportation range. Combined with the sheer size of this secret realm, otherwise they might not have been able to evade Chris’s saturation attacks at all.

But constantly dodging was not a solution. Under the other party’s attacks, the places where he could hide would only grow fewer and fewer.

Sizzle—!

A faint burning sound came from behind him. Lu Su turned and glanced at the darkness clinging to him like a lingering disease.

"Is this how you survived Jin Ping’s hands?"

At that moment, an icy voice rang down from the distant heavens.

Since Chris had not participated in Jin Ping’s previous operation, he did not know that Lu Su had survived after taking one of Jin Ping’s attacks head-on.

He thought the youth had only escaped thanks to exceptional fleeing skills, forcing Jin Ping to give up on killing him, the traitor.

But Lu Su obviously would not reveal his trump card so easily.

His gaze merely sharpened as he silently thought, It’s over.

In the youth’s perception, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had already successfully killed that Diamond Grade Demon.

Without hesitation, he immediately sent his cards forward to attack.

Since Chris had already watched footage of Lu Su’s battle in the City within a City, he had naturally remained on guard.

Endless darkness surged from the body of the card beside him, blotting out the entire sky in an instant.

Seeing this, Lu Su muttered Chris’s card’s identity. "Lucifer?"

After such a long pursuit, Spider-girl had naturally identified Chris’s information long ago. Of course, there was no hope of obtaining the specific card details. After all, the boy was a Master Card Master. Being able to identify a name was already quite good.

Name: Chris

Title: Inverted Cross

Grade: Master grade

Cards Held: Fallen Morning Star Lucifer, Sin of Wrath Samael.

Like most Master Card Masters, Chris possessed very few Master Grade cards.

On one hand, it was extremely difficult for Master Card Masters to find compatible materials. On the other hand, not everyone possessed Lu Su’s absurdly vast Spiritual Power capacity.

Chris, hovering in the sky, did not know that the youth on the ground had already glimpsed his secrets.

Right now, he only wanted to deal with the other party as quickly as possible and leave this place.

After all, the longer he delayed, the more dangerous the little boy’s situation would become.

However, just as Chris was about to seize the momentum and take down Lu Su in one go, an incomparably blazing Flame Tornado flew in from far away and instantly swallowed his body.

But how could such an attack possibly injure a Master Card Master?

The massive Flame Tornado exploded apart in an instant, scattering flames in every direction and setting the surrounding woods ablaze.

Chris, whose figure had reappeared, tilted his head and could not help muttering, "A card I haven’t seen before."

The little boy remembered that this card had not appeared in the battle footage he had watched before.

He glanced at the muscular, white-bearded old man who had appeared in the sky not far away, bare-chested, and frowned slightly.

"Just one Diamond Grade card—"

Just as Chris was about to mock him, an aged voice interrupted him.

"Bankai—Zanka no Tachi."

As Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s words fell, the blazing fires around them suddenly intensified severalfold, only to vanish without a trace the next moment.

Chris’s pupils contracted slightly at the sight.

At that moment, every instinct of his as a Master Card Master was telling him that if he touched that black and red blade without any defenses, he would definitely be injured.

Facing Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s undisguised hostility, Lucifer immediately stepped in front of Chris.

But Head Captain was not the only one present.

Lu Su’s cards immediately attacked one after another, their various attacks instantly drowning the place where Chris stood.

Left with no choice, this Master Card Master of the Fallen Cult could only summon his Diamond and Jade Grade cards to deal with them.

Boom—!

A violent explosion suddenly rang out, and multicolored energy waves instantly swept through everything around them.

The howling gale whipped up Lu Su’s hair.

A trace of doubt arose in the youth’s heart, and he could not help furrowing his brow. "Why does he seem to be in poor condition?"

So far, Chris had not felt like a normal Master Card Master to Lu Su.

Although the pressure was immense, the youth did not feel much of the urgency of facing a life-or-death crisis.

He could not help muttering inwardly, Or is it because I’ve gotten stronger again?

As the smoke gradually dispersed, Chris appeared before Lu Su with an ugly expression. "I admit that I underestimated you."

"But if Old Dog Jin hadn’t needed me to bring this secret realm down, I wouldn’t have expended so much power."

Lu Su immediately understood.

No wonder this secret realm had not appeared around Shanghai City for no reason. Chris had paid a price for it.

Thinking this, the youth could not help laughing. "Then where did you get the confidence to kill me?"

Chris’s body stiffened, and for a moment, he did not know how to refute Lu Su.

His best option right now was actually to retreat. It seemed impossible to kill the youth in a short time.

That was what he intended to do.

Unfortunately, just as the boy turned to flee, he saw a Master Grade card and several Diamond Grade cards appear behind him.

"Bai Yueming?!"

Chris cried out in shock. Of course, he recognized the cards that had come to provide support as Bai Yueming’s cards.

But he quickly calmed down. He had already determined that these were only Bai Yueming’s cards, not Bai Yueming himself.

"Your teacher hasn’t abandoned you after all."

Chris gave a cold laugh and turned to look at Lu Su.

Running was no longer possible. He had already been trapped inside the secret realm.

Since that was the case, he could only make a desperate gamble.

Without wasting words, Chris immediately ordered Samael to meet Bai Yueming’s Master Grade card, while he himself led Lucifer against Lu Su.

Under Lu Su’s gaze, a pitch-black sun fell from the sky toward the earth.

Darkness that devoured everything spread from the falling sun, covering the surrounding ground in an instant.

"Zanka no Tachi, West—Kajō Tōjin."

At that moment, along with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s voice, his immense Spirit Pressure transformed into flames of fifteen million degrees.

The white-bearded old man was now cloaked in robes that resembled a blazing sun.

Under that terrifying heat, the surrounding temperature began to skyrocket, and the ground beneath his feet began to melt into lava.

The next moment, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto vanished from where he stood.

When he appeared again, he was already before Chris and Lucifer.

Looking at the old man before him, who resembled a living torch, Chris’s expression changed slightly.

Sensing danger, Lucifer immediately tried to force Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto back.

Tattered wings dripping black sludge spread open, and countless Devils in all sorts of forms instantly appeared around the old man.

Unfortunately, the moment they appeared, they turned to ashes beneath the terrifying heat of Kajō Tōjin.

But Lucifer’s goal had been to delay the old man before him.

As the Fallen Angel extended his right hand, the aura of death around them immediately wrapped around it. He then pressed his palm against Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s chest.

Boom—!

The old man shot into the distance like a cannonball, while Lucifer looked at his slightly charred right hand and frowned faintly.

But after he lightly clenched his fist, the charred skin instantly peeled away, revealing tender new flesh beneath.

At that moment, Black and Red Lightning exploded, and a massive black fist entered Lucifer’s view.

It was Luffy.

Facing the Straw Hat Boy’s ferocious attack, Lucifer merely curled his lips and casually reached out to swat away the giant fist coated in Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki.

Yet the instant they touched, a trace of surprise appeared on Lucifer’s face.

At that moment, the Fallen Angel could clearly feel a faint sting in his right hand.

Before he could consider the reason, a yellow-haired youth had already appeared at his side.

Facing the unguarded Lucifer, Kurosaki Ichigo mercilessly swung Tensa Zangetsu toward Chris.

But the Fallen Angel was still a Master Grade card. Though weakened somewhat, assassinating the Card Master himself right before his eyes was still difficult.

Under his control, the surrounding darkness instantly wrapped around the two of them while simultaneously launching an attack at Lu Su.

Sizzle—!

Accompanied by a piercing shriek, a pitch-black beam flashed past Lu Su in an instant, leaving behind a bottomless ravine in the ground.

Chris obviously could not allow the youth to keep attacking without restraint. In that brief moment, he had already more or less thought of a plan.

"Lu Su."

"Perhaps I won’t be able to leave today."

"But don’t think you’ll get off easy either!"

A cold voice came from within the pitch-black sphere.

The next moment, the pitch-black sphere suddenly shattered, and Lucifer, shrouded in dense black mist, floated into the air.

At the same time, Samael, who had been battling Bai Yueming’s cards, forcibly broke away from the fight and came to Lucifer’s side.

Then, under Lu Su’s horrified gaze, the two fallen angels who had turned their backs on God gradually shed their human forms.

A few breaths later, a Great Red Dragon with seven heads and ten horns appeared before Youth’s eyes.

Chris had finally revealed his last trump card.

"Roar!"

Amid an earth-shaking roar, the Great Red Dragon proclaimed its existence.

"The great dragon was that Ancient Serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceived the whole world." — Holy Bible: Revelation