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Sexy Lu Su, Working Online
"Hey, little brother, have you had breakfast?"
Early in the morning, outside the Qilu Card Master Association Headquarters, a burly man greeted a young man with a friendly smile.
The two were naturally Lu Su and his new partner at the Qilu Card Master Association.
Hearing the man’s polite greeting, Lu Su nodded. "Brother Cui, I have."
"Good. Today’s a big job." He scratched his head as he spoke. "Still, I didn’t expect it to be you, little brother. Fate really works in mysterious ways."
The reason the man said that was naturally because the two had met before.
The man was Cui Dazhu, who had previously gone to support Donglai.
Lu Su had not expected the Qilu Card Master Association to assign Cui Dazhu to his team either. It was probably because they had interacted before.
"This mission is in An De. Two Jade Grade secret realms appeared there at once, and the people in the city are about to be unable to hold on, so they need us to provide support."
Cui Dazhu then gave him a brief introduction to the mission.
Lu Su had naturally received the relevant intelligence long ago. "Did they say what the exact situation is now?"
Hearing that, Cui Dazhu shook his head slightly. "When they sent the distress call, they said one secret realm had already begun invading. Then we lost contact."
"I don’t know what the exact situation is now either."
After that, the two fell silent.
But they had no time to waste. Lu Su and Cui Dazhu quickly pulled themselves together.
"Let’s go."
With that, the two vanished from where they stood.
An De City.
A middle-aged man stood at a distance, his expression ugly as he looked toward the half of the city that had already been reduced to ruins.
At that moment, a young man hurried over to his side. "President, the association’s casualties have been roughly tallied."
"More than half of the Gold Grade Card Masters have been injured, and Vice President is badly hurt as well."
He paused there, but eventually gritted his teeth and said, "President, how about we withdraw first?"
"Otherwise, if those demons break out, I’m afraid the Ande Card Master Association will exist in name only."
Yet upon hearing the young man’s words, the middle-aged man looked at him sternly. "If we leave, what will happen to the civilians in the occupied areas?"
"Besides, this was the responsibility of our Card Master Association to begin with."
The young man fell silent. After a moment, he muttered, "But the Imperial Court’s people have already withdrawn."
"I really don’t know whether this Great Ming belongs to them or to us—"
Before he could finish, the middle-aged man stopped him with a severe look. "Watch your words!"
The middle-aged man then sighed. "They are them, and we are us."
"Besides, I’ve already requested support from Headquarters. Jade Grade Card Masters should arrive to assist us soon."
The young man was noncommittal about this.
He naturally knew what the situation in Qilu was like now. Most of Headquarters’ manpower had already been scattered throughout the region.
The Mobile Unit had long since been overwhelmed.
Who knew when it would be An De’s turn?
Boom!
Just as the old and young men were lost in their separate thoughts, an explosion suddenly rang out, followed by violent tremors in the ground.
The middle-aged man’s expression changed drastically. "Not good! Those demons are attacking the Barrier I set up!"
Without hesitation, he ordered the young man, "Have all Gold Grade and above Card Masters who can still fight come with me!"
With that, he took the lead and charged toward the distant ruins.
Although the young man grumbled inwardly, he ultimately chose to carry out the President’s order.
Meanwhile, Lu Su and Cui Dazhu were speeding toward An De.
"Brother Cui, how much is the usual reward for missions like this after they’re completed?"
Lu Su hesitated before asking.
He was mainly coveting that Field Material.
Without looking back, Cui Dazhu said, "We get at least twenty thousand points for each mission. The exact amount depends on the mission’s difficulty."
"But don’t worry about that, little brother. Your big brother here is an expert at writing reports. I guarantee I’ll get you plenty of points."
When he heard that the guaranteed reward was twenty thousand points, Lu Su’s eyes immediately lit up.
With those twenty thousand points added in, he would have enough to buy the Chaos Royal Court, provided that Field Material had not already been bought by someone else.
Lu Su’s desire to reach An De quickly and complete the mission grew even stronger.
As the two spoke, An De gradually came into view.
But after seeing the state of the city, neither of them looked particularly pleased.
"Tsk."
Lu Su immediately summoned his Jade Grade cards and transformed into Kamen Rider.
Cui Dazhu, standing beside him, looked at the youth in surprise.
If he remembered correctly, when they had met in Donglai last time, the other party had only possessed one Jade Grade card, right?
How long had it been? Including that armor-type Item Card, he already had a full four Jade Grade cards.
And—
Feeling his own strength suddenly rise by a noticeable margin, Cui Dazhu could not help swallowing. "Holy hell, no wonder President Qi told me not to worry too much."
Only then did he understand why Qi Ran had told him not to worry too much about Lu Su’s safety.
Still, despite his racing thoughts, Cui Dazhu instinctively summoned his own cards.
The next moment, the two men’s cards shot toward An De.
On the other side, the President of the Ande Card Master Association was leading his people in a bitter defense against the secret realm demons’ assault.
"President." A Gold Grade Card Master said weakly, his face pale. "I can’t hold on—"
Before he could finish, his eyes rolled back and he fainted. He had clearly overused his Spiritual Power and fallen unconscious.
Without the President of An De needing to say anything, someone immediately stepped forward and carried him away.
"Only two cards left."
He silently began calculating how much longer his remaining cards could hold out.
The answer was at most another hour.
Just as he was considering what to do next, a miserable green meteor suddenly fell from the distant horizon into the ruins within the city.
"That is…?!"
Sensing an incomparably intense aura of danger, the President of An De’s pupils contracted.
But that was not all. After the miserable green meteor fell into the city, several equally dangerous auras followed closely behind and rushed into the ruins.
"It’s Jade Grade Card Masters from Headquarters here to provide support!"
Joy surged uncontrollably within the President of An De’s heart.
He knew that, no matter what, they would definitely be able to get through today’s crisis.
Once he relaxed, exhaustion flooded over him like a tide.
At the same time, a calm voice entered his ears.
"President Yi Xian, you’ve worked hard. Leave the rest to us."
Turning around, he saw two men looking at him with smiles.
"Qilu Card Master Association Mobile Unit."
"Lu Su."
"Cui Dazhu."
After arriving in An De, Lu Su and Cui Dazhu gave brief introductions before preparing to take over the situation.
They could both see that President Yi of An De was already at the end of his strength.
However, Yi Xian stopped them at that moment. "Gentlemen, the Jade Grade secret realms that appeared in the city are in the same area, so it would be best to drive them back into that area for now."
"It would be better to discuss matters related to clearing the secret realms after the Card Masters in the city have recovered."
Hearing that, Lu Su and Cui Dazhu exchanged a glance. "We understand. Don’t worry, President Yi Xian."
They naturally could not rashly charge into the secret realms.
Moreover, Yi Xian had said that the two secret realms were very close to each other. No one knew what the situation inside would be like.
However, Lu Su did not agree with Yi Xian’s suggestion of driving them back.
Rather than driving them away, what he intended to do was—
Wipe them out completely.
But there was no need to say that to Yi Xian.
"My lord, there are still some ants hiding here. Shall I go take their lives?"
Within the ruins of An De City, a short man spoke quietly to a richly dressed youth beside him.
As he spoke, he glanced at the shattered residential building in the distance.
Demons could naturally sense that some little ants were still hiding within, and what the short man enjoyed most was watching ants struggle helplessly in his hands.
Yet the lord he addressed merely waved his hand. "Leave them alone for now. Deal with those annoying pests outside first."
"After that, you can play however you want."
Hearing this, the short man revealed a somewhat fawning smile. "With Lord Hong Fu taking action, everything will naturally be worry-free."
Hearing his subordinate’s flattery, Hong Fu merely nodded noncommittally, then prepared to deal with the little fleas outside.
But at that moment, a miserable green meteor that made his scalp tingle suddenly fell in the distance.
"If I remember correctly…"
"Lord Wei is over there, right?"
Seeing this, the short man subconsciously muttered, a gloating expression appearing on his face. He failed to notice Hong Fu’s grave expression beside him.
"My lord, Lord Wei—"
Swish!
As a snow-white blade flash swept past, Hong Fu instantly moved far away from the short man.
Looking at the corpse that had been split in two, his expression darkened. "Tsk, troublesome."
Standing before him now was a Black-haired woman holding a long blade, her face cold and emotionless.
Hong Fu understood that she was likely an existence summoned by the strange abilities of those scraps outside.
Feeling the faintly sharp aura against his skin, he imperceptibly glanced at the residential building in the distance.
As long as he could win, he did not mind using underhanded methods. The woman on the other side surely would not stand by and watch people die.
Inside the residential building, two female figures, one older and one younger, tightly covered their mouths as they stared in terror through the window at the man and woman confronting each other in the distance.
The killing intent in the air gripped their hearts tightly, leaving their bodies stiff and rigid.
Just when they thought that strange atmosphere would continue, the demon man who had appeared first suddenly charged toward the residential building where they were hiding.
But faster than the demon man’s movements was an indifferent female voice devoid of all emotion.
"Bankai: Kyōten’shō."
As the woman’s voice rang out, the original ruins vanished, replaced by a world formed of blood.
Hong Fu could not help stopping in his tracks, staring blankly at his surroundings. "…What’s going on?"
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