The Card That Acted on Its Own-Mercenary Tao

Midnight Watch’s face was grim, her expression dark to the extreme.

She stood on an island somewhere in East Xia. All the contingencies she had left in Tokyo had been shattered. Tokyo must have suffered an unimaginably terrifying disaster by now.

Even she found it difficult to control her thoughts. She could not help thinking about her sister, and those family members who should have long since become strangers to her. What kind of situation were they in now?

Were they dead? Or were they suffering a fate worse than death?

Large droplets of water began to appear on her body. In an instant, they thoroughly soaked the ground beneath her feet, connecting with the sea beyond the beach.

Buzz!

An incomparably dazzling sword light flashed. In just an instant, Midnight Watch felt her meme severed. She could no longer leave the island through the Cursed videotape and appear beside others infected by the meme.

"You people had no intention of making a move, so why are you trapping me here?!"

As a Heart Demon, Midnight Watch had always come and gone without a trace. Few could catch her trail. Yet this time, while trying to head to Myanmar to join forces with Mercenary Tao, she had fallen into a trap.

A worried-looking man whose beard around his mouth had not even been trimmed frowned at the beautiful woman before him, with naturally curled blonde hair and emerald-like eyes.

"Tumi Flower Blooms, why are you here?"

"Weren’t you chosen by Cao Qi…"

An Zhiyuan was somewhat anxious. He knew that Tokyo had most likely already suffered a terrible disaster at this very moment. It was too late for him to stop that madman.

But he did not understand why the one who had stepped in to stop him was this woman.

This Supreme Expert of the West District…

As one of the few veteran reincarnators among the Supreme Experts who vaguely knew of the Three Supreme Kings’ plan, An Zhiyuan had many objections to Cao Qi’s choices. Yet he fully approved of the "successor" Cao Qi had chosen.

Among the current ten Supreme Experts, although not every one of them had fought, whether in terms of growth rate or their performance in the few conflicts that had occurred…

Tumi Flower Blooms of the West District stood out as one of the finest among them.

She was born exceptional, gifted with unique talents from birth. More importantly, she possessed understanding and respect for other lives.

She was utterly out of place among the other reincarnators of this generation.

That was why An Zhiyuan believed she had hope, in the near future, of succeeding Cao Qi as the Idealists’ final support.

Yet he had never expected that at this moment, it would be this very person who stopped him from going to Tokyo, objectively bringing about the arrival of Tokyo’s terrible disaster.

Tumi Flower Blooms was tall and slender, but her features were strikingly classical, carrying an air of graceful nobility and beauty.

She held her sword across her body to stop the Heart Demon from leaving, but she did not kill her.

The other blonde woman, seated on a reef, had a voluptuous figure and wore an out-of-season white sweater. She clapped her hands delightedly.

"An Zhiyuan, An Zhiyuan, you still see things too simply~"

She looked at Tumi Flower Blooms with appreciation. There was no lack of admiration and approval for Cao Qi’s choice of candidate in her gaze, but even more than that was satisfaction at her own intervention.

An Zhiyuan’s eyes shifted. He knew that today’s matter had already reached its conclusion.

Since the King of Destiny had appeared here, that meant the Soul King, Aizen Sōsuke, must have appeared on Cao Qi’s side.

Of the Three Supreme Kings, two had taken a stand against the world and order. The outcome had already been decided.

He continued looking at Tumi Flower Blooms, wanting an explanation.

He did not believe the implication behind the King of Destiny’s words at all. This woman had always been cunning, and it was difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood in what she said. The best choice when dealing with her was to treat her as though she did not exist.

Tumi Flower Blooms remained calm. Illusory Ripples spread from behind her, enveloping the entire island.

"This is my choice. I also want to see another possibility for this world."

Cao Qi looked at Aizen Sōsuke above the sea of clouds. His eyelids drooped, as if he had already understood everything. He looked at Aizen, then finally laughed.

"Since she can tamper with the person I chose, are you so confident that the beast you created hasn’t had something planted in it?"

"Or perhaps, by now, that beast might have been directly devoured by that guy~"

Cao Qi was lazy by nature, the type of person Aizen did not much enjoy dealing with. Fighting someone like him was exceedingly dull even if one won.

Thus, Aizen merely smiled.

"Other than the card she has hidden away, we can see everyone else’s hands. When playing cards under such circumstances, what do you think is the best way to win?"

Before Cao Qi could answer, Aizen revealed the answer.

"It is to let the cards act on their own, Cao Qi. Don’t underestimate that beast~"

The two looked down. The next moment, a terrifying shockwave shot straight from the ground into the sky, mixed with countless blade auras and shattered chunks of ice.

Aizen’s body seemed to have no substance at all. He allowed the shockwave to clear away the sea of clouds beneath him, revealing the deep sky, while his white robe flapped wildly and sent him flying backward.

Cao Qi’s bronze skin withstood the impact of air currents and force auras without budging. His hair whipped violently as he narrowed his eyes at the scene below.

By now, this kind of impact could already make him feel something. Even the energy Mercenary Tao unleashed into the heavens faintly stirred the power within him.

This was the impact from the new generation of reincarnators, making an old fellow like him begin to feel restless.

Cao Qi sensed the concept of generational succession with absolute clarity.

Bai Cangshu shook his body and pulled himself from the seabed. The Mad King’s strength was indeed inconceivable.

Was this the realm of Heart Light Pulse?

Crack, boom!

The reefs, seawater, and collapsed urban ruins around Bai Cangshu all soared into the sky in an instant.

Sixfold Kaio-ken, activate!

The incomparably intense energy directly caused the seawater to boil.

Bai Cangshu rose from the sea just like that. Above him, the Mad King slashed downward one-handed again. A blade aura of ice stretching several thousand meters descended. Bai Cangshu neither dodged nor evaded, simply raising a hand to take it head-on.

Clang!

A Blazing White shockwave spread explosively through the skies above Tokyo like a ring. The terrifying roar was unbearable to the reincarnators.

The next moment, Bai Cangshu drew back his left fist and threw a punch.

The Mad King’s heart skipped a beat. The faint but terrifying omen of death made him dodge for the first time.

Boom!

The vacuum wave instantly shattered the blade aura. Its momentum undiminished, it blasted open the sea of clouds, scattering the cloud layer and revealing the deep sky.

Below, he looked at Mercenary Tao, whose hair had turned lustrous white and whose entire body flashed with blue-white lightning. A grim, terrifying omen of death enveloped him completely.

Mercenary Tao was even more terrifying than he had expected. Beyond this transformation ability, he had concealed a power capable of breaking through the King of Immutability’s authority.

A Conceptual level attack!