Wei Lin looked at Song Chengyan with great distress. As his adjutant, she knew how bad the condition of that genius youth's body was.
Behind those thick black-rimmed glasses, those eyes that had flashed with wisdom were now bloodshot, and his face was as pale as paper.
He hadn't slept for three days in a row. During those three days, he had been incessantly calculating, and he hadn't even had two hours of rest.
"Take a break, Master," Wei Lin couldn't help but say, biting her lip.
She was three years older than Song Chengyan, with a mature temperament and outstanding looks.
"I'll be done right away!"
Song Chengyan's voice was trying to cover up his weakness. He probably heard the concern in Wei Lin's words, so he raised his pale face and forced a smile.
Just then, the apparatus on Wei Lin's wrist rang.
Zuo Lin rushed to put it through, immediately resuming her professional state. Her tone was short, and her response was straightforward.
Although Wei Lin was beautiful, no one in the entire army would dare to have any ideas about her.
She was Song Chengyan's adjutant!
At first, those private army leaders who had come out of the aristocratic families weren't very interested in that weak youth with the reputation of being a genius.
But, they quickly got a taste of his power.
With the help of the card artisan guard team that had been transferred over from Tang Hanpei, he quickly took control of the team with a combination of thunder and gentleness.
The troublemakers who had been removed were escorted back to the capital.
It was said that they hadn't had time to complain tearfully to their masters before they were stripped of everything by those furious masters. Their fates were beyond miserable.
By then, all of the leaders were in awe of that refined youth and didn't dare to be perfunctory anymore.
Song Chengyan, who had just seized power, used his incessant thrusts to quickly stabilize his foothold on the front lines.
The Central Repository of the Classics and Faya, who had been irresistible, were muddleheaded and pulled into the vortex.
If his previous methods could only make those private army leaders fearful, then the small victories he had every day made them wholeheartedly convinced by Song Chengyan.
Song Chengyan had always treated Zuo Lin differently, and his attitude was different from the others. Naturally, they didn't dare to act rashly.
After getting along with Wei Lin, everyone discovered that her professional ability was outstanding. She never did things sloppily, and she was decisive and decisive.
As a result, these men had to be very careful when facing this beautiful woman.
"The 11th Division just sent back news that they've already bitten down on the Central Repository of the Classics' left wing, but they've suffered heavy casualties and are in urgent need of support!" Wei Lin reported without the slightest emotion.
Song Chengyan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Once Wei Lin started working, she would be this cold.
However, Song Chengyan's spirits were lifted when he heard this news. This was the key to his plan.
He didn't know if it was because he'd been stimulated by that good news, but his mind was strangely clear. He decisively ordered, "Order the seventh division to immediately go forward and provide support. We must hold off the Central Repository of the Classics' left wing until noon tomorrow!
Division One, Division Two, Division Six, Division Eight, Division Ten, Division Thirteen, assemble immediately and execute Plan B! "
"Yes!" Wei Lin's face was expressionless.
It was finally time to counterattack!
Looking at the battle plan that he had painstakingly drawn up on the table, Song Chengyan surprisingly did not feel too happy, nor did he feel nervous before the battle.
There was only a faint sense of loneliness and relief on his face. His gaze seemed complicated and difficult to understand.
Big Brother Tang, I can finally pay you back what I owe you!
Suddenly, a strong sense of dizziness hit him, and he felt his legs go soft.
Crash!
The table was overturned, and the paper on which the battle plan was written flew like snowflakes.
"Chengyan!" Wei Lin could no longer maintain her indifference as she screamed in grief.
The Upper Gan District had the most beautiful scenery among the five flourishing districts, with a mild and suitable climate that was like spring all year round.
The mountains were as green as jade, and there were numerous rivers that nurtured the unique culture of the Upper Gan District.
The people of the five flourishing districts and the capital each had their own distinct characteristics. The people of the Heavenly Drum Village District were tenacious, the people of the Northern Reaches District were violent, the people of the Left He District were quick-witted, the people of the Fanasi District were pious, and the people of the capital were arrogant. The people of the Upper Gan District also had their own characteristics, which were gentleness.
As the Upper Gan District with the richest cultural heritage among the five flourishing districts, it was the place most favored by the rich who liked to enjoy themselves.
Central Repository City was located right in the center of the Upper Gan District, in the fertile Jize River basin.
The battle between Central Repository City and the Federation Comprehensive Academy was concentrated in the area where the Upper Gan District and the capital intersected.
Central Repository City, located in the hinterland of the Upper Gan District, was naturally unaffected. The trade there was still flourishing, and the streets were filled with people shuttling back and forth.
The Central Repository of the Classics was located in the northwest corner of Central Repository City. Through the management of successive masters, it had become a huge garden that covered hundreds of thousands of square kilometers.
The campus was as beautiful as a painting, and the students coming and going were brimming with the vigor and self-confidence unique to young people.
Those who could enter that school were the cream of the crop, and they had enough reason to be confident.
At the gate of the Central Repository of the Classics, a middle-aged man wearing a slender ash-gray windbreaker was squinting at the words "Central Repository of the Classics" handwritten by the first master.
A cold smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes, as gentle as jade, suddenly surged with fighting spirit!
"Tang Hanpei wishes to fight with the master. Do you dare?"
Arrogant, egotistical, and sharp as a blade, the words swept through the entire Central Repository of the Classics like the wind.
All the noise on the campus seemed to have been forcibly cut off by those knife-like words, disappearing altogether. There was a deathly silence, and even the usually noisy birds were silent.
Tang Hanpei had entered the Central Repository of the Classics alone to challenge the current master!
The world was shocked!
In the forest, Chen Mu cut a sorry figure, with blood all over his body.
But the wounds had already scabbed, which was a scar left from his last battle with Jin Yin.
The gang of card artisans behind him lingered like wolves smelling blood, tailing him the whole time.
If he hadn't had the Snake Lens, he would have long since been surrounded by that gang of card artisans.
He hadn't detected any energy waves similar to the Snake Lens, but his adversary had always been able to find his general position, which made him feel strange.
He guessed his adversary had left some kind of mark on his body.
Thinking about it carefully, it was most likely something Jin Yin had done when he had made contact with his body just before his death.
Chen Mu had been seriously injured in that battle with Jin Yin, but the benefits he had gotten weren't just a little bit.
Chen Mu had experienced quite a few previous battles, but he had rarely engaged in such a head-on battle.
He had usually relied on his speed to win, but he had suddenly encountered a fellow whose speed was no less than his and whose control of the jet stream card was even more brilliant than his own. He had nearly lost his life!
Only then did he realize what a joke the so-called tactics he had devised were once he ran into an ace.
For example, the Patterned Shuttle could be described as an assassination weapon, but it was often useless against card artisans with sensitive perception.
Just like that battle with Jin Yin, the Patterned Shuttle had no place to be used.
Launching the Patterned Shuttle required one to use perception to lock onto the target, which would immediately alarm the adversary. Not only would it be difficult to hit, but it would also expose one's position.
In such a dark place, even if Chen Mu had excellent eyesight, it would still be difficult to aim.
Chen Mu was quite satisfied with the bipolar thunderball card. The Go Cage of One Thousand Cuts was powerful, but there were still loopholes.
For one thing, the range of the Go cage was limited. If the adversary had been a step ahead of him and escaped beyond its range, the move would have been useless.
Moreover, the magnetic field that interfered with perception would suddenly disappear the moment before the killing move was launched.
It was precisely this loophole that gave Jin Yin the opportunity. Although the killing move was swift and fierce, it still caused Chen Mu to be seriously injured.
The Go Cage of One Thousand Cuts was a wonderful move, and Chen Mu had spent a lot of effort to figure it out.
Because of the high requirements on perception, he had no energy to make other moves when using it.
Otherwise, he could have given his adversary a dagger when setting up the Go cage, and he might have been able to finish him off.
Of course, that was only Chen Mu's speculation.
Generally speaking, Chen Mu's speculations were always at two extremes.
When it came to card making, his speculations were almost never wrong, which often amazed Ru Qiu.
But when it came to the use of cards, there were too many examples of his speculations being attacked by reality.
The three-star bipolar thunderball card could reach such a level of performance, which could only be described as amazing.
But everything had its pros and cons. Although its level was low and it didn't require much from the user, that only referred to ordinary skills.
A high-level technique like [Go Cage of One Thousand Cuts] had a higher requirement on perception compared to ordinary four-star and five-star cards!
If it weren't for Chen Mu's recent breakthrough in perception, he wouldn't have been able to comprehend such a high-level skill like the Go Cage of One Thousand Cuts.
The injuries on Chen Mu's body were more or less healed, but he had overused his perception, which had overloaded his body.
Any other card artisan would have had to rest for several months with that kind of injury.
Although Chen Mu's body couldn't compare to that inhuman Wei-ah's, it was still incomparably strong and had an amazing ability to recover.
Having been chased by that gang of card artisans for the past few days, Chen Mu had been suppressing a bellyful of anger.
Anyone who had been chased for seven or eight days like that wouldn't go away wouldn't have a good temper.
Moreover, Chen Mu's temperament couldn't be considered mild.
Having led that gang of card artisans in circles in the jungle those days, Chen Mu had already gained some understanding of the power of that gang tailing behind him.
The two most powerful card artisans in the gang behind him were a lot weaker than the one he was fighting.
Chen Mu was a little regretful that he hadn't found the black-line silver-inscribed card of that sinister card artisan. Otherwise, he could have known some specific information about him.
He was also feeling that Constellation's power was really powerful!
Two captains were so powerful. He had thought Mo Ta was already overbearing enough. Who would have thought that someone even more powerful than Mo Ta would come out!
Poor Chen Mu. He still didn't know his adversary had just happened to break through while he was fighting him.
Feeling all the same, no matter how powerful Constellation was, it couldn't change the irreconcilable relationship between the two sides.
Since that was the case, he might as well give his adversary a painful blow!
Every time he reduced his adversary's power, the gap between the two sides would shrink a little.
Hidden by the leaves, Chen Mu's eyes were full of killing intent!