Strange Cards

Chapter 407 A Dead End

After Shiyu finished speaking, a black hole suddenly appeared beside him. Shiyu then walked into the black hole and disappeared.

Gu Nian looked in the direction where Shi Yu disappeared, scratched his head, and then turned and left.

Soon, a faint voice came from the direction Gu Nian had left.

"Well, it's been almost ten years since I've been home."

"Find some time and opportunity to go home and visit."

……

In northern China, atop a snow-covered mountain.

Joker has been recuperating for a long time since his battle with Shigure, but his injuries have not healed.

Putting aside the fact that Shigure stabbed Joker in the kidney, leaving him with a wound that never heals, let's not even talk about that.

More importantly, half of Joker's power was directly stolen by Shigure.

The reason why two Jokers can out-power all the weird cards is that two Jokers once took away half the power of all the weird cards.

At that time, there was only one Joker, and the two Joker cards were one.

Logically speaking, the Joker at that time possessed half the power of all the Mysterious Cards, and he wouldn't have felt any panic even when facing all the Mysterious Cards.

Because they only have half their power left, the other half is with themselves.

I have two Joker cards that are a level above theirs, so there's no way I can lose.

But now the spade power within the Joker has been taken away by Shigure, and the club and diamond powers are on the Joker card held by Gu Nian.

Back then, the Ace of Spades, along with the entire Spade faction, severely injured two Jokers at the cost of being scattered and badly wounded himself. Jokers have always remembered this.

This became a scar that Joker could never shake off.

The reason they stole half the power of all the strange cards was because they were frightened by the Ace of Spades, which is why they took the power.

The power of just one type of thirteen cards was enough to severely injure the Joker. What if two types joined forces?

Or perhaps, the combined power of the 52 cards from the four factions could take down the Joker?

Perhaps one faction couldn't defeat the Joker, but the combined power of four factions could definitely wipe them out.

Moreover, the Ace of Spades is the only one besides the two Jokers who possesses consciousness. Whenever the Ace of Spades wants, he can gather all the cards in the series and directly engage in a fierce battle with the two Jokers.

Joker absolutely does not want his hard-won dominant position to be destroyed, but the current situation is entirely against him.

But Gu Nian's prophetic power is too overpowered. This isn't just about seeing three steps ahead for every one step you take; it's about knowing in advance what will happen and being able to prepare accordingly.

Gu Nian collected the Mysterious Cards much earlier than the Joker realized he needed to collect them. By the time the Joker realized he needed to collect the Mysterious Cards...

Gu Nian had already collected most of the strange cards, leaving only two or three scattered ones in the hands of the Southern Hunter.

However, those two or three scattered cards couldn't change the situation at all, especially since Shiyu was still protecting the Southern Hunters in the shadows.

Currently, Joker and Shigure are evenly matched in their battle; neither can gain the upper hand.

But if Gu Nian were to leave the field, the situation would become a two-on-one battle where he would be overwhelming Joker.

Joker's only way to break the deadlock is to accelerate the process of the natural disaster and bring forth the catastrophic Ghost King ahead of schedule.

However, Joker himself is also at the Calamity level. If he wants to create Nightmare-level Demon Kings as easily as before, his own strength must far exceed that level.

Sealed within this snow-capped mountain is the only Calamity-level Demon King that Joker has cultivated over the years: the Snow Mountain Demon Ape.

However, the Joker does not yet have the ability to awaken it. Unless Gu Nian retrieves the Joker card, it can only be slowly fed until the Snow Mountain Demon Ape awakens on its own.

But time waits for no one. Joker knew that once Shigure had collected all the remaining strange cards and taken away Joker's power, he would have no chance to turn the tide.

Even if Joker retrieved that Joker card at that time, the power of two Joker cards plus half of the heart-shaped power in his body would not be the power of three complete color schemes.

Gu Nian's fusion coefficient is definitely enough to handle a complete color scheme. His fusion with Joker over the years is enough to allow Gu Nian to bear the power of a color scheme like Shi Yu.

Joker knew that if any otherworldly being could pull out someone with a high fusion coefficient to fuse with the remaining color element, even if it was a forced boost and they would die after using it, Joker would definitely find someone willing to fuse with the power of that color element.

The world of otherworldly beings is never short of madmen, madmen who would give up their lives for the world.

With the power of the three color systems combined, Joker had no chance left.

In other words.

Joker has been cornered by Shi Yu and Gu Nian, and is just one step away from being pinned down and killed.

Joker knew he was backed into a dead end, and the only way out was to fight to the death.

The only path left for Joker is to wait for the Gate of Hell to open and forcibly feed the Snow Mountain Demon Ape with his own power, then let it replenish its power by devouring the Ghost King.

After having two Calamity-level beings on their side, achieving a certain degree of balance with the power of Gu Nian Shi Yu's side.

Only the joker has some leverage to negotiate with them.

Otherwise, it would just be a one-sided massacre.

Just like the Joker did to them before.

Now, the Joker's chips are being taken away little by little by Gu Nian and Shi Yu. What Joker didn't expect was that Shi Yu would return from that dark and sunless space. What Joker didn't expect was that Shi Yu would betray and join the otherworldly beings.

These two unexpected moves completely cost Joker the initiative, leaving him in a dilemma.

Joker looked at the giant demonic ape in the ice in front of him and grinned maliciously.

"I'm going to destroy this world."

"This boring world should be destroyed."

"Damn humans!"

Joker roared to the sky, and at that moment, the snow mountain demon ape inside the ice twitched its eyelids slightly, as if it had been disturbed by Joker's voice.

……

At this moment, Shigure sat on a pure white sand beach, quietly waiting for the sunrise.

The deep blue seawater washed ashore again and again, soaking Shiyu's feet.

This beach is Liu An's private beach. When Liu An was still alive, he often brought them here to play.

Now that Liu An isn't here, there aren't many people coming here.

Instead, it became the second place for Shigure to watch the sunrise, after Sunrise Mountain.