Magic Card Era: Infinite Deck Enhancement — Chapter 43

Chapter 43: I’ll Sew That Jinx’s Mouth Shut One Day

“An Abyssal Predator?” Cang Fenghua muttered, his eyes narrowing as he tracked the distant clash of magic and monstrous roars. Seeing the grotesque silhouette of the Extraterrestrial Beast that had torn through the Black Gate into the Demon Spirit Home, he and the others finally let out a tense breath.

Extraterrestrial Beasts varied wildly in their destructive capabilities. Fortunately, the Abyssal Predator sat on the lower end of that terrifying spectrum. Given that the Demon Spirit Home was a relatively low-tier Dimensional Plane, its spatial fabric simply couldn’t support the crossing of anything far more devastating.

“To hold the line against a Seven-Star Abyssal Predator using only two Six-Star Magic Cards… Luke’s Magic Card Spirits are truly extraordinary,” Chairman Yu remarked, his tone laced with genuine awe.

The words had barely left his lips when the battlefield shifted. With a sickening crunch, the Abyssal Predator lunged, its innate Predation skill catching the Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon completely off guard. The massive dragon was swatted from the sky, crashing heavily into the earth.

A heavy silence fell over the observing trio. Chairman Yu flushed a deep, mortified red. He had just finished singing the boy’s praises, only for the flagship summon to get flattened a second later.

‘Are you kidding me?’Yu thought, groaning inwardly.’You’re a proud Dragon-type! Even caught in an ambush, you shouldn’t go down in a single strike!’

“Damn it, Old Yu! If you keep your mouth shut, nobody is going to mistake you for a mute!” Principal Gu snapped, glaring daggers at his colleague. “I swear, one of these days I’m going to sew that jinxed mouth of yours completely shut.”

Cang Fenghua remained quiet, his jaw tight. They had visual confirmation of the fight, but crossing the remaining distance would still take them several agonizing seconds. In a high-level deathmatch, a few seconds was an eternity. He could only pray that the Dark Magician Girl—now standing alone on the shattered terrain—could use her versatile spellcasting to survive until they intervened. Having seen her capabilities firsthand, Cang Fenghua held onto a sliver of hope.

“Wait, no!” Cang Fenghua barked, his gaze locked onto the distant crater. “Luke’s Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon… it didn’t revert into a Magic Card!”

If a summon didn’t shatter back into its card form, it meant the spirit was still alive. Hearing this, Principal Gu and Chairman Yu snapped their attention back to the battlefield, their pupils shrinking at the sight unfolding before them.

Down in the ruins of the battlefield, Luke stood perfectly still. His expression remained cool and detached as he watched his fallen dragon.

“It’s time to end this,” he murmured.

He knew the brutal reality of the power gap. A Seven-Star entity possessed raw stats that eclipsed a Six-Star summon. Even with the Dark Magician Girl heavily buffed by Equip Cards and coordinating flawlessly with the Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon, they had only managed to stall the Abyssal Predator. They weren’t genuine Seven-Star spirits, and this invader was no ordinary beast.

More, Luke had to manage his own mana reserves. Sustaining two high-tier summons in a drawn-out war of attrition would drain him dry, leaving him defenseless. He needed a decisive strike.

He hadn’t made a mistake. He had deliberately allowed the Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon to take the fatal blow. It was the necessary catalyst to trigger a specific power: Red-Eyes Soul.

Within the crater, the “slain” Red-Eyes Black Meteor Dragon refused to dissipate. Instead, its massive body levitated into the air, bleeding torrents of pitch-black dragon fire. The flames wrapped around its form like a burning cocoon, radiating an aura so oppressive it warped the very air.

Sensing the escalating danger, the Abyssal Predator halted its advance. Its mandibles clicked in hesitation, and its cluster of compound eyes darted nervously. It abandoned its aggression, shifting entirely into a defensive posture. Instinct warned the beast that something catastrophic was incubating within that dark inferno.

Then, the flames exploded outward.

From the heart of the firestorm emerged the true Red-Eyes Black Dragon. It was significantly larger and far more vicious than its Meteor counterpart. Its obsidian scales absorbed the ambient light, gleaming with a cold, metallic dread. Deep within its ruby-red eyes, complex magical arrays spun and locked into place.

The moment those crimson eyes locked onto the Abyssal Predator, the alien beast buckled. It let out a shrill, panicked hiss, desperately trying to shield itself from the suffocating wave of Dragon Might that crashed over the battlefield. It didn’t even dare to maintain eye contact with the apex predator towering above it.

The sheer force of the dragon’s presence swept across the entire Demon Spirit Home like a tidal wave, driving every surviving creature to its knees in absolute terror.

Miles away, Wang Ping and the other students huddled in a concealed ravine. The sudden spike in pressure slammed into them, forcing the air from their lungs.

“Oh my god… did Chairman Cang set us up?” Wang Ping gasped, clutching his chest as his heart hammered against his ribs. Even from this extreme distance, the draconic aura felt like a physical weight crushing their spines.

“I suddenly regret studying so hard for the unified exams,” Yang Tu wheezed, his face pale and slick with cold sweat. “Nobody warned me a Dimensional Plane would be this much of a nightmare! This isn’t a reward trip anymore!”

‘Nobody warned any of us,’ Wang Ping thought bitterly, though he kept the complaint to himself. In truth, the past three days had been incredibly lucrative for their growth. They just hadn’t anticipated a literal apocalypse kicking off in the final hours.

“Luke hasn’t regrouped with us yet,” Bei Hanyun whispered, her eyes wide with mounting anxiety. “You don’t think he’s still trapped deep inside the central zone, do you?”

“If he is, he’s in serious trouble,” Wang Ping replied grimly. Despite their fierce rivalry, Luke’s overwhelming performance during the exchange match against Cang Yue City had earned their absolute respect. None of them wanted to see him die.

“I finally found you kids.”

A calm, authoritative voice cut through their panic. In the blink of an eye, the crushing atmospheric pressure vanished, replaced by a soothing warmth. Principals Zhao Chengyuan and Da Baiman materialized beside the group, their Emperor Realm auras effortlessly shielding the students.

Seeing the students unharmed, the two headmasters let out a quiet breath of relief.

Wang Ping, Bei Hanyun, and the rest sagged against the rocks. The presence of two Emperor Realm powerhouses instantly grounded their frayed nerves.

“Principals,” Bei Hanyun started, voicing the burning question on everyone’s mind. “Do you know what’s happening out there? What changed in the Demon Spirit Home?”

The sheer scale of the anomaly terrified them, but it also ignited a desperate curiosity. If the two principals hadn’t arrived, they would already be sprinting for the exit.

Zhao Chengyuan and Da Baiman exchanged a heavy look.

“A Black Gate manifested deep within the zone, bringing some… unexpected complications,” Da Baiman explained smoothly, keeping his tone measured. “Because of this, your training expedition in the Dimensional Plane must end early.”

He offered no further details about the true nature of the Black Gate or the Extraterrestrial Beast. Given the students’ current strength, knowing the apocalyptic reality of the situation would only breed despair. With the crucial college entrance examinations looming just around the corner, shattering their confidence now would ruin their futures.

“A Black Gate?!” Bei Hanyun gasped, the color draining from her face once more. The mere mention of the term was enough to send a chill through the group.

To encounter a Black Gate on the final day of their trip was astronomically bad luck. It made perfect sense why two Emperor Realm principals had personally breached the dimension to extract them.

They silently thanked their lucky stars that the gate had opened deep in the central zone. Judging by the suffocating pressure they had just endured from miles away, if it had spawned anywhere near their camp, they would have been slaughtered long before the principals ever arrived.