Folk Card Maker: Starting from Painted Skin

Zhang Jingtian remained remarkably calm about his victory.

What interested him most was the upcoming match.

Ding Xiaoyu chuckled, placing his hand on Zhang Jingtian's shoulder, overjoyed and gesticulating wildly:

"Brother Tian, thanks to you, your strategy was spot on, we actually won! I initially thought the Yanjing Card Academy's team was formidable, but now I see they're really nothing special."

Zhang Jingtian hummed in agreement: "But regardless of who wins the next match, it will be a tough battle for us."

Zhang Jingtian had a feeling that this match would definitely be an evenly matched contest.

Bai Xiaoyue stood to the side, not saying a word.

She couldn't help but recall when she met You Sheng in the hotel corridor yesterday, You Sheng still had a confident smile on his face.

"Yo, long time no see." You Sheng didn't seem to hold any grudges towards Bai Xiaoyue anymore, and when he saw Bai Xiaoyue, he was able to chat with them in a relaxed and familiar tone.

Bai Xiaoyue looked at You Sheng calmly, without even a hint of a smile on her lips.

"What is it? Is there something you need?"

You Sheng stroked his chin: "I was thinking, how should I defeat you next time I see you."

Bai Xiaoyue rolled her eyes after hearing this:

"Although I also want to defeat you head-on, do you really think you can win against the First Military Academy?"

"You should be very clear that I didn't use my full strength just now."

You Sheng straightened his body, and his eyes became sharp.

"In short, don't lose to the Yanjing Card Academy."

Recalling You Sheng's confidence, Bai Xiaoyue suspected that he had found some trick, or a way to deal with the people from the First Military Academy.

After all, You Sheng's connections could indeed find a lot of different information.

However, to everyone's surprise, when the match began, the First Military Academy didn't show up.

Zhang Jingtian sat next to Ding Xiaoyu, asking with a strange expression:

"Why haven't they shown up yet? They wouldn't have run away at the last minute, would they?"

Ding Xiaoyu, the know-it-all, suddenly rolled his eyes before saying:

"I remember, yesterday when the people from the First Military Academy were eating in the hotel, their expressions seemed very strange, as if they had something on their minds?"

He smacked his lips: "What do you think, why did they disappear?"

"If I had to guess," Zhang Jingtian didn't know much about the people from the First Military Academy, but he could somewhat guess Bingbu's personality:

"They couldn't have run away at the last minute. With their personalities, they wouldn't surrender even if they died in battle.

So their sudden disappearance probably means they really encountered something."

At the same time, the members of the First Military Academy were already sitting in the carrier card specially made for them by Bingbu, with solemn expressions.

Their captain was hanging his head, not saying a word.

The team members next to him gritted their teeth, hesitating to speak.

"Captain, are we, are we really going to the Secret Realm?"

His voice was trembling, filled with fear.

"Yes." The captain sighed, placing his hand on the shoulder of the team member:

"If you're afraid, it's not too late to regret it now."

The remaining team members exchanged glances, their hearts seemingly hesitant.

In the end, they still didn't say the words of giving up.

Having grown up in a military academy since childhood, they had long understood that one day they would all face sacrifice.

They had received so many unique resources and training, all for this day.

"Captain," a female team member said, her face already pale, looking at the captain opposite her, she couldn't help but ask:

"Didn't we say before that we would have to wait another year before we needed to go to the Secret Realm?"

The captain said calmly:

"If there were no accidents, that would indeed be the case. You also know that the first time we enter the Secret Realm, our survival rate is less than 30%."

"However, this time, there was a Secret Realm fluctuation in the Fifth District. The seal door guarded by our Ministry of War has loosened, and the monsters of the Scourge Legion have poured out, causing the stationed Card Creators to die here."

"You should be very clear that in our country's ten districts, the location of the Ministry of War is a seal door, and also the most active area of the Scourge Legion.

But it has been many years since the seal door has been invaded. Therefore, after discussion by the high-level officials of the Ministry of War, they believe that this is a sign of the revival of the Scourge Legion."

"So not only us, but even the students of the Card Academy will have to enter the Secret Realm in advance to face the real world."

After listening to the captain's words, all the team members fell silent.

They all knew very well what this meant.

And this time, they no longer had a reason to refuse.

Because they knew that if the Scourge Legion really invaded again, their family members might die.

So they had to become stronger and stronger.

And to become stronger and get more resources, they needed to enter the Secret Realm.

The captain stood up and then took out something similar to a life-and-death contract and gave it to everyone.

Once they signed the life-and-death contract in their hands, they would enter the Secret Realm next.

However, the audience, who were still boiling in the stadium, and every Card Creator who was waiting for the First Military Academy to appear, did not know that the world was becoming increasingly dangerous.

They only knew that the organizers told everyone a shocking message at this time:

"The First Military Academy has chosen to abstain. We respect their choice, so the Imperial Capital Card Academy wins this match."

When this result came out, there were many boos in the stadium.

Because many people thought that there was something fishy about it.

The Imperial Capital Card Academy was so rich, wouldn't they have used some special means?

And You Sheng and his team members also had ugly expressions.

Winning without a fight like this was meaningless to them.

They didn't need it!