moving his cursor around the electronic application form, when suddenly, the girl at his table lightly tugged on Lu Cheng's sleeve, interrupting his thoughts...."Sigh, roommate, have you ever had any...Fairy Tale Town, Mermaid Beach.

"Captain! The hound is reacting, the evil dimension index in the secret realm suddenly started to skyrocket!"

How much

"78.61%!"

"How long until Stage 1"

"10!"

"10 hours!"

"9......8......"

........

The dream faded, and the world lost its color, suddenly becoming dim.

A child, unaware of what was happening, stared blankly at the surface of the water.

Suddenly, water splashed, and a half-human, half-fish creature leaped from the sea, dashing towards the boy at high speed.

In the dim light, the boy couldn't see clearly. He just turned his head and smiled towards his mother, his face full of excitement.

"Mommy! Look! The little mermaid...."

Suddenly, the smile froze. The boy's chest was pierced by a cruel steel spear, blood dripping from the blade onto the sand and being absorbed by it...

His mother didn't even have time to react.

The boy fell down, revealing the face of a mermaid behind him.

Promotional depictions of mermaids portray them as fair-skinned and beautiful, with the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish.

But before him was a face so twisted and hideous.

Its upper body is that of a hideous monster fish, but its lower half has fulfilled the dreams of a mermaid princess, with the legs of a human!

Murder was just the beginning; the sea behind him suddenly bubbled like boiling water, and countless bubbles rose, followed by hundreds or even thousands of merfolk.

At the sight of this, people were first astonished.

"Ah!"

Someone shrieked, and the crowd began to flee the beach in panic. But even on land, these grotesque creatures were incredibly fast, using water bubble magic to trap people.

Just now, the pleasant beach became a battlefield in an instant!

Hearing the noise, Lu Cheng, who was eating seaweed, stood up instantly.

Something's happening!

Upon hearing Lu Cheng's voice, the crowd turned around to look at the scene on the beach and were momentarily stunned.

Although they are all war card masters, after all, they are still students, and the team was just established. It's normal to be stunned for a while.

A water bubble can fly over here.

"Roommate, 【water balloon】, get it away from her!" Lu Cheng reminded Tang Wenyao when he saw she didn't react.

"Huh Oh!"

Tang Wenyao's reaction wasn't slow either, she pulled out [Water Sphere] and enveloped everyone in it. The water bubbles with a confining effect were just in time blocked outside the Water System auxiliary card.

A mermaid beside

swooped up, and they moved very quickly on land too.

They

"Can't see a thing."

The advancing merman froze, then stumbled and fell.

Tang Wuyao naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. With a flash of lightning, her thunder sword flew out and struck heavily.

Clean and concise.

"Oops!" A raspy and unpleasant sound came, the mermaid was pierced directly by the thunder sword. Lu Cheng, who was standing closer, could even smell a scent of grilled fish.

The mermaid before him transformed into a card.

Lu Cheng strode over and picked it up.

The Vengeance Mermaid (Demonic Power)

He felt a surge of frantic, jumbled energy emanating from the card and quickly threw it down.

"This is... the secret realm worsening!"

Upon hearing this word, all of the teammates looked at each other in disbelief.

Of course they know what it means for the secret realm to deteriorate, don't they

I never expected to run into this kind of thing while traveling!

Fish-men are still constantly emerging from the sea surface, and under the waves that churn like boiling water, something else seems to be lurking.

"Everyone, retreat quickly! We'll hold them off here!" A deep voice suddenly boomed from the distant beach, followed by a dazzling flash of light.

Most merfolk were attracted away by the lights, but there are still many merfolk left.

Lu Cheng immediately made a judgment, he could win, but he shouldn't.

This place is not close to the tourist bus parking lot, and the parking lot is even farther from the secret realm exit. In this deteriorating secret realm, conserving energy is crucial.

This place is not safe to stay for long!

"Roar!"

With a roar, Liu Hongying instantly transformed into a giant bear over 3 meters tall.

"Come on everyone, get onto my back! Let's go to the parking lot!"

It's a good idea, though....

"Sis, you didn't bring [Bear Jia], we won't be able to sit comfortably!" Fatty reminded.

Liu Hongying was taken aback.

"Then... then I'll hold them off, you guys run first! I'll catch up with you later!"

"No!" Lu Cheng said, "Fatty, I'll teach you another move. When the slime splits and fuses again, its viscosity is very strong. One attaches to us and one to Senior Sister, then they fuse!"

"Oh.... what's this trick again"

"Slime Adhesive!"

"Lu, little brother, no one understands slime better than you!"

.......

Lu Cheng's arm was stuck to the slime, hanging from the bear's side.

The summoned maiden in her wedding dress sits astride the bear, giving it a "pep talk". The giant bear moves with incredible speed, dashing through the landscape like a whirlwind.

The mermaid behind can't catch up.

As the scenery retreated, most people close to the sea surface were wiped out in the first wave of the attack...

The scene on the beach turned Tang Wenyao's face pale.......

"Oh, there are still people fighting over there!"

Lu Cheng, upon hearing this, saw that it was the military trucks from that unit on his car!

They seem to have been covering a civilian evacuation, but they themselves fell into an encirclement.

"That was a military convoy, probably on vacation like us," Lu Cheng replied.

"Just now, on the beach, they dragged most of the merfolk away. It seems like there's trouble now! Should we help" The fat man asked.

Lu Cheng frowned, looking at the battlefield. Although the armored divisions were very capable, being surrounded by merfolk, defeat was only a matter of time.

"Sis, do you have the 【Sarcastic Roar】"

When Liu Hongying heard this, she immediately reacted.

"【Mocking Roar】 can affect creatures with a lower star rating than 【Druid - Bear】, drawing their attention, but it is ineffective against card masters."

"Awoooo~"

The sound waves diffused, and the merfolk besieging the armored car squad instantly turned their attention to the charging grizzly bear. Their grotesque fish eyes glowed with fanaticism.

Racing along, the throng of eager "fans" who'd joined the meet-and-greet were already quite numerous, so a few more wouldn't make much difference anyway—they couldn't catch up.

"That's all we can do. Hope they survive!" Liu Hongying said helplessly.

"Wedding dress, rally!" As he departed, Lu Cheng gave the army card masters a final boost. It should be enough, they should be able to break through now!

.......

Fairy Tale Town, Exit.

The raging inferno fused with dark energy, spreading everywhere.

Secret realms exist as independent spaces supported by media cards.

Often appear out of thin air in the real world, and are uncontrollable by anyone unless they are claimed as a Domain Card.

Card Masters can enter the Secret Realm through a brain-linking secret realm, but they need a space channel to enter and exit.

Generally, the spatial passages of ordinary secret realms are exceptionally stable and can only be destroyed by colliding with a card of the same level. However, corrupted secret realms are different. The spatial passages in corrupted secret realms are filled with chaotic, violent energy. Even the slightest fluctuation can lead to devastating destruction, trapping people inside the spatial confines and preventing their escape.

"Help, we're trapped!"

"The entrance to the secret realm has collapsed! We're trapped! We're doomed!"

.......

Despair was written on every face.

Behind the fleeing crowd, the Warcaster amongst travelers and the guards from Storybrooke formed a makeshift barrier, barely holding back the overwhelming onslaught of crows.

But everyone knows the fragile defenses won't hold for long.

Just yonder, those scarecrows, each encircled by a flock of ravens, rise from the fields with rusted scythes in their grasp, ready to unleash a bloody massacre...of reincarnation. Even the underworld cannot stop him, and I don't know if we can meet again.Only myself leftHowever, the first half of the plan that my senior brother made is truly already sufficient...