Chapter 150: The New Monster Card [Late Night! Please Subscribe, Please Vote!]

Lin Huang had always intended to save this Seal Card for a future encounter with a powerful monster. Although he didn’t fully understand what constituted a leader-class monster, the fact that it had wiped out the seemingly formidable Zhu Nian in a single strike convinced him that this creature was far more formidable than ordinary transcendent beings.

Moreover, if he didn’t seal the monster now, the entire population of Darcy City would be doomed to become its prey, forcing him to alter his carefully planned route back to the Dominance City.

Taking all these factors into account, Lin Huang finally decided to use the Seal Card.

[Seal Card is a one-time consumable item. Once used, it cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to use it?]

“Yes.”

[Please designate the seal target.]

Lin Huang looked up at the ghost-faced jester hovering in the sky, a golden arrow appearing above its head.

“Seal him,” Lin Huang nodded decisively.

[The seal target is a secondary mutated monster, meeting the seal conditions.]

[Seal target power level: Leader-class. After sealing, it will be limited by the host’s power, able to transcend at most one realm beyond the host.]

[Confirm sealing?]

“Confirm!”

[Sealing initiated…]

At the moment the prompt sounded, the ghost-faced jester suddenly froze midair. Moments later, its body rapidly dissolved into countless blue light particles and vanished.

Everyone below was stunned at the sudden disappearance of the ghost-faced jester.

[Seal complete!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained an Epic-level monster card—Ghost-Faced Jester.]

Lin Huang immediately examined the newly acquired monster card.

[Monster Card]

[Rarity: Epic]

[Monster Name: Ghost-Faced Jester]

[Monster Type: Undead]

[Power Level: Silver Three Stars]

[Skill 1: Mask Control]

[Skill 2: Mask Swap]

[Skill 3: Mask Substitution]

[Skill 4: Deceptive Illusion]

[Skill 5: Deadly Trap]

[Skill 6: Super Telekinesis]

[Summoning Permission: Activated]

[Card Evaluation: Trainable]

“Six skills?!” Lin Huang’s eyes lit up. Previously, even the black coal dragon bloodline card, also Epic-level, had only five skills. This Ghost-Faced Jester card’s six skills likely corresponded to its higher power level.

Seeing that all six skills were unfamiliar, Lin Huang carefully reviewed them one by one.

[Mask Control: Copies a face within line of sight onto a mask. Wearing this mask grants complete control over the owner of that face.]

[Note 1: The controlled individual cannot exceed the controller by one realm or more.]

[Note 2: Mask copying requires at least a three-minute interval between uses.]

[Note 3: Copied masks can be stored, but only the one worn on the face activates control.]

[Note 4: The copied face must be real for control to take effect.]

[Note 5: If the controlled face undergoes fundamental changes after copying, such as severe disfigurement or plastic surgery, control will be lost.]

[Mask Swap: Allows the user to instantly switch positions with the person controlled by their mask.]

[Mask Substitution: Allows the controlled person to bear the user’s misfortune once, including but not limited to curses, control effects, or death.]

[Deceptive Illusion: An illusion that can switch seamlessly between reality and falsehood, producing incredibly deceptive effects.]

[Note: Only effective on beings within one realm above or below the user.]

[Deadly Trap: Creates unexpected traps to capture or kill prey.]

[Note: Trap power is limited, effective only on beings within one realm above or below the user.]

[Super Telekinesis: Extraordinary psychic ability capable of warping or moving various objects.]

“Indeed, the stronger the ability, the greater the restrictions,” Lin Huang sighed after reading all six skills.

[Extract skill?]

The prompt from Xiao Hei came swiftly.

“Oh, I have an empty skill slot now,” Lin Huang suddenly recalled that after the last skill fusion, he could extract one more skill. He nodded immediately, “Extract skill.”

[Congratulations, host, you have acquired skill—Mask Control.]

“No way, I actually got this skill?” Lin Huang hadn’t expected such luck but found it impossible to resist.

Despite its many restrictions, Mask Control was undoubtedly a powerful ability.

Pocketing the new monster card, Lin Huang turned his gaze toward the still-raging beast horde above.

“If I used another Extinction Card, I could solve this easily, but it would expose my location…”

Just as he was feeling troubled, Zhu Nian—who had been slammed into the ground—suddenly burst out from beneath the earth.

The golden flames that once enveloped him had completely faded, and his cyan enchanted armor was cracked inch by inch. This was a three-star defensive treasure, and though it hadn’t shattered entirely, its damage rendered it ineffective.

If not for this armor blocking the ghost-faced jester’s strike, Zhu Nian would have been unable to rise from the rubble. Even with the armor, he suffered greatly but still pushed forward, knowing that if he didn’t appear, the ghost-faced jester might massacre the entire city.

Leaping into the air, Zhu Nian scanned the surroundings but found no trace of the ghost-faced jester. He frowned in confusion, “Where did it go?”

“Captain!” Suddenly, Liang Song’s voice came from the base gate. He struggled to stand.

Zhu Nian immediately appeared beside him and steadied him. “What’s wrong?”

“I’m fine. That jester suddenly turned into a burst of blue light and disappeared,” Liang Song explained.

“Are you seeing things?” Zhu Nian was skeptical, having never witnessed such an event: a living leader-class monster dissolving into light? Such tales belonged only in stories.

“Boss, I saw it too. It really turned into blue light and vanished,” Zhou Qian nodded beside them. “If you don’t believe me, ask others—many saw it.”

Seeing others nod in agreement, Zhu Nian reluctantly accepted the reality.

“Forget it. We’ll talk about this later. For now, let’s deal with the beast horde.” Shaking his head, he turned his attention to the relentless waves of beasts.

Thanks to his enchanted armor, his injuries were not severe despite losing his spear. He could still slaughter these sub-transcendent creatures with ease.

He spread his hands before him, fingers splayed wide, and summoned countless thumb-sized blades of energy that coalesced rapidly, raining down like a fierce storm into the void.

These blades seemed to have eyes, weaving around humans and piercing mercilessly through monsters.

Millions of beasts were slaughtered in an instant.

Outside Darcy City, the ground was littered with beast corpses.

In the sky, the spectral eye that had hovered briefly finally dissipated.

Ensuring no lingering threats remained, Zhu Nian collected the corpses of two transcendent beasts and the body of Xie Yu. Then, he summoned a teleportation gate and left with Zhou Qian and Liang Song.