Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2623: Unparalleled Arena’s Unparalleled Glory

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Southern Capital, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse No. 234, Limitless Celestial Domain, Gainover Manor, Mirror Maze Dimension

Anna fought the replicas of herself and Gainover in the mirror maze dimension with ease. Even though there were more than a hundred thousand of them, she showed no sign of being under pressure or being overwhelmed. She weaved through their ranks effortlessly without breaking a sweat.

From where I stood, it looked like watching a first-person fighting game, with her, the player, surrounded by an army of zombies, the Replica Annas, and zombie mages, the Replica Gainovers. She cut them down with single, decisive strikes, all while fluidly evading their attacks. Faced with her death blows, the replicas never stood a chance, their overwhelming numbers rendered meaningless by absolute strength.

That was until the replicas suddenly began to form a battle formation. The Replica Annas attempted to establish one but failed miserably, while the Replica Gainovers, in contrast, succeeded on their very first try.

At that sight, I unconsciously burst into laughter. It felt as though even the Mirror Maze dimension itself was mocking Anna’s lack of tactical sense. I could not think of anything more insulting than that.

Once the Replica Gainovers had successfully established the millennium soldier battle formation, the Replica Annas finally caught a breather, as the pressure on Anna increased drastically. Soon after, the Replica Annas also managed to establish the millennium soldier battle formation. Together, the two millennium soldier battle formation formed the millennia soldier battle formation. Seeing this, Gainover’s pensive expression unconsciously broke into a grin.

Feeling overwhelmed, Anna no longer hesitated. She summoned her grimoire and activated the most powerful field card in her arsenal, ”Unparalleled Arena!!”1

Instantly, the Mirror Maze Dimension morphed into a vast amphitheatre, with the towering mirrors that formed the maze now occupying its central arena.

The walls of the amphitheatre were adorned with vibrant murals that recorded the unparalleled lores. In the audience seats stood gigantic full-body statues of the unparalleled bloodline’s predecessors, those who had chosen to become one with the world’s will, their statues serving as silent spectators.

Soon, the eyes of these statues began to glow with divine light as the unparalleled bloodline ancestors descended into their respective forms to witness their descendant’s battle.

”How is this possible?” Gainover exclaimed in shock upon seeing Anna use her bloodline field card within his dimension. He was not the only one taken aback. I, too, was surprised, as far as I knew, a field card could not be used within a dimension as the terrain in here was dominated by its card apprentice. One would have to first break the dimension to play a field card.

It was only after I investigated using my primordial soul pupils I uncovered the reason. Gainover’s Mirror Maze Dimension had been constructed using the unparalleled bloodline’s mirror-scape dimension. As a result, the bloodline field card, Unparalleled Arena, was not restricted within it. After all, it was the ultimate field card of the unparalleled bloodline.

”Unparalled Glory!” Anna activated one of the two abilities of the Unparalleled Arena, boosting all her prowess tenfold. Consequently, the power behind her death blows surged from borderline semi-noble class to peak semi-noble class, even brushing against borderline noble class strength. With a single attack, she was now erasing hundreds of replicas at once. It was not just her strength that had increased tenfold, but her agility as well, allowing her to easily break free from the entanglement of the millennia soldier array.

Seeing this development, I, who had previously believed Anna would soon be overwhelmed by Gainover’s replica army, began to think otherwise. I was now starting to believe that, given enough time, Anna would reach Gainover himself, destroying his army of replicas along the way.

However, Gainover had tricks of his own. I noticed that the replicas slain by Anna were slowly reforming within their respective mirrors. Once their forms were fully restored, they rejoined the millennia soldier battle array at Gainover’s command, turning the entire battle into an endless cycle. I began to wonder how the Mirror Maze Dimension was able to sustain such an enormous level of consumption. After all, considering the level of strength these replicas displayed, they were definitely not cheap to create or sustain.

Before I could even investigate further using my soul pupils, I overheard one of the wills residing within the statues. It identified itself as the card apprentice of the mirror-scape dimension that Gainover had used as the foundation for his Mirror Maze Dimension. It explained that the replicas would cease fighting and return to their respective mirrors if Anna stopped fighting.

By continuing to fight within the dimension and striking back, Anna was fulfilling the conditions required for the replicas to step out of the mirrors and reform after being destroyed. If she were to stop, the replicas would not only refrain from attacking her but would also be forced to return to their mirrors.

The Will further explained that while this Mirror Maze was different from its original mirror scape, it was built upon the same underlying principles. After all, Gainover himself did not truly comprehend it. His origin card had merely stolen it. Therefore, even he was surprised to find that Anna could use her bloodline field card ’Unparalleled Arena’ in the mirror maze dimension. It also claimed that the mirror maze, though efficient, wasn’t as versatile as his mirror scape.

Considering the developments so far, I knew that Anna was aware of the mirror-scape dimension. Yet she continued to fight back relentlessly, which meant she did not care about the conditions of the Mirror Maze Dimension and had chosen to force her way through it. After all, if she intended to kill Gainover within this place, there was no avoiding a direct confrontation with the replicas standing between them.

However, even with her newfound surge in power, it would be impossible for her to break through the infinitely resurrecting replicas and their battle array formation to reach Gainover.

”Booster Dice!”

Check author's note for 'Unparalleled Arena' card info.