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The one thing Ma Lu dreaded most still happened.

With a one in three chance, Yuan Xiaoyun got the most powerful move card among the three he played last round, Eight Steps Sunward.

Was it simply good luck?

However, looking at the expression on Yuan Xiaoyun's face, he seemed not at all surprised by the outcome.

He took the Eight Steps Sunward card into his hand, and then he played the Undying Yin Body, combined with the Third Layer Healing State on his body, his health surged from 1 point to 107 points.

He even casually complimented, "Junior brother is truly a one in a million martial arts genius, wielding the Innate Pure Yang Palm even more fiercely than our master, I really ought to thank you for that."

Without waiting for Ma Lu to reply, he played another card—Sitting Forget, another move card with zero power.

Its effect was to double the effect of the next card or make it ineffective.

Ma Lu's eyelid twitched, another card that gambled on luck?

If Yuan Xiaoyun used the doubling effect on the recently acquired Eight Steps Sunward, he could raise the power of the next attack to a terrifying 206 points.

However, the good news was that Yuan Xiaoyun only had 2 points of True Qi left, far from the 17 points needed to activate Eight Steps Sunward.

So, Yuan Xiaoyun played a Lightfoot Card next—Divine Movement.

This card allowed him to draw 3 more cards at the cost of losing all his True Qi, and under the effect of Sitting Forget, the final result was to draw 6 cards at the cost of losing all True Qi.

The next moment, Yuan Xiaoyun's deck area lit up with a red glow again, replenishing 6 cards in his hand at once.

If one could still chalk up the first event to luck, the second grand prize won by Yuan Xiaoyun seemed a little abnormal.

Moreover, Ma Lu came to realize something; his martial arts named Unity of Heaven and Man might all be probability-based cards that depended on luck.

If that were true, then Yuan Xiaoyun indeed possessed the ability to foresee or even rewrite the outcome in advance!

Because in high-level contests, victory could hinge on a single move or two, and if at a critical moment Yuan Xiaoyun suddenly pulled a card with a detrimental effect, it would be akin to a death sentence.

The fact that he dared to pack so many luck-dependent probability cards into his deck meant he must prevent such deadly outcomes.

Ma Lu then remembered the words Yuan Xiaoyun had said before their fight started; he had claimed that Ren Tongtian's martial arts had transcended the mundane and were almost akin to the Dao.

If that were true, this battle would likely be even more challenging than he had imagined.

Yuan Xiaoyun, still not looking at the 6 cards he drew, confidently played two Dragon Capture Skills, boosting his True Qi to 28 points.

Then, as if to confirm Ma Lu's suspicions, he played another card—Only Dao Gather Void, another familiar zero-power, probability card.

The effect was to either double or clear the opponent's parry value.

It was the first time Ma Lu had seen a card that could increase the opponent's parry value, though clearly, Yuan Xiaoyun was not going to let that happen.

When his strange weapon clashed with Ma Lu's Longsword, Ma Lu saw his own parry value of 42 points vanish in an instant.

Yuan Xiaoyun struck and immediately retreated, then lifted his right palm.

"Little junior brother, I have already experienced your Eight Steps Sunward, now it's time for you to taste this move," he said.

After finishing his words, he took a step forward, his aura surged tremendously, Yuan Xiaoyun took eight consecutive steps, his palm steaming with white mist as he mustered ten layers of power and struck at Ma Lu.

If this palm strike were to truly hit, Ma Lu might not die on the spot, but he would lose at least two-thirds of his blood, and what's most critical is that it would be very painful.

Although the fight has turned into playing cards here, the damage inflicted is not any less.

No one knew the power of the Innate Pure Yang Palm better than Ma Lu; being hit by it would certainly mean his ribs would not be spared, and his internal organs would also be damaged.

Luckily, at the critical moment, Ma Lu's hand of cards lit up, and a card automatically jumped out to shield Ma Lu from Yuan Xiaoyun's heavy and forceful palm strike.

——Qiankun Great Shifting (Heaven).

This card had also been used by Ma Lu in his fight against Du Erlang, stemming from the divine technique of the Unified Heart Sect, the Eternal Lock.

Originally, it would have transferred the damage to the Plane card holder, but due to a bug in Ma Lu's cards, it actually led to the loss of the damage.

Yuan Xiaoyun's majestic palm strike seemed like thunder from the ninth heaven, but when it landed on Ma Lu, it became like a gentle breeze, leaving not a trace of injury.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"What kind of martial arts is this? How did you, so young, learn so many strange and rare techniques? Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?"

"Elder brother is no different, preferring the path of Heaven over the good path of Humanity," Ma Lu retorted.

Yuan Xiaoyun shook his head, "I am different. I was born a sinner, with my fate forever held in the hands of others. If I don't cultivate the Heavenly Dao, how can I replace it and control my own destiny?"

The fact that this palm strike missed Ma Lu caused him some regret, but he quickly collected himself and played another card.

——Refining Spirit Returning Void, with the effect being generating a parry value equal to the life recovered this turn or losing an equivalent amount of True Qi.

It was another familiar either-or choice, with one positive and one negative effect.

Once again, Yuan Xiaoyun unsurprisingly drew the effect that was beneficial to him, gaining 106 parry value, and then he played another card called Refining Void into Reality.

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Yuan Xiaoyun slightly smiled, "The card I choose to play is Hundred Faces Thousand Forms."

The next moment, Refining Void into Reality truly transformed into Hundred Faces Thousand Forms.

Ma Lu wasn't surprised by this outcome at all.

Yuan Xiaoyun now seemed just like one of those favored sons of the planes in pulp novels, a darling of fate, capable of having his declarations become reality, and even his opponents seemed to be complying with his performance.

Moreover, his Unity of Heaven and Man martial arts were somewhat overpowered, for with its dual effects, the values provided by the ordinary cards were far too generous compared to his.

And since Yuan Xiaoyun always drew the positive effect, it meant that every card he played was superbly powerful, and his Unity of Heaven and Man covered attack, defense, and even enhanced Qinggong and mental methods.

All-encompassing, it was almost preposterously strong.

Fortunately, when it was Ma Lu's turn to draw cards, his lucky streak finally came, and among the two cards he drew was one Armor-breaking Strike.

It was a move from the Overlord Thirteen Spear he had found on Du Erlang's body at Crouching Tiger Hill.

The Overlord Thirteen Spear, the signature technique of the Du Brothers, had ordinary power, but specialized in breaking all Self-Defense Martial Arts in the world.

The Armor-breaking Strike was no different; it had only 17 attack power, but the Armor Break effect it brought reduced Yuan Xiaoyun's parry value by half after the strike landed.

Though still not on par with Yuan Xiaoyun's Only Dao Gather Void, it was considered very powerful among regular move cards.