Chapter 176: Old voice, old position, and old liar

“Brother Lu, I truly admire your intellect to be able to design such an Illusion Realm... I wonder if I can be fortunate enough to win a small round from your hands!”

Wang Tianjing looked into Lu Ze’s eyes, his gaze unwavering, and pulled a card from the center, tossing it out.

“One 【human】.”

“Challenge.”

Lu Ze slammed the table without hesitation.

“!?”

All three were shocked.

Challenging the very first card? This seems a bit too aggressive?

However, when the card was flipped over, it truly was a fake card, 【earth】.

Wang Tianjing gave a bitter smile, picked up the crossbow beside him, and aimed it at his temple, pulling the trigger.

Fortunately, it was a blank.

“Brother Lu, I didn’t expect you to be so... aggressive.”

Wang Tianjing remarked with emotion.

“Not at all.”

Lu Ze shook his head, smiling as he spoke.

“Brother Wang, you might not realize it yourself, but whenever you try to deceive someone, you subconsciously talk more.”

Of course, Lu Ze only explained half of it.

Just now, Wang Tianjing’s gaze was fixed on him, actually trying to conceal his lying action.

Because in his concept, daring to look directly into the other person’s eyes was a sign of not being guilty.

Combining these two points made Lu Ze feel that the probability of him playing a fake card was very high.

He had to give him a preemptive strike.

Otherwise, if he succeeded in slipping one past, his pressure for subsequent card plays would be much lower.

“【The target card for this round is: Heaven】”

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is... Wang has learned a lot.”

Wang Tianjing glanced at his hand, quickly stacked them together, and placed them in his palm.

Then his gaze once again turned to Lu Ze.

“Brother Lu seems to have a lot of research on card-playing psychology? Even though this kind of card game... has never appeared before, I wonder where Brother Lu gained so much experience?”

Lu Ze’s mouth quirked: “You guess.”

“I guess... Brother Lu is a Genius.”

Wang Tianjing smiled and shook his head, playing a card from his hand.

“One 【heaven】.”

“Challenge.”

Lu Ze still smiled faintly, tapping the table.

“!?”

Wang Tianjing’s smile froze on his face.

The card was flipped over, and sure enough, it was a 【human】.

“Brother Lu, why...”

Wang Tianjing looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

“Generally speaking, the probability of you trying the same trick again to lure me in was indeed very high.”

Lu Ze spread his hands, explaining.

“So this is a good opportunity to slip in a fake card, isn’t it?”

With that, Lu Ze smiled and flipped over his hand cards one by one.

“Of course, the biggest reason I dared to challenge you is... all the cards in my hand are fake.”

Lu Ze had no 【heaven】 cards in his hand.

Assuming Wang Tianjing had 3 【heaven】 cards in his hand, then the position of the slipped card would most likely be the first or second card.

Coupled with the fact that Wang Tianjing is a gambler, he has a very high probability of betting that he wouldn’t dare to challenge twice in a row...

Lu Ze judged that this was the best opportunity to challenge.

“As expected of Brother Lu, I don’t feel wronged to have lost!”

After listening to Lu Ze’s reasoning, Xu Hao said respectfully, deep in thought.

“You don’t have mind-reading, do you...”

Chen Yiyun looked at Lu Ze with eyes full of suspicion.

“Brother Lu is indeed the chosen one...”

Wang Tianjing sighed; he hadn’t expected that Lu Ze, having no real cards, would instead benefit from a misfortune.

He picked up the crossbow; it had already been fired twice, and the probability of a crossbow bolt being fired on the third shot was already quite high.

The threat of death felt like a thorn in his back, and Wang Tianjing’s heart immediately tensed up.

He tightly closed his eyes and pulled the trigger, only to hear a “click,” and still no crossbow bolt was fired.

Wang Tianjing breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: “Brother Lu, it seems my life is quite tough.”

The game continued.

“【The target card for this round is: Heaven.】”

When he saw 【heaven】, Lu Ze, who usually showed no emotion while playing cards, uncharacteristically twitched his eyebrow slightly.

‘It’s Heaven again...’

Lu Ze muttered to himself.

In these past few rounds, whenever the target card was Heaven, his hand was always terrible.

Although within the Secret Realm, the “internet” supported by the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao was blocked.

But he always felt that, in the unseen, that Fragment of the Heavenly Dao guy was controlling the card game...

It wouldn’t give him any 【heaven】 cards!

However, the moment the hand appeared, Lu Ze was surprised to find that this round actually had 4 【heaven】 cards!

‘Good fellow, has he turned over a new leaf?’

Lu Ze secretly complained in his heart, but his face showed no flaw, and he quickly placed his hand cards face down on the table.

Wang Tianjing’s card-playing speed was also very fast.

This time, he learned his lesson.

He didn’t waste words, nor did he look at Lu Ze; after a brief thought, he pulled out two cards from his hand and played them.

“Two 【heaven】.”

Chen Yiyun and Xu Hao both looked at Lu Ze, very curious about his next move.

Lu Ze had challenged Wang Tianjing in quick succession twice; would he challenge again this time?

The game had now reached a fever pitch, and Wang Tianjing was basically on the brink of death!

A showdown between experts was incredibly exciting to watch!

In fact, with Lu Ze having 4 【heaven】 cards in his hand, the probability of Wang Tianjing playing 2 【heaven】 as fake cards was already quite high.

But Lu Ze had a huge advantage and didn’t want to gamble on probability.

Lu Ze smiled slightly, his hands quickly shuffling the face-down cards, reshuffling them.

His hand speed was so fast it was hard to discern with the naked eye.

The moment he finished shuffling, the other three couldn’t tell the positions of the five cards at all.

Lu Ze raised his right hand, halfway to his nose, then suddenly lowered it quickly, and in the order of the first, second, and fourth cards, he threw out three cards one by one.

“Three 【heaven】.”

Lu Ze’s mouth curled, and he once again pinched his voice:

“Guess what... do you believe it?”

“No way, not again!!!”

Chen Yiyun, who was watching, was reminded of one bad memory after another by this scene.

The old voice, the old position, and the old liar.

“Haha, the pressure is on Brother Wang now.”

Xu Hao looked at Wang Tianjing cheerfully.

At this moment, Wang Tianjing clenched his fist, his index finger resting on the tip of his nose, and began to deduce the possible situations in his mind.

His hand cards were two 【heaven】.

The two cards he played were fake.

Originally, he saw that Lu Ze had no intention of challenging and thought he was stable.

If he could just slip one more past, he would definitely win.

But looking at the current situation, once Lu Ze’s three cards were gone, he would fall into an ultimate disadvantage!

The core of “liar’s teahouse” was bluffing cards and getting rid of cards quickly.

Whoever ran out of cards first was the winner.

He ran two cards, Lu Ze ran three cards, so Lu Ze had a huge advantage!

Wang Tianjing had two real cards, so Lu Ze likely had three or even four real cards in his hand.

If it was three real cards, then Lu Ze playing like this must be to induce him to challenge.

If he just chose not to challenge, Lu Ze, with two fake cards, would essentially lose!

But [N O V E L I G H T] judging by Lu Ze’s skill...

The possibility of playing like this existed, but it wasn’t high.

Because once Wang Tianjing didn’t challenge, Lu Ze would fall into an absolute disadvantage.

That is to say—

Lu Ze most likely had four real cards in his hand!

Then what he needed to guess was whether Lu Ze put the only fake card inside or outside the three cards.

Given Lu Ze’s playing style...

Wang Tianjing’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Lu Ze’s playing style was simply too varied!!!

It was completely unpredictable!

It was as if...

Every single one of his thoughts was seen through by him!

Instantly, the game seemed to fall into a deadlock.

“Brother Wang, what’s wrong? Do you need me to give you a hint?”

Lu Ze’s devil-like laughter came through.

Wang Tianjing opened his eyes and saw an incredible scene—

Lu Ze actually reached out and actively flipped over the first card.

It was clearly a 【heaven】!