The opponent seized the initiative by activating their Ice Bear King card, inflicting a brief paralysis effect on Mount Flower's team.
Fortunately, their commander, Ruan Chunen, reacted swiftly. He preemptively used Ghost Wood to shield his teammates. Ghost Wood, a huge willow tree, rapidly grew new shoots and branches. A dense thicket of willow strands began to appear, but it couldn't unfold its vines to activate its healing effect due to the paralysis.
Ghost Wood first blocked the Ice Bear King's attack. A card's effectiveness is related to the Spirit Card Master's spiritual power; clearly, the Holy Beast Association's controller didn't have enough spiritual power to command five cards simultaneously.
Since Ghost Wood had absorbed most of the control effect, Chen Runyu and the other offensive card users only experienced very brief discomfort.
Several Card Spirits exhibited varying degrees of sluggishness and stiffness. Wen Jiang paused subtly.
