Chapter 11

Therefore, although Magic Card Masters and ordinary people live in two different worlds, the two coexist peacefully most of the time, and no conflicts arise.

"Clothes?" Holding Lu Li's hand, Mana tilted her head and said, "Master, actually, I can use magic power to change the clothes on my body."

As she spoke, under Lu Li's slightly surprised gaze, the Dark Magician Girl's original battle suit vanished, replaced by a tight-fitting, light pink-blue, off-the-shoulder long dress.

Compared to the previous battle suit, this long dress on Mana could better highlight her explosive figure; she was truly the ceiling of pure desire.

"That's really convenient." In the end, Lu Li let his appreciative gaze linger for a few seconds until a faint blush appeared on Mana's face, at which point he set off with her.

Dinner was very simple, and the place the two chose wasn't too far away; they just ate something nearby at home. However, in this short period of time, Lu Li felt the popularity of the Dark Magician Girl.

"So pretty, do we have such a pretty girl in our neighborhood?"

"I don't think so, it's my first time seeing her too. Should we go up and get to know her?"

"Forget it, that's a Magic Card spirit. The other party is a Magic Card Master, not someone from the same world as us. Don't go asking for trouble."

"Ah, so it's a Magic Card spirit? I was just saying, if there were such a pretty girl nearby, how could I have never seen her?"

Hearing the conversation of the people around them, Mana wore a happy smile on her face; she went from just holding Lu Li's hand to hugging his arm with both of hers.

Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but flick Mana's nose, drawing a coquettish pout from the young girl.

The two appeared even more intimate, and this scene made the "lemon spirits" nearby feel even more bitter.

……

"Mana, you go wash up first, I have other things to deal with." After returning home from dinner, Lu Li gave the Dark Magician Girl instructions and once again threw himself into thinking about new Magic Cards using his materials.

"After equipping the Magic Formula Book and the Magic Hat, Mana's combat power increased along with her grade, but this is still not the limit of the Dark Magician Girl I envisioned."

"Furthermore, the increase in grade is ultimately limited. An increase in level is what provides the greatest boost to combat power. Even if I create stronger Magic Cards in the future, the Dark Magician Girl will be able to keep up with the pace."

As his first Magic Card, Lu Li was still quite invested, and if he could solve this problem now, other Magic Cards would benefit as well.

"Ritual cards—this is one direction. The Dark Magician Girl can be used as a Dark Magician. Through the special nature of ritual cards, perhaps I can manage to increase the Dark Magician Girl's level."

"Besides that, there are fusion cards; this is also one of the directions to increase the Dark Magician Girl's combat power."

While sorting through the remaining materials on hand, Lu Li considered, "Currently, I only have the Dark Magician Girl as a Magic Card; my combat power is still a bit thin."

You have to eat a meal one bite at a time, and drink soup one sip at a time. Having a rough plan for the Dark Magician Girl's subsequent development, Lu Li shifted his thinking to the second matter.

"I have now promoted to the War General Realm and opened the second Magic Card summoning slot."

"Whether for the sake of leveling up or gaining more combat power, I must start preparing to create a second Magic Card, and it's best if it's a Magic Card that can link with the Dark Magician Girl."

A War General Realm Magic Card Master has already opened the second Magic Card summoning slot, capable of summoning two Magic Card spirits to fight simultaneously; the overall combat power is a step above what it used to be.

If the two Magic Cards have a further connection, the increase in combat power will be significantly greater.

Therefore, regarding the choice of the second Magic Card, Lu Li still intends to continue creating Yu-Gi-Oh! Magic Cards for the time being.

If you bite off more than you can chew, you won't digest it well. Although Lu Li has many ideas for other worldviews in his mind, he is just starting out and still tends to specialize in one area first.

"There are quite a few Magic Cards that can link with the Dark Magician and the Dark Magician Girl, but the strongest one is definitely the Amulet Dragon fused with the Red-Eyes Black Dragon." While pondering, Lu Li had already decided on the Magic Card he intended to create next!

"Just in terms of quantity, the terminals and derivatives of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon can compare to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon." As one of the main cards of the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon might not be as popular as the Dark Magician Girl or the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but it is definitely at a top-tier level.

Not to mention that later on, Konami released the "Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon" card, which was so overpowered it carried both the Dark Magician and Red-Eyes decks for a period of time.

It's a pity that in the end, Dragoon was sent to the "small black room" (banned list), but there is no such thing as a "small black room" here for Lu Li. Furthermore, in Lu Li's hands, it wouldn't be "Red-Eyes Dragoon," but "Red-Eyes Mom."

"Referring to the Dark Magician Girl's situation, the star level of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon probably won't be too low, and it's even possible it has already entered the ranks of high-tier Magic Cards. If I create it with my current strength, the consumption might not keep up." Although he had decided on the production target for the second Magic Card, Lu Li still had the problem of consumption to solve.

Closing his eyes, Lu Li activated the simulated construction of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon in his mind. With the help of the simulated construction's effects, besides being able to increase the success rate, Lu Li could also obtain the key information of whether his own recovery speed could keep up with the production consumption of the new Magic Card.

If he couldn't even complete the simulation, it would be even more impossible to realize it in reality.

18. Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon!

"Hoo!" In less than a moment, Lu Li reopened his eyes, his forehead faintly covered in fine sweat. "Sure enough, my current mental power is not enough to support the production of a high-tier Magic Card."

The simulation result wasn't very good. With his current mental power, the best he could manage was to complete the setting and background entry for the Red-Eyes Black Dragon; he had no extra mental power to outline the card art. As for the subsequent material fusion, he hadn't even seen a shadow of it.

If this production result were synchronized to reality, there wouldn't be much difference.

"Red-Eyes terminal," however, Lu Li didn't intend to give up. Although he couldn't create the Red-Eyes Black Dragon for the time being, it didn't mean he couldn't create other Red-Eyes terminals.

Especially since he could combine the abilities of these terminals to attempt to summon the Red-Eyes Black Dragon through special summoning methods.

In Yu-Gi-Oh!, there is more than one way to summon. Although this is the real world, Lu Li felt there were still means to achieve it; the Magic Formula Book and the Magic Hat were the most powerful evidence.

"Black Metal Dragon, Red-Eyes Baby Dragon, Red-Eyes Wyvern, and Red-Eyes Retro Dragon can all pull out the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but the overall strength is still a bit lacking." Recalling the summoning terminals for the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Lu Li finally locked onto the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon.

"The six-star Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon's strength definitely won't lose to the Dark Magician Girl." Perhaps the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon's methods aren't as numerous as the Dark Magician Girl's, but even in the Magic Card civilization, dragon types are absolutely top-tier existences.

Lu Li once saw a news report that in one of the dimensional planes under the Capital's jurisdiction, a nine-star dragon-type fierce beast, the Thunder-Bombing Dragon, was born.

The Thunder-Bombing Dragon is a special dragon type whose entire body is covered in soft scales formed from thunder-magnetic ore, and it possesses special power-generating organs in its body, capable of unleashing thunder comparable to natural lightning when hunting or defending.

At that time, the strength of this Thunder-Bombing Dragon had already exceeded the limit that the dimensional plane could withstand; it not only slaughtered wantonly within the dimensional plane but also broke through the plane's restrictions and entered the main plane of the Magic Card civilization, causing quite a bit of destruction to the Capital.

The final result was that one of the Capital's vice-mayors took action in time to take down the Thunder-Bombing Dragon, preventing greater casualties.

Closing his eyes, he activated the simulated construction. A moment later, sweat appeared on Lu Li's forehead again, but this time there was no failure; he successfully completed the simulated construction of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon.

But unlike the previous simulation of the Magic Formula Book and the Magic Hat, the progress of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon's simulated construction was not filled up at once.

Regarding this, Lu Li slightly guessed the reason.

The explanation for simulated construction is that it continuously perfects the Magic Card's production process. The production difficulty of regular Magic Cards is undoubtedly higher than that of equipment cards and counter cards, so it requires multiple simulations to increase the success rate to 100%.

"Still acceptable." Comparing the mental power consumption and the simulation progress, Lu Li was relatively satisfied. "According to this progress, in about a few more days, I will be able to increase the simulated construction progress of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon to 100%."

"This speed is much faster than when I perfected the Dark Magician Girl's settings and background." Back then, after deciding to create the Dark Magician Girl, Lu Li spent a very long time perfecting the settings.

Although the bulk of that was the creation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! worldview, even so, perfecting the Magic Card's background and settings through simulated construction saved him a lot of time and could also increase the card completion rate to 100%.

"Speaking of which, can simulated construction operate automatically?" Suddenly, Lu Li thought of this point.

Whether it was the simulated construction of the Magic Formula Book, the Magic Hat, or the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon, Lu Li had put his heart and soul into it.

After all, he had just unlocked this special function and there were still many places to explore.

Combining the situations from the previous few times, simulated construction only required him to specify a target and provide mental power to proceed.

And after completing the simulation, the simulation progress would increase, and he would also gain corresponding experience.

If it followed this kind of method, theoretically, simulated construction wouldn't require him to intervene constantly.

As long as his mental power was sufficient, he could continuously perform simulated construction on the specified Magic Card.

Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but test it.

Time passed, and Lu Li's eyes remained closed, but his mental power was slowly decreasing in a very special way.

"It really works!" The time spent this time was longer than the first time he simulated the construction of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon, but Lu Li, who reopened his eyes, had a smile on his face.

The simulated construction was still operating as usual, and his mental power was also slowly flowing away at a constant speed, but Lu Li's mind was not focused on it now.

"My guess was correct. If I can maintain this state, the speed of simulated construction can further reduce the time." After a rough calculation, Lu Li found that by ensuring the mental power consumption remained at the critical point, the progress of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon's simulated construction to 100% would be reduced by nearly one-third; the efficiency had improved quite a bit.

If he simulated higher-tier Magic Cards in the future, the difference in efficiency would be massive.

"But since it was just tested, I still need to adapt for a period of time before I can be unaffected." Shaking his head, although he was liberated from the simulated construction and could handle more things, Lu Li found that because of the continuous consumption of mental power, his control over his body was not as good as before.

But overall, Lu Li was still very satisfied with this test; it could be considered an unexpected joy.

A moment later, the simulation ended, and the simulated construction progress of the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon increased by a certain percentage again.

After two simulated constructions, plus the fact that today's consumption was not low, Lu Li didn't have the energy to simulate again for the time being, so he looked at the materials that had been sorted and classified: "Dragon-type materials, huh? This stuff is quite troublesome."

Other materials were fine, but he really didn't have a single piece of dragon-type material, including in the academy's rewards. Because they are powerful, hunting dragon-type fierce beasts has become very difficult; the quantity of dragon-type materials is naturally very scarce, and the price is ridiculously high.

Even, dragon-type materials have been in short supply for a long time. At the very least, in the market, Lu Li hadn't seen much auction news regarding dragon-type materials.

"Forget it, I'll wait until I go back to school tomorrow to see. There's also a reward from the City Lord's Mansion; I hope I can get suitable materials then." Shaking his head, Lu Li put the materials in front of him back into the Magic Card Editor.

Although there are storage cards, and storage cards have anti-theft functions, anti-theft doesn't mean 100% safe; there have been news reports of storage cards being stolen in the past.

For a Magic Card Master, the security of a storage card is obviously not as good as a Magic Card Editor. Since both are for storing materials, it's naturally safer to put them in the Magic Card Editor.

After tidying up, Lu Li also walked toward his room.

19. The City Lord's Goodwill, You're Just Coveting Someone

The night passed without incident. The next morning, as soon as Lu Li walked into the school gate, he was surrounded by many students from the Third High School, including those in the same grade and lower-grade juniors.

Although the unified exam had ended, it had only been one night, and the unified exam was still a hot topic for students these days. More importantly, this unified exam was the first time the Third High School had won first place in these years, and it even left the First High School and Second High School far behind.

As the center of the hot topic, Lu Li was naturally the object of everyone's attention.

In just a few minutes, Lu Li had already received hints from many female classmates and female juniors about making friends, both overtly and covertly.

Even the usual "iceberg beauty" had become very enthusiastic this time.

"Lu Li, if possible, I'd like to invite you to my home after school to tutor me; there happens to be no one at my home today." Being a bit bolder, she launched an offensive directly at Lu Li.

"Are you trying to ask for advice on Magic Card production? You're clearly just coveting Lu Li's body." Regarding this statement, many people unceremoniously raised their middle fingers.

Fortunately, Zhang Ming appeared in time again and pulled Lu Li out of the crowd.

"Good fellow, are girls nowadays this enthusiastic?" Lu Li couldn't help but complain, "Old Zhang, you saved me again."