Chapter 22

"Mana, move! Watch out for the psychedelic pollen these butterfly demons scatter when they fly," Lu Li commanded. The moment the butterfly demons made their move, Lu Li saw their attributes and naturally understood that he needed to be wary of their psychedelic pollen.

"Understood, Master!" With a flick of her staff, the Dark Magician Girl opened the battle with a Dark Magic attack.

The butterfly demons had reached five-star rank and possessed the advantage of group combat, but since the Dark Magician Girl's quality had been upgraded to Perfect, her rank and strength were higher. Combined with the attribute bonuses from the Magic Formula Book, she could easily take out one, or even two, butterfly demons with a single Dark Magic blast.

As for the butterfly demons' flight ability, they held no advantage over the Dark Magician Girl.

"Although I already knew the Dark Magician Girl was extraordinary, every time I see her fight, I get the feeling that she's a seven-star Magic Card, not a six-star one," Zhao Chengyuan sighed.

Damn it, these are over a dozen five-star butterfly demons. Solving one or two with a single shot consumes a lot of magic power, yet the Dark Magician Girl's output intensity never seems to drop.

Does this Dark Magician Girl come with her own magic power jar?

"Indeed," Da Bai Man nodded as well. "The Dark Magician Girl's total magic power and recovery speed are somewhat unusual."

As a Magic Card Master specializing in creating magic-type cards, Da Bai Man could see the issue more clearly than Zhao Chengyuan.

Such a fierce attack method consumes a terrifying amount of magic power for a magic-type card, yet the Dark Magician Girl still looks full of energy even now; this is clearly abnormal.

"The Dark Magician Girl is an original Magic Card, after all; she must still have many abilities we aren't aware of," Gu Fa threw out this universal explanation again.

In any case, Lu Li had never disclosed the Dark Magician Girl's attributes, so no matter how they guessed, they couldn't reach an accurate conclusion. The stronger the Dark Magician Girl was, the more it proved the formidable nature of Lu Li's talent and potential.

Cang Fenghua and Yu Haojia also nodded, but even for an original Magic Card, wasn't this level a bit too outrageous?

"Hiss!"

As the butterfly demons were continuously killed by the Dark Magician Girl, the Queen Butterfly hiding in the shadows could no longer stay put and launched a sneak attack on the Dark Magician Girl.

Terrifying gusts of wind condensed into long, thin needles stained with deadly poison, which were fanned toward the Dark Magician Girl by the Queen Butterfly.

【Queen Butterfly】

Race: Fairy

Quality: Common

Rank: Six-star

Skills: Psychedelic Pollen, Poison Needle Rain, Command

"A sneak attack? Her intelligence is quite high, but unfortunately, it's meaningless." As the Queen Butterfly launched the attack from the dark, the opponent's information flashed before Lu Li's eyes, and he simply shook his head.

Even when facing the stronger Violent Lark or the Silver Moon Fox, the Dark Magician Girl didn't have many concerns, let alone this Queen Butterfly, whose strength was a notch lower.

Furthermore, the Dark Magician Girl was now equipped with the Magic Formula Book and the Magic Top Hat; not only was she stronger, but her methods had also become more diverse. A sneak attack meant nothing to her.

Zzz!

The Poison Needle Rain tore through space, leaving faint trails behind, and eventually engulfed the position where the Dark Magician Girl had been.

"She didn't dodge?" Seeing this, Cang Fenghua and the others couldn't help but frown. With the Dark Magician Girl's reaction speed, even with a sneak attack, she would definitely have had enough time to dodge.

What they didn't understand was why Lu Li hadn't commanded the Dark Magician Girl to dodge, but instead chose to take this round of attacks head-on.

"No!" Yu Haojia's eyes narrowed slightly. "The Queen Butterfly's attack had no effect."

At the position where the Dark Magician Girl had originally been, a black magic top hat with a question mark on it floated abruptly. Although it had been pierced through by the Poison Needle Rain, it was clear that the Dark Magician Girl was not inside the hat.

In other words, the Queen Butterfly had missed.

"Over there!" Cang Fenghua pointed. Behind the Queen Butterfly, a magic top hat had appeared out of nowhere, and the vanished Dark Magician Girl flew out from above the opened hat.

"A space-swapping skill?" At this, everyone lost their composure.

Damn it, how many more abilities is the Dark Magician Girl hiding? You are a six-star Magic Card, yet you possess so many abilities—how are other high-star Magic Cards supposed to feel?

"This means that during the exchange match with Cangyue City, Lu Li's Dark Magician Girl not only reserved the Silence spell but also kept this space-swapping ability up her sleeve." Cang Fenghua rubbed his head. "This kid hides too much."

Not only were Cang Fenghua and the others dumbfounded, but even the Queen Butterfly was completely bewildered. How did a perfectly good person turn into a hat-spirit?

The reappearing Dark Magician Girl didn't give the Queen Butterfly time to react or counterattack; the staff in her hand had already gathered magic power to the extreme.

"Dark Magic Burst!" With a wave of her staff, the Burst attack that had once instantly killed the Violent Lark and the Silver Moon Fox smashed toward the Queen Butterfly.

Boom!

A scene full of déjà vu appeared again; the Queen Butterfly's location, along with the remaining butterfly demons, was directly engulfed by the Burst.

After the smoke cleared, the mangled Queen Butterfly and the butterfly demons, having lost all signs of life, fell to the ground like dumplings, creating shallow pits.

"A one-pot stew!" Seeing this, such a thought rose in Lu Li's mind.

"It's only been five minutes, and a medium-sized beast tribe has been solved. Even a seven-star Magic Card wouldn't be much faster." Looking at the time, Zhao Chengyuan shook his head. "Back when I was this age, I couldn't have been as ruthless as Lu Li."

Da Bai Man nodded; not only Zhao Chengyuan, but she couldn't have done it either. It was just a pity that Lu Li wasn't a student at their school, which made Da Bai Man feel even more regretful.

"Master, mission accomplished." After solving the Queen Butterfly and the remaining butterfly demons with a Dark Magic Burst, the Dark Magician Girl playfully raised her hand to salute Lu Li.

"Well done, Mana." Reaching out to pinch the Dark Magician Girl's pretty face, which earned a coquettish glare from her, Lu Li waved his hand to release a Stripping Spell on the beast corpses.

"Not bad, I got a pretty good material." With a thought, a pair of colorful, crystal-like butterfly wings appeared before Lu Li.

39. You have the nerve to ask?

【Brilliant Butterfly Garment: Every Queen Butterfly undergoes one metamorphosis in its lifetime. The butterfly garment left behind condenses a portion of the Queen Butterfly's power. If used properly, it can control butterfly demons on a small scale for combat.】

"So beautiful!" Attracted by the appearance of the Brilliant Butterfly Garment, Mana's eyes twinkled, but she quickly withdrew her gaze.

After all, she knew that a material of this level might not be much for a high-level Magic Card Master, but for Lu Li, who was just starting out, it was extremely precious.

However, from the way the young girl's eyes wandered from time to time, it was clear that the Brilliant Butterfly Garment still held immense attraction for Mana.

Or rather, not many girls could refuse the gorgeous appearance of the Brilliant Butterfly Garment.

"If I have the chance to encounter another Queen Butterfly, I'll find someone to process the collected Brilliant Butterfly Garment into a dress for you." Seeing such a cute side of Mana, Lu Li couldn't help but flick her nose.

With Simulated Construction and plenty of time, Lu Li's card success rate was one hundred percent, so normally, he only needed one Brilliant Butterfly Garment to successfully create a new Magic Card.

Duplicate materials could be used for other purposes.

"Really?" The Dark Magician Girl's eyes lit up, and she leaned in to kiss Lu Li on the cheek. "Master, you're so kind."

"Alright, let's keep moving." Touching the spot where Mana had kissed him, Lu Li smiled and rubbed her head before setting off again.

They hadn't been in the Home of Spirit Beasts for long, and they had already obtained a good material; it could be considered a good start.

"Ahem," Cang Fenghua coughed. "Gu Fa, although the relationship between a Magic Card Master and their Magic Card Spirit is very intimate and helps improve their mutual understanding, with the college entrance exam approaching, you should still remind Lu Li to exercise some restraint."

Not only Cang Fenghua, but the expressions of Yu Haojia, Zhao Chengyuan, and Da Bai Man were also very subtle. Damn it, being shown such affection while watching a battle was truly unpleasant.

"I will remind him." Gu Fa twitched his mouth and said silently. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it; after all, who hadn't been young once?

As far as he knew, Cang Fenghua himself had quite a few female Magic Card Spirits; he didn't believe the other man hadn't made a move on his own spirits.

In fact, Gu Fa thought it was quite good. An excellent student like Lu Li should be kept within their own circle; if he were exported to other cities, that would be the most depressing thing.

However, Cang Fenghua was the City Lord after all, so he had to be given some face. Of course, how he would remind him was his own business.

"Finally solved this five-star beast." In a corner of the Home of Spirit Beasts, Wang Ping and the other three were sitting on the ground, with the corpse of the five-star beast, the Mad Wolf, not far from them.

After separating from Lu Li, they had been steadily hunting beasts on the periphery, but even with extreme caution, they had still been attacked by a five-star beast.

Through a series of mutual cooperation, Wang Ping and the others finally solved the attacking beast, but their Magic Card Spirits had also suffered casualties.

"It's only the first day, and there's still a long time left for the next three days." Wang Ping shook his head; they had finally witnessed the terror of the dimensional plane.

"I wonder how Lu Li is doing now?" Bei Hanyun said silently. If Lu Li were willing to team up with them, they would probably be much more relaxed now.

"Probably much better than us; after all, the Dark Magician Girl is a six-star Magic Card." Hearing Bei Hanyun's words, Wang Ping sighed; the gap between the two sides was too large.

"Dark Magic Burst!"

Deep in the Home of Spirit Beasts, bursts of explosions echoed. In front of the Dark Magician Girl, a Tyrant Ape, which stood three meters tall when fully unfolded, lay on the ground.

Although it wasn't dead yet, it was breathing its last.

Two days had passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Li had now penetrated deep into the Home of Spirit Beasts, and the Tyrant Ape before him was the third six-star beast he and Mana had encountered today.

"The Tyrant Ape's strength has reached the six-star Collector level, which is very excellent even among six-star beasts, but it's still no match for the Dark Magician Girl." Looking at the Tyrant Ape lying on the ground through the screen, Cang Fenghua couldn't help but shake his head. "It seems that the Dark Magician Girl's quality is indeed very likely to be Perfect grade."

"To be honest, I can't think of any Magic Card within the six-star rank that is more excellent than the Dark Magician Girl." As a Sovereign Realm Magic Card Master, let alone six-star cards, Cang Fenghua even possessed seven-star, eight-star, and nine-star Magic Cards.

But if he really had to find a Magic Card within the six-star range that could rival the Dark Magician Girl, Cang Fenghua truly couldn't find one.

He even had to admit that the six-star Magic Cards he possessed were inferior to the Dark Magician Girl in both destructive power and functionality, which made Cang Fenghua, a Sovereign Realm expert, feel a little depressed.

Attack power is secondary; the main thing is that the Dark Magician Girl's skills are complex and diverse, and their flexible combination is enough to perform cooperative attacks comparable to two or three Magic Card Spirits.

"I am now even more curious whether there is any beast in the Home of Spirit Beasts that can force Lu Li to summon a second Magic Card to fight, and I am also curious if the new Magic Card he created can rival the Dark Magician Girl." In two days, Yu Haojia's evaluation of Lu Li had risen significantly again.

But at the same time, Yu Haojia was also puzzled why the beasts in the Home of Spirit Beasts were so ineffective. He just wanted to see Lu Li's new Magic Card; why was it so difficult?

"If the strength of the new Magic Card also reaches the level of the Dark Magician Girl, then in the upcoming college entrance exam, Lu Li might bring us more surprises." Yu Haojia's statement was also recognized by the others.

Usually, the vast majority of candidates participating in the college entrance exam are still struggling with low-level Magic Cards. A small number of geniuses can cross into the ranks of creating intermediate Magic Cards. For example, Wang Ping and Bei Hanyun, who can create intermediate Magic Cards, mean they have a certain chance to impact the top-tier institutions of the ancient kingdom.

And candidates like Lu Li, who create six-star Magic Cards, basically lock in the four major institutions. Now everyone is curious about how far Lu Li can go in the college entrance exam.