Chapter 32

Often, this special charm only appeared in some long-established card-crafting masters. Yu Yu Haojia still found it hard to believe that he would feel this in a newcomer Magic Card master.

This made him sigh slightly, thinking that the young people of today really didn't leave any room for the old folks to survive.

……

While Yu Yu Haojia was sighing, Lu Li’s hands didn't stop. Including the Heaven Azure Dragon’s pupils, all the prepared materials were successively put into the Magic Card editor by him.

Seeing this scene, Yu Yu Haojia couldn't help but sit up straight, his eyes fixed on Lu Li. The next step was the final card completion. As long as it succeeded, he would witness with his own eyes Lu Li successfully crafting his third original Magic Card.

The material solution soaked into the card art, and a golden pillar of light shot into the sky. Just like when he had crafted the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon a few days ago, it was blocked by the barrier Hearing Hearing Mana had set up, failing to break through and instead spilling over the entire room.

"Eh?" Although the spread of the light pillar was blocked, even Hearing Hearing Mana’s beautiful eyes couldn't help but widen this Finish Finish Time, because she saw that on the surface of the light pillar, there were actually eight new stars entwined.

Although they looked very dim, they were indeed hanging high on the light pillar. Previously, whether it was crafting equipment cards, counter cards, or regular spirit Magic Cards, this was an anomaly that had never appeared before.

It wasn't just Hearing Hearing Mana; Yu Yu Haojia was also bewildered by this scene, the excitement in his eyes turning into astonishment and confusion.

The appearance of the creation light pillar meant that Lu Li had indeed successfully crafted a Magic Card, and this new Magic Card was still an original one; after all, such an anomaly only appeared with original Magic Cards.

With the precedents of the Dark Magician Girl and the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, plus the preventive measures he had taken early on, although Yu Yu Haojia appeared slightly excited, he wasn't unable to accept this setting.

What truly made him astonished and confused were the eight flickering new stars on the golden light pillar!

According to the information passed down, there would be a creation light pillar after an original Magic Card was completed, but there had never been any mention of new stars appearing on the surface of the creation light pillar.

At the very least, in the information Yu Yu Haojia had queried, there was indeed no mention of anomalies on the creation light pillar.

"Could it be that the meaning represented by these eight new stars refers to the level of the Magic Card Lu Li crafted?" Looking at the eight flickering, illusory new stars on the creation light pillar, Yu Yu Haojia, who had no information to support him, could only guess to himself.

In Yu Yu Haojia’s view, this possibility was not non-existent; after all, the first impression upon seeing these new stars would indeed remind one of the Magic Card’s level.

But if these new stars really represented the Magic Card’s star level as he guessed, it would mean that Lu Li had skipped the crafting of a seven-star Magic Card and directly crafted an eight-star Magic Card, which made Yu Yu Haojia incredibly shocked.

He even had an intuition that even compared to Undying-realm powerhouses, Lu Li was not inferior in terms of card-crafting talent.

As long as Lu Li was given enough Finish Finish Time to grow, would there be a chance for a fifth Undying-realm powerhouse to appear in the Ancient Kingdom?

But thinking of this, Yu Yu Haojia immediately cut off this conjecture.

Lu Li was indeed talented and had potential, but the Undying realm was far from as simple as imagined; otherwise, the entire Ancient Kingdom wouldn't only have four Undying-realm domain lords.

Let alone the Undying realm, even breaking through to the Immortal realm was not that easy. Many Magic Card masters who were stuck at the Sovereign realm for their whole lives couldn't take that half-step until they died.

Including Yu Yu Haojia himself, he didn't have much confidence that he could advance to the Immortal realm.

What’s more, Lu Li had only just stepped onto the path of a Magic Card master. Even with more talent and potential, and more chances to break through, the distance to the Undying realm was still quite far. It was not the Finish Finish Time to consider these unrealistic things.

The creation light pillar entwined with the eight illusory new stars only lasted for a short Finish Finish Time before turning into light spots and slowly returning to Lu Li’s body. Following this was a surging backflow of magic power that rolled and pushed Lu Li’s level directly to a higher point!

[Construction successful, obtained magic power backflow, level promoted to six-star Warrior!]

[Construction successful, obtained magic power backflow, level promoted to seven-star Warrior!]

[Construction successful, obtained magic power backflow, level promoted to eight-star Warrior!]

Up close, Yu Yu Haojia clearly sensed the increase in Lu Li’s level, but when Lu Li’s soaring level finally settled at eight-star Warrior, it made him even more confused.

What the hell kind of star-level Magic Card is this? Could it be that those eight new stars didn't represent the Magic Card’s level?

Crafting a higher-level Magic Card meant obtaining more magic power backflow, and the Magic Card master’s level would naturally increase higher.

After so many years of development, the Magic Card civilization had also explored a rough reference basis, which could inversely deduce the level of the crafted Magic Card through the Magic Card master’s promotion situation.

However, this kind of reference only applied to low-level Magic Card masters; the higher the level of the Magic Card master, the less suitable this reference became. By then, the total amount of magic power obtained from crafting a Magic Card was often not enough to make a high-level Magic Card master advance.

If Lu Li had really crafted an eight-star Magic Card, the magic power backflow obtained shouldn't have only allowed his level to rise from five-star Warrior to eight-star Warrior; the total amount of magic power backflow obtained didn't make sense either.

Could it be that my guess about those new stars was wrong, and those eight illusory new stars didn't refer to the Magic Card’s level, but had other meanings?

"What exactly does this mean?" No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out. Yu Yu Haojia couldn't help but rub his temples. Since he had advanced to Sovereign, this was the first Finish Finish Time he had encountered such a situation.

……

While Yu Yu Haojia was racking his brains and couldn't figure out the anomaly of the Eye of Timaeus’s card completion, falling into a state of bewilderment, Lu Li also simultaneously sensed that his level had risen to eight-star Warrior, only one step away from nine-star Warrior.

"The total amount of magic power has been increased again, and the speed of magic power consumption has also been alleviated to a certain extent. In this way, even if I summon the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, I can support it for a little longer." With a thought, the attributes of the new Magic Card were displayed in front of Lu Li.

60. Special Magic Card: Eye of Timaeus!

[Eye of Timaeus]

Race: Dragon-type Legendary Dragon

Type: Special Card Projection

Effect: Summon a projection of the Legendary Dragon Timaeus. The projection possesses a certain amount of combat power and can be fused with a designated target. After fusion, it does not occupy a Magic Card summoning slot, comes with a basic effect of increasing both level and quality by one, and grants new effects based on the fused object.

"I always feel like it’s a bit neither fish nor fowl?" After checking the information on the Eye of Timaeus, Lu Li found that the type of Magic Card he had crafted this Finish Finish Time had changed again, becoming a special card, and it was specifically marked as a projection at the end. This was the third type of Magic Card after equipment cards and counter cards.

It was just that unlike equipment cards and counter cards, the Eye of Timaeus also had the racial characteristics that only regular Magic Cards possessed, but it didn't have any star level or skills, only effects similar to equipment cards and counter cards.

However, as long as the designated target fused with Timaeus’s projection, the level and quality would be unconditionally increased by one level. Just this point alone was enough to show the power of the Eye of Timaeus.

And according to the different fused objects, the fused Magic Card spirit could also obtain different new effects, which could maximize the response to changes on the battlefield, make tactics more diverse, and also make it difficult for enemies to make effective countermeasures.

Besides this, the new Magic Card also had an unexpected surprise: when the Eye of Timaeus was summoned, although it would occupy a Magic Card summoning slot, if it fused with the target Magic Card spirit, it would automatically release the original Magic Card summoning slot, meaning more Magic Card spirits could be summoned to the field.

Such a characteristic further enhanced the status of the Eye of Timaeus.

Coupled with the fact that Timaeus’s projection also possessed a certain amount of combat power, the operational space for using the new Magic Card became even larger.

With a thought, the Eye of Timaeus merged into his body, floating together with the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon. After doing all this, Lu Li reopened his eyes.

"Success?" Seeing Lu Li reopen his eyes, Yu Yu Haojia asked subconsciously.

The card-crafting process just now had too many unexpected places, especially the eight illusory new stars on the final light pillar. Yu Yu Haojia still couldn't figure out the meaning represented by them even now.

Encountering such a situation for the first Finish Finish Time, even though Lu Li’s level had increased, Yu Yu Haojia didn't dare to jump to conclusions before getting confirmation from the other party.

"Success." Lu Li nodded, and then through telepathy, he learned from Hearing Hearing Mana about the anomaly caused by crafting the Eye of Timaeus just now, and also knew that this card-crafting had appeared different from the past.

However, even Lu Li couldn't figure out why there would be new changes on the creation light pillar when crafting the Eye of Timaeus this Finish Finish Time.

"Could it be because the Eye of Timaeus contains part of the Legendary Dragon’s power, but this Finish Finish Time it wasn't crafting the main body of the Legendary Dragon, so such a Fallen Fallen Mode Fallen Mode Change appeared?" Lu Li guessed silently.

In the background he set, the Dragon Pupils possessed the ability to summon the Legendary Dragon Timaeus, but the Eye of Timaeus after card completion was not the true main body of the Legendary Dragon, but only a projection of it. Perhaps it was because of this reason that eight illusory new stars appeared on the light pillar.

In this way, it could also explain why the type of the Eye of Timaeus was set as a special card and specifically marked as a projection.

"However, these are all just my guesses; whether it is really like this, I cannot be sure." In the end, Lu Li shook his head secretly; he wasn't sure if the truth was as he thought.

"Success is good." Receiving Lu Li’s affirmative reply, Yu Yu Haojia also breathed a sigh of relief. If Magic Card crafting failed and materials were destroyed, it would affect the Magic Card master’s enthusiasm to a certain extent and cause a blow.

Yu Yu Haojia didn't want Lu Li to be hit during this period; the Youth Training Tournament and the college entrance examination were still waiting for him.

Next, Yu Yu Haojia didn't put forward any further requirements, but there was one thing he could be sure of: the new Magic Card Lu Li crafted this Finish Finish Time had reached at least the six-star level.

The magic power backflow Lu Li obtained didn't look like he had crafted an eight-star Magic Card, but the promotion of his level was a fixed fact, because if the level of the crafted Magic Card was too low, Lu Li wouldn't have been able to rise three levels in a row.

Judging from Lu Li’s promotion situation, a high-quality six-star Magic Card was relatively consistent with the conditions, but those eight illusory new stars were still a thorn in Yu Yu Haojia’s heart.

"Dark Magician Girl, Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, and counting the new Magic Card just successfully crafted, you now have three six-star Magic Cards." Putting aside the doubts in his heart, a sigh flashed across Yu Yu Haojia’s face: "In this way, the treatment you receive in the Association should also be improved."

Although Lu Li didn't show the attributes of the new Magic Card, and there were unexpected changes in the card crafting, Yu Yu Haojia clearly defaulted that Lu Li’s new Magic Card had reached the six-star level, and it might even exceed six stars.

Successfully crafting three six-star or higher Magic Cards meant that Lu Li had passed the conditions he had set initially and could obtain the treatment of an elite member of the Magic Card Association.

Originally, Yu Yu Haojia felt that it was shocking enough for Lu Li to be able to do this before the end of the college entrance examination, but he didn't expect that before the examination had even started, Lu Li had already completed it.

In fact, he had even over-completed it! Because the three Magic Cards Lu Li crafted were all original Magic Cards!

When he set the conditions, he didn't think Lu Li could continuously craft original Magic Cards, so he didn't specifically add the word "original." In his mind, Lu Li being able to craft one original Dark Magician Girl was enough to prove his extraordinary potential.

Therefore, even if the next two Magic Cards Lu Li crafted were non-original six-star Magic Cards, Yu Yu Haojia wouldn't have felt there was a problem.

After all, original Magic Cards were not Chinese cabbage; they hadn't appeared for hundreds or nearly a thousand years.

It was just unexpected that Lu Li had actually crafted three original six-star Magic Cards in the end; this result could be called shocking.

But what followed was more excitement.

Because no matter what, Lu Li came from Cangling City and was a member of the Cangling City Magic Card Association.

The stronger the talent and strength Lu Li displayed, the more beneficial it would be for the development of the Cangling City Magic Card Association!

"Uh!" Hearing Yu Yu Haojia’s sigh, Lu Li roughly guessed that the other party had misunderstood the level of the Eye of Timaeus. Strictly speaking, the Eye of Timaeus was a starless Magic Card, just like the Magic Formula Book and the Magic Hat.

But the Eye of Timaeus could summon a projection of the Legendary Dragon and possessed a certain amount of combat power.

Although he hadn't tested the strength of the projection yet, Lu Li estimated that the combat power of the projection was probably enough to rival the Dark Magician Girl and the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon.

Therefore, saying that the Eye of Timaeus was a six-star Magic Card didn't seem to be a problem.

Opening his mouth, Lu Li didn't explain anything in the end. Let it be a misunderstanding; it didn't make a difference to him anyway.

Could he specifically show the attributes of the Eye of Timaeus?

61. Peerless Charm: Night Queen

"Regarding your enjoyment of elite member treatment, I will arrange it after returning to the Association." After sighing, Yu Yu Haojia continued: "If it’s fast, the information you left in the Association will be updated within these two days. You can keep an eye on it then."

"The treatment of an elite member is not something an ordinary member can compare to. For example, when purchasing materials, there will be a certain degree of discount; in taking on tasks, there is priority, and so on."

"These are just the most basic treatments enjoyed by elite members. As for more differences, you will have to dig them out yourself slowly." ===== CHAPTER 34 =====