Chapter 36

64. Magic Card Version of the Grand Line?

"I just said, it definitely wouldn't be hidden from Grandpa." A magnetic voice echoed in the office, and a faint smile rose on Shangguan Wan'er's face.

"Apart from you, no one else would come at this time." Hearing Shangguan Wan'er's words, Shangguan Hong shook his head.

"Father and Mother saw that you hadn't returned home for so long, so they let me come and see." Shangguan Wan'er explained: "Did I disturb you, Grandpa?"

Just when she was outside the door, Shangguan Wan'er vaguely heard Shangguan Hong seem to be talking to someone, but unfortunately, she couldn't hear it clearly, so she waited outside the door for a while until there was no sound, and then knocked on the door.

"No matter; it's just that Cangling City produced a heaven-defying talent this year, and I was just discussing this matter with Little Yu." Waving his hand, Shangguan Hong indicated it didn't matter.

Although he used heaven-defying talent to call Lu Li, Shangguan Hong also understood that this statement was not accurate. Because Lu Li, who made an original Magic Card, was already not just a heaven-defying talent, but he didn't intend to talk about the original Magic Card here, even if Shangguan Wan'er was his own granddaughter.

More importantly, even with Yu Haojia's guarantee, even if he agreed to Lu Li's promotion to an elite member, Shangguan Hong still wanted to confirm it with his own eyes; this was also the character he had cultivated for many years.

Heaven-defying talent? A look of interest suddenly appeared on Shangguan Wan'er's face; only a very small number of Magic Card masters would be called heaven-defying talents by Shangguan Hong, such as Shangguan Wan'er; she herself was a heaven-defying talent.

As a candidate for this year's Cangdu college entrance exam, and also the only heir of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Wan'er possessed amazing talent, coupled with a large number of resources, she had already broken through the War General Realm and reached the Commander Realm, far surpassing the candidates of the same year!

Reaching the Commander Realm before the college entrance exam, even in the vast Cangdu, only Shangguan Wan'er had done it, so Shangguan Wan'er was the strongest among the candidates in Cangdu this year.

It was just a pity that there was quite a gap between the heaven-defying talent in Shangguan Wan'er's understanding and the Lu Li in Shangguan Hong's mouth.

"Speaking of which, in the upcoming Youth Training Competition, the other party will also participate as a recommended candidate from Cangling City; perhaps you can get to know each other then." Shangguan Hong didn't mind Shangguan Wan'er coming into contact with Lu Li, especially since the other party was also an original Magic Card creator.

Getting to know another Magic Card master who surpassed the heaven-defying talent level, especially one who made an original Magic Card, was never a bad thing for Shangguan Wan'er herself or the Shangguan family.

Such an opportunity could be said to be once in a thousand years; it had been nearly a thousand years since the era when the last original Magic Card creator appeared.

"Then it seems I have to pay attention then." Slightly surprised by Shangguan Hong's attitude, the interest in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes grew even stronger. A Magic Card master who could make her grandfather care so much, especially a peer of similar age to her, Shangguan Wan'er was very curious about how special the other party was.

……

"Got a message?" After eating dinner simply, listening to Mana's humming in the kitchen, Lu Li received a message from the Magic Card Association: "This speed is indeed about the same as what Chairman Yu said; it's really fast enough."

The beginning was still the usual unnutritious welcome, followed by a series of introductions to the privileges of elite members and the differences from ordinary members.

Scanning quickly with his eyes, Lu Li soon had a general understanding. In general, the treatment of elite members was indeed much better than that of ordinary members.

The purchase discounts and task priority mentioned by Yu Haojia earlier were all in the introduction; besides this, elite members could also receive a fixed amount of resources from the Association every month and enjoy priority in entering dimensional planes, etc.

It wasn't much of a treatment, but it could save a lot of trouble.

However, among these, a new function attracted Lu Li's attention—Card Realm!

Card Realm, a very special dimensional plane built into the Magic Card Association program; only association members who have reached the elite member level can go to the Card Realm.

Card Realm, this is a special world refined by the founding Supreme of the ancient kingdom, combining a fallen world at a great cost.

Although that founding Supreme had disappeared, the Card Realm was passed down. And in the Card Realm, it is rumored that there are Magic Card masters who have seen the figure of that founding Supreme!

However, not many people believe this; after all, tens of thousands of years have passed since now; even if a Supreme can live as long as heaven and earth, even an existence at the Supreme level will be forgotten if they haven't appeared for too long.

Especially tens of thousands of years; even Magic Card masters have passed down for I don't know how many generations, let alone ordinary people.

There is another rumor that has been widely accepted by everyone.

The Card Realm possesses the collection of the founding Supreme's life; as long as one can find these collections, ascending to the Undying Realm is easy, and there is even a great chance to ascend to the Supreme Realm and step into the highest sequence of Magic Card masters.

And precisely because of this, the Card Realm makes all Magic Card masters crazy for it.

"Why does it feel like the Grand Line?" Flipping through the information about the Card Realm, Lu Li couldn't help but silently complain in his heart; he didn't know who spread this news. If it were bad, this might be something the Magic Card Association deliberately released to attract all Magic Card masters to go in and work for them.

After all, although elite members obtain the qualification to enter the Card Realm, they still need to pay a hefty fee to enter the Card Realm, which is equivalent to a ticket.

But at the same time, Lu Li indeed developed a strong interest in this Card Realm; involving a Supreme, even if the news is fake, it will still make people crazy for it.

The Card Realm is very large; after so many years of exploration by countless Magic Card masters, it still hasn't been explored completely; among them, there are Undying Realm regional lords and subsequent generations of Supremes.

This also makes everyone understand that the founding Supreme of the ancient kingdom might have already taken a step toward becoming a god. Otherwise, how could even the subsequent generations of Supremes have no way to explore the entire Card Realm? (Good money, good food)

"God?" Seeing this, Lu Li's gaze couldn't help but become deep.

Among the realms divided by Magic Card masters, the highest sequence is Supreme; even with the total population of nearly ten billion in the ancient kingdom, there is only one Supreme in each generation.

For the ancient kingdom, the number of Supremes can be described as unique. Even in the entire Magic Card civilization, the number of Supremes is extremely rare, low to the point of being outrageous.

In the current era, counting the Supremes of the ancient kingdom, there are only three Supremes in the entire Magic Card civilization! Even the number of Undying Realms in a country cannot compare!

Perhaps this founding Supreme of the ancient kingdom has really stepped into the divine realm; that's why the Card Realm transformed by the other party is so special, even if other Supremes and Undying Realm Magic Card masters participated in it, after such a long time, it has not been fully explored.

And precisely because of this, no Magic Card master can resist the temptation of the Card Realm..

65. Magic Cylinder, Open Second Authority!

With the exploration and deepening of the Card Realm, the dangers encountered became more frequent, and the danger level was constantly increasing. In the end, the high echelons of the ancient kingdom, out of consideration, incorporated the Card Realm into the jurisdiction of the Magic Card Association, opening it only to members at the elite level and above.

And, the stronger the strength and the higher the level in the Association, the larger the range of the Card Realm that Magic Card masters can explore. Thus, the heat of the Card Realm gradually decreased, and the casualty rate also decreased accordingly.

"Master, can you help me get the bath towel?" More than half an hour passed unconsciously, and Mana's voice came from the bathroom.

"It seems that if there is a chance, I really have to enter this Card Realm to explore it properly." Hearing Mana's shout, Lu Li put down his personal terminal, picked up the bath towel on the side, and walked toward the room while silently deciding in his heart.

……

After Yu Haojia's visit, no one disturbed him again, and Lu Li was happy to be idle; most of his energy was placed on the Digimon world view and the key construction of Digimon evolution.

"Up so early, Master?" Sensing the movement beside him, Mana opened her hazy eyes and muttered.

She rested quite late yesterday, and she was still a bit sleepy until now.

"There are some things that still need to be handled; you sleep a little longer." Pinching Mana's small face, Lu Li explained casually: "Be good."

"Hmm!" Hearing Lu Li's words, Mana closed her eyes again, and her breathing soon returned to stability.

Seeing this, Lu Li didn't disturb the other party; after getting dressed, he walked to another room and took out the storage card given by Yu Haojia.

During these two days, although he put most of his energy into the construction of the Digital world and Digimon, this didn't mean he put down the conception of Magic Cards for the Yu-Gi-Oh world view.

With the investment given by Yu Haojia, Lu Li not only had quite a few more materials on hand, but even the funds that were about to bottom out rose up, enough for him to squander for a period of time.

Of course, this is based on the premise that he doesn't buy high-level materials like the reverse scale of the Undying Flame Prison Dragon. For Magic Card masters, materials are always a bottomless pit; even with more money, it's not enough. Even with the elite member discount, the converted price is outrageously expensive.

Among the materials given by Yu Haojia, many are very suitable for making Digimon Magic Cards; besides this, Lu Li also discovered a material with very high operability.

【Green Scale: A special material taken from the body of the water-type beast Green Scale Python, which can refract incoming attacks to a certain extent. Once a battle with a Green Scale Python occurs, it is recommended to hunt it through close-quarters combat.】

Being able to refract attacks to a certain extent, such a description reminded Lu Li of a relatively special card in Yu-Gi-Oh—Magic Cylinder; the effect is also similar to reflecting attacks, which is also one of the standard equipment cards Lu Li plans to add to the Dark Magician Girl.

Just imagine, in battle, the Dark Magician Girl suddenly pulls out two huge Magic Cylinders to counterattack; how beautiful this famous scene of Yu-Gi-Oh would be; Lu Li thinks about it and feels that this is quite worth doing.

This is also the reason why he got up so early today; he plans to use this material to make a new Magic Card.

"The simulated construction of the Digital world view still needs a period of time to increase to one hundred percent, and the key breakthrough for evolution hasn't been found yet," Lu Li waved his hand again, and a pile of pens and paper floated up: "Since that's the case, let's construct the Magic Cylinder first."

Unlike the Eye of Timaos, which is so special, Magic Cylinder is a pure equipment card and counter card like the Magic Spellbook and the Magic Hat; the conception of background and settings doesn't need to consume too much time; Lu Li is confident that he can complete the background settings and make it in a short time.

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【Magic Cylinder, a special magic controlled by a magician that can absorb and reflect incoming attacks.】

【It is rumored that a magician once relied on this special magic to successfully resolve a catastrophe.】

【Only magicians with super talent in magic can master the operation of the Magic Cylinder without being hurt by it.】

【After a long period of training, the Dark Magician Girl finally successfully mastered the special magic of the Magic Cylinder.】

Consuming most of the day, Lu Li perfected the background and settings of the Magic Cylinder and started to make it.

Back then, the appearance of the Magic Cylinder could be said to have set off a frenzy, and Lu Li also had deep memories of it, so right now, when making this special Magic Card, Lu Li was full of expectations.

The background of the Magic Cylinder was added to the Magic Card editor; under the prompt of the Magic Card editor, Lu Li's spiritual power turned into a pen, and with just a few strokes, the card art of the Magic Cylinder appeared on it.

Immediately after, the Green Scale and other materials were all put into the Magic Card editor by Lu Li's wave, turning into a solution to soak the card art of the Magic Cylinder, and then waves of magic power churned on his body.

【Construction successful; obtained magic power backflow; level increased to nine-star War General!】

【Magic power backflow reached the upper limit of the current stage; second authority rewrite and reorganization opened!】

Hmm?

Sensing the level increase again, Lu Li wasn't too surprised.

The magic power backflow obtained from making the Eye of Timaos back then had already made him only a trace away from ascending to nine-star War General; the production of the Magic Cylinder just acted as the final catalyst, so the level increase was relatively easy to understand.

But what Lu Li didn't expect was that the system would open the second authority at this time.

Back when the first authority, Fantasy Construction, was opened, Lu Li knew that accumulating magic power backflow could open more authorities, but all along, there hadn't been much progress in this regard, and coupled with the exchange competition and dimensional plane exploration after the general exam, Lu Li almost forgot about this.

"However, what exactly does this second authority, rewrite and reorganization, mean?" Opening a new authority was certainly exciting, but Lu Li didn't know what effect this rewrite and reorganization authority actually had.

However, he still suppressed the impulse in his heart for the time being and pulled out the new Magic Card from the Magic Card editor to check its attributes.

He really wanted to see how much change this card, which was listed as a semi-restricted card in the early Yu-Gi-Oh, would have after being transformed into a Magic Card.

【Magic Cylinder】

Type: Counter Card

Effect: Consume 30% magic power to summon a Magic Cylinder, invalidating and countering attacks not exceeding one major level of itself.

"Not exceeding one major level of itself; if Mana is equipped with it, that is, it can counter seven-star attacks," Lu Li muttered: "It only consumes 30% of magic power to use once, which means that in a full state, it can be used at most three times."

The effect is not much different from the Magic Cylinder in his impression, but reality is not a game after all; the Magic Cylinder in the game can reflect the attacks of any monster, but in reality, it can only reflect attacks not higher than one level.