Chapter 76

To be accepted as a student by the Night Empress, one could never be considered mediocre; the Dream Meng Meng Ningdie before them was the perfect example.

"Since she is a student of the Night Empress, I imagine her talent and strength are not much inferior to yours back in the day, Dream girl." After a long sigh, Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan’s interest was piqued by Lu Li.

"Palace Master, you can't compare us like that." Dream Meng Meng Ningdie shook her head. "You have no idea how much pressure I’m under right now."

"Even if Lu Li’s talent is on par with yours, bridging the gap between you is no easy task." A flash of surprise crossed Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan’s face. "Dream girl, you don't need to be so humble. You have already reached the peak of the Emperor Realm, second only to the Sovereigns; that is an achievement many Card Masters struggle to reach in a lifetime."

*I’d love to be humble, but I’m afraid I can’t afford to be this Finish Finish Time.* Thinking of Lu Li’s performance in the college entrance exam, Dream Meng Meng Ningdie felt the pressure of being his senior sister was immense.

Original Magic Cards, special Magic Cards, the legend of the thousand-year powerhouse—any one of these things taken out could leave her in the dust. Her previous words really weren't just modesty.

However, she also knew she couldn't blame Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan for this. Although he was the Palace Master of the Heaven Palace, he did not have the authority to view the footage of the college entrance exam. In this regard, the Ancient Kingdom was strictly impartial.

"Palace Master, I am not being humble." Dream Meng Meng Ningdie gave a bitter smile. "Lu Li is an Original Magic Card Creator."

Whether it was special Magic Cards or Magic Card Spirits capable of continuous evolution and breaking level restrictions, there was one prerequisite: Lu Li was an Original Magic Card Creator! This was the foundation of everything!

And regarding this information, it was only because the Night Empress allowed Dream Meng Meng Ningdie to reveal it that Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan would understand its implications.

And Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan’s reaction was exactly as the Night Empress had predicted.

"An Original Magic Card Creator!" Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan, who had been sitting calmly, stood up abruptly. He finally understood why Dream Meng Meng Ningdie had spoken that way, and he also understood the Night Empress’s previous series of actions!

Original Magic Cards! The legend of the thousand-year powerhouse!

As an Immortal Realm powerhouse and one of the four great Palace Masters, Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan’s strength might only be on par with Cang Ao, Shangguan Hong, and the others, but in terms of insight, Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan knew far more than both of them!

When Dream Meng Meng Ningdie was first accepted as a student by the Night Empress, it had already attracted the covetous eyes of many. If it became known that Lu Li was highly likely to be the thousand-year powerhouse of this Primordial Era, what it would invite wouldn't just be covetousness—it would be a death sentence!

*You can guard against a thief for a thousand days, but you can't prevent a thief for a thousand days!* The Night Empress was strong, especially since the Eastern Region was her territory, but she couldn't focus her energy on Lu Li every single moment; otherwise, the operation of the entire Eastern Region might collapse.

"So this is the reason you sought out this old man. I think I understand the Night Empress’s true intention." Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan rubbed his head. "This really has handed me a difficult problem."

The Night Empress could not devote all her energy to Lu Li, and Lu Li would be spending the next few years at the Heaven Palace. Naturally, handling any potential dangers that might arise was best left to Wen Wen Wen Xiuyuan to ensure the most stability.

141. Infinite Endurance: Red-Eyes Black Dragon!

Several days had passed since the Night Empress left. During this Finish Finish Time, no one disturbed Lu Li, and he finally completed the reconstruction of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, as well as the background and settings for Swords of Revealing Light.

As for materials, for Lu Li, who possessed the authority to rewrite and reorganize, this was no longer a major issue.

When he originally created the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, Lu Li had already considered the issue of reconstruction. The primary material for the Red-Eyes Black Dragon remained the reverse scale of the Undead Flame Prison Dragon, so there was no need to prepare additional main materials, which saved Lu Li a significant amount of Finish Finish Time.

As for the materials for Swords of Revealing Light, they were also fully prepared.

With everything ready, Lu Li gave a word to Hearing Hearing Mana and Bai Bai—his two little cuties and comrades-in-arms—and began to immerse himself in the reconstruction of the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon.

[Red-Eyes Black Dragon: One of the dragon species possessing top-tier destructive power, and also one of the legendary dragon species.]

The second legendary dragon. This was the first dragon-type Magic Card Lu Li had created that mentioned the word "legendary" since the Eye of Timaeus.

However, there was a difference between the Red-Eyes Black Dragon and the legends of the three legendary dragons; or rather, the legendary status of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon was higher than that of the three legendary dragons—at least for card players, that was certainly the case.

[The most distinctive feature of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon is its pair of dragon eyes that resemble blood-red gemstones.]

[Using angry black flames as its means of attack, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon will burn every enemy reflected in its eyes to ashes.]

"Sister Hearing Hearing Mana, do you think Master Tamer will be alright?" In a corner of the room, Nun-mon Bai held her trident, the Cross Barbie, like a loyal little guard, as if she would strike immediately at the slightest sign of trouble.

But with that timid, delicate expression, combined with her rabbit doll hat, it was hard to find her convincing.

"Don't be nervous, Bai Bai." Seeing this, Hearing Hearing Mana patted her head and waved her staff gently, covering the entire room with an invisible barrier. "Master is just reconstructing and creating a Magic Card; there won't be any danger."

Hearing Hearing Mana had seen such situations many times. As for failure? In the heart of the Dark Magician Girl, that simply didn't exist. Hearing Hearing Mana had absolute trust in Lu Li.

Although Lu Li was only reconstructing a Magic Card this Finish Finish Time rather than building a new one, it was hard to say whether any strange phenomena would occur. Hearing Hearing Mana felt it was better to play it safe.

Finish Finish Time passed. Hearing Hearing Mana and Bai Bai did not complain; they sat quietly not far away, whispering to each other, but their eyes were constantly focused on Lu Li’s situation.

ROAR!

A dragon roar, deeper than that of the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, broke their conversation. The sudden roar even startled Bai Bai, and the trident in her hand almost slipped out.

Fortunately, Hearing Hearing Mana was quick-eyed and fast-handed, stopping her just in Finish Finish Time to prevent any damage. However, Bai Bai’s face turned bright red.

Nevertheless, this roar let the two girls know that Lu Li’s reconstruction of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon had entered its final stage.

Realizing this, Hearing Hearing Mana and Bai Bai stopped talking, their four large eyes fixed intently on Lu Li.

"It looks like Master will succeed very soon." Having experienced the creation process of dragon-type Magic Cards twice, Hearing Hearing Mana knew that Lu Li’s card creation this Finish Finish Time was likely nearing its end.

A moment later, waves of magical power surged from Lu Li. A few seconds passed, and his level rose from an 8-star Commander Realm to a 9-star Commander Realm, just one step away from the Monarch Realm!

"He succeeded!" Sensing the surge of magical power from Lu Li, Hearing Hearing Mana and Bai Bai were both excited. The two little cuties even high-fived each other, as if it were they who had successfully reconstructed the Magic Card, not Lu Li.

But soon, the two little cuties quickly sat up straight. Although the reconstruction of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon was a success, they knew that Lu Li hadn't just reconstructed the Red-Eyes Black Dragon this Finish Finish Time.

[Construction successful. Obtained magical power reflux. Level increased to 9-star Commander!]

"It's a pity. The magical power reflux obtained from reconstructing a Magic Card only makes up for the level gap between the two cards, rather than granting a complete new magical power reflux." Noticing the Fallen Fallen Mode Fallen Mode Change in himself, Lu Li felt a slight regret. "Otherwise, I could have promoted to the Monarch Realm right now."

But he also knew that this was the rule of the Magic Card civilization.

The feeling of regret flashed and vanished, quickly cast to the back of his mind by Lu Li, and he drew the Red-Eyes Black Dragon Magic Card to examine it.

[Red-Eyes Black Dragon]

Race: Dragon

Quality: Legendary

Level: 7-star

Skills: Black Fire Bullet, Dragon Heart, Red-Eyes Burnout, Form Awakening: Red-Eyes Undead Dragon

Black Fire Bullet: Condenses the black flames within the body into a high-purity fireball and fires it, causing dual damage to the target’s body and soul.

Dragon Heart: Restores 10% of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon’s health and magical power for every enemy killed.

Red-Eyes Burnout: Explodes the dragon flames within the body at once, killing enemies not exceeding its own major level at the cost of self-destruction.

Form Awakening: Red-Eyes Undead Dragon: Automatically activates after death. The Red-Eyes Black Dragon awakens into the energy-form Red-Eyes Undead Dragon (7-star Perfect), lasting 10 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown. If it does not die again while in the Red-Eyes Undead Dragon state, it will be reborn as the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and all skill cooldowns will be refreshed.

"Although it only increased by one level, the gap in strength is indeed ridiculously large." After checking the attributes and panel of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, even Lu Li couldn't help but click his tongue.

The 6-star Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon was already powerful enough; even compared to the Dark Magician Girl, who held various equipment and counter cards, it was not inferior, and perhaps even stronger.

After all, even if one killed the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, one would have to face the even stronger Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Without outside help, the Dark Magician Girl couldn't pass this hurdle either.

Now reconstructed into a 7-star Red-Eyes Black Dragon, its combat power had directly risen to an even more terrifying level. As fellow dragon species, the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon would only be bullied if it encountered the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

However, considering that the 7-star Dragon Knight Dark Magician Girl and the Angel-mon attributes were also quite ridiculous, Lu Li felt it was acceptable.

After all, 7-star Magic Cards had already entered the ranks of high-level Magic Cards; compared to 6-star Magic Cards, which were only at the peak of mid-level, they would certainly open up a significant gap.

Of course, more importantly, these were his own Magic Cards; the stronger they were, the better.

"Red-Eyes Burnout is similar in effect to the Dragon Knight Dark Magician Girl’s Black Dragon Burst, both capable of killing enemies not exceeding their own major level to the greatest extent."

"But there are some differences in the performance of the effects."

"After the Dragon Knight Dark Magician Girl uses Black Dragon Burst, she only falls into a weakened state, whereas the Red-Eyes Black Dragon’s release of Red-Eyes Burnout is a mutually destructive method."

"However, compared to the Dragon Knight only being able to summon a 6-star Dark Magician Girl, the awakened form of the Red-Eyes Undead Dragon holds a certain advantage; although its quality drops by one level, it still possesses 7-star combat power."

"And as long as the Red-Eyes Undead Dragon survives for ten minutes, it can be reborn as the Red-Eyes Black Dragon again, and all skill effects are refreshed."

"This combination pushes the combat power and endurance of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon to a new height."

142. Swords of Revealing Light: Legendary Dark Magician Girl!

"I have a feeling I could pull off a tactic where the Red-Eyes Black Dragon bugs out and respawns infinitely." Speaking to the end, Lu Li couldn't help but mutter, "By the way, why do the Red-Eyes series of Magic Cards I create always have skills that dance on the edge of life and death?"

Shaking his head, Lu Li put away the Red-Eyes Black Dragon Magic Card and did not stop, instead burying his head in card creation once more.

But this Finish Finish Time, what he was going to create was not a conventional Magic Card, but the special Magic Card: Swords of Revealing Light!

Compared to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which had a higher conceptual and creation difficulty, the difficulty of Swords of Revealing Light was much lower—it didn't even take as much Finish Finish Time as thinking about the Red-Eyes Black Dragon reconstruction. Lu Li only spent about a day completing the background and settings for this special Magic Card, and through simulated construction, he raised the success rate to 100%.

As for now, it was Finish Finish Time to create this Magic Card.

[In the Duel Spirit World, there exist various incredible abilities, one of which is the power of sealing.]

[It is rumored that the sealing power in the Duel Spirit World comes from the ancient Swords of Light!]

[As long as the Swords of Light persist, the enemy sealed by the Swords of Light cannot launch an attack, and their mobility is significantly reduced.]

[Magic Card background passed. Please perfect the card art and add materials!] After completing the background editing, Lu Li began to create the card art for Swords of Revealing Light.

Still using his mental power as ink, several swords of light appeared in a specific arrangement, forming a card art filled with a sense of holiness. Within the swords, runes seemed to flow faintly, occasionally transforming into the power of sealing.

Immediately after, the Sword of Light—which he had obtained from Yu Yu Haojia as the main material for the Magic Card—along with the other prepared materials, were successively put into the Magic Card editor, gradually permeating the entire card art of Swords of Revealing Light.

[Construction successful. Obtained magical power reflux!]

Special Magic Cards were not Spirit Magic Cards, so although this card creation was successful and he obtained magical power reflux, it was still not enough for Lu Li to break through the Commander Realm and promote to the Monarch Realm. However, he was not too surprised by this.

"Finally finished." Shaking his head to dispel the slight gloom in his mind, Lu Li drew the new Magic Card to examine it.

[Swords of Revealing Light]

Type: Equipment Card

— Author's Notes —

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