Chapter 77

Effect: Must be actively triggered. Upon activation, three Swords of Revealing Light are summoned in a designated area to form a sword formation. All enemy units within the formation fall into a "Sealed" state, unable to launch attacks from within, and their speed is reduced by 50%. Once the Swords of Revealing Light are destroyed, they cause a violent explosion.

"The 'Sealed' state prevents attacks from within, and it also adds a 50% speed reduction debuff that wasn't there before. It can be considered a decent restrictive measure."

"However, the Magic Card civilization is reality after all; the Swords of Revealing Light are not without ways to be broken." Although attacks cannot be launched from within, the Swords of Revealing Light do not have much defensive effect against external attacks.

"But the fact that they cause an additional violent explosion when destroyed compensates for the lack of defense to a certain extent." Lu Li estimated that even if one didn't die from being caught in that blast, it would definitely be quite painful.

Overall, Lu Li was quite satisfied with the results of reconstructing the Red-Eyes Black Dragon and creating the Swords of Revealing Light this Finish Finish Time.

Opening his eyes, Lu Li saw Hearing Hearing Mana and Xiao Bai, one big and one small, both little cuties staring intently at him.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Lu Li couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, Master Beast Tamer." Xiao Bai’s face flushed slightly, and she shrank behind Hearing Hearing Mana. Even in front of Lu Li, this little girl was quite shy.

Of course, if it were a battle, that would be a different story.

"Master, congratulations." Compared to Xiao Bai, Hearing Hearing Mana was much more open; after all, that was her personality, and she had spent more Finish Finish Time with Lu Li than Xiao Bai had.

Just now, two waves of magic power had emanated from Lu Li, which meant that in addition to reconstructing the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, the newly created Magic Card had also been a success.

"Come, let's try it out." Lu Li reached out and affectionately pinched Hearing Hearing Mana’s nose. Then, amidst her coquettish protest, he took out the Swords of Revealing Light and placed it against the young girl’s chest.

Just like the special Magic Cards such as the Magic Spellbook from before, the Swords of Revealing Light slowly merged into Hearing Hearing Mana’s body. Following this, Hearing Hearing Mana’s aura slowly rose until it reached a critical point shortly after.

[Dark Magician Girl Hearing Hearing Mana has successfully fused with the Swords of Revealing Light, quality upgraded to Legendary!] A few seconds passed, and the aura on Hearing Hearing Mana reached a new height.

Finally upgraded to Legendary? Receiving the system prompt, Lu Li couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Back when he fused the Magic Cylinder, the Dark Magician Girl’s quality had already been improved. This Finish Finish Time, after fusing with the Swords of Revealing Light, it broke through the original Perfect quality and ascended to the Legendary level.

"Six-star Legendary. The quality is even a bit stronger than Xiao Hei after awakening, enough to rival the Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon before its reconstruction."

"However, if Hearing Hearing Mana wants to break through her original level, she still needs to fuse with the Eye of Timaeus or the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Her original innate quality alone still cannot keep up with increasingly high-intensity battles."

"Since that's the case, the creation of [Reloaded Cylinder Nest] and [Chaos Ritual] must be put on the agenda." Deep down, Lu Li thought silently.

[Reloaded Cylinder Nest] combined with [Magic Cylinder] could further improve the Dark Magician Girl’s counterattack intensity and upper limit, while [Chaos Ritual] was one of the patches Lu Li intended to apply to the Dark Magician Girl, referencing the Chaos Black Magician.

It didn't require fusion with other Magic Card spirits, but rather improved her own strength through the ritual's effects, which could be considered a compensation for Hearing Hearing Mana’s relatively weak base strength.

"Hearing Hearing Mana’s situation will stay like this for now. The reconstruction of the second Magic Card, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, is complete, but this is not the end. The Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord in the future are even higher-level terminals."

"There’s also the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Kisara. Judging by the process of reconstructing the Red-Eyes Black Dragon just now, the pressure of creating high-level Magic Cards is no longer as great as it was at the beginning. However, the situation with this Magic Card is special, so the background and settings need to be carefully considered."

Kisara, the soul of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon—this was the fundamental reason why Lu Li intended to perform a certain degree of magical modification on the creation of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"Regarding Digimon Magic Cards, I also need to start preparing for the creation of X-Antibody evolution cards. Being able to apply X-Antibodies to Digimon at various stages will be enough to raise the strength of Digimon Magic Cards by a stage."

"Besides X-Antibody evolution cards, I also need to consider Ultimate evolution cards." Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but rub his head. "Net evolution allows Digimon to adapt to different environments and improve their strength. Based on the situation from Xiao Bai to Xiao Hei, and then to Angewomon, Ultimate-level Digimon might reach the nine-star level, which is already the pinnacle of high-level Magic Cards."

"Besides that, there is also the creation of World of Warships and Shipgirl Magic Cards!"

"Tsk! The college entrance exam is over, but I always feel like I still have a pile of things to deal with." In the end, Lu Li sighed.

143. Multiple Fusion: Low-grade materials replacing high-grade materials!

"It’s not just the background and settings; the materials for creating Kisara and the evolution cards are still lacking quite a bit, and the materials for Shipgirl Magic Cards haven't even begun to be gathered. Let’s take a look at the effect of this hidden permission, Multiple Fusion." Having a general direction for his next key goals, Lu Li made two gray-grade materials appear in his hands.

As for Hearing Hearing Mana, she had become incredibly excited because she had received a new equipment card, and she pulled Xiao Bai aside to whisper. That action was just like a player who had received an authentic Bandai toy.

Permission activated. A flash of realization crossed Lu Li’s mind. As magic power surged from his body, he clapped his hands together. The two materials merged together without any obstruction, eventually turning into a new material, and its quality was also upgraded to the white-grade level.

"If others saw this, their jaws would probably drop." Even Lu Li, the perpetrator, couldn't help but marvel at this scene; others' reactions would definitely be no better.

"The magic power consumed is about one-tenth more than rewriting and reorganizing materials of the same level. Is the consumption increased by one-tenth for every level, or does synthesizing higher-quality materials cost more magic power?"

Holding this thought, Lu Li took out another white-grade material to test.

Although the hidden effect of the second permission had been unlocked for some Finish Finish Time, Lu Li had been busy with other things during this period, so it was only now that he was testing it. And the result seemed to be quite okay, but to get more precise information, he still needed to keep trying.

On the side, Hearing Hearing Mana, who was originally excited because she had received the Swords of Revealing Light and her strength had improved, and Xiao Bai, who had been pulled aside by her to whisper, also noticed Lu Li’s abnormality. The two little cuties looked at each other and gathered around Lu Li. Then, they saw him acting as if he were performing a magic trick, clapping his hands together to synthesize two white-grade materials into a higher-level green-grade material.

"Wow." Whether it was Hearing Hearing Mana or Xiao Bai, both girls were seeing such a magical performance for the first Finish Finish Time and couldn't help but let out a low cry. But immediately after, both of them reached out their little hands to cover their mouths, obviously very worried that their exclamation would disturb Lu Li. They were incredibly cute.

"Is it still just a one-tenth increase in consumption?" Not noticing that Hearing Hearing Mana and Xiao Bai had quietly slipped to his side, Lu Li picked up the newly obtained green-grade material and observed it carefully.

[Mecha Axle Modified]

Description: A special axle made of precision instruments, often used in the creation of mechanical or modification-type Magic Cards. It seems to have been processed in a special way. Compared to conventional mecha axles, the Mecha Axle Modified can, to a certain extent, be used to replace certain mechanical and modification-type blue-grade materials.

"Mecha Axle Modified? And there’s this final introduction!" At first, Lu Li just wanted to see if there was any difference between this synthesized new material and conventional materials, but when he saw the introduction for the Mecha Axle

Modified, Lu Li couldn't help but tremble.

The quality of materials will affect the finished Magic Card to a certain extent, so Magic Card Masters have strict quality and type classifications for the materials put into the Magic Card Editor, because it is possible that just the difference in the quality and type of a single material could affect the final success rate and the strength of the Magic Card spirit.

But this Mecha Axle Modified that Lu Li synthesized through Multiple Fusion could actually be used to replace certain materials to a certain extent, which meant that materials synthesized through Multiple Fusion had a wider range of usability.

But a more important point was that the synthesized Mecha Axle Modified was only a green-grade material, yet it could now be used to replace certain mechanical or modification-type blue-grade materials. Even if it could only replace a limited number of materials, this broke the original boundaries!

"Sure enough, the hidden permission has a lot of room for exploration. If the materials synthesized in the future can all replace higher-quality materials to a certain extent, this means that if I create top-tier Magic Cards in the future, I will definitely have more advantages than others!" Realizing this, Lu Li couldn't help but become excited.

For example, if both were creating seven-star Magic Cards, an average Magic Card Master would need to use blue-grade materials as ingredients, but Lu Li would only need to use green-grade materials synthesized through Multiple Fusion to achieve the same effect.

And by using synthesized materials of the same quality, Lu Li could create Magic Cards one level higher than an average Magic Card Master more easily. The effect of this addition and subtraction was terrifying.

Especially when it comes to crafting Magic Cards of the ten-star level and above—which surpass high-tier Magic Cards—the cost of the materials required is far beyond imagination, sometimes even reaching the point where they are priceless and unavailable. Often, one must venture deep into dangerous zones to obtain them.

"Crafting Kisara might require purple-grade materials, and crafting X-body evolution Magic Cards might even require orange-grade materials. But now that I have materials obtained through multiple fusions, there is a great chance that I can craft these two Magic Cards using only blue-grade and purple-grade materials."

"The workload for fusing these materials might be significant, but when combined with simulated construction, it is only a matter of Finish Finish Time." While pondering, another green-grade material appeared in Lu Li's hand. These were just his current hypotheses; further testing was needed to experiment.

The Multiple Fusion authority was activated again, and magic power surged within his body. However, this Finish Finish Time, under Lu Li's coordination, the two green-grade materials did not synthesize into a higher-level blue-grade material.

But soon, Lu Li understood the reason. Under the gaze of Hearing Hearing Mana and Bai Bai, Lu Li took out two more green-grade materials and activated Multiple Fusion once again.

This Finish Finish Time, the four green-grade materials fused together without any obstruction, becoming a new piece of blue-grade material Qi.

"Sure enough, this blue-grade material obtained through synthesis can also, to a certain extent, replace purple-grade materials." Looking at the newly obtained blue-grade material in his hand, Lu Li thought thoughtfully: "However, synthesizing green-grade and white-grade materials only requires two low-quality materials to succeed, but at the blue-grade level, the energy required for synthesizing materials has increased significantly, which leads to the demand for materials doubling."

After his first failure just now, it was because he realized this point that he took out two more green-grade materials to reactivate the authority, and the result was just as he had expected.

"Then what if I synthesize purple-grade level materials?" Thinking of it, he did it. Lu Li continued to test the Multiple Fusion authority.

Conducting multiple fusions in succession consumed a lot of his magic power, but with several magic power crystals in his body, it was enough to support him to continue the test.

144. Shangguan Wan'er's Invitation

About half an hour passed, and a fused purple-grade material and an orange-grade material appeared in front of Lu Li, but that was as far as it went; Lu Li had to stop the test.

"Synthesizing purple-grade materials also only requires four blue-grade materials, but synthesizing purple-grade materials once directly consumes all the remaining magic power. Although this consumption is a bit large, it is still within an acceptable range."

"It's just that when it comes to synthesizing orange-grade level materials, not only does the number of purple-grade materials required as raw materials double again, needing as many as eight, but even the magic power consumption becomes even more terrifying, actually consuming two magic power crystals directly."

But even so, Lu Li was already satisfied. After all, getting an orange-grade material for the price of eight purple-grade materials and some magic power—that is a huge profit.

Normally, let alone eight, even the price of eighteen purple-grade materials might not be enough to get one orange-grade material.

"However, the consumption of synthesizing orange-grade materials is still a bit of a burden for me right now." Putting all the materials obtained through multiple fusion in front of him into the Magic Card editor, Lu Li considered his planned tasks for the day finished.

At the moment, he only had one magic power crystal left in his body as a reserve to prevent emergencies. However, even in a full state, Lu Li did not think that with the magic power held at the Commander Realm, he could synthesize red-grade materials, which are one level higher than orange-grade.

Red-grade materials are already materials used to craft ten-star Magic Cards. Lu Li had a feeling that to synthesize materials of this level, the amount of magic power consumed would be absolutely extraordinary. Even if he were promoted to the Monarch Realm, he might not be able to support the consumption involved.

"Master, someone was looking for you just now." Seeing that Lu Li had finally stopped, Bai Bai handed the personal terminal she was holding to Lu Li with an extremely obedient expression.

Just now, while Lu Li was conducting the test, the personal terminal received several communication requests, but the two girls did not make a sound so as not to disturb Lu Li's test.

"Thank you, Bai Bai." Taking the personal terminal, Lu Li rubbed Bai Bai's head, causing her face to turn bright red. Subsequently, noticing Hearing Hearing Mana's eager expression on the side, Lu Li helplessly reached out and gave her a head-pat as well, before opening the personal terminal to check.

There were quite a few messages on the personal terminal, most of which were invitations from merchants. After all, the college entrance examination had just ended, and Lu Li, the top candidate in the Eastern Region, was currently in the spotlight.

If Lu Li, the top candidate of the college entrance examination, could be persuaded to endorse their products, the harvest in the coming year would be much richer.

As for after a year? Hey, isn't there the next top candidate for the college entrance examination? For these capitalists, naturally, they cooperate with whoever has the greatest fame.

However, Lu Li had no interest in these so-called endorsements, and he had already received quite a few of these so-called invitations during this period, but they were all cleared; clicking on them was a waste of Finish Finish Time. With this Finish Finish Time, he might as well spend more effort on the conception of new Magic Cards.

Select all with one click, delete—Lu Li's entire operation process could be described as smooth and continuous, and the message board of the personal terminal was finally much cleaner.

"Hmm? Is it her?" Quickly scanning the page of the personal terminal, Lu Li finally stopped at one name.

Shangguan Wan'er!

Lu Li still had a relatively deep impression of this young lady of the Shangguan family, but he couldn't figure out why she would come to him at this Finish Finish Time.

During the last trip to the Cangdu Youth Training Tournament, the few of them had exchanged contact information before parting ways, but they hadn't really been in contact.

While pondering, Lu Li pressed the communication link. A few seconds later, the little loli Empress of the Silver Crown Mandora, wearing a crown, appeared in his view first—tiny and very cute.

"Lord Lu Li, please wait a moment." Seeing Lu Li on the screen, the little loli Empress moved with her short legs and ran quickly toward where Shangguan Wan'er was, but the personal terminal she held in both hands remained very steady, without any shaking.

Don't look at how tiny this Empress is; even if the personal terminal in her hand were replaced by a two-meter-tall giant, running would be as easy as walking on flat ground.

"Is this in the library?" Through the light screen, Lu Li saw rows of bookshelves retreating rapidly, filled with various books.

Even through the light screen, Lu Li had a feeling as if he were in a sea of books, no less than the libraries of his past life.

In the very center of the sea of books, Shangguan Wan'er, wearing a light blue tight-fitting long dress and silver-rimmed glasses, was looking at the book in her hand with focus.

Noticing the arrival of the little loli Empress, Shangguan Wan'er raised her head slightly, and a strand of mischievous hair fell in front of her eyes. Not only did it not ruin her beauty, but it revealed a liveliness different from her quietness, carrying a sense of contradiction, like a poem or a painting.

Seeing this beautiful scene, even Lu Li couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and he praised: "I finally understand why you have such a strong scholarly temperament."