Chapter 77

To be accepted as a student by the Night Queen is to be anything but mediocre; the Meng Ningdie before him is the best example of this.

"Since she is the Night Queen's student, I imagine her talent and strength shouldn't be much worse than yours were back then, Meng girl." After a long sigh, Wen Xiuyuan's interest was piqued by Lu Li.

"Palace Master, you can't compare us like that." Meng Ningdie shook her head: "You don't know how much pressure I'm under right now."

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

I'd love to be humble, but I'm afraid I can't be this time. Thinking of Lu Li's performance in the college entrance exam, Meng Ningdie felt the pressure on her as a senior sister was immense.

0 Begging for flowers

Original Magic Cards, special Magic Cards, a thousand-year prodigy—any one of these taken out alone would be enough to leave her in the dust. Her words just now really weren't just modesty.

However, she also knew this couldn't be blamed on Wen Xiuyuan. Although he was the Palace Master of the Heaven Palace, he also lacked the authority to view the footage of the college entrance exam. In this regard, the Ancient Kingdom was indeed impartial.

"Palace Master, I am not being humble." Meng Ningdie gave a bitter smile: "Lu Li is an original Magic Card creator."

Whether it's special Magic Cards or Magic Card spirits that can continuously evolve and break through rank limitations, there is one prerequisite: Lu Li is an original Magic Card creator! This is the foundation of everything!

And regarding this information, it was only because the Night Queen allowed Meng Ningdie to reveal it that Wen Xiuyuan could understand the implications.

And Wen Xiuyuan's reaction was exactly as the Night Queen had said.

"An original Magic Card creator!" Wen Xiuyuan, who had been sitting steadily, stood up with a start. He finally understood why Meng Ningdie had said that, and he also understood the Night Queen's previous series of actions!

Original Magic Cards! The legend of a thousand-year prodigy!

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

Back when Meng Ningdie was accepted as a student by the Night Queen, it had already attracted the covetous eyes of many. If it were known that Lu Li was highly likely to be the thousand-year prodigy of this era, what it would attract wouldn't just be covetousness, but a death warrant!

You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days! The Night Queen is very strong, especially since the Eastern Region is her territory, but she cannot devote her energy to Lu Li every single moment; otherwise, the operation of the entire Eastern Region might collapse.

"So this is the reason you came to me, old man. I roughly understand the Night Queen's intention." Wen Xiuyuan rubbed his head: "This really has given me a difficult problem."

The Night Queen cannot devote all her energy to Lu Li, and Lu Li will spend the next few years at the Heaven Palace. Naturally, it is most secure to leave the handling of some potential dangers to Wen Xiuyuan.

141. Infinite Endurance: Red-Eyes Black Dragon!

Several days had passed since the Night Queen left. During this 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 the Swords of Revealing Light.

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

When he originally created the Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon, Lu Li had already considered the issue of reconstruction. The main material for the Red-Eyes Black Dragon was still the reverse scale of the Undying Flame Prison Dragon; there was no need to prepare additional main materials, which also saved Lu Li a lot of time.

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

Everything was ready. After Lu Li gave a word to Hearing Mana and Bai Bai, his two little cuties and comrades-in-arms, he began to invest 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 second dragon-type Magic Card Lu Li had created that mentioned the word "legend" in its text, following the Eye of Timaeus.

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

【The most prominent feature of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon is that it possesses a pair of dragon eyes that look like blood crystals.】

【Using angry black flames as its means of attack, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon will burn all enemies reflected in its eyes to ashes.】

"Sister Hearing Mana, do you think Master Beast Tamer will be alright?" In a corner of the room, Sistermon Blanc held her Trident Cross Barbie, looking like a loyal little guard, as if she would act immediately at the slightest sign of trouble.

It was just that her timid and weak expression, combined with the rabbit doll hat, made it very hard for people to find her convincing.

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

Hearing Mana had seen such situations many times. As for failure? In the heart of the Dark Magician Girl, it simply didn't exist. Hearing Mana trusted Lu Li very much.

Although Lu Li was only reconstructing a Magic Card this time and not building a new one, it was hard to say whether any strange phenomena would appear. Hearing Mana felt it was better to play it safe.

Time passed. Hearing Mana and Bai Bai did not complain, sitting 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 gave Bai Bai a fright, and the trident in her hand almost slipped out.

Fortunately, Hearing Mana was quick-witted and stopped her, preventing any damage. It was just that Bai Bai's face had turned incredibly red.

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

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

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

A moment later, waves of magic power surged from Lu Li. A few seconds passed, and his rank also rose from an eight-star Commander Realm to a nine-star Commander Realm, only one step away from the Monarch Realm!

"He succeeded!" Sensing the magic power fluctuations emerging from Lu Li, Hearing Mana and Bai Bai were both excited. The two little cuties even high-fived each other, as if it weren't Lu Li who had successfully reconstructed the Magic Card, but them.

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's actions this time were not as simple as just reconstructing the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

【Construction successful, obtained magic power backflow, rank increased to nine-star Commander!】

"It's a pity. The magic power backflow obtained from reconstructing a Magic Card only makes up for the rank gap between the two Magic Cards, rather than obtaining a complete magic power backflow again," Lu Li noted his own changes and felt a slight regret: "Otherwise, I would be able to advance to the Monarch Realm right now."

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

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

【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】

Race: Dragon

Quality: Legendary

Rank: Seven-star

Skills: Black Fire Bullet, Dragon's Furnace Heart, Red-Eyes Burnout, Form Awakening: Red-Eyes Undying Dragon

Black Fire Bullet: Condenses the black flames within the body into high-purity fire bullets to shoot out, causing dual damage to the target's body and soul.

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

Red-Eyes Burnout: Bursts the dragon flames within the body at once, at the cost of self-destruction, to kill an enemy not exceeding its own rank by one major level.

Form Awakening: Red-Eyes Undying Dragon: Automatically activates after death. The Red-Eyes Black Dragon awakens into the energy-form Red-Eyes Undying Dragon (seven-star perfect), lasting for 10 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown. If it does not die again during the Red-Eyes Undying Dragon period, it will be reborn as the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and all skill cooldowns will be refreshed.

"Although it only increased by one rank, 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 six-star Red-Eyes Black Star Dragon was already powerful enough; even compared to the Dark Magician Girl, who held various equipment cards and counter cards, it was no less 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 external help, the Dark Magician Girl wouldn't be able to pass this hurdle either.

Now that it had been reconstructed into the seven-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 face the outcome of being bullied if it encountered the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

However, considering that the seven-star Long Qishi Dark Magician Girl and the Angewomon attribute panels were also quite ridiculous, Lu Li felt it was not unacceptable.

After all, seven-star Magic Cards had already entered the ranks of high-level Magic Cards. Compared to six-star Magic Cards, which were only at the peak of medium-level, it was bound to create a significant gap.

Of course, more importantly, this was his own Magic Card; the stronger the strength, the better.

"Red-Eyes Burnout is similar in effect to the Long Qishi Dark Magician Girl's Black Dragon Burst Wave; both can kill enemies not exceeding their own rank by one major level to the greatest extent."

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

"After the Long Qishi Dark Magician Girl uses Black Dragon Burst Wave, she only falls into a weakened state, whereas the Red-Eyes Black Dragon's release of Red-Eyes Burnout is a way of perishing together."

"However, compared to the Long Qishi only being able to summon the six-star Dark Magician Girl, the awakened form of the Red-Eyes Undying Dragon occupies a certain advantage. Although its quality drops by one level, it still possesses seven-star combat power."

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

"This combination has pushed 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 always feel like 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 are the skills of the Red-Eyes series Magic Cards I create always jumping back and forth between life and death?"

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

But this time, what he wanted 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 was more difficult to conceive and create, the difficulty of the Swords of Revealing Light was much lower, not even comparable to the time spent thinking about the reconstruction of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Lu Li only spent about a day completing the background and settings for this special Magic Card, and through simulated construction, he increased the success rate to one hundred percent.

As for now, it was 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 Sword of Light!】

【As long as the Sword of Light persists, the enemy sealed by the Sword of Light cannot launch an attack, and at the same time, their mobility is significantly reduced.】

【Magic Card background passed, please perfect the card art and add materials!】 After editing the background, Lu Li began to create the card art for the Swords of Revealing Light.

Still using spiritual power as ink, several swords of light emerged in a specific way, forming a card art full of a sense of holiness. Within the swords, runes seemed to be flowing, occasionally transforming into the power of sealing.

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

【Construction successful, obtained magic power backflow!】

Special Magic Cards were not spirit Magic Cards, so although this card creation was successful and he obtained magic power backflow, it was still not enough to allow Lu Li to break through the Commander Realm and advance to the Monarch Realm, but he was not too surprised by this.

"It's finally completed." Shaking his head to dispel the slight gloom in his mind, Lu Li pulled out the new Magic Card to examine it.

【Swords of Revealing Light】

Type: Equipment Card