Chapter 146: The Crystal Sea of ​​​​Glow!

Yu Cang returned to the hall.

Fortunately, when he usually implanted entries, he would pretend to write with a writing pen.

Otherwise, if I just glared and changed the appearance of the soul card, it would be hard to explain.

Sitting back in his seat, Yu Cang stroked the soul card in his hand, seeming to be lost in thought.

Lin Yunqing looked over and saw Yu Cang's actions, and said casually: "Have you made a new soul card?"

"Um."

"What kind of deck did you make this time?"

"...It's just a card." Yu Cang sneered, "How can creating a new deck be so easy..."

"Let me see." Lin Yunqing came over, took the Dimensional Power, looked at it, and then understood, "This time it's a deck with the Null attribute... It's just right, I haven't learned this attribute yet."

"What and what." Yu Cang snatched the power of the other dimension. "Don't think about it. This card is my preparation for going deep into dangerous places later. I don't plan to start a new deck directly."

"Oh...I understand." Lin Yunqing nodded.

Looking at Lin Yunqing, whose face was expressionless but whose eyes were full of expectation, Yu Cang sighed.

I didn't listen at all.

Forget it, let’s talk about it later.

Yu Cang turned his gaze back to the broadcast soul card.

In the picture, a team from an unknown military region is struggling and moving forward in the darkness.

The atmosphere in the hall was also very heavy.

Although the battle in the morning was brutal, that was largely because their team was unfamiliar with the intelligence and was killed by Chu Jian.

So, in fact, after the morning session, they were not hit too hard, and they were all busy organizing intelligence and formulating strategies.

Furthermore, the afternoon's project was spearheaded by Ancient Capital and Imperial Capital. Needless to say, Ancient Capital charged ahead relentlessly, completely ignoring the increased difficulty of this year's projects. Imperial Capital, while slightly behind, largely benefited from insufficient intelligence, ultimately passed the project smoothly.

This gave them a false impression.

Maybe, I can do it too.

After all, they have had little contact with the Nightmare Border and don’t know the true strength of these wild beasts very well, so they can only rely on guessing.

Each of their military district’s teams has produced results after a long period of research. They all have their own strengths and are naturally very confident.

In their opinion, even if their results could not compare with the ancient capital in the end, with sufficient intelligence, they could still compete with the imperial capital, right?

But reality slapped them hard in the face.

Even though they have been working hard to collect intelligence and have thought of all possible tactics based on the characteristics of their own decks.

In the end, it was useless.

Some teams couldn't even get out of the swarm of bats at the entrance, and their duel shields were destroyed on the spot.

After passing the bat group, there are three epics waiting in the middle section. If you don't open the Phantom Crystal, you will be ambushed. If you open the Phantom Crystal, not only will your combat power be consumed, but your position will also be exposed, speeding up the appearance of the legendary wild beast.

Without targeted soul cards, it is almost impossible to pass this level. Even the Dragon Galloping Sword of Shendu will die suddenly here.

The only place that survived three epic wild beasts and saw the legendary world was actually the monument of Youdu.

This is something that many people did not expect.

Although the boundary of the monument is very bulky and can only be used for active defense, once the number of people increases, the defense power that the boundary of the monument can provide is terrifyingly high.

The swarm of bats was easily passed by. Halfway through the journey, the long-range attack caused them a lot of trouble, but fortunately, the monument steadily absorbed all the attacks.

Moreover, new abilities appeared in the realm of the monument.

It seems that because the number of monuments existing at the same time has reached a certain level, the color of the monument boundary has become much lighter, but the defense has become stronger, and when encountering that kind of long-range attack, it can actually bounce it back directly.

So, although this level was a bit difficult, they still passed it smoothly.

But when it comes to handed down from generation to generation, you are not so lucky.

The huge silhouette discovered the ball of light and just stepped on it, shattering more than half of the monument. Then, impatiently, a scarlet light shot out from his eyes, evaporating the Youdu team and a large area of ​​the ground.

However, although they walked the farthest, they also spent the longest time. There was no other way. The speed of the monument boundary was too slow. Moving forward bit by bit on the ground was almost the same as walking.

This speed also makes it impossible for them to escape when facing the legendary wild beasts.

Bang.

Jin Zhaoshan's figure suddenly appeared on the ground.

After him, his teammates were teleported out one after another.

"Ha, ha..." Jin Zhaoshan's heart was still beating fast and he was breathing heavily.

It’s horrible, so horrible.

Only by facing the huge silhouette that blocks out the sky can one truly experience the feeling of powerlessness and panic.

The enormous momentum of the legendary level is overwhelming, and the only thing you can rely on is the small shield around you... This feeling cannot be experienced by watching the broadcast in the hall.

As for later, when the red light instantly occupied the entire field of vision... it was as if the whole world had disappeared.

Until now, they are safe, but the fear in their hearts still lingers for a long time.

But when he thought about how not long ago, a team had just faced off against such a wild beast... he felt it was outrageous.

It's already difficult to retain the will to fight in front of it, let alone launch a charge... Is it the confidence that the mechanical card deck gives them?

Jin Zhaoshan calmed his thoughts and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

I originally thought that we could compare after collecting all the information... Oh, forget it. It’s not that we don’t work hard, but there are gods above our heads.

After watching the entire game, apart from the Imperial Capital and the Ancient Capital, no other team could break through the legendary one.

Although the abilities of each team vary greatly, to be honest, if you watch them enough, you will find the patterns.

After all, there are still few creative card decks like Light and Shadow Detonation and Dragon Stampede. Most of the other card decks just make some changes based on some old card decks, which are not very interesting.

Soon, all the events for the afternoon were completed, and everyone got on the military vehicles and returned to Yujiang.

To be honest, it takes two hours to drive from Yujiang to the competition venue. Yu Cang was speechless when he thought about having to travel back and forth like this for the next three days.

Could it be that the spatial fragment of the Nightmare Border is only found in that place...

Alas, there is no way. He is the person in charge of this project and can only run back and forth.

…

the next day

Yu Cang still arrived at the outpost in a military vehicle.

This morning, we carried out the last mandatory project, which is the high-pressure environment promotion.

As soon as Gu Du got off the car, everyone looked at him.

After a day of competition yesterday, everyone's mood kept changing, from confidence to uncertainty, struggle, and giving up... Today, many teams are already planning to start.

It’s not that I’m giving up completely, but I know I have no hope of getting a ranking, so I plan to go through the process normally and focus on watching the battle between the masters.

They are now very much looking forward to today's project and what kind of performance the Imperial Capital and the Ancient Capital can show.

Although the ancient capital had an overwhelming advantage over the imperial capital in the first few events, the imperial capital is the imperial capital after all, and everyone is expecting them to overtake in the second half.

After all, although the Imperial Capital suffered setbacks in the previous events, a large part of the reason was that no one had gathered intelligence for them before them. The Ancient Capital followed behind the Imperial Capital and watched all their games in full, so naturally it had an advantage.

Just like the operation of using invisibility to cut off the long-range wild beast, it was obviously learned from the experience of the imperial capital.

What's more, there is a huge gap between group combat and squad combat. In the first two projects, Gudu was able to defeat Didu, but this project is not certain.

Anyway, the teams that can get a ranking can be seen at a glance, so many teams have become fun, hoping that the capital can bring about a comeback.

Looking at the expressions of those people, Hu Chen naturally knew what they were thinking.

"Damn it." He gritted his teeth, "How dare they look down on the Imperial Capital... It's the Ancient Capital that's strong, not them!"

Wen Yang was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "...Don't worry about them. Besides, it's really hard for us to win the ancient capital this time."

"It's not certain yet." Hu Chen snorted. "Group combat is exactly where we have an advantage. It's hard to say who will win or lose this morning."

"I hope so." Wen Yang sighed.

Generally speaking, decks that strengthen group combat will be slightly weaker in individual combat.

Since the Ancient Capital deck is so powerful in individual and small group combat, it shouldn't be too outstanding in group combat.

But whenever Wen Yang thought of the team's unleashing of firepower in the morning... his heart began to beat fast.

That firepower is outrageous.

I don't know if the ancient capital has any tricks up its sleeve, but even if you simply multiply this vitality by nine, there will be no rival...

Thinking this way, soon the draw results came out.

This time, the ancient capital is the first to appear!

Seeing this result, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It makes sense for the strongest to lead the charge.

With Gu Du's deck, he should be able to clear the entire level... If Gu Du can't pass it, then they have no chance of doing so.

Lin Yunqing returned to Yu Cang's side, brows furrowed. "Ranking so high twice in a row...probability theory doesn't make sense. Senior, I suspect we're being targeted."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter." Yu Cang waved his hand, "Come on, let's see what the requirements are this time."

Wanquan brought the project requirements.

"Let me see... passing through the 'Phantom Crystal Sea' and using the spatial channel at the center of the crystal sea to leave the Nightmare Border?" Yu Cang blinked. "What is this Phantom Crystal Sea...?"

"I'm not sure, that's all I can ask for." Wan Quan was also helpless. "The Glowing Crystal Sea... probably refers to a type of terrain within the Dire's borders. However, if it's an ocean environment, it would indeed be more troublesome."

After all, they have never fought in an ocean environment, and their individual reactive armor does not have targeted functions. Therefore, if this "high-pressure environment" refers to the sea, then they really need to be cautious.

"Hmm..." Yu Cang rubbed his chin, "It's not a big problem. After all, I don't think any other decks from the same period specialize in ocean environments. Their handling will only be more embarrassing than ours."

"No matter what, we all believe in your deck." Wan Quan smiled.

At this time, a staff member came over and added duel shields for several people.

Huh? Wasn't Captain Wan the one who cast the duel shield today?

That's right. After all, the entire company is fighting together this time. Although Wan Quan doesn't take action, he is also responsible for command. It is probably not suitable for him to use the duel shield.

Yu Cang didn't think much about it. Seeing that the broadcast soul card in front of the hall had lit up, he focused his attention on it.

…

"There is no allocation of Phantom Crystals for this mission?" Fang Pei raised his eyebrows.

"That's a bit troublesome." Xiong Yi frowned. "Without the Phantom Crystal, the normal viewing range is only four meters. I'm afraid it will cause great interference to our mission."

"Hey, we're not afraid." Gong Zhen chuckled. "We have the Skeleton Dog here, so our vision isn't affected much... Besides, if all else fails, we can always use the burst mode like the squad leader."

"You'd better save some money. Our quota of wild crystals this time is not unlimited."

Gong Zhen waved his hand and was about to say something when a voice came from the headset:

"Shift One, debug the equipment."

Fang Pei and the others immediately became serious. After checking their rations, Fang Pei said, "Report, confirmed to be correct."

"Okay, the mission will begin immediately."

"yes!"

The few of them stopped talking, took out their soul cards, and stepped into the space passage on the side.

Behind them, other soldiers from the second company also filed in.

…

tread.

When Fang Pei landed on the ground, he felt something hard under his feet, which didn't seem to be the texture of soil.

But he didn't think much about it, and threw down a soul card. The Skeleton Mechanical Dog was summoned out.

Buzz...

The ability was activated, and the skeleton mechanical dog emitted waves of sound and began to detect the surrounding environment. Fang Pei also took out a few soul cards at this time, intending to make the individual reactive armor first as before.

However, at this moment——

Teng!

A faint light rose from under the earth and turned into a beam of light that continuously pierced upward into the darkness. Fang Pei was a little surprised and hurriedly looked down, and then his pupils suddenly shrank.

This is……

A large transparent crystal structure spreads under your feet. The surface is extremely smooth, with occasional sharp cuts and undulations.

At this moment, in a roughly circular area, these crystals are emitting a gentle but highly penetrating light. The further outward and downward the circular luminous area goes, the dimmer it becomes, until the light disappears into the boundless darkness.

This is the Phantom Crystal! What a huge piece!

Fang Pei looked around and found that there was no earth under his feet, but a complete piece of dim light crystal with no end in sight!

Even as he was thinking this, Fang Pei did not stop his movements. He summoned a left arm armor and put it on his body. However, the next second, his expression suddenly changed.

The speed of soul energy loss suddenly accelerated!

The direction is...under your feet!

Visible to the naked eye, the aperture in the dim light crystal expanded a little, and Fang Pei gained a wider field of vision, but this was not what he wanted.

There are phantom crystals all over his feet, which is a good thing. After all, there is a big difference between having vision and not having vision. However, Fang Pei is responsible for breaking through the difficulties and clearing the way in the team. He doesn't need to do things like manipulating the phantom crystals!

He hurriedly wanted to stop supplying soul energy into the dim light crystal, but he couldn't. An irresistible suction force kept coming from under his feet, forcibly absorbing soul energy from his body!

Fang Pei hesitated for a moment and tried to cancel the summoning of the skeleton mechanical dog. Sure enough, the aperture shrank a little.

So, will these ghostly light crystals draw soul energy from their own soul energy wells according to the soul cards they summon? It seems that the soul energy absorbed should correspond to the mental pressure.

Fang Pei looked embarrassed.

You should know that while the Phantom Light Crystal absorbs your soul energy, it will also take up your mental stress!

The current situation is equivalent to using a Soul Card, but having to pay double the Soul Energy consumption and mental pressure! Moreover, this Soul Energy consumption is not a one-time thing, but a continuous flow.

This will greatly limit the upper limit of their combat power!

Apart from anything else, under the double mental pressure, it is impossible to summon the complete individual reactive armor.

Behind him, warriors kept entering the Nightmare border, and pieces of light began to unfold on the ground. It was unknown how big this piece of dim light crystal was, and there was no end in sight.

"Fang Pei, report the situation." A voice came from the headset.

"Yes!" Fang Pei's face became serious.

…

In the hall, Yu Cang looked at the images on the soul card, deep in thought.

"So, this is the meaning of 'Glow Crystal Sea'?"

A massive, glowing crystal completely exposed on the surface? As big as an ocean... That would be truly spectacular.

Under normal circumstances, the Phantom Crystals would naturally emit a little light, but this super-large crystal seemed to have changed its properties due to the large number of crystals gathered together. As a result, it did not emit light under normal conditions, and instead actively absorbed the energy of nearby life...

Yes, if you get close you will absorb it.

Yu Cang saw that Fang Pei tried to use the strong magnetic catapult module to fly into the air, but it was useless. The crystal under his feet was still continuously absorbing soul energy and generating light.

Moreover, it is not just soul energy. Looking into the distance from the broadcast screen, tiny spots of light are spread all over the earth. There is a wild beast in the center of each spot of light. Obviously, the dim light crystals are also absorbing the energy of those wild beasts.

"...It's a very troublesome restriction." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses. "While the Phantom Crystal glows, it consumes the user's mental stress. Judging from Fang Pei's reaction, I estimate that under extreme conditions, he can only use less than half of his mental stress."

Yu Cang frowned slightly. He thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. The mental pressure of the mechanical system is already very low. Besides, we are fighting as a team now. No one person needs to have all the abilities. With complementary abilities, even if we can't summon reactive armor, we won't lose too much combat power."

…

On the side, other teams also discovered clues.

"It's bad, the ancient capital might be in trouble." Lao Bai sighed regretfully.

"Ah?" Jin Zhaoshan was stunned. "Why?"

"What do you think is the core soul card of Gudu's deck?"

"Individual reactive armor."

"Yes, but this Soul Card is epic." Lao Bai shook his head. "Using an epic card in this Armaments Overhaul, where all the players are level three and four Soul Card Masters, is already quite risky... Alas, they were just unlucky to have encountered a venue that limits mental stress. Now their core Soul Cards are useless. I guess... Hmm? Is that person flying?"

Jin Zhaoshan blinked: "It seems so."

Lao Bai gasped: "But isn't flying an ability of that epic card? How come..."

Suddenly, the scene he saw in the ring that day flashed through his mind.

At that time, the warrior named Fang Pei seemed to be equipped with only two arm armors?

Could it be that the power of your epic card can be disassembled...

You can play like this!

…

Within the Dire Border.

Fang Pei descended from the sky, half of his leg armor opened automatically, and slowly turned into a pile of parts and dissipated in the air.

"No." Fang Pei shook his head. "The soul energy in the sky will still be absorbed... and the absorption force has not decreased at all, but has increased."

"I understand." In the dark, Wanquan said without hesitation, "Activate backup plan B, execute immediately!"

At the command, the soldiers of the Second Company quickly summoned soul cards and changed formations. Soul cards were summoned one after another, including left and right arm armors, energy-absorbing cores...

This time, even a fourth-level soul card master did not choose to summon all the armor, but only summoned two parts at most and connected to the relevant protocol attributes.

That's exactly what this armor set is all about!

Even when only a certain component is equipped, this component can still be upgraded through access protocol attributes to gain epic combat power!

Although this will bring certain limitations, for example, each component has few muzzles, and even if it is connected to the continuous fire mode, it cannot suppress the enemy; for example, using the strong magnetic ejection module with the arm armor will cause serious imbalance... and so on.

But the advantage is that the mental stress of a single upgraded component is only slightly higher than that of the general rare grade, and the strength of the ability is not compromised at all!

If this environment was used in the first two projects, it would indeed be more difficult. After all, there were not many people at that time, and it was easy for omissions in coordination.

But now... a whole company has entered the map, and there is no such concern at all.

Moreover, in addition to reactive armor, various conventional firearm soul cards, such as Thunder Iron Roar, Killing Star, etc., their mental stress ratio is very small, even if they are taken out in such an environment, they can still be used with ease!

Well, there's nothing more to say.

Not far away, a vague shadow flashed in the darkness. At the same time, the sonar of the skeleton mechanical dog clearly showed that a large number of wild beasts were approaching!

Although wild beasts can also produce light spots above the dim crystal sea, this is the nightmare border where dangers are lurking everywhere. Almost every wild beast that survives here has the ability to hide its whereabouts.

Those distant spots of light seen on the broadcast soul card...are actually them eating.

Yes, here, if you want to survive, you have to eat everything, and once the light comes on... whether you can survive depends on your luck.

However, Fang Pei and his friends did not intend to rely on luck.

call out!

White smoke filled the air, and flames suddenly lit up in the depths of darkness!

(End of this chapter)