Chapter 184: Sword Saint of the North

"Alright, you can just train here this afternoon," Yu Cang said. "When you can connect to your own life star independently without the help of the otherworldly channel, you can come here at any time within Ancient Capital University."

"Really?" The researchers' eyes lit up.

I was already very motivated, and now it’s ignited!

"Of course." Yu Cang nodded. "If you encounter any problems, just call Jieying's name. He can hear you."

"Okay." Everyone agreed.

"By the way, Professor Guan," Yu Cang said with a smile, "I have already created an epic fusion and placed all the rhythms of this soul card in the tree house library at the center of the bubble. If you have time, you can go and take a look. It may be of some help to your experiment."

Guan Qingrui and the others have not yet obtained a rhythmic body. The only one who is born with a rhythmic body only has the tip of his little finger. This tiny body may not even be able to break through the fused surface rhythm. It is unknown how long it will take for them to truly see the deep rhythm.

So, just let them see what's ready.

Guan Qingrui's light and shadow trembled: "Really?"

"Well, Principal Ren is here too. He plans to build a rhythm library there. You can go and help out when you're free."

Guan Qingrui and Hu Jingzhi looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Rhythm Library... can you play it like this?

If it can really be built, it will definitely benefit the present and future generations.

After hearing the news, the two old guys who had not seen each other for a long time and had already semi-retired suddenly felt an urge to do something about their careers.

Hu Jingzhi looked hopeful: "Can I borrow it?"

"Can."

Guan Qingrui let out a long breath and couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought that with both of us half buried in the ground, we would have to start apprenticeships again... Hahaha, this is quite an interesting thing."

Yu Cang stayed in the bubble space for a while, and after making sure that there were no problems that needed his solution, he left.

Originally, when a normal person enters the Starry Sky Vision Field, he can only see his own destiny star and the surrounding patterns, and can also feel the rhythmic presence of the people around him, but he cannot see the people who have entered the Starry Sky Vision Field nearby.

Only those who have condensed a rhythmic body can enter the starry sky vision of others and see the real starry sky within the starry sky vision.

But it’s different in the bubble world. Even without a rhythmic body, everyone can see each other, just like a real world.

After Yu Cang left, the researchers dispersed and looked for places to familiarize themselves with the Starry Sky Vision Area.

Guan Qingrui and Hu Jingzhi walked together, heading towards the towering tree in the center of the world.

Along the way, Guan Qingrui was in deep thought. Seeing this, Hu Jingzhi couldn't help but look at him curiously.

"Guan Qingrui, what are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking...if I encountered a battle in the Starry Sky Vision Zone, how should I deal with it better?"

Hu Jingzhi smiled: "I didn't expect that you would also start to think about these fighting and killing things."

"Since we can put our knowledge to good use here, we naturally can't hide it," Guan Qingrui said as a matter of course. "Otherwise, when danger comes, what will happen if we let the young people charge into battle?"

Hu Jingzhi snickered: "I think you didn't become a soul card master when you were young, so now you want to satisfy your fighting addiction."

"That's only one aspect."

Hu Jingzhi laughed a few times, then said, "Okay, I know you're highly conscious. But the fact that rhythms within the Starry Sky Vision Field are forgotten once used is a significant limitation. For us, once we forget advanced rhythms, we might never be able to learn them again. Have you figured out how to deal with this problem?"

"...That's indeed a problem." Guan Qingrui shook his head, but then smiled. "But, combat doesn't necessarily require advanced rhythm, does it?"

"Whether we use it or not, with this forgetting mechanism in place, we're destined to be unable to take action very often."

“But there are some ways we can do this.”

"Oh?" Hu Jingzhi asked curiously, "What method?"

"For example—memory model."

"Memory model?" Hu Jingzhi seemed to be thinking about it.

"That's right... I've heard that many memory masters like to create a physical model in their minds to aid their memory. I've heard that those who are skilled at it can even build an entire city in their minds, categorizing their memories and placing them in the appropriate corners of the city. This way, they'll never forget."

"But that's just deceiving yourself. In the Starry Sky Vision, no matter how well you organize your memories, you can't escape forgetting."

"Yes, so we have to modify this model." Guan Qingrui said this, already excited, "We can set up a model like this: put a certain rhythm suitable for combat at the core of the model, and then place all the conditions that can derive this rhythm throughout the model.

"When we're in battle, as long as this core rhythm is forgotten, we can immediately activate the model and derive it! Furthermore, different models can be integrated with each other. As long as the models are designed properly, we'll have many rhythms to use at will during battle!"

Hu Jingzhi was stunned.

It seems...it is really feasible.

Hiss, could it be that Guan Qingrui is really a combat genius?

Over there, Guan Qingrui was still saying, "For us, this kind of rhythm that can be derived independently is definitely much more abundant than those young people. Even some intermediate and advanced rhythms can be used to join the battle in this way. Even Yu Cang is definitely no match for us in this regard - so, the security of this bubble world still has to be done by us!"

"You have a point." Hu Jingzhi nodded. "Xiao Cang is still young and needs to accumulate knowledge. He doesn't need to do this kind of thing. I'll go to the library and take a look. If possible, I'll leave all the knowledge in my head there. If I can, I won't be afraid of forgetting it."

"Walk."

…

Yu Cang left the Starry Sky Vision Area.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a group of people sitting in front of me with their eyes closed.

This scene is quite strange, just like a cult scene.

Yu Cang smiled and came to the side room of the laboratory.

"Brother!" Qi'er looked at Yu Cang with tears in her eyes, "Qi'er also wants to enter the Starry Sky Vision to see the giant whales... Can you let Qi'er in too..."

"Brother wants to take you in too." Yu Cang touched the girl's head, "But there's no way, Qi'er is still too young, you have to work hard to grow up."

"Hmm..." The girl pouted, and it was obvious that she was very unwilling, but she did not doubt it. "Okay then... grow up, grow up..."

The girl drifted away mumbling to herself.

Yu Cang smiled, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the girl back.

"You haven't even had lunch yet, how can you grow up? Let's go, brother will take you to eat."

"good……"

So, Yu Cang called Lin Yunqing to go to the school cafeteria to solve the problem of lunch.

It can be seen that Lin Yunqing does not want to leave the Starry Sky Vision, but no matter what she says, she must eat lunch.

…

Back in the laboratory, Yu Cang sat on the chair and picked up the blank soul card and the array writing pen.

Well, now I can finally make some soul cards related to fusion.

"Let me think about it..." Yu Cang's eyes swept across the entry library, "Hmm...you guys are the best."

After picking and choosing, he marked out a list of entries:

[Fusion] + [Race: Dragon] + [Field] + [Modification] + [Dragon Scale] + [Spell]!

Because he wanted to make a soul card that could be added to his own deck, Yu Cang's choice of attributes was also very biased.

I took a look at the success rate, it doesn't seem very high.

Yes, there are four epic entries...it would be impossible for it to be higher.

Yu Cang frowned slightly. The cooldown for the epic entry was six hours. He had already failed once and was unwilling to wait any longer.

After thinking about it, he replaced some of the terms in the formula.

The epic-level [Modification] was replaced with the rare-level [Control], and a [Self-Destruction] was added.

He has now discovered that the term "self-destruction" is quite useful. Basically, any formula, as long as this term is added, can greatly increase the success rate of implantation.

Sure enough, the current success rate has reached 45%, which can be said to be a high success rate.

Yu Cang rubbed his hands, took a deep breath, and then suddenly pressed the entry implantation button!

A flash of light passed by—the implantation was successful!

Yu Cang's face lit up with joy, and he quickly looked at the soul card in his hand.

Soul Card Name: Vortex Dragon

Category: Summon Card

Quality: Fusion

property:?

Race: Dragon

ability:

Composed of ???.

[Dragon Might Domain]: The Vortex Dragon possesses a Dragon Might Domain, enhancing [Dragon Might] skills within it. This domain weakens the stats of non-Dragon units within it and increases the damage dealt by Dragons or Dragonborn against non-Dragon units.

[Bury Vortex]: The Burial Vortex Dragon ignites its own life and releases a high-damage attack indiscriminately within the area. The damage caused by this attack will ignore any resistance and directly kill friendly units.

[Field Fusion]: When the Martyrdom Dragon enters death cooldown, it uses all units that died in the [Dragon's Might Field] as fusion materials. The user can control the progress and direction of the fusion to a certain extent.

[Abundant Scales]: You can use dragon scales of corresponding attributes as a substitute for your own fusion material, and obtain [Falling Scales] from the summoned beast summoned by [Field Fusion].

…

Yu Cang's eyes lit up.

Yes, I’m lucky, it’s a soul card that can be used!

Moreover, this effect seems very powerful... There is no need to explain the first one, it is a very powerful domain skill that can greatly enhance the dragon's might.

The second half of the description of this ability is actually the effect of [Dragon Power]. This effect is already very strong, and when it is enhanced by the Dragon Power field, it is simply a small fry destroyer.

Dragon Might is a powerful ability that directly targets a race. Only a few races can ignore this ability, such as the Creators. Since they are not living creatures, they don't have to withstand Dragon Might. Another example is the Protoss, whose racial characteristics include ignoring any abilities that target their race.

Although there is a saying in the soul card master world that the stronger the strength, the more useless the [Dragon Power] is, it must be said that at least at Cang's current level, this [Dragon Power Field] is definitely a first-class skill.

As for the second and third abilities of this soul card, they are obviously used in conjunction with each other.

[Bury Vortex] pulls all enemies in the field to die together, and [Field Fusion] uses them as materials for fusion!

Yu Cang dared to say that most soul cards would not be able to withstand the damage caused by an epic soul card burning life, so these two effects were equivalent to directly overturning the table to clear the field, and then using the cleared field to become his own big brother.

It can already be called a scaled-down version of hyper-convergence.

Although fusion summoning has uncertainty and it is hard to say whether the big brother pulled out in the end is strong or not, [Field Fusion] can control the direction of fusion to a certain extent, which is also a guarantee that no funny characters or entertainment summons will be pulled out.

The final effect makes it a perfect addition to your existing deck—you can use Dragon Scales instead of Fusion Materials, which undoubtedly greatly reduces its difficulty. The big brother you pull out can also obtain [Falling Scales], which will drop Dragon Scales after death, ensuring its endurance.

Overall, it is indeed a good epic card that can be used as a transition before evolving into the Unborn Dragon, and can even be used as the end point in most battles.

There is just one thing that is very strange... Why are the attributes and fusion materials of this soul card both "?"?

Not only that, even the card image is blurry, and the specific appearance of the summoned beast cannot be seen clearly.

Could it be that...

Yu Cang thought of a possibility, so he grabbed his deck and went to the experimental area and found a vacant place.

Try summoning first.

Yu Cang raised his hand and first summoned a gray-white dragon and a dragon whipper.

Then he launched the "Fusion of Fire and Nothingness".

He now has a lot of fusion cards of various attributes, all of which he made when he was free.

It is very simple to make these simple fusion cards. If you master one method, you can master all methods. Not to mention that he has now even made epic and real fusions, making these fusions is even more of a piece of cake.

The fusion card was activated, and Yu Cang picked up this "Sacrificial Vortex Dragon" as an anchor to guide the fusion process, but... failed.

"Can't we use these two summoned beasts as fusion materials..." Yu Cang thought for a moment, then killed the Dragonborn Whipper with the Sword of Judgment.

Two dragon scales fell to the ground. Yu Cang took out the "Dragon Costume" and tried it, but found that he could not directly use the dragon scale fusion to summon the Sacrifice Vortex Dragon.

Yu Cang then put away his dragon attire, raised his hand, and summoned another real dragon cub.

Looking at the young true dragon, Yu Cang scratched his head.

It's bad. There is no fusion card that can fuse the True Dragon's Young.

Then make one now.

Yu Cang took out a rare blank soul card, thought for a moment, and began to write and draw. In just a moment, a new soul card was freshly produced.

It didn't take much time to make this soul card, and the young True Dragon hasn't even grown to adulthood yet.

Soul Card Name: Dragon Bloodline Calling

Category: Spell Card

Quality: Rare

Attributes: None

ability:

[Fusion]: Use a Dragon or a unit with the [Dragonborn] ability as the fusion material from the field or deck to send it to death cooldown and summon the fusion state.

…

Yu Cang nodded.

That's it.

With a raise of his hand, Yu Cang selected the young true dragon and the gray-white dragon descendant and directly activated [Fusion]!

Buzz!

The "Sacrificial Vortex Dragon" in his hand trembled slightly. Obviously, it approved of the fusion material this time!

Buzz!

A vortex representing fusion bloomed in the laboratory, sucking the gray-white dragonborn and the true dragon cub into it. Black or white lightning shot out from the vortex. Yu Cang hurriedly ran to the side and activated the laboratory's protective device.

hold head high!!

The loud dragon roar made the protective shield tremble slightly, and with the sound of dull footsteps, a dragon was standing in front of Yu Cang!

He just felt his head sinking, and his mental stress reached a relatively high value - it was okay, he could fight normally.

Yu Cang turned his gaze to the front, and the Dragon of the Martyrdom Vortex also lowered its head slightly at this time.

This was a true dragon. Unlike the slender and graceful forms of other true dragons, its body was thick and powerful. Gray dragon scales covered its body, yet they could not conceal the muscular outlines beneath. Its beard danced wildly, and its extremely long whiskers moved freely in the air.

It is worth noting that this real dragon actually has a pair of wings, but they are not feather wings or bat wings, but a pair of broad wings made of flaming gray energy. When the wings are spread, a spherical area is shrouded in an inexplicable field - it seems that this is the dragon's power domain.

"So cool." Yu Cang clenched his fist and looked at the soul card in his hand. Sure enough, the information on it had been updated.

Soul Card Name: Vortex Dragon

Category: Summon Card

Quality: Fusion

Attributes: None or Light or Dark

Race: Dragon

ability:

A True Dragon Child + one or more summoned beasts with the [Dragonborn] ability or a Dragon-type summoned beast. Its specific attributes are determined by the fusion material.

…

Yu Cang understood.

It seems that when the entry recorder is making a soul card with fusion quality, it does not directly specify the fusion materials, but first gives an anchor point. After you successfully summon this soul card for the first time, it will generate the corresponding card image and attributes based on the materials at that time.

Now, the image of the Vortex Domain Dragon in front of him, as well as its wavering attributes, naturally came from the young son of a true dragon.

Yu Cang tried for a while and found that he only needed to use a true dragon cub + five or more dragon scales to directly fuse and summon this soul card.

The Vortex Realm Dragon in front of him had no attributes, so its dragon scales and energy wings were gray. However, as long as he used dragon scales of corresponding attributes as fusion materials, he could directly change the attributes of this soul card to light or dark.

At that time, the color of the dragon scales and wings of the Vortex Realm Dragon will naturally change to white or black.

This attribute is also related to the attribute of the attack when [Bury Vortex] is activated, so you still have to choose carefully in battle.

After figuring out the function of this soul card, Yu Cang nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, from now on I can directly summon you out using the dragon costume.

…

In the bubble world.

"You said you want to name this place 'Gudu University Jieying Campus'? And name this tree house 'Jieying Library'?" Guan Qingrui scratched his head. "Did Xiao Cang agree?"

"Of course I told him, and he told me to just watch it." Ren Zheng raised his head, quite proud, "Xiao Cang must have been thinking about me all the time."

Guan Qingrui: “…”

What? What's that expression on your face?

Do you think I would envy you for having such an outstanding junior?

Humph...you guessed it right, I am really envious.

He opened his mouth and was about to say something polite, but suddenly, as if he noticed something, he turned his head and looked in one direction.

"That is..."

Ren Zheng and Hu Jingzhi also obviously noticed something and looked over.

They clearly felt that at that location, the rhythm suddenly changed, and some unfamiliar rhythms were entangled together, with extraordinary momentum... an epic momentum.

Hu Jingzhi frowned. "It should be some epic summoned beast. It has Xiao Cang's aura on it...hiss, a dragon summoned beast? The dragon clan doesn't have that many cards in total. Why is this soul card so unfamiliar to me?"

Dragon soul cards are generally very powerful, so regardless of whether the attributes are suitable or not, those famous dragon soul cards must be familiar to card makers.

But the summoned beast in front of her was clearly one of the best in terms of its aura in the epic level. How could she not have seen it before?

"Of course you're unfamiliar with it." Guan Qingrui's face was a little serious. "This is... a fusion monster! A fusion of the dragon race..."

His laboratory has also been studying fusion for some time. Although they basically use the exhaustive method to explore possible fusion forms, it has been a long time after all, and Guan Qingrui himself has gained some understanding.

First of all, there are many soul cards that cannot be used as materials for rare quality fusion, especially for high-level races like the dragon clan, there are very few that can be used as materials.

He thought of many ways but still couldn't solve the problem. Even after seeing the fusion patterns left by Yu Cang, he was still a little confused.

What is certain is that Yu Cang must have a special fusion soul card in his hand!

"As expected of the founder of fusion...his understanding of fusion is simply top-notch." Guan Qingrui couldn't help but sigh.

…

After becoming familiar with the abilities of the Vortex Realm Dragon, Yu Cang canceled the summons and returned to his room.

Qi'er stood on tiptoe and poked his head out from behind the chair: "Brother, is that big dragon just now our new partner?"

"No," Yu Cang explained, "It doesn't have its own consciousness and can't play with Qi'er."

"Okay..." The girl nodded, "Then why can't it have its own consciousness like me and Brother Ye Lai?"

"Because you are all unique." Yu Cang smiled. "I can't create unique people. I can only wait for them to come and make friends with us."

"Is that so..." The girl nodded, as if she understood.

After coaxing Qi'er to play aside, Yu Cang took out the Dragon of the Vortex, applied developing potion on it, and began to learn the patterns on its soul card.

Although the fusion quality card only serves as an anchor point in the summoning, the soul card pattern of this soul card that is equivalent to an epic is also quite complex.

You need to study seriously.

After studying the Zhoutian Resonance Method for a while, Yu Cang suddenly slapped his forehead.

It’s bad. I was so stupid.

We already have the starry sky vision, so why do we still need to use the Zhoutian resonance method?

Yu Cang shook his head, then closed his eyes, hiding the string of bright stars in his vision.

His sight rose rapidly, and Yu Cang once again came to the Xingtian visual range, but did not appear in the Jieying campus.

Everyone's Starry Sky Vision is actually equivalent to a single room. Their researchers are all in the Jieying Campus because they can only be in the Jieying Campus now. Yu Cang is different. With a complete rhythmic body, he does not need to rely on other powers at all. He can just stay in his own Starry Sky Vision, which is quieter.

As soon as he entered the Starry Sky Vision Area, countless confusing information quickly flooded into his sight. Yu Cang quickly focused his mind and concentrated his energy on the Soul Card in his hand.

Time passed quickly, and Yu Cang began to feel the staff on his head. He knew that he had reached his limit, so he withdrew from the Starry Sky Vision.

"Hmm? Wait..."

Before the sight disappeared, Yu Cang seemed to see something strange out of the corner of his eye!

However, before he could carefully identify what it was, he was instantly back in the laboratory.

"That is..."

Yu Cang frowned slightly.

I shouldn't be hallucinating.

There is a strange place in the Starry Sky Vision, which is slightly different from other places and is very close to him.

It was as if... there was something there watching over me.

Is it a beast?

That's not right...

Yu Cang raised his head and looked in the direction of his memory - it was a small box on the table, filled with some cards he had created before, both useful and useless, and the most prominent one was a hodgepodge.

Pulling the small box in front of him, Yu Cang scratched his head.

With so many soul cards, where can he find anything special?

After resting for a while in his seat, he closed his eyes and once again entered the starry sky vision.

But this time, when he looked in the corresponding direction, he could not see anything.

At the location of that box, one can only see pieces of complex rhythms, which are all from the soul cards.

"Gone?" Yu Cang frowned.

He always believed in his senses, and the strange things he saw could definitely not be hallucinations.

If there really was something watching me... did it run away? Or...

etc.

Yu Cang thought of a possibility.

“No way…”

He immediately exited the Starry Sky Vision, rummaged through the small box, and finally found a soul card.

He is very familiar with this soul card.

Immortal warrior!

"...Is it you?" Yu Cang's voice was only audible to himself.

silence.

The undead warrior still lay quietly in his palm, without any change.

But Yu Cang had already thought a lot in his mind.

At the beginning, the probability of Yingcao Jedi Knight implanting [Talent·Fierce Battle] was as high as 90%... This is actually a rather exaggerated data.

At that time, he just thought that this entry was too suitable, but now, based on his experience in implanting entries, even if it was suitable, it would be rare to see such a high success rate!

Could it be...that there was also a spirit summoned by him at that time?

Are you unique too?

But why, after so much time, he still hasn't come to find me...

Yu Cang hesitated for a moment and thought for a long time.

After a while, he closed his eyes, holding the Undead Warrior, and entered the Starry Sky Vision again.

Among the stars, he looked at the handful of rhythmic patterns in his hand and said, "You are still here, right?"

The air was silent.

But Yu Cang seemed more certain: "Come out, I'm aware of your presence."

This time, the monotonous silence in the Starry Sky Vision was finally no longer the case.

A rhythm seemed to tremble somewhere, and then a human figure slowly emerged from the void.

When he saw this person, Yu Cang's eyes twitched involuntarily.

Good guy...

The complete rhythmic body!

It has hands and feet, and the texture on its skin is clearly visible. It is a complete form just like Yu Cang!

Moreover, unlike Yu Cang's rhythmic body, this figure was actually holding a long sword in his hand.

Yu Cang could feel that this long sword was also made up of rhythm, and was connected to the entire figure... This long sword was part of his rhythmic body!

What kind of good person would add a knife into the rhythmic body when condensing it... This can't be added!

Jieying once said that the process of condensing a rhythmic body is the process of clarifying oneself, but within this person's "self" there is actually a knife...

In short, the rhythmic body with a sword could not be innate, but must have been condensed by oneself after birth.

Just when Yu Cang was lost in thought, the figure spoke:

"Hello, Summoner, the Sword Saint of the North of the Sky sends his greetings."

Yu Cang collected his thoughts for a moment and said, "Hello, I'm Yu Cang. Tianzhibei... is that your hometown?"

"...I forgot." There was no emotion in the Sword Saint's tone.

Hearing this, Yu Cang seemed to understand something: "Sword Saint, are you also from the Chaos Beyond Realm like Ye Lai?"

"Indeed." The Sword Saint nodded.

Yu Cang asked, "Were you summoned by me when I was creating the Undead Warrior?"

"Earlier than that."

"Earlier...Jedi?"

"Yes."

Yu Cang understood.

Okay.

It turns out that the person in front of him is the most senior one among his subordinates... When the Sword Saint came, the entry for Ye Lai had not been extracted yet!

But he was also a little confused: "Since you are here so early, why don't you come out?"

"Those outside the realm need a true name recognized by the world before they can reveal themselves."

"Real name...I should be able to give you this real name, right?"

Hearing this, the Sword Saint's eyes seemed to waver for a moment before he said, "I have my own name—I'm sorry."

Yu Cang was suddenly choked.

"What's your name, please?"

"Just call me Feng."

"Okay... Maple Sword Saint." Yu Cang scratched his head.

This Sword Saint...seems to have his own story.

"But without a real name, you'll need to stay in the outer chaos forever, just like before. If that's the case, then you've responded to my call in vain," Yu Cang said. "How about this? I'll give you a real name, Feng, and I won't change it for you. How about that?"

"...That's not necessary. Names only have meaning when properly remembered. Staying in Chaos... isn't bad." The Sword Saint seemed unconcerned. "Don't worry, as long as you use Jedi Knight, Undead Warrior, or even other similar Soul Cards—I will appear and fight for you. I just can't speak, I'm used to it."

Thanks to book friend 20220701210007899 for the reward!

(End of this chapter)