Chapter 225: Materials of the Dark Flame Dragon

"Did you really come up with that star rank system?" Ren Zheng's eyes widened.

There were no outsiders in the laboratory, so he simply didn't care about his image and took the "Contract Star Level" from Yu Cang's hand.

"As long as I activate this soul card, I can sense the star level in the soul card?"

"Yes." Yu Cang nodded, "Try it, it will be a magical feeling."

Ren Zheng took a deep breath, placed the gray soul card flat on his palm, and then activated the soul card as if he was activating the passage to the other world.

Click!

The colorful starlight swept away the gray on the soul card. At the same time, Ren Zheng felt a feeling he had never experienced before rippling in his heart. The destiny star inspired a new perception in him.

He took out a soul card and mobilized this perception to explore. The next second, his expression changed slightly.

I really felt the star level!

Although Yu Cang's introduction made it seem like a rather complicated mechanism, he easily understood the function of this star rank after actually seeing it.

It can be said that it is very practical!

The Star Rank is the embodiment of the pathway between the Soul Energy Well and the Soul Card. This single effect is enough to generate numerous uses.

After a brief attempt, Ren Zheng discovered that the soul energy consumption of the soul card was obviously lower, or even much lower, when transferring soul energy to the soul card in the previous way than when transferring soul energy to the soul card through the star level.

Previously, Soul Card Masters activated Soul Cards based on intuition. Simply injecting Soul Energy into key nodes within the Soul Card's rhythm would trigger the card. The amount of energy required, the order and timing of the activations, and so on all depended on the Soul Card Master's understanding.

This process can easily lead to some waste of soul energy.

It’s different with the star rank. The biggest feature of this thing is its precision. When activating it, just inject the soul energy directly along the star rank, and the soul card will be triggered directly, ensuring that not a drop of soul energy will be wasted.

Moreover, the existence of star ranks can also provide a new way of thinking for higher-level summoning - now that he has just come into contact with it, Ren Zheng's mind is already uncontrollably bursting with inspiration.

"Xiao Cang, are you sure you want to send out this star-level system directly?"

"Well, what's the problem?"

"Not that there's a problem... This star rank greatly enhances higher-level summons, and I'm worried it might affect the popularity of Synchro."

One of the main reasons why these new summoning methods, Synchro Summoning and Fusion Summoning, have caused such a sensation in the circle of Ancient Capital University is that they save soul energy and can gain more advantages in battle.

It would take a lot of effort to achieve the same effect with a higher-level summon. To reach the level of Duan Feng's Chaos Dragon Egg, it would require the combined efforts of several card-making masters, and the soul card master himself would need to be strong enough to do it.

There's no need to worry about fusion and synchronization. Any fusion card saves soul energy, so the lower limit is here. Although the upper limit is unknown, Yu Cang's combined dragon scale is already so strong that the upper limit can't be much lower.

It is conceivable that as soon as the star rank is released, ordinary summons and higher-level summons can be upgraded to such a level in a very short period of time. By then, Yu Cang's synchronization will not cause such a big sensation as before.

"It doesn't matter." Yu Cang smiled. "Star level is the foundation of synchronization... Of course, it is also the foundation of everything."

Seeing Yu Cang's expression, Ren Zheng was stunned.

The foundation of everything?

Isn't it possible that Xiao Cang only has Synchronicity in his hands...

"Old man, you've seen Jieying before, so you should know." Yu Cang's smile faded slightly. "There's no normal world around Blue Star anymore. At this point, hiding something would be the most foolish thing to do."

"Okay." Ren Zheng patted Yu Cang's shoulder and said nothing.

Although he really wanted to say that the association and the country were taking care of this matter, and he didn't need to push himself so hard...but he also had to admit that the things Yu Cang brought out were crucial to improving the overall combat power of the entire Blue Star, and this was something no one could do.

"Then what else do you need me to do?" Ren Zheng could only say this.

"Simple—there are some missing samples of Legendary Soul Cards. Please help us try and see how Legendary Soul Cards are divided into star levels."

"Okay." Ren Zheng nodded in agreement.

…

Ren Zheng has a lot of legendary soul cards on hand.

Although he no longer needs ordinary handed-down soul cards, Ren Zheng, as a national-level card maker, can easily take out many such soul cards.

After sensing each one, Yu Cang finally got the answer.

The same rule as before... The legendary level has one more star level than the epic level, which is five star levels. Above that, there are three virtual levels. Adding up, it is exactly twenty levels.

Among them, the thirteenth and fourteenth levels are ordinary handed down from generation to generation, and the fifteenth to seventeenth levels are high-level handed down from generation to generation.

What surprised Yu Cang was that the super-level inheritance actually referred to the three virtual levels from eighteen to twenty... Then, according to the star level theory...

"Even a national-level card maker can't summon a super-level legend?" Yu Cang was a little surprised. This was the first time he knew this.

"That's right." Ren Zheng nodded. "Theoretically, the energy that a super-level heirloom can possess has no upper limit, but in essence, it still hasn't reached the level of a myth... Although some super-level heirlooms can already match or even surpass myths in terms of energy level, the realm is an absolute gap. Without the level of a myth, one is ultimately an ant.

"Even so, the power of the Super-Rank Legacy is still overwhelming. Therefore, even if you are a Level 8 Nation Guardian, which is second only to the Level 9 Myth, you can only choose the Upper Summoning method if you want to utilize the power of the Super-Rank Legacy. Only the Level 9 Myth is qualified to use the Super-Rank Legacy as a normal Soul Card."

"So that's how it is..." Yu Cang understood.

He thought of the myth of Ye Yan.

It is said that Ye Yan Shenhua created the mythical soul card "Alien Creation Dragon", but he did not like to use it, so he just threw it to the association, and he still used the legendary card deck.

When he read this record, he was still confused. A ninth-level myth was still using the Legendary World... could he really unleash the full power of the myth? Now it seems that the level of the Super-level Legendary World is much higher than he imagined.

Yu Cang thought of Duan Feng's scaly-crowned dragon and his own dragon of the final dawn, and couldn't help but smile.

Since the Void Rank is the Super-Rank Myth, then these two can also be called Super-Rank Rare and Super-Rank Epic.

It sounds a lot weaker all of a sudden.

Shaking his head, Yu Cang gave up the idea.

The reason why there are three-level divisions is because the gap is really big for the legendary level. It is really unnecessary for levels below the epic level.

Thinking of this, Yu Cang asked again: "So, above the 20th level, is it a myth?"

Ren Zheng nodded: "Yes... I can feel that my 'Zhu' is at the twenty-first level!"

"I understand." Yu Cang thought for a moment.

It sounds like the Candle should be the weakest of the myths. But you have to know that this "Candle" is just a flame in the Candle Dragon's eyes, and its true strength is still unknown.

According to the rules, mythology should have six star ranks and four virtual ranks, but after all, Yu Cang did not dare to jump to conclusions because he had not yet had the opportunity to glimpse the full picture of mythology. The current star rank system was sufficient.

Lin Yunqing raised his head and said, "Senior, the data has been recorded. As long as it is integrated, we can publish the paper at any time."

"I've read your paper, and there's no problem." Ren Zheng stood up. "I'll go and tell the association right away. I don't think the reviewers there will even understand a paper of this level. I'll just pass it."

"Okay, thanks, old man."

"It's alright—I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Ren Zheng left the laboratory in a hurry.

Behind.

Lin Yunqing looked at Yu Cang. She had been very excited since the beginning.

"Senior, should we publish the paper now?"

"Well, let's send it first." Yu Cang waved his hand, as if he had made a normal decision, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll go to the test area to verify some things."

"OK!"

Yu Cang turned and left.

He knew what would happen after the paper was published.

He will become the focus of the whole world.

But it didn't matter. When he used the word recorder to create the first "Fusion of Darkness and Wood", he had expected this day to come.

Just keep a normal mind, there is still a lot to do next.

Standing on the experimental site, Yu Cang took out a few soul cards and was silent for a moment.

Now that he has mastered the technique of fusion, then... he seems to have understood the method of summoning the corpse of the Nether Flame Dragon Emperor.

If he's right—

Yu Cang kept operating with his hands, and soon, two real dragon cubs and ten combined dragon scales appeared on the field.

"First of all—"

Buzz!

Ten dragon scales were activated, and a huge vortex appeared on the field, enveloping one of the young true dragons. Soon, the fusion vortex converged, and the Sword Saint of Dragon's Eye appeared on the field.

This time, Yu Cang used a full ten dragon scales to create a Sword Saint, but Sword Saint was not his goal.

In this step, what he wants are the ten combined dragon scales that are currently entering death cooldown in the deck!

Thinking of this, Yu Cang's face turned serious, and then he waved his hand: "I will use the young True Dragon and ten 'Dead Dragon Scales' as materials to summon: The Corpse of the Dark Flame Dragon Emperor!"

Buzz...

A faint sound came from the field. If you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't even hear it. But when Yu Cang saw this, his eyes lit up.

Success!

The next second, the buzzing sound suddenly intensified, and the young true dragon flew into the air. Around it, countless blurry black shadows flew from the dark sky, and in the blink of an eye they merged together, and a huge gray vortex suddenly appeared in the air!

Boom!

The earth trembled, and then a low, hoarse whine came from the vortex. The gray vortex slowly dissipated, and a huge monster suddenly appeared in the center of the field.

The broken wings drooped on the ground, the back was rocky and looked like dragon scales, pale green flames were burning continuously between the cracks in the rocks, the body was covered with burn marks, and the eyes were extremely empty... It was the corpse of the Nether Flame Dragon Emperor!

The tenth level is already the pinnacle of normal epic.

If this big guy was summoned during the battle with Duan Feng, then although he would not be able to defeat the Light and Dark Contradiction Dragon, he would definitely have no problem fighting against the Huilin Dragon and the Fierce Scale Dragon.

A smile appeared on Yu Cang's face.

Sure enough...the fusion material for the corpse of the Dark Flame Dragon Emperor requires "Dead Dragon Scales"!

Since dragon scales cannot be obtained through card making, these dead dragon scales can only be obtained through fusion summons. Therefore, the corpse of the Dark Flame Dragon Emperor is destined to not be pulled out directly at the beginning of the game.

However, it can directly utilize the dead dragon scales, which is equivalent to greatly speeding up the progress of the battle and directly bringing future resources to use in the present!

Those dead dragon scales were directly disconnected after entering the fusion. Since these cards did not exist in the first place, it was equivalent to disappearing directly.

"Cemetery fusion..." Yu Cang seemed to be thinking about something.

He had never made a fusion card that could use a soul card on death cooldown as the fusion material. He had tried before, but all ended in failure.

This time, he also realized that "everything within the range of will is fusion material", so he was able to directly lock onto these dead dragon scales and forcibly fuse them... This was considered a contact fusion without a fusion card, and the corpse of the Nether Flame Dragon Emperor would have to go into death cooling before long.

Yu Cang cast his gaze towards this soul card. There was no longer a question mark on the fusion material column.

Instead, it becomes: Dragon summoned beast + several dragon scales in death cooldown

The death cooldown is limited... But he currently does not have a soul card that can be fused in the graveyard, and the corpse of the Dark Flame Dragon Emperor is a soul card that is good at continuous combat. If it only relies on contact fusion, it will not have much actual combat value.

Hmm... the soul card for fusion in the cemetery needs to be put on the agenda.

Yu Cang recorded some information on the computer beside him, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Fusion summons have made new breakthroughs, and synchronization and star levels have also been improved, which is double happiness.

Next, as long as I finish dealing with some things here, I can fly directly to the Divine Capital and take a look at the "Mechanical Secret Realm" that Master Yun mentioned.

To be honest, for Yu Cang now, the Department of Mechanical Engineering is no longer a high priority for research. However, Yu Cang definitely did not go there specifically for the Department of Mechanical Engineering this time.

According to Yun Yan, the secret realm is extremely mysterious and is suspected to have a certain relationship with the legendary "Star Realm".

This is something you have to go and see.

Currently, there are only two known ways to enter the Star Realm: the Dire Border and the World Championship reward. The Dire Border is too dangerous, and even if he wants to go, Ren Zheng will not agree. The World Championship is too far away, so he is naturally willing to have a chance to understand the Star Realm at this moment.

He was quite interested in the gray soul card that could draw on the power of the destiny star.

Of course, Yu Cang also knew that the secret realm of the Divine Capital would definitely not be too deeply involved with the Star Realm. Grandmaster Yun Yan must have used this as an excuse to attract him. If it really had something to do with the Star Realm, it would have been surrounded long ago.

…

Principal's Office

Ren Zheng made a few calls and then put away his personal terminal.

He looked at the scenery outside the window, was silent for a moment, and sighed inexplicably.

"Contract Star Level... Such a fast pace, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for Xiao Cang... Whatever."

Ren Zheng put away his thoughts.

No matter what, just be Xiao Cang's support.

The most important thing now is——

Ren Zheng took out a soul card and his breathing became a little heavy.

Star rank, according to Xiao Cang, soul card masters can directly use the star rank to enter the rhythmic world of soul cards, and gain insights and adjustments in it!

This is something he really needs.

Even though he is already a national-level card maker, and even though he has held the candle for a long time, there are still many times when he feels powerless to use the candle.

This is a myth after all, and his understanding of it is still too superficial.

If I could really get inside the Mythical Soul Card...

Ren Zheng's face was solemn.

Even if we put everything else aside, it’s worth it just to be able to see a part of the rhythm of mythology!

Last time in the Starry Sky Vision, he almost disappeared after just one look, and he was really sad for a long time afterwards.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and focused his attention on the soul card in his hand.

Yes...Soul Card.

Logically speaking, soul cards did not exist in ancient times. Mythological soul cards came in various shapes, including totems, scrolls, and dragon flags. It should be the same today, but this is not the case.

The existing mythical soul cards are basically national treasures. Let alone being used in battle, we should be thankful that they are intact.

In order to better preserve these mythical artifacts, Di Changan came up with a brilliant idea - to seal them in the soul card!

The soul cards that seal these myths are specially made. As long as the rhythmic patterns of the soul cards are modified, they can also correspond to the patterns of the myths. This makes maintenance convenient and there is no need to worry about the formation pen destroying the myth itself.

Moreover, it is very easy to activate and there is no problem using it in combat.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the unremarkable soul card in Ren Zheng's hand is the famous "Candle"!

"Let me see...your world."

A starlight flashed in Ren Zheng's eyes.

Just like the passage to the other world, after sensing the star level several times with the help of the contracted star level, Ren Zheng can sense it independently even without relying on the soul card - this is much simpler than entering the starry sky vision.

Ren Zheng's will was projected onto the soul card in his hand. A string of starlight flashed on it. After a moment, twenty-one star patterns suddenly appeared on it!

"So, next..."

Ren Zheng's eyes focused, and the next second, his sight sank rapidly. Light and shadows passed by on both sides, and when he recovered again, he had arrived in a gray space.

His attention was instantly drawn to the existence in the center of the space.

It was a candle flame, with familiar rhythmic fluctuations spreading out from it and spreading to the surroundings.

candle!

Ren Zheng's eyes were excited for a moment, but then he sighed.

He knew without much perception that he had failed.

The space he entered was the one that sealed the soul card, not Zhu's.

Now, he could vaguely feel Zhu's call, but he knew that this was the result of his years of communication with Zhu. If he wanted to take advantage of this call to go further, he would definitely be expelled.

However, I have seen a way forward.

He had a hunch that if he tried multiple times at the Star Level, he might actually be able to enter this mythical Soul Card world.

He will persist.

…

at the same time

Gao Heng opened his personal terminal as usual, and at this moment, a news pop-up window suddenly appeared.

He originally wanted to swipe it away, but when he saw the content of the pop-up window, his eyes widened slowly.

"I, Zhuo, the new recipient of the Flame Emperor Medal? Is this true..."

I can’t get used to the air conditioner at home. It gives me a headache...

(End of this chapter)