Chapter 260 Connection! World Shadow·Resident!

Gu Jieshuang tested the power of Breaking the Seal and Star Shift in the laboratory.

I can only say that this sword is worthy of being a tenth-level epic, and its strength is absolutely online.

Although it seems that the ability of this sword is not much more than the Sword Intent·Heavenly Abyss Star Shift, it is already very different.

Not to mention anything else, the fifth-level Sword Intent·Heavenly Abyss Star Shift can only condense eight layers of [Star] on the equipment card at most, while the regular upper limit of Breaking the Seal·Star Shift is fifty layers. Counting the ten layers that come with [Casting Stars into Blades], there are sixty layers in total.

Converted into extra weight, the difference is more than seven times.

The most important thing is that the guaranteed eight levels of [Star] will not disappear, and [Star Shift] will directly become passive.

Adding the two together... this means that this sword can release a minimum of eight levels of [Star] sword energy infinitely!

Not to mention that this sword also has a special attack against weapons.

Gu Jieshuang and Yu Cang were both quite satisfied with this soul card.

Gu Jieshuang took the Broken Seal: Star Shift in his hand, and when he swung it, the sword energy was everywhere and the momentum was very loud.

After a short test, the Death Cooldown of the Sealed Holy Sword ended, and [Battle-Realized Unsealed] was activated, automatically destroying the Seal: Star Shift. Meanwhile, [Return to Dust] was triggered, and when the Seal: Star Shift was destroyed, the Sealed Holy Sword was automatically summoned.

[Traces of the Saints] was activated, and a layer of light emerged from the sword body, turning into the sword intent - Cold Sky Snow Waterfall and placed on the field.

Then, you can continue with the synchronization.

The endurance of this soul card is also excellent. After Breaking the Seal and Star Shift is destroyed, it directly uses its ability to pull out the Sealed Holy Sword. As long as it is operated properly, the process of Sealed Holy Sword → Breaking the Seal → Sealed Holy Sword → Breaking the Seal can be completed entirely by the soul card's own ability without consuming soul energy.

The saved soul energy can be used to use other soul cards to assist in combat.

After the Dust-sealed Holy Sword appeared, Gu Jieshuang performed another routine operation, completing the synchronization with the Dust-sealed Holy Sword and the Sword Intent: Frost Sky Snow Waterfall.

Frost Sky Slash was a Legendary Soul Card, so Gu Jieshuang couldn't summon it now. Therefore, he needed to find the corresponding Synchro Soul Card.

There is no need to elaborate on the process. Yu Cang was quite familiar with [Hantian], so this time, he didn't spend any effort at all. He just followed the same method and created Breaking the Seal - Hantian.

Soul card name: Broken Seal·Hantian

Category: Equipment Card

Star level: Level 10

Quality: Synchronic

Attribute: Ice

ability:

Sword Intentions: Frostfall + Equipment Cards other than Coordination

[Cold]: Attack with a chilling force that, when accumulated to a certain level, freezes the target. Frozen targets remain in a near-death state, unable to move, unsummon, or be sacrificed. Using Ice Spell Cards accelerates the freezing process.

[Cold]: While this card is active, all equipped cards will gain [Cold]. All active [Cold] will accumulate [Cold] layers on this Soul Card. As long as [Cold] layers remain, the holder can directly affect the ambient temperature according to their wishes.

[Shattered Return]: After being destroyed, Broken Sealed Frost Sky can choose not to enter Death Cooldown, but instead disintegrate into fragments and follow the user. At this point, a certain number of [Cold] layers can be detonated, freezing as many targets within range as possible and repairing Broken Sealed Frost Sky.

[Snowfall]: Attacking summons a stream of snow to impact the target, greatly accelerating the freezing process upon hitting.

…

This soul card can easily give Yu Cang a sense of déjà vu.

Isn’t this a weakened version of Frost Sky Slash?

"Thank you, boss!" Gu Jieshuang stretched out his hands and took the soul card.

"It's okay." Yu Cang smiled. "By the way, synchronization, how's your practice going?"

When this was mentioned, Gu Jieshuang immediately lost her temper. She pursed her lips and said, "There's been no progress yet... It's so difficult!"

After Gu Jieshuang realized the power of the star level, he was able to develop the technique of synchronization.

Now, it is possible to synchronize with derivatives, but it is much more difficult to synchronize with intangible things like sword intent.

Although the Dust-Sealed Holy Sword can complete this process, it is not flexible!

[Battle-hardened Unsealed] Synchro can only be activated when the Sealed Holy Sword is destroyed, which is considered "accelerated synchronization".

Sometimes, this effect can be miraculous and almost equivalent to blocking an attack.

But if Gu Jieshuang's opponent doesn't destroy the Sealed Holy Sword... then it will be awkward.

Some decks that are not known for their attack power can easily defeat Gu Jieshuang without destroying the Dust-Sealed Holy Sword.

Moreover, even if we put this aside, the equipment card that is synchronized with [Battle Ritual Unsealing] is time-limited.

This is an obvious weakness.

In battle, [Battle-hardened and Unsealed] can only be used as an option, and not the only option. Otherwise, it will be easily restrained.

There is only one solution - that is for Gu Jieshuang to comprehend the technique of direct synchronization without relying on [Battle-Removal].

But this was easier said than done. She had put in a lot of effort to be able to sense the star rank in the sword intent.

Gu Jieshuang didn't stay discouraged for long and quickly regained her spirits.

She quietly moved closer, staring straight into Yu Cang's eyes.

"But don't worry, boss. I will work hard!"

"Okay." Yu Cang smiled, "Then I'll wait for you... Uh! What are you doing?"

Just now, when Yu Cang wanted to tease Gu Jieshuang.

She suddenly burst out with extremely fast speed, as fast as lightning... and pecked Yu Cang's lips lightly, and they were separated at the touch.

How could Yu Cang, a mere ordinary soul card master, react to an attack from Gu Jieshuang, a melee soul card master?

"Hehe!" Gu Jieshuang's face flushed, but her expression was smug.

With his hands behind his back, he took a few steps away from Yu Cang, a provocative smile on his face: "So! Only the boss is allowed to kiss me secretly, but I am not allowed to kiss the boss secretly?"

"You..." Yu Cang's heartbeat quietly accelerated.

This kind of thing, why not tell him in advance! He didn't even have time to feel it!

I haven’t reacted yet!

Looking at Gu Jieshuang's expression, Yu Cang was about to reach out and grab her arm, but he saw Gu Jieshuang retreat to the door in a few steps like a little bird.

"Slightly~" Gu Jieshuang stuck out her tongue, "Boss, we're even! Humph, let's go~"

Seeing Gu Jieshuang slipping away from the door, Yu Cang wanted to keep her, but there was no way he could catch her.

In terms of physical fitness, the two of them are far apart.

but……

Yu Cang smiled knowingly.

It would be better to say that Jie Shuang ran away rather than slipping away.

Although the figure moved quickly, it looked very embarrassed. Cang even felt that she almost tripped herself to the ground.

"...This little girl." Yu Cang shook his head.

Turning around, Yu Cang picked up the soul connection card again and casually implanted an [anchor point].

There was a flash of light, but he was stunned.

"This... succeeded??!" Yu Cang was shocked.

This has happened twice already. Could it be that... kissing can increase the delivery rate?

No way, you are serious!

Yu Cang touched his lips. Although the contact was severed, he seemed to still be able to feel the touch and breath just now.

Now... I have no choice but to kiss this little girl to death.

Cough cough.

Yu Cang shook his head and threw the thought out of his mind.

Feudal superstition is unacceptable.

After all, I have been experimenting since last night until now, and during this period I have been fine-tuning the cooling time of the implanted entries and this soul card.

After spending so much effort, it is normal that the results come out at this moment.

He deserves it!

Thinking of this, he raised his head slightly and looked at the sky through the laboratory window.

In the sky, Jieying's huge body was looming above the clouds. This was a scene that only he could see.

"It's time for others to meet you." Yu Cang smiled.

…

Lin Yunqing pushed open the door.

"Senior, are you looking for me?"

"Well, let's get ready." Yu Cang said, "Begin the test."

Lin Yunqing pushed his glasses up and asked, "Yes...?"

"yes."

“…”

All right.

If she remembered correctly.

Just now, she saw the unfinished product of that summoning method in the boss's hands.

How long has it been?

In the time it took for Gu Jieshuang to come here, you figured out this summoning method?

He opened his mouth, but Lin Yunqing really didn't know what to say.

Even if it was Yu Cang who did this, he still found it a little unbelievable.

It was as if Yu Cang had just thought of this summoning method on the spur of the moment... it felt so random and unreal.

However, she quickly adjusted her mindset.

Anyway... now that things have come to this, let's take a look.

She is now very curious about the new summoning method that her senior has come up with... After all, if you only look at the soul card, this soul card should not be able to be activated at all.

Boss, how did you do that?

Thinking of this, Lin Yunqing had already walked to the side and debugged various equipment.

"I'm ready, Senior."

Yu Cang nodded without saying anything. He just slapped the card box and activated two soul cards.

Click!

The shadow of the soul card flipped open and shattered, and two gray-white half-dragon men slowly walked out of it.

Holding the blue soul card in his hand, Yu Cang was feeling a little excited at the moment.

Theoretically speaking, this summoning method... was created by him without relying on the entry recorder!

Even without today's implant, he would have studied it for a while and would have been able to overcome the technical difficulties of this summoning method before the end of the year at the latest - after all, he already had the idea.

Therefore, for Yu Cang, the sense of accomplishment brought to him by this summoning method is particularly intense.

Take a deep breath.

"I summon: Dragonborn Lasher!" Yu Cang gently raised the soul card in his hand, "Use two gray-white half-dragons and a Dragonborn Lasher to set up a connection anchor point - Link Summon, link 3: World Shadow·Domain Resident!"

Click!

A sound like an electronic flash suddenly rang out above the three summoned beasts. Immediately afterwards, the three summoned beasts shattered together and turned into a torrent of information, each rushing to the center of the venue!

Click! Click! Click!

Three crisp sounds!

A circle composed of energy light suddenly appeared in mid-air. The three information torrents transformed by the summoned beasts rushed into it, solidified at the corresponding positions of the three equal parts of the circle, and turned into identification arrows with glittering starlight!

The color of this identification arrow is a blue that is very similar to the soul card in Yu Cang's hand, that is, the color of the spirit particle.

Then, the ring slowly began to rotate in the air, and the space inside seemed to be connected to an unknown end. After a moment of silence, a ray of light fell from the sky and landed on the ground. When everything calmed down, a tall and majestic figure was already standing in the ring!

"This is..." Lin Yunqing was stunned.

The figure in front of me...although it looks a little strange, the aura seems very familiar.

Thinking of the name of this soul card...

"Boundary Shadow?"

The figure seemed not to hear Lin Yunqing's voice.

It stared around blankly, looking at a world it had never seen before.

Is this... the present world?

There was brown earth, white metal, blue sky… Although it was far less brilliant than the starlight, each color was so real, presented before him in a way that was close at hand—rather than a series of cold messages.

The Starry Sky Vision cannot see the true appearance of the real world.

When looking at a flower in the Starry Sky Vision, one can see "bright", "red", "root and stem" and even "water", "protein", "fiber"... A flower is made up of countless kinds of information, and they all point directly to the origin, but the only thing is... you can't see a flower, a real flower.

The Jieying campus was a solidified rhythm, that was true. In the eyes of Yu Cang and the others, this space truly contained everything, no different from the real world. But that was because Yu Cang had come from the real world and understood the concepts these rhythms represented. Therefore, when the rhythms solidified, he could subconsciously process them into corresponding forms in his mind.

But Jieying can't.

Jieying had lived in the Starry Sky Vision Zone since birth; it was everything to him. In his eyes, even if the Jieying campus was solidified, it was still composed of a rhythm... at most, a little harder.

What you have never seen is ultimately unimaginable.

tread.

Yu Cang came from behind and looked at the huge guy with a smile on his face.

"Welcome to the present world, Jieying."

"Scholar..." For some reason, Jieying's voice suddenly became sobbing.

"Okay, stop embarrassing yourself." Yu Cang said unhappily.

The body in front of him was formed after he spent a long time finding the right rhythm from the body of the boundary shadow.

In terms of fashion value, it is definitely maxed out.

This is a fish... perhaps his body is more like a snake than a fish.

He has a body structure that is almost the same as Jieying's original body. Starlight flickers in his translucent gelatinous body, and there are many structures like blood vessels intertwined together, but what flows in it is not blood, but light spots like stars.

From afar, it seemed as if countless galaxies were flowing within the body of the resident.

There were no details on his head, and it looked like a huge mirror with a graceful curve, with countless starlight flowing backwards in an orderly manner. Some of the starlight burst out of the surface of the skin at the neck and transformed into many fins as uneven as coral reefs.

These fins are not hard, and they float in the air accompanied by starlight, stirring up a deep sense of mystery.

On his back, there is another row of such fins extending backward along the midline, all the way to near his tail.

The World Shadow Resident swam through the air like it was on the bottom of the ocean. At this moment, he was hovering in mid-air... like a true dragon of some other species.

The circle that appeared at the beginning of the summoning did not disappear. It was placed on the body of the resident and slowly rotated. The three anchor points on it emitted a faint blue light.

Even crouching, a body like this would still be three meters tall, looking incredibly imposing from a distance. It was a shame that Jieying's expression and tone were somewhat inappropriate and embarrassing.

"Yes! I won't embarrass you, Mr. Scholar!" Jieying took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his excitement. "Then... Mr. Scholar, can I fight for you now?"

"Of course." Yu Cang said with a smile, "However, now is not the time to fight - cooperate with me to do some tests first, let me see if there are any hidden dangers in this summoning method."

"I will definitely cooperate!" Jieying nodded repeatedly.

Great! I can finally fight for the scholar.

Although he was still a little scared, contrary to his expectations, he did not feel particularly resistant to fighting.

Yes, it just hurts a little, what’s there to be afraid of!

As long as I can do more, I will definitely be the most favored one in the eyes of the scholars!

At this time, Lin Yunqing came over.

There was a strange mystery about Jieying's body, but that was not her concern.

Even though such a summoning had happened before her eyes, she was still a little confused.

Theoretically, it shouldn't be possible to summon it! This summoning completely violates the underlying principles of Soul Cards!

Fusion is the forced combination of different rhythms, which is theoretically correct. Synchronization is to first lower the star and then raise it. Although it is difficult to understand, after the senior brought out the star level system, everything made sense.

In both summoning methods, the terminal soul card doesn't actually participate in the summoning process, so a complete soul card isn't necessary; a simple shell is sufficient to guide the summoning process. You could even create a special "extra deck" specifically for this "incomplete soul card."

But your calling called connection... isn't it right?

She could see that the blue soul card in Yu Cang's hand was a similar existence, and only served as a "record". Such a soul card could not be activated normally.

But look at what the senior did… He sacrificed three unrelated summoned beasts and actually summoned them directly?

These three summoned beasts neither play the role of fusion nor provide the most basic rhythm like coordination. No matter how you look at it, there is no way to summon a resident, right?

"Senior." Lin Yunqing was extremely curious, feeling as if ants were crawling in his heart. "What exactly is the principle behind this kind of summoning?"

She must find out!

Yu Cang withdrew his gaze from Jieying's body.

He looked at Lin Yunqing.

"Yunqing, it's actually very simple." Yu Cang smiled. "Your thinking is just limited by the traditional soul card, so you are so confused. But as long as you change your mindset slightly, this summoning is actually not difficult to understand."

"Change your mindset..." Lin Yunqing frowned slightly, but still shook his head, "I don't understand."

"Okay, then I'll explain it to you directly." Yu Cang waved his hand, and Jieying understood. He swam to Yu Cang's hand and lowered his head.

As the boundary shadow moved, the ground beneath him also began to produce strange phenomena. The color seemed to dim there, and the sand there turned into simple shapes as if outlined by lines.

Yu Cang placed his hand on the "ring" around Jieying's body.

This ring, composed of starlight, is translucent, with a crystal-like texture and is covered in starlight. Since its appearance, the disk has been rotating at a constant speed, giving it a sense of heaviness, like an ancient celestial body.

"Actually," Yu Cang said, "I didn't summon the Realm Shadow·Resident—I summoned the Starry Sky Vision!"

"Summoned... the Starry Sky Vision?" Lin Yunqing's eyes widened slightly. At this moment, a flash of inspiration passed through her mind, and she seemed to have grasped some clue.

"That's right." Yu Cang smiled. "You should have thought of it. How about it? Isn't it very clever?"

"I..." Lin Yunqing frowned, "I still don't quite understand..."

"It's simple. You should have been to the Jieying campus."

"Um……"

"I don't know if you've observed this," Yu Cang explained slowly. "The Jieying campus is actually very similar to the real world. There's an obvious connection here—in the Starry Sky Vision, the more solidified the rhythm, the closer its nature is to the real world. If someone could completely solidify the rhythm, perhaps we would see a scene exactly like the real world."

Lin Yunqing frowned even tighter, his eyes looking thoughtful.

Yu Cang continued, "So, since we have this relationship, we can think about it the other way around—does such a relationship also exist in the real world? In other words, as long as I activate the rhythm of the real world, can I make the nature of the real world become similar to the Starry Sky Vision?"

Hearing this, Lin Yunqing suddenly turned his head and fixed his gaze on the ground beneath Jieying.

The matter there... now seems to have become something outlined by lines.

Yu Cang smiled, "We know that the body of the Consciousness Beast is composed of pure rhythm and has no material basis, so it cannot descend into the world. Then, as long as I temporarily change the environment of the world and give it the properties of the Starry Sky Vision, wouldn't that be enough? This is the core principle of Link Summoning.

"In other words, I didn't summon Jieying. I simply connected to the Starry Sky Vision, and Jieying—he swam over on his own."

Lin Yunqing's brows gradually relaxed, and a hint of enlightenment spread in her eyes, but the various questions that immediately came to her mind made her stand there in a daze again.

Yu Cang was not surprised and continued, "Knowing the principle is naturally not enough. There is still a lot to pay attention to in order to achieve this step. In fact, I have been thinking about this summoning method for a long time. It was only after I found the magical substance called spirit particle in the Divine Capital that I was able to truly connect the present world with the Starry Sky Vision."

"I see..." Lin Yunqing nodded, "Then... this summoning method should have limitations..."

"Of course there is," Yu Cang said. "Do you see the circle around Jieying? The three arrows on it are the 'anchor points'. These three anchor points are used to fix the space within it to maintain Jieying's existence. At the same time, it is also the 'anchor points' that are responsible for connecting this space with the Starry Sky Vision.

"The more complex the rhythm of a Linked Summoned Beast, the closer its environment must be to the Starry Sky Vision, and the greater the number of 'anchor points' required. The Resident you saw is just one of my initial experiments, so only three anchor points are needed to keep it in this world."

Lin Yunqing only reacted at this time, and quickly picked up the notebook and began to record Yu Cang's words.

"Besides," Yu Cang said, "Starry Sky Vision can't be activated whenever you want. I already have a Resident on the field. If I want to summon a second Link Summoner, I must connect one of the second Link Summoned Beast's anchor points to the first Link Summoned Beast's anchor point. The Starry Sky Vision must be connected. Only then can the Link Summoned Beast 'swim' all the way down from the Starry Sky Vision."

At this moment, Lin Yunqing raised his head, his eyes somewhat puzzled. "Huh... In that case, it seems that we don't have to use the Soul Card as an 'anchor point'... Can we find something more suitable?"

"Of course not, it can only be a Soul Card." Yu Cang shook his head. "Like I said, the Starry Sky Vision must be connected. The Linked Summoned Beast must be connected to the anchor point of the previous summoned beast before it can descend. Yun Qing, which anchor point do you think the Resident is connected to?"

Lin Yunqing's eyes widened slightly: "You mean..."

"Yes." Yu Cang pointed to his head, "My soul energy well is the first anchor point! Without this anchor point, even if I change the nature of the present space, it will just be an isolated island, unable to find the way to the Starry Sky Vision."

Thank you for your tip~

(End of this chapter)