Chapter 303: Continuous Spell Card

Yu Cang began to carefully examine Wang Chu's deck.

Hmm... So this is the spell you used.

Although Wang Chu's deck was a mixture of many systems, in which Yu Cang even saw the Sword of Judgment from the Light and Shadow Dragon deck, the most core one was still a soul card called "Burial of the Abyss of Souls".

Soul Card Name: Soul Burial in the Abyss

Category: Spell Card

Quality: Epic

Attributes: None

ability:

[Declare]: When activated for the first time, the quality of this Soul Card is considered rare, and its ability becomes: Add "Mark of the Abyss" to all other spell cards in the deck.

[Salute]: When Soul Abyss Burial is on death cooldown, all Soul Cards carrying the "Mark of the Abyss" will leave behind an Abyss Crystal after being used.

[Burial]: This ability must be triggered when Soul Abyss Burial, a rare card, comes off its death cooldown. Consume all Abyss Crystals, reclaim all Abyss Marks, and activate this Soul Card, ignoring the cost. This creates an "Abyss" in the sky that devours all Soul Energy and continuously increases the mental stress of the target's operator.

…

Although this soul card is epic, it can be used directly as a rare card.

The general usage process is to [Declare] at the beginning, and then use the spell card [Salute] continuously during the battle, and finally [Bury] directly when the death cooldown ends.

The death cooldown of this soul card is very long, as long as ten minutes. During this period, some soul cards can even be disconnected and reconnected.

In this case, a considerable number of Abyss Crystals can undoubtedly be accumulated, and the power and duration of [Burial] are bound to the number of Abyss Crystals, so... if operated properly, once ten minutes are up, the opponent will die.

The power of a soul energy burial with enough abyss crystals is completely at the same level as the corpse of the ancient demon... At least, when it comes to dealing with soul card masters, the power is on the same level.

[Burial] can devour soul energy products, and during this process, all summoned beasts cannot escape. Devouring it is not enough, it will also continuously increase mental pressure, making it impossible to control.

This is a very pure soul card for soul card masters to use in civil wars.

However, the ten-minute death cooldown is a very fatal flaw - take the duels that Yu Cang has experienced as an example, there are only a handful of matches that lasted more than ten minutes, and perhaps the only one was the one when the fourth-level player fought against the fifth-level Xing Su.

The same goes for other Soul Card Masters - not only will a normal duel not last ten minutes, but for those Soul Card Masters with strong strength, it is common to end the battle quickly and early.

So, Yu Cang also saw some Soul Cards in Xing Su's deck that could shorten the cooldown of spell cards... Honestly, they weren't very useful. Under normal circumstances, using all of them would only shorten the cooldown to about seven minutes, which was still a long time.

Not to mention that the complex battlefield environment will not allow you to use so many non-combat cards.

Therefore, the spell card system centered around Soul Abyss Burial is not practical, at least not in single combat.

However, Wang Chu will eventually participate in a four-person battle, with three people fully covering him, and a strong control player like Lan Jun among his teammates, so the probability of lasting seven minutes is still very high.

But now, since Yu Cang has agreed to help modify the deck, he naturally will not allow this shortcoming to continue to exist.

With a wave of his hand, Yu Cang took out the formation writing pen, and after writing for a while, he drew an identical "Soul Burial in the Abyss".

In his current eyes, drawing an epic soul card of this level is easy.

Just open the entry library and look into it.

"Well, the Soul Abyss Burial is very suitable for the term [Permanence], so..."

The success rate of implanting this entry is as high as 32%!

Without hesitation, Yu Cang directly selected [Perpetual] and clicked on the implant with full confidence.

Implantation failure

Yu Cang: ...

Okay, okay, let’s play it this way.

It doesn't matter. The cooldown for implanting rare entries is only ten minutes. He just needs to try a few more times.

However, what he didn't expect was.

It was not until the seventh implantation that Yu Cang finally achieved success.

“…How could this be?”

After his success, the light in Yu Cang's eyes quickly disappeared, and he slumped in his chair, looking as if he was questioning his life.

Seven, seven times.

That’s a one in three success rate!

With such a high success rate, it took him an hour to implant it successfully?

Is this reasonable?

After sitting in the chair in sadness for a long time, Yu Cang fixed his eyes and looked at the soul card in his hand with gritted teeth.

You better be useful!

…

Soul Card Name: Soul Abyss Summoning Battle

Category: Continuous Spell Card

Quality: Epic

Attributes: None

ability:

[First Gift]: When activated, this Soul Card is considered rare. After activation, add "Mark of the Abyss" to all other Spell Cards in the deck.

[Gift]: While the Soul Abyss Summoning Formation is active, all Soul Cards with the "Mark of the Abyss" will leave behind an Abyss Crystal upon use. The quality of the Soul Card will be improved based on the number of Abyss Crystals left, up to Epic.

[Final Ritual]: When the quality of this Soul Card reaches the upper limit, you can sacrifice a certain number of Abyss Crystals at any time to summon the corresponding Abyss to descend and devour the soul energy products.

…

Yu Cang's eyes lit up.

It's what he wants!

Continuous spell card!

Sure enough, the [Perpetual] attribute is the key to creating a permanent spell card.

This spell card, after being implanted with [Permanence], is definitely more practical than the original version, not to mention its power.

It would take at least seven minutes to use the original version for the second time. In fact, during this period, if the soul card was used continuously, the accumulated abyss crystals would have been enough to make an "epic" attack.

But even if I have enough energy, I cannot use it, so I can only wait foolishly for seven minutes. If the battle situation is more intense, I may have to complete these ten minutes.

And now, this soul card will always exist on the field after being activated. As long as enough Abyss Crystals are accumulated to launch an "epic" attack, the extra part can be used at will... In other words, every spell card after that will have an additional "Abyss Devouring" effect.

Moreover, this card is quite flexible to use. You can use it for continuous combat, or you can keep accumulating crystals without using them, and finally release them all at once like before, and decide the outcome with one strike... Even after the outcome is decided with one strike, you can continue to fight.

The improvement in flexibility and practicality of this card is obvious.

"Not bad." Yu Cang was very satisfied.

So what's next...

Yu Cang glanced at the [Permanence] that was cooling down in the entry library, and did not choose to continue implanting it. Instead, he took out the developing potion and applied it evenly on the soul card, and began to study what the differences were in the patterns.

For soul card masters, only the knowledge they master can become their own.

He had already mastered the details of the patterns of the "Soul Burial in the Abyss". Now, facing this new soul card in his hand, he only needed to make a brief comparison in his mind to find out the reason why this soul card became a permanent spell card.

It sounds simple, but when Yu Cang really started to study it, he found that it was not the case at all.

The pattern of the soul card in front of me is indeed somewhat familiar, but its rhythmic details have become countless times more complicated. It is as if every original line of a pattern has been replaced with a smaller and more complex pattern. Although it is still the same group when viewed from a distance, once you get close, you will... have a panic attack.

"Hiss..." Yu Cang took a deep breath.

Is the rhythm of this continuous magic card so difficult?

He didn't realize this when he made the Dictatorship Sword.

After all, the Dictator Sword is a connection summoning card, and its main body is in the Starry Sky Vision. The rhythm on the soul card is just an empty shell that serves as a guide and has no research significance.

Now, when Yu Cang saw the rhythm of the continuous spell card for the first time, he was immediately deeply shocked.

This level of complexity doesn't even look like an epic soul card anymore.

The light in Yu Cang's eyes quickly disappeared again, and he slumped in the chair with a muffled groan.

It’s bad. It seems like I’ve gotten myself into trouble.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

Yu Cang sighed and sat up.

There's no point in complaining... Anyway, the method of drawing continuous spell cards will be cracked sooner or later, so let's hurry up.

…

This research lasted from morning to night.

When Feng came to say goodnight to him, he realized how late it was.

Opening her personal terminal, Gu Jieshuang sent a lot of messages - she had an exam today and needed to go out to the field, so she was not on campus now.

By tomorrow, her exams will be finished.

A smile appeared on Yu Cang's face.

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the next day

Yu Cang arrived at the laboratory very early, but it was not until the afternoon that he finally managed to figure out the rhythmic patterns of the permanent spell card.

I have to say, the rhythm of this spell card is really complicated... The soul card that comes directly from the entry recorder is already the simplest version without any encryption, and Yu Cang also masters the drawing method of the predecessor of this soul card. Even so, it still took him a day and a half to figure it out.

However, after figuring it out, Yu Cang had almost mastered the art of drawing continuous spell cards. Now, he could begin experimenting with drawing some continuous spell cards himself, without relying on the entry recorder.

But this would require more time to be spent on it... Yu Cang spent a whole day on research, and if one wants to design all the rhythms of a spell card into corresponding permanent patterns... there is no telling how much time it would take.

If your thinking is not smooth, it may take a lifetime.

When Yu Cang thought of the horrific workload that might be caused by doing this, his eyes became calm.

Well, it’s better to rely on the entry recorder appropriately, it’s not shameful.

He stretched, stood up, and called Lin Yunqing to come to the test site.

There is no rush to create more permanent spell cards. Let's test the characteristics of this spell card first.

In fact, when using the Dictatorship Sword, he had already felt that this spell card was different from ordinary spell cards in usage... One very obvious point is that the Dictatorship Sword does not occupy mental pressure.

This is actually a very abnormal thing. If permanent spell cards do not occupy mental pressure, then they can be used infinitely... There are definitely limitations, but they are not obvious on the Dictatorship Sword, so some experiments are needed to verify it.

"Senior, are you okay now?" Lin Yunqing looked at Yu Cang expressionlessly.

After returning to the card-making house yesterday, he couldn't sleep with this soul card hanging in front of him.

Just get up and continue researching.

Therefore, he didn't sleep for very long yesterday, so his complexion was naturally not very good at the moment, with two obvious dark circles under his eyes, which was very eye-catching.

"Of course I'm fine." Yu Cang yawned, "Hurry up and get ready. I need to record the data."

"...I will tell Jie Shuang." Lin Yunqing turned on the computer as he was told.

Yu Cang's breathing stagnated, and the yawn in his mouth was immediately swallowed in his throat, and he couldn't yawn out no matter how hard he tried.

"Ahem, that..."

"Senior, let me borrow your words: scientific research also requires good health." Lin Yunqing had already prepared everything, his eyes becoming serious. "Shall we begin?"

"Um... did I say that?" Yu Cang asked with a guilty conscience, but seeing that she didn't want to give him a chance to speak, he had no choice but to change the subject. "Then let's get started!"

Soul Abyss Summoning Combat is only equivalent to a rare card when it is activated, so there is no soul energy pressure at all. Yu Cang only consumed a normal amount of soul energy and it was successfully activated.

Suddenly, a huge soul card phantom flipped open behind Yu Cang, and the mysterious formation inside became brighter and brighter. When the soul card phantom had gradually faded, the formation was still left in the air!

The bright purple magic circle emitted bursts of evil light, and from time to time thick black mist surged in it, making it look extremely evil.

"Hmm?" Lin Yunqing's eyes lit up. "This is... a continuous spell card? Senior, have you finally figured out how to draw a continuous spell card?"

Of course she knew about Yu Cang's dictatorial sword.

As we all know, spell cards can cause a lot of damage or gain in a short period of time. If the spell card can remain on the field all the time... then its strength will definitely be maximized.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the superiority of this kind of spell card is far beyond that of normal spell cards. If all spell cards can exist forever... then there is no doubt that the deck composition of all soul card masters will undergo another change.

Lin Yunqing couldn't count how many times she had used the word "change" to describe Yu Cang's achievements. In short, she was no longer surprised by it.

When Lin Yunqing saw the Dictator Sword, he asked Yu Cang about it, but the answer he got was that he couldn't make a second permanent spell yet, and he had no idea for the time being.

Lin Yunqing, who has become a senior in Cangchui, naturally would not take this to heart. With his senior's intelligence, he must be unable to do it temporarily. When he is free, he will be able to produce the results easily.

Now, as expected.

"Well, it's already been made, but..." Yu Cang frowned slightly, as if he was carefully feeling it, "The characteristics of this soul card seem to be a little different from what I imagined."

Lin Yunqing immediately looked at the computer beside him. After taking a closer look at the data, he nodded. "...Indeed. Senior, the data shows that your current mental stress level hasn't changed, but... the upper limit of your soul energy well has decreased."

Hearing this, Yu Cang clicked his tongue, and a look of "as expected" flashed across his eyes.

On the side, Lin Yunqing's eyes became brighter and brighter after carefully reading the data on the computer.

"I see! Senior, is this how you solve problems..."

The characteristics of spell cards are very obvious. They have a short effective time and can maximize the use of less soul energy.

Pure spell flow can still exist and occasionally serve as a basis for competition because spell flow does not take up much mental pressure, which allows the soul energy of spell flow users to recover quickly, leaving them with sufficient soul energy to cast spells and clear the field.

But in fact, the mental pressure of the spell card is very high, but the mental pressure of the spell card only acts on the moment of activating the soul card.

At this moment, the spell card will directly fill the brain with a lot of mental pressure. Some spell cards can even be directly maxed out, or even exceed the upper limit... But it only lasts for a moment. After it is activated, the mental pressure will return to normal.

Fortunately, although the instantaneous mental pressure is very high, the soul card master can bear it normally under this situation.

The soul card master's ability to withstand mental stress is flexible to a certain extent. If he exceeds a lot of mental stress in an instant, as long as the time is not long, there will be no problem.

The greater the mental pressure, the shorter the time requirement.

Yu Cang actually used this feature in the beginning.

At the beginning, when Yu Cang followed Gu Jieshuang to the Bloodline Empire and faced Yaoqi, the dragon girl Qier, under the manipulation of the weeping girl, activated the legendary spell card Ku Ruo Ascension in a very short time, thereby gaining the power to hurt Yaoqi.

This time is only 0.02 seconds, and this is because the blood space is quite special. There are no restrictions on the flesh, so it can burst out with full force.

This is the principle of the spell card. When it is activated, there will be a very high mental pressure, but the time is short. Even if the mental pressure is close to full before activation, it can still be activated.

In Lin Yunqing's idea, if the spell card is turned into a permanent spell card, then the high mental pressure at that moment may become permanent... In this way, it would not be worth it.

This problem was so fatal that she had no idea how Yu Cang would solve it.

But now, she finally saw the answer.

"It's actually possible to transform the cost... What an incredible idea..." Lin Yunqing's tone couldn't help but be filled with undisguised admiration.

Regardless of the Soul Card, as long as it persists, a certain amount of resources must be paid. In this respect, the Perpetual Spell Card is completely different from other Soul Cards!

Other soul cards require expenditure of mental stress, while permanent spell cards pay the upper limit of the soul energy well!

Although this change is subtle, the benefits it brings are huge.

The most classic thing is that it does not take up any mental pressure. The permanent spell card can really last forever! It is worthy of the name "permanent"!

Moreover, this feature means that even if it is maintained all the time, the soul card master's soul energy recovery speed is normal and can fight normally - in this way, almost every deck can add one or two perpetual cards without affecting the normal operation of the deck at all!

The only deck that can't include a permanent spell card is perhaps Yu Cang, whose lower-level key soul card actually requires a whole tube of soul energy.

Yu Cang couldn't help but sigh.

Who knows?

I really can't blame him... The Dictatorship Sword doesn't have the side effect of reducing the upper limit of soul energy.

But now it seems that this may just be a unique feature of Dictator Sword as a connection spell card.

The general rules that I have summarized myself, at least in calculations, still need to be followed in most cases.

(End of this chapter)