Chapter 389 The True Self

This Chaos Creation Lock is really a bit hellish.

As long as this soul card is summoned, the opponent can only use summoned beasts with light and dark attributes. Although it is not very useful in civil wars, it can directly increase the strength against other card decks.

It is worth noting that the Light/Dark attribute in the description of this soul card only needs to include one of the two attributes. Light, Light/Dark, Light/Wood, etc. are all included.

However, this soul card obviously also has a big weakness.

Yu Cang walked to the side, opened a local protective totem on one side, and then summoned a Chaos Creation Lock according to the materials on the soul card.

Two torrents of information crashed into the anchor ring that appeared out of thin air. Countless lines condensed and intertwined in the space within the ring, eventually forming a stone statue that was not even as tall as a person.

The stone statue is gray in color, with two wings, one black and one white, on its back. When they fold together, they cover the body.

The stone statue was a humanoid creature, and upon closer inspection, it seemed to possess features of both a demon and an angel. However, its face was extremely blurry, making it difficult to discern clearly.

As soon as the Chaos Creation Lock appeared, [Soul Passage] was activated. An anchor point on the anchor ring spun around and finally pointed at himself.

And the other anchor point... was left vacant, with no one pointing to it - after all, there was no other soul energy well nearby.

"Hmm..." Yu Cang stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Only after it is actually summoned can many problems be discovered.

This Soul Card is indeed a netherworld, but its main body isn't particularly strong. The stone statue's main body only reaches Yu Cang's chest, and its outer shell doesn't appear to be very strong, even fragile. If used in combat, it would likely be eliminated with just a little area damage.

Moreover, Chaos Soul Energy only limits the "Summoning Card", while spell cards, field cards and equipment cards can still be used normally.

If you really get into a battle with an opponent of the same level, it would be very easy for the opponent to pull out a spell to clear the field.

Yu Cang summoned a few more summoned beasts, tested them briefly, and then sighed.

As expected... [Soul Passage] restricts the Creation Lock from changing the connection object of the anchor point, which is also a disadvantage.

This summon can only connect to a Soul Well when it appears. If there is no Soul Well for you to connect to when it appears, you will not be able to connect to it even if a target appears later.

This is quite harmful. When facing multiple people, as long as someone tricks out this skill, the Creation Lock will be useless in a short period of time... After all, even if that person is activated and eliminated, it will not be possible to connect to the second person.

Moreover, with this feature, he could not summon other connected summoned beasts while maintaining the Chaos Creation Lock - after all, the anchor point of the Creation Lock could not be connected to other summoned beasts, so connected summoning was out of the question.

You cannot connect to the summon, but the opponent can. After all, the Creation Lock only connects to the opponent's soul energy well, not to each other.

In short, it is very restrictive, but it can still be a strong countermeasure card in special circumstances.

But...

Yu Cang felt it for a moment and his expression changed slightly.

It seems... there is a hidden effect?

It seems that I can use this Chaos Creation Lock to transmit soul energy to the other end of the anchor point?

Send soul energy directly?

Now, the other end is not connected to the soul energy well, so the soul energy sent over is equivalent to dissipating directly. However, Yu Cang can conclude with a little calculation in his mind that if this creation lock is connected to someone else, the soul energy sent over can be used directly!

As everyone knows, each Soul Card Master can only use their own Soul Energy, as everyone's Soul Energy is slightly different. However... the Soul Energy Yu Cang sent over was "Chaos Soul Energy" transformed by the Creation Lock. The personal part of it has been diluted, so it can be used by others!

"...This is an unexpected gain." Yu Cang blinked.

He even felt that this hidden ability might be the true use of this soul card.

But it's a pity. Half a year ago, this soul card could definitely be added to the mechanical deck and shine in it.

Now... with the mechanical card deck that uses wild crystals as energy, there is no longer much need for the Creation Lock.

However, the Creation Lock can be used in other card decks, not just the Mechanical family, which is something that the Wild Crystal cannot compare to.

Anyway, it works and has a promising future.

Yu Cang put away the soul card with satisfaction.

…

Ice City

Yu Cang came here again with the help of the path to the world of consciousness.

The operation on the second beast has been completed, and the princess is sitting aside to rest... The third beast has already lay down in the ice city very consciously, waiting eagerly for the operation to begin.

"...You're here." The princess looked a little tired.

"The operation seems to be going smoothly." Yu Cang said.

The operation on the first one took more than two days, but now... only one day has passed and it is over.

"Well, it's much easier now that I've gained experience." The princess stood up. "The two recovered beasts have been taken away by the people from the association... They said they'll feed the beasts some high-level rhythms, and once they've recovered enough and there are no hidden dangers, they'll have them start building the bubble world."

Yu Cang nodded: "It seems that the association is indeed a little impatient."

They had just escaped death and were being forced to work right after coming out of the operating room...and they couldn't even resist.

If you don't do it, there are plenty of beasts who will!

There are so many people queuing behind!

But there is no other way. Time is very tight now and I don’t have enough time to slowly build good relationships with the beast identifiers.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." The princess looked at Yu Cang with a strange expression. "I heard from Yun Qing that after my surgery, you made all the rhythms infected by Huang into soul cards... You really are not picky about anything."

Is this the Emperor Star? Wherever he goes, he grabs everything, even the wilderness can't escape.

These pathological rhythms... in the eyes of the princess, are absolutely "unrecyclable garbage". Even using this word is a bit insulting to garbage. I never thought that this waste can be recycled?

...Forget it, that's fine. It just so happens that we haven't found an absolutely safe method of destruction yet.

"If it works, I'll use it." Yu Cang smiled. "Okay, enough talk. I came here today to take the newly cut rhythm away - you can continue with the operation."

The princess's mouth twitched. She looked at Yu Cang, her teeth already gnashing. "I've been doing surgery for three consecutive days... Can't I take a break?"

"Um... do you need it?"

"nonsense!"

"Okay, okay, you can take your time to rest. You can rest for as long as you want!" Yu Cang agreed quickly.

…

The operation time was greatly shortened this time, but the rhythm of the lesion obtained was not reduced and the weight was still sufficient, so a brand new desolate remnant of consciousness was produced.

After handing the soul card to Cheng Mingye and asking him to study it slowly, Yu Cang returned to his dormitory.

Zhao Yang hasn’t finished learning yet... Tsk, seeing how confident he was yesterday, he thought he was almost there.

Forget it, let’s wait.

Yu Cang turned on his computer and pulled out the papers on "Pendulum" and "Ritual".

The direction of your deck modifications will depend on these two summoning methods.

Before that, he planned to perfect them first.

And the perfect angle...is naturally "me".

The first four summoning methods all have corresponding "I", so I think you two will be no exception.

Yu Cang first set his gaze on the pendulum, and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes.

According to the ideas of the first four "I", the "I" of this pendulum should be related to instinct.

But... if it is instinct, it is easy to think of the shape of the destiny star - this also represents the instinctive power of the soul card master.

"Is there any connection between the two..."

The inner side of the pendulum refers to the instinct of the soul card, which is the trend that the soul card's "background story" ultimately points to. If this structure is placed on a person... isn't it the shape of the destiny star?

No, it's not.

Although the shape of the destiny star represents instinct, there is actually still some difference - it is actually the power of the destiny star manifested with the help of instinct. The main body is the destiny star, and instinct is just a carrier.

So, in order to summon the pendulum "me", I just need to strip away the power of the life star and only summon the instinct... that's it, right?

A flash of enlightenment came into Yu Cang's mind.

Thanks to the existence of the shape of the destiny star, he now has a deep understanding of instinct, so when he thought of this, he quickly came up with an idea.

Instinct is really an illusory thing. The destiny star gives instinct a shape, allowing it to be perceived and touched, but when the power of the destiny star is drawn away... how can it continue to be touched?

Perhaps the answer is not difficult.

"In that case..."

Yu Cang reached out and picked up a blank soul card from the table.

However, he did not pick up the writing pen or open the entry recorder.

He just looked quietly at the card surface without any marks, and the thoughts in his eyes gradually faded away.

The techniques and methods of summoning the soul card flashed through his mind. At a certain moment, Yu Cang's eyes were determined.

"Inner side!"

Buzz!

The blank soul card at the fingertips suddenly emitted a ray of light, and strange patterns spread and carved at the source of the light until the light gradually converged, and a brand new soul card appeared in front of him.

Yu Cang couldn't help but smile.

It worked.

…

Soul Card Name: True Self

Category: Summon Card

Attributes: None

Race: Humanoid

Star level: 5

Abilities: None

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Star level: 5

Ability:

[True Self]: You can use your true soul energy, but this is limited to using the "Life Star" soul card.

…

Directly summon the inner side of the empty soul card, and you can summon the true self representing the pendulum!

As the true self of the summoning card, the original body does not have any abilities, it is just a pure blank slate... It is not even a blank slate. After all, the reason why blank soul cards have no abilities is because they put their abilities on the panel data.

And my true self has the same physical qualities as Yu Cang's original body.

However, this is normal, as these "I's" are actually similar in terms of combat effectiveness.

The most crucial ability of the True Self is when it is used as the inner side to set the pendulum scale.

Similar to other "I's", the control distance of the true self is also infinite, and the [true self] can use the life star soul card, which has a lot of room for operation.

From this point of view, the true self and the entangled self are a bit similar. Both are units with infinite combat capabilities. But now with the king's self, different "selves" can be combined to complete certain tactics.

Speaking of the King I...

Yu Cang took out the golden soul card, and when his eyes fell on the data on it, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It has changed... The name of the True Self has automatically appeared in the King's Self's [God].

Now, the King Self can summon the True Self at any time.

Moreover, there is one more point - the way to summon the King's Self is to use the Entangled Self to merge the other three "Selves", and now that the True Self exists... the summoning condition still requires four selves including the Entangled Self.

"So, no matter how many 'Is' I discover later, the summoning requirement for the King's Self is always four... and I can activate [Control Self] at any time to put myself to sleep and summon another 'I', regardless of whether that 'I' is included in the fusion material or not."

Yu Cang seemed to understand something.

Then... he could send out the King's Self, first [Control Self] out the True Self to summon the Emperor's Eye Sky Dragon, then switch back to the King's Self, and a second time [Control Self] out the Entangled Self and Sky Dragon to combine into one to fight, right...

[Protect Me] can be activated by simply sleeping, but there is no division in death cooldown.

With a thought, Yu Cang set his true self to the pendulum scale.

Well... the upper limit of the soul energy well has been slightly lowered, and it is completely at the level of a normal soul card, nothing much to say.

The true star rank and inner star rank of my true self are both 5. After careful perception, Yu Cang can tell that it is not because there is anything special about the number 5, but simply because he is now a level 5 soul card master.

When he reaches level six, his star rank and inner star rank will automatically become 10 - both are the limits of soul cards that can be normally summoned at the current level.

Click...

The soul card shattered, and a figure appeared in front of Yu Cang.

This was a figure that looked exactly like Yu Cang, with the same height, body shape and other data. He was wearing an ancient robe similar to Wang Zhiwo's, and he also had his eyes closed.

...Isn't this the same as me as the king? There's basically no difference.

Hmm... maybe it's because the appearance of both is related to their instincts?

That should be the case.

But the difference is that the real me is floating like a ghost.

"Well enough."

Yu Cang waved his hand, and the body of the true self turned into fragments and floated away, merging into the body of the king self who had been standing behind him.

When the King's Self is present, the other selves can also appear individually, but it is more convenient to use [Control Self].

It’s just that there cannot be two identical “I”s existing at the same time.

"Then next is the ceremony." Yu Cang opened the paper on the ritual summons.

The first five "I"s are relatively easy to understand, but what does the ritual... represent?

The essence of ritual is equal exchange, which does not seem to have any bias. Is there anything inside the human body that can represent something of equal value?

Thanks to Weihuohu nv for the reward!

(End of this chapter)