Chapter 404: Dialogue with La

Yu Cang quickly took out the "Scorching Eye of Ra". At this time, the flames on this soul card gradually faded, revealing an exquisite blue as if it had been tempered by flames.

Yu Cang cast his gaze and saw that the other information on this soul card remained the same, except for the last ability [Pull's Punishment], which had an extra paragraph in its description:

[Pull's Punishment]: When this Soul Card's anchor connects to three summoned beasts, sacrifice itself and the three summoned beasts, bringing divine punishment to a certain area. At this point, you can choose to rename this Soul Card to "Pull" and perform a Link Summon using the sacrificed target as the material.

Yu Cang's breathing stagnated. As he turned his wrist, a ray of light flashed from it, and then another set of introductions appeared:

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Soul Card Name: Roland Void Realm·Ether Descendant·La

Category: Summon Card

Number of anchor points: 9

Quality: Connection

Attributes: None

Race: Humanoid/God

ability:

[Ra's Staff]: The actual number of anchor points on this Soul Card is determined by the connected material and can be any number between 0 and 9. Upon entering the game, the anchor points record the corresponding material's attribute information. Anchor points with recorded attribute information are considered Ra's staff.

[Forbidden Spell: Ether Exile]: After activation, select Soul Cards or Rhythm Entities with a maximum number of anchor points, disconnect them, and record their attributes on any anchor point.

[Arcane Command]: Use a staff with the corresponding attribute to cast a corresponding spell. Afterwards, clear the attribute information recorded in the anchor point.

[Wandless Casting·Ring]: Whenever Ra loses a staff, Ra and the summoner each gain a shield that can offset all attacks within one second.

[Wandless Casting - Secret]: Whenever a Soul Card is used within range, Pull gains a layer of [Secret]. Consuming a layer of [Secret] can modify or add attribute information for an anchor point.

[Once Lived in the Fiery Sun]: After activation, the information recorded in all anchor points will be changed to "Fire", increasing the power of the next [Arcane Command], and the degree of increase depends on the distance between Ra and the nearest sun.

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As soon as he saw the third line, Yu Cang couldn't help but take a breath.

The number of anchor points is 9!

It really refreshed his cognition.

In the previous life, the maximum number of anchor points for link summons was 8, and there was no actual card for link8.

As for Blue Star... although due to the anchor ring, the number of anchor points is definitely more than this in theory, but the current limit is just Link8's Jieying Library.

This stretch undoubtedly directly breaks through this limitation, and proves with experience that link9 can indeed achieve it!

The Ether God Ra has a total of six abilities, and it can be seen that the core of his abilities is Ra's staff.

The Eye of Ra had mentioned to Yu Cang before that Roland Sky Realm is a mage civilization, where mages need a "staff" to cast spells.

Yu Cang still remembered that when he wanted to learn magic from the Eye of Ra, he was told that the staff could only be made from the organs of a beast. At that time, there were not as many beasts as there are now, so he had to give up the idea.

Now that Ra has become a soul card, he can directly use the anchor point as his staff... In other words, up to nine staffs.

But... there's something strange about it.

It is said in the [Scepter of Ra] that Ra's anchor point number can be any number between 0-9. Not to mention that Ra needs to descend through the [Punishment of Ra], the minimum anchor point number is 4... Where does this anchor point number of 0 come from?

The purpose of the anchor point is to transform the present world into a state close to the starry sky vision. It is impossible for the 0 anchor point to do this, right?

Just when Yu Cang was puzzled, the soul card in his hand suddenly trembled slightly, and then, Yu Cang could clearly feel that an ancient and profound will was slowly awakening from nothingness.

Buzz...

The soul card in his hand conveyed the request of will, and Yu Cang agreed immediately after a thought.

The next second, the soul card shattered, and an anchor ring slowly emerged from the soul card fragments. Then, the figure of an old man appeared in front of the anchor ring.

The first thing Yu Cang noticed was the anchor ring - unlike the other anchor rings, this anchor ring was covered with light golden lines. Just by looking at it, one could feel a sacred and profound aura, which made people feel awe.

Before the anchor ring, there was an old man in a long robe… The robe was dark red in color, with many light golden patterns and trims on it. Coupled with the many layered clothing designs, the old man exuded an air of nobility that could be seen at a glance.

But to be honest... although this robe can be seen as a wizard's robe, just looking at the old man's appearance, it would be difficult to associate him with a wizard.

Her long golden hair fell down her back, and there was no trace of gray hair. Although her face looked a little old, she didn't have many wrinkles, and her skin was just a little rough, but it didn't conceal her temperament at all.

The most important thing is... for some reason, under La's robe, her upper body seems to have no lining, so that one can barely see... her plump pectoral muscles are about to burst out, and her trapezius muscles hold up the entire robe. Her muscles are exaggerated like the most perfect human sculpture in ancient Greece. The robe seems to be one size smaller when it is draped over her body.

With this body of muscles, you're telling me he's a mage?

Shifting his gaze downward, he saw La, barefoot, floating not far from the ground. His hands, feet, calves, and arms were all covered in dark brown marks, as if he had been infected by Huang. But now, golden cracks were spreading along the texture of the muscles, on the surface of the dark brown skin, and golden flames were flowing through them...

This made the diseased areas look completely harmless, and instead added a bit of strange wildness to the old man.

Suddenly, La opened his eyes, revealing pupils that were also golden.

A confused look flashed across his eyes, and then he set his gaze on Yu Cang.

"...My last introduction was a bit hasty. This time, please allow me to reintroduce myself."

La took a step forward and landed on the ground from the air. Then he touched his chest and bowed, and two strands of golden hair fell from his ears.

"My name is La, a scholar from the Roland Sky Realm. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you—thank you for saving me from that hell!"

La's voice is very attractive, and his tone is neither fast nor slow, like a very cultured aristocrat.

Well... Given La's status and strength, he should indeed be a noble.

"There's no need to express your gratitude," Yu Cang said. "Do you still remember the communication I had with the Eye of Ra?"

Pulling himself up, he nodded, "I still remember everything."

"Then there's no need to be polite—our goal is to eliminate the harm caused by Huang, so we should help each other."

A smile appeared on La's face, and then his expression became serious:

"Don't worry. I was doomed to die, but now that I've been given the opportunity to live again as a 'Comrade of the Imperial Star,' I will definitely cherish this opportunity. I swear in the name of 'La' that as long as you continue on the road to fighting Huang, I will definitely follow you. Whether it's in the form of a 'Soul Card' or some other form, I will accept it."

Hearing this, Yu Cang finally felt relieved.

To be honest, Yu Cang felt a lot of pressure when facing this complete form of La.

After all, La’s true strength is likely to be above the myth!

From the birth of Blue Star to the present, no one has ever reached this realm. Even the Creator herself is only at the peak of mythology - although she can break out of her shell at any time.

It is hard to say whether the soul card system can restrict such a being. If he just turns his back on others and uses some means to break through the restrictions of the soul card, Yu Cang will basically have no ability to stop him.

What if he had any ideas about himself, the "Emperor Star Chosen", such as wanting to replace him and save the universe himself... Yu Cang couldn't say a word.

He could only hope that Ra's true form possessed the same personality as the Eye of Ra.

Now it’s okay. La must have seen my concerns, so he made this guarantee right from the start, and I can rest assured now.

Yu Cang immediately smiled and said, "Then I'd like to thank you on behalf of Lan Xing as well. Also, compared to the 'Emperor Star Chosen One', I prefer the title Yu Cang."

La was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay - then I will call you Yu Cang."

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After the polite words, Yu Cang finally had time to observe the changes in himself.

La's current state... was undoubtedly at zero anchor points. The anchor ring was completely bare, empty. It hovered behind La like a divine ring.

It was magical. There was no burden of mental pressure, and his soul energy did not decrease. Moreover, in his perception, the La in front of him was also quite weak. Apart from the divinity that made people feel ashamed of himself, it was certain that this should be a phantom without any fighting power.

This is normal. After all, La is now in the Starry Sky Vision. Without an anchor point, even he would not be able to have any combat power... at least not as a soul card.

But...if you say that there is no fighting power at all, that is not the case.

Yu Cang raised his hand and looked at his palm.

A thin shield was now floating around him, appearing and disappearing.

This is exactly the shield provided by [Wandless Casting Ring]!

Yu Cang swallowed his saliva.

In his perception, there were nine layers of shields surrounding his body... If, as the description said, each layer of shields could withstand all attacks within one second...

This is equivalent to giving Yu Cang nine seconds of invincibility!

...Should we say it is worthy of being an existence that has the potential to transcend mythology?

Yu Cang now understands what the mechanism is.

[Wandless Casting·Ring] allows Ra to gain a shield every time he loses a staff.

When La casts spells with a staff, the attribute information in the anchor point is consumed, which is equivalent to consuming a staff, so this ability should be triggered at this time... But now, obviously, when La with 0 anchor points appears on the scene, it is equivalent to losing nine staffs, and the shield is fully charged in an instant.

Judging from the situation just now, the pull of 0 anchor points can come directly without going through the [Pull Penalty], which can be said to be available at any time. Even when the mental pressure is full and the soul energy is zero, it can be directly called out to cast the ninth layer of shield... This ability alone is already a bit too strong.

A full nine seconds of invincibility! And since the shield drops layer by layer, the actual invincibility time will be even longer!

There is probably no need to explain what Jiu Miao can do among high-level soul card masters.

Of course, although this is powerful, it is definitely the most wasteful way to use it for the overall Ra - after all, in this state, Ra has no staff and no combat power at all. After using it, it has to be sent into death cooling, and it takes a long time to wait for the next use, which is extremely low in cost performance.

Seeing Yu Cang's silent expression, La also felt a little emotional: "Although I have seen this system called Soul Card before, but now seeing it again... I still have to sigh, this system is simply rogue."

In order to save his life, he cast the forbidden spell "Ether Ascension", briefly rhythmicizing his body and sending it into the starry sky vision.

Later, he was trapped by the giant sun tree and failed to cancel the forbidden spell in time... Now, many years have passed, and La is completely dependent on the Starry Sky Vision.

Ra's wizard tower and staff were all lost during his years of struggle. Logically speaking, his strength would have declined significantly now.

But this soul card... is too bad!

At his peak, he only had nine magic wands. Each of them was made by collecting countless precious materials and combining them with the organs of beasts. It took him thousands of years to make them. And this soul card... is it that simple? It can fill up all nine magic wands for him?

Isn't this a bit disrespectful to his work?

Although it seems that the nine magic wands he can possess as a soul card are all disposable, and their quality is definitely not as good as those he made, but... your method of restoring the magic wands is too simple!

All you need to do is simply record an attribute information in that anchor point, and you can easily obtain a disposable staff. If it were placed in their Roland Sky Realm, it could be called a "forbidden spell".

Judging from Yu Cang's expression, he probably had no idea what this meant and was only concerned about the invincible shield.

That's really not a rare thing. Maintaining a shield is a basic skill for a mage. Although my shield has become a little more advanced after the improvement, there is really no need to be surprised.

Including the World Shadow Library that he had seen before, which was very similar to the Mage Tower, they could do more things at a very small cost... This couldn't help but give him an illusion, could it be that the mage civilization of Roland Sky Realm, which was famous throughout the starry sky, was just a lower level of others?

The pride of being a wizard made it a little hard for him to accept this, but his scholarly mentality made him just sigh silently and accept this fact.

No matter what, in the face of Huang, the civilization of Blue Star must be as strong as possible.

At this time, Yu Cang said:

"La, you should have sensed your current abilities, right?"

"Well, I already mastered it before I woke up."

"What kind of spells can you cast now?" Yu Cang was curious. "If I summon you later, what kind of materials should I prepare for you?"

Although La can use his abilities to change the properties of the staff, the initial properties of the staff are based on the materials after all. If the battle really comes, these staffs must not be wasted.

"I don't have too many requests." La shook his head. "A long time ago, I overcame my physical talent's rejection of other attributes. I can use all the attribute spells in Roland's Sky Realm. However, the few years on the Sun Giant Tree made me lose a lot of knowledge. I need time to sort out what I can use now."

"Is that so?" Yu Cang couldn't help but be shocked.

He said something too strong in a serious manner.

Pulling this soul card, according to the properties of the nine staffs, can release different spells. At first glance, it is a soul card with extremely high operability. He originally wanted to challenge it, but now it seems...

As expected, it’s better to let La use himself. He definitely won’t be able to play with this kind of magic sea.

"La, sit down first."

Yu Cang brought a chair over.

Then he said, "I've been wanting to ask you before, what exactly is the principle behind the magic of your Roland Sky Realm? You promised to teach me magic, so you can't keep it secret, right?"

The mage civilization described by La is very different from what Yu Cang imagined.

The staff and the mage tower are both made of the organs of the beast? Doesn't that mean they are "virtual" things that exist in the Starry Sky Vision?

How to fight this?

"Of course not." La sighed. "The Roland Sky Realm has vanished. There's no need to keep this knowledge secret anymore... Actually, you can think of the magic of the Roland Sky Realm as... the 'Internet' of your world."

Yu Cang was stunned: "Internet?"

"Yes." La nodded, "We mages can temporarily modify the parameters of the Starry Sky Vision in an area, rewriting the rhythm within it, and in turn affect reality.

"For example, if I want to cast a 'Fireball' spell, I have to use my staff to hide all rhythms unrelated to 'fire' within a certain range, then strengthen and modify the rhythms related to 'fire'. Finally, I activate it through special means, and then I can summon a fireball in the world.

"You can think of this process of rewriting rhythm as... a programmer typing code."

As a mage, La had a deep understanding of the Starry Sky Vision. He had already gained some common sense about Blue Star from the Starry Sky Vision when he first woke up, and he also fully understood what a programmer was.

"Hiss... Is that so?"

This metaphor is indeed easy to understand.

"That staff and the wizard's tower..."

"You can think of it as an 'app'. The staff is a pre-stored rhythmic entity with countless pre-written 'programs'. When using a spell, you only need to combine these programs, without having to write them on the spot. This is how the staff reduces spell casting time and increases power.

"Mage towers are similar. They record a vast amount of rhythms and can continuously output them. A powerful mage tower can even alter the surrounding rhythmic environment... acting like your 'computer system'."

"So that's how it is..." Yu Cang suddenly realized.

As expected of him, he had prepared himself for the following knowledge to be very obscure, but he did not expect that he could explain it completely in just a few words.

So... no wonder La said that the skill level required for wandless spell casting is very high, the same level as releasing forbidden spells. Those who can directly compose codes without the help of any apps or even the computer system itself... are of course strong!

After calming down, Yu Cang's expression became more serious. He looked at La:

"I have another question... La, you should have read about Blue Star's combat power system, so... is your true strength above the myth level?"

La nodded: "Yes - but not completely. I have only once surpassed the myth."

"once?"

"Yes," La said. "After reaching that realm, I quickly returned to Mythology—but by then, my combat prowess was no longer affected by the realm alone, so it was meaningless. If I could, I could always return to that realm again."

Yu Cang blinked.

This sounds really...Versailles.

However, since that's the case.

"Then, what is the secret to breaking the myth?" Yu Cang asked hurriedly.

This is what Blue Star needs most now!

Blue Star actually has no shortage of myths. It has never lacked them in the past, and the same is true in this era.

Every myth has the ability to explode a star. Logically speaking, it is unreasonable for so many myths to appear on one planet.

Now we know that Blue Star is the place where the Emperor Star fell... That can be explained, but on the other hand, it is strange that no one has been able to break through the myth for so many years.

Since there are realms above, given the special features of Blue Star, there shouldn't be anyone who can break through.

The princess once said that transcending mythology is the pinnacle of the power of the entire starry sky. So as long as Yan Country can produce a transcending mythology to serve as his backing, Yu Cang will not have to consider so many things when doing things like he does now.

So, what is the secret to breaking the myth?

Hearing this, La hesitated for a moment.

He looked away.

Ye Lai looked at him calmly, Chao Ci was taking a nap.

"...didn't they tell you?"

"them?"

"Or rather, to warn you."

Yu Cang looked at Ye Lai Chaoci and felt confused.

What's the meaning?

At this time, Ye Lai spoke: "Master of this body, do you remember you once asked me a question?"

question……

Yu Cang was stunned, and suddenly remembered that after the major military reform was completed, he extracted the [Star Core] entry from the trophy... and then speculated that some stars in the sky shined because huge creatures passed by them.

At that time, Yu Cang asked Ye Lai, "Are those stars alive?"

At that time, Ye Lai answered, not entirely.

When Yu Cang wanted to continue asking, Ye Lai refused to speak and only said that this knowledge might not be safe to tell orally.

Yu Cang couldn't help but ask: "Is it related to that?"

Ye Lai nodded: "Yes."

Yu Cang swallowed his saliva: "Then... I'd better not ask."

Life is important, and... he sounds unsafe, so let La and Ye Chengming communicate with them. For the country, it can't be unsafe, right?

"Don't worry, Yu Cang." La Que said, "It's safe when I tell you."

Yu Cang: "..."

Good job.

La took the first step and looked at Chao Ci.

When he was just looking at it, he couldn't see Chao Ci's whereabouts, but now, he can already see the clues.

"Excuse me, but...are you the creator of this world?"

Chao Ci didn't bother to look up, and just responded, "Yes, I."

"It's true," La sighed. "Once, one of my students deduced from the energy density of the starry sky that somewhere in the sky there must be a powerful being, a being that embodies the essence of a whole world, born into a single being, destined to become a myth... But the information was so obscure that few believed it. Now it seems to be true."

Chao Ci: “…”

"No one on Blue Star can surpass the myth, mainly because this person—as the creator, she is the upper limit of this world. No one on Blue Star can surpass her in realm."

Yu Cang looked at Chao Ci.

"Old man, stop talking nonsense." Chao Ci finally raised his little head. "As for those spirit beasts, I do admit that. But humans were born on the Imperial Star and are no longer subject to my restrictions. All I did was prevent them from approaching the sun and heading to the star realm."

Yu Cang: "..."

Okay, okay, I see.

"Of course I know." La nodded, "I also know that you are protecting humanity by doing this."

Chao Ci snorted, said nothing more, and lowered his head.

Laze continued, "In the universe... there exists a law. When a life breaks through mythology and reaches a higher realm... it will immediately be 'infected' by this law, undergoing irreversible distortion!"

Yu Cang's eyes widened slightly: "...distortion?"

"That's right." La nodded seriously, "Distort towards the 'star'!"

(End of this chapter)