This is a world where Soul Card Masters manipulate Soul Cards to battle. Originally, everyone honestly combined decks and performed advanced summons based on card abilities, until Yu Cang awakened ...
Chapter 750 Battle Plan
The feeling of pinning one's hopes of turning the situation around on others was quite uncomfortable, and Yu Cang really disliked it.
But for now, this is the only solution.
Fortunately, there were no setbacks and the existing code was successfully cancelled.
La carefully conducted multiple self-inspections of the Offa Council and concluded that there was absolutely no problem.
Ornn's figure did not emerge from the Abyss, but... a faint light still lingered on Yu Cang's Shaper card back. It seemed that Ornn did not die because of the rewriting of the survival code.
However, it seemed difficult to communicate with it... Yu Cang called for a long time before he got some intermittent responses from the back of the card.
It seems that rewriting the survival code has caused such a huge consumption for Ornn that he needs to rest for a long time before he can continue to appear with the help of energy as before.
However, this long time may not be very long.
After careful research with the help of the equipment of the Council of Offa, La concluded that Ornn should be able to wake up in a few days.
This is the best.
Ornn is not an enemy, and perhaps he can be recruited to join the camp to fight against Huang later.
But now, a new problem has arisen.
La waved his hand lightly, and suddenly, a projection appeared above the Demon Abyss in the center of the circular table.
In the picture, the figure of St. George appeared. He was in the sea of magic, his robe dancing wildly in the magic storm, and his eyes bursting with unparalleled divine light.
Not far from him, the wild god whose cognition was distorted into a wizard was also madly releasing his power. Brown energy that looked like dry fibers continued to flow out and seep into the sea of magic.
Seeing this scene, Yu Cang frowned, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
"What is he doing?"
"Preparing a forbidden spell."
Buzz!
At this time, St. George in the projection seemed to have noticed their gaze. He looked at Yu Cang with an inexplicable smile on his face. Then, he waved his hand, and the projection suddenly became blurred.
He shielded himself from view.
The Council of Olympians is obliged to respect the privacy of mages, so when St. George hid himself, even if La was the first seat, he could not force the Council of Olympians to investigate.
And if La used his own magic... in his current crippled state, he would definitely not be able to sense St. George's condition, and would most likely be misled by him.
La was not surprised by this. He waved his hand and canceled the projection.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the 'Degradation Spell', which can rewrite the properties of the energy in the energy source. This spell has many variations. Depending on the words, staff, and materials used during casting, the ultimate effect can reach thousands of different levels."
Yu Cang didn't understand why it was so powerful.
"So what now...what does he want to do?"
"I can no longer see his spellcasting process, but I can guess a little bit."
La was silent for a moment, then said, "When an individual ascends to the realm of transcendence, they need a huge energy source as support. Yu Cang, you should be aware of this."
Yu Cang nodded to show that he understood.
I've encountered something similar before.
Changsheng cannot ignite the Buddha's kingdom, so there is an energy problem.
The principle of Emperor Zulong's elixir of immortality is also to provide huge amounts of energy.
And now, Di Changan is preparing for a breakthrough during the ascension ceremony... and obviously he also needs such energy.
La continued, "The energy Emperor Chang'an needs for his breakthrough will be provided by the sea of magic outside the Council of Arcane Law. Calculations show that approximately one-third of the existing sea of magic will be consumed to meet this demand."
one third?
Yu Cang was secretly shocked.
It takes an entire Netherworld Heaven to refine the energy, and you have three portions of it in your sea of magic?
How big is this magic sea?
"This amount is reasonable," La explained. "The Roland Sky Realm has undergone several transformations and is much larger than an average stellar world. And now, the areas outside the main continent are all covered by the sea of magic."
You know, in the stellar world, the planet at the center... generally speaking, its volume is not too large. Compared with the entire space, it can be said to be quite small.
Although, in terms of proportion, it is not as exaggerated as the ratio between the earth and the entire solar system in the previous life, it is definitely an astronomical figure.
The space outside the planet is generally nothingness, a vast expanse of emptiness.
Now, this vast space is filled with liquid magic power... You can imagine how much energy is contained in it.
This sea of magic has been accumulating since the establishment of the Council of Arcane Law... The Council implemented a "magic tax", and all spellcasting activities required the payment of additional magic to be uploaded to the sea of magic.
In some large-scale spellcasting activities, the magic tax that the mage has to pay is even higher than the consumption of the spell itself.
For more than 100,000 years, the parliament has been adjusting the amount of magic tax. Except for some necessary uses, the accumulated magic power has all been accumulated in the void outside the main continent, forming a sea of magic.
Later, as Roland Sky Realm gradually became stronger, it inevitably began to plunder and collect resources from other worlds. Gradually, the energy content in this magic sea exceeded the total energy of Roland Sky Realm.
In fact, the Magic Sea policy took effect only forty thousand years after it was implemented, so by the next few tens of thousands of years, the Magic Sea had become a benefit for mages.
All mages, as long as they meet the requirements, can directly call upon the magic power in the sea of magic after applying to the Council of Arcane Magic.
This policy allows even a wizard apprentice to be qualified to conduct forbidden spell experiments, and the cost of experimental failure is greatly reduced.
Under the reasonable and infallible guidance of the Council of Arcane Law, the Sea of Magic has brought the glory of mage civilization to a new level.
Although a lot of the magic sea was consumed in the final battle with Huang, there was still a lot left because Huang won so quickly.
This part of the energy is still huge... In this sense, you have to use up one third of it when you surpass the myth once. In fact, it is not the magic sea that is exaggerated, but yourself... This is really too much.
After La's explanation, Yu Cang also understood.
He couldn't help but tut a sound.
Is this the wealth and power of a top civilization?
Judging from the situation, if it were the heyday of Roland Sky Realm, and if there were no limit on the number of people who could surpass the myth, the Arcane Council would probably be able to create seven or eight super gods for you at the drop of a hat.
And, it's no wonder that the Arcane Council, which directly controls all energy, possesses such powerful combat power...
Its overwhelming combat power against mythical beings is probably no different from that of the Creator Chao Ci in his heyday ten thousand years ago.
No, perhaps Chao Ci cannot defeat the Council of Olympians either.
but……
After listening to La's explanation, Yu Cang also realized the seriousness of the current problem.
He said, "So St. George is now..."
Ra nodded. "He is polluting the sea of magic—in order to disrupt the ascension ceremony."
For a mage at a level like La, his understanding of strength is no longer limited to the level of his realm.
La once said that after he broke through the super god level and the celestial distortion was about to occur, he fell back to a lower level, but he had seen the scenery beyond the myth, so even if he fought against someone beyond the myth, he was confident that he would not be at a disadvantage and could even win the battle.
With enough preparation time and resources, the Mage is invincible - the same goes for the Soul Card Master.
And right now, St. George is doing something similar.
He was preparing for war. He was ready to face Emperor Chang'an, who had surpassed the myth, and win the battle.
The ascension ceremony would take at least seven days, giving St. George ample time to prepare.
La said with a serious expression, "By then, Di Chang'an will have just been promoted and his realm will be unstable. Plus, he won't have a soul card that matches his strength. He might really fall into his trap... And then, he might do something to Di Chang'an, using the mythical Di Chang'an as a medium to continue his plan of re-creating the world."
Hearing this, Yu Cang also understood the seriousness of the situation.
"Then Emperor Myth's realm breakthrough won't fail because of this, right?"
"Don't worry about that," La said. "Emperor Chang'an is in the Arcane Council. Saint George can't directly influence him. He can only add sand to the energy supply - this is an indirect influence. The host of the Ascension Ceremony is the Arcane Council itself. Once it begins, Emperor Chang'an's successful promotion is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed.
"Saint George's method can only weaken Di Chang'an's state just after his breakthrough... The real winner will be the spell prepared by Saint George."
Yu Cang frowned.
This is good news.
"Then can we go out now and stop him?"
La shook his head: "We can't beat them."
St. George didn't know how long he had been awake, nor did he know how many spells he had prepared in advance in Roland's Sky Realm.
But La had no staff and no time to prepare, so if he went out rashly, he would be killed.
As for Yu Cang...he played too little role in this kind of battle.
What's more, there is a crazy wild god on the opposite side, and it is difficult to deal with him alone.
Not to mention, Saint George is suspected to be able to use his identity as the first creator to use the Arcane Council experience as a staff - Nefara's Twisted Sanctuary is an example.
Even La, who holds the first seat, cannot do this.
In this situation, the only safe place is inside the Council of Olympians.
“…What should we do then?”
"There's only one window of opportunity left for us to fight Saint George," La said calmly. "Wait until Di Chang'an comes out of retreat—by then, Ornn should be awake too. Let these two First Creators fight for the right to use the Arcane Council as their staff. I'll assist Di Chang'an and help him avoid being affected by Saint George's spells. That way... we should be able to win."
Yu Cang rubbed his chin: "So... we still have to fight head-on?"
Is this all I can do? I just have to wait for St. George to complete the preparations for the spell bit by bit.
This is really... He is still too weak!
"This is the only way." Yu Cang sighed.
"There's another problem." La said, "My body..."
Yu Cang frowned.
Yes, there is also this.
La's body can only last for one day before it collapses. At that time, his real name will be directly restored to stardust.
At that time, not only will the combat effectiveness disappear directly, most of the autonomous spellcasting abilities will be lost, and the parliamentary status will also be lost.
It was already difficult for them to play against St. George, and this situation was undoubtedly making things worse.
According to La's speculation, the standard time for the ascension ceremony is seven days, and it will be extended due to special circumstances. La's physical body has already used up twelve hours of its lifespan, and normally it will undoubtedly not last that long.
Perhaps St. George had calculated this correctly, believing that Ra would not be able to join the battle after seven days, so he prepared the spell so unscrupulously.
"In that case..."
Yu Cang pondered for a moment, reached out his hand, and took out a soul card from the card box.
"It's the only thing I can rely on..."
Time flies and the past is gone!
Cut the time between him and La into the bubble, and let it come out after seven days!
In [A Moment of Cutting Gap], time stands still. The state you were in when you entered will be the same when you come out.
At this point, Yu Cang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Fortunately! I spent some time dealing with New Year matters before coming here, so this is the perfect time to use this Soul Card!
La looked over and said, "As for this soul card...it should be feasible. But it requires some preparation in advance."
"It's natural..."
The relevant preparations are actually not complicated.
Just wait until you can communicate with Ornn and explain the current problem to him.
In [A Moment of Change], no matter how long the time is, it is just a blink of an eye, so Yu Cang needs to set the time in advance.
However, since the specific completion time of the ascension ceremony is uncertain, it is very likely that Di Chang'an will still be in the ceremony when he comes out of [Shu Yu Cai Xian] for the first time.
Yu Cang needs to jump through time multiple times to get to the time when Di Chang'an wakes up.
Among them, if Yu Cang is still in [A Moment of Gap] when Emperor Chang'an wakes up, it will be a bit troublesome... When he entered the ascension ceremony, he was still under the influence of the Twisted Sanctuary and did not understand the current specific situation. He could be easily ambushed or deceived by Saint George.
Therefore, the Rajang Offa Parliament will take Emperor Chang'an, who has completed the ascension ceremony, to the Grand Council Hall.
By then, Ornn should have recovered and could show up.
Yu Cang made an agreement with him that Orn would explain everything to Di Changan, asking Di Changan to be patient and wait for Cang to come out of the [A Moment of Gap].
As for whether Di Changan will believe Ornn...there is no need to worry about that.
Yu Cang injected his own soul energy into the Shaping Energy Slash, and Di Changan could recognize it.
When he arrived at the Great Council Hall and saw that there was no one there, and there was only Yu Cang's soul card on the circular table - he would definitely know that this was a message left for him by Yu Cang.
Then let Ornn, who is the card back, come out to explain it clearly, and there will be no problem.
After completing these arrangements, Yu Cang took a deep breath.
There shouldn't be any problem, so... let's go.
Enter [A Moment of Gap]!
A flash of light passed by, and the figures of La and Yu Cang disappeared.
In the entire conference hall, only a soul card was left floating quietly above the Demon Abyss.
…
Seven days later
Yu Cang and La came out of [A Moment of Gap] for the first time.
BANG!!
A violent explosion suddenly exploded in their ears, and the expressions of both of them changed.
La immediately took action and covered the two of them with a shield.
"This is……"
Yu Cang looked around, bewildered.
"Where is this?"
This is not the meeting hall at all!
As for La, his expression was grim.
He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery in front of him, and for a moment, his brows furrowed tightly.
"...Yu Cang, we've been fooled."
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