Chapter 152: The Light Eater
The screen broadcasting the soul card suddenly disappeared, and everyone in the hall was stunned, not knowing what had happened.
Until a soldier stood on the stage and said:
"I'm sorry, the Weeping Star Sacred Tree has been awakened, so the targeted attack project has been postponed until tomorrow."
As soon as these words fell, there was a sound of inhalation in the hall.
Awakened... by whom?
Could it be that some legendary wild beast is approaching?
You know, the competition venue is just a small cave near the roots of the Weeping Star Sacred Tree. Outside the cave, on the earth, the Weeping Star Sacred Tree has an even larger body. It is possible that a legendary wild beast came in a place they couldn't see.
...It can't be because of that shot in Gu Du.
After all, to awaken a legendary being, the attack must be at least on the same level as it...
They could still accept that Gu Du was able to injure the legendary one, but if he could actually launch an attack of the legendary level... well, it seems that it is possible?
Everyone suddenly felt a little magical.
How could they think it was possible for a fourth-level soul card master to deliver a legendary attack?
Something is wrong.
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Before the space channel
Fang Pei's figure appeared here.
"Hiss..." He stood up suddenly, "Eh? Why... I didn't do anything, why am I out?"
Wan Quan walked over and said, "The Weeping Star Sacred Tree was awakened by you, and now this project has been forced to end early."
"Ah?" Fang Pei's eyes widened. "How could it be... I didn't do anything..."
Seeing his panic, Wan Quan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Alright, don't think too much, you don't need to take responsibility... Go and rest first, you still have to work on the next project."
Hearing this, Fang Pei felt relieved: "Yes!"
Seeing Fang Pei leaving, Wan Quan didn't know what he was thinking about, and shook his head with a smile.
"This mechanical set... is so fun to use." Wan Quan exclaimed.
A fourth-level soul card master can increase his attack power to the legendary level.
Although the price was quite high - after all, at that time, all of Fang Pei's mental stress was used to strengthen the Star of Killing, and his defense against the outside world was almost zero, so any sneak attacker could kill him.
There's no need for a sneak attack. If there's no duel shield, the recoil alone would probably be enough to kill someone.
However, it feels really good when the attack power soars!
Wan Quan knew that legendary beasts possessed a wide variety of abilities, some of which were truly bizarre. Simply possessing high attack power would simply allow them to be manipulated. However, the mere thought of mustering all their strength to unleash the ultimate blow was irresistible.
Unfortunately... the Mechanical Clan doesn't have a deck that can make him happy.
Many Soul Cards can have their quality altered through specialized card-making techniques. For example, Yu Cang's Unborn Dragon, during the ancient capital's college entrance exam, used a rare Unborn Dragon. The summoning method was similar, but the upper limit of its combat power was significantly different.
Only after the Soul Card Master level reached level three did Yu Cang replace the soul cards with epic quality ones.
Upgrading the quality of soul cards is also one of the jobs of a dedicated soul card master.
However, there are always some soul cards that cannot be upgraded. For example, the Jedi Knight at the beginning overemphasized its attack power, which cut off the possibility of its quality improvement. Even if it was forcibly upgraded, the upgraded card would not be a Jedi Knight. That's why the changes made by Yu Cang were so amazing.
It is obvious to Wanquan that the possibility of upgrading the quality of the current Mechanical Clan card deck is actually very low.
Oh, if only there was an epic Mech deck for him to use.
Wanquan sighed.
At this moment, he thought of the legendary mechanical soul card that Yu Cang had just mentioned a few days ago.
He believed that since Yu Cang told him, it must be true, but even so, his expectations were not too high.
After all, a higher-level summoning of a legendary soul requires an epic sacrifice, and now there are only two epic soul cards in the mechanical family's deck, one of which is from the creation family. This means... even if there is such a legendary mechanical soul, he may not even have enough sacrifices for the higher-level summoning.
Alas, it seems so far away.
It's like Master Cang perfecting the mechanical race to an epic level, but I don't know how long it will take...
He shook his head, turned completely around, and left the place.
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"Has the information about the next project come out?"
"Well, take a look." Lin Yunqing handed over a piece of paper.
Yu Cang took it and looked at it for a few seconds. "Hmm... clearing out the swarm of phantom insectivorous pests? What's the deal with this kind of wild beast?"
"Of course, the Phantom Light Eater is a very dangerous insect beast." Lin Yunqing stroked his eyes and explained, "This insect itself is very weak, but it contains a large amount of special acid in its body. This acid is highly corrosive. Most importantly, this acid can corrode Phantom Light Crystals."
Yu Cang laughed: "Is that so...it really is true that there is always something that can conquer something else."
Even the epic saturation-level artillery fire could not penetrate the defense of the phantom crystal, but it was actually corroded by the acid of a bug.
"Yes." Lin Yunqing nodded. "In fact, the acid from these insects is currently our main tool for mining phantom crystals."
"I see." Yu Cang understood and immediately asked curiously, "Then how does this relate to this project?"
Lin Yunqing continued to explain, "This acid is the means by which the Phantom Glow Eaters survive in the Nightmare Border. Their bodies are similar to the critical state of the Imperial Capital Destruction Deck. They are extremely unstable, glowing at all times and will self-destruct upon being stimulated. They only become stable when feeding.
"Their self-detonation releases all the acid in their bodies, killing enemies while also destroying all Phantom Crystals within a certain range, leaving the beasts that killed them with nothing to eat. Because of this characteristic, few beasts in the Nightmare Border are willing to provoke them. They are also among the few beasts that dare to continuously activate Phantom Crystals in the darkness."
Yu Cang raised his brows, as if realizing something: "So the goal of this mission is to clear out the insect swarm while keeping the surrounding environment intact, right?"
"That's right." Lin Yunqing nodded. "This time, the battle takes place in a valley, surrounded by numerous glowing crystal veins and luminescent plants. Assuming the battle site remains unchanged, the integrity of the environment after the battle will be the primary scoring criterion."
"It doesn't sound like it's suitable for our team's performance."
"Indeed."
Mechanical card decks are best at firepower coverage and simply and roughly dealing with opponents. This kind of delicate work is relatively difficult to handle.
Yu Cang had inquired about it. In the previous major armament reforms, this high-risk target elimination project generally required the destruction of some explosive items in a battlefield environment. To do this, they just had to surround them with an electronic buffer barrier and then directly detonate them.
But now... the scale of the swarm is unknown, the size of the valley is also unknown, and there is only one small team participating in this project. Even if the electronic buffer barrier is stretched to its limit, it is difficult to protect all the phantom crystals.
Although there are definitely advantages, it is no longer possible to achieve the same crushing victory as in the previous projects.
Yu Cang thought for a moment, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something.
"Wait... you said they become a little more settled when they eat?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Hmm..." Yu Cang rubbed his chin and suddenly said, "Well, go tell Captain Wan and let Fang Pei and the others give it a try..."
Lin Yunqing listened carefully and frowned: "Is that so... It's worth a try. I'll go tell them right away."
Yu Cang nodded.
In this list, the ancient capital was ranked last.
You know, since the first event, the ancient capital’s appearance order has been either first or second, and there will be no other rankings at all.
As for the current situation... I'm not sure. It can't be that the association is afraid that the ancient capital will burn down the entire venue again like the previous project.
But there are also benefits. The previous project ended abruptly and Fang Pei has not had a good rest. It is a good opportunity for them to take a break while other teams are competing, and also collect some information.
The broadcast soul card lit up and the hall gradually became quiet.
The first to appear was the Youdu team.
This project is also in their advantage range, so they must apply for it.
In the picture, Jin Zhaoshan and his team appeared at the entrance of a valley. Looking into the valley from here, countless dim light crystals emerged from under the earth, emitting a faint light to illuminate the surroundings. There were also many low vines distributed everywhere. They basically had no leaves, only a few faint lights flowing between the folds of the vines.
In the dim light, the scene in the valley was like a dream, but after seeing the details clearly, everyone in the hall couldn't help but hold their breath.
So many bugs!
These insects were all extremely bloated, with a round cyst hanging under their torsos. The skin of the cyst was like a translucent toe, with a very crystal texture. Like those dim crystals, it emitted a flickering light.
A pair of broad cicada wings protrude from the small torso. They look fragile, but they can drive the body into the air.
Judging from their size, each of these insects is actually larger than Jin Zhaoshan and his men. At this moment, there are about forty or fifty of them flying or crawling in the valley.
Obviously, they are the "ghost-eaters" mentioned in the intelligence.
After discovering the target, Jin Zhaoshan reacted quickly and led his team sneaking into the valley.
The insects were still eating and resting, and obviously did not notice Jin Zhaoshan and his companions.
It seems that these insects' perception abilities are not very strong.
After observing for a moment, Jin Zhaoshan took action immediately. He and his team members attacked at the same time. In an instant, twenty steles were erected on the ground. The boundaries of the steles were connected together, forming a safe space.
These insects seemed to react very slowly. Even though the boundary of the monument was propped up, few of them noticed this place. Unfortunately, an insect that had been lying on the ground for a nap was directly bounced away by the sudden appearance of the boundary of the monument. Its round body turned into a ball-like thing and kept rolling on the ground, which looked quite funny.
However, this funny scene did not last long.
Before it rolled out very far, the light in the sac at the tail of the insect became brighter and brighter, until a certain moment, the light penetrated the skin and burst out, and then its whole body exploded in an instant, and countless dark purple liquids splashed everywhere. Wherever it passed, whether it was the dim light crystals or the earth and vines, they were all corroded in large chunks with a teeth-grinding hissing sound!
Jin Zhaoshan's expression changed.
No way, he blew himself up right away?
Are you so sensitive? There's no fighting process at all?!
He sensed something was wrong and quickly ordered the expansion of the Monument Realm to be accelerated. However, the insect's self-detonation had already attracted the attention of the other insects. Suddenly, all the insects entered a state of stress, and the light in the cyst became brighter and brighter. At a certain moment -
Puff! Puff!
Explosions rang out one after another in the valley. For a moment, acid splashed everywhere and pungent smoke rose everywhere!
Some bugs controlled themselves and didn't explode on the spot. Instead, they rushed forward with all the momentum they had to protect their homeland, and attacked the boundary of the monument... They didn't move, but...
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Jin Zhaoshan and his companions had no time to expand the boundary of the monument to its maximum extent before a series of explosions rang out in the valley. In just a blink of an eye... the originally beautiful environment in the valley disappeared completely.
When the smoke cleared, everyone could only see a bumpy ground.
Jin Zhaoshan looked unhappy.
He glanced around.
In a hurry, they only took out thirty steles before the explosion. The area they could provide protection was very limited, probably only covering a part of the two dim crystal veins... Now it is only a remnant vein.
Moreover, the explosion was so violent that half of the thirty steles were already covered with cracks and were on the verge of collapsing.
"Uh..." Jin Zhaoshan was silent.
This project went by so fast that he didn't even have time to react.
Moreover, they were the first to attend, and they had no idea what their current academic performance would be like... From the looks of it, it's unlikely to be good.
After leaving the Nightmare border, Jin Zhaoshan returned to Lao Bai in dejection.
"What should we do, Old Bai?" Jin Zhaoshan said with a frown, "This is too embarrassing."
Lao Bai suppressed a laugh: "It's okay, don't think too much... Judging from the performance of those bugs, the other teams must be worse off than us."
"Is this true... Lao Bai, I'm really scared of you being so supportive of our team." Jin Zhaoshan scratched his head.
"Don't give me that... I won't talk to you anymore, just watch."
As it turned out, what Lao Bai said was right.
The deployment speed and defense of the Youdu deck are already quite strong. If they can't do it, it will only be more difficult for other teams to deal with it.
All subsequent teams suffered a Waterloo without exception, and even... some unlucky teams didn't even have time to clear out the high-risk targets. As soon as they stepped into the valley, they were hit by a wave of self-explosions before they could even deploy their lineups, and were directly cleared out by the high-risk targets.
However, there were also teams that performed well.
Take Miaodu for example.
Their team did not enter the valley, but summoned many poisonous insects outside the valley. These poisonous insects were the size of real insects, and they could not find the Phantom Light Eater even if they crawled to its side.
And when there was a poisonous insect around all the phantom light eaters, a silver glow suddenly rose in the valley, and all the phantom light eaters were transferred to other places in an instant!
Complete the game perfectly!
Although it took a little longer, it is indeed the team with the best results so far.
Jin Zhaoshan turned his head: "Lao Bai, this..."
"It's okay." Lao Bai shook his head. "Second place is acceptable, and... huh? Wait, how did Fang Pei get in? The next team is... Ancient Capital?!"
"Huh?" Jin Zhaoshan was also taken aback. "The ancient capital... isn't really suitable for this project."
It seems that the association has prepared many such valleys, but no matter which one, the area is not small. With such an area, relying on only ten people to support the electronic buffer barrier, the results may not be as good as their Youdu.
"How foolish." Lao Bai sighed. "Even though Gudu has been first in the previous events, if we don't perform well in this event... we'll probably miss out on the final first place!"
On the side, Jin Zhaoshan opened his mouth but still didn't say anything.
Well, what Lao Bai said just now was quite accurate. It seems... it’s not poison milk anymore?
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Beyond the Valley
Several figures appeared at the spot.
Fang Pei glanced into the distance and said, "Let's try Master Yu Cang's tactics first."
"yes!"
With a raise of his hand, several soul cards flipped out of thin air, and countless parts were combined on their bodies to form a single-soldier reactive armor.
The swarm's magazines flew back and forth. This time, the protocol attribute they chose to access was to reduce energy loss.
"Prepare to start the mission, everyone go invisible!"
Buzz...
The silent field unfolded, and the ten warriors disappeared in an instant!
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In the lobby
Lao Bai leaned forward. "Is this the same invisibility ability they displayed during the squad encounter? Sigh, what happened to the brain of whoever designed this Soul Card? How could they come up with such a comprehensive Soul Card?"
He is really confused now.
With so many abilities to use, the conflicts between them should be very serious. How could it be so comprehensive!
This doesn't make sense!
Is this also a characteristic of the mechanical race...
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After becoming invisible, everyone directly drove the magnetic field to glide into the valley. Since the silent field could even absorb sound, they were not worried about being exposed.
A lone Phantom Eater was found in a remote corner, and several warriors immediately surrounded it and set up an electronic buffer barrier.
Fang Pei took a deep breath.
In this position, even if you fail, there is still room for recovery.
Then... give it a try.
Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand, flipped a soul card at his fingertips, and four small creatures flew out of it.
The lock of absolute pressure!
call out!
Four chains of absolute pressure drew an imperceptible trajectory in the air and landed silently on the head of the Phantom Light Eater.
In an instant, the power of the Absolute Pressure Lock was activated, and the Phantom Light Eater trembled noticeably and suddenly jumped up!
Fang Pei stepped back slightly, feeling a little nervous.
Judging from the performance of other teams, this bug is so fragile that it will explode at the slightest touch!
Now it looks like this, obviously... wait, it’s working!
The light in the insect's cyst suddenly brightened and then quickly dimmed. Then, the whole insect collapsed to the ground, its legs twitching constantly, but... nothing happened.
Fang Pei couldn't help but clench his fist.
As expected of Master Yu Cang, it really works!
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In the hall.
Yu Cang smiled slightly.
"It seems I guessed right."
The Phantom Crystal will become much more stable when eating, but what affects whether it can self-destruct is probably not eating, but mental stress.
After all, they feed on phantom light, and their way of finding food is to inject energy into phantom light crystals to obtain phantom light.
At this time, its mental stress will increase.
In fact, Yu Cang just made a random guess, but he didn't expect that he would actually guess it right.
Good luck.
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Lao Bai stood up suddenly, his tone full of disbelief.
"Wait, what happened?"
In the broadcast footage, there was no sign of the ancient capital warriors in the valley, nor was there any sound, but the phantom light eaters fell to the ground one after another, their bellies turned out, but none of them exploded!
Then, they were suddenly dragged into some invisible place and slaughtered on the spot.
This scene... is so weird...
Lao Bai swallowed his saliva.
No...can someone explain it to me? He can't understand it!
On the side, Jin Zhaoshan blinked.
Yeah... he understood.
I totally understand!
It turns out that Lao Bai’s poisonous milk attribute is only effective in the ancient capital!
(End of this chapter)
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