Chapter 259: Conquer, the Prototype of Connection
An inexplicable force pinned Xu to the ground, making him unable to move.
Behind her, Kong, who was about to pounce on her, was also pinned to the ground.
Xu struggled to look at Yu Cang, and Kong also looked at him anxiously, but the difference was that Kong's eyes were full of begging.
"...Okay, be quiet." Yu Cang rubbed his brows, "Don't let your imagination run wild... Your name is Kong Yuxu, right?"
Sora lowered his head, "Yes, esteemed scholar."
Although Xu still had resentment in her eyes when she looked at Yu Cang, when she saw Kong speaking, she lowered her head and did not interrupt.
"I..." Yu Cang wanted to explain, but he felt that explaining this kind of thing was a bit boring, so he just said directly, "Come work for me, how about you two come together?"
Kong was stunned.
He turned his head and glanced at Xu.
Then he looked back at Yu Cang and said seriously, "Before that, may I ask... do you really want to watch us struggle in Ice City to select the most courageous Insect Identifier?"
"I'm not that boring." Yu Cang's face was calm, "But for you, the truth may be even more cruel."
In the past, he had imprisoned insects and his idea was to breed them.
Now that we have the princess... all these consciousness insects will become the raw materials of spirit particles.
From this point of view, it is not as good as the Colosseum.
"...I understand." Sora lowered his head. "We promise... Xu, we promise."
"Thank you, Mr. Scholar." Xu also lowered his head.
Do they seem safe?
Never mind, it’s too troublesome to use my brain, so I just listen to Kong.
As soon as Yu Cang said this, Kong knew what Yu Cang was thinking.
However, he was relieved.
Originally, he had no sense of identification with these beast-like kin. Although he didn't have a favorable impression of Yu Cang's insect breeding, he didn't harbor any grudges against him.
He and Xu wandered in the Starry Sky Vision for a long time. It was already difficult enough to just eat the ownerless rhythm. If he still had mercy and kindness towards his own people, he would probably die without knowing how.
Being able to find a scholar to provide them with shelter was something they had been longing for...Originally, when Yu Cang just appeared and asked them to duel, Kong's heart skipped a beat.
If Yu Cang really used this method to select insect identifiers, then he would probably make them do some shady things, such as eating the memories of his enemies... In that case, it would violate the oath he made.
And if Yu Cang only regards insect identification as raw material, then it would be fine.
This shows that Yu Cang came forward to subdue them because he and Xu showed special abilities and chose them, not because of the disgusting instinct of the insect identifier.
So, Sora agreed.
Two balls of rhythm flew out from Kong and Xu's bodies. Yu Cang took a glance at them and put them into the body of rhythm.
Just like how he tamed Jieying, this is also a similar method of recognizing the master.
After recognizing their master, the restraints on Kong and Xu disappeared.
Kong crawled to Yu Cang's feet and lowered his head: "Scholar, what do you need us to do?"
He was still a little nervous at this time.
The scholar in front of him didn't look like a good person... It was okay for Kong himself, but if possible, he didn't want to work for such a scholar.
But there was no other way. For some reason, the number of scholars in the Starry Sky Vision was ridiculously small. If they did not seek refuge from the scholars, they would not be able to survive... unless they gave up their oath.
"Don't be in a hurry." Yu Cang waved his hand, and the world in front of the two insects changed rapidly.
Kong was stunned. He turned around and found that the complete ice city was right behind him. There was a starry sky above his head, and not far away, there was a giant whale swimming slowly.
Come out?
"Empty!" Xu's eyes were filled with excitement. "Look, we finally got out of that pile of ice!"
"Shh!" Kong quickly covered Xu's mouth, "Don't be disrespectful in front of the scholar..."
"No problem." Yu Cang waved his hand.
As soon as the thought came to mind, a certain existence sitting in the starry sky immediately responded.
Click!
The blazing red lightning came from across the stars, and a huge dark blue figure slowly appeared in the lightning. From the rock, a faint gaze was cast.
It is the will of the Star God.
"Yu Cang."
"Star God, take these two insects to find something to eat nearby," Yu Cang said. "Don't let them eat the important rhythm."
"I understand." The Star God's Will nodded gently.
Meanwhile, facing this terrifying giant statue, Kong felt his body and mind trembling.
What kind of existence is this... Why does even Cadence have to bow down before him?
With this kind of momentum...it probably wouldn't take much effort to destroy them.
As expected of a scholar, such terrifying beings are actually his servants...
Kong suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and when the Star God Will looked over, he forced himself to remain calm and said, "Excuse me... What should I call you..."
"I am the Will of the Star God - follow me." The Will of the Star God was very polite.
Although Kong did not feel this courtesy, he just felt that he could be killed at any time.
Xu was fearless. After a moment of panic when he first saw the will of the Star God, he became braver.
Judging from her appearance, if Kong hadn't stopped her, she would probably have wanted to climb to the top of the Star God's Will to see the scenery.
Just like that, the Star God's will took Kong and Xu away.
There are still many edible rhythms near the ancient capital. Some rhythms made of stones and sand will not cause any problems even if they are eaten.
Of course, these rhythms can only barely fill the stomach...which is commonly known as eating dirt.
"Yu Cang!" A stream of spirit particles appeared beside him. "Is this the ice city where you imprisoned those insect-savvy people?"
Yu Cang looked back and saw that it was Xingchen.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"...You are really wasting resources!" Stardust's face puffed up.
The attraction wave she released in Ruins No. 8 should be able to attract thousands of Identification Bugs.
And now, there are probably only seven or eight hundred left in Ice City... These insects will kill each other if they have nothing to eat. Although they can reproduce on their own, without any external rhythm injected into the system, their number will definitely decrease!
If a period of time passes, the insects in this ice city will probably become extinct.
"...I don't have any experience either." Yu Cang coughed lightly.
Although he had the idea of raising insects before, he didn't know what they could be used for at that time, so he didn't take it seriously.
He just made a place for them to mess around, and he didn't care whether they lived or died.
There was nothing he could do after so many people died.
"So what should we do now?"
"Now..." The princess thought for a moment, "Industrial Spirit Particles can be used to feed the gnats... but I don't have the conditions for large-scale production right now. How about killing all these gnats?"
Yu Cang: "..."
Good job.
You are even more ruthless than him.
"The gnats are beasts. We don't need any mercy on them. Letting them die without pain is the most we can do." The princess said, "However, the gnats of wisdom can stay."
"Oh? Are they any good?"
"We can use spirit particles to make some fastening devices and let them do the work." The princess glanced at Yu Cang, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But... I must point out in advance that using intelligent insects to do the work will not be as efficient as using spirit particles... I do this only because the empire respects their wisdom... Now that the empire no longer exists, how to do it is up to you."
"Then stay." Yu Cang said immediately.
No matter how you look at it, intelligent insects are already able to communicate with humans.
Using these insects as raw materials... He was also a little disgusted.
He didn't want to do it unless he had to.
However, there are not so many requirements for ordinary insect identification.
You know, even the wise insect recognizer himself might not regard those ordinary insect recognizers as his own kind, and he ate them without any regrets.
"Okay." The princess nodded. "Then I will start making spirit particles... These insects should be able to produce a large number of spirit particles. Then I can do something."
"Well, go ahead."
After getting permission, the princess turned around and flew towards the Ice City.
…
Looking at the princess walking away, Yu Cang seemed to be lost in thought.
At this time, Jieying had already come over.
"Scholar, shall we continue?" Jieying's tone became much more anxious.
Two more insects have been discovered!
And they don’t look like they are easy to deal with... The competitive pressure on me suddenly increased again!
He really couldn't wait any longer, he wanted to fight and open the book now!
"Oh... okay, let's continue." Yu Cang raised his head.
…
Later.
Yu Cang returned to the laboratory.
After some careful selection, he successfully found a rhythm in Jieying's body that was suitable for summoning.
Yu Cang took the formation writing pen and spent some time organizing these rhythms onto a blank soul card.
However, it is not available for the time being.
These rhythms were simply copied and pasted from Jieying's body. They did not conform to the rules of the soul card at all, so naturally they could not be used.
Yu Cang thought about it briefly.
This is also one of the difficulties in summoning the shadow of the world.
Jieying's body is made up of rhythm - in the Star Sky Vision, it can only be like this.
But it is obviously impossible for such a body to appear in the world.
In this world, no matter what, you have to have a material foundation.
However, with the gradual improvement of the Jieying campus and the discovery of the Lingzi flow... Yu Cang already has a solution.
first--
Yu Cang took out another blank soul card.
In order to summon the things in the Starry Sky Vision, the soul cards related to them must be added with spirit particles!
The spirit particle can travel back and forth between the real world and the starry sky vision, which is just right, and can serve as a carrier to guide the arrival of the world shadow.
But if that’s all, it’s far from enough.
If you simply use spirit particles to create a body, what is the difference between that and ordinary summoning?
The characteristics and advantages of this summoning method are completely not reflected.
Yu Cang opened his palm, and little by little, points of light appeared in it.
Well...his spirit particles are useless anyway, so just add them to the soul card.
…
the next day.
Yu Cang stood at the experimental site, looking at the soul card in his hand, unable to hide his excitement.
The card face of this soul card is blue, which is different from the color of any previous soul card - the reason for this color is naturally because of the spirit particle.
The color of the spirit particle is originally blue, and now it is solidified in the soul card, so this color is amplified.
After this card is made, everything is basically ready for summoning the World Shadow.
This will be a completely new way of summoning, and even its principle is very different from the normal use of soul cards, which is more heretical than fusion and synchronization.
But... he finally summed it up.
Connect Summon!
However, this summoning method is still a little unstable, and using it rashly may cause some problems. He originally had time to slowly solve this problem, but now the summit is imminent - he chose to use entry implantation to try his luck.
Seeing that the cooldown was over, Yu Cang once again chose to implant the entry.
With a flash of light, the soul card in his hand had an additional effect.
Yu Cang frowned slightly, then shook his head and threw the soul card into the trash can.
Not what he wanted.
continue.
"Senior?" Lin Yunqing walked into the testing grounds. "What happened?"
"Nothing." Yu Cang was still looking at the soul card in his hand, "I just found a new way to summon, but it's still missing something."
"Oh... um?... um..." Lin Yunqing's expression changed quietly.
At first, she said "Oh" because she didn't react. When she heard Yu Cang's words clearly as "new summoning method", she subconsciously showed surprise and doubt, but when she thought about the person in front of her was Yu Cang... well, it really didn't matter.
So, she showed her curiosity: "Let me see, what is it this time?"
She got closer and when she saw the soul card in Yu Cang's hand clearly, she was stunned: "This... this soul card, can it really be used?"
"certainly."
"...It seems completely inconsistent with the normal principles of Soul Card Studies."
"Yeah...so we're still a little short." Yu Cang pondered.
Lin Yunqing sighed.
She stood up and asked, "Do you need me to take a test?"
"No, it's not the time yet."
"...So your way of solving problems is to force yourself to think?"
"No?" Yu Cang asked in confusion.
"...As expected of you, my senior." Lin Yunqing said with a forced smile.
At this point, shouldn't the normal process be to do a lot of repeated experiments to find the pattern?
In the end you... forget it.
Lin Yunqing thought of the ice city in the Starry Sky Vision again.
After all, the senior is someone who can even deduce legendary rhythms directly in his mind, so this doesn't seem to be surprising at all.
Sighing, Lin Yunqing left: "Call me if you need anything, Senior."
"I will."
Seeing that the cooling was over, Yu Cang implanted it again.
As expected, it turned out to be crooked.
"Tsk." Yu Cang shook his head.
At this moment, the door of the laboratory was suddenly pushed open.
"Boss!" Gu Jieshuang poked her head out, "I'm here to see you."
Hearing the familiar voice, Yu Cang's brows relaxed slightly.
Forget it, there will be no results in a short time, so let’s take a break first.
"Boss?" Gu Jieshuang stepped forward. "Are you having any troubles?"
"Nothing." Yu Cang put away the soul card and shook his head. "How's the 'Sealed Holy Sword' going?"
Hearing this, Gu Jieshuang just chuckled and seemed a little embarrassed.
"Um, Boss...I came to you for this matter."
"Hmm? Got a problem?"
"Yes." Gu Jieshuang nodded. "I've successfully synchronized several times using [Battle Hardened Unsealing]... but [Battle Hardened Unsealing] can only synchronize equipment cards, and they all seem to be new cards that can't be found anywhere else. So, I wanted to ask the boss for help in making those new cards."
Gu Jieshuang put her palms together, placed them in front of her nose, and looked at Yu Cang with begging eyes: "Please, boss~"
Yu Cang smiled: "I thought it was something...easy to talk about."
Providing after-sales service to customers is of course a matter of course.
"Okay! Thank you, boss!" Gu Jieshuang chuckled, then took a few steps back, creating some distance. "Then, boss, shall I summon you?"
Yu Cang walked to the side, turned on all the instruments on the field, and then found a suitable place to sit down, with a glimmer of stars in his eyes.
He nodded: "Let's get started."
"Um!"
Gu Jieshuang took a deep breath and his eyes became serious.
"I summon: The Sealed Holy Sword!"
Click!
The soul card's shadow flipped open and shattered beside him, and a long sword jumped out of it and into Gu Jieshuang's palm.
This is an ordinary-looking sword with no special decoration from beginning to end. It is unknown what metal the sword is made of. It is gray and has no metallic texture at all.
The moment the Dust-Sealed Holy Sword appeared, a faint light bounced from the gray sword and condensed into the shape of a soul card at hand.
Whether viewed from the front or back, this soul card only looks like the card back - this is the cover.
"I activate: [Leave a Trace of the Saint], and release: Sword Intent: Sky Abyss Star Shift!"
The Sword Soul Card takes effect immediately upon being placed. Suddenly, a starlight lingers on the Sealed Holy Sword and continues to move around the sword.
The most critical part is coming.
After his soul energy was restored enough, Gu Jieshuang's eyes focused and he secretly activated several spell cards. Suddenly, a layer of ice spread upwards, and countless cold winds hit the sword body of the Dust-sealed Holy Sword, constantly weakening its strength.
There's nothing we can do about it.
The Sealed Holy Sword itself doesn't have any special combat capabilities, but the sword body is surprisingly hard... [Battle-hardened and Unsealed] can only be activated when it is destroyed. Now if Gu Jieshuang wants to destroy the sword by herself, it will take some effort.
finally.
Cracks covered the entire blade of the Sealed Holy Sword. Gu Jieshuang shook it violently, and the Sealed Holy Sword instantly shattered into pieces.
Now is the time!
"I activate: [Battle-hardened Unsealing]!"
The Tianyuan Xingyi behind him was pulled by an invisible force and turned into five green halos surrounding the broken sword. Then, the broken fragments stopped in the air and kept flowing back. The moment the green halo tightened, the broken sword returned to its original shape!
However, the restored broken sword is very different from before.
The gray texture was completely washed away, and a cold light like starlight flowed continuously on the sword. Outside the originally relatively narrow sword body, the gorgeous light like diamond condensed into a translucent energy entity, extending the sharpness of this long sword!
Yu Cang's eyes lit up.
This is already a new sword.
This situation was actually expected.
Synchro Summoning is the process of amplifying the ability of the coordinating soul card.
During this summoning process, the Sword Soul Card served as the coordinator, and this summoning process was also affected by the power of the "Dust-sealed Holy Sword"...
Therefore, what will be summoned in the end will be an epic longsword with sword power!
Five levels plus five levels, tenth level epic, the pinnacle of power below the Void Level!
"Use your ability." Yu Cang said, "I'll record it."
"Okay!" Gu Jieshuang nodded, and then slowly raised the long sword in his hand.
…
In this world, every soul card actually has a corresponding background setting.
For example, Nightfall, the Dragon of the Dawn of the End, is the last ray of light between heaven and earth at the end of time. And Xing Su's Great Lich, the Soul Shepherd, is designed to be a powerful undead spirit that killed six human kings.
But... this background setting has little impact on the battle, so only those middle school boys will care.
The Forgotten Holy Sword naturally has its own background setting.
It... is a retired sword that has experienced countless battles and passed through countless hands.
Perhaps it was because of good luck, or perhaps it was because the swordsmith was indeed highly skilled, but after countless battles, the dusty holy sword was still intact.
It had been given countless names by countless swordsmen, but now, it was just an ordinary, dusty sword.
Because many "Sword Saints" have used it in battle, the word "Saint" is included in its name.
Today, this sword is placed in an ordinary blacksmith shop, inconspicuous, and no one will choose this sword again, but the battles in the past have left traces on this sword.
This is [Traces of the Past Saints]—so much sword intent has flowed through it, and it remembers them all.
Until one day, the owner of the blacksmith shop gave the sword to a young swordsman. When the swordsman once again embarked on a journey with the sword and experienced countless battles again -
Finally, in a life-and-death crisis, the swordsman glimpsed the power called "Sword Intent", and this long-forgotten sword also revealed a corner of its former power - [Battle-Revived and Unsealed].
…
Yu Cang stopped writing.
He picked up the soul card in his hand, looked at it for a moment, and handed it to Gu Jieshuang.
"Yes, it's done."
Soul Card Name: Breaking the Seal·Star Shift
Category: Equipment Card
Star level: Level 10
Quality: Synchronic
Attribute: Earth
ability:
Sword Intentions: Heavenly Abyss Star Shift + Equipment Cards other than Coordination
[Forge Stars]: This Soul Card inherits the Star points from the Synchro Material. These Star points remain permanent and will not disappear. These Star points grant additional weight to the Seal Breaking/Star Shift ability. This additional weight does not affect the holder.
[Star Chaser]: Star Breaker gains a certain number of [Stars] as its movement speed increases. When Star Breaker comes into contact with an Equipment Card, it consumes a certain number of [Stars], destroying the Equipment Card.
[Star Shift]: The [Star] levels can be converted into sword energy and launched. The sword energy has a higher additional weight bonus according to the [Star] levels.
Gu Jieshuang took it and her eyes lit up.
“That’s amazing…thank you, boss!”
"It's okay." Yu Cang looked at Gu Jieshuang, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Oh right... I was just thinking, this Dust-Sealed Holy Sword... seems to be able to synchronize and summon Frost Sky Slash?"
Frost Sky Slash was one of the two legendary swords that Yu Cang had made when he was at Zulong Snow Mountain!
"Huh?" Gu Jieshuang was stunned.
It seems... really possible?
The sword intent, Frost Sky Snow Waterfall, can be used as a coordination for Frost Sky Slash!
But...even if she could summon it, it would have to be after she reached level six.
(End of this chapter)
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