Chapter 264 Strengthening the Yingcao Set
Xu's body slowly slid down from the palace examination stone. When she fell to the ground, she stood up and shook her little head fiercely.
Judging from Xu's confused expression, she probably hasn't reacted yet.
"Preface, is it okay?" Yu Cang said from behind.
"Oh! Mr. Scholar, I'm fine!" Xu said quickly.
"Then continue." Yu Cang said nothing, "Remember, control your [Consciousness Devouring] ability, it hurts."
"Ouch?" Xu was startled, then seemed to realize something and came closer nervously. "Scholar, did I...did I just...accidentally hurt you?"
"Yes." Yu Cang said frankly.
"I'm sorry..." Xu hung his little head, and his two limbs moved in front of him.
Seeing this, Yu Cang was amused.
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In the Starry Sky's field of view, Kong watched Xu's reaction, and several pairs of legs tightly grasped the nearby Rhythm, looking extremely nervous.
Xu! What are you doing? Xu!
He is a scholar, don't be so rude!
As soon as Xu appeared and circled around Yu Cang, Kong's heart was already in a knot.
In Kong's opinion, facing the "moody" and "terrifyingly powerful" Yu Cang, this behavior is tantamount to playing with fire!
If you do something wrong, Yu Cang will throw you back to Ice City and turn you into "raw materials"!
"It's bad, it's bad..." Kong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
He never expected that after being summoned by Yu Cang as the "Soul Card", he and Xu actually appeared one by one instead of appearing together.
This way, he wouldn't be able to keep an eye on Xu all the time and ask her to be careful not to offend anyone... It was also his fault because he didn't warn Xu enough in advance.
But contrary to Kong's expectations, although Yu Cang looked a little troubled and helpless, he did not look angry at all. He even showed some concern after Xu bumped his head against the palace examination stone.
Seeing the smile on Yu Cang's lips, Kong was stunned.
This kind of smile... didn't seem like the smile of someone who could freeze thousands of insects with a wave of his hand. It was more like someone who had seen an ignorant junior, with a hint of doting amidst the helplessness.
In a trance, Kong seemed to remember La.
Although La didn't like them at first, as they fought side by side more and more times, he actually accepted them a long time ago.
This smile is indeed somewhat similar to the look in La's eyes when he watched them playing in his free time...
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"Okay, let's continue." Yu Cang said.
"Don't worry! I guarantee that the scholar will be satisfied!" Xu nodded enthusiastically, then turned around and rushed towards the palace examination stone with great momentum.
The adaptability of the sequence is also not weak.
After circling the Palace Examination Stone several times, he had already gained control of his body and immediately launched a violent and violent attack.
Yu Cang was behind him, looking at the data on the computer next to him and nodded quietly.
Kong and Xu are almost the same in size and appearance, except that Xu's body is slightly thinner than Kong's, and there are some red embellishments under the silver light.
Kong's fighting style is very rational. He will carefully control each of his limbs' slashes and try to concentrate all his strength on one point. In comparison, Xu's fighting style is much wilder. It seems to be disorganized, but there is a strange and smooth beauty in it.
Perhaps, encountering an opponent like Xu would be even more difficult than encountering Kong.
There is another difference.
The empty anchor ring is placed on the right forelimb, while the ordered one is placed on the left forelimb.
While Yu Cang was thinking, Xu's battle had already ended.
She suddenly stopped in front of the Palace Examination Stone, and then with a series of "cracking" sounds, the huge Palace Examination Stone collapsed, and then turned into soul card fragments and slowly dissipated.
Xu tilted his head, then lowered it and tidied up his forelimbs.
"Not bad." Yu Cang nodded.
Kong and Xu, the two insect-sense insects, each have strong individual combat power.
As long as Kong uses his anchor point to connect to a target, he can teleport almost infinitely around this target, and can also teleport back to Yu Cang immediately when in danger. This ability alone is terrifying.
When Xu uses Kong as the connection material, he can obtain [Kong Flash]. Combined with that wild combat method, the threat level is even higher than Kong.
It is worth mentioning that the refresh mechanism of [Air Flash] is not a simple kill refresh - if you kill some common or even rare targets, the cooldown of this ability can only be partially refreshed.
In short, refresh depends on the quality of the kill... However, in addition to kills, a certain amount of cumulative damage can also refresh, which can be easily achieved with [Sense Devouring].
However, they are just two small bugs after all, and Kong and Xu's attack power is not top-notch. They will be helpless against a purely panel monster like the Light and Dark Contradiction Dragon... Not to mention the Light and Dark Contradiction Dragon, they probably can't even beat the most common black and white dragon in the Light and Shadow Dragon deck.
Chunchun and two little experts in scraping.
Speaking of which... these two little bugs are extremely easy to activate. You only need to throw a mustard flying Gu to complete the summoning. There is basically no soul energy pressure, and once it is achieved, it is extremely difficult to deal with. This strength... seems to be very suitable for hanging in the deck of a melee soul card master like Gu Jieshuang.
The guaranteed bonus is a resurrection armor, which can also provide you with the ability to interfere with the battlefield, which is simply too good to be true.
but……
Yu Cang rubbed his brows.
Let’s not talk about the fact that Kong Yuxu can’t be transferred to others at will. Just talking about the Mustard Seed Flying Sky Gu... it’s not easy for him to give it directly to Gu Jieshuang.
After all, this was a gift given to him by someone else, and he hadn't even returned the gift yet.
Rare quality empty attribute soul cards are extremely rare, and even Yu Cang cannot find a substitute for it for the time being.
The void attribute is one of the noblest attributes - all soul cards related to space and time fall into the category of void attributes!
"There's no rush." Yu Cang wrote something on the notebook in his hand.
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night.
Yu Cang arrived at the Ice City.
It's a lot emptier here now.
Those ordinary insects have already been captured by the princess.
Although the princess is now in a state of decline, the suppressive power of the spirit particle in the Starry Sky Vision is still extremely terrifying. These consciousness insects cannot disobey her ideas at all and can only obediently become the raw materials of the spirit particle.
However, before being absorbed by the spirit particle generator, the princess gave them a good meal.
Industrial spirit particles can be used as food for the insect-sense insects. The princess brought back a lot of industrial spirit particles when she returned from Ruins No. 8. These processed foods are not what these insect-sense insects can usually eat.
Although... the raw material of industrial spirit particles is also cognitive insects, which is essentially no different from cannibalism among cognitive insects, but you must know that industrial spirit particles can store energy. Industrial spirit particles made by storing specific energy are absolutely advanced in breeding cognitive insects.
This energy conversion efficiency is much higher than the primitive cannibalism of insects.
Yu Cang came to a corner of the Ice City.
Here, one "port" after another made of spirit particles is connecting the Starry Sky Vision with the spirit particle generator of the real world. The princess stood by, controlling these consciousness insects to enter the port in an orderly manner. Then, a crisp sound like breaking glass was heard, and the body of the consciousness insect was shattered into a piece of light and flowed into the spirit particle generator.
Behind the princess, those intelligent insects were crawling in the house, trembling and not daring to look here at all.
Who understands, my family members?
They were fighting peacefully in the Ice City when suddenly this guy covered in light appeared before their eyes. Without a word, he knocked them all down and took away all their men.
The terrible thing is, they can't beat this guy at all!
Moreover, the princess's attitude towards the Identification Insects also frightened them... Please, although they usually don't value the lives of their subordinates, at least they will never eat when they are not hungry. Unlike you, you kill all the Identification Insects without knowing the truth!
Is this fair?
Moreover, when they wanted to communicate properly, they found that the princess only maintained a polite smile, but did not say a word, and just calmly and skillfully "slaughtered" their people...
The devil! This is definitely the devil!
The princess watched the group of insect-spotters from the corner of her eye, her expression unchanged.
Not speaking is of course intentional.
Although these insectoids are intelligent, they are actually not much different from wild beasts. Wild beasts are even somewhat cute, but insectoids have none of that.
The princess respects the rules of the empire and does not use these intelligent insects as raw materials for spirit particles, but that does not mean she will approve of this group of insects.
In fact, the princess had tried to speak nicely to this group of insects before, but it was useless. Their nature could not be restrained. They were like another version of the wild beasts.
Therefore, they can only be suppressed by force.
She was deliberately keeping silent, naturally just to scare these little bugs who had never seen the world.
Buzz...
At this moment, Yu Cang's figure suddenly appeared.
When they saw this figure, the eyes of these insect-spotting people suddenly lit up.
It’s the adult who created the Ice City!
Humph, you bad woman, this is the arena where the scholar selects brave warriors. Two days ago, two insects were taken away by the scholar!
You've broken the rules so much that the scholar has finally discovered you!
Just wait, the scholar will definitely help them...
"How's it going?" Yu Cang's eyes fell on the princess. "Is the efficiency of producing spirit particles okay?"
Wise Insects: ...
W-what…
You are in the same group!
In an instant, it was as if a thunderbolt fell from the sky, shattering their last bit of fantasy.
No... weren't they warriors fighting for the scholar? How could they suddenly become consumables overnight?
"It's OK." The princess nodded, "It's just that the quantity is a little small."
"Then why don't you just release that frequency band that attracts insects again?"
"...You make it sound so easy." The princess sighed, "That requires the consumption of spirit particles... and, normally, the frequency band I released in Ruins No. 8 would be enough to attract over ten thousand Ichthyophthirius. But from what you said, you only saw a few thousand at the time. Combined with my observations of the Starry Sky Vision, I'm afraid the number of Ichthyophthirius in the Starry Sky Vision is far less than before.
"The impact of the wilderness is too terrible. Even if we can open the band next time, the number of insects we attract will probably be much smaller than before. The best way is to cultivate them."
Yu Cang nodded: "Then, I'll leave this matter to you. None of us has any experience."
"...Okay." The princess sighed.
What are you doing?
She is the eldest princess of the Nameless Empire, a genius on the second day under the starry sky... and now the third day. How come she is doing farm work in your hands, Yu Cang?
That’s too much!
The princess puffed up her cheeks but still said nothing.
"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Cang said seriously, "Don't worry, I will complete the task of opening the armory as soon as possible. After that, if possible... I can help you find your brother."
The princess froze for a moment, then gently looked away.
"No need... Ten thousand years have already passed. Even my father would have to succumb to such a long time, not to mention... Anyway, there's no way my brother is alive."
Yu Cang's expression changed.
"Excuse me, your father... is above the mythical realm?"
"Yes." The princess nodded. "Myths have a lifespan of a thousand years, and above that, ten thousand years."
"What kind of realm is that?" Yu Cang was a little curious.
But the princess obviously had no intention of continuing this topic.
"For you now, there's no need to know this knowledge." The princess shook her head. "Besides, I'm only a legend. I don't understand those extremely profound realms... I can only say that on Blue Star, it's impossible to break through the myth."
"...Okay." Yu Cang nodded.
After chatting with the princess for a while, Yu Cang left Ice City. Coincidentally, Feng appeared in front of him. Judging from the time, he probably came to say good night to him.
Yu Cang's expression changed.
"Feng," Yu Cang said, "I recently found a way to summon beings from the Starry Sky Vision to the present world. Using this method, can you speak?"
"...Ye Lai told me about this." Feng shook his head. "This method can't bypass the will of the world, but... for now, compared to the Sword Saint of Dragon Eye, Link Summoning can indeed better bring out my strength."
"Really?" Yu Cang's eyes lit up.
"...The time has not come yet." Feng said calmly, "Summoner, you are not yet capable of making a soul card that can carry me."
Yu Cang's face froze.
Apparently, indeed.
Apart from anything else, Yu Cang couldn't see through the knife in Feng's hand at all.
He even didn't dare to touch it with his rhythmic body.
Yu Cang had a premonition that if he wanted to touch Feng's knife, he would definitely not be able to withstand the rhythmic sound produced by the vibration.
He couldn't even see the rhythm, so how could he copy it onto the soul card?
Yu Cang sighed.
Although Feng was telling the truth, looking at his calm expression, I felt that he was inexplicably hurtful.
"...However, I think I can record part of it first." Yu Cang did not give up.
Just like the Residents, aren’t they all world shadows?
Summoning a part of it is possible!
Feng frowned slightly and thought about it carefully.
"...Can I refuse?"
Yu Cang: "..."
Too.
Turning a part of yourself into a soul card does sound creepy.
No wonder Feng disagrees.
Looking at Yu Cang who seemed to be greatly shocked, Feng seemed a little reluctant.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "...If you can create an interesting carrier, I can accept it."
"Really? Great!" Yu Cang regained his spirits. "It's settled!"
"……Um."
Feng nodded with difficulty.
Forget it, he is my summoner after all, so let him be.
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the next day.
Yu Cang arrived at the door of the laboratory and was stunned.
A figure was squatting stealthily at the door, and it seemed that they had been squatting there for quite a long time.
Isn’t this Jianglou?
"...Good morning." Yu Cang stopped and kept a subtle distance.
"Master!" Jiang Lou jumped up from the ground when he saw Yu Cang, approaching with excitement in his eyes, "Master, you are finally here. Master, I heard that you wanted to strengthen my Yingcao suit. I couldn't sleep all night last night! Do you know how excited I am now, Master?"
"...Calm down for a moment." Yu Cang glanced around and found no one was looking at him. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Jiang Lou into the laboratory. "Next time, you can tell me or Lin Yunqing if you arrive early. Don't do this...it affects the school's appearance!"
"Hehe...I'm just too excited." Jiang Lou rubbed his hands.
"Forget it, you stay in the venue first, I'll go get some things."
"Okay, Master!" Jiang Lou left happily.
Behind him, Yu Cang returned to the cabin and put down his bag.
He also thought about it for a long time last night.
All the current Link Soul Cards summoned either Insect Senses or Beast Senses. However, these two types were rare, so he had to find a way to create common Link Soul Cards.
Although Yu Cang had already made three links, they were simply copy and paste, and the technique was not universal, so he still spent a lot of time last night to find this method.
This method is very special. It requires the card maker to draw in both the real world and the starry sky vision at the same time. While drawing the soul card in the real world, he must also use special techniques to fix the corresponding rhythm in the starry sky vision and bind it to this soul card. Only in this way can the production be completed.
Compared with ordinary soul cards, the production threshold of connecting soul cards is simply sky-high. This means that Yu Cang's basic skills are quite solid, otherwise those researchers who have only initially learned the Starry Sky Vision would probably not be able to do it.
And the most important thing is that making a Link Soul Card requires a fixed rhythm in the Starry Sky Vision. This means that if there is no relevant rhythm nearby, you can only force one out first, and this behavior will cause forgetfulness...
Therefore, future connected soul cards will probably only be made by card makers directly in dangerous areas, or simply be limited to identifying beasts and insects.
Of course, for Yu Cang who has an entry recorder, things are simple. He just needs to implant the entry.
Last night, after overcoming numerous difficulties, Yu Cang finally created a soul card:
Soul Card Name: Yingcao's Towering Stone
Category: Summon Card
Number of anchor points: 2
Quality: Connection
Attribute: Earth
Race: Creature
ability:
[Yingcao]: When there are other friendly summons with the [Yingcao] ability within a certain range, vitality will slowly recover. The more [Yingcao] summons there are, the faster the recovery speed.
[Gantian]: When a Gantian Stone is present, all damage taken by the Yingcao Seed is transferred to the Gantian Stone. After the Yingcao Seed is fully charged, it can choose not to revive it, but instead grow a Creation Clan summoned beast. This grants control of the creature and free movement.
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"This..." Jiang Lou scratched his head, "Is this the new Yingcao Soul Card? But...how do I use it?"
"Try it first and see if it works." Yu Cang was a little nervous.
After doing so much, if Jiang Lou fails to activate this soul card because he cannot enter the Starry Sky Vision, then all his efforts will be in vain.
Fortunately, Yu Cang's worries were unnecessary.
Jiang Lou activated two soul cards as usual. Suddenly, the soul card shadows opened beside him, and two short figures walked out of them.
He looked at the blue soul card in his hand. Although he had never seen it before, he thought that as long as he used it according to the description, it should be fine.
"I'll use two Yingcao Archers to establish a connection anchor!" Jiang Lou raised his hand, "Summon: Yingcao Towering Stone!"
Click!
The Yingcao Archer suddenly turned into a torrent of information and fell onto the anchor ring that appeared in the air. A moss-covered rugged rock rose from the anchor ring, almost breaking through the ceiling of the laboratory.
The two Yingcao archers who were used as sacrifices turned into two seeds and fell to the ground.
"Great, no problem!" Yu Cang clenched his fist.
That’s true. After all, Jiang Lou was just activating the soul connection card, not entering the Starry Sky Vision.
The talent requirements are not as exaggerated as I imagined.
"Then what?" Jiang Lou scratched his head.
"Then..." Yu Cang calmed down, a smile on his face, "Of course, I activated my ability... Take a good look, this ability was carefully designed by me."
"Yeah, okay." Jiang Lou nodded seriously.
Soon, under the influence of the [Yingcao] of the towering stone, both Yingcao seeds were fully charged.
But Jiang Lou did not choose to revive the Yingcao Archer, but instead—
"I activate my ability: [Sky-high]!"
Bang! Crack!
Countless vines broke through the ground and moved upward along the towering stone. In the blink of an eye, the tough vines grown from the two seeds had completely covered the huge stone!
Then, something incredible happened.
The vines tightened, and cracks spread across the boulder. Then, the boulder suddenly began to move. Thick hands and feet split out from the boulder and landed on the ground with heavy footsteps!
In just a blink of an eye, a huge rock "transformed" into a rock giant right in front of Jiang Lou!
"Holy crap!" Jiang Lou was stunned. "Gundam?"
Creation Clan...when can we still play like this?
Wait, if this is possible...
Jiang Lou suddenly seemed to think of something.
Beside him, Yu Cang smiled and nodded.
"You're right." He took out a card and handed it to him, "Jiang Lou, activate this 'Yingcao·Palace Examination Stone'!"
"Fuck, fuck!" Jiang Lou had lost the ability to speak normal language.
If only the Palace Examination Stone's health bar, which gave me a sense of security, could move...
This, this, this, is there any rival?
(End of this chapter)
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