Qin Xuan had just finished the love-hate special effects for the couple cards, and next he had to work on the special effects for the Fengshen series, including Jiang Ziya’s fishing rod, Yang Jian’s Roaring Sky Dog, and Nezha’s family’s various magic weapons. It was another big project that Xie Mingzhe had given him.
Fortunately, he didn't have to participate in individual competitions, so he had plenty of time. While making card special effects, he could also familiarize himself with Xie Mingzhe's new auxiliary cards in advance - for example, Jiang Ziya, Chang'e, Seven Fairies and other cards would be given to him to operate during team battles. He had to master the usage of each card and remember the effect and cooldown time of each skill.
Making card special effects yourself can help deepen your memory.
This batch of card effects was completed in mid-September, and the group stage of the individual competition was nearing its end.
Chen Xiao lost to Liu Jingxu 1:2 in Group B, and defeated Qiao Xi and Zhen Man 2:1, and advanced to the top 16 with the second place in the group. In Group A, Yu Ke lost to Zheng Feng and Xu Xingtu, but surprisingly defeated the newcomer Wei Xiaotian from Guiyu. Although he ranked third in the group and could not enter the top 16, he was very satisfied to win a game.
Wei Xiaotian was the winner of the "Best Rookie Award" last season and a rookie that Guiyu focused on training. Yu Ke actually beat him 2:1, which surprised Nirvana's teammates. Everyone went to watch that game in person and were almost scared by Xiao Ke's sharp playing style - Yu Ke has made rapid progress during this period, and his late-night training every night has not been in vain!
After the group competition, everyone happily went out to have dinner, hosted by Chen Qianlin.
At the dinner, Xie Mingzhe raised his glass and said, "Congratulations to Brother Chen for making it to the top 16!"
Chen Xiao said with a smile: "I had good luck in the group stage. Next time I will go all out and try to go one step further."
Xiao Ke was definitely eliminated, but he had no reason to complain. After all, the top 16 players in the individual competition were all top players in the league. He was also very happy that Brother Chen made it. He said, "Brother Chen, keep up the good work on behalf of Nirvana. I don't have to prepare for the individual competition anymore. Ah Zhe, can you show me your new cards? I've been trying to suppress my curiosity these days, and I'm almost dying!"
"Let's take a look." Xie Mingzhe simply turned on his computer and took out the fairy cards he had recently made. He said, "These are all I have for now."
Chen Xiao and Yu Ke put their heads together and looked at the skill descriptions of the cards in their light brains, and their world views were instantly shattered.
Chen Xiao looked at Xie Mingzhe with a complicated expression and said nothing. Yu Ke was a straightforward person and complained directly: "So many couple cards in love? What do you mean by 'being single is sad'? What's so sad about being single in a card? I'm still single!"
Qin Xuan: “…” He thought so too.
Chen Qianlin: “…” Master is single, but he is not sad at all.
When watching the "Legend of the White Snake" series, Yu Ke couldn't help but sigh: "The love-hate relationship is so exciting, Bai Suzhen is so beautiful, why can't snake demons be together with humans? This Fahai is really meddling in other people's business, Bai Suzhen is so miserable that she is trapped under the tower..."
When he saw Nezha's family, he widened his eyes in disbelief and said, "Wait, a family is hunting each other? Returning the body to my father, and then resurrecting on the spot, isn't Nezha's skill too shameless?"
Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "Of course the cards I made are rogue. If they weren't rogue, how could they have the nerve to put my card-making logo on them?"
Yu Ke: “…………”
The only person who can say "rogue" so confidently is Xie Mingzhe.
Yu Ke held Xie Mingzhe's computer and carefully counted the cards marked "Xian Clan". After counting, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Zhe, you have more than 30 Xian Clan cards. Have you reached the conditions for an independent Xian Clan classification?"
This sentence also caught Chen Xiao's attention. He immediately took the computer from Yu Ke and counted carefully. There were indeed more than thirty fairy cards. Chen Xiao smiled and looked at Xie Mingzhe and said, "Azhe, your efficiency is too high. When will you submit it for review?"
"I have to make a few new cards, probably next week at the latest," said Xie Mingzhe.
"Are you going to make new cards?" Yu Ke asked curiously, "Is it also a series of decks?"
"Well, this batch is from the Star Gods series." Seeing Yu Ke looking at him in confusion, Xie Mingzhe patiently explained, "A long time ago, human society's technology was not so advanced, and people's knowledge of the universe was very limited, so they imagined the sun, moon, and stars in the sky as gods. The cards I want to make are the immortals evolved from the stars, called 'Star Gods'."
"Oh." Yu Ke nodded, then said, "I still don't understand."
"..." I don't understand why you nodded? Xie Mingzhe rubbed his head, feeling that they were talking at cross purposes.
People of this era are born into a high-tech society, with suspended highways everywhere, and human footprints spread across many well-known galaxies in the universe. No one would associate stars with gods.
However, the Star Card official only restricts the card data and has no strict regulations on the creativity of card making. There is no need to mind the constraints of natural science. If the cards are made according to common sense, there will be no joker cards, monster cards, and there will be no situation where a butterfly kills a lion.
Xie Mingzhe can feel free to boldly create the Star God series of cards as long as the settings are self-consistent.
Chen Xiao said with interest: "Star Lord? I roughly understand. It is the immortal race incarnated from the stars. How many do you want to make this time?"
Brother Chen was still easier to communicate with. Xie Mingzhe ignored Yu Ke who was thinking hard beside him and said to Chen Xiao with a smile, "This time we're making a set of seven cards. There are also a few loose cards. I'll hurry up and finish them. I'll make the Immortal Clan independent first."
Chen Xiao nodded appreciatively: "Just do your best to make the card, and I'll take care of the individual competition."
In the individual competition, other clubs have several players entering the top 16, and Nirvana is left with only Chen Xiao. The knockout round of the top 16 is just the beginning. Chen Xiao wants to go one step further and win a prize, so that he can live up to Azhe who gave up the individual competition to concentrate on making cards.
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In the next few days, Chen Xiao continued to devote himself to the preparation for the individual competition, Qin Xuan was busy making card special effects, Xie Mingzhe continued to make new cards, and the bored Yu Ke was also assigned a task by Chen Qianlin, which was to familiarize himself with the fairy cards that Xie Mingzhe had recently made one by one.
In ancient times, when people studied astronomy, they always liked to use various mythological stories to explain the changes of the sun, moon and stars in the sky. Many stars were imagined by people to be various gods, the most famous of which was the "Seven Star Gods of the North".
These are seven gods based on the “Seven Stars of the North Fighter”, namely “Tanlang”, “Ju Men”, “Lu Cun”, “Wen Qu”, “Lian Zhen”, “Wu Qu” and “Po Jun”.
Each of the seven of them has different functions, and Xie Mingzhe designed skills for them based on the characteristics of the seven legendary star gods.
The Wolf is a star of wisdom and peace, symbolizing a strong "rule and management ability". At certain times, he will descend to the world to enlighten people and bring them hope for peace. There are several legends in history about the Wolf descending to the world to end wars. This card is very suitable as a control aid.
Greedy Wolf is of the Yang element, but the Star Card World only has the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, without any Yin or Yang. Therefore, when setting the card attributes, Xie Mingzhe classified Greedy Wolf into the Earth element for the sake of the upper limit of its health.
The Wolf Star Lord (Earth)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 1800, Attack 0, Defense 1800, Agility 0, Crit 0%
Additional Skills: Star of Wisdom (Greedy Wolf Star Lord is the star of wisdom in the fairy world, with powerful ruling and management capabilities. He can select any enemy target within 23 meters and force the opponent to release a skill he carries; cooldown time is 60 seconds)
Additional Skills: The Greedy Wolf Descends (When the world is in constant war, the Greedy Wolf Star Lord can descend to the human world at the necessary moment to bring hope of peace to everyone - the Greedy Wolf Star Lord descends from the fairyland to the ground, and all hostile and friendly targets within a range of 23 meters stop attacking for 3 seconds; cooldown time is 60 seconds)
Force the opponent's card to use skills, instantly disrupting the opponent's rhythm. For example, when the opponent's health is full, let the opponent's healing card use a group attack and a big move, directly wasting a group attack. When we use invincibility, let the opponent's output card use a big move, which is also a waste of the opponent's skills. Although this control skill is only effective on a single target, the actual effect is very powerful and can be operated flexibly.
Ju Men, as the "God of Right and Wrong", is in charge of verbal disputes. He can "turn energy into darkness". If he descends to the human world, he will exert his light as the "God of Right and Wrong" and become a master of debate with excellent eloquence.
Ju Men is a Yin star, and the star card game does not have a "yin and yang" attribute. For health considerations, it is also designed as an earth card.
Ju Men Xing Jun (Earth)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 1800, Attack 0, Defense 1800, Agility 0, Crit 0%
Additional Skills: Difficult to Distinguish Right from Wrong (Ju Men Xingjun is the "God of Right and Wrong". He can correctly distinguish the right and wrong, gratitude and resentment between cards. Once the enemy and our cards are fighting, Ju Men Xingjun can stop them from fighting temporarily and ask about the resentment between them. After asking clearly, he will tell everyone who is right and who is wrong. The questioning lasts for 5 seconds; the cooldown time is 30 seconds)
Additional Skill: Transform Qi into Darkness (Ju Men Star Lord has the ability to "transform Qi into Darkness". He is very good at blocking the light of other people and revealing his own light. When Ju Men Star Lord activates the skill, a dazzling light will be emitted around his body, and the light of other cards will be completely blocked. All skills released by enemy cards within 23 meters will lose their effects. Lasts for 3 seconds; cooldown time is 60 seconds)
This super powerful support card can be used as a group support card for 3 seconds of invincibility, and can also make the opponent's healing skills ineffective, making it easier for our firepower to advance; as a single support card, once our low-health card is chased by the opponent's card, it can force everyone to stop fighting and ask the right and wrong. The card being questioned will probably be mad to death - what's the grudge? This is a competition, do you need to have a grudge for killing your card?
If we really want to talk about grudges, the public enemy in the card world is your Xie Mingzhe!
The third star, "Lucun Xingjun", is a lucky star, belonging to the earth element. It is said that he has the ability to turn bad luck into good luck and remove bad luck. At the same time, he is also in charge of wealth. People who worship him will make a fortune.
Lucun Star Lord (Earth)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 1800, Attack 0, Defense 1800, Agility 0, Crit 0%
Additional Skills: Lucky Star (As the most lucky star among the Seven Stars of Beidou, Lucun Star can improve good luck and weaken bad luck. When he activates the "Lucky Star" skill, the luck of our output cards within a range of 23 meters will improve, and the attack power will increase by 50%; the luck of the enemy's output cards will deteriorate, and the attack power will be weakened by 50%; the cooldown time is 40 seconds)
Additional Skills: Wealth Rolling in (Lucun Star Lord is in charge of wealth, and those who are blessed by him can make a fortune. Lucun Star Lord will apply the "Wealth Rolling in" state to the designated friendly target, and the cards that need to store props will speed up the prop storage speed by 200%, which lasts for 10 seconds; the cooldown time is 30 seconds)
This card can be used in conjunction with "storage item" cards. For example, Hua Tuo needs to store "Ma Fei San", Dong Yong needs to store "medicines", and the Queen Mother also needs to store "Peaches". After being blessed by wealth, the storage speed of these cards will be doubled, and the treatment/protection capabilities during fierce team battles will also be improved by a level.
The fourth star of Beidou, Wenquxingjun, belongs to the wood element. It is one of the most familiar of the seven stars of Beidou. Wenquxing is in charge of literary fortune. In ancient times, people who wrote well and won the first place in the imperial examinations were considered to be Wenquxing incarnate. Later, elders in the folk also prayed to Wenquxing, hoping that their children and grandchildren would be admitted to good universities. People with good literary talent are said to be blessed by Wenquxingjun.
In the card design of this star god, Xie Mingzhe painted him as a graceful "literati", and added the traditional elements of the four treasures of the study, "brush, ink, paper, and inkstone", to the design, symbolizing his status as a deity in charge of "literature".
Wenquxingjun (wood element)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 600, Attack 1200, Defense 600, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional skills: pen, ink, paper, and inkstone (Wenquxingjun is in charge of literary fortune. It is said that people with good literary talent and good handwriting are blessed by Wenquxingjun. He has four magic weapons in his hand: pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. He can switch between them at any time. The switching interval is 15 seconds.
Pen: Wenquxingjun can control the brush to write characters in the air, causing 80% group damage to enemy targets on the writing path. The writing lasts for 5 seconds.
Ink: Wenquxingjun sprinkles black ink on a designated 23×23 meter area, causing all cards in the area to go dark and lose their vision for 3 seconds;
Paper: Wenquxingjun enlarges the smooth paper to a size of 23×23 meters and spreads it on the ground, covering all terrains such as ponds and traps. It also speeds up all enemy and friendly card groups on the paper by 500%. The paper disappears after 5 seconds.
Inkstone: Wenquxingjun smashes the huge inkstone at the designated single target, causing 200% critical damage to the target and stunning it for 3 seconds)
This card is very flexible to use. You can switch between pen, ink, paper and inkstone at will. When group output is needed, you can keep writing with the pen, and smash the inkstone for individual output. If you need to control the field, you can use ink multiple times to blur the opponent's vision, and use paper to pave the necessary terrain for group acceleration.
Because his skill design is too flexible, Wenquxing's basic attributes are low and he is easy to be killed. Of course, he can also hide behind the team and output or control the situation under the protection of his teammates.
The fifth star, “Lian Zhen Xingjun”, belongs to the fire element and is also known as the “Killing Star” and the “Prisoner Star”. “Killing” in ancient times means that he is impulsive and does things without thinking, so he often acts with some “evil spirit”; while “Prisoner” means that he is too arrogant, prone to extremes, and sometimes always confine himself to a circle and act on his own.
Lian Zhen Star Lord (Fire)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 800, Attack 1800, Defense 800, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Killer Star Lian Zhen (Lian Zhen Star Lord is impulsive and easily gets angry, so he is called the "Killer Star". When he activates his skills, he will automatically enter a state of anger, increasing his attack power, attack speed, and critical damage by 50% for 10 seconds; cooldown is 30 seconds)
Additional Skills: Draw a Prison on the Ground (Lian Zhen Xingjun is arrogant and conceited, never bows to others, and does things very extreme. When Lian Zhen Xingjun activates the "Draw a Prison on the Ground" skill, he will circle out a 7×7 meter prison cage, and all cards cannot leave the cage. He will perform multiple general attacks on the enemy targets in the cage. Every time a target is killed, the rage value is increased, and the attack power and attack speed are additionally increased by 10%; unless he dies or the enemy targets in the range are killed, he will stop attacking; the cooldown time is 60 seconds)
This is a small-range harvesting card that also has the function of isolating the battlefield.
When the star god Lian Zhen enters his berserk state and draws a circle on the ground to serve as a prison, the circled cards on the opposing side should be careful. Either they are killed by him, or they work together to kill him as soon as possible - it's either you die or I die. Lian Zhen's extreme attitude is also reflected in the card design.
The sixth star, Wu Qu Xing Jun, belongs to the element of metal. If the top-ranked scholars in ancient times were all Wen Qu Xing incarnated, then the famous generals who charged into battle and made great achievements on the front line were naturally Wu Qu Xing incarnated. Wu Qu Xing controls the martial fortunes of martial artists in the world, and it is said that this star has a strong, resolute, brave and decisive character.
Wu Qu Xing Jun (Gold)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 1500, Attack 500, Defense 1500, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Star of Loyalty and Bravery (Wu Qu Xingjun is in charge of "Military Luck". All cards with high attack power can be favored by him. When Wu Qu Xingjun uses a skill, the cooldown of all output cards within 10 meters of the friendly team will be reset immediately. If an output card itself has a "skill reset" setting or a linked skill, it will not be able to enjoy the skill reset effect again; the cooldown time is 90 seconds)
Additional Skills: Great Military Achievements (Wu Qu Xingjun appreciates cards that have made great military achievements. When any of our cards kills an enemy target, Wu Qu Xingjun can activate a skill to reward the card. The card that has made great contributions to killing the enemy is blessed by Wu Qu Xingjun and is immune to any control and damage skills in the next 2 seconds; the cooldown time is 30 seconds)
Wu Quxing is the star god in charge of military force. As long as the attacking cards perform well, he will give the greatest help to the cards. The skill cooldown reset of skill 1 can assist teammates to make a burst; skill 2 allows friendly forces that kill enemies to not be controlled, and the harvesting cards can achieve consecutive kills.
The seventh star, Pojun, is called the "consumption star" and belongs to the water element. Pojun aims to fight and destroy, which means "destroy first and then build". Pojun is also the most powerful star among the seven Beidou stars.
Pojun Star Lord (Water)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 600, Attack 2000, Defense 600, Agility 30, Crit 30%
Additional Skills: Charge and Trap (Po Jun Xing Jun is the most combative of the Beidou Seven Star Army. Whenever a big battle breaks out, he always likes to rush to the front as a vanguard. When Po Jun Xing Jun activates his skills, he will immediately teleport to the front of the battlefield, causing 300% group critical damage to all enemy targets within 5 meters in front of him, with a 1-second stun; cooldown time is 35 seconds)
Additional Skills: No Destruction, No Construction (Po Jun Xingjun has a very strong destructive ability. He believes in the principle of "no destruction, no construction". When there is a shield of any attribute within a range of 23 meters where he is, Po Jun Xingjun can immediately use a spell to break the shield from a long distance and copy the shield to any designated single card of our side; the cooldown time is 60 seconds)
The design of the seven Star God cards has been completed, and the design of the Immortal cards has exceeded the task.
But Xie Mingzhe decided to design another fairy card, which was the indispensable ruler of the fairy world - the Jade Emperor.