Chapter 399 Low-key t.i.tle

Tian Du City.

Sword Card Master a.s.sociation.

Buzz—

Faint energy surged.

Lu Ming's lips curled to reveal a smile. He was very pleased with his current lifestyle.

Now that his talents exceeded the peak, his cultivation speed began to increase significantly. If he worked harder, he would reach six-star very soon!

At this time, in the corner, an Original Card was trying hard to cultivate.

Hence…

Lu Ming focused on the cards.

Breaking through to a five-star was very significant to Lu Ming!

The improvement in his energy quality did not really matter to him. What was important was that he could finally use and create more complicated five-star cards as well as integrate real six-star cards!

He was curious to know if the top-notch six-star card that he created would be an invincible six-star card in the true sense?!

Even when…

he was dealing with Yan Suya!

At the thought of this…

Lu Ming was slightly looking forward to it.

Five-star cards…

The cards that Lu Ming had now were the Mover Card, Sunlight Card and…

Lu Ming paused for a moment.

He looked at the Desolation Card in his hands and was lost in his thoughts.

This was how things were.

Lu Ming had always maintained a steady rhythm in creating cards.

When he was a four-star, he would create top-notch four-star cards. When he had powerful combat capabilities and he needed to reach an ultimate limit, he would forcibly integrate a higher level card!

For example…

The forced integration of the Moonlight Card and the Sunlight Card!

Or something along those lines…

Although he could not understand the Sunlight Card and it could not be stored, he could use it when he needed to reach the ultimate limit of his abilities!

Therefore…

Lu Ming had been using a top-notch five-star Sunlight Card even when he was a four-star!

Lu Ming had been using a top-notch five-star Mover Card even when he was a four-star!

However…

There was one exception. There was a card that he did not dare to use—Desolation Card. It was a special card. It was a four-star card from the Bulls Series.

Yes.

The Desolation Card was still a four-star card.

Even until now, Lu Ming did not dare to create a five-star card of this ability.

The reason was—

He did not dare to do it.

A five-star Mover Card destroyed a building.

A five-star Sunlight Card blew up the World of Darkness and Shadows.

Well…

What about the Bulls Series?

The Demolition Card, the Burial Mound Card, the Desolation Card…

Perhaps it was due to the card structure or stability issues, the main effect of the cards in this series was to demolish… He had no idea what would happen if he created more advanced cards!

However…

He might be able to put this aside when he was a four-star. But he had to tackle it now!

Five-star.

It was a brand new stage!

In this stage, Lu Ming could do research and stock up on the Sunlight Card, Mover Card and other five-star cards. He could also work toward a higher level of integration!

Therefore…

If he wanted to do research on more advanced cards, there was no way to avoid it!

“I have to integrate the cards sooner or later!”

Lu Ming sighed.

It was still fairly easy for the Sunlight Card and the Mover Card. All he needed was to do a careful study and to master five-star knowledge. He could create the cards after learning the required knowledge. But for the Bulls Series…

They were still at the four-star level!

He had to create five-star cards before he could integrate them to form six-star cards!

Well…

That was his goal!

His immediate priority was to integrate seven Desolation Cards and see what the outcome would be!

Shus.h.!.+

Shus.h.!.+

The Desolation Cards appeared one after another.

Given Lu Ming's current capabilities, the creation of four-star cards was a very simple process. He skilfully used the Original Card to seal seven Desolation Cards.

Buzz—

The card surface suddenly transformed.

There was a flash of light.

The endless image of desolation transformed into a ball of flames the size of a fist. To put it more precisely, it seemed like a ball of will-o-wisps and looked quite eerie.

Lu Ming was silent.

Will-o-wisps…

Why does it look like that?!

Flames…

He checked through the lines of the Desolation Card. He had confirmed that there were no lines that were related to flames. Most of them should be related to bulls!

Why would they turn into will-o-wisps?

Also!

Nothing was left on the card except for the will-o-wisp?!

To be honest.

He was super frantic.

It was true.

After braving so many storms, Lu Ming was clear of one thing. The fewer the pictures, the more disastrous it would be.

The Bulls Cards had a lot of pictures on the surface. The effect was simply herds of charging bulls.

The Demolition Card was left with part of ruins on its surface. The effect was to demolish most of the old town.

The Burial Mound Card was only left with a lonesome burial mound. The bull that he summoned previously divided the legacy island of the Lunar Shadow legacy into several pieces…

The Desolation Card only had barren lands on its card surface. It summoned a peak six-star Guardian Divine Bull, destroying the underground maze of Qing Ming City.

Right now…

There was nothing but an eerie will-o-wisp on the five-star card.

What did this mean?!

Would this card blow through the planet?

“Give it a try!

“Hurry up and give it a try!”

Xiao-Xiaojian was very excited.

The card seemed to be very powerful.

“Get lost!”

Lu Ming did not spare him any courtesy.

“c.r.a.p.”

Xiao-Xiaojian was filled with contempt. “Have you thought it through? You won't be able to create six-star cards of other series for the time being. You have to understand and do a thorough research on the lines of five-star cards and how to create them before you can integrate six-star cards and materialize them for future use!

“Before this happens…

“You did not make a huge improvement after increasing to five-star.

“So…”

“Are you sure you don't want to try this card?”

Xiao-Xiaojian gave its sincere advice. “This world is dangerous. You can't possibly use it at the last minute whenever you encounter danger?

“After all…

“You can't be that lucky every time.

“What if this is another special card? You will die before you are able to use it then.

“If so…”

Xiao-Xiaojian sighed sadly, looking toward the spirit body department. “The Sword Card Master a.s.sociation might have a change in leaders.h.i.+p… The new president might be younger and more capable than you…

“He might make a good match with Xiaobai…

“What's that saying again ?

“Take over your a.s.sociation; leep with your disciple and beat your children…”

Xiao-Xiaojian sighed.

Lu Ming turned sullen.

d.a.m.n!

That card must be itching for a beating!

He silently took out the small leather whip.

“Haha.”

Xiao-Xiaojian merely sneered coldly. “Come on, whoever is scared is the loser!”

Lu Ming looked at it with suspicious eyes.

This card…

Something was not right!

Xiao-Xiaojian had never been this arrogant in the past. Besides, Lu Ming had just given it a harsh round of beatings two days ago. How dare it be so arrogant now?!

However…

It did not matter!

He would act in accordance with the guidelines of the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation!

What should one do if the card spirit was disobedient?

Most likely they were pretending. Just give them a beating!

Hence…

Lu Ming raised the small leather whip and gave it a round of beatings. However, Xiao-Xiaojian was just humming along and it seemed to be enjoying itself.

Lu Ming was shocked.

This card…

Perhaps an unspeakable property of the card was awakened?!

Instinctively….

He slowed down.

“Hurry up.

“Are you up for it or not?”

Xiao-Xiaojian urged him.

Lu Ming was speechless.

“Isn't this really weird?”

Looking at Lu Ming's expression, Xiao-Xiaojian felt very smug. “Hahahaha. I am finally a five-star! The small leather whip is useless on me!”

Xiao-Xiaojian was very proud of itself.

Five-star!

In addition to Lu Ming, it had improved as well!

As an ancient sword spirit, it used to be very powerful!

Because of the limitations that it faced being inside Lu Ming's Original Card, it could only release a small amount of energy pa.s.sively. But in essence, it was still an ancient sword spirit!

Therefore…

Since Lu Ming had improved, it would improve as well!

Lu Ming reached five-star and it had returned to its five-star standard as well!

Furthermore—

It was a peak five-star!

At this moment, it could vaguely feel how it felt during ancient times. It could sense that its consciousness had recovered and become powerful enough!

Lu Ming?

Snort! Snort!

It was not afraid of him!

How dared he used a small leather whip to make it surrender to him!

What a joke!

“Did the power of your spirit body increase?”

Lu Ming exclaimed.

He had forgotten about this!

After improving to a five-star, apart from a better energy quality, the other transformation would be the Original Card! The Original Card would become more stable and easier to control than before!

Of course.

Xiao-Xiaojian, who was inside the Original Card, would no longer be limited to it!

“Humph!”

Xiao-Xiaojian was proud of itself.

So?

Now he finally learns how tp suck up to me?

It is too late now!

It had decided that after it had totally recovered its former state, it would tie Lu Ming up with the small leather, make him dress in female clothes and…

Hahaha…

Xiao-Xiaojian had a silly smile on its face as it thought about it.

“Then how do you compare with Brother Cat?”

Lu Ming asked.

“That eunuch cat? It is not that I want to boast…”

Xiao-Xiaojian instinctively responded to Lu Ming's questions. It then realized that something was not right.

d.a.m.n it! It had accidentally revealed its innermost thoughts!

Brother Cat! I am sorry! Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality[1.Core socialist values] …

Bang!

A black shadow flashed.

This time…

Lu Ming clearly saw that it was a furry tail. It was rare that it did not send Xiao-Xiaojian flying but pulled it back into the Sea of Consciousness…

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Loud booming sounds could be heard in his mind.

Tsk.

Lu Ming sighed. One should not be too conceited. It was the same with the spirit body.

In the past, whenever he was being egoistic, he would be dealt with a harsh blow by Xiaobai. Now that he was Xiao-Xiaojian's owner, he had to take care of its psychological health.

Well…

It was good for Brother Cat to give it a round of beatings.

Sigh.

“There are very few kind masters like me these days.”

Lu Ming heaved continuous sighs.

He lowered his head and he turned silent at the five-star card in his hands.

This card…

He remembered the words Xiao-Xiaojian had just said.

Although the probability was low and it was highly impossible, it was still hurtful! Besides, Lu Ming knew that it was very risky to use the card in battles at the last minute!

He was certain that the card would not be too weak!

However…

What if it was a Delay Card?

By the time it was effective, he would be dead!

Afterward…

The a.s.sociation, Xiaobai, children…

Spat!

He did not have any children!

Lu Ming took a deep breath and put Xiao-Xiaojian's words aside. He thought hard about the card and he finally decided to try it!

He had to test it out!

It was for the sake of his children… cough, to ensure that he had stable combat capabilities!

Of course.

In order to be prepared for the worst scenario, he could not be reckless like before.

In the past when Lu Ming did testing, he would go to any place in the wild and start to test the card. The final outcome was a beast tide that launched an attack on Qing Ming City…

There were all sorts of problems!

As such…

Lu Ming decided to do his testing in the most professional location!!!

Regardless of whether one was six-star, seven-star or eight-star, as long as one was a cultivator, one would need to test one's ability! Therefore, there must be a professional place to do it!

Hence…

Lu Ming spoke to Li Haoran. “Haoran, is there any professional place where I can test my abilities?”

“Huh?”

Li Haoran was stunned momentarily. “We can do it in our a.s.sociation.”

Lu Ming turned silent for a moment. “I need the strongest and most professional place to do testing!”

Li Haoran turned silent.

Afterward…

He remembered the testing area that was s.h.i.+fted the last time and he seemed to understand his master's concern. All of a sudden he became excited. “Master, why don't you go to the Big Bird a.s.sociation?

“Recently, they seem to be up to something!

“You can destroy their testing area!

“Anyway, there is no proof!

“If not, you can go to the Elementalists a.s.sociation. The advertis.e.m.e.nt for their affiliated college seems to be doing better than us. We can create some trouble for them!”

Li Haoran was unusually excited.

Lu Ming turned sullen.

Was he his disciple?!

Who would create trouble for the opposing a.s.sociations for no reason?!

He was only testing!

He wanted to do serious testing!

“Shut up!”

Lu Ming took a deep breath. “I am serious.”

“I am serious as well…”

Li Haoran instinctively replied. But then he noticed his master's expression and he coughed to cover up the awkwardness. “I am sorry, Master.”

Lu Ming looked sullen.

He felt that his disciples had some misunderstanding about him recently.

It was true.

He was not the kind of person who would tear down places for no reason!

He made a mental calculation. Until now, he had only demolished an a.s.sociation, a cemetery, a building, a city district, an island, a legacy site, and a small world.

“I want the best and most professional testing area!”

Lu Ming was serious.

“The most professional…”

Li Haoran pondered for a moment and soon thought of it.

Tian Du City was a first-tier city and it was a metropolis. It was also the place where most people did their research on new abilities. The most professional place would naturally be at a research base!

It was just that…

“Master!

“I am afraid that it is not that easy to enter.”

Li Haoran sighed.

“It's okay.”

Lu Ming said in a deep voice, “Get Yunshan to help or I will convince them to! I am only testing out my abilities.”

Lu Ming's reasoning was simple.

Since it was the most professional place, it should be possible to test seven-star abilities there! If the place could withstand seven-star abilities, a five-star card should be alright.

In that case…

There should not be any hindrance if he merely went to do testing.

“Master.

“It is really not that easy to enter.”

Li Haoran sighed.

“It's alright. Tell me the place and I will decide what to do.”

Lu Ming maintained a calm expression.

“That place… well…

“It is in The First Academy.”

Li Haoran told the truth.

Shus.h.!.+

The expression on Lu Ming's face froze immediately.

T-The First Academy?

d.a.m.n!

Why is it that place again?!

“The learning environment in The First Academy is very good.

“There are a lot of geniuses in the college and the students speak well. Therefore, researchers are willing to study abilities and do testing there.”

Li Haoran told the truth.

Lu Ming was silent.

He could go to any place in Tian Du City except for The First Academy…

Oo…

It might not have to be that way.

Recently, the Sword Card Master a.s.sociation had developed a good relations.h.i.+p with The First Academy due to the on-campus job fair!

Furthermore…

Even if the dean had some issues with him, he would not go to the extent of making things difficult for him! They had many interactions! They had a fairly good relations.h.i.+p!

It was said that the dean thought highly of him!

Well…

Perhaps he should ask for permission?

Hence…

Lu Ming took the initiative to send a message to the dean. “h.e.l.lo, Dean, can I go to the research center of The First Academy to test a new card?”

Shus.h.!.+

The message was sent successfully.

After a long time…

Nothing happened.

“Perhaps the dean is busy?”

Li Haoran said gingerly

“Of course not.”

Lu Ming understood what was going on. “He must be hesitating. He is considering whether this is beneficial to the school. In that case, I will give him some benefits!”

Hence…

He sent another message to the dean.

However…

Shus.h.!.+

The message could not be sent! A red exclamation mark appeared—Sorry, you are not a friend of the other party!

Li Haoran was silent.

Master said that the dean was hesitating!?

Lu Ming was speechless.