109: Chapter 108 Loading MOD: [Demon-Eating and Evil-Suppressing Zhong Kui] and Card Mutation!!

Chapter 108: Loading MOD: [Ghost-Devouring Evil-Quelling · Zhong Kui] and Card Mutation!!

[Card-Making Material Analysis]

[zhong daos ghost-slaying sword]

Quality: [Orange 1-Star]

Description: [One of Zhong Kui's treasures, possessing an extremely strong restraint against ghosts.]

Compatibility between MOD [Ghost-Devouring Evil-Quelling · Zhong Kui] and [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar]: 98%

MOD [Ghost-Devouring Evil-Quelling · Zhong Kui] loading success rate: 28.7%

This was the problem when the gap between card quality and material quality was too large.

Even with a 98% compatibility, the massive gap between [Orange 1-Star] and [Gray 7-Star] resulted in a success rate of only 28.7%.

Sun Po hesitated for a long time, contemplating in his heart:

"If the load fails and [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] loses stars, that's one thing,

but if zhong daos ghost-slaying sword completely loses its spirituality and turns to ash as the number of failures increases, the loss will outweigh the gain."

Yet Sun Po was unwilling to just leave such a suitable and powerful material sitting idle.

In the end, Sun Po decided to give it a try:

"After all, this zhong daos ghost-slaying sword is so rich in spirituality that it could serve as a weapon for the Double-Pupil Warrior. It should be able to withstand a few failed loads.

He issued the command in his mind:

"Read [zhong daos ghost-slaying sword], load MOD [Ghost-Devouring Evil-Quelling · Zhong Kui] for [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar]!! Activate!!"

On the bank of Sun Po's Calamity Heavenly River, that sword with a black sharkskin scabbard,

adorned with a bright red tassel and magnificent gems, soared into the sky,

flying into reality with a sword howl like the wailing of ghosts and gods,

stabbing fiercely into that dusty grey [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card.

The card suddenly trembled violently, as if it would explode in the next second.

Suddenly, a five-colored light rose from within Sun Po's body,

enveloping the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card.

Sun Po saw it clearly—whether it was this five-colored light

or the giant five-colored hand that held the [Fragment of Brahma's Navel Stone] when Sun Po made the [Black Rhino Armor] before,

they were all manifestations evolved from that blob of five-colored jelly when creating MODs.

This made him think to himself:

"I wonder what tier of power the five-colored jelly belongs to. But judging by its miraculous nature, it certainly shouldn't be lower than divine power or disaster energy."

Enveloped by the five-colored light, the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card quickly calmed down.

Sun Po looked at the card face and finally saw the situation inside clearly.

At this moment, in the graveyard background of the mass grave, a long sword radiating golden light hung in midair. Its golden glow was so intense that it even eclipsed the cold moon; that treasure sword was precisely [zhong daos ghost-slaying sword].

Gloomy winds whipped through the entire graveyard, and countless black mist-like entities rose from the graves, seeming as if they wanted to drift away.

They struggled and roared, yet they were pinned down as if by nails, unable to escape.

[zhong daos ghost-slaying sword] was like a dazzling awl, firmly pinning down all the spirits and vengeful ghosts of the mass grave.

Under the suppression of the golden light, the grey-robed scholar also stooped his back with a hideous expression, seemingly in intense pain.

Suddenly, it abruptly raised its head, deep hatred surging in its eyes that wept tears of blood.

Immediately, the grey-robed [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] raised both claws,

and thick black mist suddenly surged up from the graveyard as grave mounds exploded one after another.

With a contorted face, the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] reached out its claws toward the brilliantly glowing [zhong daos ghost-slaying sword] in midair.

Its body cracked inch by inch, and the bloody tears streaming from its eyes turned to ice, making it look utterly tragic.

Soon, the entire graveyard had transformed into a dark, dense mist.

On the card face, only one ghost and one sword remained amidst the churning black mist.

Under the illumination of the golden light, the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] was no longer recognizable in its original form,

with only shreds of rotten flesh clinging to its entire body.

Yet it still stubbornly walked toward [zhong daos ghost-slaying sword].

It roared furiously, and Sun Po seemed to hear a raspy voice coming from the void:

"Man harbors no intent to harm the tiger, yet the tiger intends to injure man!! I hate this!!"

At the same time, Wuzhiqi's voice sounded in Sun Po's mind:

"Master, the voice of fate of this card seems to intersect with yours."

Sun Po said, "With me? I am its creator, so of course its fate intersects with mine."

Wuzhiqi added:

"No, Master. While the fate of this [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card is naturally bound to yours,

I can also hear a little of the fate contained within the true spirit fragment inside this card."

Sun Po asked in surprise, "Are you saying this is also a True Spirit Card?"

After a brief silence, Wuzhiqi said:

"No, it cannot be considered a True Spirit Card. True Spirit Cards like [Yuchi Yigde] or [Wei Zheng]

all harbor the voice of fate of a complete true spirit within the card.

But this [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] only has a single true spirit fragment inside it and cannot awaken a true spirit.

What I heard just now was the voice of fate from this fragment, akin to its past life."

Sun Po was thoroughly confused, but he still asked curiously, "Then what connection does the voice of fate of this true spirit fragment have with me?"

Wuzhiqi said, "I only heard that the node connecting the voice of fate lies with a past opponent of yours, Master, named Lu Shan."

Sun Po was filled with curiosity once more.

Lu Shan? Sun Po had an impression of this person—a scion of the Lu family during the municipal tournament.

Lu Shan's sneak attack back then had been quite troublesome for Sun Po; he was an aristocratic family scion with a decent amount of practical combat experience.

Later, his father had even invited Sun Po to visit the Lu family, though Sun Po ended up not going.

Why would this person be linked to a card? And how did that draw a connection to Sun Po as well?

Recalling the raspy voice he had just heard, Sun Po had a faint suspicion forming in his mind.

But right now, the loading was still ongoing, so Sun Po had no mind to ponder all that. A moment later, within the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card,

the scholar had completely disappeared, and everything originally inside the card was gone.

Only a single [zhongdao ghost-slaying sword] remained in the black mist, shining with brilliant golden light as it hung in midair.

Sun Po was truly at a loss. He still hadn't heard the system notification voice for MOD loading failure,

nor had he heard the system notification voice for loading success.

Furthermore, this [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card itself had undergone a massive change.

The original graveyard and blood-teared scholar on the card face were both gone,

and even the skill information of the Wrongfully Deceased Scholar and the card itself had turned into a patch of chaos.

Sun Po had never encountered such a change during the process of loading MODs.

Sun Po didn't know whether to cry or laugh; whether it succeeded or failed, he had been mentally prepared.

But now, [zhong daos ghost-slaying sword] seemed to have made a home inside the [Wrongfully Deceased Scholar] card,

putting the success of the MOD loading into a Schrödinger's state.

It was tantamount to inexplicably wasting a powerful material and a card—who could stand this?

Sun Po checked his phone calendar and began calculating in his mind.

Because the provincial tournament was affected by fish-ization disease and delayed, the provincial finals were not over yet. What was even more miraculous was that

almost half of the provinces nationwide had encountered setbacks and had their provincial tournaments delayed.

Thus, although Sun Po and the other two had already agreed on the final rankings, the provincial finals wouldn't resume for nearly another week,

followed by the national tournament, with nearly a month's gap in between.

During this process, Sun Po had plenty of time to give himself a massive upgrade. As that raspy voice echoed in his mind,

and remembering Lu Shan mentioned by [Wuzhiqi], he made up his mind:

"Oh well, it's time to take a trip back to Gaoping City."