117: Chapter 116 [Huang Chao] - [Underworld God] + [Celestial Star Descends to Earth]

Chapter 116 [ Huang Chao ] — — [ Underworld Yin Deity ] + [ Heavenly Star Descends to Earth ]

"The true spirit of [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] is awakening — —"

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"[The card information of [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] has changed! Please check.] As Sun Po watched [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] continuously eat six scholars who walked out of the [ Shanjun Temple ], a series of system sounds rang out."

At this time, the body of [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] was completely enveloped by golden light and starlight.

When the starlight and golden light dissipated, an unprecedented figure appeared before Sun Po's eyes.

This was a fierce-looking man with a robust physique, a dark face with steel-like bristles, eyes like bronze bells, and eyebrows slanted up into his temples.

His outer robe was a bright red official gown, perfectly matching the classic image of [ Zhong Kui ] from legends.

However, this bright red official gown was different from ordinary official robes; one of its sleeves was neat and proper, still maintaining the wide sleeves of ancient civil officials,

while the other side had a slanted collar leading straight to the jade belt at the waist, with no sleeve, revealing the armor beneath.

This armor was entirely golden. The beast-mask shoulder guards took the form of a ferocious tiger, the arm armor was mountain-pattern armor,

and the vambraces wrapping around the forearms were made of a material resembling cowhide, carved with intricate and exquisite patterns.

Sun Po recognized that this was precisely the style of wearing civil-military sleeves, a style primarily popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Typically, one sleeve was a civil sleeve—wide and flowing, symbolizing the elegance of scholars—

while the other sleeve was a military sleeve, usually a narrow-mouthed arm guard, signifying the capability of military generals.

This imagery was not uncommon among the common people; temple statues of figures like Yue Fei and [ Guan Yu ] all featured this civil-military sleeve design, generally used to portray characters proficient in both civil and martial arts.

In Sun Po's impression, the usual image of [ Zhong Kui ] was a fierce villain clad in official robes,

while the image of [ Huang Chao ] was that of a military general clad in armor. The image of [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] before him seemed to combine characteristics of both, yet the overall combination was surprisingly harmonious.

Especially with a precious sword hanging at his waist and a folding fan held in his hand, the whole person looked to have a rather unique bearing.

Sun Po mentally opened the panel of [ Wrongfully Deceased Scholar ] to examine it, finding that its card name was completely different from before:

Name: [ Huang Chao ]

MOD: [Devour Ghosts and Exorcise Evil · Zhong Kui]

Category: [deity card / Underworld Yin Deity] [Human Card / Heavenly Star Descends to Earth]

Quality: [Orange 9-Star]

Description:

[[ Huang Chao ] is the seven killings star among the Big Dipper constellations incarnated into the world, possessing extremely strong card-killing power against those with special destinies, and also mastering the ability to devour ghosts and exorcise evil]

Traits:

[Seven Killings Star Power]

[Huang Chao is the incarnation of the seven killings star among the Big Dipper constellations, and can use Seven Killings Star Power to attack and kill enemies. The Seven Killings Star Power doubles at night.]

[Star of Killing Destiny]

[When facing [Human] cards, Huang Chao will exert a certain suppression effect on their abilities,]

[and has an extremely tiny chance of causing the opponent's Card Maker to suffer equivalent damage when attacking the opponent's card.]

[Yin Deity]

[Huang Chao possesses part of the divine duties of the Underworld Yin Deity [ Zhong Kui ], able to track and distinguish all ghosts under heaven. [Exorcise Evil]:]

[When facing [Ghost] cards or monsters, Huang Chao exerts a tremendous suppression effect on their abilities, with a probability of causing [Ghosts] to rout. [Devour Ghosts]:]

[Huang Chao can recover health by devouring [Ghost] cards or monsters, and has a chance to seize their abilities.]

Skills:

[Yin Killing Power]: Huang Chao masters the Power of Seven Killings, and can mobilize the Yin deity power within the [Ghost-Slaying Sword],

reconciling the two to unleash a slash of exceptionally formidable power.

[Golden Armor]: Huang Chao wears golden armor, granting significant reduction against attacks below Level 4 energy.

[Chrysanthemum Fan]: Huang Chao can use the chrysanthemum fan to summon a rain of chrysanthemums condensed from Seven Killings Star Power, inflicting damage on a massive area of enemies,

while simultaneously healing friendly targets within the skill's range based on the damage dealt by the chrysanthemum rain.

Seeing this card information, Sun Po roared internally:

"Worth it! This secret realm trip was so damn worth it!!"

[Orange 9-Star]!! A [deity card] that is just a step away from golden quality!!

Do not think that because Sun Po possessed two [Gold 1-Star] cards, he would think orange cards were nothing special.

You must know that when [ Changyou ] initially loaded its MOD, it was merely a purple card.

After going through so much, coupled with [ Changyou ]'s peerless comprehension, gaining enlightenment in numerous skills after receiving the blessing of the [Six-Eared Macaque] (Remnant), and comprehending half a [Dao Fruit of Water] before ascending to divinity,

along with the inheritance of the [Water God of Huai River] from [ Wuzhiqi ], it only barely reached [Gold 1-Star].

And after reaching [Gold 1-Star], its strength was worlds apart from before—like heaven and earth.

Sun Po felt that going from orange to gold was an extremely difficult chasm to cross; only someone as powerful as [ Wuzhiqi ] could catch a glimpse of the scenery within.

Moreover, this [ Huang Chao ] card was simply too special. It inherently possessed the potential to become a true spirit card, but it failed to form solely because the [ Dark Tiger ] had devoured its true spirit fragments.

Now, with the addition of [ Zhong Kui ]'s [Devour Ghosts], [Exorcise Evil], and [Yin Deity] traits, it was like a tiger adding wings.

And [ Huang Chao ] truly lived up to being an existence described by the verse "The heavenly streets are trodden with the bones of nobles, the imperial treasury burned to brocade ashes",

its [Star of Killing Destiny] trait was truly brimming with murderous intent, and it was sinister beyond measure.

At this moment, Sun Po increasingly understood why [ Yang Xinyue ] had insisted that he strengthen his own survivability back then.

Seeing the traits of this card himself, he felt it would be extremely difficult to deal with.

No matter what, Card Makers were inherently more fragile than cards. Some families possessed secret arts that bypassed cards to target Card Makers directly,

such as the ways of shamanic gu, sorcery, and Taoist magic which all had methods like that.

However, something as direct as [Star of Killing Destiny] forcing the Card Maker and the card to suffer equivalent attacks was truly rare.

Although the probability was extremely low, once triggered, it became a matter of life and death.

Furthermore, the [Yin Killing Power] also granted [ Huang Chao ] exceptionally formidable frontal combat capability.

After all, the last time he saw such fused power was still [ Wuzhiqi ]'s [Ren Water Divine Power],

and the effects were evident—it could match the Samadhi True Fire of [Demon Pill Nezha], so its power went without saying.

Just as Sun Po was looking and becoming more and more satisfied, [ Huang Chao ] rested a hand on the precious sword at his waist and walked toward Sun Po.

Then, with a thud, he knelt down in the snow.

He performed a bow and said, "Thank you, My Lord, for helping me retrieve my true spirit. Such a kindness is like that of parents who gave me a second life; Huang Chao will never forget it."

Sun Po helped him up and said, "Your destiny and mine are intertwined; we are originally one entity, so there is no need for such formalities."

Suddenly, [ Huang Chao ]'s gaze paused on [ Lu Shan ] by Sun Po's side, and then he suddenly spoke with a frosty expression:

"My Lord, wait a moment. There is another ghost entity by your side, hiding quite deeply. Allow me to strike and destroy it."