50: Chapter 49 System Upgrade

The terrifying Daoist on the ancient scroll left a profound impression on Sun Po.

It was the first time he had been discovered by the creature in the imagery while loading a MOD.

He had a feeling that if his consciousness lingered there for a moment longer, the ending probably wouldn't be very good.

This also made him think more deeply about loading self-made MODs.

Could it be that such an ancient scroll really existed, one that could bestow names upon heavenly deities?

In his impression, the only thing like this was the legendary Investiture of the Gods, and the image of that ancient scroll matched as well.

However, if it truly was the Investiture of the Gods, what kind of power could have damaged it to that extent?

And that terrifying Daoist on it, not considering those disgusting granulation buds and the giant mouth on his face,

the image of that Daoist most closely matched the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord from journey to the west.

But if it really was the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord,

why would he appear on this ancient scroll in the starry sky, instead of at his Huanghua Temple?

There was too little available information, and Sun Po just felt he couldn't figure it out at all.

But right now, a full 23,000 points of spiritual value!!

The newly upgraded mod loading system!!

These were all solid, concrete gains!!

And it was the biggest haul Sun Po had ever received since coming to this world!

"As the saying goes, a horse won't get fat without night grass, and a person won't get rich without windfall wealth!"

But compared to the increase in spiritual value, what excited Sun Po even more was this system upgrade.

This time, the [mod loading system] also only added one new function,

but Sun Po only had to glance at this function for his breathing to become heavy:

"[For every level the Card Maker rank increases, one can use the mod loading system to create a MOD for oneself.

When this MOD is self-made using selected materials, the loss of spiritual value can be greatly reduced.

The number of selected materials cannot exceed 9 pieces, and the current host can load 2 MODs.]"

If one were to ask what Sun Po's biggest shortcoming as a Card Maker was right now, it was Sun Po himself.

The biggest disadvantage civilian Card Makers had compared to aristocratic Card Makers,

besides a lack of actual combat experience, was more importantly the low combat power of the Card Maker themselves.

For instance, a civilian Card Maker like Liu Jianren in the city-level competition who possessed a purple card—

why did he need to use such an extremely ugly method when dueling Hu Xue even though his card quality had the advantage?

It was simply because the gap in personal combat power between Liu Jianren and Hu Xue was too vast.

It was the same when Sun Po dueled Lu Shan;

possessing a purple card, he was still forced to roll and dodge attacks before finally successfully summoning Changyou.

Most of these Card Makers from aristocratic clans had practiced some ancestral methods since childhood.

For example, the seduction techniques of the Hu Family, the Tiger-Form Fist of the Lu Family, and so on.

As for the sword cultivators of the Xu Family, the strongest in Gaoping City, they even focused primarily on the Card Maker during combat.

And for a civilian Card Maker like Sun Po, aside from rolling around on the ground, it seemed he had no effective means of survival.

Although the Gaokao prohibited maliciously harming the opposing Card Maker during card duels,

area-of-effect skills like Changyou's "Who Built the Dam, Huh?",

not only harmed the enemy Card Maker, but also threatened Sun Po, who was present on the field at the time.

In the end, he first had to cast Water Bubble Technique on Sun Po to prevent his master from drowning,

and had to win before the Water Bubble Technique burst,

otherwise his master would have completely no self-preservation or combat capability and would still drown.

That was only because Changyou possessed strength far superior to Water-Severing; otherwise, Sun Po wouldn't have known how he could have won.

Furthermore, protections like those during the Gaokao weren't always available.

In the future, when Sun Po entered the battlefield, all sorts of treacherous methods would be waiting for him.

It could be said that a Card Maker must have their own means of killing enemies and protecting their lives;

relying entirely on cards would definitely prevent one from going far.

And this function of the mod loading system adding MODs to Card Makers could be said to have come at precisely the right time.

The enhancement of MODs on cards was plain for all to see, deserving to be called a complete rebirth.

To what extent would the enhancement on a Card Maker reach?

Sun Po looked at the few orange-grade materials left in the room, feeling incomparably excited in his heart.

"Good thing I didn't dismantle them directly; these materials will come in extremely handy right now!"

Since this MOD could be self-made, crafting it based on existing materials could greatly reduce the expenditure of spiritual value.

Upholding the principle of thrift and running a household diligently, Sun Po stared at these materials and pondered deeply.

[fragment of brahmas navel stone]

Quality: [Orange 9-Star]

Description: [According to the Vishnu Purana, Brahma's Navel Stone is a lotus throne grown from Brahma's navel, with the heart of the lotus condensing into the navel stone, containing the great power of creation, but for some unknown reason it shattered and lost all divine power.]

This material cannot be made into a MOD.

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[Horn of the Celestial Demon Moon-Gazing Rhinoceros]

Quality: [Orange 8-Star]

Description: [In former years, the great sage Wu Zixu fled to Wu, and the river deity blocked the path. He then used a rhinoceros horn to part the water, opening a thirty-zhang smooth path in the middle. The phrase "Rhinoceros Horn Illuminating the Netherworld" originated from this. This rhinoceros horn is precisely the natal magical treasure of the Celestial Demon Moon-Gazing Rhinoceros, containing a dense power of the Celestial Demon Bloodline.]

MOD [Celestial Demon Bloodline] Adaptability with Host: 81.97%

MOD [Celestial Demon Bloodline] Loading Success Rate: 63.99%

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[Lich King's Armor]

Quality: [Orange 5-Star]

Description: [Legend has it that this armor was forged by a lich named Ner'zhul, containing the powers of death and frost, but most of its true power resides in a matching longsword.]

MOD [Lich] Adaptability with Host: 21.33%

MOD [Lich] Loading Success Rate: 5.91%

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[Broken Spear of the God of War]

Quality: [Orange 2-Star]

Description: [Legend has it that this is the spear used by the God of War Ares in Ragnarok, but it has broken and its divine power is greatly reduced.]

This material cannot be made into a MOD.

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[Dragon Horn of the Time Whelp]

Quality: [Orange 9-Star]

Description: [Time dragons are extremely rare and are considered existences surpassing ordinary dragon gods. This is a dragon horn shed during the whelp stage of a time dragon, containing a trace of weak temporal authority.]

MOD [Time Dragon Scion] Adaptability with Host: 0.113%

MOD [Time Dragon Scion] Loading Success Rate: 0.00034%

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The power systems belonging to the remaining three orange-grade materials were also bizarre and varied, and they could not be made into MODs.

Sun Po looked at these materials radiating strong spiritual fluctuations

and thought to himself:

"If self-making a MOD is equivalent to a creation with a free theme, then this is equivalent to a creation with exam questions. Greatly reducing the loss of spiritual value is too important to give up. I need to create a MOD suitable for myself based on these materials."

But looking at these messy materials, Sun Po once again felt extremely headachy.

The Greek and Indian pantheons, a Huaaxia great demon, a Western lich, and a Western dragon?

At the same time, he was rapidly conceiving in his heart:

"The only routes I can choose are [Celestial Demon Bloodline], [Lich], and [Time Dragon Scion]. That is to say, when making these three MODs, my spiritual value consumption will be greatly reduced. However, if I solely make one of these MODs, it would waste the other materials. Yet their power systems are different and extremely difficult to compatibly merge—how should this be fused and crafted? They have nothing to do with each other!"

Suddenly, inspiration flashed in Sun Po's mind,

as if it really could be fused!!

An image of a handsome wrist-twisting appeared in his mind.

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