136: Shiji's first battle!

“Alright, no more academic credits left.”

After a shopping spree, Jiang Yuan spread his hands.

The two thousand academic credits he had just obtained were all spent.

Of course, he also gained six cards.

Although it wasn't enough to complete a weapon, it was still pretty good.

“In that case, I’ll have to buy Undead Skill Cards outside later.”

Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly, not expecting academic credits to be spent so quickly.

However, academic credits still had many benefits; at the very least, the material cards in the academic credit store were very comprehensive.

Jiang Yuan now had a portion of the material cards collected.

Qiankun Circle: 3/4

Huntian Ribbon: 1/4

Taia Sword: 2/5

Among the six cards, two were of the rare type.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan had the authority promised by Liu Shengshan, so he directly purchased them.

As for the promise to cover the crafting materials for one card.

That, of course, would wait until he could craft purple quality cards.

One year from the start of his enrollment, he would see if it was feasible by this time next year.

If not, he would directly exchange for blue quality material cards.

If it was, turning blue quality cards into purple quality cards could save a lot of money.

He was well-off recently, so the consumption of blue quality cards was still manageable.

“Let’s go, just in time to see if we can gather the materials for a weapon and craft it directly.”

Jiang Yuan said, then led the envious Mu Qianshan towards outside the campus.

Mu Qianshan was indeed envious; he didn't have many academic credits and couldn't afford anything.

“Undead Skill Cards, huh? I wonder if Shi Ji consumes my Star Power or her Energy when she uses Skill Cards?”

“Card Spirit?”

Mu Qianshan was a bit curious. Although he hadn't seen her, her name was Shi Ji?

“Yes, she has a skill that allows her to carry five Undead Skill Cards.”

“Who knows? Summoning Cards are something you came up with yourself.”

Facing Jiang Yuan’s question, Mu Qianshan rolled his eyes and said.

Who knew how a Card Spirit’s Energy consumption worked?

You, the creator, don't know?

Actually, to be precise, Jiang Yuan did know.

Jiang Yuan had once asked Nezha what was consumed when he used Samadhi True Fire and Purple Flame.

Nezha said that after he appeared, he could use a portion of Star Power.

Of course, it wasn't Jiang Yuan's Star Power.

It was the Star Power Jiang Yuan consumed when he materialized him.

Not only that, as Card Spirits, they were actually like people; as long as they were materialized, they could absorb Star Power to recover.

Nezha was a physical attack type Student, and his Star Power recovery could keep up with his usage.

But Shi Ji was different.

If Shi Ji was equipped with five blue quality Skill Cards, what if one or two Skill Cards depleted her Star Power?

Furthermore, Shi Ji's own skills also had a consumption.

Although the skills she inherently carried consumed less than those from cards.

There was still a consumption.

The Star Power in the Xing Ji Stage was still not quite enough.

Even though he had already reached the Star Epoch Late Stage, his Star Power was not enough to materialize both Nezha and purple flame serpent spear simultaneously.

However, he thought it would be possible when he reached the Xuanxiao Stage.

He would see then. If it was possible, he would directly bind Nezha and purple flame serpent spear together so they would materialize at the same time.

Jiang Yuan pondered, but he was indeed not very clear about Shi Ji's Energy consumption situation.

If not, he would first buy five blue quality Skill Cards, and then five white quality Skill Cards.

If blue quality Skill Cards couldn't be used, white ones surely could.

After buying the Skill Cards and equipping Shi Ji, he would go to the Dream Tower to test Shi Ji's abilities first.

But Nezha and Shi Ji hadn't met yet, had they?

Never mind, no rush for that.

Jiang Yuan had only met Shi Ji once.

After crafting the card that day, Jiang Yuan met Shi Ji once and hadn't seen her since.

Mainly because Jiang Yuan hadn't left his room those two days, constantly crafting cards, so he naturally had no intention of materializing Shi Ji or Nezha.

While thinking, Jiang Yuan quickly arrived at the Wild Market.

Because there was a Xing Ji Stage Undead Cave Heaven nearby, there were many Undead type cards in the Wild Market.

Jiang Yuan had just arrived for a short while and had already bought five white quality Skill Cards and one blue quality Skill Card.

They were all Undead Skill Cards.

White Quality: Netherlight Entanglement (Reduces the opponent's movement speed and attack speed. The stronger the target compared to oneself, the weaker the effect, and vice versa.)

White Quality: Dark Fear (Deals magic damage to the opponent and has a chance to cause a fear effect. The stronger the target compared to oneself, the lower the probability and duration, and vice versa.)

White Quality: Dark Shroud (Reduces the opponent's field of vision. Effect same as above.)

White Quality: Dark Streamer (Releases black light to attack the opponent.)

White Quality: Soulfire (Releases Undead flames, dealing damage to the opponent. Damage doubled against Undead.)

Blue Quality: Twisted Bone Spear (Deals a large amount of damage. The damage caused by this skill cannot be healed. If the target of the same level has defense below a certain threshold, it causes an execution effect.)

After finishing the Wild Market, Jiang Yuan bought two more white quality cards and four blue quality cards from the Skill Card shop in the mall.

By then, he had a total of seven white quality cards and five blue quality cards.

Among the seven white quality cards, four were support type and three had damage.

Among the blue quality cards, four were attack type and one was support type.

Jiang Yuan knew when to stop, otherwise he would have too many cards he liked.

Although he was well-off now, it was only a bit; he hadn't reached Mu Qianshan's level yet.

“I’m going to try in the Dream Tower. Do you want to come along?” Jiang Yuan asked Mu Qianshan beside him after buying the cards.

“I’ll go too. I want to see if I can break through the twenty-seventh floor first.”

After Mu Qianshan finished speaking, the two walked towards the Mission Center.

There were many people inside the Mission Center, but their goal was the Dream Tower.

Incidentally, he had already canceled the Tian Jian Bottom Stone mission.

The compensation was ten percent, which was eighteen lower-grade star spirit stones.

But it wasn't a big problem.

Jiang Yuan waited in line for a while and then entered the Dream Tower.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Yuan still didn't materialize Nezha.

Shi Ji alone should be enough.

“Mu Qianshan, sudden actions without saying goodbye are not good, you know.”

After Shi Ji was materialized, her first sentence expressed dissatisfaction with Jiang Yuan's sudden act of turning her into a card that day.

“Ha, it won't happen next time.”

Jiang Yuan smiled. Having little experience with girls, he truly felt a bit flustered in front of the beautiful Shi Ji.

A little shy?

Jiang Yuan shook his head, shaking off his inner thoughts, and then took out the cards.

“These twelve cards, how do you want to combine them?”

Shi Ji looked at Jiang Yuan with a smiling gaze, then carefully examined the twelve cards.

“I'm not sure how your consumption mode works, but I have a card here that can restore Star Power, which you should be able to use.”

Jiang Yuan said, then took out a white quality Jade Purification Bottle.

“Hmm, then these will do.”

Shi Ji quickly chose the five Skill Cards she wanted to equip.

Three white quality Skill Cards: Dark Fear, Netherlight Entanglement, and Ill Fate Intimidation.

One deals damage and has a chance to fear the opponent, one reduces speed and attack speed, and one reduces the opponent's dual defenses.

Two blue quality Skill Cards: Twisted Bone Spear (Deals a large amount of damage, and the damage caused by this skill cannot be healed.)

Ruin Light: Deals magic damage to the opponent, can be used three times, and each use increases skill damage by ten percent.

The three white quality Skill Cards were all support skills.

The two blue quality Skill Cards were both attack skills.

After making her selection, Shi Ji smiled and looked at Jiang Yuan.

“My skill consumption is my Star Power, which is the Star Power you used to materialize me. However, because I am a Card Spirit, the consumption of blue Skill Cards is roughly half of yours.”

“Similarly, I can also absorb Star Power to restore my own Star Power, but if I use too much, it will consume your Star Power.”

After Shi Ji finished speaking, Jiang Yuan pretty much understood.

It was indeed as Jiang Yuan had thought.

They themselves had Star Power (generated by Jiang Yuan materializing the cards), and could also slowly recover Star Power like humans.

However, if both types of Star Power were insufficient, then he would have no choice but to draw Star Power from Jiang Yuan, the Card Master.

It was just like when Nezha forcibly destroyed that scene card.

At that time, it almost drained Jiang Yuan dry.

If it weren't for the Sweet Dew Water in the Jade Purification Bottle rapidly replenishing Star Power, Jiang Yuan's Star Power would definitely not have been able to support Nezha's Heaven-Burning Sea-Boiling.

"Alright, this can restore Star Power, let's go try it."

As Jiang Yuan spoke, he and Shi Ji entered the thirty-first floor.

Nezha had challenged the thirty-first floor before.

However, he ultimately failed.

Because at that time, Jiang Yuan was still at the Star Epoch Middle Stage, and challenging a Xuanxiao Early Stage opponent was indeed a bit difficult.

Naturally, Nezha did not succeed in his challenge.

Later, after Jiang Yuan broke through to the Star Epoch Late Stage, he hadn't come back to challenge the Dream Tower.

Now was a good time to test Shi Ji against a Xuanxiao Early Stage opponent.

Theoretically, Shi Ji and Nezha should have been sent out at the same time for more stability.

However, Jiang Yuan wasn't here to clear the levels, but rather to observe Shi Ji's strength.

After Shi Ji adjusted her cards, Jiang Yuan entered the thirty-first floor.

Nezha had challenged this floor before; the opponent was not an Undead, but a Demon.

Demon Cavalry!

The Demon Cavalry were extremely powerful.

He just didn't know how Shi Ji would fare.

Nezha, at that time, had almost taken down this guy.

As the opponent appeared, the smile on Shi Ji's face receded, returning to her cool and calm demeanor.

Watching the Demon Cavalry charge towards her, Shi Ji's long, slender hand lifted slightly.

The next second, the ground rose, and a Skeleton Bone Soldier appeared, blocking the Demon Cavalry's path.

The Skeleton Bone Soldier was only at the Star Epoch strength, and was impaled by the spear the moment it faced the Demon Cavalry.

Jiang Yuan panicked for a moment, but Shi Ji seemed to sense Jiang Yuan's thoughts and explained in a clear voice with a slight hint of a smile.

"Bone Spirit Recall will summon a Bone Soldier of a certain level based on the amount of Star Power used; this is just the lowest grade."

As Shi Ji spoke, she continuously summoned Star Epoch Bone Soldiers, which were then continuously slain by the Demon Cavalry.

"Moreover, Bone Soldiers that are instantly killed will also return a portion of Star Power."

"So, in this situation, there's basically no consumption for you, right?"

"Right."

As the Demon Cavalry continuously attacked the Bone Soldiers, its speed also slowed down.

At the same time, the moment Shi Ji's voice fell, two white cards appeared in her hand.

The white cards glowed, and two streams of black Energy wrapped around the Demon Cavalry.

The Demon Cavalry, realizing its speed was restricted, shook its body with a burst of light, and its speed returned to slightly slower than before.

One of the Demon Cavalry's skills was [Instant Charge], which allowed it to reach its full charge speed at the moment of starting.

After using its innate skill, a blue-quality card also appeared in the Demon Cavalry's hand.

[Demonic Glory]: Increases one's attack power.

However, at this moment, not only was the Demon Cavalry's speed reduced, and its attack speed lowered, but its dual defenses were also greatly reduced.

After using [Instant Charge] and charging only two steps, another Bone Soldier appeared in front of the Demon Cavalry.

There was no choice but to attack this obstructing Bone Soldier again.

Due to the attack, its speed slightly decreased again.

At this moment, the Demon Cavalry was less than thirty meters away from Jiang Yuan and Shi Ji.

If there were no obstructions, at the Demon Cavalry's current speed, it would definitely reach them within ten seconds.

However, Shi Ji naturally wouldn't let this happen.

Another card appeared in her hand, but this time it was a blue-quality card.

As the Demon Cavalry attacked the Bone Soldier, the card in her hand was released.

A Bone Spear appeared in front of Shi Ji, and with a gentle flick of Shi Ji's finger, the Bone Spear shot towards the Demon Cavalry.

As the Demon Cavalry finished off the Bone Soldier, the Twisted Bone Spear struck simultaneously.

However, Shi Ji chose not to target the Demon Cavalry itself, but rather the black horse beneath the Demon Cavalry.

The black horse was hit by the Twisted Bone Spear; although it didn't cause a penetrating wound, the appearance of a large hole caused the black horse to bleed profusely.

Its speed decreased again.

Shi Ji, however, sighed.

What a pity, not enough damage.

If she had known, she would have directly attacked the black horse's front legs.

Shi Ji didn't hesitate; as Bone Soldiers continued to appear and block the way, a blue-quality card appeared again.

Ruin Light!

The black beam of light still struck while the Demon Cavalry was attacking, giving it no chance to dodge.

However, after two attacks, the Demon Cavalry also became much more cautious.

Seeing a blue card appear in Shi Ji's hand again, it directly abandoned its attack on the Bone Soldier and looked at Shi Ji with a serious expression.

Shi Ji's expression remained unchanged.

Would simply not attacking be enough?

With a raise of her hand, three Bone Soldiers appeared simultaneously.

However, these were not Bone Soldiers of Star Epoch strength this time, but rather the highest strength Bone Soldiers Shi Ji could summon: Star Epoch Late Stage Bone Soldiers.

As the Bone Soldiers appeared, they began to hack at the Demon Cavalry's horse.

At the same time, the Jade Purification Bottle above Shi Ji's head tilted slightly, and a drop of Sweet Dew Water fell from it, landing on Shi Ji's body.

Star Power recovered.

The Demon Cavalry was in a dilemma.

The black horse beneath him had no attack power.

But those Bone Soldiers kept attacking.

If he let them be, his horse would be hacked to death in no time.

But if he attacked, the opponent would definitely attack him while he was attacking.

The Demon Cavalry was caught in a struggle.

However, seeing his horse neighing repeatedly, a hint of irritation appeared in the Demon Cavalry's heart, and he finally decided to attack those Bone Soldiers.

He didn't need to attack too much, just kill one to allow his horse to run.

"Bang!"

The knight's long spear in the Demon Cavalry's hand thrust down again, and the Star Epoch Bone Soldier instantly perished.

And similarly, the Ruin Light struck again.

The Demon Cavalry forcibly blocked this attack, and at the same time, the black horse beneath him took this opportunity to bolt.

The Bone Soldiers couldn't catch up to the running horse.

However, Shi Ji didn't make another move; she just watched as the Demon Cavalry charged towards her.

Jiang Yuan was a little confused, but he didn't ask.

As his Card Spirit, he still chose to trust Shi Ji.

Just as the Demon Cavalry was still five meters away from Shi Ji, Shi Ji suddenly turned to face Jiang Yuan.

After tilting her head slightly and smiling at Jiang Yuan, the Demon Cavalry behind her instantly transformed into a stream of light and dissipated.

"Won?"

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised, but the next second he understood how Shi Ji had done it.

The Bone Soldiers were used to stall for time.

This included the Skill Card gambit in the middle as well.

While the Skill Cards landed and dealt damage, the Netherlight skill had already been activated from the start of the battle.

It was only when it had accumulated to a certain extent, allowing her to directly defeat the opponent with a burst, that Shi Ji turned around, right?

Finally, the burst of accumulated Energy from Netherlight directly finished off the opponent.

However, what Jiang Yuan didn't know was that Shi Ji had also used Netherlight's emotion-provoking ability to incite a feeling of irritation.

Otherwise, the Demon Cavalry wouldn't have directly attacked the Bone Soldiers just now.

"How was it?"

After defeating the Demon Cavalry, the scene returned to the small white room.

Shi Ji looked at Jiang Yuan, her lips curving slightly as she asked him.

"Great."

Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up: "But we can finish now, you need to go back."

"Okay."

Shi Ji chuckled softly, then stared at Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan felt his scalp tingle under Shi Ji's gaze: "Don't worry, you'll have a chance to fight soon."

Shi Ji smiled: "I'll be waiting."

After Shi Ji finished speaking, Jiang Yuan directly chose to exit the Dream Tower.

After leaving the Dream Tower, Mu Qianshan was already waiting outside.

"How was it? Did you pass?"

"I passed, but I was defeated on the twenty-eighth floor again," Mu Qianshan said, shaking his head helplessly.

"I'm considering whether to go directly to the Undead Cave Heaven tomorrow?" Jiang Yuan suddenly turned to Mu Qianshan and asked.