965: Wen Xiucheng's Fifth Card

Thinking about the situation between himself and the protagonist Moyun, while feeling a bit of solemnity in his heart, Du Xingchen turned and walked out of the secret room.

In a short time, it was impossible for Moyun to do anything to him, or even meet him.

During this period, strengthening his trust and position in the hearts of his teammates was the priority.

Once his prestige was irreplaceable and solid as a rock in everyone's hearts, even if Moyun knew the truth, he wouldn't be able to shake his position!

And to gain the trust of his teammates, the most straightforward approach was to help them improve their strength together.

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A few days later.

In an open area, Du Xingchen put away the last wisp of pill fire, flipped his hand, and twenty Beast Tempering Pills, emanating a surging aura with a dark purple hue, appeared in his hand.

In front of him, the massive body of a beast had already dissipated into nothingness as the last wisp of energy was refined.

Looking up to the other side, in the crowded area, there were also seven or eight millennium-old beasts, bound with iron chains and escorted by Jiangshan City guards.

It was good to have the power of a City as a backup.

There was absolutely no need for them to go find beasts themselves, hunting, refining pills, and absorbing at the same time.

If they wanted Beast Tempering Pills, they could simply have the City guards send over the captured beasts one by one, which was both fast and convenient.

"Xingchen, eating like this, there really won't be any side effects?" Wen Xiu Cheng took the 50th pill he had received today, his blood and qi still in turmoil due to the continuous absorption of pills.

If one looked closely, they would see that Wen Xiu Cheng's body was much sturdier than a few days ago, and his muscles were also much more solid!

The physical strength contained within was already no different from that of a millennium-old beast!

The situation with Liangcai Sword and the other two women behind him was similar.

However, the two women didn't show obvious muscle gain or changes in figure; the tempering effect of the Beast Tempering Pills on their bodies leaned more towards muscle toughness and resistance to Spell damage.

In just a few days, everyone's physical strength had significantly increased overall!

It was this kind of rapid, airplane-like increase that made Wen Xiu Cheng ask with some unease.

"You've eaten so many, you can feel whether there are side effects yourself, right?" Du Xingchen retorted.

These words made Wen Xiu Cheng nod slightly.

Indeed, these pills were purely for tempering physical strength, and there were no side effects at all.

It was just that the increase in physical strength was too fast.

It was like diligently working and earning three thousand every month, suddenly changing to having a name on a friend's company and earning three thousand every day without doing anything.

This money, or rather, this improved strength, felt unreal and insecure when held in hand.

Of course, whenever the pills were in hand, Wen Xiu Cheng and the others still couldn't resist swallowing and absorbing them.

After all, the opportunity to improve strength was right in front of them; taking one pill was equivalent to five or six days of physical tempering.

Such a benefit was hard to pass up.

"Don't have any psychological burden. If you want to avenge your Eternal Night Kingdom, just honestly improve your strength. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself."

The moment Du Xingchen's supplementary words fell, Wen Xiu Cheng's emotions clearly fluctuated.

Without saying more, A Man skillfully swallowed the pill and immediately closed his eyes to refine it.

Liangcai Sword, Qing Youyu, Sun Yingying, and Du Xingchen himself did the same.

While refining with his eyes closed, Du Xingchen could sense three familiar energy feedbacks on his body.

Among the four teammates, except for Sun Yingying, 30% of the effect of the Beast Tempering Pills absorbed by the other three teammates was fed back to his own body.

The pill refining technique obtained from the System only supported extracting the medicinal feedback from three people at the same time.

Sun Yingying, on the other hand, fully enjoyed all the medicinal power.

However, because she was a support Soul Card Master with a naturally weak physique, the number of Beast Tempering Pills she absorbed had always been the least in the team, and her overall physical strength increase was on the same level as Wen Xiu Cheng and the others.

Of course, this did not include Du Xingchen, who had a 1.9 times speed increase in strength.

A little over half an hour passed.

The few people opened their eyes one after another.

Between inhaling and exhaling, they consolidated the rising power.

Although the physical increase had no side effects, controlling the power still required them to familiarize themselves with it.

"How does it feel?" After opening his eyes, Du Xingchen asked Wen Xiu Cheng.

"Very good, these body-tempering pills are truly Heaven-Defying! If we continue like this, before the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination arrives, our physical strength can at least increase by one to two times based on the current level!"

"Then are you ready to absorb your fifth Soul Card?" Du Xingchen's subsequent words made Wen Xiu Cheng pause slightly: "Of course I'm ready!"

"Let's go, there are many beasts over ten thousand years old in the City. Let's go pick one."

Du Xingchen slowly stood up.

Why had he been so focused on refining pills and continuously increasing physical strength these past few days?

Obviously, Du Xingchen did it so that Wen Xiu Cheng's physical strength would be sufficient to support him in choosing a better beast card!

Wen Xiu Cheng had already known Du Xingchen's purpose before, so there wasn't much abnormality at this time.

Liangcai Sword and the others had nothing else to do, so they followed behind to act as advisors.

The fifth Soul Card was different from the previous ones.

This Soul Card was to be used to condense a warrior's armor on Wen Xiu Cheng!

Therefore, there could be no slack in choosing the card.

"This guy it is. What do you think, Boss Wen Xiu Cheng?"

Arriving at the prison where the ten-thousand-year-old beasts were held, amidst the roars and howls of the beasts, Du Xingchen pointed to a massive figure that could only be seen by looking up!

The body of this being was largely shrouded in Darkness, its heartbeat seemed to pulsate with a certain rule.

The moment everyone's gaze fell upon it, its human-head-sized scarlet pupils slowly opened like a blood moon!

"Moo~"

A dull sound, carrying a hurricane that made people's bodies sway, slowly swept past.

Even though it was already imprisoned by various Restrictions and shackles, it could still affect the outside world with its roar!

Seeing this beast, Wen Xiu Cheng and the teammates beside him all felt their hearts suddenly jump.

Wasn't this the most powerful beast in this place?!

"Storm Bull Demon?!" Wen Xiu Cheng's voice couldn't be calm, and he felt even more that Du Xingchen was joking.

This was a thirty-three-thousand-year-old Storm Bull Demon!

"The upper limit for a Five-Star Soul Card Master's fifth Soul Card, the highest recorded, hasn't exceeded twenty thousand years.

Isn't a thirty-three-thousand-year-old Soul Card too high a year count?"

"Moreover, a beast of this age is completely capable of helping Jiangshan City Cultivate a Grand Sage Master level existence.

Not to mention whether I can withstand that power, putting such a good thing on me is truly a waste."

For the first time, Wen Xiu Cheng felt he wasn't worthy.

Du Xingchen was not surprised by the other party's words and calmly said, "How to deal with this Storm Bull Demon is up to me, you don't need to have any psychological burden.

As for the age of this beast, it is indeed not low, but the physical strength you have increased over these many days is completely enough to support you in trying."

"The Demon Hall destroyed your Eternal Night Kingdom.

If you want to seek revenge from the Demon Hall, relying solely on words isn't enough.

You should try to acquire this Soul Card."

After Du Xingchen's words spread, Liangcai Sword behind him also secretly nodded and persuaded, "That's right, Boss Wen Xiu Cheng, only when your strength increases can we achieve better results in the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination and have the confidence to confront the Demon Hall!"

"Moreover, this is also the Captain's intention.

To give you the opportunity to absorb this card, he has been helping us refine pills for so many days.

Do you want the Captain's efforts these past few days to be in vain?"

Liangcai Sword's words were like the final push.

Hearing this, Wen Xiu Cheng took a deep breath, then secretly gritted his teeth and said, "Alright!

I'll try!"

These few short words contained Wen Xiu Cheng's determination.

His gaze towards Du Xingchen also held gratitude, which he kept in mind.

After he nodded, a Grand Sage Master immediately appeared beside the Storm Bull Demon and began helping Wen Xiu Cheng acquire the card.

The help from a Grand Sage Master level existence also showed from the side that Du Xingchen had the authority to make decisions.

"Moo!" Waves of frantic sounds were emitted.

The Storm Bull Demon, feeling the threat of death, began to struggle uneasily after seeing the Grand Sage Master who had come beside it.

If it were in its Peak state, it would be able to unleash power comparable to this Grand Sage Master.

But now, completely imprisoned, it could only struggle in vain!

Accompanied by a miserable cry from the already scarred Storm Bull Demon, a Soul Card as black as ink slowly rose, deep and vast like an abyss!

The moment the Soul Card formed, Wen Xiu Cheng immediately sat cross-legged and began absorbing.

The card's power derived wisps of threads, which converged towards Wen Xiu Cheng the moment they were drawn out.

As the energy was coming to his body, Wen Xiu Cheng's body trembled slightly, and the Dragon Martial Soul behind him, containing a certain divine charm, slowly appeared!

This was the situation where excessively vast power was acting upon the Martial Soul!

He safely withstood the convergence of the first wave of power!

If an ordinary Four-Star Soul Card Master were to absorb a card of this level, they would explode and die just from the first step!

The current Wen Xiu Cheng, however, was able to forcefully resist it with the strength of his Physical Body!

Seeing this, Du Xingchen understood that giving this card to Wen Xiu Cheng was basically a sure thing.

In fact, if they delayed for another ten days or so and increased Wen Xiu Cheng's physical strength further, he would be able to absorb cards from even more powerful beasts!

But on second thought, there was no need for that.

The higher the year count of a beast card, the higher the skill consumption when released.

People like Moyun, who had multiple Martial Souls and multiple layers of Foundation, didn't need to worry about the Soul Card year count being too high.

But for people like Wen Xiu Cheng who only had one Martial Soul.

If the fifth Soul Card's year count was too high, there would be the awkward situation where the warrior's armor was extremely powerful but could only be maintained for half a minute.

Moreover.

Those even older, forty or fifty thousand year old beasts weren't like cabbages that could be encountered whenever one wanted.

Even if they were encountered, they were difficult to hunt.

While waiting, Du Xingchen also looked at the other beasts around with Liangcai Sword and the others.

These beasts were all between twenty thousand and thirty thousand years old.

They were generally prepared for Six-Star Soul Card Masters aiming for the Saint Master realm.

Even some Saint Masters aiming for Grand Sage Master could choose from here.

However, at this moment, they became options for Liangcai Sword and the others to select their next Soul Card.

"This Ghost Blade Mantis is almost twenty thousand years old.

Among beasts of the same age in the wild, it's considered a Beast General level."

Liangcai Sword stood in front of a human-height mantis that was entirely black, with a twisted ghost face growing on its back and scythes like those of the God of Death, exclaiming in surprise.

"This guy isn't suitable for you."

Du Xingchen came to the side and said calmly.

"Really?

But among these beasts here, this guy is indeed the most compatible with my Martial Soul."

Liangcai Sword looked at the surrounding beasts and said.

"I have already chosen a suitable beast for you.

You will know later.

These days, try your best to further increase the Cultivation progress of your Soul Card."

Du Xingchen had already formulated corresponding card plans for these teammates.

"Okay, I'll listen to the Captain!" Liangcai Sword was also straightforward.

The other two women, however, chose beasts suitable for them from among these.

Qing Youyu's beast was twenty-five thousand years old, and Sun Yingying's beast was twenty thousand years old.

Affected by the physical improvements, they didn't have to worry about the year count being too high to absorb when choosing cards.

This kind of doubled-year-count Soul Card selection could only be described as willful and having the strength to back it up.

If a few teammates were all equipped with their fifth Soul Cards, the overall strength of the entire team would definitely increase by a large tier!

However, currently, their fourth card Fusion progress was only between 60% and 70%.

Although they met the conditions to absorb a fifth Soul Card, they still needed to Cultivate for a period of time to consolidate their Foundation before attempting to absorb a card.

This was almost the default mindset of all prodigies.

Only when the Cultivation progress reached over 80% was it truly suitable to acquire a new Soul Card.

Normally, it was unlikely to reach the level Du Xingchen required before the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination.

However, the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination lasted for a considerable time, and Cultivation could continue during the examination period.

After staying with his teammates by Wen Xiu Cheng's side for a while, Du Xingchen turned his attention to the message Jiangshan sent him.

Jiangshan City had guests...

Upon seeing the message, Du Xingchen greeted his teammates and headed towards the City Lord's Mansion.