Tyrant Nanoha?
That was the magical tyrant, the kind who entered the harem after firing a barrage cannon.
But he did not have enough stat-sticks, nor did he have any related to magic.
Brother Zheng from FGO?
No. He barely had any stat-sticks, so it could not be done.
Suddenly, the image of a character surfaced in his mind.
And there seemed to be stat-sticks in the Stat-Stick Library that could be combined.
With that thought, Liuge looked at the stat-stick marked with flowers...
045 Flower Field Tyrant Kazami Yuuka
Liuge looked at the stat-stick marked with flowers. He still remembered picking up this flower stat-stick in front of a flower shop in Belobog on Jarilo-VI.
But when he had picked it up, he had not even known what other stat-sticks it could be combined with.
Yet now, upon seeing the Tyrant character stat-stick, a combination method came to mind—one so audacious that even he hardly dared to imagine it.
Mainly because the character that would result from the combination truly excelled in both magic and martial prowess, and was exceptionally powerful in both.
He did not know whether his combination method would work. If it truly failed, he could only postpone the combination for later.
Still, what Liuge was most curious about now was why he had found a Tyrant stat-stick at the port outside the Ministry of Interdimensional Affairs.
Could some king or emperor have come to the Xianzhou for a vacation?
Shaking his head hard, Liuge looked at the Tyrant and Flower stat-sticks but did not immediately begin combining them.
He knew very well that combinations had their own methods. These two stat-sticks alone could not create a character card.
He needed to add stat-sticks of other categories.
For example, a Strength stat-stick. It represented how much of a character's power could be brought out and could be reflected in every aspect.
Whether physical or magical, both were forms of power in principle.
But if it was only equipped, it merely increased the degree to which his body could exert its own strength.
However, if it was added to a character card combination, it would be like the high-level fusion material Gao Si—two of the Mysterious Four had him in them.
So a Strength stat-stick was indispensable, and a Speed stat-stick was much the same as a Strength stat-stick.
After doing some tinkering and merging the Strength, Speed, and endurance stat-sticks he had picked up earlier into purple-quality ones, Liuge looked at the Stat-Stick Library again.
His gaze swept over it. After looking for a long time, his eyes stopped on the Pursuit stat-stick he had just picked up.
Pursuit
Quality: Blue
Effect: In your eyes, enemies leave traces to follow, and you will not lose their trail for a short period of time.
How should he put it? An alternative Diting ability? Except this was aimed at enemies rather than scent-tracking.
For that character, pursuing powerful enemies was also one of her pursuits.
Mm, it could be added!
After giving it a rough once-over, Liuge did not find anything else that could be added.
Though somewhat apprehensive, he still began combining the character.
The primary slot was naturally Tyrant. The secondary slots were the three basic attribute stat-sticks, followed by Pursuit...
Then what appeared before Liuge was ???
A stat-stick with an unknown name displayed.
He knew this was the calculated result obtained before the combined stat-stick had been completely confirmed. But once it was confirmed,
the question marks would reveal their true name.
It was like unlocking an entry in a codex, full of the unknown.
Gritting his teeth, Liuge confirmed the character card combination.
The next instant, a character card stat-stick appeared floating before him, constantly spinning without the slightest sign of stopping.
He reached out and took it in his hand.
A force of nature flowed from the character card through his palm and into his body.
What a marvelous sensation!
This was something he had not felt when he had combined Haxxor Bunny or Ferrymaster Tingyun.
Liuge lowered his head and looked at the character card stat-stick in his hand.
Flower Field Tyrant Kazami Yuuka
Quality: Platinum
Introduction: A powerful being residing in a place of Spiriting Away, beloved by unknown gods, forgotten by the world, yet feared by people. (Note: Stat-sticks missing. You can currently only wield fifty percent of this character's power.)
Looking at this character card, Liuge knew his idea had been correct.
At the same time, he had to admit that his stat-stick ability was awesome.
The freedom of these combinations was simply too high.
It could actually create even things like this.
He looked at the character card stat-stick in his hand once more.
The illustration on it resembled a Tarot Card, but displayed the character herself more clearly.
She was a woman with short, slightly curled green hair and an elegant temperament, holding a pink parasol.
The woman walked through a golden field of sunflowers, like a queen inspecting her own territory.
"Should I say, as expected of the Flower Field Tyrant?"
Liuge murmured as he looked at the face of the card.
A moment later, Liuge put away the stat-stick card in his hand, stood up, and headed toward Chang'le Sky-Garden.
He had basically picked up all the stat-sticks around the Ministry of Interdimensional Affairs. Setting everything else aside, just the stat-sticks that had allowed him to combine Flower Field Tyrant Kazami Yuuka were enough to make Liuge happy.
Not to mention the Stat-Stick Light Orbs dropping in other places.
Thinking that, Liuge became even more impatient.
But he had only just arrived on the Xianzhou. Aside from Tingyun taking him around briefly, the only other time had been when that subordinate from the Ministry of Interdimensional Affairs had taken him to Chang'le Sky-Garden.
Liuge did not think he had a poor sense of direction, but it was understandable to be unfamiliar with a place on his first visit, right?
So now, Liuge had somehow ended up in Aurum Alley.
Looking at everything before him, Liuge covered his face and sighed.
Still, since he was already here, he might as well take a look around.
Then Liuge began eating everywhere, holding a large meat bun in his left hand and a skewer of roasted meat in his right. Of course, he did not forget to pick up stat-sticks either.
Things like Cooking, Commerce, Character Stat-Stick: Porter, and Mechanical Operation. He kept picking them up until he finally sat down on a long roadside bench, panting heavily.
"I'm... so full!"
Liuge burped and leisurely watched the people walking past on the street.
Aurum Alley had not yet reached the port storyline involving the Interastral Peace Corporation, so it still seemed rather quiet.
Even so, quite a few people had opened shops here, and snack stalls lined the streets.
Of course, to an outsider like Liuge, it was still a bustling commercial street.
But to the old shopkeepers of Aurum Alley, this was plainly a deserted place with barely any customers.
"Heave-ho~"
Suddenly, someone seemed to sit down beside Liuge, letting out a cute little sound.
That made Liuge pause slightly. He opened his eyes, which had narrowed contentedly, and looked beside him.
Sitting next to him was a somewhat petite girl dressed in green, holding a large bun in her hand.
"Hm? What do you want?"
The girl shot Liuge a sidelong glance and spoke irritably.
"Uh!"
"Want some?"
Liuge shook his head, feeling that this was rather strange.
The girl beside him was Qingque, the down-to-earth "immortal" who loved slacking off and was obsessed with Diyuan Qiongyu.
Could he really run into her just by casually wandering around?
"Then why are you looking at me?"
"Nothing!"
Liuge turned back, took out his communication terminal, and prepared to see whether the Astral Express crew had sent any new messages.
But Qingque turned to look at Liuge at that moment. With a mischievous look in her eyes, she revealed a faint smile.
"Say, that Tingyun who chatted with me before... that was you, wasn't it?"
Not Playing Diyuan Qiongyu—What Kind of Xianzhou Person Are You?
Sitting on the bench, Qingque swung her fair little feet while holding a large meat bun in her hand. She ate with great relish, her cheeks puffed up like a little hamster's.
Liuge found Qingque somewhat familiar. He always felt that she resembled Xiao Que'er from his dreams.
But the problem was that Qingque had improved Diyuan Qiongyu and brought it into the present, unlike the little girl in his dream, who seemed not to know how to play Diyuan Qiongyu at all.
Still, why did they feel so alike?
Shaking his head, Liuge took out his communication terminal, preparing to see whether the Astral Express crew had sent any new messages.
But Qingque seemed to have finished the large meat bun in her hand. Like a child, she licked the juices clean from her fingers.
This made Liuge think that Qingque would leave after finishing her food, returning to her journey of card-playing as a slacking "immortal."
But Qingque turned to look at Liuge at that moment. With a mischievous look in her eyes, she revealed a faint smile.
"Say, that Tingyun who chatted with me before... that was you, wasn't it?"
Hearing Qingque's words, Liuge froze. How had she found out?
But Liuge would not admit it, nor would he answer. He merely gave her a polite yet not awkward smile in response.
"Ahh, that expression again!"
Qingque looked at Liuge's expression helplessly.
"I'll tell you, then! Your eyes are completely different from Miss Tingyun's, so I recognized you at first glance!"
Qingque jumped down from the bench and stood before Liuge with her hands on her hips.
"Um... before that, can I say something?"
Seeing Qingque act as though she knew him very well, Liuge timidly raised his hand.
"Hm?"
"Do we know each other?"
Boom!
At that instant, Liuge felt as though Qingque had been struck by lightning. Her expression became one of utter shock.
"You... forgot? No, could it be that I got the wrong person?"
Qingque stood in front of Liuge, looking him over from left to right as though examining something.
"Ahem, um... Miss Qingque?"
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