Thousand-Legged

Thousand-Legged

Hearing that they could move freely, Lu Su no longer hesitated and summoned Pidgeot.

Jiang Nanxi, standing beside him, was astonished at the sight of Pidgeot. "You made your second creature card so quickly?"

She had assumed Lu Su would at most make a vehicle-type Item Card.

Lu Su shook his head slightly, his expression calm. "It's just a Green Card. Nothing special."

Jiang Nanxi was left somewhat speechless by Lu Su's humblebrag. After all, countless people could only make a single Black Iron Grade Green Card in their entire lives.

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on her face. "A forest-type secret realm is perfect for your bird mount."

More accurately, flying mounts could adapt to the vast majority of secret realms.

At this moment, the students nearby also cast envious looks his way.

"As expected of Lu Su."

"I want to ride a bird too. My family only got me a mountain bike this time."

"You've got it pretty good. I don't have anything—I can only rely on my own legs."

Hearing his classmates' discussion, Lu Su sighed inwardly. If Jiang Nanxi had not reminded him, he probably would not have thought of making a mountable card either.

Within the crowd, Du Heng stared fixedly at Lu Su, his eyes filled with jealousy and unwillingness.

Lu Su again, Lu Su again. It's always Lu Su. Is Lu Su really that perfect!? he thought bitterly. If I try something in secret and get caught, I'll be finished.

As though he had sensed Du Heng's gaze, Lu Su turned to look at him.

When Du Heng saw Lu Su looking over, he hurriedly turned his head away and put on an unconcerned act.

Lu Su could not help but sneer. Bullying the weak while fearing the strong—he added a third label to Du Heng.

Hearing Lu Su's laugh, Jiang Nanxi was puzzled. "What is it? What's so funny?"

Lu Su waved a hand. "Nothing. I just saw a clown."

Without waiting for Jiang Nanxi to react, Lu Su mounted Pidgeot and flew into the sky.

Seeing Lu Su leave, the top-class students present no longer lingered and departed one after another.

The lead staff member watched Lu Su gradually turn into a tiny black dot and sighed. "Looks like Shanghai City No. 1 High School has produced a promising talent this time."

"By the way, Old Wang, weren't you on leave to take care of your mother?"

The Card Master called Old Wang fell silent for a moment before replying with a bitter smile, "People like us, who spent half our lives grinding our way up to become Black Iron Grade Card Masters, can't save much money even after a whole year."

"And my mother's illness needs far too much money. If I don't work, there's no money."

For secret realms like this, already completely controlled by the Card Master Association, those sent to guard them were generally Card Masters who had no hope of advancing beyond Black Iron Grade and were simply waiting out their retirement.

After all, they could not have high-level Card Masters wasting their lives in a place like this.

The leader silently sighed and patted Old Wang on the shoulder. "Let's not talk about such unhappy things. Back to the monitoring room. Let's hope nothing happens today."

Riding Pidgeot, Lu Su quickly arrived halfway up the mountain.

In midair, Lu Su carefully considered his next objective.

The Four-School Joint Examination is only half a month away. I need to gather more materials during this secret realm training. Relying on Yoriichi alone will probably still be a little difficult.

Although Lu Su had already become number one at Shanghai City No. 1 High School, heroes throughout the world were as numerous as carp crossing a river. He would not be as arrogantly convinced as Du Heng that he was the best in the world.

Perhaps when he had made his first card, Lu Su had merely found it fun and wanted to pay off his loan.

But after experiencing the Demon's Nest riot, he had deeply realized that this was a dangerous world.

If Master grade Bai Yueming had not been in Shanghai City that day, Lu Su did not dare imagine what tragedy might have unfolded in the city. Thus, he now desperately craved power.

Setting aside his tangled thoughts, Lu Su began observing the forest below.

Pitch-black trees held up enormous canopies that blocked his view, preventing him from seeing the situation clearly.

Left with no choice, Lu Su could only direct Pidgeot to descend to the ground.

After putting away Pidgeot, Lu Su summoned Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

"Yoriichi, be careful. It's dangerous here," Lu Su quietly instructed him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi nodded slightly and rested his Right hand on the sword at his waist, ensuring he could draw his Katana at any moment if danger arose.

"Crunch, crunch."

Their footsteps trod upon the fallen leaves covering the ground.

"Smack."

Suddenly, Tsugikuni Yoriichi drew his sword and stopped Lu Su with the flat of the blade.

Lu Su was no fool. He immediately realized that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had discovered an enemy.

He instantly summoned Pidgeot and flew into the air.

The thick layer of leaves on the ground was pushed up by some unknown elongated creature, leaving a trail in its wake.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fixed his gaze on the path the unknown creature was taking.

"Hiss!"

All of a sudden, a savage maw shot violently out from beneath the leaves.

But how could Tsugikuni Yoriichi possibly be struck by such a simple attack?

He shifted his body slightly to the side and evaded the maw's bite.

The blade in his hand turned crimson as he slashed down fiercely from above, effortlessly cutting the unknown creature into two pieces.

From the air, Lu Su saw it clearly. The creature attacking them was a slender, pitch-black centipede.

Just as Lu Su was about to descend and condense the materials, he suddenly noticed several more trails rising beneath the leaves.

"Watch out, Yoriichi! There are more monsters!"

Lu Su hurriedly warned Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

The next moment, four black figures burst viciously from the leaves and charged at Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

But how could this trouble Tsugikuni Yoriichi while Transparent World was active? In his eyes, the centipedes were pitifully slow.

Sun Breathing Second Form: Azure Sky!

Tsugikuni Yoriichi's expression remained calm. His crimson slash swept away the leaves on the ground, and the centipedes suspended in midair were instantly chopped into fragments of varying sizes.

Purple blood dripped onto the ground, producing faint sizzling sounds.

Lu Su circled in the air, not rushing down just yet. Who knew whether any Demons remained?

After a long while, once he saw that there was indeed no further movement below, Lu Su slowly descended beside Tsugikuni Yoriichi.

"As expected of Yoriichi. You're too strong." Lu Su smiled and patted Tsugikuni Yoriichi on the arm.

At his words, a smile appeared on Tsugikuni Yoriichi's usually placid face.

Lu Su could not help but feel surprised. This was the first time he had seen another expression on Tsugikuni Yoriichi's face. "So you can smile, Yoriichi."

After saying that, Lu Su took another careful look, only to find Tsugikuni Yoriichi had returned to his expressionless appearance.

Scratching his head, Lu Su did not dwell on whether he had seen it wrong. He turned and slowly wrapped his Spiritual Power around the centipede corpses on the ground.

As Lu Su's Spiritual Power contracted, the centipede corpses gradually condensed into five material cards.

Poison Centipede (Green).

"A man cannot grow rich without windfalls, nor can a horse grow fat without wild grass," Lu Su muttered.

He had only been inside the secret realm for a short time, yet he had already obtained five Black Iron Grade green materials.

And this was only the lowest-level small secret realm, one already controlled by the Association.

Lu Su hardly dared imagine what a large, high-level secret realm would be like.

No wonder high-level Card Masters were willing to accept the Association's orders to explore secret realms despite knowing the dangers within.

It seems the mountainside only produces green materials. I wonder what's at the summit, Lu Su thought.