Three Treasures Pearl

"Spare cash? Change locations?" Brother Hu muttered Lu Su's words with a dark expression. "Is he taking a jab at me?"

He refused to believe Lu Su had been talking nonsense. Wasn't that clearly aimed at him?

But thinking of the information the Spirit Summoning Society had revealed to him, Brother Hu let out a disdainful sneer. "Great Ming's ship is about to sink. If I don't jump ship now, when will I?"

Brother Hu silently considered whether he should change residences, but the next moment, he dismissed the idea. Wouldn't moving somewhere else only make him look more suspicious?

Meanwhile, Lu Su had no idea that Brother Hu was currently engaged in a battle of wits with thin air.

After yesterday's incident, he realized that his own defenses were still insufficient. If Kaneki hadn't been strong enough, he would have died to the vampire's attack in their very first exchange.

So, he planned to make a defensive Item Card.

Lying sprawled across the sofa, he scrolled through his phone to see if there were any suitable materials.

Item Materials: Bloodstained Chessboard (Green), Golden Bead (Green), Fate-Binding Red String (Blue), Ancient Sword Hilt Fragment (Blue)

When he saw the Golden Bead (Green) and Fate-Binding Red String (Blue), Lu Su's eyes lit up.

He already knew what Item Card he was going to make.

It would be the Three Treasures Pearl, a defensive artifact made by Ma Xianhong, the wielder of Divine Machine Hundred Refinements among the Eight Wonders in "Under One Person."

In the original work, the Three Treasures Pearl was a high-grade artifact with self-repair capabilities. It consisted of three beads: the bead in the middle activated the protective effect, and whenever that effect was broken, the middle bead would shatter while the beads on either side dimmed as they repaired it. It could be broken a total of three times.

However, Lu Su had no need for self-repair capabilities. Even if a card was completely destroyed, it would merely enter a twenty-four-hour cooldown.

Thus, he preferred to strengthen its defensive power.

Before long, the materials were delivered by a cooing bird.

"It only cost a little over seventy thousand. Even if it fails, the sunk cost is acceptable," Lu Su silently thought.

Lu Su drew the appearance of the Three Treasures Pearl onto a blank card.

A thin red string was threaded through three golden beads, each bead faintly radiating a dazzling gleam.

As he slowly wrapped his Spiritual Power around the materials, Lu Su entered the pitch-black Mysterious Space once more.

Item Cards did not have such strict story requirements as creature cards, but that did not mean he could succeed just by making things up.

Silently entering the story of the Three Treasures Pearl, Lu Su waited for the Mysterious Space's judgment.

But the disaster Lu Su had worried about did not occur. The Mysterious Space approved the story he had woven for the Three Treasures Pearl.

When his consciousness returned to reality, the completed Item Card floated lightly before Lu Su.

Lu Su directly absorbed the card into his mind.

The next moment, a red string threaded with three golden beads appeared around his neck.

Three Treasures Pearl

Rank: Black Iron

Quality: Blue

Category: Item

Skill: Can block three Black Iron Grade attacks per day, or block one Bronze Grade attack. Uses reset at midnight.

Chain: Can form a Chain Card with Divine Machine Hundred Refinements · Ma Xianhong.

The description was very simple, and it only had one Skill.

However, Lu Su was not surprised. After all, all he wanted was defensive power.

If it could only block three Black Iron Grade attacks, it would be utterly useless. But being able to block one Bronze Grade attack was completely different.

After all, he was confident Kaneki could handle opponents at the Black Iron Grade, unless they were Color Quality.

However, he had never found any relevant information in his memories about anyone producing a Color Quality card at the Black Iron Grade.

The original owner had no impression of even higher ranks, either.

And being able to block one Bronze Grade attack could create enormous variables in an actual battle.

Besides, even in a Card Master duel, this item could be used by Tsugikuni Yoriichi or Kaneki.

"With this, I should be able to secure victory in the Four-School Joint Examination in a few days." A smile appeared on Lu Su's face.

Originally, he had not been so eager to claim first place, but after Jiang Wang's advice, Lu Su now understood what this Four-School Joint Examination represented.

Closing his eyes, Lu Su began today's meditation. The sooner he broke through to the Bronze Grade, the sooner he could create Bronze Grade cards.

He felt that he had already touched the threshold. All that remained was the final push.

At his side, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaneki silently guarded Lu Su.

"Alright, this week's ranking test has ended. The top three students in our class are Lu Su, Jiang Nanxi, and Lin Yue."

"The three of them will also represent our school in the Four-School Joint Examination."

Time passed quickly. During that period, the Spirit Summoning Society did not come looking for Lu Su again as he had expected.

Song Qian stood in Shanghai City No. 1 High School's battle arena, loudly announcing the results of the final ranking test before the Four-School Joint Examination.

Just as Lu Su had expected, he remained firmly at the top, with no classmates willing to challenge him.

The same went for Jiang Nanxi.

Lin Yue had it rough, though. As the third member replacing Du Heng, he was treated as an easy target by his classmates and challenged again and again.

Fortunately, he managed to hold his position in the end.

"Ugh, Lu Su and Jiang Nanxi are monsters. I can't even work up the nerve to challenge them."

"Exactly. And I can't beat Lin Yue either."

"I was so close. What a shame—if I could've made an Item Card, I definitely could've beaten Lin Yue."

The elite-class students chattered among themselves by the arena.

Ignoring the students' comments, Song Qian slowly walked up to the three of them and said with a smile, "Go home and get some proper rest today. The Four-School Joint Examination is tomorrow. I hope you'll achieve excellent results."

In Song Qian's eyes, Shanghai City No. 1 High School had a strong chance this year. In all these years, there had never been two students who produced Purple Cards right from the start.

Shanghai City No. 1 High School had never enjoyed such a wonderful opening.

Watching Song Qian leave, Lin Yue scratched the back of his head with an honest smile. "Brother Lu, Sister Jiang, I'm definitely not good enough. We'll have to rely on you two."

Lu Su shook his head slightly. "You're pretty capable too. Keep it up."

In Lu Su's view, Lin Yue was quite strong among ordinary students. He had even made a steel trident-type Item Card for his minotaur, clearly practicing in advance for creating Soul Reaper Bull Head.

But Bull Head was at least a Bronze Grade card.

Jiang Nanxi, however, looked worried. "I heard from my dad that someone at Shanghai University Affiliated High School made a Gold Card. I'm afraid..."

What's going on? Didn't Uncle Jiang tell her that I made a Red Card?

Hearing Jiang Nanxi's words, Lu Su could not help but feel puzzled.

But since Jiang Wang had not revealed his trump card, Lu Su naturally would not foolishly expose it himself.

His expression unchanged, he said, "We won't know until we fight. We just have to do our best."

Lin Yue and Jiang Nanxi silently nodded at his words, but they still felt somewhat pessimistic.

After all, there was still a huge gap between Purple Cards and Gold Cards.

Perhaps some Purple Cards could defeat Gold Cards, but only with the support of certain Item Cards.

Seeing their reaction, Lu Su shook his head and turned to head back to the classroom for class.