Three Treasures Pearl

"Spare cash? Change locations?" Brother Hu muttered Lu Su's words with a dark expression. "Was that aimed at me?"

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

But when he thought of the information the Spirit Summoning Society had revealed to him, Brother Hu let out a scornful laugh. "Great Ming's ship is about to sink. If I don't switch ships now, then when?"

Brother Hu silently considered whether he should change residences, but the next moment, he dismissed the idea. Wouldn't changing locations only further prove that he had a problem?

Meanwhile, Lu Su had no idea Brother Hu was currently fighting a battle of wits against thin air.

After what had happened yesterday, he realized that his personal defenses were still insufficient. If Kaneki had not been strong enough, he would have died in the vampire's first attack.

So, he planned to make a defensive Item Card.

Sprawled across the sofa, he scrolled through his phone, checking whether there were any suitable materials.

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

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

He already knew what Item Card he wanted to make.

It was the Three Treasures Pearl, a defensive artifact crafted 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-end artifact with self-repair capabilities. It consisted of three beads. The middle bead activated its protective effect, and whenever that effect was broken, the middle bead shattered while the two beads on either side dimmed as they repaired it. It could be broken a total of three times.

However, Lu Su did not need its self-repair ability. Even if a card was completely destroyed, it would merely enter a twenty-four-hour cooldown.

Therefore, he was more inclined to strengthen its defensive power.

Before long, the materials were delivered by a Coo-Coo Bird.

It only cost a little over seventy thousand. Even if it fails, the sunk cost is acceptable.

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

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

Slowly wrapping 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 they could not be successfully made through random nonsense either.

He silently entered the story of the Three Treasures Pearl and waited for the Mysterious Space's judgment.

But the shipwreck Lu Su had feared did not occur. The Mysterious Space approved the story he had compiled for the Three Treasures Pearl.

When his consciousness returned to reality, the completed Item Card hovered lightly before him.

Lu Su directly absorbed the card into his mind.

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

Three Treasures Pearl

Tier: Black Iron

Quality: Blue

Category: ITEM

Skill: Can block three Black Iron-grade attacks per day or one Bronze Grade attack. The number of uses refreshes at midnight.

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

The description was very concise, and it had only 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 Black Iron-grade opponents unless they were of Color Quality.

Yet he had never found any information in his memories about someone creating a Color Quality card at the Black Iron Grade.

Even the original owner had no impression of higher grades.

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

Besides, even in a card maker duel, this ITEM could be used by Tsugikuni Yoriichi or Kaneki.

"With this, we should be able to win the Four-School Joint Examination in a few days without issue." A smile appeared on Lu Su's face.

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

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

He could already feel the threshold. He only needed one final push.

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

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

"The Four-School Joint Examination will also be fought by these three students on behalf of our school."

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

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

Just as Lu Su had expected, he remained firmly in first place. No students wanted to challenge him.

The same was true for Jiang Nanxi.

Lin Yue was the one who suffered. As the third person replacing Du Heng, he was treated like an easy target and constantly challenged by the other students in class.

Fortunately, he held his position in the end.

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

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

"I was so close. What a shame. If I could have made an Item Card, I would've beaten Lin Yue."

The students from the key class discussed it among themselves beside the arena.

Ignoring the students' words, Song Qian slowly walked over to the three of them and said with a smile, "Go back and get some proper rest today. The Four-School Joint Examination is tomorrow. I hope you achieve victory."

In Song Qian's view, Shanghai City No. 1 High School had a good chance this year. In recent years, there had never been two students who created 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 wore an honest smile and scratched the back of his head. "Brother Lu, Sister Jiang, I definitely can't do it. We'll have to rely on you two."

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

In Lu Su's view, Lin Yue was fairly capable among ordinary students. He had also made a steel fork-type Item Card for his Minotaur, clearly practicing in advance for creating Soul Reaper Bull Head.

However, 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 exposed his trump card, Lu Su naturally would not foolishly reveal it himself.

His expression unchanged, he said, "We'll only know after we fight. We just have to do our best."

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

After all, there was quite a 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 reactions, Lu Su shook his head and turned to return to the classroom for class.