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Entering the Card World and interfering with it yielded more Mystery Energy than directly fusing cards.

That was my initial judgment.

Let's take another look at [One-Tailed White Fox]!

This card could be enhanced. The options were:

① As the Bully Mantis hunted them down, the fox mother and White Fox were covered in wounds. Would that human appear again this time?

② White Fox's coming-of-age ceremony had yet to be held. At the summit of Skywind Cliff stood the Fox Clan's ancient formation. Go there. Only after bathing in the formation's radiance would White Fox truly become an adult.

③ White Fox's heart was filled with hatred. I must—I absolutely must kill the Bully Mantis!

④ If you had enough cards, perhaps a miracle would be born.

At the sight of the first option, Su Li fell silent. That world was so real. Just how wondrous was his ability?

In the scene on the wall, White Fox was fleeing with the fox mother. Su Li couldn't help wanting to enter the Card World at once and help them escape the hunt.

But he had an inexplicable feeling that if he wasn't strong enough and entered rashly, he would cause irreversible consequences for the Card World's evolution.

He'd wait a little longer.

The Card World's evolution had come to a halt. He had to grow stronger before he could save White Fox.

Taking a deep breath, Su Li set down the card in his hand. He only had two Bronze cards, and he was still at Bronze Tier Two. He was desperate to get stronger.

He opened his phone and started browsing the Third High School forum.

[How do you rate a certain Card Master who drew a Domain Card, then lost it to someone else?]

"Sunshine in My Heart" commented: Hahaha, this is killing me. I heard he didn't even have time to warm it up before it was gone.

Old Yin Must: A newly registered Card Master can't even judge their own strength yet. Blindly agreeing to a card duel was truly unwise.

Even If Forever Is Far Away: 3L is right.

ONEINL: 4L is right.

Y-Y-Y: 5L is right.

Sunshine in My Heart: I'm dying, I'm dying.

Below, a user called "Anniversary Celebration" commented: I think that's a rather one-sided take. That Card Master should have been completely confident, but something unexpected happened.

Sunshine in My Heart: Anniversary Celebration? Could you be Zhou Qing himself? Hahahaha, you got beaten like a dead dog. How do you still have time to lie in your hospital bed and scroll through your phone?

In his hospital bed, Zhou Qing was so furious he nearly spat blood. He quickly typed: I'm not Zhou Qing. I'm just objectively assessing what happened.

As soon as he finished typing, he saw that "Sunshine in My Heart" had attached a photo. It showed him after the Black Mist had dispersed, bruised, swollen, and covered in blood—a sorry sight.

Zhou Qing's injuries worsened. His fury flared, and he kept typing: You damn tacky loser! Just let me catch you. I'll kill you!

Sunshine in My Heart: Hahaha, and you still say you're not him? You can't even tell a tacky loser from a real one! To me, you're just a clown.

??? Zhou Qing's temples throbbed.

Su Li burst out laughing. After a moment's thought, he opened his private chat with "Anniversary Celebration" and sent a message:

"[Black Mist] is a really useful card!"

Then he blocked him.

When Zhou Qing saw the message, it felt as if his wounds had been torn open all over again. He trembled with rage, his entire body turning cold.

"Su Li, I'll make you pay!"

Su Li continued browsing the forum.

[The only Silver Card has been drawn!]

A young Card Master had once said that one card out of every 1,344 was a precious Silver Card. Su Li was very interested, so he clicked on the post.

Zhang Dashuai commented: The person who drew the Silver Card was Jiang Mingyue, the prettiest girl in Third High School! They say she became a Card Master on the first night after turning eighteen. She didn't go straight to draw the free card the school offered; she just happened to pass by today and drew one on a whim. And she ended up with this Silver Card.

Summer Reversal: Jiang Mingyue? The eldest daughter of the Jiang Group! Not long ago, her older sister got a Gold Card!

Love Was Once Gentle: A pair of genius sisters!

Wine Jar Bro: Rumor has it Jiang Mingyue and Jiang Liyue don't get along, which is why she left First High School, with its better resources, and came to Third High School.

Little Kitty Paw: It's all the same wherever you go! The Jiang Group is a major tycoon in Cool City. They're not short on card resources!

Zhang Commoner: Does anyone know what this Silver Card does?

Sunshine in My Heart: I've heard it's a Knight Card, mainly focused on support. It can serve as the core of a Knight deck.

Anniversary Celebration's reply: You damn tacky loser.

Sunshine in My Heart: Bruised and swollen.jpg.

A Silver Card.

Even after two enhancements, Su Miaohan was only at Bronze Tier Five.

But for a low-tier Bronze Card Master, a closely connected Bronze Tier Five card would definitely feel much easier to use than a Silver Card.

After the second enhancement, Su Miaohan's connection with Su Li had deepened again. But just like with Mystery Energy, directly fusing cards brought fewer benefits.

He continued browsing the forum.

Su Li found that Third High School had made an official post ranking the new senior-year Card Masters by mental strength. The list was updated daily, and when the monthly results were finalized, the top three Card Masters could go to the Card Master's Tower and draw a card.

The goal was to spur the Card Masters to compete with one another, while also offering them a benefit.

Rumor had it that the Card Master's Tower at Third High School held many unused cards. Some were school resources allocated by the Card Master Alliance; the rest had been donated by graduated or teaching Card Masters who had advanced and no longer needed them.

The school had specifically noted that the monthly rankings' card prizes would be no lower than Bronze Tier Three, and that it was even possible to draw a Silver Card.

Today's rankings.

① Jiang Mingyue, Bronze Tier Five, 48%.

② Lu Chenfeng, Bronze Tier Four, 33%.

③ Wang Shiyu, Bronze Tier Four, 31%.

Su Li was ranked five hundred and twenty-first. There were another twenty-odd names below him, probably Card Masters who had advanced after he was certified. They hadn't yet been assessed a second time.

Jiang Mingyue, in first place, was already Bronze Tier Five. No wonder—she was the heiress of a major tycoon. The second-place student was already Bronze Tier Four, too. His Bronze Tier Two status didn't even come close.

But according to the rankings, once he excluded the Card Masters whose scores hadn't been updated, Su Li could actually place somewhere in the thirties. Most people were still at Bronze Tier One.

Su Li had spent a full day and night in White Fox's world, but only about a third as much time had passed in the real world. After putting down his phone, he saw that the sun had just set.

Day and night meant nothing to Card Masters. They could dispel their bodily fatigue at any time through meditation. Su Li headed back to Third High School, intending to go to the Card Master Library and cram on everything about Enhancers.

Being an Enhancer was important to Su Li, and it could also help him acquire resources, since enhancing cards was very expensive.

There weren't many people in the Card Master Library. Most Card Master basics were already taught through years of compulsory education, and Card Masters tended to wait until they needed more advanced information before coming to look it up.

At the moment, Card Masters were all busy meditating to improve their mental strength and obtain cards.

Just then, a beautiful woman with golden hair and blue eyes caught Su Li's eye. Her skin was snow-white, and she wore a short black gradient dress, black stockings, and combat boots.

"Jiang Mingyue?" As Su Li brushed past her, he caught a faint, delicate fragrance.

He'd heard about the prettiest girl at Third High School, of course. He'd seen her from a distance before, but this was the first time he'd been so close to her.

Was she reading a book about card enhancement, too?

The blonde woman kept her eyes on her book, seemingly unaware of Su Li's arrival.

So aloof.

Black stockings were the soul of a woman.

As an ordinary man, Su Li found it hard not to be drawn to Jiang Mingyue.

Don't underestimate a Card Master's willpower, you little brat!

Su Li glanced casually past Jiang Mingyue and turned his attention to the books on the shelf. He picked up a copy of Enhancer Fundamentals.

"Ha." Jiang Mingyue glanced at Su Li, then walked toward the reading area.

Had she thought he was trying to hit on her? It seemed she'd deliberately put on an act around Jiang Mingyue. After all, there weren't many Enhancers—what were the odds of this being a coincidence? Besides, he'd picked up Enhancer Fundamentals.

Never mind. No women in my heart; card draws come naturally.

Su Li sat down in the reading area as well.

The library was quiet. All that remained was the soft rustle of pages as Su Li and Jiang Mingyue read.

Su Li gradually learned about Card Enhancers.

First, the biggest question: why enhance cards?

The first reason was the scarcity of high-tier cards. To understand this, one had to start with the origins of cards.

Cards came into being in many ways: some were born of heaven and earth, some were nurtured by their environment, some came from killing foreign races, and some were created by Card Masters.

But no matter how they came into being, the higher a card's tier, the rarer it was. High-tier cards were always in short supply.

Some Gold Tier Card Masters even had to make do with Silver Cards because they possessed only a handful of Gold Cards.

The scarcity of high-tier cards was why Card Enhancers were needed.

The second reason was the rarity of certain types of cards.

For instance, Domain Cards like [Black Mist] were extraordinarily rare to begin with. Finding a high-tier replacement would be incredibly difficult, so enhancing one was absolutely the best choice.

Then there were character cards like Su Miaohan's, which came with a Domain skill. Such cards were considered to have tremendous growth potential and were absolutely worth enhancing.

There were many other reasons as well.

Su Li kept reading.

Card Enhancers could make cards leap in power. Su Li himself had directly enhanced cards across tiers. Ordinary Card Masters could also raise a card's tier by nurturing it with Spirit Jade or mindlessly fusing cards.

This section explained how Enhancers strengthened cards.

An Enhancer's Spirit Jade differed from that of an ordinary Card Master. It could communicate with cards, allowing the Enhancer to travel through fragments of dreams and learn a card's history, then enhance it in a targeted way.

An Enhancer needed not only the talent to communicate with cards, but also extraordinary analytical ability. Only then could they make the right decisions based on fragmented scenes. This raised the bar even higher.

For all these reasons, Card Enhancers were known as the aristocrats among Card Masters.

Only one other profession could stand alongside them: Card Makers!

Their Spirit Jade underwent a similar mutation, allowing them to connect with certain fluctuations and create cards from thin air.

"How do you become certified as a Card Enhancer?"

Su Li continued reading and learned that the Card Master Alliance offered a dedicated certification service. He searched for the exam requirements on his phone and found they were surprisingly simple: enter a sealed room unarmed and enhance the card inside.

Just then, the phone screen lit up with a message from the school:

"A small-scale Blood Clan invasion has been eliminated. The school has secured the Blood Clan Contaminated Land. Card Masters are welcome to visit!"