The Card Apprentice
Chapter 52

Crystal-clear as a shuttle

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Chen Mu's heart brimmed with excitement. This was the first combat card he had made, and his first three-star card to date. The entire process had gone so unexpectedly smoothly that it left him with a faint sense of unreality, wondering whether he was dreaming.

Making three-star cards placed high demands on a Card Crafter's Perception. Under the current standard grading system, it required at least level-four Perception.

Had I already passed level four? Chen Mu could hardly believe it. Level four was a hurdle—the first hurdle for both Card Crafters and Card Adepts. Passing level four meant you were no longer a novice.

As far as Chen Mu could tell, his Perception had caused him no difficulty whatsoever throughout the entire process.

He soon put the question of his Perception aside and gazed in rapture at the Tail-Shedding Shuttle Card in his hand. Beneath Chen Mu's delicate, flowing strokes, its precise, intricate structural pattern resembled an exquisite fine-line painting, meticulous yet alive.

This was his most successful work to date.

Only after running his fingers over it for a full ten minutes did Chen Mu insert the Tail-Shedding Shuttle Card into his Wrist Device. A Three-Star Energy Card was already installed inside.

This was no Flame Dragon illusion card. It was a genuine three-star combat card!

He mentally reviewed the Mysterious Card's introduction to the Tail-Shedding Shuttle Card and the techniques for using it. He knew all of it by heart. Chen Mu took a deep breath, then pressed the activation button.

I had finally taken this step!

Chen Mu had no time to dwell on it. He carefully attached his Perception to the Wrist Device.

Any combat card, once activated, would release an energy body of a particular form according to its own structure. The power of this

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