Chapter 435: Dark Demon’s End Month (4k)
“Disabling the effect of the weapon? Isn’t this the ability of the Grand Sin Armed – Body of the Guardian from ‘Horizon’s Line’?”
Dark frowned slightly and lifted “Aspiration of Bliss,” pointing it lightly at the Imp Beast.
Instantly, a pink beam shot out from the warhammer’s head, hitting the Imp Beast.
Naturally, nothing happened.
The Imp Beast looked at Dark in confusion, saying, “What’s going on?”
Dark casually replied, “Just try it.”
The Imp Beast immediately had a black line on its face.
There was no need for too much testing of the deactivation ability of “Aspiration of Bliss.” Dark wanted to test the disassembly effect of the armed form.
However, the only armed form he needed to wear was “Divine Rank Armed? Moon Goddess.” Both were different forms of the same Armed Card and naturally couldn’t be tried together.
“It’s not quite right; there is still one who can discern the disassembly effect.”
Dark’s mind shifted, and he immediately had the just-summoned Eevee change into the “Moonlight Dress.”
“Gooey?”
Eevee was somewhat confused but obediently took out the Armed Card from its small wardrobe, holding it with both hands and giving it to Dark.
Dark immediately activated the “Moonlight Dress” through a regular summoning spell.
Then, a pink glow appeared around Eevee’s waist and gradually transformed into a cute little dress.
Eevee stood up on its hind legs, tiptoeing and turning in a circle. The dress emitted an alluring light, making it even cuter.
Dark softly said, “Here it comes.”
Eevee: “Gooey?”
Dark immediately pointed “Aspiration of Bliss” at it, and Eevee was illuminated by the Bliss Light. The “Moonlight Dress” on its body dissolved, transforming into magical starlight and returning to the Mana Card.
Dark turned back to look at the “Moonlight Dress” Mana Card in his hand and found it had turned grayish-white, indicating it could not be used for a short time.
“This is the disassembly of the armed form? If it weren’t a Mana Card, it wouldn’t return as mana, but it might detach from the body and temporarily lose power.”
“For a deck mainly composed of weapons and armed forms, this is like a nightmare.”
Dark suddenly came to his senses and began pondering.
“I wonder if it can affect high-level weapons and armed forms?”
“After all, it’s a divine card, so its permissions should be high.”
“And it seems there’s no cooldown?”
While Dark was contemplating, the pink light on “Aspiration of Bliss” dimmed and stopped glowing.
He remained silent for a moment, then quickly looked up at the clock and calculated, “It lasts about three minutes, which is already terrifying. Also, during these three minutes, there’s no consumption of mana, but you can clearly feel the power of Bliss fluctuating. This might limit the people who can use this card.”
Dark’s gaze shifted slightly, and he had an idea.
But now it was almost midnight, and he was tired from a day of work, so he had no heart to continue.
Besides, he already had the divine card in hand and saw no urgency.
“Now what needs to be done… is to inject the Moon Goddess’s Bliss into the Worm Tree for storage.”
…
After everything was settled, Dark burrowed into his blankets, feeling comfortable.
The gains from this secret passage trip were far richer than he had hoped, especially the refinement of “Soul of the Moon Goddess I,” which was truly a pleasant surprise.
Now with “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” in hand, the “Flower Card” also had its foundation. In the future, if he could thoroughly research the “Love Spell Array,” he could make his own “Flower Card” without worrying about it losing effectiveness.
Especially since the two armed forms of “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” do not require any mana consumption from the wearer, the “Divine Rank Armed? Moon Goddess” has its own energy core, while the “Grand Sin Armed? Bliss” consumes mental power, allowing the Mana Spirit to wear it entirely.
Moreover, the “Armed Evolution” does not seem to have any requirements regarding the wearer’s physique—after all, they evolve into Digimon.
The only limitation might be that only the Mana Spirits created by the Bliss can wear them.
However, Dark’s deck contained many Mana Spirits created by the Bliss.
He counted a few, including “Mana Spirit,” “Big Milk Jar,” “Eevee,” and “Vampire Noble.”
If he really had to count, the “Piplup” inside actually contained the Bliss factor.
Additionally, “Magical Beast: Eevee,” “Curse Cage: Imp,” and “Magical Beast: Ditto” can all evolve or upgrade stars using the Grand Sin Card of Bliss, and they should be considered manifestations of Bliss later on.
In summary, the versatility of “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” is extremely high.
…
The next Monday.
After finishing his classes, Dark rushed back to the dormitory to select Mana Spirits for “Armed Evolution” experiments.
“Let’s start with Piplup!”
After careful consideration, he gestured to Piplup.
“Momo!”
Piplup’s eyes lit up, and it hurriedly jumped out of the air cushion pool.
Before the water droplets scattered, they instantly formed a large water ball, which it balanced on its head.
Among Dark’s current Mana Spirits, even the originally worthless Trash Slime had a chance to shine.
On the contrary, this basic two-star Mana Spirit was becoming less noticeable, causing it to feel dejected.
Especially after the creation of “Gluttony III,” it had nothing to do with it, making it sad for a long time. Now, it finally had a new opportunity, so it naturally wanted to seize it.
Dark caught the approaching Piplup and then placed the water ball in the experiment table’s basin, smiling at it, “Next, I’m going to experiment with your ‘Armed Evolution.’ You’ll need to give it your best.”
Piplup immediately nodded.
Dark then placed it back on the ground and directly activated the “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” Divine Rank Armed form with a regular summoning spell.
In an instant, the shadow of the Moon Goddess’s soul appeared behind Piplup and embraced it with open arms.
“Piplup, Armed Evolution!”
Piplup’s body instantly floated up, surrounded by the Moon Goddess’s power, turning into a luminous entity.
Under the moonlight, its body underwent dramatic changes, showing clear signs of evolution.
Dark felt a sense of relief.
The “Armed Evolution” experiment on Piplup was the most important because when refining it, Dark only used two remnants of “Bliss Fruit” roots and could not fully evolve it even with “Bliss III.”
Perhaps the most compatible with it was “Envy,” with “Bliss” only being a small part.
If Piplup could successfully undergo “Armed Evolution,” then other Mana Spirits containing the Bliss factor should also be able to.
Afterward, he only needed to conduct experiments on Mana Spirits without the Bliss factor to reach a final conclusion.
In this brief period of contemplation, Piplup’s “Armed Evolution” was completed.
The “Moon Goddess” clad in silver armor appeared resolutely under the moonlight.
Dark immediately checked the Mana Card and found that the data of Piplup’s “Armed Evolution” Moon Goddess was not much different from his own.
Even upon close inspection, only slight differences could be seen from the exterior.
For example, the “Armed Evolution” Moon Goddess on Piplup had a slightly bluish pattern on its face, and the lower half of its face visible outside the mask became more feminine.
But that was all.
“Very good.”
Dark affirmed Piplup’s “Armed Evolution.”
Piplup was delighted and pounced on him, pinning him down instantly!
…
The first attempt at “Evolution” by Piplup clearly lacked understanding of its sudden increase in strength.
Dark lay on the ground, hit hard by a strawberry, feeling utterly hopeless.
…
One hour later.
Dark changed his experimental subject, bringing the Imp Beast before him and using the “Divine Rank Armed? Moon Goddess.”
The result was that the shadow of the Moon Goddess’s soul appeared behind the Imp Beast, but the Imp Beast did not change at all.
Dark checked the Mana Card and found that the “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” had entered a cooldown.
Another hour passed, and he evolved the Imp Beast into “Black Diarumon” and used the “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” Divine Rank Armed form again.
Black Diarumon evolved smoothly into the “Moon Goddess”!
The experiment was now clear.
After carefully recording in his notebook, Dark tried every hour, allowing all Mana Spirits with the Bliss factor to experience “Armed Evolution.”
Of the two armed forms of “Soul of the Moon Goddess I,” the “Divine Rank Armed? Moon Goddess” should become his go-to technique, while the “Grand Sin Armed? Bliss” would serve as a hidden trump card specifically to counter armed forms.
Therefore, it was necessary for Mana Spirits to get accustomed to “Armed Evolution.”
…
In the last few days of April, Dark alternated between using “Soul of the Moon Goddess I” and “Gluttony III,” allowing the evolvable Mana Spirits to master their respective evolution forms as much as possible.
Meanwhile, he continued to study the “Soul Curse” and finally gained some insights by the end of the month.
By May, Saint Maryann Academy was in the midst of its busy end-of-term season, and the Academy Cup was officially underway.
It seemed that students only realized the existence of the “Academy Cup” until May, and all students, including the first-year ones, paid extra attention to the point comparisons.
Although first-year students couldn’t participate in the house competition to earn significant temporary credits, their final exam scores could still be converted into temporary credits, affecting the final outcome of the Academy Cup to a certain extent.
Even when the credit gap between houses was minimal, it could still decide the outcome.
During this period, students would transform into Scrooges.
Some could use credits to generate more credits, while others couldn’t.
Thus, they could only try to save money as much as possible until the end-of-month settlement.
Of course, some didn’t care or could afford to use credits freely when they had a significant advantage.
At this point, students would unconsciously compete, and overall, it was quite interesting.
“Just like previous years, the actual credit totals of the four houses don’t differ much, and the final victory still relies on the house competition.”
At eight o’clock on the evening of May 1st, Dark, Diana, and Rose were drinking tea in the common room.
From this point on, students could check the total credits of the four houses from the house cards.
The final credit totals used for evaluating the Academy Cup were divided into actual credits and temporary credits.
“Look at this button; it can split each house’s credit total into seven parts and display them as a bar chart.”
Diana waved her house card, her eyes lighting up as she pointed to the card face.
Dark leaned over to take a look and converted the credit total into a bar chart.
Each house’s credit total was divided into seven bars, representing the actual credits from first to sixth year and the entire house’s temporary credits.
Since the house competition hadn’t started yet, the temporary credits were temporarily set to zero.
The other six grades’ actual credit bars were roughly arranged from low to high, with the first year having the lowest credit bar and the fifth year having the highest.
Compared to this, the actual credits of the first year could indeed be ignored.
This was very consistent with the reality that first-year students lacked ways to earn credits.
As for the credit bars of the sixth year… they were only slightly higher than those of the second and third years.
This was generally because sixth-year students were about to graduate and needed to convert all their credits into resources for full utilization.
Of course, these were relative results.
In fact, the actual credit totals of each house were not very high.
After all, students’ expenses within the academy were also substantial, whether for studying, living, or researching, requiring a large amount of credits.
Therefore, the final outcome of the Academy Cup often depended on the acquisition of temporary credits.
Temporary credits were divided into two parts: one part was converted from the final exam scores, and the other part was obtained from the house competition.
The former was calculated by dividing the total score of each grade in the house by the number of students in that grade and then multiplying by 1000, and adding them up.
Although the amount was not insignificant, generally around a hundred thousand, the difference in scores between houses was usually not large.
The latter part of the house competition was usually divided into two parts: dungeon adventure and duel matches, both of which could earn tens of thousands of temporary credits.
“Unfortunately, first-year students cannot participate,” Dark said with some regret.
Right after obtaining the new card, he was genuinely eager, especially for the duel matches, which made him excited.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he wished, he could only watch as a spectator in his first year.
“I wonder how Senior Pandora’s ‘Fusion’ factor research is progressing? Maybe I can see her fusion Mana Spirits in the house competition?”
Dark’s thoughts flickered, and he felt a renewed sense of anticipation.
The dungeon adventure was a team event, while the duel matches were individual events.
Considering his senior’s personality, she would likely only represent the fourth-year Mana Academy in the duel matches.
However, as a member of the Noble Academy, he couldn’t cheer for her.
After finishing his tea, Dark bid the two goodnight; he still had an experiment to do tonight.
