Chapter 898: Dark Demon, Unyielding Illusion (8000 words for Moon Tickets)
“By the name of Dark Demon, Mana Summoning — [Bliss • Drink Milk]!”
With a flip of his palm, Dark held the [Bliss • Drink Milk] in his hand. Then, the [Bliss Fire] spread from his palm to the Mana Card, forcefully injected into it!
A layer of illusory pink flames appeared on the surface of the Mana Card. Dark’s eyes flashed with sharp light as he fully activated the [Bliss • Drink Milk]. At a distance of about ten centimeters from the card, a bottle of milk materialized within the pink light.
He reached out and grabbed the bottle of milk. “Success!”
Dark was overjoyed in his heart, but he did not immediately verify the effect of the milk. Instead, he quickly called up the system list.
“The index of Bliss…”
However, the index of Bliss in the list did not decrease.
This was similar to how the total amount of mana did not change after consuming mana.
Using Bliss power in this way did not cause the index of Bliss to decrease.
Dark could not help but sigh slightly, putting away the slight disappointment in his heart. Then he quickly turned his attention to the [Bliss • Drink Milk].
“Little Demon Beast, come over here.”
“Coming!”
The experimental results were perfect.
The milk summoned by the Bliss power triggered by the Heartfire had exactly the same effect as when it was summoned using the Big Milk Jar!
This meant that for Dark personally, this [Bliss • Drink Milk] was basically no different from a normal magic card.
And such Mana Cards, he could make at least a hundred of them! Even if drinking this milk multiple times in a short period would cause the effect of the ultimate skill to continuously decline, these hundred cards could be used on multiple people.
Even placed among all the healing magic throughout history, its effect would still rank high.
However, the [Bliss • Drink Milk] only restored vitality and could not cause vitality to overflow.
What it could do was accelerate wound healing, but it couldn’t regrow limbs.
After thoroughly analyzing it through experiments, Dark had the idea to mass-produce it.
But before he started, he had a new idea. “Eevee, Demon Fox Beast, come over here.”
Dark waved at Eevee and the Demon Fox Beast who were conveniently in the dormitory.
“(>^o^<) Mew!" Eevee almost immediately dropped the book in its hands and flew into Dark's arms.
After hugging it, Dark smiled and said, "Do you want to learn how to make new Mana Cards?"
The Demon Fox Beast, who came over later, looked like it already knew what was going to happen.
Whether Mana Golems could universally replicate the Mana Summoning method of Mana Masters to create identical Mana Cards.
— This was a subject that no one had ever explored from ancient times until now. But today, Dark Demon proved the feasibility of this concept through practical action.
The difficulty in refining the [Bliss • Drink Milk] mainly lay in research and adjustment of the incantations.
Different Mana Masters needed to write different incantations when making the same Mana Card.
However, Mana Golems and Mana Masters could essentially be considered "one entity."
And Dark further proved that even in the process of creating Mana Cards, Mana Golems and Mana Masters could be considered "one entity"!
There were still some restrictions, though.
For example, the Deoxys of Pride couldn't properly refine the [Bliss • Drink Milk].
After researching, Dark found that it was due to a conflict between the [Pride] contained in its own mana and [Bliss].
But that was fine.
He had enough Mana Golems of the [Bliss] lineage.
Learning the refinement of the [Bliss • Drink Milk] would give them more practice opportunities, which would greatly help their learning.
Also, Dark didn't forget about the [Bliss] Mana Golem that was still wandering outside.
He thought for a moment and decided to teach Victoria the method of refining the [Bliss • Drink Milk] at an appropriate time.
After tonight, Dark's conception of converting ultimate skill cards into magic cards was completely formed.
But a single [Bliss • Drink Milk] wasn't enough to provide sufficient proof.
He needed to quickly develop a second [Bliss • Magic Card]. And regarding the choice of this second [Bliss • Magic Card], he had already thought about it earlier.
Since it was [Bliss]-exclusive, the range of choices wasn't as many as he imagined.
Among the exclusive ultimate skills of [Bliss], types with a "Charm" effect were very common.
Notable examples included the [Black Diarumon]'s [Dangerous Love], the [Magical Beast: Eevee]'s [Full Moon (Bliss)], the [Eevee]'s [Alluring Body], [Charming Voice], the [Magical Beast: Eevee]'s [Fairy Skin], etc.
But this type of "Charm" ultimate skill was significantly less effective against opponents with strong willpower or mental strength.
Given the current situation, Dark wanted a skill that could benefit the team and still be effective in environments like the Mountain of Gods.
Based on this, he deduced his next target — [Misty Field (Bliss)]!
[Misty Field (Bliss)] was a specialized field skill of the [Magical Beast: Eevee] after being specialized with [Bliss].
This field skill was highly effective, not only protecting targets in the mist from abnormal statuses but also giving Mana Golems of the [Bliss] lineage additional effects of the [Alluring Body].
Additionally, it had strong克制 abilities against Dragon-type ultimate skills! This was particularly effective against Mana Masters specializing in Dragons.
If combined with the [Fantasy Providence], which significantly boosts Fairy mysteries and suppresses non-Fairies, it would be a Dragon killer!
In this regard, Dark had originally agreed with Senior Eluria Clarissa to refine [Fantasy Providence] last Saturday, but it was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances and rescheduled for Wednesday afternoon, tomorrow afternoon.
[Fantasy Providence] would bring significant improvements to Dark, and he was determined to succeed in the experiment tomorrow afternoon!
Compared to that, developing the [Magic Card: Misty Field (Bliss)] was much more difficult.
And before that, Dark still needed to refine the [Ultimate Skill: Misty Field].
This was a necessary step in his magic card creation process. However, under such stringent conditions, he set himself an extremely challenging goal: to complete the refinement of the [Magic Card: Misty Field (Bliss)] before the end of the week!
Thus, he couldn't sleep that night.
That night, he once again absorbed [Wrath], successfully accumulating seven points of [Wrath], a critical threshold.
This meant he was now capable of cultivating a [Wrath Fruit].
But it wasn't enough; he needed more [Wrath]!
With the seemingly inexhaustible [Grass Elemental Seed] in his possession, as long as he had enough [Wrath], he could repeatedly experiment to ultimately refine high-quality grass-type Mana Golems.
This would increase the likelihood of producing "that."
Even if he used the remaining three extraction quotas entirely for [Wrath], he could only extract another six points of [Wrath].
Thirteen points of [Wrath] was far from "plenty." Therefore, every point of [Wrath] had to be used precisely.
Dark's decision was to first refine the long-delayed [Jade Holy Sword]!
Although the scabbard had already arrived in his hands, he had no intention of using the [Jade Holy Sword] to feed the scabbard.
Because to him, the [Jade Holy Sword] remained invaluable.
On Wednesday morning, the two classes were [Mana Language] and [Duel Class]. For Dark, the [Mana Language class] had lost its meaning.
But in Professor Jones' [Duel Class], there was still much he could learn.
However, Professor Jones chose the content for this class to be an analysis of the exciting duels from last weekend.
Regarding the analysis of the opponents involved in the [Golden Cup], Dark should have been very interested.
But now, he had no idea how much longer he could continue in the [Golden Cup].
Maybe this week, or perhaps next week?
He still had time to participate in a few competitions, but the possibility of participating in the entire [Golden Cup] was virtually nonexistent.
He couldn't wait that long.
The professors certainly couldn't either.
...
After finishing his morning classes on Wednesday, Dark met with Senior Eluria Clarissa for lunch at the cafeteria.
Eluria initially wanted to chat with Dark, but Dark immediately steered the conversation towards the refinement of [Fantasy Providence].
To prepare for the experiment this afternoon, he reviewed his previous research in the morning.
In fact, he already possessed all the knowledge required to begin the refinement. All he needed to do this afternoon was to complete the refinement of [Fantasy Providence] with Eluria's assistance!
"To be safe, I prepared three sets of materials," Eluria Clarissa stated.
"Of these three sets, a few special materials are truly unique, with only three available. If any one of them fails during the refinement, it means losing an opportunity. Other materials can be replenished in time. Let me explain everything so you can remember it all."
Dark said directly, "Go ahead."
Eluria Clarissa quickly listed the names of the materials and then proceeded to explain their detailed properties and the necessary precautions during refinement.
Dark memorized all of them using his Sequence One's [Blessing of Wisdom]. Then, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the experiment of [Fantasy Providence] began!
The location was his private laboratory.
Although he encountered Eralganie, who was performing Mana Summoning when he entered the lab, Eralganie quickly wrapped up her work and left the lab for Dark and Eluria.
The method of refining [Fantasy Providence] could not be disclosed.
Only after Eralganie left did Eluria continue her instruction. By two o'clock, Dark began the refinement under her guidance.
Then, at twenty-one minutes past two, he experienced his first failure. But fortunately, he hadn't yet used the rare materials, so this failure wasn't significant.
Through this, Dark gained insight into the difficulty of refining [Fantasy Providence].
At three minutes past three, one of the three sets of materials was scrapped, and the experiment had to start anew.
Dark learned from this and strived for perfection.
But by half past five, he faced another failure. Two of the three sets of materials were scrapped, with one already scrapped twice.
This meant he only had one chance left.
"Calm down. Even if we fail today, it's just today's failure," Eluria Clarissa reminded him. "Next week at the same time, I can prepare three more sets. So don't worry about the materials, focus your attention."
Dark nodded, drank a bottle of apple juice, and began the final attempt.
When there is no room to retreat, instinct provides support. Concentration is also like this.
Dark's concentration had never been more intense.
Opening the [Eye of Truth] to assist in the refinement, he completed most of it flawlessly, as if guided by divine intervention.
But in the end, he had to use the [Eye of Truth] to glimpse the [Door to Truth], extracting Fairy mysteries and pouring them into the Mana Card, allowing [Fantasy Providence] to finally be refined.
Failure would mean starting over from scratch!
Fortunately, he had already mastered this method under Eluria's guidance beforehand.
The final refinement succeeded. [Fantasy Providence] was refined!
"Phew! Finally done!" Eluria sighed in relief. It wasn't about finally succeeding, but finally ending.
This showed that Eluria was also under immense pressure. After all, the materials for [Fantasy Providence] were truly valuable. "Thank you so much for today, Senior."
Dark felt the immense energy contained within [Fantasy Providence] and said slowly.
With [Fantasy Providence], there would be "fantasies."
[Eight Thousand! Another all-nighter! Overloading operation!]
[Can't check the backend anymore. Seeing double-digit new monthly tickets every day instantly drains my energy.]
[Dreamless, vain, floating glory. Sigh, goodnight.]
