Star Odyssey

Chapter 2529: Star Tier

lightsΝοvel Little Lian looked over at Lu Yin and gave him a shy smile. She then glanced back at Jiang Xiaodao and proceeded to scold him. "He's not a bad person! Brother Xiaodao, you're not allowed to bully him."

Jiang Xiaodao instantly replied, "His name is Xuan Qi, and he's a complete rogue! He claims to be an unrivaled genius who’s greater than even Shao Qingfeng. Just watch, Brother Xiaodao is going to teach him a lesson."

With that, the man turned to glare at Lu Yin. "Come on, Xuan Qi, let's settle this!"

Lu Yin pursed his lips. "Can we start already?"

Jiang Xiaodao looked puzzled. "Do you have a good understanding of the Lost Clan School?"

"Why do you ask?" Lu Yin did not understand the question.

Jiang Xiaodao explained, "Do you know how many cards can be found in the Lost Clan School? How many of them are valuable or ordinary? What star tiers are? Do you know any of this?"

"I don't," Lu Yin replied honestly. He had no idea at all.

"Since you don't know about this, and we don’t have anyone to act as a judge, then why are you so eager to begin? Even if you get a good card, will you even be able to recognize it?" Jiang Xiaodao sneered.

Lu Yin remained silent. He actually had no intention of trying to recognize any of the cards. As long as he prevented Jiang Xiaodao from getting a card, he would win. Or maybe it would be better to just steal Jiang Xiaodao's cards. Lu Yin did not see any need to know anything that Jiang Xiaodao was mentioning.

The only issue was that Lu Yin would need to reveal a hint of his strength.

The Transcendent Universe had already confirmed that his power level was at around 270,000, while Jiang Xiaodao was as powerful as an Envoy. In order to deal with such an opponent, it was necessary for Lu Yin to reveal a little of the truth. He was simply considering what would be best to expose.

The possibility of directly defeating Jiang Xiaodao in an honest competition never even occurred to Lu Yin. After all, Jiang Xiaodao was very experienced in seeking cards, given the length of time that he had stayed in the Lost Clan School. He already knew which cards were valuable and which ones to search for. How could Lu Yin compete with him?

"I've already found a referee for us. Don't worry, I’m not going to bully you. I’ll defeat you openly, and then defeat Shao Qingfeng," Jiang Xiaodao declared.

Someone in the distance muttered, "What does beating Xuan Qi have to do with Shao Qingfeng?"

Jiang Xiaodao turned angrily and shouted, "Who? Who dares to question Grandpa Dao?"

"Brother Xiaodao, could you be a bit quieter? You're too noisy." Little Lian rolled her eyes as she shot a glare at Jiang Xiaodao.

The man’s face immediately transformed into a smile. "Little Lian, don't be mad. I'll be quiet now, alright?"

Lu Yin rubbed his head. Competing with this buffoon was humiliating.

After two hours had passed, Lu Yin frowned. "Why hasn’t your referee shown up yet?"

Jiang Xiaodao glanced over impatiently, "What's your rush? I've never seen someone in such a hurry to lose. Just wait. He'll be here soon."

Lu Yin looked around and saw that Seruzen had also arrived.

Seruzen was staring at Lu Yin with a strange look in his eyes. This person felt so familiar.

Lu Yin looked away. It was not time for the two of them to speak, and Lu Yin also had no intention of revealing himself to Seruzen. After so much time had passed, it was impossible to know whether Seruzen might betray Lu Yin, though given their comparative levels of strength, Seruzen might not be able to betray Lu Yin even if he wanted to.

After another half hour went by, even the onlookers were starting to tap their feet with impatience.

Finally, a man arrived. He was short, thin, and appeared to be rather weak. He seemed rather listless and pale, as though he was suffering from some kind of constant ailment. "Sorry to keep you all waiting."

"It's Zhi Xiao. I didn't expect Senior Jiang to ask him over."

Zhi Xiao frowned. "I’ll have to ask you to show a bit of respect for our cards. Since you are studying my Lost Clan Universe’s methods, you should respect our beliefs as well. These cards are the core of my Lost Clan."

Jiang Xiaodao shrugged. "Alright, fine. My bad."

He immediately resumed searching for cards.

Before long, he found another.

"A two-star Ancient card," Zhi Xiao said.

Jiang Xiaodao shook his head, but this time, rather than simply toss the card away, he opened his hand and allowed the card to vanish back into the void before continuing to search for other cards.

Jiang Xiaodao managed to find several cards. Some were Ancient and some were Seasonal, but none of them were good enough to satisfy him. In contrast, Lu Yin had not found a single card. As time passed, everyone stopped paying attention to him.

Mu Xinxin looked at Lu Yin and commented, "That guy looks really serious."

"He's acting like he can actually see the star tier on the cards. Even Zhi Xiao might not be able to do that, let alone him," someone nearby commented.

Mu Xinxin considered the remark. She felt that it made sense.

Soon after, Jiang Xiaodao exclaimed, "Ha, I found one!"

As he spoke, he pulled a card out of the void.

Zhi Xiao's eyes lit up as he looked at it. "A five-star Ancient card. Not bad at all."

Everyone was shocked. "It's actually a five star Ancient card! There are only fifteen Ancient cards in the entire school. There are three Ancient cards that range from one to four stars, but only one of each from five to seven stars. Before, Senior Brother Jiang managed to find a four-star Ancient card. It’s surprising that he was able to find a five-star Ancient card."

"Senior Brother Jiang is amazingly lucky. His four-star card burned up during his fight with Mu Mu, but he surprisingly managed to obtain a five-star card."

Jiang Xiaodao felt quite proud. There was only one five-star Ancient card in the entire Lost Clan School, which meant that the only cards that could surpass it were the six-star and seven-star Ancient cards, but those two were even more difficult to find. He had practically gone blind while searching for just the five-star Ancient card. It was clearly the limit of what he could manage. Unable to resist, he looked over at Lu Yin and asked, "You still haven't found a card?"

Zhi Xiao came to Jiang Xiaodao's side and looked at the card in his hand before admiring it. "Quite good. It’s even better than your previous card. If you had used this one during your duel with Mu Mu…"

Jiang Xiaodao expected to hear that his card would not have been incinerated.

"It would've lasted a bit longer," Zhi Xiao finished.

Jiang Xiaodao rolled his eyes. "Are you saying that it would have still been burned?"

"Of course. Mu Mu's strength can’t be underestimated. She used her Golden Crow innate gift, which means that if you want to rely on your card to win, you need to set up at least a seven-star card. If your mastery is high enough to use a Primordial card, or something even close to that, then a one-star Ancient card would be enough to deal with Mu Mu."

Jiang Xiaodao sighed. "If I had that kind of strength, why would I even bother with a card? I would easily crush her with just a flick of a finger."

Zhi Xiao agreed, "That's true. You’re strong enough to use an Ancient card, but not a Primordial one. In order to use a Primordial card, you will need another 1,000 or even 100,000 years of cultivation."

"Not necessarily. Having a white energy converter would be good enough," Jiang Xiaodao commented with gleaming eyes.

Zhi Xiao nodded. "That's another possible method."

As the two spoke, Lu Yin still did not manage to find a single card.

Jiang Xiaodao grew frustrated as he looked at Xuan Qi. "I forgot something! If he keeps searching, how long are we supposed to keep waiting?"

Zhi Xiao rebuked the man, "Who told you to not set a time limit on your competition?"

Jiang Xiaodao wanted to rush Lu Yin, but Zhi Xiao stopped him from doing so. Xuan Qi was not to be disturbed.

Before the competition, Lu Yin had planned to simply prevent Jiang Xiaodao from getting a single card. However, upon learning that it was possible to determine each card's star tier, Lu Yin had changed his mind. It was better if he did not waste time and energy explaining the revelation of an abnormal strength to people, which meant that it was better to win fair and square.

However, the cards flew all over the Lost Clan School’s continent while Lu Yin remained immobile in one place. It would not be easy for him to find the seven-star card, as he needed to wait for it to come to him.

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