Chapter 43
, First Constant-Rank Card
Jiang Ming opened the video on the tablet; it was a video uploaded to "Extreme Home".
Inside was a scene from when Hong arrived at the elite training camp, showing Jiang Ming flying through the air.
At this point, the video had already received over a million views.
This doesn't actually sound like much; a million clicks is nothing compared to trending news.
But this is "Extreme Home". People who can log in to this forum are either martial artists from Extreme Martial Arts School or staff members of Extreme Martial Arts School.
How many martial artists are there on the entire Earth?
Take the martial arts combat assessment of Jiang Ming's year as an example. There are two assessments a year. If Jiang Ming is not included, only 1680 people participate in each assessment.
The pass rate is only 60%!
There are only about two thousand martial artists a year.
This is the number of martial artists that can appear in a large base city with a population of over 200 million in a year.
The significance of those million clicks is self-evident.
[Current region's legendary rating: 103847]
[Current Planet Legendary Status: 187]
The numbers continue to climb at a rate of tens of points per second, seemingly without end.
Jiang Ming took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
"100,000 regional legend points... That's probably the maximum number you could get even if you maxed out the regional legend points for the entire China."
"The fact that this news has spread so widely is probably due to Hong's influence."
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
Hong is a traffic magnet in the Earth's martial arts community; anything associated with Hong is guaranteed to attract attention.
Moreover, it's such astonishing news.
"This much legendary status is enough for me to have a major upgrade."
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
[Consume 1 point of Planetary Legendary Points to draw from the Planetary-level card pool...]
Silver light shot into the sky.
[Congratulations on obtaining: Gold-type Domain Enlightenment Card x1]
[Consumes 1 point of Planet Legendary Points...]
Congratulations on obtaining: Life Fruit (Superior Planetary Grade) ×1
[Consumes 1 point of Planet Legendary Points...]
Congratulations on obtaining: Muya Crystal x1
......
Silver light flashed continuously as cards condensed, flipped, and disappeared into the system space at the top of the altar.
Ten draws, thirty draws, fifty draws...
When the hundredth draw was completed, a dazzling golden beam of light suddenly burst through the top of the altar!
The golden light was as intense as lava, and there were even faint patterns of laws burning on the edges of the card!
Congratulations on obtaining: True Understanding of the Laws - Metal Element (Incomplete)
Effects: After use, you will gain a complete cognitive framework of the fundamental laws of metal, permanently increase your affinity with the laws of metal by 300%, and directly gain one millionth of the complete understanding of the laws of metal.
Note: This card contains the power of the fundamental laws. Its use at the planetary level requires the infusion of these laws, placing a great burden on one's consciousness.
.....
Jiang Ming's breath caught in his throat as he directly gained a millionth of the complete understanding of the laws!
What kind of concept is this?
One of the hard requirements for a Domain Lord to break through from the ninth level to the Realm Lord is to comprehend the laws. Once one has entered the threshold of the laws, one can become a Realm Lord.
Although Jiang Ming was unsure of the exact quantification of the standards for the entry level of the laws, he knew that if such a card were to be released, it would drive countless domain lords mad.
........
Jiang Ming did not stop and continued to extract.
One hundred and fifty draws, one hundred and eighty draws...
When the last bit of planetary legend points were exhausted, 187 cards were already floating densely in the system space.
Jiang Ming categorized and quickly took inventory.
Cultivation resources.
Life Fruit (Plane-level Superior) ×12
Golden Source Fruit (Low-grade, Planetary level) ×18
82 pieces of Muya Crystal
5 bottles of Marrow Cleansing Pill (Mid-grade, Planetary Level)
Medium-grade Lesser Enlightenment Pills × 8
Soul Crystal (Planetary Level) ×15
Reflections on Inheritance
Gold-type Domain Insight Card x4
Law Enlightenment Fragments - Gold Element x9
Law Enlightenment Fragment - Fire Element ×3
True Explanation of the Laws - Metal Element (Incomplete) ×1
One-time inheritance of the illusionary realm 'Gun King' (Domain-level) x1
Equipment enhancement category.
Star Sand x23 jar
Star Fragment x7
.....
After Jiang Ming finished drawing from all the planetary-level card pools, he turned his attention to the apprentice-level card pool.
Countless streams of light flowed and transformed into cards.
Ultimately, nearly 110,000 regional legendary points (and the regional legendary points are still increasing) were converted into more than 100,000 apprentice-level cards.
"Can the fragments from dismantling 100,000 apprentice-level cards be used to enhance a single star-level card?"
Jiang Ming thought to himself, and with a thought, a card leaped out in his consciousness space.
[True Explanation of the Laws - Metal Element (Incomplete)]
"If this True Solution Card could be strengthened, to what extent would its effect reach?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Ming immediately gave it a try.
Aside from some apprentice-level cards that could still be effective against Jiang Ming, Jiang Ming decomposed all the remaining cards into 'Source Energy Dust'.
Disassembling an apprentice-level card yields 1-10 units of Source Dust, while disassembling a planetary-level card yields 50-500 units of Source Dust.
Upgrading an apprentice-level card to planetary level requires a full 10000 source energy dust.
This ratio is extremely uneconomical, let alone upgrading it to a permanent star card.
But for some cards, it's a great deal.
The mountain of apprentice-level cards disintegrated into countless pale blue luminous particles, and Jiang Ming ultimately obtained 48 points of source energy dust.
[Consume 100,000 Source Energy Dust to enhance 'True Law Explanation - Metal Element (Incomplete)'?]
"100,000 points? That's alright."
Upon seeing this notification, Jiang Ming instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the number is large, it is still within Jiang Ming's tolerance range.
"strengthen."
hum!
Ten thousand units of energy crystal dust poured into the cards like rivers flowing into the sea!
On the surface of the card, the previously dark and incomplete law patterns began to light up one by one...
[Enhancement Successful]
[True Explanation of the Laws - Metal Element (Incomplete) → True Explanation of the Laws - Metal Element (Complete - Planetary Level Limit)]
Effects: After use, you will gain a complete cognitive framework of the fundamental laws of metal, permanently increase your affinity with the laws of metal by 500%, and directly gain one ten-thousandth of the complete understanding of the laws of metal.
It also provides one opportunity to enter the "Law Resonance" state, the duration of which depends on one's comprehension.
Note: This card contains the complete origin of the laws. Using it at the planetary level requires enduring a high-intensity infusion of the laws. If the consciousness strength is insufficient, the effect will be greatly weakened.
"Consciousness strength... Is my consciousness strength sufficient?"
Jiang Ming wasn't too sure. Although he considered himself to have a decent will, compared to a real psychopath, he was nothing.
"Just in case, I will strengthen one or two Eternal Star-level Soul Crystals to enhance my soul power, and my willpower will also improve accordingly."
Although source energy dust is precious, the 'True Solution Card' is even more precious.
[Consume one million Source Energy Dust to enhance 'True Law Explanation - Metal Element (Incomplete)'?]
"no!"
After trying to see if he could continue to strengthen the True Solution Card, and confirming that it was a price he couldn't afford, Jiang Ming immediately stopped hesitating.
The process of absorbing card resources has begun.
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