My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 512 The Crown Prince

"Obtain your destined weapon? Activate the towering star array!"

Zhou Nan checked the attribute information of the Twenty-Eight Constellation cards one by one. The attribute data of the Twenty-Eight Constellation cards were exactly the same. Each of them had a base health of 9999 million, an attack power of 99.99, an armor and magic resistance of 99, and a usage level of 70. The usage cost was 10000 mana!

Therefore, just using this deck of cards will consume 28 mana.

In addition, Zhou Nan possesses the [Advanced Experience] skill, which reduces the card usage level by 15 levels. Even so, he still needs to reach level 55 to use the Twenty-Eight Constellations cards.

Once the deck is assembled, the attribute data of the Twenty-Eight Constellations will be different because their natal weapons will add different attributes. For example, Kang Jinlong's natal weapon is the [Lightning Cone], which increases physical attack power by 3 points and lightning damage by 30 points, while Xin Yuehu's natal weapon is the [Han Guang Sword], which increases base attack power by 10 points and critical hit chance by 10%.

Some constellations' natal weapons do not increase attack power, but are like magic treasures. For example, Kui Mulang's weapon is the [Nine-Hair Bowl]. According to its attribute description, this [Nine-Hair Bowl] can change size, but it does not increase Kui Mulang's attributes. However, Kui Mulang can throw it to directly damage enemy targets or temporarily imprison them.

For example, Jiao Mu Jiao's natal weapon is the [Fire Refining Whip]. This whip does not add any attribute data, but it gives the user the "Mana Burning" attack effect. Targets hit by this whip will suffer damage, and their attribute data such as mana and energy will decrease rapidly.

In short, with their signature weapons, the Twenty-Eight Constellations' abilities become more diverse, with attack power generally between one and two million. When all twenty-eight are on the field together, their output is quite considerable.

However, the card did not clearly explain the mystery of the towering star array. It only mentioned that after the array was set up, it would seal off an area within a five-kilometer radius. The twenty-eight constellations were the twenty-eight array eyes, which could not move within the array. If any one of them was killed, the array would break.

"The Towering Stars Formation has an effective range of five kilometers; it should be quite powerful."

Zhou Nan had high expectations for the Sky-Reaching Star Array, but unfortunately he couldn't check its effects immediately.

Two days later, Zhou Nan's level finally reached 55.

At this point, Zhou Nan had already charged the Twenty-Eight Constellation cards, and each card now had 10 magic points, which could be used freely.

"Finally reached level 55! Gaining even one level these days is no easy feat. The experience gained is definitely worth counting! Among human players, I doubt anyone has a higher level than me now, right?"

Zhou Nan was quite in high spirits, hoping that a giant star beast would appear so that he could demonstrate the power of the Twenty-Eight Constellation cards.

Suddenly, Zhou Nan heard a system notification: "Ding, esteemed player, the Loop Game is about to begin. You are eligible to participate. Would you like to accept the game invitation?"

"Ding, system notification: After accepting the invitation, you will be placed in the queue. You will be a substitute player for this game."

"Finally, another looping game!"

Zhou Nan's mind stirred. During this period, he had frequently received system notifications about the circular game, but most of the time he couldn't even get a spot, let alone become a substitute player.

This may be related to the fact that he is not in a major city like Kangjin City, or more likely, among the human players invited to participate in the game, someone else has a higher priority than him.

Zhou Nan guessed that the person was either Lan Cuihua or Lan Caihe.

"Speaking of which, that Lan Caihe is really elusive. I wonder who she is. She never replies to my messages, and Lan Cuihua calls her 'Big Sister,' so she must be someone important. Is she really the Card Goddess?"

Zhou Nan pondered silently. The core guard, Lan Yuping, should know Lan Caihe's identity, but no matter how Zhou Nan asked, she wouldn't say.

And the more this was the case, the more Zhou Nan was convinced that Lan Caihe was no ordinary person.

"Ding, your eligibility to participate has been confirmed. You are substitute player number three. You will be teleported into the game arena in ten minutes. Please prepare."

"Fine, I'll just be a substitute. I'll still have a chance to play. I'll go ask Mr. Wu for leave now."

If Zhou Nan wants to leave the team now, he'll have to ask for leave, and he might even get a lecture from Teacher Wu Tian.

During this period, Master Wu Tian was very dedicated, leading Zhou Nan and others to train in the chaotic void. He personally killed several giant star beasts, demonstrated many qigong techniques, taught classes every day, and even used the "enlightenment" method frequently, all to help everyone improve their qigong cultivation faster.

Now, Zhou Nan's combat strength, as detected by the combat strength detector, has exceeded four thousand.

His cultivation level wasn't the highest among them. The Demon Lizard player [Demon] might truly be a martial arts prodigy. This guy had only been cultivating Qi for a short time, yet he had already surpassed others, and his current Qi combat power was close to five thousand!

Zhou Nan asked for leave to play the Loop Game. As expected, Master Wu Tian didn't approve, but he wouldn't force Zhou Nan and eventually let him go.

Soon, Zhou Nan arrived at the circular game arena. Now he was a substitute player, not much different from a spectator sitting in the stands. He could see a basic overview of each defensive zone, and he could shout and chat.

"Let me torture and kill you."

At the very beginning of the game, some players were already making arrogant pronouncements.

"Attention everyone, the one shouting is the Dinosaur Emperor, Zhang Daqian!"

"Zhang Daqian? What a lousy name!"

"The Dinosaur Emperor is here, who else is a big shot...?"

The atmosphere was very harmonious, and it took more than two hours before a player was eliminated.

Zhou Nan took the stage and played for just over two hours before the round ended. He did manage to collect some time-space clue cards and accumulate a considerable amount of round points.

Among those time-space clue cards, two were left by Huang Jiugong, the governor of Dragon Slayer Town, which were the tickets to participate in the Dragon Game.

In addition, Zhou Nan used his points from the Looping Game to exchange for two [Limitless Immortal Pills].

After the cyclical game ended, Zhou Nan returned directly to the family camp and fed two Limitless Immortal Pills to Panda Immortal Pan Daisy and Pan Guoren.

Both of them have greatly increased their abilities, and their cards have been upgraded to nine stars. The former has evolved into [Panda Earth Immortal Pan Daisy], and the latter has evolved into [Panda Arrow Immortal Pan Guoren].

Pan Daisy is quite peculiar. As an earth immortal, he has no ability to fly, but his jumping ability is amazing. He can jump hundreds of meters high, with no pressure from the ground to the air.

Its main abilities are twofold. The first is to enlarge friendly ground units, which means that friendly ground units will be enlarged for a period of time and will gain increased health, attack power, and the power of certain skills. However, their movement speed and attack speed will decrease.

The limitation is that both feet must remain on the ground; if it stands still on the ground, it will grow larger and larger, just like it grows.

The second is enemy shrinking. When activated, this skill can reduce the size of enemy units for a period of time. The reduction in size will not affect their health, attack and defense stats, but it will affect their movement speed, attack speed, attack effects, and skill power.

Pan Guoren is a panda archer, and the "arrow" here refers to a "rocket." He carries an alloy bow, which is paired with a rocket model that is as long as an adult's arm and as thick as a thumb. His archery skills are very unique, and he has two main abilities. The first is the "Cloud Piercing Arrow."

Judging from the skill description, using this [Cloud Piercing Arrow] is a bit like setting off fireworks, or firing a signal flare. In any case, after using [Cloud Piercing Arrow], "helpers" will come to support you.

As for what the "helpers" are and how many there will be, that is uncertain and varies from time to time and place to place.

The second ability is called [Cloud Collapse Arrow], which is a standard area-of-effect attack skill. When activated, the panda archer Pan Guoren shoots a rocket into the sky. The rocket explodes in mid-air, turning into countless missiles that fall to the ground, causing widespread explosive damage.

This skill can also be used against air units.

"The Eight Immortals of the Panda—the Sword Immortal, the Archery Immortal, the Wine Immortal, the Poetry Immortal, the Earth Immortal, the Archery Immortal, and the Flower Immortal—are now complete!"

Zhou Nan immediately summoned all eight panda immortals, representing men, women, children, and people of all ages and builds. He also summoned the Titanium Dragon Black Tortoise, and the eight immortals rode together, their combined life points reaching 3200 million.

The nine units bundled together only have 3200 million health points, less than a third of the total health of the constellations. However, the Panda Eight Immortals and the Titan Dragon Xuan Turtle are definitely more durable because they have higher armor, magic resistance, and damage reduction, and their output is also much stronger.

"The Xuan Turtle has landed! Earth Immortal Pan Daisy, try using your Earth Expansion Technique!"

Zhou Nan gave the order, and Panda Fairy Pan Daisy immediately carried it out. He let out a cry and pointed at the Titanium Dragon Turtle beneath him. The Titanium Dragon Turtle seemed to inflate, and its size rapidly increased. A dozen seconds later, it was as big as a small mountain, probably a hundred meters tall, even bigger than ordinary star beasts, and it was still growing.

At the same time, its health points also multiply.

In three minutes, Zhou Nan estimated that the Titanium Ancient Dragon Xuan Turtle was about 1,000 meters tall, and its own life value alone had reached 900 million, an increase of fifty times.

However, this seems to be the limit for the Titan Dragon Black Tortoise; beyond that, its size begins to shrink.

Of course, only the Titanium Dragon Black Tortoise grew larger; the panda fairies on it remained unchanged.

However, the power of the Panda Swordsman's [Sword of Judgment] will increase accordingly, and dealing 200 million damage in one strike is not a dream.

Zhou Nan then had the panda immortal Pan Daisy jump off the back of the Titanium Dragon Xuan Turtle, let him stand on the ground, and cast a spell to enlarge himself.

Three minutes later, this guy grew taller than a small mountain, just like an ancient giant, except his movements became incredibly slow.

"It's not bad, I guess."

Zhou Nan had the panda earth immortal Pan Daixi withdraw his magic, and then had the panda archer Pan Guoren fire a [Cloud Piercing Arrow].

The arrow that the archer shot flew into the sky with a burst of fire, then exploded with a thunderous roar, scattering stars across the sky in a dazzling display.

Soon, swarms of flying monsters gathered from all directions, and even portals appeared in the sky, from which various elemental creatures emerged.

These monsters were all affected by the Piercing Arrow and came to provide support; many of them are quite powerful.

With no fighting taking place, they quickly dispersed.

"The Panda Archer is alright, I guess."

Zhou Nan nodded, feeling that the Eight Immortals of the Panda Sect had graduated.

At that moment, Zhou Nan received a call from Yue Baiting: "You rascal, your son is about to be born!"

"What?" Zhou Nan was taken aback. "Don't be ridiculous, it's only been a few days."

"Yeah, that's fast! I've already received the system notification! The baby will be born in ten minutes. The system is currently calculating..."

"You're still calculating this? That's outrageous!" Zhou Nan said. "You wait, I'm coming right away!"

After saying this, Zhou Nan released the letter butterfly Ah Zhen, which sent a letter to the Red Card Church.

At this moment, the leader of the Red Card Church, Yue Baiting, was sitting on a high-backed chair behind the Red Card Church, her posture elegant, showing no sign of pregnancy whatsoever.

Zhou Nan looked him up and down and said, "This system is too casual, it's like it's playing a game!"

"Yeah, it feels like we're all just toys!" Yue Baiting said. "The system said it's a son, so we'll name him, submit the name, and then he'll be born!"

"There's such a setting?" Zhou Nan pondered for a moment and asked, "Can we just choose any name?"

"It seems there aren't any restrictions. I've thought of a name, what do you think?"

"you say!"

"I'm the Red Card Cult Leader, so why don't we name my son Red Boy!"

Zhou Nan asked expressionlessly, "Have you read Journey to the West?"

"I haven't seen it. Why?"

"Never mind then, the name Red Boy isn't good; it might cause misunderstandings about his father!"

"So, what's your name?"

"Call him Crown Prince! You can tell his father is the Emperor just by hearing that!"

"So, you'll call him Crown Prince?"

"Mmm!"

"If I have a daughter, will she be called a princess?"

"Can!"

"Screw you, Your Highness, that sounds awful. Let's just call him Red Boy. The naming is up to me, it's settled then."

"Are you sure?" Zhou Nan frowned. "It can be born right away?"

"Hmm, the system is calculating, it'll be ready soon... By the way, I have no experience with this, how do I proceed?"

Zhou Nan hurriedly said, "Didn't I capture a lot of female doctors? Wait a moment, I'll call them over right away!"

"It's too late... Achoo!" Yue Baiting suddenly sneezed, and a card came out of her mouth.

Looking at the card, Yue Baiting frowned and said, "Holy crap, I gave birth to a card?"

Zhou Nan looked over curiously; the card was named [Black Card Prince Red Boy].

"The system added a prefix to its name, so isn't it called Crown Prince? It seems the authorities have decided that it is my son."

Zhou Nan muttered to himself, then couldn't help but laugh, saying, "The core is awesome, the system is invincible, my son is a card!"

Yue Baiting said, "I suddenly really want to hit someone!"

"Actually, this is good. It's just a game, there's no need to be so realistic. Let us see the attribute information of the card son."

Zhou Nan took the card that Yue Baiting had sneezed out and glanced at it.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Card Name: Black Card Prince Red Boy

Card color: Black

Card star rating: Nine stars

Usage Level: None

Mana cost: None

Note 1: Using cards, the Black Card Prince Red Boy will be available. The Black Card Prince Red Boy is set as a special NPC with a malleable personality and complete player settings.

Explanation 2: The Black Card Prince Red Boy is born with the [Black Card Prince] profession, and these profession skills, general skills, special skills, etc., hold an extremely high status in the Black Card Palace and the Red Card Church.

Note 3: Prince Red Boy (Black Card) can use cards!

Note 4: If a player accidentally deletes their Black Card Emperor account or loses their profession, Black Card Prince Red Boy can directly acquire the Black Card Emperor profession and inherit their family and all their property.

Note 5: If player Red Card Master Yue Baiting accidentally deletes their account or loses their class, Black Card Prince Hong Haier can directly acquire the Red Card Master class and inherit their family and all their property.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(End of this chapter)