My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 543 Success in Silent Meditation

Participating in the Ascension Ceremony, gaining the favor of the True Immortal of the Cloud Sea, and being guided to ascend to immortality, leaving the fantasy world, is currently the most worry-free and safest way for players to avoid the calamity of the future arrival of the Great Emperor of the Universe.

Zhou Nan was happy for Yue Baiting's success in ascending to immortality, but he now had his own plans and would not attend the ascension ceremony.

"I can't bear to leave this world!" Zhou Nan said with a smile. "Then I won't go to the Ascension Ceremony. I still want to continue playing card synthesis."

"This is no joke. Don't be reckless; this is self-preservation, understand?" Yue Baiting said. "At first, I didn't believe anything you said about the Cosmic Emperor, but now I know a lot. Believe me, things are much more serious than you imagine. When the Cosmic Emperor truly descends, all players who cannot escape the core's control will perish completely. Even if someone can stop the Cosmic Emperor, many players will still disappear. Go participate in the Ascension Conference. When you get to the Tenglong Continent, there is a mystical civilization there where you can cultivate immortality!"

Zhou Nan shook his head and said, "I know what I'm doing. In any case, I have to try it my way, otherwise it would be such a waste!"

Yue Baiting didn't understand what Zhou Nan meant by "what a pity," and tried to persuade him for a while, but Zhou Nan was determined to practice closed-eye meditation. In the end, he agreed on the surface, but then went to the training room of the council airship and began his seclusion.

He meditated with his eyes closed for twenty-six years.

Zhou Nan had no intention of enduring these twenty-six years of hardship. He had made many plans for his life, knowing exactly what to do each day, when to practice, and what kind of practice to take.

Time passed slowly, and Zhou Nan's days were very regular and fulfilling.

The world of card games remains the same, with new players seemingly appearing every day. Players grind dungeons, fight bosses, browse forums, participate in clan wars, civilization wars… the game activities are becoming increasingly diverse, players are constantly competing, new masters are emerging, and new celebrities are appearing…

In the third month after Zhou Nan began his seclusion, Yue Baiting ascended into the sky and disappeared at the Kangtian City Ascension Conference.

Guided by the True Immortal of the Cloud Sea, she went to the Tenglong Continent.

"If you have the ability, come find me in the Cloud Sea World! You must come!"

This is a sentence she left behind before her ascension, and few people know what it means.

As a result, Yue Baiting's "property" and the Red Card Cult Master's abilities fell into the hands of Red Boy.

The following day, the Shinkuro family and the Red Card family merged, their territories were integrated, and the new family retained the name "Shinkuro".

At this time, the True Black Family was the largest and strongest family in the human card world.

Another month passed, and the war between human players and the Rat players escalated. Led by Red Boy, the human players launched their first counterattack and invaded the Rat World, with countless players joining the war.

Subsequently, the five divine beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Teng Snake—appeared together in the boundless wilderness, and various large-scale quests were constantly being completed.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. The players of the Rat World were beaten so badly that they couldn't lift their heads. Many human families built cities and occupied land in the Rat World. However, the civilization war between zombie players and human players then began.

The zombie players launched an invasion and quickly captured several major cities in the human world. Even the guardian beast Tengshe was killed by the zombie players' overwhelming number of fighter jets.

Human players have encountered a formidable foe, and due to the zombie virus, this war of civilizations has become extremely brutal. In just one month, tens of thousands of human players have been turned into zombies. No human player takes the war of civilizations lightly anymore. Major clans have begun to form alliances, and there are fewer and fewer solo players.

In fact, similar wars of civilization have occurred in other civilized worlds as well.

Zhou Nan was completely unaware of this; he was simply focused on his seclusion.

Day after day, year after year!

What feels like 13 months to the outside world is like 26 years to Zhou Nan!

On this day, Zhou Nan, who was sitting cross-legged in his cultivation room with his eyes closed, suddenly caught a fire. Crimson flames swirled around his body, and the fire danced wildly, but Zhou Nan's face remained peaceful and calm.

If you look closely, you'll see that the flames are coming from Zhou Nan's skin.

This is a manifestation of nuclear radiation.

Zhou Nan slowly opened his eyes.

After twenty-six years of closed-eye meditation, I have finally achieved enlightenment.

Zhou Nan stood up, feeling the changes in himself, and felt a sense of accomplishment.

After twenty-six years of closed-door meditation, his foundation was greatly enhanced, especially his aura of dominance, which improved dramatically.

Zhou Nan's domineering aura has now reached a maximum of 30 points, and his daily reply volume is also 30 points!

An ordinary person's domineering aura is only a spoonful, but Zhou Nan has 30 spoonfuls. 30 is 900 spoonfuls, which is equivalent to 900 times that of an ordinary person!

If he were to appear before an ordinary person at this point, he could already be considered a superhuman, as he could exert a kind of mental pressure similar to an aura of authority.

Zhou Nan, however, valued mental pressure the least. He was more concerned with refining the spirit, that is, using the Kingly Domineering True Qi to refine Qi into spirit. Increasing the upper limit and recovery amount of the Kingly Domineering Qi would undoubtedly improve the efficiency of refining the spirit.

During his 26 years of closed-eye meditation, Zhou Nan had already cultivated 63 King-Overlord True Monarchs in his mind, each of whom possessed the foundation of a Dou of King-Overlord Qi.

"These 63 King-level True Monarchs can generate 63 orange cards... Orange cards, that's enough!"

Zhou Nan pondered silently, feeling quite confident in his abilities.

Although Zhou Nan's qigong cultivation has only increased to a limited extent over the past twenty-six years, and his current qigong combat power is estimated to be no more than 50,000, his light radiation technique has made great progress.

Now, Zhou Nan has completed the fourth level of the [Supreme Emperor Technique], and his cultivation level has also been raised to the True Qi Realm Perfection. He has also mastered the Closed-Eyes Meditation, and can now try to cultivate the fifth level of the [Supreme Emperor Technique]. Once he enters the gate, he will step into the Celestial Realm.

This doesn't take much time.

Even with his current cultivation level, Zhou Nan felt that his nuclear radiation damage could reach 160,000 per second. He could casually use the three palm techniques of [Futian Xuanhuang], [Jiulin Zaohua], and [Po Mie Shen Ji] to deal no less than 4.5 million damage. If he used [Po Mie Shen Ji] at full power, he could potentially deal nearly 100 million damage.

In addition, Zhou Nan also mastered the middle three of the Nine Subduing Dragon Palms during these twenty-six years.

The middle three palms of the "Nine Subduing Dragon Palms" require the True Qi Realm to cultivate, and are named "Fire Prison", "Thunder Net", and "Wind Phase" respectively.

The [Fire Prison] skill can transform True Qi into a cage of flames, trapping and burning the target. This requires a significant amount of True Qi.

When 【Thunder Net】 is used, nuclear energy is transformed into a net of lightning. It can be used to block, seal, and obstruct. Its destructive power is not as great as 【Fire Prison】, but it is not much different.

【Wind Phase】is similar to a means of controlling objects. When unleashed, the invisible and formless nuclear energy can capture or throw objects from a distance.

However, these three palm strikes are a bit troublesome to execute, unlike the first three palm strikes which can be used casually.

"Once I reach the Celestial Realm, my strength will rise to another level. By then, I should be considered a master!"

Zhou Nan muttered something to himself. With a thought, the flames on his body disappeared, and his entire demeanor became more reserved. He looked almost exactly the same as he had twenty-six years ago, except that his bald head appeared even shinier.

A moment later, Zhou Nan emerged from seclusion.

This time, he didn't want to disturb anyone else; he just wanted to quietly walk around and look for Wang Ba Zhenjun Zhou Yidou and Wang Ba Zhenjun Wu Baishao.

Of course, he also needs to go to Fengshen Group to see the results of his investment.

Zhou Nan first arrived at the Fengshen Group's building. He did not see Fengshen Jun, but he did see Fengshen Jun's assistant, Fairy Jinling.

"Lord Fengshen has been quite busy lately, so I'll be in charge of receiving you from now on. Feel free to come to me if you need anything! You might not know, but the Divine Weapon Showdown Challenge in League Mode has already begun. By the way, there are three human players named [Tower Keeper], [Infinite Jump Dog], and [True Man], whom you trained, right? They're very popular right now, three of the six gods—one is invincible with his sneaky tactics, one is a multi-talented master, and the other's direct combat is breathtaking. It's very likely that the league champion will be one of these three..."

Jinling Fairy enthusiastically introduced Zhou Nan to the recent situation of Fengshen Group and the [Divine Weapon Battle] game. Zhou Nan listened quietly, and after a while, he asked Jinling Fairy about the 30 God and Demon Coins he had invested 13 months ago.

"Don't worry, the God-Investiture Lord has emphasized that you will not lose money. Your 30 God-Demon Coins have now increased to 65. If you need to use them, you can withdraw them at any time. You can also continue to keep the God-Demon Coins here, and we have professional financial advisors to help you manage them."

Fairy Jinling wore a smile and acted very professionally.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Nan was in high spirits and said, "I've more than doubled my money in a year, that's great! Give me 200,000, and I'll keep the rest here with you."

"OK!"

Fairy Jinling responded.

Soon, 20 God and Demon Coins were in Zhou Nan's hands.

Zhou Nan was very satisfied and immediately began spending money.

He first visualized the 30 powerful and powerful kings in his mind as cards, and then used the [Infinite Synthesis] technique to synthesize them with the cards using his palm technique.

In the end, after spending over 130,000 of the 200,000 God and Demon Coins, 30 orange King Overlord cards with palm technique skills were created.

"The strength of Card Warriors lies in accumulation; the more cards you have, the more trump cards you have, and you'll be invincible!"

Zhou Nan felt that with these 30 cards by his side, his strength would rise several levels.

Afterwards, Zhou Nan bid farewell to Fairy Jinling and arrived at Kangtian City.

Here, he found the King of Tyrants, Zhou Yidou.

Zhou Yidou was ordered to find the treasures left behind in this world by the time travelers of the Dragon Slayer Empire, but those treasures were not easy to find, and the information given in some of the time-space clue cards was not accurate enough.

In short, after 13 months, Zhou Yidou only found three treasures: a super-powered nuclear warhead, a sword sheath, and a dragon engine.

These three items are undoubtedly real objects.

Among them, the super nuclear warhead... without a doubt, this is a super weapon, and once it explodes, its destructive power will probably be considerable.

The scabbard is a mysterious item. The time traveler who left it did not give a clear explanation, only mentioning that the scabbard can nurture sword energy!

The Dragon Engine is an energy device. It's not big, about the size of a watermelon, and it's said to contain a huge amount of energy that can be continuously output. It can serve as the power core of a mecha and can also convert and absorb external energy.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan took out the [Woolen Pants Sword Immortal - Zhou Bai].

"You already have a sword, and now I'll give you a scabbard... I might as well upgrade you to orange card level first, and give you the super nuclear warhead and the dragon engine as well, let's see how much you can be enhanced."

After a series of actions, Zhou Nan spent over 50,000 Divine Demon Coins and used up the three King Overlord True Monarchs in his mind, ultimately turning [Hairy Pants Sword Immortal Zhou Nan] into a nine-star black card.

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Card Name: Zhou Bai, the Sword Immortal in Hairy Pants

Card color: Black

Card star rating: Nine stars

Usage Level: None

Mana cost: None

Instructions 1: Use cards to unleash the Hairy Pants Sword Immortal Zhou Bai to fight for you. The Hairy Pants Sword Immortal Zhou Bai is a fantasy god created by the player Black Card Emperor. He is set as an energy life form with 9 million HP, 900,000 attack power, 999 million nuclear power, and 60000 immortal essence. He is equipped with the [Immortal Sword], [Cloud Sea Immortal Robe], [Sword Sheath], and [Dragon Engine]. His class is Sealer.

Note 2: Zhou Bai, the Sword Immortal in woolen trousers, possesses the following skills: [Sword Qi Wave], [Immortal Robe Protection], [Nuclear Power], [Engine Start], [Overload], [Self-Destruction], [Energy Absorption], [Energy Sword Qi]...

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Zhou Nan discovered that the Hairy Pants Sword Immortal already possessed eight skills.

"No wonder it became a black card. Orange cards only have four skills. Now it seems that calling him the Hairy Pants Sword Immortal is no longer appropriate. Let's change the prefix and call him [Nuclear Power Sword Immortal - Zhou Bai]."

Without hesitation, Zhou Nan quickly changed Zhou Bai's nickname to "Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal," which was quite fitting. This card would be very powerful from now on, as it could fly energy sword energy, and its ultimate move was "Self-Destruction."

This should come from a super-powered nuclear warhead. Once activated, it will explode immediately, completely destroying the card. Its power is estimated to be no less than that of a super-powered nuclear warhead. Moreover, with the dragon engine, this nuclear-powered swordsman will not lack energy and can replenish it while fighting.

"With the nuclear-powered swordsman, my strength has increased even more. I can now solo the Seven Realms dungeon without worry! I need to level up to 80 quickly so I can go to Illusionary God Island to find the people from the Illusionary God Realm..."

Zhou Nan silently made a plan. He planned to first level up to level 80, then go to the Illusionary God Island to take a look, then go to find the Five Hundred Spoons of True Monarch Wang Ba to collect some Yuan Qi Pearls, and then go to cultivate the Sixty Years of Dry Heart Zen.

The fastest way to level up back then was to run the [Seven Realms] dungeon.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Nan instructed Wang Ba Zhenjun Zhou Yidou to continue searching for treasures left behind by other time-space travelers, while he himself headed towards the entrance to the [Seven Realms] instance in the human card world.

A year ago, Zhou Nan needed someone to help him gain experience in the [Seven Realms] dungeon, but now he doesn't.

He figured that releasing the nuclear-powered sword immortal and the thirty powerful kings who were proficient in the Dragon Subduing Palm technique would be enough to defend the main hall, allowing him to easily and comfortably grind experience or save files.

(End of this chapter)