My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 551 The Sun God

Ape Martial World, Wukong Mountain, Back Mountain.

Just as Zhou Nan entered the Great Snow Mountain, Lan Caidie, who was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed in mid-air, suddenly sensed something. She abruptly opened her eyes and then frowned deeply.

Opposite her, Lan Yuping, with bandages tied over her eyes, held a comic book and giggled.

"Interesting, very interesting! Cuihua is a genius; the plot she designed is so interesting."

This core guard appears much more lively than he did three years ago.

The comic book in her hand was the latest chapter of "The Great Universe" hand-drawn by Lan Cuihua.

In fact, this comic book "Cosmic Emperor" has been renamed twice. It was first renamed "Cosmic Twin Dragons" and then "Imaginary Heroes". The comic book also changed from two main characters to three main characters, and now it is an ensemble with multiple main characters.

Over the years of its serialization, "Cosmic Emperor" has accumulated a large number of fans and is very popular in the Council of Gods and Demons. Several characters in the comic are particularly popular. Some fans praise Master Wu, some fans adore Saint Azu, and some fans like Cosmic Emperor. However, Lan Cuihua has a special fondness for one of the characters called "Black Emperor".

This Black Emperor is the comedic relief in the comics. Perhaps he was just a minor character in the initial concept, but he has more and more screen time and his character has become more and more fleshed out. Every time Lan Cuihua sees him appear, she can't help but laugh.

First, the character's personality is indeed likable, embodying cunning, shamelessness, cowardice, lust, nobility, selflessness, and courage all at once. If you call him cunning, he can sacrifice himself without hesitation when faced with matters of principle; if you call him noble, he can feign madness, illness, or even death to avoid battle, resorting to any means necessary...

In short, this person did things that ordinary people could do but couldn't, and things that ordinary people couldn't do but did.

Secondly, the Black Emperor's storyline is also good. His luck is sometimes extremely good and sometimes extremely bad, and he always manages to create some hilarious yet very important situations.

In the latest episode, the Black Emperor faked his death, built his own tomb, and burned paper money for himself. Later, when Saint Azu wanted to build the royal court, he happened to choose the auspicious site where the Black Emperor's fake tomb was located.

Black Emperor had no choice but to relocate his own grave. During the relocation, something went wrong. He dug up the underground palace where the Cosmic Emperor was recuperating. He wandered around inside, took a few treasures, and then quietly buried the underground palace again. This angered the Cosmic Emperor, whose injuries had mostly healed, to the point that he vomited blood and fell into a coma.

"The prototype for this Black Emperor is that human Black Card Emperor. I heard he built a Card Temple for himself, with his memorial tablet inside, where people burn paper money and offer incense. Haha, Cuihua's modification is quite something..."

Lan Yuping closed the comic book and said to Lan Caidie, "You really should read this comic book; the Black Emperor in it is so cute!"

Lan Caihe said with a serious expression, "Playing with things will only lead to neglecting your duties. You and Cuihua have become lax."

Lan Yuping said, "What difference does it make whether we try or not? Right now, it still depends on Master Wu, Saint Azu, and the Great Dinosaur. Sigh, if only there were a Black Emperor in real life!"

"Black Emperor..."

Lan Caihe said, "His prototype is that human black card emperor... This person is a bit strange."

"What's so strange?" Lan Yuping asked casually.

"Three years ago, I noticed that this person was generating an unusually large amount of data. Later, his data volume became surprisingly small. But just now, the data being monitored by the core system turned into gibberish!"

"Gibberish?" Lan Yuping's expression turned serious. "That's impossible, isn't it? Could it be that the core can no longer analyze it?"

"That's just how it is. I don't know the specific reasons, but some unknown changes must have occurred in this person."

Lan Yuping then asked, "What about his growth potential score? Has his potential ranking changed?"

Lan Caihe said, "It's turned into gibberish too."

Upon hearing this, Lan Yuping quickly opened the comic book in her hand and began flipping through the pages rapidly.

"What are you doing?" Lan Caihe asked, puzzled.

Lan Yuping said, "Cuihua's comic borrows heavily from real-life scenarios, including a growth potential rating and a growth potential ranking. Coincidentally, one character's rating is also garbled!"

"Nonsense! What's the point of Cuihua's random scribbles?" Lan Caihe was very puzzled by Lan Yuping's behavior.

Lan Yuping didn't stop what she was doing. She quickly flipped to a page in the comic and showed it to Lan Caihe, saying, "Look, this is the person, the mysterious Sun God. His potential rating is garbled, and moreover, he obtained the Core Holy Sword!"

Lan Caihe looked disappointed and waved her hand, saying, "You should read less comics in the future. Don't do such meaningless things anymore. The Holy Sword quest has already been issued, and only a few people have received the quest. The Holy Sword will eventually fall into the hands of one of them. There is no such thing as a Sun God..."

Before Lan Caihe could finish speaking, Lan Yuping suddenly noticed something and exclaimed, "Wait a minute, I've found the foreshadowing!"

"Foreshadowing?"

"Cuihua is so talented! How come I never noticed before? The mysterious Sun God is actually the Black Emperor! I see, that explains all those illogical plot points..."

"What are you talking about? Have you gone mad?" Lan Caihe was already somewhat displeased. Ever since Lan Yuping relinquished her guard identity, she had become increasingly abnormal, especially after becoming obsessed with Lan Cuihua's comics.

In Lan Caihe's view, this was a regression!

Those that have degenerated have lost their basic intelligence.

Lan Yuping continued talking to herself, "Look at that back view, look at that profile under the mask, look at that bald head, and that phrase, 'I bury myself, I worship myself, the Buddha is me, like the sun, like the light, the blazing sun is me, I am a god!' This Black Emperor, isn't he saying he is the sun god? The Black Emperor's prototype is the human Black Card Emperor. If it's according to the plot of the comics, the human Black Card Emperor will obtain the Holy Sword..."

"You've gone mad!"

Lan Caihe shook her head, closed her eyes, and ignored the core guards who had degenerated abnormally.

In the Great Snow Mountain, inside the Ka Temple, Zhou Nan sat cross-legged, consolidating his cultivation while listening to Jia Debiao's narration.

Jia Debiao was incredibly open and honest, telling Zhou Nan everything he knew, from the bad things he had done and the schemes he had plotted to which players he had cheated, to which girls he liked, and so on. He couldn't stop talking.

He didn't know why he was like this. Zhou Nan didn't speak, and he didn't dare to leave. He was like he was possessed.

It wasn't until a day later, when Zhou Nan allowed him to leave, that he felt as if he had been granted a pardon and fled from the Ka Temple as if his life depended on it.

"This is weird, really weird! What's wrong with this Black Card Emperor? Did he cultivate some evil magic? Why am I so cowardly? Why didn't I release my cards and fight him? Next time, wait until next time, when he's not in the Great Snow Mountain, I'll release my cards and go head-to-head with him. Maybe I won't lose!"

After leaving the snowy mountain, Jia Debiao thought bitterly.

Zhou Nan's figure suddenly reappeared in front of him.

Jia Debiao shrank back, quickly forcing a smile, and said, "Boss, is there anything else you need?"

Zhou Nan said, "I need your help."

"As you say, just tell me what you need. It's my honor to serve you."

Zhou Nan laughed, "Use your cards and attack me with all your might!"

"Huh?" Jia Debiao was taken aback.

Zhou Nan continued, "Don't hold back! Use your strongest cards and your most ruthless methods!"

Is this really true?

"Of course it's true!"

"Aren't you going to fight back?"

"I will never fight back!"

"This...this is what you said!"

Suddenly, Jia Debiao was filled with fighting spirit. He reached out and grabbed at the air, magically producing a handful of cards, all of them orange.

"Sorry, boss, watch out for my skills, oh my god!"

With a strange cry, Jia Debiao threw all the orange cards in his hand at once.

bang bang bang...

Those were nine orange cards, which transformed into nine twelve-winged fallen angels.

This appears to be a deck, with nine fallen angels of different appearances and weapons. Their appearance directly alters the environment, turning the surroundings into a purgatory scene of volcanic eruptions and flowing lava.

Zhou Nan watched curiously, his hands behind his back, his posture composed.

"In the name of truth, I grant you eternal rest!"

Among the nine fallen angels, one wore a crown. He spoke his lines, pointed his greatsword at Zhou Nan, and a phantom image of a giant sword descended from the sky, about to land on Zhou Nan's head.

The other eight fallen angels also made their moves in succession, each unleashing a dazzling ultimate attack. Some summoned hellfire demons, some unleashed fallen light, some unleashed sword beams like waterfalls, and some pointed to the sky, causing flames to flow across the heavens...

Zhou Nan neither dodged nor evaded. Strangely, all the attacks landed on Zhou Nan as if they were mud oxen sinking into the sea, without causing the slightest ripple, and not even a drop of blood was drawn from him.

"Just as I thought!" Zhou Nan realized, muttering to himself, "The power of fantasy, like a mirage, cannot harm reality. I'm probably not much different from Master Wu Tian and the Holy Ancestor now. One foot has already broken free from the core's restraints. As long as I'm willing, before reality, all fantasy is just fantasy!"

With a thought, Zhou Nan activated the Supreme Emperor Technique, unleashing the power of his Great Sun Body. A blazing sun rose directly behind him, and wherever its light reached, the infernal environment brought by the nine fallen angels was quickly washed away.

"What the heck is this?!"

Jia Debiao was stunned.

Zhou Nan shook his head, thinking to himself that he had not been fully resurrected after all and was still bound by the core. His power could not directly destroy Jia Debiao's card summons. The core would probably calculate the damage and he had to follow its rules to destroy other people's card summons.

In other words, Zhou Nan's defense is now invincible, but his attack power is still insufficient, and the damage data calculated by the core is still very meaningful.

So Zhou Nan continued his attack. Under the blazing sun, he lightly flipped his right palm, and a giant handprint the size of a palace descended from the sky, directly slamming a fallen angel to the ground.

"-198625644! True damage!"

Damage numbers appeared above the fallen angel's head.

This is the [Futian Xuanhuang] technique, capable of instantly killing with a single palm strike!

With another wave of his hand, Zhou Nan sent out a crimson-gold halberd that flashed like light and pierced through the twelve-winged fallen angel wearing a crown.

"-498776632!"

The fallen angel wearing a crown roared, his body exploded, and he was instantly killed.

Zhou Nan continued to use [Futian Xuanhuang], each attack dealing around 200 million damage, basically killing a fallen angel in one hit, as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

In less than half a minute, only one of the nine twelve-winged fallen angels remained. This last one possessed the ability to teleport and was very agile, dodging Zhou Nan's large handprint.

Zhou Nan's expression remained unchanged as he transformed his palm technique, unleashing the [Wind Phase].

This [Wind Phase] is a grappling palm technique without any special effects. The only remaining fallen angel was suddenly frozen in mid-air, as if an invisible giant hand was gripping him. He couldn't break free, and exaggerated damage numbers appeared above his head. In less than three seconds, he turned into light and disappeared.

Then, the world fell silent.

Zhou Nan, however, still manifested the blazing sun above his head, muttering to himself, "Back when Master Wu Tian fought that cosmic serpent, his Spirit Bomb dealt billions of damage per second. My attack power is far inferior."

After saying this, he calmed himself down, nodded and smiled at Jia Debiao, who was standing there dumbfounded like a wooden stake in the distance, and then released the divine sword Jiangya Dielang and flew away.

After a long while, Jia Debiao, who had been standing there dumbfounded, finally came to his senses, and all his words boiled down to one sentence: "Damn it!"

Half a day later, Zhou Nan arrived in the Ape Martial World.

Instead of heading to Wukong Mountain, he went to an unnamed hill.

He did have a vague recollection of this nameless hill; it was here that he had encountered the White-haired Ape Warrior Wu Dalang and his sister Wu Dachong.

Zhou Nan came here because the True Lord Wang Ba, who was ordered to collect Yuan Qi Pearls for him, was here.

The Ape Martial World is quite unique. With Wu Tian in charge, other civilizations simply cannot invade, making it a peaceful world.

However, because of this, many players of Ape Warriors know about the Cosmic Emperor and are diligently cultivating, cherishing their time.

Zhou Nan stepped on his sword and looked down. Everywhere on the mountain and below, there were ape-men practicing their skills while sitting cross-legged. Only one person was lying leisurely on a large rock, with grapes, peaches and other fruits next to him. He was eating and drinking, looking very content.

"Ai Fengliu!"

Zhou Nan still remembered this person. This guy's profession was a green card cavalryman, a piece of trash. He had cursed him in Kangtian City, and was later taught a lesson by Lan Cuihua. In the end, he was kidnapped by Wu Dachong.

"More than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. I didn't expect this guy to be here. He seems to be living a very comfortable life."

Zhou Nan landed next to Ai Fengliu, behind whom was the "Water Curtain Cave". Zhou Nan could sense that Wang Ba Zhenjun Thirty Dou was inside the Water Curtain Cave.

"Who is it?"

Ai Fengliu saw someone fly down, but without looking closely, he ate grapes and casually asked a question.

Zhou Nan glanced at him and noticed that his level was only 13. Finding this strange, he asked instead of answering, "How come you're only level 13? Don't you level up?"

"What's the point of leveling up? What's the use? If the sky falls, Wu Dalang will hold it up!"

Ai Fengliu said something indifferently.

At that moment, the white-haired ape-man Wu Dalang and the King Ba Zhenjun Thirty Dou emerged from the "Water Curtain Cave" at the same time.

(End of this chapter)