Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

Zhang Yun could only smile wryly at the fact that the Gold Card was evaluated in such a way by the Codex Elf.

"A gold card, five-star potential, 900 combat power, and an S-level talent—it's definitely worthy of being any summoner's dream."

"Even the Big Three would be drooling over it if they used it..."

"However... the fusion conditions are too demanding, so it's definitely not suitable for developing as a main card..."

[Hehehe, a gold card is only considered awesome by ordinary Beastmasters. Compared to your Slime Tyrant, it's just trash.]

[To upgrade it to Dark Gold tier, you need to acquire 10 of the same type of Gold card.]

A single gold card is worth more than 100 million on the market; ten gold cards are worth at least 1 billion, and even with money, you can't buy them.

[We might as well make another King Slime; it's ten times better than this thing, and it'll save us money.]

"That's true..."

Zhang Yun stroked the surface of the golden card, chuckled, and shook his head: "I used to dream of having this thing, I wanted it in my wildest dreams..."

"I never thought I, Zhang Yun, would ever find myself disliking it..."

"I, Zhang Yun, am finally getting better..."

Things must get better!

You can use it as a secondary card or develop it as a mount; it's quite cool.

If you really want to contract rare cards, they need to be at least Epic cards to qualify for your main deck. Even Diamond-level cards can only be used as side cards!

"Epic?!"

Zhang Yun clicked his tongue in astonishment: "Our Dragon Kingdom doesn't even have many Diamond cards, where are we going to get Epic cards?"

[Hehehe, if you can't get them, just stick to playing with fusion cards and collect the low-tier ones in large quantities.]

[Given a sufficient number of cards, even a slime card can eventually evolve into an epic or even a legendary card.]

"I see..."

Without further hesitation, Zhang Yun inserted the Frost Dragon Wolf card into the secondary card slot.

A golden halo emanated from the secondary card slot, spreading along the patterns on the cover of the codex.

Thus, this golden card, which countless people considered their dream, was relegated to a secondary card in Zhang Yun's deck.

At this moment, Zhang Yun remembered something and asked, "By the way... the textbook described it, saying that you will be rewarded with a Frost Wolf Token after clearing the level."

"Where do I pick it up?"

[Don't rush, wait for the dragon-wolf statue to respond.]

"statue?"

Zhang Yun looked up and gazed at the statue.

At that moment, a golden light suddenly shone from the statue's originally crimson eyes.

The golden light transformed into a beam of light and landed on Zhang Yun. In an instant, a miniature head-shaped mark, resembling neither a wolf nor a dragon, appeared between Zhang Yun's eyebrows.

At the same time, the Codex Spirit's notification sound rang out:

[Ding! Congratulations, Xiao Zhang, you have successfully cleared the Frostwolf Dungeon and gained the approval of the Sacred Beast Projection. You have randomly obtained a Sacred Beast Talent: Frost Master]

[Frost Master: S-rank talent, allows Xiao Zhang to convert his soul power into ice-type, which is effective against water and mist-type attacks. It also grants immunity to 50% ice-type damage.]

[In addition, Xiao Zhang's life level has increased from Iron to Silver.]

[Initial combat power increased from 10 points to 50 points; current rank is Tier 1, Stage 3; base combat power is 150 points.]

[Adding the 90 points of combat power from the main card, the total combat power is 240 points.]

As the Codex Spirit's notification sound faded, Zhang Yun felt a surge of power growing within his body.

He could feel his bones becoming denser and his muscle fibers brimming with unprecedented explosive power.

The soul power flowing through the meridians transformed from its original attribute-less, transparent state into a faint icy blue.

Each heartbeat brings a cool yet warm force that surges through the body.

He raised his right hand, a thought forming in his mind.

A fist-sized ball of icy blue light condensed, spun, compressed, and then transformed into a hard ice ball in his palm.

This wasn't a skill from a card beast; it was simply an ice ball he condensed using his soul power.

Simply put, he gained a superpower similar to controlling ice!

Zhang Yun stared at the ice ball floating in his palm, his voice trembling: "I...I have actually gained the ability to control frost."

"Furthermore, my life level has actually increased to Silver rank, and my combat power has soared to 240..."

"What...what exactly is going on?"

Hehe, look at you, so naive.

This is the mechanism by which the Sacred Beast Projection nurtures human geniuses.

[Any human who successfully completes the dungeon solo for the first time will receive its favor and be granted the blessing of a sacred beast.]

The sacred beast will randomly select one talent and bestow it upon the single-wielder.

[You're quite lucky; you were chosen as an S-rank Frost Controller, which is why you gained the ability to control frost and your life level has been increased to a certain extent.]

However, your luck is only average. Truly lucky players can obtain SSS-level talents, or even SR-level ones.

Some people are incredibly lucky and can even obtain Saint-level talents.

That's a truly massive improvement!

"How could it be so perverted?!"

Zhang Yun was dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask, "Does Dantong receive the favor of a sacred beast for every single underground palace he enters?"

That's natural.

[True masters conquer dungeons with a thirst for the favor of sacred beasts that surpasses even their desire for gold cards.]

No matter how powerful a gold card is, it's ultimately an external thing; it can be bought and sold, traded, and replaced by even stronger cards.

However, the favor of the sacred beast directly affects the summoner, allowing them to undergo a transformation and even become more powerful than the summoned beast.

This is something that can't be obtained through any card.

In a sense, the favor of a sacred beast is actually more valuable than a gold card.

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Yun was filled with excitement and asked, "Then can I also gain more talent boosts by repeatedly traversing the underground palace?"

Theoretically, it's possible, but in practice, it's not that easy.

As a solo player, when you challenge other dungeons again, the dungeon rules will impose additional restrictions on you.

The more dungeons you clear solo, the stronger the suppression will be.

The first underground palace has zero suppression, the second has 10% suppression, the third has 20% suppression, and so on.

The further you progress, the greater the power imbalance becomes; conversely, the strength of the monsters guarding the dungeon will increase.

Clearing the second dungeon takes several times longer than clearing the first.

[Most genius-level summoners are lucky to solo three or four dungeons; those who solo more than ten are extremely rare.]

[If one can solo all 24 dungeons, they can be called a prodigy, and may even gain the qualification to challenge the true form of the guardian beast.]

If you want to solo multiple dungeons to farm for the Divine Beast's Favor, one Dark Gold Card isn't enough.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yun's eyes gleamed with a sharp light. He raised his head and solemnly addressed the enormous sculpture, "If one card doesn't lag, I'll use two. If two cards don't lag, I'll use three!"

"If the Dark Gold Card doesn't work, I'll use the Diamond Card!"

"If Diamond cards don't work, I'll use Epic cards!"

"I finally obtained the [Fusion] talent, so I must strive to conquer all seventy-two dungeons!"

"I want all seventy-two sacred beast talents!"

"I, Zhang Yun, will become the strongest summoner in the world!"