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

As soon as he entered the residential area, he saw a group of teenagers around his age controlling their own monsters, making a lot of noise and boasting in the open space.

One of the blond-haired men happened to be looking in Zhang Yun's direction, grinning to reveal two silver teeth: "Hey, orphan, you've awakened into a summoner too? Come over and let's chat."

"Talk about your mom."

Zhang Yun glanced coldly at that idiot, then walked towards the apartment building without stopping.

This blond-haired man's name is Liu Qiang, and he was Zhang Yun's elementary school classmate.

When they were children, they often mocked Zhang Yun for being an orphan and ganged up with other kids from the neighborhood to bully him.

Later, when Zhang Yun entered junior high school, he met Lin Qianqian. Lin Qianqian taught him a lesson and broke two of his teeth. After that, he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore.

Recently, he also awakened his Summoner talent and bought a Bronze card, and his arrogance has returned.

Zhang Yun was in a hurry to go back and synthesize cards, so he didn't bother with him. He would wait for him after school tomorrow.

At that time, I'll definitely beat the shit out of him!

"Damn it, you dare curse at me? Come over here if you dare!"

Liu Qiang had no idea what kind of monster he had provoked. Relying on his beast, a bronze swift leopard with a bad temper, he was about to charge at Zhang Yun when he was pulled back by the people around him.

"Alright, Liu Qiang, don't mess with that kid. He's Lin Qianqian's dog; you can't afford to offend him."

"Hey kid...you've forgotten how Lin Qianqian beat you up back in junior high? That bitch supposedly has powerful connections. If you anger her, you'll die."

"I'm afraid of her petty squabbles!"

Liu Qiang, his neck stiff, roared, "That bitch Lin Qianqian is studying at No. 2 Middle School now, while I'm a student at No. 1 Middle School. I don't believe she dares to touch me!"

"I've been assigned to the same class as that gigolo again. Tomorrow our class has a placement test. If that kid dares to participate, I'm definitely going to challenge him and cripple him!"

"Then that bitch Lin Qianqian won't be able to say anything!"

"Forget it... we don't have any deep-seated hatred for each other, let's not bother with him."

"Yeah, what's the point of getting angry with a gigolo?"

"Let's go out and cause a ruckus. Your bronze swift leopard is so damn imposing, I even want to ride it."

"Fuck you, my leopard is only for cockless guys!"

"Hehe, don't get so excited. Come on, let's go out clam fishing. We're all summoners now, those girls from regular high schools treat us like royalty."

"Hehe, yes, yes, let's go!"

Several teenagers laughed and pulled Liu Qiang toward the gate.

...

At this moment, Zhang Yun had already returned to the apartment and locked the door behind him.

He placed the backpack on the table, then took the slime tyrant off his shoulder and gently placed it on the sofa.

The Slime Tyrant seemed exhausted, sprawled on the soft sofa, and continued to sleep soundly.

Zhang Yun gently stroked it twice, then couldn't wait to unzip the backpack.

In the blink of an eye, he had already placed more than 1200 skull cards on the table.

He reached out and picked up a card from the top to check its attributes:

Skeleton Soldiers: Undead

[Card Quality: Black Iron]

[Card Beast Level: Tier 1, Stage 1]

[Potential: ☆]

[Talent: None]

[Skill: Bone Knife Slash (Rank D)]

Overall combat strength: 5

[Evaluation: The most basic cannon fodder in the undead army, with low combat power.]

Upon seeing these statistics, Zhang Yun's lips twitched involuntarily: "It's definitely at the bottom of the Black Iron Cards; its stats aren't much better than a slime's."

The voice of the Codex Elf rang out:

Don't underestimate the Skull Card; it's significantly stronger than the Slime Card.

Take a look and pick out the card with the strongest overall attributes and highest level as your base card. This will save you time upgrading.

"good!"

Zhang Yun began to pick up and examine the skull cards one by one.

These skull cards are all of poor quality, but they vary in rank.

The highest level is Tier 1, Stage 5, with a combat power of barely 25 points. If this is used as the base card, the final product synthesized will also reach Tier 1, Stage 5.

It can indeed save a lot of upgrade time.

After flipping through hundreds of cards, the Codex Spirit suddenly reminded him:

[Stop. Use the card you have as the base card.]

Zhang Yun examined the skull card in his hand:

Skeleton Hatchling: Undead

[Card Quality: Black Iron]

[Card Beast Level: Tier 1, Stage 3]

[Potential: ☆☆]

[Talent: None]

[Skill: Slash (D)]

Overall combat strength: 15

[Evaluation: A cub card among the Skull Cards, with low combat power, far weaker than other Black Iron Cards of the same tier.]

He frowned and said, "This card is only Tier 1, Stage 3, and it's even a cub card. The starting point is too low. Why choose this one?"

[Duh, didn't you see this card's color is a bit darker than the others?]

Zhang Yun drew two cards from a small pile of Tier 1, Stage 5 cards and compared them. As the Codex Spirit had said, this card was indeed darker in color.

"What's the significance of dark colors?"

The dark color doesn't really matter; this codex just senses that this card is unusual and might have hidden attributes.

"Hidden attributes?"

Zhang Yun looked at it over and over again, then asked in confusion, "Why can't I see the hidden attributes?"

[Idiot, if you could see through it, how could it be called a hidden attribute?]

Cards with hidden attributes must be contracted into a main card to reveal their hidden talents.

These cards are similar to mutated boss cards; they are extremely rare, one in ten thousand.

Hearing this, Zhang Yun's eyes lit up: "So, if I just sign this card, I can get an initial Skeleton Boss card?"

That's a must.

[Take a look at the contract; it might reveal a rare talent.]

"good!"

Zhang Yun quickly summoned the Codex and directly inserted the card into the Codex's main card slot.

Om-!

The codex vibrated slightly, emitting a soft white light.

Zhang Yun looked at the card again and, just as the Codex Spirit had said, the data on the card had indeed changed!