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

Zhang Yun's eyes burned with eagerness, ready to give it a try.

To measure the strength of a summoner, one must not only look at the summoned beasts, but also their own strength.

No matter how strong a card beast is, if the summoner himself is weak and can be killed in one hit during battle, even the strongest card beast will be useless.

Therefore, truly powerful summoners often possess considerable combat strength themselves.

Some top summoners who dominate a region possess terrifying combat power, comparable to gold and dark gold monsters.

Therefore, it is essential to improve one's own strength.

Although Zhang Yun could don the Tyrant's Armor and gain temporary powerful combat strength, that was ultimately just an external force.

Not only is the time short, but there are also limitations on the start-up axis.

Without practical combat experience, one could easily be killed by the enemy in a single blow.

If one can learn superb sword skills, one can perfectly make up for one's shortcomings.

Therefore, he must learn this sword technique!

He reached out and stroked the little skeleton's smooth skull again, saying affectionately, "Little skeleton, from now on, you'll teach me swordsmanship every night, okay?"

Click-click—!

The skeleton cub tilted its head and then nodded solemnly, its earnest expression making Zhang Yun find it quite adorable.

So he proceeded to give her another head pat.

At that moment, a notification sound rang on my phone.

Zhang Yun took his phone out of his pocket and glanced at the lit screen. It was a message from his cousin, Zhang Ya.

Remind him to come to her house for dinner.

"It's almost 6 o'clock, time to go to my uncle's house to celebrate my little cousin's 10th birthday."

"Little skeleton, you should go back to the Codex now."

Zhang Yun was about to summon the little skeleton back to the Codex, but the little thing kept shaking its head and making clicking sounds.

Zhang Yun could tell what the little guy was thinking at a glance.

The Slime Tyrant didn't like staying in the Codex, and this little thing followed suit, also not wanting to stay in the Codex, which made things a bit difficult for Zhang Yun.

The Slime Tyrant can be shrunk down and casually placed on your shoulder as a pendant, without causing any harm.

But this little skeleton, with its bony frame, wandering around like that, was somewhat unsettling.

However, seeing how well-behaved the little thing was, Zhang Yun naturally couldn't bear to forcibly lock it up in the Codex.

He thought about it and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Come with me, little skeleton."

He waved to the little skeleton and walked towards the bedroom.

Click-click—!

The little skeleton followed behind him with light, quick steps.

Zhang Yun went into the bedroom and opened the wardrobe to rummage through it.

A moment later, he found a neatly folded yellow trench coat among them.

This yellow trench coat is made of windproof nylon and is bright yellow. It was bought for him by his aunt when he started elementary school.

The material is good; he's worn it for several years and it hasn't faded or broken much.

This trench coat was Zhang Yun's favorite outfit when he was a child.

"Come on, little skeleton, try it on."

Zhang Yun had the little skeleton spread its arms out, and then dressed it in a trench coat.

The hem of the trench coat just covered its shinbone, and the cloak, when flipped up, could perfectly conceal its skull face, revealing only a pair of eye sockets that flickered with ghostly blue soul fire.

The size is just right.

The skeleton cub, dressed in new clothes, had a completely different demeanor. If you didn't look closely, it was no different from an ordinary human cub.

At this moment, it lowered its head, examining its clothes. Its little bone fingers tugged at the edge of its cloak. Then, it looked up at Zhang Yun, and the flame of its soul shone even brighter.

Clearly, it also really likes this trench coat.

Do you like it?

Click-click—!

The little skeleton nodded obediently and hid the bone sword inside its cloak.

"If you like it, that's good."

Zhang Yun patted its head and smiled, "You can wear these clothes for now. I'll buy you a few more when I have time."

"Let's go, we should head out."

Click-click—! The little skeleton nodded.

Zhang Yun buttoned up the little thing, tightened the belt on his trench coat a little, then slung the Codex over his shoulder, put the sleepy slime tyrant on his shoulder, and led it out the door.

By this time, night had completely fallen.

The streetlights in the residential area were lit with an orange-red light.

Zhang Yun flagged down a taxi on the street.

He opened the back door and let the skeleton cub get in first.

The driver, a middle-aged man in his forties, was looking down at the radio. He glanced briefly in the rearview mirror but didn't recognize the little skeleton.

I thought it was just a child.

"Where are you going, little brother?"

"Go to Xincheng Garden."

"Okay!"

The car slowly drove out of the community gate, its taillights casting two red arcs in the night.

Just then, the headlights of a black SUV lit up under the old banyan tree at the entrance of the residential area.

Inside the car, a few crimson cigarette butts could be faintly seen flickering.

"That kid went out."

Ghost Hand stubbed out his cigarette in the crack of the car window and said in a hoarse voice, "Boss, should we follow them now and just take care of them somewhere less crowded?"

Old Scar sat in the driver's seat, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel. After a moment of silence, he slowly shook his head.

"We'll deal with him when he gets back."

"If we get spotted on the road, we might be chased by the inspection team, which would be a real hassle."

"When he gets home, kill him and put him in the refrigerator; that should keep it a secret for a few days."

"Boss, shall we go to his house now?" Bat asked, his eyes gleaming green.

"Where are you going? You haven't had dinner yet!"

Fatty rubbed his stomach and muttered, "Boss, let's find a restaurant first, eat and drink our fill, and then we'll talk!"

Old Scar didn't respond, but instead started the accelerator, and the car slowly drove out of the shade of the trees.

...

The taxi stopped at the entrance of Xincheng Garden residential area.

Zhang Yun paid the fare and got off the bus with the skeleton cub in his hand.

The residential complex is a new development, with several high-rise towers lit up with twinkling lights in the night. The green belts are neatly trimmed, and the streetlights are much brighter than those in the old city.

My uncle used his demobilization compensation to pay the down payment for this house, and he has lived here for more than ten years.

He led the skeleton cub to the apartment building and rang the doorbell.

With a click, the stairwell door popped open.

The elevator went up to the sixth floor. He turned left after exiting the elevator, and before he even reached the door, he saw his cousin Zhang Ya leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed and a mischievous smile on her lips.

"You have a key to the house, why are you ringing the doorbell?"

Zhang Yun subconsciously touched his pocket, and the key was indeed not on him.

"I forgot to bring it."

"You're just lazy."

Zhang Ya smiled and stepped aside, saying, "Come in quickly, my mom made your favorite sweet and sour fish again today."

She was about to turn around when her gaze fell on the small figure in a bright yellow trench coat next to Zhang Yun, and she stopped in her tracks.

"Whose child is this?"

Zhang Yun did not answer directly.

He bent down and gently lifted a corner of the skeleton cub's cloak, revealing an ivory-white skull and a pair of eye sockets that flickered with ghostly blue soul fire.

"My card beast, ka ka."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ya immediately panicked and lowered her voice, saying, "Are you crazy? This is a Skull Card! How could you contract such a card?"

"Didn't I tell you to wait a few more days!"

"It's a supplementary card."

Seeing her cousin getting anxious, Zhang Yun smiled and explained, "I just keep it as a pet; it doesn't take up the main card slot."

"How old are you? Why are you still so playful?"

Zhang Ya glared at him irritably, then glanced into the room through the door.

Seeing that no one came out, she quickly pulled a card from her pocket and shoved it into Zhang Yun's hand...