The Mysterious Card Maker: Starting with Zhang Jiao's Deification

Thinking of this, Lin Fan immediately took back the [Cheng Ying] from Da Niu and returned to the card-making room.

Only Da Niu remained in the corridor, muttering to himself, "What did I just say?"

Lin Fan took out the card replenishment card in the card-making room.

He didn't charge it directly because [Cheng Ying] was still in an incomplete stage at this moment. Charging it at this time would be like charging a blank card, and it wouldn't have any effect at all.

He pressed the card replenishment card into [Cheng Ying], and Cheng Ying merged the replenishment card into the card almost the instant it came into contact with the card replenishment card.

The next second, a faint light appeared on the sword on the card.

The sound of the sword rang out again, and at this moment the surrounding shadows seemed to be given life again, rushing into the card. [Cheng Ying] suddenly burst out with a dazzling black light!

"Bang bang bang"

The lights on the ceiling of the card-making room went out one by one with a cracking sound, and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

In the darkness, the phantom of the long sword hovered in mid-air, emitting a dim light.

Lin Fan stood in front of the card-making table, his eyes fixed on the faintly visible phantom. He knew that the weapon card was complete!

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Da Niu's slightly anxious voice came from outside, "Mr. Lin, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, what's wrong?"

Hearing Lin Fan's reply, Da Niu breathed a sigh of relief, his tone becoming much more relaxed, "It's good that you're alright. I thought something had happened inside when there was that commotion."

Lin Fan glanced at the card, then put it away and opened the door.

Card Name: [Formless - Reflection]

Type: Weapon Card

Quality: Purple Domain Level 3 Star

Characteristic: [Invisible] The sword blade is invisible.

Skill: [Shadow Control] By piercing the target's shadow with the hilt of the sword, one can control the shadow as if it were its master, until the sword leaves the shadow.

【Shadow Slash】Slashes at the shadow on the ground. The shadow's owner will suffer mental trauma of the same depth. The body is unharmed, but the mind is damaged.

Overview: There is nothing beneath the hilt of the sword.

When Lin Fan stepped outside, he was taken aback. All the lights in the villa were off, with only the moonlight streaming in through the windows providing a meager illumination.

"Da Niu, what's going on? Is the power out?" Lin Fan slapped Da Niu in the face with his phone.

"Mr. Lin, don't you know this?" Da Niu pointed to the pitch-black card-making room.

"I'm making cards inside, how would I know?" Lin Fan said immediately, but then he paused, as if he remembered something.

"I broke a few lights in the card-making room, and the whole villa lost power? That can't be right!" Lin Fan was also taken aback.

Da Niu asked with a look of surprise, "Mr. Lin, wasn't that loud noise you made just now?"

"A huge commotion! Are you referring to those sword cries?"

Lin Fan frowned. In his opinion, apart from the sword's cry and breaking a few lamps, [Cheng Ying] didn't seem to have made any big commotion.

But Da Niu's eyes widened.

"It's not just the sound!"

He pointed outside the villa, "Just now, the entire area around the villa was full of shadows!"

"Shadow?" Lin Fan's expression changed slightly.

"Yes!" Da Niu swallowed hard. "The window was completely filled with dark shadows, densely packed together, and they just appeared out of nowhere!"

"And those dark figures just stood there, it gave me the creeps!" Da Niu's expression was somewhat unnatural as he spoke.

"At first I thought some kind of weird thing had stormed into the manor. Look, I even pulled out my axe." Da Niu showed Lin Fan the long axe in his hand.

"and then?"

"Then all the lights went out, and those things disappeared along with them."

"How can you be sure it's me? Maybe it's something supernatural?"

"But if it were truly eerie, it couldn't just appear out of nowhere, could it? Besides, something felt off. I was a little curious before, but now I understand."

Da Niu pointed to the [Invisible Shadow] in Lin Fan's hand, "Those things just now were probably all strange phenomena caused by your card-making!"

As Da Niu spoke, he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, "I used to think that those 'card-making anomalies' were just hype, but today I've really learned something new."

Hearing Da Niu's words, Lin Fan was slightly taken aback. He had only entered the card room and made a card, so why was there such a big commotion outside?

Just then, a loud "bang!" came from downstairs.

The villa's front door was suddenly flung open, and Su Wanqing, holding her phone and using the light of a flashlight, anxiously scanned the hall.

"Big Bull! Lin Fan!"

"Here it is!"

Da Niu leaned against the railing on the third floor and waved down.

Su Wanqing immediately looked up upon hearing the sound.

Upon seeing Lin Fan, her tense expression eased slightly. "People from headquarters are here!"

"People from headquarters?" Da Niu asked excitedly. "They were also attracted by Mr. Lin's card-making anomaly, weren't they!"

Lin Fan couldn't laugh at all when he heard this. He knew perfectly well that the so-called "headquarters" was the All Souls Society!

If they find themselves here, it will be bad news for them and for the New World Foundation.

He led Da Niu down the path quickly, and upon seeing Su Wanqing for the first time, Lin Fan said, "Go that way!"

"Let's go to the woods!" he said, preparing to lead Lin Fan and the other person outside.

But before they could even step out the door, footsteps could be heard outside the villa, and several figures were walking towards them.

The leader was Zhao Zhong, and beside him was a middle-aged man dressed in black.

"Chairman Zhao." The man looked at Zhao Zhong with a smile.

"We just detected that fluctuation and rushed over, but now that we're here, the fluctuation has disappeared. It can't be such a coincidence!"

Zhao Zhong laughed and replied, "President Wang, what are you saying? Anyone who didn't know better would think I'm hiding some kind of secret!"

"Hey, I told you not to talk nonsense. I'm a vice president. What will the president and the others think of me if they find out?"

"President Wang, what are you saying? It's only a matter of time before you're promoted to the twelfth president."

"That's a story for later." Wang Bo waved his hand, but his smile widened even more. "What's going on here?"

Looking at the villa plunged into darkness, Zhao Zhong said, "Something strange must have wandered into the manor by mistake. There have been some strange occurrences around here lately; maybe they're the ones who got in."

"Chairman Zhao, you're joking. I noticed when I came that you have quite a few defensive barriers around the perimeter. If this strange creature could get in, that would be truly a miracle."

Zhao Zhong's smile faded slightly, and his gaze involuntarily turned towards the villa.

Wang Bo smiled, reached out and patted Zhao Zhong on the shoulder, "Chairman Zhao, given your appearance, is there something you're hiding here that you shouldn't be telling anyone?"

The air fell silent instantly.