Who said this card is outrageous?

However, from another perspective, for Zhang Che, it is more useful as a card than a crystal core.

He quickly made several water-attribute [Energy Cores] and then began trying to combine them with other water-attribute cards, but the results were mostly unsatisfactory.

Just when he was about to run out of the water-attribute materials he had, an unexpected result occurred.

After he stacked three identical [Energy Core] cards together to fuse them, the result wasn't some inexplicable cards like his previous attempts. Instead, it transformed into a very familiar pattern—

Card Name: Water Stone (Water)

Type: Item Card

Level: Tier 3

Grade: Blue

Effect: A stone possessing magical power that can evolve extraordinary creatures with specific attributes. (Destroyed after use)

(Note: Join Glorious Evolution!)

Zhang Che stared at the blue stone on the card, his mind filled with only one thought: Good heavens, isn't this exactly what I need?

He had been pondering how to facilitate the fusion of Fitz and [Giant Shark Assault], but now, with the [Water Stone], the problem is easily solved.

No, it should be said that the appearance of the [Water Stone] even exceeded his original expectations.

Zhang Che didn't care about anything else and directly took out [Tidal Sea Spirit] and [Giant Shark Assault], and then added the newly acquired [Water Stone], stacking the three cards together.

"Fusion!"

The next second, Zhang Che felt his spiritual energy surge into his palm like a floodgate being opened. The speed was extremely fast, far exceeding the consumption of any of his previous fusions.

The three cards stacked together melted into a pool of milky white liquid almost simultaneously, flowing in his palm.

The liquid boiled, then rapidly shrank as if evaporated, eventually solidifying into the shape of a card, followed by a burst of light.

As the light faded, a brand-new card radiating purple light floated quietly in Zhang Che's hand.

Card Name: Tidal Trickster - Fizz (Water)

Type: Summoning Card

Level: Tier 3

Grade: Purple

Skills: Mischievous Strike, Playful Mischief, Sea Stone Trident, Giant Shark Assault

Talent: Clever Fighter

Uniqueness: ( ) ( )

(Note: Does it feel very tall because it's standing on the halberd handle to maintain its balance?)

Zhang Che held the card, turning it over and over several times, his fingers involuntarily trembling slightly...

He then held the card up to the light and began to examine every part of the card surface closely: the alchemical patterns made entirely of purple were more intricate and delicate than before.

The card information still lacks a specific description of "uniqueness," just like when Ahri was first promoted; only two blank spaces were left.

But Zhang Che was already very familiar with it and knew without further explanation that they were two extra equipment slots.

From this perspective, the uniqueness of cards from the same series is likely to be the same.

Of course, it's not entirely incomprehensible. After all, the importance of the equipment slot is self-evident for cards in the League of Legends series, or rather, it would be strange if there wasn't one.

Comparing the two purple cards, if we look at the data on paper, the leap from a second-tier blue card to a third-tier purple card for [Tidal Sea Spirit] is even greater than that for Ahri back then; of course, other factors must be taken into account, such as [Giant Shark Assault] being a third-tier blue card, so it must have played an important role in the fusion process.

After the initial excitement subsided, Zhang Che leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.

Then he looked down at the card glowing purple in his palm, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Chapter 99 is still a little short.

The mental energy consumed in fusing the complete purple card far exceeded Zhang Che's expectations.

The fusion with [Tidal Sea Spirit - Fizz] had almost drained most of his mental energy. He could only put down his work, lean back in his chair, close his eyes and rest for a while before he slowly recovered.

Once he had recovered enough, Zhang Che sat back down at his workbench and used the ice-type crystal cores he had brought back from Uncle Wang to create three ice-attribute [Energy Cores]. He then fused them together to obtain an [Ice Stone].

Zhang Che placed this card and the [Six-Tailed] card side by side on the workbench and stared at them for a long time.

Based on the experience of fusing Fizz before, if you want to get a purple-quality Ice Nine-Tails, it is definitely not enough to just have [Six-Tails] and [Ice Stone]. You should also add a third-tier blue ice-type skill card to fuse together to get a complete purple-quality form.

Furthermore, it's best to use skill cards from the Pokémon series, as that's the safest bet.

What ultimate move would be suitable for the Six-Tails? Blizzard, or Absolute Zero?

The problem is he doesn't have any.

Just then, Zhang Che's gaze inadvertently swept over the description on the [Ice Stone] card, and a thought suddenly struck him. He abandoned the idea of ​​fusion and instead chose to inject his mental energy into each card separately, activating them simultaneously.

An icy blue light illuminated the studio, and a fist-sized icy blue stone emerged from the magic circle, floating in mid-air, its surface seemingly covered with fine ice crystals.

At the same time, the Six-Tails leaped out from another magic circle and landed on the ground, its attention immediately drawn to the Ice Stone.

It tilted its head and looked at the floating ice-blue stone, a hint of doubt flashing in its ice-blue eyes.

Zhang Che didn't speak, but pointed to the [Ice Stone]. Seeing this, Liuwei cautiously approached.

Then, the moment the two came into contact, the [Ice Stone] transformed into a streak of icy blue light and merged into the Six-Tails' body.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling white light burst forth from the Six-Tails, illuminating the entire studio.

Zhang Che subconsciously squinted and saw the Six-Tails' body begin to twist, deform, and stretch in the white light.

Its four legs became longer, its body became more slender, and its tail on its back changed from six to nine, each covered with ice-blue fur; the fur on its head extended backward, forming a graceful arc.

The whole process lasted for about ten seconds. As the white light gradually faded, a completely new creature appeared in front of Zhang Che.

It was a nine-tailed fox that was over a meter tall, with ice-blue fur. Its body was slender and elegant, its limbs were thin and powerful, and its nine tails spread out behind it, shimmering with a cold light under the lamplight.

Its appearance has changed drastically. It exudes a noble and aloof aura, making it seem like a completely different species from the little guy who used to like to snuggle into Zhang Che's arms.

Card Name: Nine-Tailed Fox (Ice)

Type: Summoning Card

Level: Tier 3

Grade: Blue

Skills: Fine Snow, Icy Wind, Freezing Ray

Talent: Snowfall

(Note: Wind and snow, heed my command!)

The moment the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared, the [Ice Stone] card in Zhang Che's hand suddenly dimmed, and fine cracks began to appear on the card's surface. It quickly shattered into countless tiny specks of light and dissipated into the air.

Clearly, all the energy within the card had been injected into the original [Six-Tails] card, completing this evolution and transforming it into the new card [Nine-Tails].

Absorbing crystal cores of the same or even different attributes to promote the evolution of the body is not uncommon in this world after it began to become extraordinary; in fact, it should be said to be a kind of underlying rule.

The problem is that the above situation can generally only occur in real living beings, such as various extraordinary creatures, or human superhumans who have mastered certain elemental abilities.

Alchemical life forms, such as summoned card creatures, should theoretically not possess this kind of evolutionary ability.

Even if there are similar enhancement methods, they are mostly temporary upgrades, like the "growth" talent of the Sunshroom. Once the summon is canceled, the card will immediately revert to its original form, but the card itself does not change.

Unless it's a purple card that was given growth potential from the very beginning, or an orange card that Zhang Che has never encountered before.

The changes to [Nine-Tailed] were clearly not temporary—the card itself appearing in Zhang Che's hand proved that this was the final result. Even without using special fusion abilities, he had directly created a completely new card.

"hiss--"

Zhang Che took a deep breath, and for a moment he felt a strange excitement.

Because if you calculate it this way, he has made history this time!

Compared to Zhang Che, who was still lost in thought, Ahri was actually the happiest about the appearance of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Before Zhang Che could even react, the two foxes were already embracing: Ah Li squatted down on the ground, wrapped her arms around Nine-Tailed Fox's neck, and even intertwined her nine tails with Nine-Tailed Fox's nine tails, like a fluffy vortex.

Gatomon, perched on the coffee table, watched this scene with bared teeth, its tail swishing back and forth unconsciously, clearly looking like it had fallen out of favor.

"Wow, so the six-tailed fox has nine tails after it grows up!" Ahri became more and more excited as she touched it, her fingers sliding from the top of the nine-tailed fox's head all the way down its back, and then from its back to the tip of its tail. "And it's so cool and comfortable!"

However, only she could say such a thing. It's almost the end of December, and even though Binhai City is located in the southern part of the Federation, the temperature often approaches zero degrees Celsius.

Zhang Che ignored the guys and, as his excitement gradually subsided, he continued to study the new card he had created.

Like the original Ahri, the evolved Nine-Tails is also of blue-purple quality, and it has an additional skill called "Ice Beam" in its skill bar. Its power is several levels stronger than "Ice Wind", which makes up for the lack of powerful offensive skills in the Six-Tails stage.

The range and effect of the talent [Snowfall] have also been improved, creating a larger snowy environment, and the amplification effect is also much stronger than before.

The next consideration was how to upgrade it to a purple card. Zhang Che's initial idea was to add another [Ice Stone] to provide more ice element energy.

However, the result was not as expected. When Zhang Che tried to let the newly born Nine-Tailed Fox absorb the second Ice Stone, there was no reaction.

Fortunately, this was not beyond Zhang Che's expectations. After all, the source of the information about Vulpix came from Pokémon, and the Vulpix in that world could only absorb the power of one Ice Stone, and could no longer use Ice Stones after evolving.

Chapter 100 The Limitations of Being from a Lower-Class Background

Zhang Che had no choice but to try other methods.

Anyway, he doesn't lack [Six-Tailed] cards right now. After all, he's prepared several of these cards in order to acquire the corpses of the Heart-Eating Demons that adventurers might bring back.

So Zhang Che followed the template of the previous [Tidal Sea Spirit] and fused one [Six-Tailed] and two [Ice Stones] together, but what he got in the end was still just a blue-purple [Nine-Tailed], with only a slightly larger number of purple alchemical patterns, but still not more than a quarter of the entire card.

Although Zhang Che's current mental strength allows him to increase the number of [Ice Stones] and attempt to fuse four cards at once, given the current situation, the outcome is unlikely to be as he desires.

Turning more than three-quarters of the blue pattern on the card into purple is obviously not something that can be done with just a few [Ice Stones], and Zhang Che doesn't have that many materials left.

Each [Ice Stone] requires three Ice Crystal Cores. If it weren't for the fact that it's winter now and the number of Ice-type Extraordinary Creatures active outside is increasing, plus the fact that the team that cleared out the murlocs last time also obtained a lot of other spoils during the operation, he wouldn't even have been able to collect the number of [Ice Stones] he just had.

Moreover, based on Ahri's previous advancement process, it is clear that the current situation is that the blue-purple quality of the [Nine-Tailed Fox] has reached its limit in terms of ice attribute power.

If you want to improve further, you need to consider other aspects, just like Ahri did back then. The breakthrough point is hidden in the information source of the [Nine-Tailed Fox] card!

If Zhang Che remembers correctly, Ninetales, the Ice-type Pokémon, is not a single Ice-type, but rather a dual Ice-Fairy type.

However, the two [Nine-Tailed] cards in his hand were both pure ice-type cards, without any trace of fairy-type power. Therefore, if he wanted to upgrade them to their complete form as purple cards, Zhang Che's next step should be to focus on the "fairy-type" direction.

The problem is, Zhang Che really can't think of anything in this world that could be associated with the "fairy" attribute.