Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

[Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura (1/3)] He's still missing two fragments, and he's been worried about it.

So that's how it's synthesized!

Consume two [Black Iron Fragment Cards] to synthesize the complete [Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura]!

The number of card slots clearly shows that character cards are more important than other card types!

Character cards have a high probability of appearing as fragment cards in the current Iron-tier gacha system.

Zhao Hao gains one more character card slot each time he advances!

Summoning cards and equipment cards will begin to appear as fragment cards in Bronze-level card draws.

Zhao Hao will gain 2 additional card slots each time he advances!

Ability cards, on the other hand, start to appear as fragment cards in the Silver-level card draws.

Zhao Hao gains two new ability slots each time he advances!

The fragment cards in the function cards are for assembling into complete cards.

Item cards and function cards are all complete cards; card fragments will not appear. Drawing them is a win.

Item cards can be materialized or converted into cards at any time. There are no card slot restrictions, so you can use them freely.

The importance of card types can be seen from the level at which fragment cards appear: Character Cards > Summoning Cards, Equipment Cards > Ability Cards > Item Cards, Function Cards.

Thinking about it this way, it was really lucky that I drew the complete [Black Tiger Afu] back then!

Of course, it could also be a bonus for your first time drawing a card!

Character cards are very useful, but they require more fragment cards to synthesize.

Ability cards, equipment cards, and summon cards are all important, but there are also limitations on the number of card slots.

On the contrary, the function cards and prop cards seem like freebies from phone top-ups, but you can use them freely! And they might even have surprising effects in special situations!

Zhao Hao needs to carefully consider the trade-offs among these factors.

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【Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura】is a 3-star Black Iron character, one star higher than 【Black Tiger Afu】. He also has 1 more attribute bonus.

However, the young barrier master clearly leans towards the spiritual aspect, adding perception and spirit.

But attributes aren't the key point; the key point is talent and spiritual power!

There is currently only one character card slot, so Zhao Hao replaced the character card [Black Tiger Afu] with [Young Barrier Master - Sumimura Toshikami].

Suddenly, he felt a sense of loss, after all, his strength, physique, and agility were all reduced by 1, and he felt like his body had been hollowed out.

However, at least I have already learned the Wanxiang Fist, and I won't lose it because of the card exchange. It was something I practiced "hard"!

Zhao Hao: I, Zhao Ritian, have reached my current level entirely thanks to my talent and hard work... System, ten consecutive draws!

Perhaps the attribute bonuses are only a small part of the character card's function; its greater value lies in allowing Zhao Hao to learn the abilities of the card characters?

Of course, this only applies to skills; talents cannot be learned. Abilities like "the coolest kid when boxing" and "I'll be back" are lost when you switch cards!

When Zhao Hao equipped the [Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura], just like when he equipped the [Black Tiger Afu], he saw some of Toshikami Sumimura's memories. He learned a lot about the Sumimura family and about that world.

Zhao Hao compared the information in his mind and confirmed the origin of the card.

Kekkaishi is an excellent shonen manga, but unfortunately it's not popular.

The protagonist of the anime is Yoshimori Sumimura, the older brother of Toshimori Sumimura. He is a 14-year-old boy who uses barrier magic to protect an ancestral land from demons.

When he mastered his barrier technique to the end, it was so powerful that even gods and Buddhas would be terrified! It was incredibly strong!

"What a pity! If it were the anime protagonist Yoshimori Sumimura, even at the very beginning of the anime, he would at least be a Black Iron 5-star!"

Sumimura Toshimori, who is only 6 years old, has not yet fully mastered the barrier technique because of his young age, but he is good at raising dog gods.

At the same time, Zhao Hao seemed to be more "clear-headed" mentally, and the world around him became much more vibrant! This was due to the +2 to his mental and perception attributes.

Although mental attributes don't directly improve combat as much as strength, constitution, and agility, they are definitely not useless.

More importantly, it seems that something has appeared inside Zhao Hao's body!

It was a special kind of energy circulating within his body! It was the spiritual power possessed by Toshimori Sumimura, a barrier master!

"This is spiritual power?! A type of spiritual energy!" Zhao Hao suddenly seemed to have gained some real understanding of spiritual energy.

For some time, although he had been practicing, he only had a vague understanding, like a blind man touching an elephant, without knowing the goal. Uncle Tie didn't describe it to him in detail, but guided him step by step.

According to Uncle Tie, he had to take this step himself to be truly resolute.

Now that Zhao Hao could accurately sense the existence of spiritual energy within his body, he suddenly gained an understanding of spiritual energy.

Speaking of which, Fusang calls it spiritual power, which is actually just a type of spiritual energy.

This innate spiritual power is the main reason why this [Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura], as a 6-year-old child, surpassed [Black Tiger Afu] and was recognized by the system as a Black Iron 3-star.

As for skills, the Interspersed Flow Barrier Technique is a special barrier technique. When mastered to its extreme, it is extremely powerful and can even create a small world!

Unfortunately, Toshikami Sumimura was only a 6-year-old child and not the rightful heir of the Inter-flow Barrier Technique. Therefore, he only obtained a portion of the basic techniques and was a crippled Inter-flow Barrier Technique user.

The Paper God Technique is rather low-end; it's the kind of magic popular in Japan that temporarily brings paper figures to life to help with chores. It's much lower-end than Uncle Tetsu's Paper Figure and Paper Horse Technique, and it can't even be used in combat because it's too weak.

The practice of raising dog spirits is a tradition of the Sumimura family, who raise dog spirits to help them find monsters and fight.

Because the dog god Madarao of the Sumimura family was usually cared for by Sumimura Toshikami, he mastered the technique of raising dog gods.

The main value of this card lies in its spiritual power and barrier spells.

Needless to say, spiritual power not only allowed Zhao Hao to master a magical energy, but also greatly helped him awaken his own spiritual power.

Barrier spells, on the other hand, use spiritual power to construct magic, weaving it into a net, stretching it to form a boundary, and enclosing a specific area. They are used to separate the inside from the outside, and then apply a certain effect to the interior and the boundary.

It can be used to open passages and to block, control, and eliminate enemies!

Zhao Hao raised his sword finger and began casting the spell according to his memory, "Square Enclosure, Fixed Chu, Bind!"

The "square" refers to specifying the target or location, the "determining" refers to defining the lines of the barrier, and the final "knot" is the creation and construction of the barrier using spiritual power!

With a soft "pop," the faint blue light in Zhao Hao's eyes dissipated, like a bubble bursting.

The barrier spell failed to cast!

That's not surprising. After all, this is a technique that is dozens or even hundreds of times more complex than boxing. Although he has learned it in theory and absorbed enough experience from his memory, it is his first time trying it, so there is no reason for him to succeed on the first try.

Having sensed danger earlier, Orange, who had climbed onto the wardrobe to hide, peered around curiously: What's going on? Was that a spell that flashed by just now?

Zhao Hao was naturally unaware that it seemed only the edible orange tree could perceive spiritual energy, and he was repeatedly trying out the barrier technique.

That night, Zhao Hao didn't go to sleep until 1 a.m., finally managing to successfully release the barrier spell.

However, his speed, intensity, and accuracy are all far from sufficient, and he needs more practice.

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This ten-pull boosted Zhao Hao's abilities immensely. The training memories of the strongest disciple in history, Shirahama Kenichi, gave Zhao Hao a proper introduction to martial arts, rather than relying on self-taught skills and some guidance from Ma Long.

This laid a solid foundation for his boxing skills, enabling him to pursue deeper progress.

Furthermore, the [Young Barrier Master - Toshikami Sumimura] allowed Zhao Hao to experience the charm of magic for the first time, and also began to directly feel and ponder spiritual energy, which greatly helped him awaken his own spiritual energy!

These past two days, Zhao Hao has been training from dawn till dusk.

In the morning, Zhao Hao first warmed up by practicing a few rounds of boxing, and then did the most basic footwork and stance training.

Then I went to work at the shop. Since it was a relatively easy job, I kept mentally simulating the casting of the barrier spell. I also often sneaked off to the backyard to practice my boxing when Uncle Tie wasn't looking.

So much so that Uncle Tie thought Zhao Hao had really become obsessed with boxing after experiencing the Chess Piece Killer incident, and couldn't help but give him some "guidance".

It has to be said, Uncle Tie may look down on those who just flex their muscles, but his actual fighting skills are amazing! He beat Zhao Hao so badly he was rolling around on the ground!

Although he had thoroughly thrashed Zhao Hao, making him crawl on the ground in agony, Uncle Tie's heart began to waver: Could this kid really be some once-in-a-century martial arts prodigy? How could he improve so quickly! And with such a steady and solid approach, not at all pretentious! Is he really going to become self-taught?!

Whether it's boxing, martial arts, or spiritual practice, without a teacher's hands-on instruction, you basically won't learn anything substantial, and it might even have the opposite effect.

And today I met someone who was self-taught!

Uncle Tie feels his outlook on life is starting to waver!

Zhao Hao didn't care about anything else, he just trained! As long as he didn't die, he trained like crazy!

Back home, I practiced boxing, mainly by constantly casting barrier spells. I would box when my spiritual energy was depleted, and then cast barrier spells again once it recovered!

Barrier spells are actually very complex!

The first step of establishing the barrier is already extremely difficult, requiring high standards in terms of strength, range, duration, and precision. Moreover, since the barrier is a three-dimensional structure, the ability to construct a three-dimensional model is also crucial.

In the original anime, the barrier comes in two shapes: cube and sphere, but there are definitely many more that can be developed. For example, a triangular pyramid, a cone, an eggshell ellipse, a honeycomb sphere, and so on. Of course, that's still a long way off for Zhao Hao!

In the original work, the primary function of a barrier is isolation. Enclosing oneself is defense, while enclosing the enemy is offense.

Furthermore, after trapping the enemy, you can choose to "annihilate" them, using the barrier to destroy the enemies within!

There is also the "Heavenly Cave"—a hole that opens to another dimension, allowing the remaining demonic power of enemies to be absorbed into it.

Because the main enemies in anime are monsters, which dissipate into demonic energy or miasma when they die, and can then condense or regenerate, this step is necessary.

However, Toshikami Sumimura was only a 6-year-old child. Although he had already begun training as a barrier master, he had not yet touched upon the concepts of "annihilation" and "heavenly cave".

Besides, Zhao Hao probably can't utilize the alternate dimensions in anime.

However, there is a technique called "Nen-sei" that Sumimura Toshimori has mastered quite well. It involves using spiritual power to create ropes to bind and drag demons.

Other abilities, such as opening a passage to other dimensions, also fall under the scope of barrier magic.

The manga even showcases an ability called "True World," which allows one to create a new space!

This is also why barrier masters are called the strongest jutsu users in anime...

In short, the skills are there, but Zhao Hao still needs to improve and adapt them based on reality.

He must fully master barrier techniques, to the point where he can freely cast them even after switching character cards. Furthermore, he must utilize spiritual energy to awaken his own spiritual power!

Even with a Destiny Card System, you can't give up on your own efforts and becoming stronger!

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34-star IVF baby and 4-star mortal

That day, Zhao Hao, as usual, was absentmindedly wiping a piece of porcelain while his mind was still thinking about how to optimize his barrier spell. After all, the casting animation was too long and the process too slow, taking more than two seconds in total, making it difficult to hit a moving target!

The enemy isn't stupid; they won't stay still.