Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 765: Chapter 246 White Family’s Immortal Technique and Immortal Aegis Animals Part 2

Vera Williams gave herself a perfectly justifiable excuse. She had always been timid, and many times before it had been no different.

Leonard Churchill wasn’t bothered at all, his attention fixed on the two statues.

One had the head of a crow and the body of a human, resembling somewhat a “Duckbill doctor” or perhaps an emissary from Hell.

The other appeared to have been damaged by external forces, with fragments scattered all around.

Vera Williams explained, “This represents an Immortal Aegis Animal of the White Family, the ‘Underworld Bird’, a divine bird symbolizing death and mystery; it also stands as a very important lineage within the White Family’s heritage.”

As she was speaking, the sharp-eyed Pigeon squatting in the pile of debris noticed something, “Look quickly, there’s a card here.”

Leonard Churchill also looked on curiously, only to find that Pigeon was holding up a dark card in her hand.

The moment he touched it, the card suddenly lit up, displaying the image of a Duckbill doctor along with a “10” in the corner.

[Spades 10 – God Stealer (Legend)], this was actually a Demon Mark!

“Huh…”

Leonard Churchill was puzzled as well, why would a Demon Mark suddenly appear among a pile of broken stones?

Normally, it would be more common on a corpse…

But then it dawned on him, and he thought, “These aren’t just seal carvings; they were living people before!”

Just then, Elder Clinton, looking at the pile of stones, seemed to recall something and suddenly spoke up, “This divine secret skill is quite interesting. If we were to classify spell tiers, it would already be considered an ‘Immortal Technique’. Tsk tsk… Sacrificing themselves to create god statues for sealing, they brought three thousand years of peace to countless living creatures, accumulating no small merit. There’s a chance they could become a pseudo-god.”

“???”

Leonard Churchill felt that the elder was talking about something incomprehensible, something that seemed quite different from the Card Master System.

He asked directly, “Elder, what’s with these god statues? And, what’s so mystical about the White Family’s ‘God Stealer’ way?”

….

Previously, out of curiosity, Leonard Churchill had learned about the special way of [Spades 10 – God Stealer].

But as Catherine Carter would say, this was the White Family’s secret exclusive Sequence, almost unheard of in the outside world.

Even someone of Catherine Carter’s level knew very little about it.

This Sequence was mysterious and special.

People knew full well that the White Family were all God Stealers, yet the profession of this Sequence wasn’t singular.

Among the White offspring, there were professionals from various Sequences, doctors, assassins, Fighters, Black Knights, Spirit Communicators… everything.

The chosen professions seemed to be related to their White Family’s secret “God Summoning Skill”.

Moreover, Leonard Churchill had witnessed the White Family members stealing divine power, unafraid of Faith Pollution.

Leonard Churchill had long thought this was akin to the lower-tier version of[JOKER].

They couldn’t casually select Profession Cards to advance like Leonard himself, but they could choose to advance through a particular Sequence.

What’s bizarre is that the other fifty-one Demon God Sequences each had their ancient deity to point to.

But the White Family was peculiar; their pointer was to some “Immortal Aegis Animals”.

Like the “Fox Immortal”, “Worm Immortal” he had seen before, the present “Underworld Sparrow”, and many other strange Immortal Aegis Animals.

To this day, no one understood how it worked.

Unable to get an explanation from others, Leonard could only hope for insight from the elder before him.

…

As expected, Elder Clinton knew.

He seemed to be immersed in some kind of enlightenment and thought, his turbid eyes suddenly clear as he spoke at length, “Becoming a corpse deity with one’s flesh is a god-like spell of the God Stealer Sequence, a type of ‘Corpse Unseal’. Simplified, it’s the use of spells to achieve a transcendence in the level of life.”

“…”

Leonard Churchill listened intently.

But he was sure that he didn’t understand it.

Vera Williams too blinked her doe-like eyes, her face full of question marks.

Elder Clinton continued, “You don’t need to understand what that is exactly, because your cognition can’t grasp that higher order life form.”

He paused, then went on, “The ‘Lich’ in a Magic civilization, the ‘Pseudo-God’ in a Godway civilization, the ‘Special Cursing Spirit’ as per the card masters, and the ‘Heroic Gods’ of ancient myths… these terms all describe that type of existence. Each path is different, and so are the terms used. But this particular lineage is referred to as ‘Immortal Aegis Animals’, because the Demon God that [Spades 10] points to is named [Immortal]. This lineage bears some similarities to the Spirit Communicator lineage, typically involving some powerful contracted creature as an Accompanied Immortal Aegis Animal to gain formidable combat power beyond its physical form. However, the entities of contracts chosen by God Stealers are those like themselves, capable of absorbing the power of faith and worship. Like some strong Evil Ghosts or Vengeful Spirits, or powerful spirited Living Creatures, what we call ‘Immortal Aegis Animals’. This divine secret skill is different from the transcendental paths of card masters. Not having Godhood but possessing some powers of God, they grow strong by stealing true Gods’ worship; this is what it means to be a ‘God Stealer’…”

“So that’s how it is…”

On hearing this, Leonard Churchill felt like he gained insight.

This [Spades 10], not even a very high Sequence, had so much to it.

Even though he thought there were many key terms he might not have grasped accurately, he had a broader concept at least.

Anyway, the more he heard about the God Stealer path, the more mysterious it seemed!

The fifty-two Demon God Sequences, none of them were simple.

Each of the fifty-two demon gods had their unique cultivation paths and transcendental abilities…