Chapter 985 - 634: Birth of the Overlord Dragon

The competition reached the 30th day, and the fifth round ended on schedule.

Li Pu stayed in first place thanks to an 8-turn S-grade dragon horn.

That day, after the Master of Sacred Void broke his horn, the void portal was also blown up and collapsed by No. 2.

Upon discovering that the second referee group was nearby, in the end, it chose to swallow the bitter fruit and retreat.

Losing the dragon horn was a severe injury for it, with at least 1/3 of its dragon power lost.

It will take quite some time to recover that.

Besides Li Pu, Liu Jisheng's team took second place in the competition.

Many teams exerted their strength towards the end, pushing Fu Dusheng and Yu Duoduo down to sixth place.

But as long as they successfully obtain the qualifications, it doesn't really matter to them which rank they end up in.

Having completed this task, Li Pu felt he had resolved a matter of concern.

With the adventure group qualification in hand, he could now take his little followers—oops, I mean, his buddies—on adventures and have fun.

But to establish himself well abroad, he still needed solid personal strength.

So his next plan was to spend the next few years collecting related items within the Federation.

Meanwhile, he also wanted to give Wu Guinan and the others some time to develop their strength.

However, before that, he had another matter to attend to.

Which was to participate in the Divine Cup preliminary in two months.

If he could play cards against the divine beings, it should be very interesting and worth striving for.

Moreover, even if all else fails, he must make it to the offline competition of the top ten thousand, or else teachers Li Fan and Hidekazu would certainly beat him up.

Thus, along with Liu Jisheng, Fu Dusheng, and others, he returned to the imperial capital.

Liu Jisheng and Fu Dusheng needed to handle the procedures for upgrading the adventure group, while he headed to Seven-Star Street.

The cubic cabin at Fan Fan Card House was much more advanced than the school's. Li Pu planned to spend the next two months living with Li Fan to hone his card skills.

...

Two months later, in the Cubic Card Metaverse.

In a tavern in a small town, Ji Jiao was waiting for something.

Over time, his original card had gotten further enhanced.

Under the evolution of the original card, he gradually shed his juvenile appearance in little over a year, turning into a handsome and gallant young man.

The horn on his head had also grown significantly, making it even more eye-catching.

Soon, Hu Wei arrived.

Dusty and worn out, she sat down and first gulped down a big glass of ice beer.

"Ahh…ha!"

She let out a long breath.

"Young Master, I've found out."

"In the Fallen Forest, 100 kilometers east, there might be the thing we're looking for."

Hu Wei put down her beer mug.

With her was a young little grass person.

The height of the little grass person had now doubled, reaching up to a person's waist.

[Grass~ Belch!]

Imitating Hu Wei, it took a big gulp of ice beer and then burped loudly.

"Really? Then we set off tomorrow morning."

Ji Jiao nodded in response.

"Should we bring it along?"

Hu Wei glanced at the little grass person.

Originally, they planned to find the little grass person's parents, but when they couldn't, they had to let it follow them.

"Bring it; otherwise, it'll cause trouble again."

Ji Jiao hesitated little.

This little grass person seemed to have a procreation fetish.

It might suddenly decide to reproduce wherever it went.

Once, they went out to hunt beasts and left this thing in the town.

Three days later, when they returned, every flowerpot in town had an extra tuft of grass.

This guy specifically targets those with families, ignoring wildflowers and wild grass.

Seeing those rooted and sprouting little grass people about to hatch, the two hurriedly fled with the little grass person.

Otherwise, by the time the town is full of little grass people, they'd probably be stuck.

Since then, wherever they go, they take this little grass person along.

"Sigh, young master, you shouldn't have picked up this thing back then."

Looking at the little grass person still drinking, Hu Wei wiped her forehead.

"Keeping this thing around is really a burden."

She spoke her mind, as it mattered little to the little grass person.

Strictly speaking, the little grass person was a card player too.

It could play cards and collect card decks as well.

But the problem was, possibly due to some intellectual or other deficiency, it completely couldn't play cards.

At the card table, it seemed to be under the influence of [Chaos], placing and playing cards at will.

No strategy, completely disorganized.

"Never mind; we're the only ones who can take care of it."

Ji Jiao smiled indifferently.

In fact, the little grass person wasn't as bad as Hu Wei said.

This thing was gifted, exceptionally fierce in the dungeon.

It had the momentum to hold its own against many.

"By the way, I heard there's a good show tonight."

Speaking of the dungeon, it reminded him of something.

"What good show?"

Hu Wei asked in confusion.

"Sis, let me tell you, like this and like that..."

Ji Jiao leaned in.

"Oh? This could be interesting."

After listening, Hu Wei's eyes brightened.

"Let's hurry back to the inn, I can't wait. What if we miss it."

So she downed the beer on the table, pulled Ji Jiao and the little grass person, and left.

[Caocao~ Grass~]

Little grass person: But I haven't licked the cup yet~

In the little grass person's reluctance, they left the tavern.

Their lodging was near the tavern, just a few steps away.

Back at their accommodation, the two humans and the little grass person gathered in Ji Jiao's room.