Chapter 993: The Divine Cup Begins

The dragon in front of him, judging from its proportions, wasn’t a large dragon, or even a medium one.

Its appearance was downright bizarre, with an ill?fitting dragon?skull perched on its head.

The scales on its body were like heavy refined steel armor bristling with durian?like spikes, except for the belly, which was almost hollow.

No skin, no muscle, just a neat row of white ribs exposed.

“So the same dragon can even have different form stages, huh.”

Li Pu remembered: this was roughly what an Ahya Dragon looked like at its peak small?dragon stage.

“This is so unfair.”

But when he saw the card face, he still protested.

If it were the skeletal dragon form, fine, but right now he’d drawn it in this weak stage, and it actually turned out to be an A?rank card.

[Ahya Dragon]

Steadfast, 30 points, A

ATK 30, 100/100, 0/2

[Refined Steel Durian Scale Armor – Passive]: When Ahya Dragon is attacked, damage -5, and inflict the target with a 2?turn [Poison] effect

[Eat Half, Lose Half – Passive]: Healing received by Ahya Dragon is halved

[Found Big Helmet – 2 Energy]: Ahya Dragon puts one target into [Fear] for 1 turn

([Poison]: Each reveal phase, take 10 damage)

([Fear]: Next turn, the target may only [Defend])

“This card is actually pretty damn good…”

After reading the specific details, Li Pu couldn’t help sighing.

Even though it had a negative trait that halves healing, the first passive and the final active skill were both quite strong.

It was both a hedgehog card and a control card, with excellent effects.

“But it’s a real shame, this doesn’t count as a dragon card.”

Opening up the detailed panel, he found that this card belonged to the [Sub?Dragon Species].

Compared to [Dragon Species], that extra “Sub” was a world of difference.

All the effects that dragon cards got, it couldn’t enjoy any of them.

“I’ll use it to trade with that guy Ah Yajun, he should really like this card.”

After thinking it over, he decided where this card was going.

The last two cards also didn’t turn out to be anything good.

For a moment, Li Pu just felt bored out of his mind.

Good thing he had [Li Long], or this whole stretch would’ve basically been wasted time.

Once he exited the instance, the Meta?Universe time also happened to be over.

Carrying his newly acquired cards, Li Pu climbed out of the cube pod.

And the moment he walked out of the room, he saw Liu Jisheng and Long Ren.

“You lame bastard, you finally came out.”

“Something big’s happened, junior.”

The moment they saw him, the two of them stood up.

“How big are we talking?”

Li Pu felt a slight jolt inside, but his face stayed calm.

He poured himself a cup of tea, then sat down.

“Junior, that straw guy of yours has kidnapped my Void Giant again.”

“I honestly don’t know what to say about your straw man. How the hell did it manage to move the Void Giant’s sealed space itself?”

Liu Jisheng’s expression clearly said he was here to hold someone accountable.

“What do you mean ‘again,’ senior?”

Li Pu’s eyelid twitched.

Through Telepathy, he had indeed noticed that the straw man was no longer here.

“Here” meant Imperial University.

Right now, it was very, very far away.

“And my half?dragon has been kidnapped by it too!”

Long Ren was just as displeased, his face full of annoyance.

“Oh? That happened too?”

Li Pu raised an eyebrow, feeling the straw man might’ve overdone it a bit this time.

Unlike Liu Jisheng, Long Ren had only just started his sophomore year.

There were many aspects of his studies that needed the half?dragon, and the half?dragon also very much needed continued training.

This trip by the straw man was honestly a bit out of line.

“But it’s fine, it dropped dead halfway and came back.”

Fortunately, Long Ren added.

“…”

Li Pu fell silent.

“By the way, where are they even going? I asked Long Long and it wouldn’t tell me either.”

“Feels like they were heading in the direction of Qi Du?”

Long Ren had come over today purely to satisfy his curiosity.

“Qi Du…?”

But when Liu Jisheng heard that, his expression changed.

He knew full well what had happened over in Qi Du.

“You ask me that and I really don’t know.”

Li Pu just spread his hands.

Nearly two months ago, the straw man and company had asked him for some stuff, saying they were going on a long trip to have fun.

Where exactly they were going, they didn’t say; when exactly they’d leave, they didn’t say either.

And he’d been busy playing cards lately, so he hadn’t asked.

But upon hearing Qi Du, he did have a few guesses.

Maybe it was going to recruit some underlings; Imperial University couldn’t accommodate it anymore anyway.

“What exactly did they ask you for?”

Hearing Li Pu’s account, Long Ren asked curiously.

“It’s been a while, let me think…”

Li Pu propped up his chin, sinking into thought.

“1,000,000 Crystal Coins, 5,000 cans of cola, 1,000 jin of radishes, 5 hand?cranked industrial electric fans, 100 liters of engine oil, 10 Simmons mattresses, 2 cases of motion sickness pills, plus 3 cube card simulators, 2 copies of Fire Tongs Scorpion evil?warding portraits, 2 blankets of Wu Guinan’s cups, 1 adventurer group permit, 3 temporary student IDs for Imperial University, 1 Hedou University & Imperial University exchange teacher ID, 3 50%?off coupons for Fan Fan Card House, 5 sets of generic plant?type reincarnation materials… and a whole pile of miscellaneous stuff I can’t remember.”

“Those front ones don’t count as miscellaneous? There was stuff even more miscellaneous than that?”

“Also, does Teacher Guan know his ID is gone?”

Long Ren was stunned.

“Wait, what did you just say, adventurer group permit? Do you have any idea what that thing represents?”

At that, Liu Jisheng’s face changed.

An adventurer group permit could be used to enjoy all sorts of benefits.

To provide better convenience and welfare for adventurer groups, the Federation had even set up offices in many places overseas.