As he spoke, Lin Ye reached into his waistband, and two similar red spirit cards appeared in his hands. However, these two spirit cards not only felt inferior to the ones gifted by the System, but their colors were also less vibrant, and the energy contained within them was nearly eight times weaker.
One of these two spirit cards was distributed to everyone when they were sold into the Card Duel Arena. At the time, Lin Ye had been given a first-order water spirit card. The other was the spoils of victory from defeating Mo Yan.
Because card masters differed in realm and rank, the quality of the spirit cards they produced also varied.
Spirit card quality was broadly divided into four ranks: Ordinary, Excellent, Exquisite, and Perfect.
A Spirit Card of a higher quality rank had twice the power of one a rank below it. In other words, an Excellent-Quality Spirit Card was twice as powerful as an Ordinary Spirit Card, while a Perfect-Quality Spirit Card was twice as powerful as an Exquisite-Quality Spirit Card.
By that calculation, wouldn’t the power of a Perfect-Quality Level-One Spirit Card be eight times that of an Ordinary-Quality Spirit Card?
“Ding!”
“The System has detected a decomposable spirit card. Host, would you like to decompose it?”
The System’s voice suddenly appeared in Lin Ye’s mind again. Without even thinking, he knew that the decomposable spirit cards detected by the System were the two Ordinary spirit cards in his hands.
“Decompose.”
As Lin Ye’s voice fell, the two Ordinary tier-one spirit cards in his hands suddenly transformed into two streaks of white light and shot into his mind.
“Ding!”
“Decomposition successful! Obtained from decomposition: 200 spirit card essences.”
“What are spirit card essences used for?” After hearing the term several times, Lin Ye asked in confusion.
“Spirit card essence functions: 1. Increase spirit card quality （ Unlocked when system level reaches level two ） 2. Create Earth Ranking Spirit Cards （ Unlocked when system level reaches Level Three ） 3. Increase the rank of spirit cards （ Unlocked when system level reaches Level Four ）”
“So, basically, spirit card essences are useless to me right now?”
Hearing the system level requirements after each function, Lin Ye slightly twitched the corner of his mouth as he asked.
“The System can only be upgraded once spirit card essences have accumulated to a certain amount. System upgrades do not consume spirit card essences.”
“How many more spirit card essences are needed to raise the System to level two?”
What answered Lin Ye was a string of information that suddenly appeared in his mind:
Host: Lin Ye
Age: 15
Spiritual power talent: level five
Martial artist rank: One-Star Martial Artist
Cultivation method: 《 ancient spirit cultivation art 》 （ Divine-Tier High-Grade cultivation method ）
Spirit cards: First-Order Perfect Water Spirit Card, First-Order Perfect Fire Spirit Card
Spirit card essence: 500
System upgrade requirement: 500/5000 spirit card essences
“The road ahead is long and arduous!” Lin Ye shook his head slightly and sighed.
After lamenting for a while, Lin Ye slowly calmed himself and once again entered a state of spiritual power cultivation.
Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, an entire night had passed.
“Clang!”
Lin Ye, who was in a state of cultivation, was suddenly awakened by the sound of the chain on the cell door being unlocked.
Although he had only cultivated for one night, thanks to his Level-Five cultivation talent and divine-tier cultivation technique, Lin Ye’s strength had risen from a One-Star Martial Artist to the two-star martial artist Realm overnight.
To rise from a good-for-nothing who was nothing at all to a two-star martial artist within a single day—if those martial artists who called themselves geniuses learned of this, who knew whether they might feel like killing themselves.
Afterward, two cold-faced guards brought Lin Ye to the Card Duel Arena.
At that moment, the young man named Chai Jin was already standing in the center of the Card Duel Arena. When he saw Lin Ye, a bloodthirsty glint flashed in his eyes.
He had already won three matches here. As long as he won seven more, he could leave. He had never expected to draw this good-for-nothing as his opponent yesterday. Just thinking about it truly excited him!
The rules of the Card Duel Arena stated that anyone sold into the arena could leave after winning ten victories. This was considered a sliver of hope for those sold here, preventing them from committing suicide under the pressure and despair.
However, someone who won a single match was generally assigned an opponent who had won one or two matches. Lin Ye had suddenly been assigned an opponent with three victories, making the Card Duel Arena’s actions rather intriguing.
Emerging from the narrow passage, Lin Ye swept his gaze across the arena before finally stopping on the young girl, Lan Yue.
Lin Ye looked straight at Lan Yue with eyes that seemed to be covered in a layer of ice, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
If he had his original appearance, that faint smile—which he considered charming—might truly have attracted her slightly. But appearing on this ordinary, unremarkable face, it was completely useless.
“What’s this kid looking at? Don’t tell me he’s scared?”
“How could he be scared when he’s grinning so lecherously?”
“Kid, what are you dawdling for? You’ll have to go up sooner or later!”
“Exactly! Don’t act like some woman!”
Watching the figure stop at the edge of the Card Duel Arena, the audience stand began to grow lively.
Ten battles were held in the Card Duel Arena every day. Today’s spectators were not the same group as yesterday’s, and they knew little about Lin Ye. Most of them did not even know his name.
“Tsk, tsk. I truly didn’t expect this good-for-nothing to win yesterday’s match. Today, the arena master assigned me to serve as the chief referee of this battle alongside you. I want to see whether this good-for-nothing can still walk out safely today!” A black robe young man of around twenty, with exceptionally handsome features, spoke mockingly to Lan Yue beside him.
Lan Yue slightly turned her head toward the handsome young man beside her, her expression seemingly covered in a layer of frost. “Are you questioning my ruling yesterday?”
“Of course not. I’m only worried that this kid might use some underhanded trick!” Seeing Lan Yue’s attitude, the young man inwardly cried out that something was wrong and hurriedly explained with an embarrassed smile.
Lan Yue merely glanced at the young man indifferently before turning her head away.
Looking at the aloof and icy Lan Yue beside him, who resembled an ice lotus in a cold pool, the young man secretly ground his teeth. A trace of resentment and determination to possess her flickered in their eyes.
“I, Han Qing, am the eldest young master of the Han Family. What can’t I obtain? If my uncle, the arena master, weren’t protecting you, a lowly little slut with no identity or backing would have been writhing in pleasure beneath me long ago. What right do you have to speak to me like this?”
“But it doesn’t matter. If force won’t work, I’ll use gentleness. Is there any woman I take a fancy to who can escape my grasp?”
Han Qing turned to look at the two people in the arena. A bright glint flashed in their eyes, and he turned to ask Lan Yue, “How about we make a bet? Who do you think will win?”
“Not interested!” Lan Yue did not even look at Han Qing as her rosy lips uttered icy syllables.
Hearing Lan Yue reject him without a second thought, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Han Qing’s face. However, imagining the sight of such an ice-cold little slut lying beneath him, he still shamelessly continued.
“How about this? I bet that good-for-nothing won’t withstand a single move from Chai Jin. If he can’t last one move, I win. How about you accompany me for an entire day tomorrow?”
“As long as this little slut agrees, even if he has his way with her tomorrow, Uncle won’t be able to say much. After all, I never said how she had to accompany me. Accompanying me in bed counts too.” That was what Han Qing thought.