Episode 4: The Bull's Summoning

  "Red Star Atomic Bomb: Science Fiction Category, Weapon Category, Mythical Level Summoned Object. It is a new generation of super nuclear weapons carefully developed by the President of the Transcendence Welfare Association, with no pollution, no radiation, and no toxic side effects, but with great power and a large killing range, making it your best choice for launching a war of annihilation."

  "Note: Due to the enormous destructive power of this product, users are advised not to use it lightly before mastering its accurate usage method. Otherwise, users should be prepared for mutual destruction before using it. Once any adverse consequences occur, our association will not take responsibility."

  After finishing reading the introduction of the summoned creature on the red card, Duan Yue was stunned for a long time, and finally came back to his senses. Then, a loud curse burst out of his mouth: "Damn it!"

  Dude just wants a divine artifact! Something like Dragon Slaying Sword, Heaven Reliant Sword, Thunder God Hammer, Sun Shooting Bow, anything will do. But this bird's feather summoning space actually brought over an atomic bomb? Awesome! Now dude is also a nuclear deterrent existence.

  But then again, the atomic bomb is powerful, and one explosion can destroy a giant city. What about the warriors of the past and present? Facing this sci-fi weapon that can destroy heaven and earth, they are probably not much stronger than ants. The thing is, although the atomic bomb is powerful, we still haven't mastered the correct way to use it, and once used, we might end up getting ourselves killed along with it.

  "My goodness, I don't believe it, I'll just choose..." Duan Yue's words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back, hesitated for a few minutes, and then said dejectedly: "I'll just choose pharmacological classification instead." He couldn't choose weapons again; if another atomic bomb came along, Duan Yue would really cry.

  "As you wish, the summoning begins." Jingjing always looked particularly serious when she opened up a summoning. Duan Yue only took one glance before quickly closing his eyes. This time was different from the last, and what descended was actually a gray light beam.

  "My goodness, you... You're really... So lucky!" Jingjing changed from her previous mischievous tone and widened her eyes in surprise, exclaiming: "This is the most powerful existence in the world you're in, a Eternal-level summoned creature!"

  "Eternal rank?!" Duan Yue was also shocked, he remembered that Eternal rank was a summoning level above Mythical rank. Thinking of this, his heart began to beat tens and hundreds of times faster: "Really? Then I must take a look at what this Inverse Heavenly Elixir is."

  Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Duan Yue stepped forward, took the gray card and held it in front of his eyes. He widened his eyes again, and saliva instantly hung from the corner of his mouth:

  "Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Restoration Pill: A Xuanhuan category, medicinal classification, Eternal grade summonable item, carefully crafted by Transcender Welfare Association's Special Advisor, Supreme Deity Xiao Yunfei. After consumption, it can cause the consumer's physique to undergo a heaven-defying transformation, thereby obtaining the fastest cultivation speed in history."

  "Note: Due to the extremely potent medicinal properties of this dan medicine, no internal energy can be stored within the body of the consumer. The consumer must first eliminate all internal power from their body before consuming this dan medicine. Otherwise, if any adverse consequences occur, this association will not be held responsible."

  After experiencing two painful and tearful baptisms, this time Duan Yue was greatly surprised and delighted to have obtained the "Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Divine Pill", which allowed him to transform from a useless person to a genius, and not just any genius, but the most powerful one. As for the restrictions that came with it, Duan Yue automatically ignored them, because his martial arts had just been crippled, making it perfectly suitable.

  He rubbed his hands together, and Duan Yue couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. After thinking about it for a while on six different levels, he finally settled on biology. At this point, he was really too weak, even with the existence of the Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Divine Pill, which could improve his physique. However, to become truly powerful would still require some time, and before that, he had no safety guarantees whatsoever. Therefore, he had to find a backup plan for himself. As for that Red Star Atomic Bomb, it was also somewhat unreliable.

  Myth-level creatures, regardless of whether they are animals or humans, but what kind of powerful strength will they possess? Innate? The Innate's Danzun, or an even more terrifying existence? To be honest, without any clear experience, Duan Yue's heart is really looking forward to it.

  "For the third newcomer reward summon, I choose a character." Having already made the most rational and wise choice, the tone of speech naturally became calm and steady.

  Jing Jing's eyes widened as she saw Duan Yue grasp his own will in such a short period of time, finding the most clear calling method for himself. A pair of bright eyes suddenly shone with an unusual light, and he immediately raised the staff in his hand, laughing: "As you wish, summoning begins!"

  A grayish beam of light descended from the sky, but unexpectedly, when it reached halfway, it suddenly turned into a pure white color. Duan Yue didn't see it, but Jingjing saw it clearly, and her face flashed with a look of surprise before disappearing again. She let out a loud and clear voice:

  "Host, you're really lucky! The newcomer reward of three summons is getting stronger each time. First, it was Mythic, then Eternal, and now it's actually Variant Eternal. Take a look, what kind of existence is this Variant Eternal creature that you've summoned?"

  "Heh heh heh........." Hearing the words of Xingxue, Duan Yue hurriedly opened his eyes and looked at the white card suspended in the center of the altar not far away. His face was filled with a smile as if a flower had bloomed. This time, he didn't rush to grab the white card like the previous two times. Instead, he calmed down and smiled at Xingxue: "Really? I didn't expect it either. My luck is actually this good."

  However, his tone changed again, and he couldn't help but ask out loud: "Right, Jingjing, didn't you say that the levels of summoned creatures are only 'Normal', 'Elite', 'Epic', 'Legendary', 'Mythic' and 'Eternal'? How come there's now an additional 'Variant Eternal' level? Can you tell me what this Variant Eternal level is all about? What's the difference between it and the Eternal level?"

  Jingjing flapped her two small wings and flew around Duan Yue's body in circles, laughing: "Actually, the so-called variant eternal level and eternal level existences, from a strength point of view, there is no difference. It's just that, compared to general eternal level existences, variant eternal level existences have an additional thread of growth potential. However——"

  "What's wrong?!" Duan Yue hastily asked.

  Jing Jing paused for a moment, saying: "However, due to the emergence of some variability in the Eternal-level summoning creatures, there may be some abnormal changes. For example, it may have certain strength requirements for the host; or it may have certain usage restrictions; or it may have time limits... In short, this has its pros and cons, and is not something we can grasp."

  Duan Yue's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily as he listened to Jingjing's words. It seemed that this so-called Variable Eternal Summoning Object, although possibly stronger than an Eternal-grade summoning object, also had extremely large usage restrictions. For himself, this was not good news at all.

  At this point, he urgently needs a powerful backer, even if it's not the strongest, as long as they have enough deterrent power. After all, according to the memories left by the tragic man in his mind, although the Duan family is one of the four major families of the Yuanlong Empire, it is absolutely not the top existence on the Divine Martial Continent.

  On the contrary, even if this so-called variant is a nearly invincible super-existence, but it can't be used due to restrictions, then that's a big joke. Even if he took the Reversing Heaven and Earth Great Spirit Pill and ate the Water-attribute Primordial Boundary Pill, he would absolutely not be able to grow into a top-notch expert of the Si family, one of the four great families of the Profound Dragon Empire, in a short period of time.

  Duan Yue's heart was indeed somewhat anxious at this point.

  Jing Jing looked at Duan Yue with curiosity, seemingly not quite understanding Duan Yue's worries. In her mind, this variant Eternal-level summoned creature was a rather powerful existence. The host should be happy to have such a strong summoned creature, so why was he worried instead?

  "Come on, daughter! If it's good fortune, then let's welcome it; if it's bad luck, then we can't avoid it anyway, so let's just go for it!"

  Duan Yue steeled himself, took three steps in two strides, and arrived at the center of the altar. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the white card suspended in mid-air.

  Once again in his heart a prayer, Duan Yue almost all the gods he could think of had been worshipped, finally laid the white card on his palm:

  "Peerless Sword God Ximen Chui Xue: Variant Eternal Grade Summon Character..."

  Haha, brother is here again, click, recommend, collect, move your fingers, I'm so excited!