Magic Card Era: Infinite Deck Enhancement — Chapter 133

Chapter 133: Lingzhi Blessing—Bound to a Goddess!

[Lingzhi Blessing: A unique, special-type New Moon Blessing obtained by linking with the memory core of Celestine, the tree spirit of the Ancient Spirit God Tree. Increases damage immunity by 30% and life recovery speed by 300%. When life falls below 30%, activates the Lingzhi Shield, resisting all incoming attacks for ten seconds. Both parties can perform two-way summoning without distance or spatial constraints, at zero consumption.]

Luke stared at the glowing text, his breath catching in his throat. Another New Moon Blessing!

This completely shattered his initial expectations. A unique, special-type blessing meant the door was firmly shut behind him—even if other Magic Card Masters entered the Land of the New Moon in the future, the Lingzhi Blessing was permanently off the table.

Cang Fenghua had mentioned that every entrant received a different blessing to prevent duplicates, but this was on an entirely different level. The Midnight Lost Child was already an absurdly powerful trump card for his current stage. Yet, placed next to the Lingzhi Blessing, it almost looked tame.

Thirty percent damage immunity. A three-hundred percent boost to life recovery. And ten seconds of absolute invincibility when pushed to the brink.

This practically turns me into an unkillable cockroach, Luke thought, a grin tugging at his lips. If these modifiers were slapped onto a defensive Magic Card Spirit, it would be hailed as a top-tier divine skill. For a Magic Card Master, personal survival dictated everything. Once the master fell, their spirits dissipated into nothingness, rendering all their power moot.

But the true crown jewel of the Lingzhi Blessing lay in the final line: two-way summoning with Celestine.

Luke rubbed his temples, processing the sheer weight of that clause. Does this mean I’m permanently bound to her? I’m basically carrying a strategic nuclear threat in my back pocket.

“Lingzhi Blessing…”

A soft, ethereal voice pulled him from his thoughts. Celestine drifted closer, her emerald eyes wide with genuine surprise. “Even I didn’t expect you to draw this at the very beginning.”

I didn’t just draw this. I got the Midnight Lost Child, too. Luke kept that detail to himself, a strange sense of amusement bubbling in his chest. She clearly had no idea he had triggered a double blessing.

“The Land of the New Moon was originally a Dimensional Plane,” Celestine explained, her bare feet hovering inches above the ground as she closed the distance between them. “It formed after the world housing the Ancient Spirit God Tree collapsed. Over these long eras, as the tree spirit, I remained here, gathering the broken, incomplete world rules. Those condensed into the memory fragments you see.”

She stopped right in front of him. The faint, intoxicating scent of nature and morning dew washed over him. Tilting her stunning face upward, she met his gaze directly. “As a World Tree, my physical body is a manifestation of those world rules. In a sense, I am a memory fragment myself.”

The newly forged link between them seemed to strip away her usual divine detachment. She spoke softly, offering up her deepest secrets with an unguarded, quiet trust.

Luke raised an eyebrow. “So, when other Magic Card Masters draw memory fragments, they actually have a chance to pull the Lingzhi Blessing?”

“Technically, yes.” Celestine gave a slight nod. “But my memory core is far more complete than the scattered fragments. Combined with the innate properties of the World Tree, no ordinary person could ever link to it. Under normal circumstances, not even experts in the Undying Realm or Sovereign realm could touch my core.”

Her delicate brows knit together, a rare flash of confusion breaking her serene expression. “In fact, this possibility shouldn’t even exist. Why were you able to do it?”

“Beginner’s luck, maybe?” Luke offered a casual shrug. He knew perfectly well the system was the invisible hand tipping the scales, but he wasn’t about to spill his greatest secret.

“It does seem that way.” Surprisingly, Celestine accepted the excuse without a second thought. After watching him pull a literal ocean of golden fragments from the memory gap, she had already accepted that his luck defied all logic.

Luke swallowed a laugh. The ancient, all-powerful tree spirit was unexpectedly naive. It was cute.

“You mentioned you’ve been staying here this whole time,” Luke said, shifting the topic.

Forming a Dimensional Plane took an unfathomable amount of time. Even if he didn’t know her exact age, the sheer span of eras she had existed here was terrifying. To sit in this lifeless, empty void for millennia… Luke knew he would have lost his mind.

“I was born as the tree spirit of the Ancient Spirit God Tree,” she replied softly. “My roots are tied to the Land of the New Moon. Because of that, I have lived here since the beginning.”

When she first gained consciousness, the plane was entirely devoid of life. No one to speak to, nothing to see. She hadn’t cared much at first. Even when Magic Card Masters began entering annually to claim their blessings, she remained hidden, only interacting through the massive trunk of the Ancient Spirit God Tree.

She had only revealed herself today because Luke had brazenly targeted her main body.

“Is that so?” Luke looked at her, a sudden idea taking root. “Then… do you want to leave? To see the outside world?”

With the Lingzhi Blessing, he could summon her anywhere, anytime. If she was willing, he didn’t mind acting as a tour guide for a lonely goddess.

“Can I?” Celestine tilted her head, her eyes shimmering with a sudden, intense curiosity. As the anchor of the blessing, she understood the mechanics of the two-way summon. She had never harbored a burning desire to leave, but presented with the actual choice, the prospect of seeing a living, breathing world was intoxicating.

“I don’t know for sure,” Luke admitted, offering a slight smile. “But if we don’t try, we’ll never know.”

Celestine held his gaze for a long moment, the quiet intimacy of the empty plane pressing in around them. “Then I will wait for you,” she whispered.

Is it already the next day?

The moment Luke stepped out of the spatial distortion and returned to the Magic Card Civilization Main Plane, the warm, amber light of dusk spilled across his face. He had entered the Land of the New Moon in the dead of night. For the sun to be setting now, he must have been inside for over twenty-four hours.

Crack.

The New Moon Token in his hand suddenly fractured, splitting cleanly down the middle before crumbling into dust. A built-in security measure, ensuring it could only be used once.

Luke dusted off his hands, a deep sense of satisfaction settling into his bones. This trip had been a monumental success.

He had unlocked the hidden effects of the system’s second permission, secured two top-tier New Moon Blessings, and bound himself to Celestine—an entity whose true power ceiling was entirely unknown. No other Magic Card Master in history could boast a haul like this.

A loud, hollow growl interrupted his thoughts.

Luke pressed a hand to his stomach. He hadn’t eaten a single bite in over a day. The Midnight Lost Child could refresh his physical state, but the cooldown wasn’t up yet.

“Food first,” he muttered.

After a quick, refreshing wash in the bathroom to scrub away the lingering tension of the dimensional trip, Luke headed downstairs to hunt for a meal.