Iya Continent: Card God

"Is this magic?" Linta was overjoyed as he felt the strange power that had suddenly appeared in his blood and meridians.

Jingong stared in astonishment at the changed Linta, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

"My Latin God!"

Lin Ta looked at everyone with joy, then asked doubtfully, "Is this the right way to cultivate?"

Not long ago, Linta asked each of his companions about magic cultivation. Each person's explanation was different, but the essence was the same: By manipulating the meridians within the body, one absorbs the floating magic power from heaven and earth. This magic power is absorbed and retained within the body. That is cultivation!

The amount and speed at which one can absorb nutrients vary from person to person.

Goblin Bruce Stone has no talent for cultivation and is currently only at the low-level Bronze rank. On the other hand, Shia, at such a young age, is already at the high-level Bronze rank, which shows how talented she is.

Linta had been waiting for the magic-suppressing ring to be removed so he could begin his cultivation. Just now, the moment the magic-suppressing ring was removed, he couldn't wait to start.

"You've really never cultivated before?" Shia asked skeptically.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Goblin Stone was a little confused.

Kim Gon swallowed hard, his bearded man trembling as he said, "Impossible!"

Lin Ta scratched his forehead, puzzled, and said, "What are you talking about? This is my first time cultivating."

Even the usually composed elven girl showed a look of surprise.

"real or fake?"

Jin Gong was greatly shocked, "His first cultivation... and he's already stepped into the low-level Bronze stage?"

"Huh?" Linta understood what they meant. They meant that he, now a low-level bronze mage, was someone who could use magic, just like them.

"Is that so?" Linta felt the magic power in his body again and said with a faint smile, "That's normal. The lowest level of cultivation is just the low-level Bronze."

"This is not normal!" the goblin stone wailed in resentment. "I don't know how many years it took me to store magic within my body. And you succeeded on your very first try!"

"Really?" Linta was somewhat surprised. Several years? It will take several years? Once I absorb it, it becomes part of my body.

Jingong shook his head in disbelief. "Linta, to be honest, this isn't your first time cultivating, is it? You were originally a low-level Bronze, right? If you weren't, why would anyone put a magic-suppressing ring on you! Haha..."

I can't believe it. This is beyond genius. It's outrageous, monstrous. How can someone succeed on their first try? There must be a process involved.

Linta said with a wry smile, "I really am not, but I don't know how to explain it?"

Shia gazed at Linta, silent. Her usually cold eyes were now clear and bright. There was no jealousy, no envy.

Pinecone and Guagua looked on with innocent expressions, unable to comprehend Jingon and the others' emotions. In their minds, Linta was so old, yet he was only at Bronze level, unlike them, who were already at Bronze level at eight or three years old.

Linta believed that his friends' shock was no joke.

Perhaps I am indeed a bit unusual.

Why? Why can a cultivator of such advanced age cultivate so quickly? Could I really be a cultivation genius?

Or is it because of the journey I've been on? These past few days of travel have certainly made me, an ordinary person who transmigrated from the modern world, more resilient and persevering. But is that the main reason? There must be many more people in this world who are even more resilient than me. Those who have trained and honed themselves since childhood. Shia seems to be one of those people.

Cards? The reason for the power of cards?

That's probably it. This miraculous power compensated for the fact that he started cultivating too late. Otherwise, there's no reasonable explanation. This is also why he's different from everyone else.

Therefore, if I want to become stronger, I need to acquire more cards?

"What are you thinking?"

"Huh?" Linta blinked, snapping out of her daze, and looked at Shia who had woken her up. "No, nothing..."

Shia met his gaze with a cold look filled with countless doubts.

Not only him, but Kim Gung also had a lot of doubts.

But they didn't choose to ask too many questions. On the contrary, they themselves were shrouded in mystery.

In this continent of Iya, everyone has their secrets.

……

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

As everyone's magic-suppressing rings were removed, they couldn't help but unleash their own magic power.

"Ow!"

The powerful pine cone was even more ferocious at this moment. Hailing from the Great Forest of the Magic Kingdom of Bino, he had already reached the high-level Bronze rank at the age of eight.

"Gurgle, gurgle!" The little merman, whose body was filled with flowing magic, quacked loudly. Although he was only at the mid-Bronze level, he was only three years old!

"That's the feeling! Hahaha!" Gingon twisted his shoulders, his beard swirling with the release of magic, displaying the strength of a high-ranking Bronze Saint. Although he was in his thirties, dwarves have a much longer lifespan than ordinary humans, and at this age, he was considered young among his tribe. It was just that his appearance couldn't keep him looking young.

Dwarf boys only live for a little over ten years, and for the next two hundred years, they all look the same.

"Den!"

Suddenly, an even stronger surge of magic power erupted, and her silver-white hair flowed freely as the magic power emanated.

The elven girl's chilling aura startled everyone who stared at her, leaving them speechless.

"Could this be...?" Jin Gong stared in shock, his lips trembling.

Linta sensed the magical energy's intensity, which was different from everyone else's, and thought to himself, "Silver...?!"

"You've broken through?" Goblin Stone exclaimed in surprise.

The elven girl, whose magic had been imprisoned for too long by the magic-suppressing ring, broke through to the low-level Silver rank the moment the ring was released. A sixteen-year-old low-level Silver rank cultivator was a top-tier genius in any kingdom.

What was a scene of astonishment and shock to everyone else was as commonplace as drinking water to Shia.

This seems to be something that should be taken for granted.

"Congratulations," Linta said with a smile.

Shia asked, puzzled, "Congratulations? What does that mean?"

Linta then realized that there didn't seem to be a word like "congratulations" in this world. "It just means congratulations, you know?"

Shia nodded slightly, still showing no emotional fluctuation.

"What's the use? It's just silver. Show off when you reach gold." Jin Gong said with a hint of sarcasm, but the joy on his face, his happiness for his friend's strength, was hard to hide.

Instead of confronting her opponent, Shia looked at Linta and said, "I'm leaving."

"Oh." Linta wasn't too surprised.

We've walked together for a while, all to break the magic-suppressing ring. Now that the ring is gone, it's time to go our separate ways.

"Shia, where are you going?" Pinecone asked reluctantly.

Shia glanced at Pinecone and replied, "Hugo Academy."