Evolution game, nothing more than that!

The second card has a more abstract surface, a distorted darkness.

Looking at its name again, I realized that this is a skill card - [Skill Card: Shadow Manipulation].

Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this is an ability to control shadows. It is most likely one of the many vampire powers that Dracula has used. It’s just that the evolution game has separated it out and turned it into a skill that even non-vampires can use.

Looking at the last card, this time the card is easy to understand - a vampire with bared fangs standing in the sun.

Considering the subsequent plot developments he had just seen, Yi Shen had almost guessed what it was.

Looking at its name again, it turned out to be——[Bloodline Card: Daywalker]

It is the bloodline of the half-human, half-vampire Daywalker.

Seeing this card, Yi Shen and Sakurajima Mai both looked at Yamasaki An.

The latter noticed the gazes of the two and was stunned:

"What are you guys looking at me for?"

"Well, nothing much, I just think you're very suitable for this bloodline card."

Yi Shen said this.

"Eh? Give me this bloodline card?"

Yamasaki An was delighted at first, but then she shook her head repeatedly.

"No, no, I didn't contribute much to this mission. Such a precious card shouldn't be given to me. It should be left to you!"

"You can't say that!"

Sakurajima Mai waved her hand and said:

"Don't underestimate yourself. If it weren't for your airdrop gun summoning a transport plane, we wouldn't have reached Dracula's castle so quickly. Just for this alone, you've made a huge contribution. And among the three of us, you're the only one with a fragile body. This bloodline card just makes up for your weakness!"

"This……"

Yamasaki Xing couldn't help but look at Yi Shen.

The latter also nodded and said:

"Ma Yi's point is exactly what I mean. What you lack most right now is a physical enhancement bloodline like this. Giving it to you will fill the shortest gap in the team. Don't refuse it!"

"...Okay, then I'll accept it..."

Yamasaki An pursed her lips and finally accepted her teammates' kindness.

One card has already been assigned a home, and the remaining two will soon be decided.

"This Van Helsing character card belongs to me, and the shadow manipulation skill card is yours, Mai!"

Yi Shen said this.

"you sure?"

Sakurajima Mai looked at the other person.

Although this shadow manipulation skill card is just a skill, just by taking a quick look at its description, you can understand that it is actually an entire power system of shadow power.

As long as it is strengthened, whether it is controlling the shadow to materialize for attack or defense, or escaping into the shadow to become invisible and teleport, none of them are a problem. It just depends on whether the user has the imagination and ability to develop it.

As for Van Helsing's character card... although it is theoretically a more valuable type of card, in terms of power improvement, it is really far behind.

"Of course I'm sure."

Yi Shen said:

"Unlike you, I'm probably planning to become a spellcaster from now on. Van Helsing's knowledge of the occult is much more important to me than simply gaining another supernatural power."

"…Okay, if you insist."

Seeing this, Sakurajima Mai didn't say anything more.

After all, Yi Shen's decision is indeed the most appropriate.

As an assassin, she has become even more powerful after acquiring the skill of shadow manipulation. Coupled with the powerful strength and immortality bestowed by her alien bloodline, she has no shortcomings in attack, defense, and survival.

As for Yi Shen, I hope he can indeed gain enough strength from Van Helsing’s knowledge!

Chapter 113 Collective Upgrade

crackling-

Arcs of electricity flickered in Yi Shen's hands.

However, unlike the previous purple, this time, the lightning in his hand showed a bright white color.

Even if you perceive it carefully, you can find that these white arcs emit a sacred aura similar to holy light.

"Finally it worked!"

Looking at the special lightning in his hand, Yi Shen breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his efforts during this period of time were not in vain.

It was already half a month after the last mission was completed.

During these two weeks, Yi Shen changed his previous study schedule and focused on studying his lightning elemental power.

The focus of his research is not anything else, but the "property change" of lightning!

This was an idea that came to him during his last mission.

Although his lightning elemental power is very useful and can be used for fighting, resisting, and healing, it reveals a huge shortcoming in the confrontation with magical creatures like vampires - it is not targeted.

Although lightning is extremely yang and strong, and theoretically has the power to suppress evil, Yi Shen's lightning elemental power is not true heavenly thunder. When it comes to dark creatures like vampires that have extremely tenacious vitality and only rely on special attacks, it often takes a long period of continuous attacks to wear away their vitality. However, if it is replaced with targeted holy water or silver, it only takes a few seconds to achieve the same effect.

So much so that when he later fought against Dracula, he had to actively destroy the weapon in his hand and integrate the silver in it into his own lightning in order to inflict effective damage to the opponent.

This undoubtedly made Yi Shen realize that his power was still missing something - attributes!

It is not a basic attribute like thunder and lightning, but a higher level, more abstract attribute like sacredness and evil.

If it was the Yi Shen of the past, due to his lack of knowledge of mysticism, he would be helpless even if he knew he had such a flaw.

But fortunately, the reward given for this mission solved the problem.

After using Van Helsing's character card, Yi Shen directly obtained all the knowledge of this exorcist master who is proficient in the occult.

After just a little thought, he immediately came up with a way to give his lightning "attributes".

In fact, it is very simple. It is just the injection of will. Just like he injected his "protective" will into the thunder element in the past to form a shield, and injected the "healing" will to create healing skills, he also only needs to inject the "holy" will into the thunder element, and he can naturally transform it into the evil-breaking thunder with eternal "holy" attributes.

Of course, it is very simple to say, but the difficulty lies in how to turn your will into a "sacred" attribute?

This is not a relatively concrete idea like "protection" or "healing", but a more abstract and metaphysical concept.

And from Van Helsing's knowledge, Yi Shen got the answer - visualization, which can also be called meditation.

Yes, it is a kind of spiritual training method that is common in both Eastern Buddhism and Western mysticism. By constantly sketching and imagining certain specific things in the mind, one's own spirit is constantly strengthened and purified, and eventually transcends the mundane world.

Among these, visualizing the image of the gods is the most common practice. With day-after-day visualization, the image of the gods outlined in the mind becomes more and more real and detailed. While the visualizer's heart grows stronger, he will unconsciously move closer to the various qualities possessed by this god.

——Because what is being visualized is not just the appearance of the deity, but also the various concepts, stories, and attributes corresponding to this deity. These will all be unconsciously integrated into the human heart through the subconscious during the visualization process, gradually changing the visualizer's spirit.

However, Yi Shen does not really need to visualize himself as a devout believer of a certain god. He only needs to use the form of "visualization" to temporarily change the attributes of his will.

Following the method in Van Helsing's memory, by visualizing the scene of the Son of God Jesus suffering on the cross for half a month, Yi Shen was finally able to temporarily give his spiritual will the concept of "holy", and then inject it into the elemental force, which naturally became the bright white "holy thunder" mentioned above.

This attribute is not fixed. As long as he stops visualizing, the "sacred" will fade away, and the released lightning will naturally turn back into ordinary lightning elemental force.

And if he changes the object of visualization, such as Buddha, then perhaps what he visualizes is "Buddha's light and divine thunder". Visualizing the image of Taoist Thunder God may be closer to the orthodox Taoist "Thunder Method".

This made his power extremely versatile. When he encountered other enemies in the future who were only vulnerable to special attacks of corresponding attributes, he could flexibly switch the objects of visualization to create targeted restraining forces, so that he would not have to spend 100% of his effort to achieve 1% of the effect like when fighting Dracula.

"Hmm... In other words, your lightning before, Yi Jun, was only considered a 'physical attack', but now it has become a 'magical attack'?"

This was the evaluation made by Mai Sakurajima after seeing Yi Shen's results.

"That's certainly true."

Yi Shen nodded, thinking that this statement was very correct.

Although he used to be like a magic master who could unleash thunder and lightning with just a raise of his hand, he was actually just a person with super powers like Misaka Mikoto. The thunder and lightning he used - at least when attacking - was completely a physical attack, with almost no "mystery" in it.

But now it is different. With the attributes obtained through visualization, his lightning has truly become a kind of "magic", with targeted special attacks against mysterious enemies.

"Let's not talk about me anymore. How are you two? Are you familiar with your new powers?"

Yi Shen asked the two girls in front of him.

——Like him, Yamasaki An and Sakurajima Mai, who had gained new powers, had also been adapting to their new enhancements in the past half month.

"As for me, I feel like I've basically adapted to it."

Yamasaki An said:

"Although it was a little hard to control my strength at first, and I often broke things, but now it's no problem!"

Yi Shen nodded after hearing this.

Her problem was indeed not serious. Physical enhancement has always been the fastest to adapt. After all, people are born with the ability to control their own bodies. Even if there are some minor changes, it will take a few days to adapt.

He turned his gaze towards Mai Sakurajima.

The latter said:

"I'm almost familiar with the characteristics of shadow power, but the skill card only gives me the most basic sensing and control of shadow power. If I want to develop specific moves that can be used in actual combat, I'm afraid it will take some time."

"As for developing moves... you can refer to those anime and games. There should be a lot of ready-made templates there, such as the shadow secret technique in "Fire Ninja" and the shadow step in "Magic World"."

Yi Shen offered his own suggestions regarding Mai Sakurajima's problem.

"In fact, I've already started doing that."

Sakurajima Mai said this.

In the past half month, in addition to practicing her new abilities, she spent most of her free time looking through the setting collections of various anime and games, looking for inspiration that she could use.

However, even if you find inspiration, turning it into a truly usable move is still not something that can be accomplished overnight. The specific way of energy flow and the various changes that will occur when the skills are moved into reality all require time to sort out one by one.

Chapter 114: Vampires in the Festival

"By the way, there's a festival in the city today. Do you want to go shopping together tonight?"

After discussing business matters for a while, Yamasaki An made this suggestion.

"A local festival? It would be nice to go and see it!"

Sakurajima Mai showed an expression of approval.

Although it felt good to be immersed in strength development, after a long time, she really wanted to take a break and clear her mind.

Moreover, she hasn't experienced festivals for a long time since she started performing. Now that she is finally free from the cage, it seems that she can regain the fun she lost in her childhood!

The two girls who agreed with each other looked at each other, then turned to look at Yi Shen together.

Seeing this, the latter shrugged his shoulders, naturally there was no reason to refuse:

"Okay, let's go!"

So, that was settled.

……

It was soon evening, and when Yi Shen saw the two girls again, they had changed into very classic yukata kimonos.

The bright fabric is decorated with patterns of flowers, birds and fireworks, showing the vitality of young girls.

Moreover, even the kimono, a garment that does not show off one's body shape at all, still cannot conceal the outstanding figures of the two girls, which are pure yet sexy and seductive.

“Swoosh~↗↘”

Yi Shen couldn't help but whistle to express his admiration for the beautiful scenery before him.

Sakurajima Mai couldn't help but rolled her eyes:

"Okay, stop joking, it's almost time, let's go!"

As he said that, he took Yamasaki An's hand and walked towards the street where the festival was taking place.

Yi Shen followed the two of them, consciously taking on the responsibility of protecting the flowers - although from a practical point of view, these two beautiful "delicate flowers" did not need his protection at all. In terms of strength, they were both carnivorous plants that could easily kill all the people on the entire street!

Along the way, you can see many men and women wearing bright clothes walking together, all of whom are here to participate in the festival.

However, even among so many people, Yi Shen and his group are still quite eye-catching.