Chapter 26: Obtaining the Contract Card

"Listen to me, you should also be aware of the current market situation in the trading field. The price of a common Blue Stone Two-Star Card is only around 50 card points."

"Your Contract Card is indeed quite rare, but that's only if it's bundled with Battle Pet Eggs for sale to achieve the maximum profit. Selling them separately, in fact, the price isn't even as good as other rare Azurestone Cards. Right now, I don't want the Battle Pet Egg, 60 card points is already quite high."

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Seeing that Gu Ran spoke confidently and convincingly, the vendor subconsciously nodded his head, finding himself unable to refute at the moment.

After hesitating for a while, he finally nodded in agreement.

The two Contract Cards were actually obtained by him along with two War Beast eggs, as drops from that first Black-Backed Ape. He used the first card shortly after getting it to sign a contract with a Black-Backed Ape Battle Pet Egg.

However, he soon discovered that the Black-Backed Ape wasn't very powerful. At the same level, it was slightly weaker than the roaming Dark Skeletons outside.

With this realization, he held off on using the second Contract Card, originally planning to wait until he obtained a higher quality, more dominant Battle Pet Egg in the future.

But after entering this trading convention, the various card fragments dazzled him. If he could collect enough fragments to obtain one or two complete cards, it would greatly improve his strength. The only premise was needing enough card points.

He had already been somewhat tempted before, and now, seeing that Gu Ran's offered price was indeed not low, he gave it some careful thought and agreed.

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Once the trade was confirmed, Gu Ran quickly saw the other Contract Card in the vendor's hand. Since it hadn't yet been bound to a battle pet, the attributes of this Contract Card were different from the last one.

[Limestone Card•Contract Card]

[Quality: Green Stone Two Stars (Rare)]

[Contracted Battle Pet: None]

[Passive: Equipping this card, once successful in contracting a battle pet, you will be able to summon the contracted battle pet at will to fight alongside you. (Passive does not consume card points)

Note: Battle pets possess resurrection abilities, but their level and aptitude decrease with each death. To resurrect again, you must wait twenty-four hours and also consume a certain amount of the contractor's card points.

Note 2: Battle pets have growth capabilities, they can improve by absorbing the source energy from fighting alongside their master or by consuming the flesh and essence of monsters.

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[Active (Battle Pet Contract): Consume 1 card point to initiate a contract attempt with a specified unit (including but not limited to ferocious beasts, Battle Pet Eggs, elemental creatures, etc.), the unit will become the card bearer's battle pet upon successful contract. (Cooldown 10 minutes)

Note 1: The success rate of the contract is affected by the state, strength, and life order of the unit being contracted. The worse the state, the weaker the strength, or the lower the life order, the higher the chance of success, and vice versa.

Note 2: After a successful contract, this active ability will disappear. The card bearer can choose one skill or divine ability from the contracted battle pet's repertoire to serve as the new active ability for this card. The card points needed to activate the new active ability depend on the specific attributes of that ability.]

After reviewing the card attributes, Gu Ran immediately understood why the vendor had kept it, rather than contracting the remaining Black-Backed Ape Battle Pet Egg.

In a nutshell, the Black-Backed Ape Battle Pet was of too low quality, and its abilities were not impressive—they were not desirable.

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Gu Ran deeply agreed with this. If he didn't choose a creature with either special survival abilities or strong offensive capacities to contract, it would be too wasteful of the opportunity to freely select a new active ability for the Contract Card.

Storing the card in his mind's card catalog, Gu Ran truly began to wander around leisurely this time. He had only 40 card points left in his catalog, which just met the minimum baseline needed to sustain a full-force battle.

Any less than that would make one feel restricted and incapable of exerting their strongest power.

He couldn't afford to misuse them anymore.

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Time quickly passed by, and the duration of this first trade convention was drawing to a close.

Around 4 p.m. on September 29, the black figure Gu Ran played reappeared in the trading space.

This time, he stood suspended in midair, looking down as he reappeared before everyone's eyes. Amidst their upward gaze, his indifferent voice soon echoed.

"Now I announce, this trade convention is officially over. The next one will be held in thirty days. I hope to see you all here again at that time. Lastly, thank you once again for your trust!"

No sooner had his voice faded than Gu Ran waved his hand, and then everyone in the trading space felt enveloped by a sensation of weightlessness. When they came to, they found themselves back where they had been before entering.

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In the trading space, the black figure that had stood suspended disappeared. Gu Ran rotated his body back around, but before he could do anything, the feeling of weightlessness struck him swiftly.

Clearly, as the trading space was about to vanish, he, the controller, was also expelled from the space.

Back at home, Gu Ran's body reappeared on the living room sofa. After ensuring no monsters had intruded into his home, the next second, he eagerly gathered all his thoughts into the card catalog in his mind.

The first thing that emerged was the amount of card points available in his lifebound card catalog.

In the ten-plus hours after trading that "Contract Card," a few newcomers had appeared sporadically, though not many. His card points now totaled 56.

Seeing this number, Gu Ran thought for a moment, and ultimately, he pulled out the Red Copper Card "Hundred Card Set" from his lifebound card catalog.

[Do you confirm the activation of the "Card Drawing" ability at the cost of 20 card points? There is currently only one miracle refreshed in the card set, so choose carefully!!]

Hearing the mechanical voice in his ear, Gu Ran gritted his teeth and finally agreed.

"Confirmed!"

As 20 card points were deducted from the card catalog, Gu Ran also felt a surge of energy pouring into his right hand. This energy, radiating golden light, eventually turned his entire right hand into a golden hand.

Seeing this, he didn't hesitate, thrusting his right hand forward and sweeping it across the displayed card set. The next second, the lone card image on the set vanished and materialized as an actual card in Gu Ran's hand.

And with the drawing of this card, the "Hundred Card Set" immediately turned dull, entering a state where it couldn't be activated and would have to wait until the 7th of the next month to be used again.

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