【Demon Card: Defiance】
【Defiance: Intersect with Demons】
【Demon: Gaze upon Defiance】
【...: Formed from Demon Card: Corruption, after being processed, shattered, and transformed by an unknown ability, creating a unique Demon Card that is absolutely one-of-a-kind】
【？？？: "Corruption" should have granted the Demon Card holder a special ability, allowing them to enter a Demon King transformation state. Now, it will never appear because... You don't need transformation—you are already the king of demons. Do you truly possess the loyalty of demons?】
【What strange loyalty...】
【XXX: Intersect: You can use any demonic abilities you possess.】
【XXX: Gaze: Summon the Defiance Demon.】
Defiance?
"It was originally supposed to be Corruption? What's going on here?"
Ye Qiyan carefully recalled everything that had happened since coming into contact with this Demon Card.
It seemed.
During that time when he entered the dream illusion.
His talent, Sublimation, had been used once unconsciously.
And the target was actually this Demon Card?
This was strange.
He tentatively tried using his other Demon Cards—they still couldn't be sublimated. He didn't know how much he needed to improve before he could attempt it.
But...
Ye Qiyan pulled up his personal information.
【Stamina: 164】【Spirit: 209 (Witness Truth and Falsehood)】
Stamina was consumed from climbing stairs, but spirit...
Ye Qiyan clearly remembered his spirit was previously at its maximum value.
Meaning, just now, his spirit had decreased by one point.
And it was this single point that transformed this Demon Card, which should have been named 【Corruption】, into 【Defiance】?
"Did you do something?"
He lifted his shirt.
The tiny Dream Eater Juvenile was listlessly clinging to his chest.
As if it had just gone through a terrifying battle.
It gently nibbled on Ye Qiyan's clothes, then fell into deep sleep.
【Dream Eater Juvenile (Dormant)】
【All its power has been exhausted. If you rest more, it will recover faster】
"...So it was because of the Dream Eater after all?"
Ye Qiyan took a deep breath.
Looking at the Demon Cards still circling around him, he placed this card named Defiance into the ring as well.
"Since there's still some cooldown time before navigation can be used, I might as well test its power here."
"Let's start with the first one."
【Defiance】 activated.
Ye Qiyan instantly saw several threads of different colors connecting from the Demon Card to him.
He touched the black one.
That was the color representing Death Omen.
The next moment, Death Omen transformed into black raven light patterns that attached to the back of his hand.
Ye Qiyan could feel that he could use all the abilities of both the Raven Demon and the Demon Ravens.
"The cost is only 10 spirit points? That's surprisingly low."
"Let's try Red Tears next."
Defiance switched.
The light patterns on the back of his hand changed into interlocking red shapes.
The moment Ye Qiyan's eyes connected with Red Tears, they turned crimson.
Looking up at the ceiling, even though they were in an underground space, cumulonimbus clouds appeared at that moment.
Unlike with Death Omen, he could still summon Red Tears.
"Quite useful. Now let's try the next one—summoning the Defiance Demon? What will it look like?"
He deactivated Defiance and activated the second ability.
A black inverted cross with a shattered crown appeared in mid-air.
Beneath it, an equally broken throne shone in mutual reflection.
The moment it appeared.
The surrounding air resonated with sorrowful yet stirring symphony music.
"Pretty cool, but is it just decoration?"
Ye Qiyan issued various commands to test it.
He eventually concluded that this thing had no attack methods.
But after being summoned, all of Ye Qiyan's demon companions' abilities were enhanced to varying degrees.
"A support ability specifically for demons?"
"Interesting."
Having figured out Defiance's abilities, Ye Qiyan stretched and looked around, unable to suppress the upward curve of his lips.
Bewitchment, Death Omen, Red Tears, Arrogance, Gluttony, and now this newest Defiance.
Six already.
He now possessed six Demon Cards!
Moreover, he even knew that a certain Train Conductor in the Hanging Gardens had another Demon Card.
He wondered if it had reached that charlatan Zhu Xingshu yet.
He was getting closer and closer to collecting the complete Demon Sequence.
"Speaking of which, this time the Demon Card directly provided ability descriptions? And what are these XXX markers?"
He directed the questions to the system but received no response.
Ye Qiyan shook his head and decided not to overthink it.
When the one-hour navigation cooldown finally ended, he put away all card sequences and began navigation.
He opened his eyes, awakening from the gentle state.
Ye Qiyan had returned to his train's locomotive section.
Lisette was already waiting there.
WALL-E and Eve, who had returned on his command, rushed over to him.
"Alright, alright~ I'm perfectly fine. Hey, we got quite the haul~"
Indeed, they had gained plenty—treasure chests, various resources. For a mere level five station...
Aside from fragments of the Blasphemy Card, what could be more precious than an actual card sequence?
"Time to depart. Oh right, I wonder how Zhao Lin and the others ended up."
He checked the time—about two hours had passed since obtaining the Demon Card.
That meant among those Train Conductors like Zhao Lin, some should have reached the time when they needed to leave this station.
In this low-level station, he had experienced what it felt like to be a station BOSS.
He designed a trial that was purely for fun.
In the end, the winner would undoubtedly be Zhao Lin.
What rewards she would obtain had nothing to do with Ye Qiyan.
Time to depart.
The tracks extended, the train roared.
Ahead, the void appeared.
The moment they returned to the wasteland.
The system broadcast sounded.
【Ding—Completed additional system-assigned task】
【Task reward obtained: 21 Train Coins】
Such a simple and unadorned reward.
For a level five station, there wasn't much to complain about.
When the world outside the train windows returned to the wasteland.
Ye Qiyan leaned back in his seat, and on the system interface before him.
Zhao Lin's friend avatar was blinking with light.
Clearly, this lucky girl probably had plenty of questions she wanted answered.
Zhao Lin: ["Brother Qiyan, are you okay?"]
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