"Another minion."
When his sight passed the stone pillar, Shi Li frowned slightly.
In front of the lava lake, he saw three stone-eating beast soldiers standing there.
Judging from their attire and size, they are obviously stronger than the group of minions in level 5.
Even the gatekeeper monster in level 8 is slightly inferior.
But strangely, I didn't see the BOSS.
What is eye-catching is that several stone pillars in the lava lake are tied with thick chains.
Even from this distance, he could see strange energy patterns painted on the chains.
It looks like some kind of rune, its purpose and effect are unknown.
"I can't see the boss, so I don't know what it is."
After observing for a few more minutes, I still didn't find any clues.
Finally, Shi Li gave up observing and walked directly to the opposite side.
The minion's warning red circle is right there, just trigger it and you're done.
【Squeak!】x3
As soon as his foot stepped in, the other party immediately roared.
They raised the stone spears in their hands, as if to warn him not to come near.
Buzz!
Then a blue beam of light descended and the card table was spread out.
[Battle 1/2]
Sure enough, a sign appeared above the card table, indicating another split game.
"For the boss battle, let's use the same deck as before."
To be on the safe side, Shi Li put out the lineup that he had used to fight the elites in level 5.
【Great mourning】【Great mourning】【Great mourning】
【Ugly man】【Monkey】【Iron stick】
【Three Flags】【Dancing Girl】【Sword Mantis】
【No position】【Sheep Rabbit】【No position】
Whoosh! x3
Projections of three stone-eating beasts appeared on the card table.
"Hey, hey, not strong at all."
Shi Li saw it and was delighted.
These three cards are exactly the same.
[Forbidden Stone-eating Beast]
Balance, Attack 30, 300/300
[Royal Guards Spear Skills - Passive]: Every time a companion of the Royal Guards Stone Eater attacks the same target, the attack power increases by 5.
To be honest, these three cards are somewhat restraining against [Giant Zombie].
Because it takes up 3 slots, the opponent will focus on it no matter what operation he performs.
This means that each [Royal Guardian Stone Eater] has 30+5+5 attack power.
As usual, the [Giant Zombie] will [defend] first.
【Squeak!】x3
-15, -15, -15
The three stone-eating beasts on the opposite side stabbed at him with spears. This amount of damage was completely acceptable.
Shi Liquan did not use any skills, he just used normal attacks and concentrated fire in conjunction with [Heroic Spirit Attack].
In two rounds, two stone-eating beasts were killed.
Keep the last one with low health and wait for [Sword Dancer] to be fully charged.
It was not until the fifth round, when the [Giant Zombie] had only 120 health points left, that he focused all his cards on it.
While taking away the last stone-eating beast, he also gained a 20-point attack power bonus from [Breakthrough - Victory Certificate★★].
"Very good, basically I am in full strength to fight the BOSS."
He was very satisfied with the situation.
Next, it’s time for the BOSS to appear.
Boom boom...
The entire card table began to shake, and Shi Li even felt like he was about to lose his balance.
The surface of the lava lake was shaking violently, creating waves.
The lava waves hit the lakeside, immediately leaving behind uneven marks of burning.
Crash!
Immediately afterwards, a huge creature that looked like a head emerged from the lava lake.
This guy's body seems to have become homogenous with magma, or rather, its body is originally made of magma.
There is no very detailed outline, it just looks like a mass of magma.
Vaguely, it seems to have eyes and a mouth.
"Lava element?"
When Shi Li saw this appearance, he thought of the elemental life form that had no fixed form.
In short, it doesn't look like a rock-eating beast at all.
【Roar!!!】
Before I had time to see the face of this big guy, I saw its head rising, as if its entire body was trying to crawl out of the lava lake.
Bang!
But it immediately seemed to hit a transparent barrier and its body paused.
Then it will soon be pressed back, with only the head showing.
The chains tied to the stone pillars in the lake must have played a role, as the runes on their surfaces were now glowing.
However, the big guy didn't seem to give up. It seemed to be continuing to exert force, and the ground was still shaking violently.
Crack...!
Shi Li soon saw cracks appearing on the ground near him.
"Something's wrong."
He always felt that things were not that simple.
Sure enough, after a few seconds, the cracks began to appear in two locations.
These two positions are exactly the left and right sides of his first row of cards.
Boom!
Then we saw the ground cracking and two streams of lava spurting out in the shape of columns.
【Ahhh! 】
-120, -120
Two damage points equivalent to the current health of the [Giant Zombie] popped up, and it turned into blue light and was killed instantly.
"ah?"
Shi Li was stunned on the spot.
The action round hasn't even started yet, why are you cheating here?
He had heard that this situation should be considered something similar to a plot-based killing mechanism, and it occasionally appeared in BOSS battles in PVE games.
The next second, two lines of words popped up above the table.
[Battle 2/2]
[The Stone Eater extends its tentacles and takes your place.]
“It’s true.”
This time he got the answer immediately, and he immediately said: "But it turns out that you are the Stone Eater Beast?"
"SHISHISHISHOUSHOU, it's a bit hard to pronounce."
He had heard the name of the Stone Eater Beast in several [incidents].
Unexpectedly, it was the BOSS of the 10th level.
Let’s first look at the information of the two tentacle cards that are closer.
【Stone-eating beast tentacles】
Balance, Attack 100, 500/500
[No Eyes - Passive]: If the target attacked by the Stone Eater's tentacles is [Standing], the target will be lost.
"100 attack points, a false alarm."
"I thought it was another thing that could kill people instantly."
He wiped his forehead.
In other words, as long as your three Amateur Cards remain [Standstill], you won't be attacked, right?
How big of a deal is this?
It is more profitable not to be attacked than to [defend] and be attacked.
After looking at these two tentacles, take a look at the BOSS's face.
【Stone-eating beast】
Balance, Attack 50, 500/500
[Triggered Predation - Passive]: When all enemy cards are [Standstill] away, Stone Eater will dive and become an unselectable target.
Obviously, the BOSS and its two tentacles complement each other.
If the three wild cards are [Still], the BOSS will not appear.
If any of the three wild cards is not [Still], it will be attacked by the tentacles.
"Only 50 attack and 500 health. This guy is useless. He's not even as good as my own tentacles."
"Luckily, I am not yet at level 10, otherwise this boss might become extremely difficult to defeat."
Shi Li felt fortunate.
The reason why I say I’m lucky is because my level is low now, and these monster cards only have one skill.
So what he needs to do is very simple, that is to keep the three foreign cards still to prevent the BOSS from appearing, and then kill the two tentacles for free.
If the opponent has 2 or even 3 skills, then the fight will definitely not be so easy.
So the next strategy is very simple.
The three cards [Ugly Man] + [Monkey] + [Iron Stick] remain still.
【roar?】
At the beginning of the action round, the BOSS swayed left and right and looked around.
It looked like he had very poor eyesight and could not spot the enemy.
[Gurgle gurgle…]
After glancing around a few times, it sank directly back to the bottom of the lava lake, leaving only two tentacles hanging outside.
As for Shi Li's other cards, he continued not using his skills and attacked the two tentacles.
The basic battle rhythm is no different from that of [Battle 1/2].
It's nothing more than the lack of a [Giant Zombie], and the key is that you don't lose any health.
【Puff!】x2
In the end, with the blood line controlled, the two tentacles were killed by Shi Li in the same round.
A new round arrived, and he let [Ugly Man] + [Iron Stick] perform [Defense] to break the stillness.
【Roar! 】
Sure enough, the BOSS rose again from the bottom of the lake.
Then, the round is over.
"Luckily, I was afraid it would summon two more tentacles."
Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief.
It's a bit regrettable that a round was wasted because of it, and the attack power bonus effect of [Break the Momentum - Winner's Certificate★★] is gone again.
But it’s no big deal, just continue attacking in this round.
【Mee-zha-zha~! 】
Sheep and Rabbit rushed out first and stunned the BOSS.
With unlimited control, he has nothing to fear.
In the first round, the boss, who had only 500 health points, lost most of his health.
"This boss is really real. I'm determined to make you my friend."
"When the health is over half, it doesn't trigger the abnormal mode of the transition."
Seeing that the BOSS had not changed, Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief.
"In this way, the battle can be over."
Looking at the poor BOSS with only a little blood left, he repeated the operation from the previous round.
【Roar! 】
The boss, whose health points were completely depleted, wailed and sank to the bottom of the lake.
"It's so easy, even worse than the elite monster in level 5."
"Level 8 small poker players, the benefits are good."
He was overjoyed at the thought that he would be able to pass the level soon and get the first-pass reward and the ten-level reward.
Then the expected convergence of the table did not happen.
“…”
Then an ominous premonition arose.
Sure enough, the surface of the lava lake began to roll again.
【Roar!!!】
The huge body of the BOSS jumped out of the water.
Bang!
This time, the sealing chains could no longer trap it, and they were all broken one by one.
"Fuck you, you just don't want me to get away with it easily, right?"
Shi Li looked at the huge, oppressive figure and muttered complaints.
But no matter how much we complain, we still have to look at the boss's strength.
"???"
When he saw it, he was dumbfounded.
【Stone-eating beast】
Balance, Attack 50, 3000/3000
[Lava Spray - Passive]: Stone Eater attacks 3 rows of targets at once, with [Diffusion] [Full Penetration]
(【Spread】: When attacking a target, cause equal damage to the 1 target adjacent to its left and right)
(【Full Penetration】: When attacking one target, cause equal damage to all targets behind it)
"You can only have one skill, and that one skill has hundreds of different tricks, right?"
Shi Li didn't know how to describe the scheming of this BOSS.
It's so cunning. Whoever makes friends with it will be in trouble.
first.
Because of the additional effects of attacks, the priority of the BOSS's normal attacks is equal to that of its skills.
In other words, my [Kung Fu Sheep and Rabbit] unlimited refill set is useless!
It is true that the BOSS will still be stunned, but the attack will be released at the same time it is stunned, so what is the point of being stunned.
You can stay dizzy, and I will continue to criticize you.
Equivalent to direct offset control.
Secondly.
The accompanying [diffusion] is really excessive.
Attacking the left column will spread to the middle column.
Attacking the center column will spread to the left and right columns.
Attacking the right column will spread to the middle column.
Let’s not consider the defensive measures that can reduce the damage of [Diffusion].
This is equivalent to:
The wild cards in the left column will take 50+50=100 damage.
The wild cards in the middle column will take 50+50+50=150 damage.
The wild cards in the right column will take 50+50=100 damage.
Add to that three rows of [Full Penetration], and all the cards behind, including the Ace, will receive 50 points of damage.
"Is this even fun for us?"
He decided to take back what he had said before about how he had benefits because of his low rank.
In addition, the opponent has 3,000 HP, so he is not someone who can be killed instantly.
Even if he was given ten more cards, he still wouldn't be able to kill him in seconds.
There's no fun.
There is absolutely no fun.
"Balance Messenger, are you there?"
Shi Li, who had given up completely, looked up at the ceiling of the cave and said, "If I surrender, I lose half of my battle. If I admit defeat now, can I just start over from level 5?"
Of course, this is just a joke.
But at least until now, he didn't know how to defeat this BOSS.
"Forget it, this one sucks."
I simply stopped resisting and just took over the management.
"This is only my second time, so there is still a lot of room for trial and error."
Seeing his cards being beaten to a pulp, he recalled Secretary He’s introduction.
[The Way of Balance] A random style will be selected every 10 levels.
But in each style, the final BOSS is the same.
In other words, all the 10 levels I'm going to play now, [Zero Level One] to [Zero Level Ten] will be of cave style.
Then the BOSS of [Zero Level Ten] will be the same BOSS.
Even if you can't win this time, you still have 8 chances later to slowly figure out the strategy.
"But having a fixed BOSS doesn't seem like a good thing."
"I have no idea how to attack this guy who can kill people in one second."
While he was talking to himself, his eyes blurred.
Buzz!
Turning his sight , he found himself back in the pure white space of [Zero Level Zero].
Shi Li simply sat down on the spot and began to think.
"The Ace has 200 HP, and there are empty spaces on both sides of the Ace, so the boss's lava can't touch it."
"My trump card didn't take the [Defense] just now, and I was sprayed to death in 4 rounds."
"That is to say, theoretically, I have at most 4 rounds of attack time."
"But in 4 rounds, even if we don't consider the loss of personnel, how can we take away 3,000 HP?"
"If it's 10 broken, is there hope?"
“It still feels like there’s no hope…”
He felt that if he could get to level 15, there might be hope.
But this condition is too harsh. I haven’t even got 15 inscriptions after completing 9 levels, not to mention that it requires all inscriptions to be broken.
"In fact, this level may not be suitable for [Breaking Power]."
So he decided to change his thinking.
Shi Li believes that he has his own style of playing cards, or the central idea of ​​playing cards, or the motto at the card table.
That is: attack is the best defense.
Of course, this is under the condition that the enemy can be killed directly.
If you are killed by the enemy, then I'm sorry.
My motto is: Only by surviving can you produce results.
In short, the key is to be flexible and act accordingly.
So now, he decided to take a closer look to see which card power could fight against this stone-eating beast.
Forget about [Power of Wisdom] and [Power of Breaking].
The 6 inscriptions of [Power of Wisdom] are fully charged at the beginning, which is meaningless in front of this BOSS.
[Power of Breaking Momentum] has just been proven that it will lead to a bloody massacre.
There are 5 left.
[Violent Force]
[6]: When you have collected 6 Rage Inscriptions, gain the [Rejuvenation] effect.
[10]: Unknown, to be opened
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Rejuvenation]: When the health of your card is less than 50 points, you will receive 20 points of [Healing] once. Each card can only be used once in this game.
This seems ok.
But the problem is that I don’t know whether it will further enhance survivability or increase output capacity when it reaches 10 rages. I don’t know.
And another crucial point is that the BOSS sprays 50 points of blood, which happens to be on the trigger line of [Rejuvenation].
The end result was that the BOSS sprayed twice, the card died, and [Rejuvenation] was not triggered yet.
Let’s try another one.
The mechanics of the boss's first phase are related to stillness.
When it comes to stillness, the first thing that comes to mind is the Wind-Listening System.
【The power of listening to the wind】
[6]: When you have collected 6 Wind Listening Inscriptions, you will gain the [Loyal Listener] effect.
[10]: Unknown, to be opened
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Loyal Listener]: The efficiency of restoring energy when the Listening Wind card is stationary is doubled.
Energy recovery has nothing to do with this boss battle.
【Wind Chaser Power】
[6]: When you have collected 6 Wind-Chasing Inscriptions, you will gain the [Son of the Wind] effect.
[10]: Unknown, to be opened
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Son of the Wind]: When a card [Moves], restore 50% of its maximum health. This function only takes effect once per round. When multiple cards [Move], select one to restore.
He doesn't have a [Move] card, so there's nothing he can do.
[Balanced Power]
[6]: When you have collected 6 Balance Inscriptions in this trip, you can gain the [Balanced Life] effect.
[10]: Unknown, to be opened
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Balanced Life]: All cards share the same life value
This looks good. Sharing health points means that the survival rate of the front-row cards is greatly increased.
But the problem is...the BOSS is a comprehensive AOE player.
Every card is under its care, and shared health is useless.
【The power of determination】
[6]: When you have collected 6 or more Inscriptions of Resoluteness in this row, the first row of cards will gain a 50-point [Shield] effect.
[10]: Unknown, to be opened
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Shield]: Offsets the corresponding amount of damage, does not benefit from any damage reduction, this shield can be stacked
This looks okay. If you gather 10 points of firmness and activate it, it will most likely have the effect of reducing damage.
"It's decided to be you."
In the end, Shi Li chose the [Power of Determination] which was opposite to the previous [Power of Breaking Momentum].
With a brand new mood, he entered [Zero Level One].
2 hours later.
Buzz!
"Oh shit."
He fell to the boss again.
Facts have proved that even if you have a bunch of survival-oriented inscriptions with +6 determination effects, you still can't withstand the outrageous AOE damage of the BOSS.
10 chances, now only 7 left.