"It seems like [Power of Determination] isn't working either. What should I do?"
Sitting on the floor of the pure white space, Shi Li was lost.
Director Xiu and the others definitely know how to defeat this BOSS, but they can’t go out to ask for strategies in the middle of the dungeon.
It’s a pity that there are too many bosses in [Way of Balance], and they can’t explain the strategies one by one before you come in.
Moreover, the director of the show even said that she couldn't reveal any spoilers because it was for the fun of "opening up new areas".
Shi Li even went to ask the Messenger of Balance just now, but it was obvious that guy would not tell him the strategy even if he knew.
"This time, I only collected 7 Inscriptions of Determination."
"But the survivability is already very good, and it can only last a few more rounds."
"There's simply not enough time to kill the BOSS."
"If it's the right 6 firmness + the right 6 breaking momentum, I think it might work."
"But I think such an inscription combination cannot be put together in just 9 levels."
When you select a certain [Power of Card], the chance of the corresponding inscription appearing will increase.
Therefore, it is possible to obtain a large number of inscriptions of one series, but it is not very realistic to obtain a large number of inscriptions of two series.
"Why don't we keep trying and see if we can get 10 determinations?"
After thinking for a while, he decided to try again.
2 hours later.
Buzz!
"top."
Shi Li appeared in the pure white space again.
This time, he collected 10 Inscriptions of Determination.
The next stage illustration of [Power of Determination] was successfully opened.
【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]: When you have collected 10 Steadfast Inscriptions, you will gain the [Steady Protection] effect.
[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
[Steady Protection]: When a card accumulates [Defense] for 3 times, the card gains [Barrier]
([Barrier]: Offsets the maximum damage of 1 damage in this round)
[Barrier] This effect is somewhat similar to [Shield] but not entirely.
Both of them offset damage, but [Shield] offsets the amount of damage, while [Barrier] offsets the number of times of damage.
And it only has to do with damage, and has nothing to do with the special effects that come with the damage. The control and debuffs will still hit.
However, even with [Solid Protection] it was still useless.
I still can’t withstand the damage from the BOSS, and I still can’t kill all of the BOSS’s health.
"Forget it, let's try [Berserk Power]."
10 Being firm won’t work, Shi Li can only change his thinking again.
2 hours.
Buzz!
"top!"
[Violent Force] Try again.
2 hours.
Buzz!
"top!"
Change it to [Power of Listening to the Wind] and see.
2 hours.
Buzz!
"top!"
Change to [Balanced Power].
2 hours.
Buzz!
The copy opportunity has been reduced to 7 times, and now there are 3 left.
But when Shi Li reappeared in the pure white space at this time, he was a little stunned.
“…Huh?”
Because this time, there seems to be progress.
He seemed to have finally discovered the key to defeating this BOSS.
"But I was killed so quickly just now that I didn't have time to see the new cards."
"Speaking of which, the strategy for this BOSS is a bit disappointing..."
There are still 3 copies left, and I finally found the strategy, which is something to be thankful for.
"Three chances of trial and error should be enough."
“I didn’t expect that the answer to cracking the [Way of Balance] would actually be the [Power of Balance].”
“Yes, that’s balanced.”
Selecting [Power of Balance] again, he stepped into the portal.
[Zero level one], it went quite smoothly.
Not only do I have a lot of balance points, I also got 3 balance inscriptions.
[Balance - Balanced Attack★]: Your Balance Card's Attack Power +2
[Balance - Balance★]: HP of your Balance card +5
[Balance - Middle Power★]: Each round, the foreign card in the middle column of your team gains 10 points of [Shield] (this shield cannot be stacked)
"This is a sure thing. I can definitely get the Balance 6 Inscription."
According to previous experience, if you can get 3 inscriptions in the first level, then it will not be difficult to get 6 inscriptions.
Looking at the [Battle] and [Event] in front of him, Shi Li confidently chose [Event] this time.
Although the things given by [Events] are few, sometimes they are of very high quality.
He had obtained spell cards and 3-star inscriptions in the [Event].
Buzz!
As you step into the portal, the surrounding scene begins to change.
In the not very spacious cave, a group of rock-eating beasts were watching something.
There are no red halos under their feet, so they are neutral in this map.
"Turn one! Turn one! Turn one!"
Shi Li could even understand what the other person was saying.
When I got closer, I found that they were surrounding a large vertical turntable.
There are many options divided into small grids on the turntable.
"Let me show you my luck!"
I saw a stone-eating beast walk up to the turntable and turn it around with great spirit.
Da da da da da…!
The dial spun rapidly, and the pointer kept hitting the option grids on the dial, making a series of noises.
Da...da...da...da...da...
Finally, the pointer slowed down and stopped at a grid.
【Stone Eater】
Most of the grids on this turntable have this word.
"Haha! You picked me!"
A stone-eating beast nearby raised its arms and cheered, "That's great. I've been disliking you for a long time!"
As soon as it finished speaking, it started to wrestle with the rock-eating beast that was turning the turntable.
The other rock-eating beasts watched the show with great interest and cheered.
"New here, do you want to take a look around too?"
At this time, a stone-eating beast looked at Shi Li.
"OK."
Shi Li did not refuse and walked straight to the turntable.
He knew that [the incident] was about to begin.
First take a closer look at the options on the dial.
[Stone-eating beast][Stone-eating beast][Stone-eating beast][History-eating beast][Stone-eating beast][Stone-eating beast]…
As mentioned before, most of the options on the dial are the same.
It seems that as long as you switch to the [Stone Eater], a [Battle] will occur.
"Uh, it seems like something different has gotten mixed in."
Shi Li chose to skip a certain strange option and look at a few other special ones.
There are a few other special options on the wheel:
[2-star inscription 3 choose 1] x2
[3-star inscription 3 choose 1] x1
[Choose 1 from 3 Spell Cards] x1
[3-star inscriptions 9 choose 3] x0.01
【Unknown Adventure】x1
x0.01 means that the grid is very, very small.
Any 3-star inscription is very useful, even if it is not the power of card you choose.
However, Shi Li knew that with his luck, there was basically no possibility of switching to [3-star inscription 9 choose 3].
"bring it on."
Without giving it any more thought, he turned the big wheel.
Da da da da da…!
The roulette wheel spun rapidly again, and the collision sound of the pointers attracted the attention of the surrounding rock-eating beasts. They stopped watching the boring fight and turned their attention to it.
Da...da...da...da...da...
Eventually the pointer moved slower and slower and began to show signs of stopping.
"Oh, I knew it."
Seeing the pointer pass over [3-star inscription 9 choose 3], Shi Li shook his head.
The momentum shown by the current pointer is not enough to go around and return to this ultra-narrow grid.
And in front of the turning direction is a large group of [Stone-eating Beasts], and there is not a single good thing.
"Get ready for battle. "
Shi Li sighed secretly.
Da...da...da!
The pointer seemed to stop on one of the [Stone Eaters].
"Ooooh! It's me! I want to fight!"
Among the group of rock-eating beasts, someone cheered.
As a result, before it finished speaking, the pointer jumped another space.
clatter!
"Hahaha! It's me!"
Another rock-eating beast was eager to try.
But the pointer turned again firmly.
clatter!
"You bunch of rubbish, it's me! His opponent is me!"
clatter!
"Neither of you! I won, hahahaha!"
Da! Da! Da!
However, the pointer seemed to stop every time it reached a certain point, causing the stone-eating beasts to cheer one after another.
But all their joy was in vain, because the pointer was always forced to move down one notch by some invisible external force.
"What is this, cheating or cheating?"
Shi Li noticed something was wrong.
But he didn't understand what was going on.
Finally, the pointer moved forward forcefully and stopped at [Unknown Adventure].
"..., now what are the intentions?"
Before Shi Li could finish his words, he felt that the entire space and time around him began to shake.
The sounds of the surrounding stone-eating beasts disappeared in an instant.
Instead, lines of text appeared clearly before my eyes.
【Unknown Adventure No. 15 Trigger】
[You feel the space vibrate and travel to a temporary unstable space]
[There is a tempting voice coming from afar]
"Give me everything you have in exchange... Koubo."
[Ding Dong! ]
You are faced with the following choices:
[1. Agree to the other party, hand over all inscriptions, and obtain 1000 balance points]
[2. Reject the other party and get two inscription selection rewards]
"Is this the charm of [Event]? Love it."
Shi Li, who was originally confused, now had bright eyes.
No matter which of these two options you choose, you will make money.
Especially now that I have just passed the first level and only obtained 3 inscriptions.
If you can get 1000 equilibrium points, it will be a big profit.
This wealth will probably be enough to strengthen all the inscriptions at the Messenger of Balance later.
However, it just so happens that these three inscriptions are all the balanced inscriptions that I need, which makes it a bit difficult to give up.
"Thinking about it carefully, it would be safer to choose 2."
After thinking for a moment, he made a decision.
So I stretched out my finger and wanted to press option 2.
As a result, at this moment, the mutation occurred again.
You encountered turbulence
【Please￥……@&&＊#】
The second line of text turned directly into garbled characters.
"Turbulence?"
This made him pause.
When I first met the Messenger of Balance, he seemed to have mentioned this.
What did the other party say at that time?
When shuttling, you may sometimes encounter turbulence?
If you accidentally encounter turbulence, please stay calm and don't panic.
It seems to be said that.
So what I have to do now is...stay still?
As a result, Shi Li found that he didn't need to maintain it at all, because he was unable to move anyway.
As if time and space were frozen, he kept extending his hand and couldn't even move his eyes.
Amidst the distortion, the scene changed again.
When everything around him had completely stabilized, Shi Li discovered that he had changed the map.
"It doesn't feel like an accident."
Combining the words of the Messenger of Balance with the strange direction of the pointer just now, he couldn't tell what was strange.
Look at the surrounding environment, it looks like a map of a cave.
At this moment, he was inside a large stone building.
It's a bit like an ancient castle.
"Even the types of monsters have changed."
At the end of the long stone walkway, he saw a Youyou in a white dress wandering back and forth.
Its face was a fog-like structure with several black holes representing facial features.
Looking up again, I saw the word "Copy" floating above the map.
【Zero Level 8】
"What the hell."
This made Shi Li unhappy.
I didn't get anything from the [incident] just now, but I jumped directly from level 2 to level 8?
There were so many gaps in the middle, and a long period of time was wasted on collecting balance points and inscriptions.
"It seems that there is no other way except to admit that I am unlucky."
"Just die quickly and restart."
With only three Balance Inscriptions, he didn't have the confidence to face the BOSS.
Maybe I can’t even defeat the monsters in level 8.
He walked straight towards the woman in the white dress and soon stepped into its warning circle of light.
【Who is it! 】
The girl in the white dress turned around suddenly.
Buzz!
A beam of blue light shone down and the card table was spread out.
"Just fight, don't expect anything."
Shi Li casually placed the deck of cards.
call out!
Then, the woman in white dress appeared at the card table.
【Invader! 】
Its projection screamed.
If it weren't for the restrictions on the card table, Shi Li suspected that this guy would rush up and tear him apart with his bare hands.
Look at the cards again.
【Wandering in the ancient castle】
Wisdom, Attack 60, 50/50, 10/10
[Wisdom is Life - Passive]: When the health value of wandering in the castle reaches 0, consume 1 energy to restore it to the upper limit
“This mechanism is quite novel.”
"Using energy to offset health points, that means it has a total of 550 health points."
"You know, this is only the third level. With 60 attack and 550 health points, is he already that strong?"
"Luckily there's only one card, so it's not really that difficult to deal with."
"etc……!"
At the end of his self-analysis, Shi Li suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Aren’t all the monsters in [Way of Balance] of the Balance type? Where does the energy come from?
Take a closer look.
I knock.
How come a wise monster appeared?
Open the copy information panel again and take a look.
"???"
He was dumbfounded.
[Dungeon Name: The Way of Wisdom]
[Number of people in the copy: 1]
[Applicable level: LV1～LV10]
【Time ratio: 1:3】
[Follower Card: 0, Equipment Card: 0]
[Dungeon Tips: All your choices will determine how far you can go]
"Turbulence? It brings me to the Way of Wisdom?"
"It's outrageous, this is even possible???"
It seems there is a BUG.
But this BUG is well-designed.
If you clear the [Way of Wisdom] sub-level for the first time, there should be a first-clearance reward, right?
Thinking of this, he perked up.
I just said who is going to give up this time. If you have the guts, stand up and say it again.
Now of course the goal is to go as far as possible and get as many rewards as possible.
Opportunity is fleeting, once lost it will never come back!
So soon, [Wandering in the Ancient Castle] was defeated by the serious version of Shi Li.
Three 1-star inscription options popped up, including one from the Balance system, which he chose again.
This is the [Battle] of Level 8. According to experience, this level and the [Battle] of Level 1 are both levels where 3 small monsters will appear.
He continued walking along the corridor.
At the end of the corridor, there is an arched door with two stone sculptures on both sides of the door.
The door was open, and one could see a magnificently decorated hall inside. However, the dim green light made it unattractive.
If it were a more timid player, he would probably cry or pee here.
Shi Li didn't care and just walked straight over.
Click... click! x2
As a result, before I even stepped into the hall, I suddenly heard the sound of something hard breaking.
I looked up and saw that they were the two statues by the door.
"What's going on?"
He just took a quick glance and didn't look at it carefully.
Now it is discovered that these two statues are not ordinary.
It has a bald head, pointed ears, a ferocious face, and a pair of bat wings tightly wrapped around its body. It looks exactly like the gargoyle you see on TV.
At this time, the stone shell on the gargoyle statue is peeling off inch by inch, revealing their original appearance.
"It turns out the second monster is hiding here."
Seeing this scene, Shi Li didn't leave.
Just stand in front of them, waiting for them to wake up.
As the last piece of stone shell fell off its body, one of the gargoyles woke up first.
[Gah!]
Buzz!
As it let out a sharp cry towards Shi Li, a blue beam of light descended and the card table spread out.
"He doesn't look weak. We have to take this seriously."
"But we can't expect them to be as easy to deal with as Youyou just now."
He laid out the deck expertly.
Whoosh! x2
Two rays of light transformed from monsters descended and turned into card projections on the card table.
"The two guys' cards are actually different."
Seeing the projection, Shi Li raised his eyebrows.
One of them was the gargoyle that had just awakened first and shown hostility towards him.
The other one had just shed half of its stone shell and was still sleeping. Its projection on the card table looked like a statue.
"It feels like the low-level [Way of Wisdom] is much easier to deal with than the low-level [Way of Balance] ."
Seeing the two different cards, he couldn't help but sigh.
【Awakening Gargoyle】
Wisdom, Attack 40, 300/300, 9/9
[Cursed Body - Passive]: When the awakened gargoyle runs out of energy, it will be [petrified]
【Sleeping Gargoyle】
Wisdom, Attack 40, 300/300, 9/9
[Cursed Bound - Passive]: The sleeping gargoyle is in the [Petrified] state and loses 3 energy points each round.
Although the passive names are the same, they are two skills with completely different effects.
What is certain is that their skills are absolutely flawed.
The complete form must have skills that match [Curse]. It is impossible for it to have only one skill with a negative effect.
After a while, Shi Li killed them.
But what he didn't expect was that these two gargoyles were counted separately.
Count as two monsters in the level.
So once you kill them, the level is over.