2 hours later.
Bang!
The wooden door of the Balance Messenger was pushed open forcefully.
"Boss, give me as many pounds of reinforcement as you can."
Shi Li waved his hand heroically.
"Okay~"
The Messenger of Balance cooperated and opened the enhancement panel.
This time, Shi Li was very confident.
Because he collected 10 Balance Inscriptions and successfully triggered the effect of 10 Balances.
The illustrations are updated as follows:
[Balanced Power]
[6]: When you have collected 6 Balance Inscriptions in this trip, you can gain the [Balanced Life] effect.
[10]: When you have collected 10 Balance Inscriptions in this trip, you can gain the [Balanced Strike] effect.
[15]: Unknown, to be opened
【？】：Unknown, to be opened
[Balanced Life]: All cards share the same life value
[Balanced Strike]: When all your cards behave in the same way, they deal true damage to the enemy equal to the total score of your deck. This can be triggered 3 times per round.
A full score deck of 300 points = 300 points of damage, and it is real damage, which is quite powerful.
For example, all members [Stand Still] and all members [Defend] can also be triggered.
It’s a pity that it can only be triggered 3 times, which means a maximum of 900 points of damage. It can’t even kill elite monsters in seconds, let alone BOSSes.
In addition to the Inscription of Balance, three other inscriptions were also collected on this trip.
However, there is only one 3-star Steadfast Inscription that is useful.
The other two are junk items chosen out of necessity, with 1-star useless inscriptions.
As for the equilibrium point, it is 500+.
So next, it’s time to spend lavishly to reach the balance point.
Pay 50 points to strengthen a 1-star inscription.
Pay 150 points to strengthen 2 2-star inscriptions.
Pay 300 points to strengthen 2 3-star inscriptions.
After the strengthening was completed, Shi Li only had 23 balance points left.
"You're not going to die this time?"
But the money was not wasted, he bought a lot of confidence.
"Good luck, Master Card Player."
"Bah, I rely on my strength."
With the blessing of the Messenger of Balance, Shi Li stepped into the portal.
When we reach level 10, it’s still the same lava lake.
Without saying a word, he stepped directly into the warning circle of the stone-eating beast guards.
【Squeak!】x3
Buzz!
A beam of blue light shone down and the card table was spread out.
This time, Shi Li not only brought the inscription of 10 Balance, but also had rich experience in previous failures.
So began laying out the deck.
First of all, Shi Li currently has a total of 11 inscriptions that can take effect.
[Balance - Balanced Attack★]: Your Balance Card's Attack Power +2
[Balance - Balance★]: HP of your Balance card +5
[Balance - Preferential Policy★]: The card with the highest score +5 attack
[Balance - Throttling★]: When your own card releases a control skill, restore 1 energy point
[Balance - Longevity★]: Card with the highest health - 5 points
[Balance - The Strong Get Stronger★]: +10 HP to the card with the highest basic attack power
[Balance - Middle Power★ (Enhanced)]: Each round, the foreign card in the middle column of your team gains 20 points of [Shield] (this shield cannot be stacked)
[Balance - Judgment★★ (Enhanced)]: When an enemy with a higher HP than the total HP of the deck appears, reduce its HP by 10% upon entering the field
[Balance - Compensation Plan for Disadvantaged Players★★ (Enhanced)]: When your deck is less than 300 points, you can choose a card to increase its attack power by 20.
[Balance - Lone Warrior ★★★ (Enhanced)]: When there are no cards on both sides of the middle row card, the upper limit of health value increases by 50 (each card can only be triggered once in this game)
[Resolute - Sustainable Defense ★★★ (Enhanced)]: If your card is damaged while [Defending], gain 5 points of [Healing]
One or two alone may not seem powerful, but when all of them are added together they become very powerful.
But even so, he knew that if he didn't follow the strategy, he still wouldn't be able to defeat this BOSS.
Therefore, how to deploy troops is of paramount importance.
He had actually thought about this issue a long time ago.
First, the first row of cards, only one can be placed.
Because once it reaches [Battle 2/2], the BOSS will release its tentacles to unconditionally occupy the left and right cards in its first row.
I had placed [Giant Zombie] before, causing the entire card to be killed instantly.
So after that, he only put one card in the first row every time, and the left and right sides were empty.
The card in this first row is crucial because it will be the card with the highest probability of being attacked.
And because he possesses the effect of Balance 6 Inscription [Balanced Life], all cards share health points.
Either don't hang the cards, or hang them all together.
Therefore, there is a requirement for choosing this row of cards, which is high damage reduction.
The higher the damage immunity, the less damage you will receive, and the health of the entire deck will not drop so quickly.
Therefore, Shi Li’s choice was... [Hua Yulu].
Yes, that's right.
This card, which was just created not long ago, is the single-slot card with the strongest damage-avoidance ability in his hand.
[Petrification]: Lose the ability to move, and the total amount of damage received in this round -10
(Correction: Due to the imbalance of [Petrification] + [Defense], the [Petrification] effect has been uniformly changed from "Total damage received in this round -10" to "Damage received in this round -10", but since the player loses the ability to move, [Defense] cannot be used.)
The cards on the left and right sides of the next row are also wild cards, and you need to bear the risk of being attacked by tentacles.
So he placed a combination of 30 points of [Mantid Girl] + 20 points of [Iron Stick] + 60 points of [Stone Soldier].
As for the new card, he had drawn it in the previous level.
【Stone Soldier】
Determined, 60 points, D
Attack 60, 100/100, 0/1
[Hard Stone - Passive]: Stone soldiers receive -5 damage when attacked
The total score of the first two rows of cards is 140 points.
The third card is 25 points [Three Flags] + 30 points [Dancer] + 80 points [Fire Monster].
Due to the two inscription entries, [Balance - Preferential Policy★] + [Balance - The strong will always be strong★].
So [Fire Monster] HP +10, Attack +5
The cumulative score is 275.
Add the 25 points of the last ace position [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit], because it has 200 health points, it is affected by [Balance - Longevity★] and becomes 20 points.
(Patch: Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit's [Two-Combo] has been enhanced to "hit two attacks with damage of 20→25" by shuffling the cards)
The deck has a cumulative score of 295 points.
The main reason for only placing 295 points is to trigger the inscription, [Balance - Compensation Plan for Disadvantaged Players ★★] (which is [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit] + 20 attack points).
And because of the shared health, it is under the influence of [Balance - Lone Bravery ★★★ (Enhanced)] (triggered by [Flower Jade Deer]) + [Balance - The Strong Will Always Be Strong★] (triggered by [Fire Monster]) + [Balance - Balance Defense★] (only one Balance card, [Three Flag Bearers of the Martial Arts Hall]).
The initial total health of the deck is 965/965.
The cards are laid out and the game officially begins.
Whoosh! x3
【Squeak!】x3
The three [Royal Stone-eating Beasts] were the first to appear.
It only took 3 rounds to deal with them, and only cost 100 points of health.
So [Battle 2/2] arrives.
Boom boom...
As the BOSS appeared, the ground began to shake.
[The Stone Eater extends its tentacles and takes your place.]
So the board becomes as follows:
【Stone-eating beast】
VS
[Tentacle][Flower Deer][Tentacle]
【Stone Soldiers】【Three Flags】【Iron Stick】
【Blade Mantis】【Dancing Girl】【Fire Demon】
【Vacant】【Sheep and Rabbit】【Vacant】
Shi Li has already grasped the key points of this first stage.
So his choice was to let the two amateur cards, [Stone Soldier] and [Iron Stick], choose [Defense].
[Hua Yu Lu] has already been determined to be [petrified], so it is [static] and will not be attacked by the [Stone-eating Beast's tentacles].
As for the other cards, they focus their fire on the main body of [Stone Eater].
Yes, don't attack the tentacles, just attack the main body.
【Mee-zha~! 】
-50, -50, (dizziness)
Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit took the lead in attacking and inflicted heavy damage.
And through [Balance - Throttling★], her energy was restored to full, which is equivalent to unlimited endurance.
Although the control means are not very meaningful for the second-stage BOSS, the output is high enough.
Moreover, the BOSS in the first stage will be unable to move if it is controlled.
【Puchi Puchi!】x2
-47.5, -50
The two tentacles hit the [Stone Soldier] and [Iron Stick] respectively.
Afterwards, other cards will be used to attack the BOSS.
[Mantid] causes 35 points of damage. Because of the shared health, her current health is 865/965, so she dare not use skills.
[Fire Monster] causes 85 points of damage.
[Three Flag Bearers of the Martial Arts School] caused 42 points of damage.
[Sword Dancer] causes 35 points of damage.
After one round, Shi Li took away a total of 297 health points of the BOSS.
The [Healing] received by the team is a total of 10 points of [Night Parade of Hundred Demons], 10 points of [Resoluteness - Sustainable Defense ★★★ (Enhanced)], and 30 points of [Flower Jade Deer].
The attack damage is 97.5 points.
So the health status of both sides is:
203／500
VS
817.5/965
In the second round, nothing could change.
Finally, when there were 770/965 left, the BOSS was pushed into the second stage.
“Here I come.”
He understood that the waves ahead were just small storms.
Now is the beginning of the main event.
【Ah, ho, ho, ho! 】
The stone-eating beast that had been beaten and sunk to the bottom of the lake suddenly emerged from the lake again, revealing a larger size.
【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)
At the same time, its two tentacles also changed.
Crack...!
The magma structure gradually cooled down and turned into completely lifeless stone pillars.
This stone pillar looks exactly like the ones by the lake.
Shi Li guessed that perhaps the previous stone pillar was formed by the cooling of the tentacles.
After the tentacles cooled down, the card surface also underwent tremendous changes.
【Cooling Tentacles】
Balance, attack 0,? /?
[Heat Resistant Skin - Passive]: Cooling tentacles are immune to 10 lava jets and then leave the field
For every 50 HP remaining in the tentacles from the previous stage, there is one more chance to be immune to lava jets.
These two cards are the key to defeating the BOSS.
This was discovered by Shi Li when he was being tortured for the 7th time.
Because they are immune to the BOSS's [Lava Jet], it is equivalent to building two barriers for themselves.
The tentacle rock pillars can perfectly block the jets, which means that now only the middle column will be attacked by the boss.
And because the position of [Hua Yu Lu] is protruding, it will no longer be affected by [Diffusion].
"This thing is much harder to beat than the previous PVE dungeons."
Looking at his still healthy life value, Shi Li was full of confidence this time.
The current situation is that he'd better defeat the BOSS within 10 rounds.
You can only defeat the BOSS within 10 rounds. If you exceed the rounds, you will be destroyed.
Because the amount of damage the BOSS causes to him each round is predictable.
The only four cards that were attacked were [Flower Jade Deer], [Three Flag Bearers of the Martial Arts School], [Sword Dancer], and [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit].
[Hua Yu Lu] possesses [Petrification] + [Balance - Intermediate Strength★], and 50 points of damage will only leave 20 points on it.
[Martial Arts Hall Three Flag Bearers] + [Sword Dancer] perform [Defense], and the [Full Penetration] damage received is 25+25=50
[Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit] requires output, and the damage received from [Full Penetration] is 50.
It should be noted that her [Body Movements] only reduce direct attacks, not [Full Penetration].
Adding on the treatment on my side, the total is [Night Parade of a Hundred Demons] 10 points, [Determination - Sustainable Defense ★★★ (Enhanced)] 10 points, and [Flower Jade Deer] 30 points.
That is to say, after one round, the BOSS will knock off 70 health points of Shi Li's deck.
As for the damage that Shi Li's deck can cause, it is also foreseeable.
【Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit】Release skills, causing 100 points of damage.
[Fire Monster] causes 85 points of damage.
[Mantadine] causes 35 points of damage.
[Stone Soldier] Causes 60 points of damage.
The total damage per round is 280 points, and it takes 11 rounds to kill the BOSS.
But you need to know that his health is only 770 points.
In 11 rounds, the BOSS can just kill him.
"Don't worry, everything is going as planned."
But Shi Li was not in a hurry.
【clang! 】
At this moment, a huge white sword appeared out of thin air above the BOSS's head.
He chopped it down hard.
【Roar! 】
-300
It turned out that [Balance - Judgment★★ (Enhanced)] was triggered.
"This is perfect. It will take just 10 rounds to defeat the boss."
Next, the battle situation fell completely into Shi Li's control.
【Mee ! ! ! 】
The sheep and the rabbit rushed towards the enemy heroically, opening the curtain of this tug-of-war.
Finally the 10th round arrived.
BOSS still has 180/3000 left.
As for Shi Li, he has 140/965 health points left.
Just when he was about to confirm the action for this round, he suddenly stopped.
"Will there be a third stage for me?"
He looked at his own health and realized that he couldn't withstand any more damage.
"Just in case, let's pick out some small details this round."
After thinking about it, he changed his operation slightly.
The operation of the other cards remains unchanged, let [Stone Soldier] + [Mantid Girl] perform [Defense].
Because all damage is shared, [Defense] can trigger [Resoluteness - Sustainable Defense ★★★ (Enhanced)], which adds 5+5 points of healing. Anyway, the output of [Stone Soldiers] + [Mandrite Girl] has already overflowed.
So next, he proceeded according to his idea.
The action phase began and both sides immediately launched their own actions.
【Mee-zha~! 】
The sheep and rabbit rushed out first.
【Roar! 】
The BOSS lowered its body, opened its mouth, and spewed out a waterfall of lava that was enough to cover three rows of cards.
Two sides of it hit the tentacle stone pillars, splashing a lot of reflective water.
Even the strong lava waterfall wrapped around Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit's delicate body, looking extremely dangerous.
But Shi Li had seen this scene many times in previous rounds.
call out!
I saw the sheep and rabbit in the lava flow jumping out like a fish leaping over the dragon gate.
【Puff, puff, puff, puff… meow~! 】
The sheep rabbit ran through the lava flow, spitting lava phlegm as it ran.
"If this were real , I'm afraid it would have been scalded into a mature sheep rabbit long ago."
Shi Li complained as he watched the damage number pop up.
-50, -50, (dizziness)
As for the lava flowing from the BOSS side, it poured onto the card table on their side, causing a lot of damage.
-20, -25, -25, -50
Then, Shi Li launched subsequent attacks, and the BOSS's health finally returned to 0.
What finally arrived was treatment from all sides.
【Ahahahahaha～】xN
+5, +5
The evil white mist surged and spread across Shi Li's card table.
[Fire Demon] and [Flower Jade Deer] received 5 points of healing.
Buzz! x3
+5, +5, +5, +5
Three green lights floated up under the feet of [Sword Mantis Girl] + [Sword Dancer] + [Stone Soldier]. This is [Resolute - Sustainable Defense ★★★ (Enhanced)]
They were each healed for 5 points.
A red light appeared on the petrified spotted deer, and it gave itself a 30-point [Healing]
So his total health is 80/965.
Click...click!
The two tentacle stone pillars turned into rubble and fell to the ground.
【Aang woo woo! 】
The BOSS whose health was emptied began to shrivel and gradually sank to the bottom of the lake.
But at this time, Shi Li seemed a little uneasy.
"Please, please, no more stage three."
He clasped his hands together and bowed towards the bottom of the lake where the boss had sunk.
The result was contrary to expectations, and the lava lake on the opposite side began to roll again.
【Roar!!!】
This time, the BOSS completely rushed out of the lava lake, revealing its entire body - a pile of lava.
Yes, it just looks like a lump of lava.
It is a bit similar to slime, but slime is a solidified and elastic jelly.
This guy is like melting ice cream.
"Let's take a look at the cards first."
His eyes turned to the BOSS.
【clang! 】
Before he could see the result, a huge sword-shaped white light of [Balance - Judgment★★ (Enhanced)] appeared out of thin air above the BOSS's head.
He chopped it down hard.
【Roar! 】
-2000
A huge number popped up , which scared Shi Li.
You should know that [Balance - Judgment★★ (Enhanced)] deducts 10% of the target's health that is greater than your total.
I only have 75 health points left, which is naturally low.
But 10% = 2000, doesn’t that mean…
"I knock, what the hell is this."
Taking one look at the panel, he couldn't help but curse out loud .
【Stone-eating beast】
Balance, Attack 100, 18000/20000
[Complete Form - Passive]: Stone Eater is immune to control, and for each tentacle it has, Stone Eater's attack power +100, health +10000
"How do we fight this..."
Shi Li was dumbfounded.
Looking at the cards, the only thing to be thankful for is this.
It's as if the tentacles don't exist.
"That means, if the two tentacle stone pillars don't die when entering the third stage, they will be reactivated into lava tentacles?"
"So I entered the third stage after 10 rounds, and it was an accident?"
"But……"
But even without tentacles, the BOSS's panel is still perverted.
"If I lose at this point, I'll be a little unwilling to accept it."
He looked at his cards.