"Ah? Ah?"
Before Catfish Head could say anything, he saw Shi Li had turned around.
The other party decided on the action so quickly that he was unable to react.
Only at this time did he begin to carefully analyze the unveilings of both parties.
Needless to say, my side is equivalent to taking out 3 E-level whiteboards.
Fortunately, there is a scenario card that can fill the gap a little.
【Human Guardian Spirit】
Scene, C
[Ancestor Encouragement]: Increases the direct attack damage of a humanoid card by 10
[Ancestors' Blessing]: When you have 3 or more humanoid cards, release 15 points of [Healing] each round.
On the other side... [Ugly Man], [Fighting Monkey], and [Big Goose King] are all excellent first-row cards with both offensive and defensive capabilities.
You don’t know until you see it. It’s really shocking.
"It's ok for him to have three B-grade cards at the beginning, as he is a low-level player, but he actually has such good B-grade cards?"
After reading the three cards, the catfish's head and tongue drooped and it began to drool.
There's no way around it. The one bad thing about these catfish-headed people is that their tongues are big and long, and it's hard to control them.
After looking at the cards, Catfish Head already had a plan.
Generally speaking, veteran players have one advantage.
That is, the style is more stable.
After all, when it comes to predicting something like this, no one dares to say they are 100% sure.
So, if neither side has any special cards in the first row, how can we be considered safe?
First of all, all [defense] is definitely not an option.
That is equivalent to being completely passive and allowing the other party to take advantage of you.
What's more, the opponent now has a control card that can break the defense.
So we must attack.
Also, it cannot be a concentrated fire attack.
Because if you focus your fire and it happens to hit the opponent's [Defense] card, then you will definitely lose.
Take the case where both teams have a total score of 90 attacks in the first row and their attack power is evenly distributed.
It is equivalent to using 45 points of damage to exchange for 60 points of damage to the opponent.
So spread out your attacks.
At the poker table, this is called risk sharing.
If the opponent uses full attack, no matter what, it is still 90 points of damage in exchange for 90 points of damage.
If the opponent has a [Defense] card, it means 75 damage in exchange for 60 damage.
If the opponent has two [Defense] cards, it means 60 points of damage in exchange for 30 points of damage.
If the opponent's cards are all [Defense], then naturally it is 45 damage in exchange for 0 damage.
This is the charm of risk sharing.
Moderation is not a derogatory term at the poker table, but a strategy.
Similarly, if the opponent is also a player who knows the doctrine of the mean, he will definitely choose the strategy of all-out attack with 3 cards.
Therefore, at Catfishhead's level, he often encounters a situation where both sides exchange 90 health points in the first round.
"Okay, let's do it."
Looking at Shi Li's back, Catfish Head made up his mind.
“But then again, it’s really weird.”
“It’s the first time I’ve played cards looking at the back of my opponent’s head.”
As he made his choice, he gave a slightly wry smile.
As the Catfish Head completed his action selection, both cards immediately took action.
【Come and patrol the mountain～】
【Ding ding dong dong! 】
[Huh…Huh…Huh…]
【Geese, geese, geese! 】
【Cuckoo, quack! 】
【Who is the ugliest! 】
"Sure enough, it's just as I expected."
Catfish Head smiled when he saw the six card projections of both sides move towards each other at the same time.
Everything is under control.
As a result, the smile froze slightly.
Because it seemed a little different from what he imagined.
[Virus Administrator] attacked [Ugly Man], causing 30 points of damage.
[Demon-Slaying Pestle] attacks [Big Goose King], causing 30 points of damage.
[Little Fairy] + [Human Guardian Spirit] attacked [Fighting Monkey] , causing 30 points of damage, but was counterattacked with 7.5 points of damage.
As a result, all three cards on Shi Li's side focused on the [Demon-Slaying Pestle].
Causes 20+15+30=65 points of damage.
The final round ends and the cards on both sides are as follows.
【Ugly Man 70】【Fighting Monkey 70】【Big Goose 70】
VS
【Fairy Child 92.5】【Demon Pestle 35】【Governance】
【Fold 96.25】【Fold 92.5】【Fold】
The health loss of both sides is 90VS83.75.
Taking advantage of the scene cards, Catfish Head made a small profit.
He felt that it was quite good to achieve such a result when his three cards were equivalent to a blank.
The only uncomfortable thing is that the damage is basically concentrated on the [Demon-Slaying Pestle].
"But it's okay. This round it's my turn to take the initiative."
Catfish Head had already decided what card to play in the last round.
What do the opponent's three first-row cards have in common?
Two animal cards and one human card.
So what he wanted to do was very simple, which was to take out a targeted card.
"Hmph, let me show you how an experienced poker player uses substitute cards to turn the situation around."
Having said that, Catfish Head completed the exchange of substitute cards.
During this stage of substitution, Shi Li finally turned around.
Because if he doesn't click confirm, the round cannot continue.
In view of the limited time, he did not use any techniques to interfere with the vision this time and directly chose to skip the substitute cards.
The card-revealing phase follows the card-replacing phase, so Shi Li snapped his fingers and flicked his fingers.
bite!
【Brother! 】
The card turned over, and a bald, muscular man wearing only briefs jumped out.
"Wow, this card is disgusting, Dad!"
Seeing the projection of this card, the girl with pig ears wrinkled her features.
“Ahahaha…”
Pig-eared father doesn't think there's anything wrong with this.
As for Shi Li, after the cards were revealed, he didn't even take a look at them and turned to go to another card table.
He is really busy.
"Humph, you finally can't help but reveal the card of the funeral beast?"
Catfish Head grabbed the covered card behind the [Demon-Slaying Pestle] and slammed it hard on the table.
Bang!
【This forest belongs to me! 】
A sturdy tiger-headed orc wearing tiger-skin shorts and holding a wooden bow jumped out from the card.
"Wow, this card is even more disgusting!"
The girl with pig ears immediately covered her eyes when she saw the projection.
"It's okay, look carefully, he's wearing pants."
The pig-eared father took a closer look and signaled that his daughter was fine.
This card is indeed a bit funny.
Originally, this tiger-headed orc had tiger stripes all over his body and was wearing a pair of tiger-skin shorts. At first glance, it really looked like he was wearing nothing.
【Tiger Hunter】
Break, 30 points, B
Attack 30, 92.5/100, 0/3
[Hunting Experience - Passive]: When the Tiger Hunter is attacked by an Animal Card, the damage is -5
[Range Arrows - 2 Energy]: Tiger Hunter fires an attack with 30 damage. If the target is an Animal card, it will be [True Damage]
[Thunderbolt Scatter - 3 Energy]: Tiger Hunter deals 10 attack points to up to 3 cards in a row. If there is an animal card in the target, the total damage is increased by 5.
(【True Damage】: cannot be offset or reduced by any defensive means)
This card is clearly used to target [Fighting Monkey] and [Big Goose King].
Especially [Consecutive Arrows], which perfectly restrains the damage immunity of [Fighting Monkey].
"The depth of the decks of veteran players is on display."
Secretary He on the other side frowned slightly.
"There's nothing I can do about it. This is a fact that I have to accept."
Director Xiu spread his hands.
Just based on the depth of the deck, how can one be called a mature poker player?
That is, if you have more than a 60% to 70% chance of being able to play a targeted card after seeing your opponent reveal his cards, you can be called a mature poker player.
And those more powerful masters basically have all kinds of targeted cards.
It is not so easy to come up with a complete deck in front of them.
Of course, targeted cards like Mushroom cards are relatively rare.
Next, the two sides continued to fight.
In this round, because the cards on both sides are further revealed, everyone's actions are more targeted.
First came Shi Li’s attack.
The [Ugly Man] [taunts] the [Demon-Slaying Pestle].
[Brother's Funeral Beast] attacks [Demon-Slaying Pestle], causing exactly 35 points of damage and taking it away.
[Fighting Monkey] + [Big Goose King] focused their fire on [Little Fairy Boy], causing 15+30=45 points of damage.
Catfish Head, on his part, seemed to have expected that [Demon-Slaying Pestle] would be ridiculed.
[Demon-killing Pestle] attacked the ugly man, causing 25 points of damage.
[Virus Administrator] + [Human Guardian Spirit] attacked [Ugly Man], causing 30 + 10 = 40 points of damage.
[Tiger Hunter] + [Little Fairy] attacked [Goose King], causing 60 points of damage.
Because I have gathered [Little Fairy Child] + [Virus Administrator] + [Tiger Hunter], the standard of 3 humanoid cards has been met.
[Human Guardian Spirit] released another 15 points of ineffective treatment to [Virus Administrator], but the prediction was wrong.
After the round, the cards of both sides are as follows:
【Cover】【Cover】【Brother】
【Ugly Man 5】【Fighting Monkey 70】【Big Goose 10】
VS
【Fairchild 47.5】【Vacancy】【Governance】
【Cover 88.75】【Tiger 92.5】【Cover】
A new round came, and Catfish Head revealed his fifth regular cover card.
[Soft breeze caresses your face~]
A light figure floated out from the card.
She was wearing a white gauze dress, and her feet were slightly off the ground due to the wind.
It looks somewhat holy.
【Gentle Wind Monk】
Chasing the Wind, 20 points, C
Attack 20, 100/100, 0/1
[Qingfeng Huai - Passive]: When the Soft Wind Monk treats a target in consecutive rounds, an additional 10 points of [Healing] are added.
[Gentle Wind Embrace - 1 Energy]: Gentle Wind Monk releases 15 points of [Healing] to a friendly target.
"This card is an old staple of Catfish Head."
Secretary He remembered something when he saw this card, and introduced it: "Although the C-rank is a bit low, this card has almost no shortcomings, strong endurance, and good healing capacity."
"So far, the situation is not good."
Director Xiu frowned.
Just at this moment, Shi Li turned around.
"Good cards."
He took one look at the [Soft Wind Monk] and couldn't help but admire him.
"Hehehe, of course, this card is mine..."
bite!
As a result, this time, before Catfish Head could finish his words, Shi Li had already unveiled the sign and turned around again.
“Hmm!”
Catfish Head covered his chest, feeling very depressed.
[Knife, knife, knife ~ knife mantis ~]
At the card table, a hooded female swordsman humming a little tune walked out from behind the cards.
【Sword Mantis Girl】
Rage, 30 points, B
Attack 30, 100/100
[Mantis Catches Cicada - Passive]: When Mantis attacks insect cards, attack power +10
[Mantis Brace - Passive]: When Mantis attacks a card with higher HP than her own, her attack power increases by 10
[Open and Fair Slash - 10% of Maximum HP]: The Mantis attacks the target in front of her, dealing an extra 20 damage and causing it to [Silence] for 2 turns.
([Silence]: Prevents the target from using active skills)
"What the hell is going on? It's another B-grade card!"
Catfish Head frowned.
What copy did this card come from? It’s really too good, right?
High output and control.
"Um... is this what this card originally looked like?"
Secretary He suddenly felt a little strange.
"There are many things you don't know."
Director Xiu gave a mysterious smile.
After both parties unveiled their cards, Catfish Head made the first move to choose his action.
(This round, I have only one main goal.)
(That is to kill the opponent's two low-health first-row cards first.)
Thinking of this, he thought about it for a while and then made a decision.
When Shi Li turned around and came back, he didn't even take a second look at the cards. He directly decided on the action and left again.
It gives people a feeling of being extremely confident.
After the action selection is completed, the game begins.
【Da Dao You! 】
The first to act was [Mantid Girl] who released her skill to attack [Tiger Hunter], but [Tiger Hunter] adopted [Defense], so it only caused 25 points of damage.
Then [Fresh Breeze Monk] attacked [Big Goose] and took it away.
[The Little Fairy] attacked [The Ugly Man], triggering his [Retention].
The remaining [Virus Admins] will perform [Defense].
[Ugly Man] + [Big Goose King] attacked [Little Fairy Boy], causing 20+30=50 damage, with a slight overflow that took him away.
[Fighting Monkey] + [Brotherly Beast] attacked [Tiger Hunter], causing 25 damage and a MISS, confirming that the ace was not in the middle.
However, the [Human Guardian Spirit] just happened to add 15 points of [Healing] to the [Tiger Hunter].
After the round, the cards of both sides are as follows:
【Cover】【Mantis】【Brother】
【Ugly man 0】【Fighting monkey 70】【Vacant seat】
VS
【Vacancy】【Vacancy】【Governance】
[Cover 88.75][Tiger 57.5][Soft Wind]
During the substitution phase, Shi Li turned back again.
"Ah, it seems your trump card is not in the middle."
This time, he said one more word.
But the tone sounded as if he was certain that the opponent's ace was not in the middle.
"How...did you know that?"
Catfish Head's face darkened.
"Sorry, I don't have time to explain."
Shi Li just smiled and turned around.
In fact, although he seems very busy, he actually pays close attention to every card table.
During each turn, the battle records of each round will be checked.
If the opponent's trump card was in the middle row, he would have used [Tiger Hunter] to attack [Fighting Monkey] to trigger a counterattack.
If others can reveal their trump cards in advance through counterattack, why can't you use this to infer the position of their trump cards?
In addition, the opponent just predicted that the treatment he gave to the full-health [Virus Manager] would be ineffective. If he guessed correctly, the opponent's trump card should be behind the [Soft Wind Monk].
If it were the past, he would definitely have pretended to be such a force.
But I really don’t have time, so I can only pretend a little bit like I did just now.
After all, right now, I am preparing for a bigger wave.
The fourth round comes, and both sides have to reveal the last regular card.
The card replacement stage is quickly skipped and the card unveiling stage begins.
【Go! Come practice with me! 】x3
What Shi Li unveiled was the [Three Flag Bearers of the Martial Arts School].
[How dare you, little bandit, do this? 】
What the catfish head revealed was an offensive and defensive card worth 40 points.
After all the regular cards have been revealed, the game has entered a white-hot stage.
The battle lasted until the 9th round, when the game reached the moment of deciding the outcome.
"Finally, the first match is about to be decided."
Secretary He looked at the cards played by both sides and sighed softly.
Catfish Head is indeed worthy of being called Catfish Head, and his operation is indeed the best among these ten players.
Every decision is made with great resolve and determination.
That's why this card table has become the one with the fastest progress among the ten.
At this point, both sides' regular cards are destroyed, and it has come to the point where the trump cards have to be revealed at the same time.
"That's about it, this guy's level."
Director Xiu curled his lips in disdain: "Relying on the advantage of a scene card, Xiaoshi made up the difference with his skills. He deserved to lose."
"Uh, are you sure he's going to lose before the trump card is revealed?"
Secretary He was stunned.
"Haha, of course."
Director Xiu's mysterious smile appears again.
Lan Lancheng accompanied Shi Li there by herself, so how could she not know what Shi Li's last card would be?
The Catfish Head table was obviously the one that made Shi Li take out this card the fastest.
She was already a little impatient to see what expression the big catfish head would show.
At this moment, in the chess and card room on the third floor.
"Xiao Hou, let me test you. What do you think of the current situation?"
Wang Defa was holding a teacup, looking like someone who was setting a question.
"Shi Li's remaining score is 40 points."
"Catfish head, 30 points."
"It seems that this should be Shili's advantage..."
In Xiao Hou's mind, he has always regarded this poker player, who is only a few years older than him, as a key opponent.
Shi Li attended all of the Rising Stars Comprehensive Competition.
Even for the Big Brother Cup that followed, he asked his friends to bring back video footage.
So I think I have some understanding of Shi Li's deck.
Of course, seeing that the opponent had a lot of new powerful cards today dealt him quite a blow.
But this does not prevent us from making a judgment at this moment.
"Based on Shi Li's past style, he will most likely give up the extra 15 points and choose the 25-point Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit."
"After all, this card is quite powerful in single combat, especially after warm-up."
"A duel with 200 HP. There are enough rounds for her to warm up."
So Xiao Hou made the following analysis.
"Well, I think what you said makes sense, and I agree with it."
Wang Defa nodded, but then changed the subject and said, "But if I remember correctly, Catfish Head also has a good 25-point B-level trump card. The most important thing is... that card happens to be immune to [Stun]."
"Ah? This..."
When Xiao Hou heard this, he fell into deep thought.
[Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit] One of the amazing things about her is that she has an advantage when playing high-scoring cards.
When facing a high-scoring hand, she is equivalent to a 35-point hand.
Add to that the double-click bonus of [Two-Combination Technique] and it becomes even more powerful.
A card with a score below average can still easily encounter a card with a higher score than itself.
But if it is true as Master said, and the other party plays a 25-point card with the same score, then...
It would be dangerous then!
The analysis of the two people upstairs was actually exactly what Catfish Head was thinking.
He is sure to win, and Shi Li will take out [Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit]!
"Just think of this next trump card as one that is specially prepared for you, poof!"
The catfish head flicked its tongue and revealed its trump card.
[Rock, give me strength! ]
In the beam of light on the card, a leopard flew out, stepping on a huge rock.
As it flew, pieces of rock surrounded it, gradually sticking to its skin and forming a rock armor.
【Bang!】
When it landed, it had turned into a large rock leopard.
【Leopard in the Stone】
Determined, 25 points, B
Attack 25, 200/200, 0/3
[Stone Heart - Passive]: Stone Leopard is immune to [Stun]
[Regeneration Stone Armor - Passive]: Stone Leopard gains a [Shield] every round
[Stone Charge - 3 Energy]: Stone Leopard deals 30 points of collision damage and stuns the target for 1 round
([Shield]: Offsets 10 points of damage, does not benefit from any damage reduction, this shield can be stacked)
(【Dizziness】: Unable to act this round)
This card not only prevents stun, it can even stun others!
"If you can discard a card that has 15 points and 25 points, why can't I discard a card that has 5 points and 25 points?"
Just at this moment he saw Shi Li turning around, and he said proudly.
[Leopard in the Stone], completely defeats that 25-point Sheep and Rabbit card!
“…”
Shi Li listened to the other party's words and looked at the picture of [Leopard in the Stone] again.
"How do you know that I will definitely get a 25-point card?"
He tilted his head and snapped his fingers.
bite!
A golden light suddenly appeared on the card table.
When the golden light appeared, Catfish Head suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Why does this golden light seem to be...!!
【Mee-zha~! 】
A heroic figure wearing a cheongsam and holding nunchakus jumps out from the card.
But when he saw that it was the same figure, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Haha, you're still saying no... ah?!"
Catfish Head was just about to say that it wasn't [Kung Fu Sheep and Rabbit] yet, but he stopped abruptly when the cards appeared.
【Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit】
Break, 40 points, A
Attack 40, 200/200, 0/3
[Athletics - Passive]: When Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit is directly attacked, the damage is -5
[Humility - Passive]: Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit sees itself as a 0-point card
[A Little Difficulty - Passive]: When the Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit's attack score is higher than its target, it deals an extra 10 points of damage
[Er Lian Jue - 3 Energy]: Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit attacks a target twice with a damage of 40, and makes it [Stun]
(【Dizziness】: Unable to act this round)