Chapter 25: Advancement to the Finals
"The current situation... is hard to say."
"Well, it depends on what the last regular cover card of both sides is."
"I see that the Piccolo tribe is full of confidence. Maybe they have some big trick up their sleeve."
The audience around are analyzing the situation of the cards.
Many people also replaced their own decks with Shi Li's, and suddenly felt that the situation was not good.
If they were asked to deal with [Giant Shield Warrior] + [Glowing Cross], there would be no good way at all, and it would take many rounds to deal with it.
It would be fine if Piccolo's last card was ordinary.
But looking at his expression now, it seems that he has really prepared a killer move.
If you can’t even deal with other people’s first row of cards, how can you deal with the killing cards?
"You must be curious about what card I am going to reveal now."
Looking at Shi Li, Piccolo had already revealed a winner's smile.
This is the last round of the preliminaries. I must bring out my strongest cards and not make any mistakes.
I have absolute confidence in this card.
As long as you play, you will win.
This is where he set his flag today.
"The main competition, here I come !"
After collecting his cards, his last regular cover card turned over on the table.
【Squeak! Squeak!】
As the card was unveiled, a large centipede with a long needle-like mouthpart emerged from the card.
【Hungry Giant Centipede】
Rage, 30 points, D
Attack 70, 10/10
[Hunger - Passive]: Hungry Giant Centipede's attack power +40, maximum health -90
As soon as this card came out, the audience around immediately exclaimed.
"Oh my god, 30 points, 70 attack points?!"
"This attack power is higher than two equally divided cards, so strong!"
Given their level, they had only seen cards of this caliber on the simulated card tables in the card room.
At this time, some people have begun to quickly calculate the trend of the game.
[Giant Shield Warrior] is at full health, and with the [Glowing Cross] it can heal a few more times, which is equivalent to having 160 health points.
Suppose the opponent has four cards with an average score of 30 points each, and they all focus their fire on it.
Then in the case of [Defense], including [Poison], it will receive 45 points of damage per round.
45 damage - 20 healing = 25 damage.
After 2 rounds, it still has 50 health points left, and can hold on for 2 rounds before being killed even without treatment.
It can only last for 4 rounds in total.
In 4 rounds, [Hungry Giant Centipede] can deal 4x70=280 HP damage.
Of course , this is just an absolute ideal state, and there will be some changes in the actual game.
But it can be clearly seen that the output + survivability of the two sides are not on the same level at all.
"The card is good, it is simply a low-end PVE card."
"But it's not suitable for 4+1 PVP because it's too anemic."
However, to everyone's surprise, Shi Li still commented calmly.
As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.
bite!
The covered cards flew out in an arc, circled over Piccolo's head, and landed on the table in the uncovered state.
"Wow!"
Everyone exclaimed a little on the spot.
Let’s not talk about anything else for now, just this one trick is that the sparrow eats the cricket.
【I am so ugly! 】
I saw an ugly man with a burly figure and a kitchen knife jumping out from the cards.
He was wearing a white coat and hat, and you could tell at first glance that he was a chef.
【Ugly Cook】
Wisdom, 20 points, D
Attack 20, 100/100, 1/1
[A Bit Ugly - 1 Energy]: Ugly Chef chooses a target and makes it [Taunt] for 2 turns
(【Taunt】: Forces the target to 【attack】 the releaser)
This card was kept hidden and was not shown in the first five rounds.
When this was revealed, the audience immediately turned against him.
"Wow! It's a control card!"
"I'm so envious. He's only a few level poker player, but he already has a control card!"
"Hiss! This card seems to be a perfect counter to the opponent!"
You should know that in the action round of the Cube Card, each different type of action has a priority. (Note: The hedging of two actions with the same priority will be explained later)
The more common types of priorities are:
[Defense] > [Benefit] / [Debuff] > [Move] > [Attack]
For example, [First Aid] is ranked before [Defense].
For example, [Treatment] is ranked after [Attack].
Among them, [debuff] includes various controls.
There are some control mechanisms that you cannot defend against at all.
For example, [Petrification]: The total amount of attack damage received by the target is reduced
When this effect is applied to a [Defense] target, it is equivalent to increasing the opponent's defense.
Another example is [Fear]: The target is forced to [Defend] in the next round.
This effect has a delay and cannot restrain [Defense].
[Entangle]: The target cannot [move]
This effect does not affect [Defense] at all.
But [Taunt] is one of the best soft controls that can break [Defense].
Obviously, Piccolo boy also knows this.
The smile on his face was now gone.
Because the outcome of the next game is obvious.
But holding on to a bit of unrealistic fantasy, he still chose to continue the operation.
However, Shi Li did not leave any chance for the other party.
Due to energy reasons, [Ugly Chef]'s [Taunt] can only taunt once.
But that's enough.
The target he chose to [Taunt] was [Giant Shield Warrior].
It should be noted that because there is a [Mourning Dog] in front of the chef, the attacks of the target taunted by him will be borne by the [Mourning Dog].
The front row takes the damage while the back row keeps taunting, which is a relatively common tactic.
So the following battle situation became simple and straightforward.
[Ugly Chef] releases [Taunt].
【Mourning Dog】's 30 attacks.
[Wild Orange Cat]'s 30 attacks.
[Strengthened Zombie]'s 30 attack + 10 humanoid special attack.
Exactly 100 points of damage killed the [Giant Shield Warrior], and [Treatment] was useless.
Without the protection of the [Giant Shield Warrior], the [Hungry Giant Centipede] was exposed on the defense line and was immediately taken away in the subsequent rounds.
"I...I give up."
Seeing that the strongest output card was eliminated after only two rounds of output, Piccolo knew that he was doomed.
"Thank you."
At this point, Shi Li officially entered the main competition.
"Master, you are so awesome!"
Slime came forward.
"Can you please stop saying the overlapping words?"
Shi Li returned to the audience seats with it.
My game is over, but the 6th round is not over yet.
He wanted to see if there was anyone worth paying attention to in the next games.
After watching the game for an afternoon, I actually saw several players who performed well.
Of course, the most powerful one is still the guy from the Black Mist Clan.
In this round, it defeated its opponent again without revealing its trump card, and the deck of cards it showed was even more powerful than the previous round.
The last round was 3D+1C, and this round is 2D+2C.
Moreover, the two Cs are the first row of cards, and once they are revealed, the victory is basically determined.
"Originally you said this guy fell from LV15+ to LV5, and I thought that was ridiculous."
"But now looking at its deck, it really does look like that."
Shi Li's expression was a little solemn.
He looked at the two hand decks of Black Smoke, a total of 5D+3C, and no card was repeated.
The depth and strength of this person's deck is such that I'm afraid he'll have no rivals in the main tournament.
Anyway, I definitely can’t beat the other party now.
"How much did you say your entire fortune was?"
"10,000 cubic coins, boo boo~"
"Lend it to me."
"Huh?"
Shi Li felt that he had to find a solution.
Even if it's not for the black smoke, we still have to prepare for the main race.
My current deck may not be able to beat a LV10 player.
So after all the games were over, he took the Slime and its money and went to the material store again.
Main card + card, it is easier to enhance the card.
Main card + materials can more easily enhance the effect of the main card when it acts as a follower card or equipment card in the dungeon.
Generally speaking, if you want to enhance the cards, you won't choose the main card + material route, because the success rate is lower and the chance of enhancement is smaller.
But it’s not that there is no material that can enhance the cards. Shi Li wanted to look for such an exception this time.
10,000 cubic coins still can’t buy B-level materials.
If you want to upgrade the D-level cards in your hand to C-level cards, you will need at least D-level materials, and they must be highly compatible.
"Master, are you planning to buy materials to enhance the cards?"
Walking into the first store, Slime was a little surprised.
"uh-huh."
Shi Li began to search the store.
"Master, think twice, bobobo!"
"If you fail here, you won't have a card to participate in the main competition!"
Things like shuffling cards not only require spending money but also consume a lot of cards.
So far, Slime has not dared to try it.
Based on its understanding of its master, this doesn't seem like a lucky person.
"Hello, do you have any C-rank materials suitable for cat-type cards?"
But Shi Li had already started waving to the clerk.
He had already thought it through on the way out.
Currently, my most useless D-level card is [Wild Fat Cat].
But its passive ability of restoring extra energy is very valuable.
It would be great if it could be turned into a useful C-rank card.
That's why he came to this magic material store.
Because I feel that magical materials seem to be more suitable for cats.
Soon, the clerk brought five cards.
Compared with the thickness of the E-grade stacks, five sheets are simply pitifully few.
"Forehead."
Shi Li took a quick look and felt that the names of these materials alone did not seem very reliable.
【Glass Eyeballs】
[Lost and Found Eggs]
Hillel Beard
[A pair of stinky boots]
【Delicious hair】
"Are these things sure to be related to cat-related cards?"
He looked at the clerk suspiciously.
Either there is something wrong with the clerk or there is something wrong with this person.
"Sir, this is a magic material store."
"Magic materials are all kinds of strange things."
The clerk smiled.
"Then... take out all the C-rank material cards you have and let's see them."
Shi Li thought about it.
After a while, the clerk brought over a small stack of cards.
Compared with the huge amount of E-level materials, the C-level materials are indeed pitifully few.
Including the ones I just mentioned, there are less than 50 in total.
Shi Li previewed them all, and found that not only could none of the cards be enhanced, there wasn't even a single card that could be successfully fused.
He felt a little dissatisfied and previewed the materials again with the other D-level cards in his hand.
Some of the cards were able to be successfully integrated, but they did not enhance the card surface.
I previewed the D-level material again, but still got nothing.
In desperation, he had to switch to another store.
I previewed D-C grade materials from several stores in a row , and the results were the same.
Finally, before I knew it, I was back at the mechanical material store.
"finally……"
Here, he finally found material worth integrating.
But the appropriate subject is not the [Wild Orange Cat ], but the [Enhanced Zombie Beast].
The material that I am interested in is not C-grade material.
It is a D-grade material, worth 1,200 cubic coins.
[Strengthened Zombie] + [Bionic Skin] = [Bald Zombie]
After looking at the effect, it is a pretty good card.
After being wrapped in bionic skin, its muscle fibers are no longer exposed.
【Bald Beast】
Furious → Balanced, 30 → 35 points, D
Attack 30→35, 100/100
[Eat Meat - Passive]: Bald Zombie attacks humanoid cards with an additional 10 damage
Sure enough, the skin is not worn in vain. It increases 5 points of attack and further increases the damage.
"I want this one."
Shi Li took out the money.
"Okay, come over here and pay the bill, please."
The clerk today is not the same one as last time, but his professional attitude is just as good.
After delivery, [bionic skin] is obtained.
"Wow, Master, 1200 is gone just like that."
Slime couldn't help but sigh at this generous gesture.
Although Master only touched each card and seemed reluctant to buy them, I didn't expect him to be so decisive when he really decided to buy them.
"1200, sprinkle some water."
In fact, Shili didn’t want to buy B-grade materials, but the cheapest B-grade materials cost more than 10,000 yuan.
He has limited funds and cannot do anything reckless.
"It would be a shame if it exploded."
What Slime is actually most concerned about is when Shi Li can pay back the money.
The master is the master, but the interest cannot be less than a penny.
If he can't pay it back, let him work for you for the rest of his life and repay it with his body.
Bang!
As a result, when it was still thinking about how to control the master's body, it saw Shi Li did not respond, but slapped two cards on the spot.
“Huh?!”
Slime was suddenly startled.
It is said that shuffling cards is a very particular thing. Some superstitious people even burn incense, bathe or perform some other rituals.
I have never heard of buying cards and shuffling them on the spot.
Even when I go to the market to buy vegetables, I have to take them home and cook them.
Are you sure you want to be so casual?
Buzz!
However, a ray of light emerged from between Shi Li's palms.
"Hello, I want to sell you the recipe."
He said this to the clerk.
"Ah?" x2
Both the clerk and the Slime opened their mouths wide.
“This this this this?!”
Slime thinks that the master is too powerful.
It’s not enough to buy and rub on the spot, but you also have to sell on the spot?
It’s so sexy. It’s really so sexy.
"Hello, please wait a moment."
【Beep! 】
"The purchase price for this formula is 700 cubic coins."
"Wow, Master, you are so lucky."
After watching all the operations, Slime finally understood how to play.
This is equivalent to buying a D-level material card with 500 cubic coins, which is quite affordable.
"What kind of luck is this? I rely on my strength."
Shi Li glanced at it, picked up a card and said to the clerk: "I want this one more."
While waiting for the appraisal, he discovered a new target.
