The reward for entering the top 4 is 2 A-level cards.
For those veteran players who have a lot of experience and accumulation, this may not be a big deal.
Moreover, when an experienced player gets an A-level material card, there is a 95% chance that it will explode or he or she will not be able to make the card they want.
But for Shi Li, who has been a poker player for less than a year and has an "absolute sense of poker", it is very precious.
This was not his first time in the deck, so he was somewhat familiar with it.
The answer to the material card to be chosen this time has already been given.
Fortunately, the cards that he liked were not picked up by the other 16 contestants.
"I choose these two, thank you."
He walked straight to the display cabinet and took out two cards.
"Okay, wait a moment."
The staff member took the card and left. After operating it for a while, the anti-theft function of the card was disabled and it became Shi Li's property.
He took the card and returned to the dormitory without staying.
After resting for a while, he took out the first card.
Its projection is a yellow talisman.
It was painted with a blue liquid that looked like blood, and had a large number of complex but bilaterally symmetrical rune patterns .
And in the center of the talisman, there was a scribbled word "coffin".
The talisman as a whole gives people a sense of the heaviness of time.
Holding it in his hand, Shi Li felt his heart heavy.
"This must be a good card. Just by its projection appearance, it can have a slight impact on people."
【Coffin Closing Talisman】: Unknown purpose
When you get a material card, the four words you fear most are: unknown use.
Perhaps he is the only one who is not afraid.
In fact, even Shi Li himself has very few cards in his hand that can be integrated with this material card.
If we talk about adaptation, there is only one.
[Breaking Balance Sword] + [Coffin Closing Talisman] = [Breaking Balance Sword]
"Since this is a card specifically designed to counter Balance cards, we should stick to it."
"Even if the opponent only has one Balance card, [Break the Balance Sword] can use this card as a breakthrough point and establish an advantage for our deck."
"So this last entry must also take the specialized route."
So each of them held a card and clapped their hands.
Buzz!
Light overflowed from the palm, and the card was completed.
In the new projection, blue runes faintly appeared on the surface of the sword, which were almost exactly the same as those seen on the material card just now.
It is also in the form of flying dragons and phoenixes, but it is symmetrical on both sides.
Only the word "coffin" is missing.
[Break the Balance Sword]
Break, 30 points, A
Attack 30, 100/100, 0/3
[Break the Balance Spirit - Passive]: When the Break the Balance Sword is attacked by a Balance Card, the damage is -10
[Break the Balance Attack - Passive]: When the Break the Balance Sword causes damage to the Balance Card, it is [True Damage]
[Balance Art - Passive]: When the Balance Sword uses a skill on a Balance Card, it will re-cover the card and [Lock]
[Break the Balance Sword - 3 Energy]: The Break the Balance Sword deals 30 damage to the target. For each Balance Reveal card on the field, an additional 5 damage is added.
"This way, this card becomes much stronger."
Looking at the brand new cards, Shi Li felt happy.
After previous actual combat feedback, he was dissatisfied with two aspects of the card [Breaking Sword].
The first point is that [True Damage] has little output effect when facing cards without damage reduction.
To put it bluntly, it has absolutely no effect.
Because others should still [defend], [True Damage] can only ignore its damage reduction attribute, but cannot ignore [Defense].
This results in the fact that although it is called Breaking the Balance, it actually cannot break the balance at all.
So this card only has the ability to reduce damage against Balance cards, but it has no special attack against Balance cards.
You have to know that the opponent's cards will definitely not all be Balance cards, so when [Break the Balance Sword] becomes a wild card, the mere 10 points of specific damage reduction cannot bring it too high survivability.
The second point is that its active skills are relatively weak.
The 3-point warm-up time is a bit too long, which can sometimes lead to an awkward situation.
Put [Break the Balance Sword] in the last row and reveal it. By the time it finishes warming up, there may not be many Balance cards left on the field, and the damage bonus it can provide is actually not that high.
If you put [Breaking Sword] in the next row and reveal it, it may become a wild card before it has finished warming up.
If you continue to attack or release skills at this time, there is a great risk of being killed by the opponent's concentrated fire.
Then it still emits "sword energy", which is "damage" rather than "attack".
That is to say, after using the skill, it is 0/3 instead of 1/3.
This requires starting to accumulate energy all over again, which means that it takes 4 rounds to complete an output cycle.
How many 4-round rounds can there be in a 9+1 game?
But now, the situation is completely different.
The effect of "covering the card" now is equivalent to a hard control.
And it is an unparalleled hard control, because most of the terms are ineffective when the cards are covered, and the same applies to behaviors such as [Defense] and [Attack].
Even [Stillness] is not recognized.
Because [Stillness] was interrupted midway.
In addition, the function of [Lock] is to prevent the opponent's player from replacing this card with a substitute card when it is in the second cover state.
And [Lock] is also a negative effect and belongs to T1 priority.
what does that mean.
This means that as long as the Sword of Balance Breaker makes the target cover up at T1, even if the target completes the hedge with the Sword of Balance Breaker or other negative attacks at T1, it will still be equivalent to a cover target in the T1 and T3 phases of this round.
If it is in the early or middle stage of the game, it may waste the opponent's opportunity to reveal the card, delaying the entire process of revealing the card.
Taking all these into consideration, even if [Breaking Sword] can only be used once throughout the entire game, it is definitely worth it.
As for the second material card, it is a strange-looking capsule.
Unlike ordinary drug capsules, this thing appears to be made entirely of metal.
There are also traces of electronic circuits and plate welding on the surface, which is obviously a mechanical capsule.
[Mechanical Rebirth Capsule]: There is a very small chance that the mechanical card will be upgraded and reorganized and optimized.
In Shi Li’s concept, upgrading means improving the grade.
Then I haven’t heard of this reorganization and optimization.
There are only 2 cards that can be fused with this material card.
[Rhino King] and [A-39].
The answer can be obtained from the preview results of [Rhino King] and the material card.
[Rhino King] + [Mechanical Rebirth Capsule] = [Spiky Bull King]
There is actually not much change in the card projection after the fusion.
It is nothing more than the original mechanical rhino, with rows of missiles added on its back.
But the cards are very different.
【Bull-Stabbing King】
Chasing the Wind, 30 points, C
Attack 30, 100/100, 0/3
(Old) [Shockwave - Passive]: When Rhino King transforms, he can cause [Knockback] to up to 3 cards in the row in front of him.
(New) [Shock Wave - Passive]: When Bull King transforms, he can make his own and enemy's cards collide.
([Collision]: The party with the lower score receives 20 points of damage, and if the scores are equal, both parties receive 10 points of damage)
The original [Knockback] is actually hard to use.
Because wanting to have space behind the other person is actually a very difficult thing to achieve.
Shi Li only had two ideas for how to use the old version of [Shock Wave].
One is used to hinder the opponent's displacement cards from moving, making it impossible for them to reach the target location they want to go to.
Another way is to push your own outer cards forward and occupy the opponent's card grid, which feels like conquering a city.
But in fact, this card in his hand is more inclined towards the entertainment side, just for fun.
After all, the strength and versatility of this card are not suitable for today's PVP environment.
Then the skill [Change Form] has not changed, it still takes 2 points of energy to transform once.
Moreover, [Rhino King] is not a derivative card, so its deformation cannot cause changes in the card surface, it only changes the projection appearance.
In addition, fusing it with the [Mechanical Rebirth Capsule] can also add a new entry to it.
[Bull Bomb - Passive]: When Bull Bomb King transforms, it deals 10 points of damage to all enemy wild cards, ignoring defense.
This passive ability is quite powerful, which is equivalent to enhancing the group damage ability of [Bull-Stabbing King].
And provide a greater threat for its deformation.
A [Mechanical Rebirth Capsule] not only changes the existing attributes of [Rhino King], but also adds new attributes to it. It can be said to be a top-quality material card.
However, Shi Li’s answer was not to fuse the two cards, but to fuse it with [A-39].
This card actually has a big problem, which has always made Shi Li dissatisfied.
That is, its second entry is almost useless.
[Repeat Cycle System - Passive]: When A-39 continuously restores energy to a target, the amount restored is doubled.
Continuously restore energy to the same target, the amount restored can be up to 6 points.
However, the fact is that so far, this amount of responses has overflowed.
Among the cards in his hand that are strong enough to appear on the field, only the [Time Dragon] with an energy limit of 8 points and the [Yoga Frog] with 6 points can fully benefit from the effect of the second skill.
Honestly, this is a waste.
In actual PVP combat, this second skill has never been of any value.
But now it's different.
After the transformation of [Mechanical Rebirth Capsule ], it has basically become a brand new card.
【A-40】
Listen to the wind, 0 points, A
Attack 0, 100/100, 2/3
[Pre-charge - Passive]: When A-40 is revealed, gain 1→2 energy points
[Repeat Cycle - Passive]: When A-40 continuously releases skills on 1 target, the energy consumption is 2
[Peace Machine - Passive]: A-40's attack power is always 0, can be placed in any slot
[Energy Recharge - 3 Energy]: A-40 restores 3 energy points for a card
As a result, this brand has been elevated to the rank of top brands.
First of all, the card unveiling charge is increased by 1 point, allowing it to release the first skill faster.
However, for the same target, "energy consumption of 2" is obviously more practical than "energy recovery doubled".
Finally, you can also place it in the ace row like [Nameless Sword Spirit] and [Sword Seeker].
"This A-grade material card feels like it's of the highest quality."
“If it were put on an underground exchange, it would be worth at least 50,000 to 100,000 cubic coins.”
“The term ‘small probability’ has scared off too many people, and has caused it to be tarnished.”
"Fortunately, it finally fell into my hands."
He held the two cards and clapped his hands.
Buzz!
Light overflowed from the palm, and the card was completed.
"Appeal, get it done."
After dealing with the two material cards, Shi Li wiped his forehead.
"Next, it's time to continue to enter the dungeon and complete the mission."
The top 8 to top 4 match will be played for 2 days, and after 2 days there will still be a 5-day rest.
So similar to last time, he has 5 days to continue the mission.
Now he has finally experienced the taste of a long-term mission. According to the time spent in the copy, it has basically taken almost a year.
As a result, it is not even half completed yet.
There are 3 more memory scenes.
Then the relatively densely distributed fragments have been collected almost completely, and the remaining ones are quite scattered.
Even though there are only 26 pieces left, it will probably take longer than the previous 47 pieces.
In addition, he looked at the talent progress bar again.
"At this rate, my talent as a second player will awaken in two or three days after the finals."
"Everything is progressing in an orderly and stable manner, which is very good."
After finishing the summary, Shi Li flashed and entered the copy.
…
5 days later, in the dormitory.
Buzz!
Shi Li's figure reappeared.
"Oh my god, it's not easy..."
His first action was to throw himself directly onto the bed.
5 days in total means 50 days in there.
These 50 days have been so tiring.
Unexpectedly, the third place of memory of the Nameless Sword Spirit was actually the lair of the Right Heart Sect.
The key is that I suffered a big loss this time, because it seems that since I destroyed one of their strongholds last time, these guys seem to have become defensive.
When I got there, the place was empty. I didn't meet a single player, only evil spirits.
If not for recalling Thirteen and Fei Jianxian in advance.
The scavenger, the ghost-fire boy who could only self-destruct, and the nameless sword spirit were not enough to keep him safe.
But the ending is finally good, the progress of this mission has been made.
[Phase 3 (1): Find the sword fragments for the nameless sword spirit 47→52/73]
[Phase 3 (2): Find the former owner of the nameless sword spirit 2→3/5]
Just then, his phone rang.
[Ding-ling-ling…]
"Hey, what are you doing?"
[You finally came out of the dungeon]
Xiang Qi's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Waiting for me? Who wins between you and Qingyu?"
[Of course it’s me, where are you now?]
【I have something to talk to you about】
After some communication, Xiang Qi came to Shi Li's dormitory.
"You look so strange."
Shi Li looked at Xiang Qi.
Today he is no longer a little elf ball of light, but the original elephant-headed man.
"You are almost the same."
Just like Qi's feeling.
So next, Xiang Qi told Shi Li his idea.
It turns out that after the two entered the top four, they became their respective semi-final opponents.
What he meant was that since they were all acquaintances, why not play the semi-final match privately first.
This way, there is no need to expose the deck in public events.
It is beneficial to the winning side and may help it go further, that is, win the championship.
Shi Li: "You mean, we should both use our strongest decks to play a game in private."
Xiang Qi: "Yes, after all, I believe that at this point, neither you nor I have any intention of giving in."
Shi Li: "Is it possible that I let you win just to make your loss less embarrassing?"
Xiang Qi: "..., are you starting psychological warfare now?"
Shi Li: “I’m telling the truth.”
But to be honest, Xiang Qi's proposal is indeed good for both of them.
So Shi Li agreed without thinking.
And Huichun was invited to serve as the referee (void commentator).
Yes, they decided to start now.
This 4-to-2 semi-final will be held privately in advance.