Chapter 38 Two Popular Contestants
After a brief contact, Director Xiu felt that Coach Shi seemed a little out of line.
For a moment, she didn't know how to complain.
But the next two rounds of poker games made her continue to look at this person with admiration.
Although it is not as certain and accurate as the prediction in the first game, the trend is almost correct.
You have to know that if you get one round right, it might be a blind guess, but if you get two or three rounds right, and they are all just blind guesses, it would be too difficult.
After the show + commercials are over, the last round of the morning is finally about to begin.
Both players have come to the table.
Black Smoke has been widely favored as the favorite to win since the preliminaries.
In the dungeon competition, he successfully advanced to the next round with the 9th place.
His opponent is a member of a stone life form, tall and stupid looking.
Both sides arranged their cards very neatly, and it seemed that they had prepared the decks in advance before going on stage.
Nothing happened during the first round of card replacement phase, and the card unveiling phase began.
As if to gain the upper hand, the Stoneman was the first to reveal his two first cards.
[Uh-huh~~~~! ! ! ]
A large wolf with mixed fur howled toward the sky.
【roar!!!】
The other one shows a brown bear with a big waist and a strong back.
To be honest, these are just two ordinary beasts.
Moreover, when the two cards were turned over, it was possible to tell from the color that they were only E-grade cards.
The card details were quickly captured by the camera and projected onto the large screen above the venue. These two cards were indeed blank E-level cards without any skills.
The key is that their scores are still very low, only 20 points.
As for the black smoke, a pair of cards with similar projections were revealed.
【Whoosh whoosh! 】x2
One is a pigman holding a wooden hammer, and the other is a pigman holding a wooden sword.
Pigmen are a lower species of humanoid pigs.
Not very intelligent and dirty by nature.
But they have one advantage, which is that they reproduce very quickly.
Shi Li heard that whenever there was a copy of Pigmen, one would basically encounter large numbers of Pigmen when entering, and it would also be easy to draw a lot of Pigman cards when coming out.
At this moment, when he looked at the luster of the two cards, he already understood.
It is a C-level card.
However, before the director cut the camera to their cards, the audience saw changes again in the shot of the card table.
【Whoosh whoosh! 】
The left column of cards in the second row of black smoke was automatically revealed.
A third pigman appears, holding a wooden bow.
"Master, it's self-revealing! Bobobobo!"
Slime screamed immediately.
This is not a simulated card table in a card hall. It is the first time that he has seen the cards being unveiled at such a close distance.
Self-revealing cards refer to cards that will automatically reveal themselves when certain conditions are met.
However, as a compensation mechanism, this kind of self-disclosure often comes with penalties or costs.
That means the next unveiling round will miss the opportunity.
But you have to know that at the poker table, especially in a game with fewer cards like 4+1 , the weight of each card is very high.
Revealing a card before others is equivalent to seizing an advantage.
Therefore, even if they cannot reveal a card in the next round, most people are willing to bear the cost of having a bye in the next round in order to reveal a card.
At this moment, the director finally cut the camera to the three cards, which immediately caused the audience to exclaim.
"The three pig brothers actually have this kind of cards!"
"When any two brothers are revealed on the field, the third brother will also be revealed!"
“This is a linked self-reveal!”
"It's amazing. This level of C-grade cards actually appeared in the Rising Star Comprehensive Competition."
The key is that these three cards of Black Smoke are not just as simple as self-revelation.
They are C-tier cards and have a second skill.
And this skill has the same effect.
That is, when the three pig brothers attack a target at the same time, they will each gain 5 points of [Healing].
Don’t underestimate these 5 points of healing. The key is that it can be triggered infinitely and has no consumption.
The eldest brother has 40 points, the second and third brothers have 30 points, and the total attack power of the three cards is 100 points.
In other words, if you don't defend, an ordinary regular card will be killed instantly by them when its health is full.
However, the stone man opposite the black smoke seemed a little stupid. In such a situation, he did not even defend but chose to fight hard.
The result was that he killed 40 health points of one of the pigmen, while his own big wolf was killed instantly.
"Coach Shi, how was this game?"
"It should be that Black Smoke has an absolute advantage and crushed them easily."
After the first round, Director Xiu asked Shi Li as usual.
She was a little emotional when she asked this question.
Because she had made her own predictions secretly in the previous few games, but at most she could only figure out the general direction. Compared with Shi Li's analysis and predictions, there was still some gap.
As the owner of a card gym, it is not too embarrassing to be inferior to the coaches under you.
But she felt a little unhappy that she couldn't beat a young coach who had just become a poker player for a short time.
"It's hard to say for this round."
Unexpectedly, Shi Li actually went against her.
"Master, why do you think so?"
The Slime next to him expressed that he couldn't understand.
It's not that it doesn't trust its master, but anyone looking at this situation would think that Black Smoke's is one-sided.
4 cards remaining vs. 5 cards remaining, 500 total health remaining vs. 560 total health remaining.
You have to know that this is just the gap in the first round, and it is already quite big.
"Don't you find it strange?"
Shi Li had his own opinion, explaining: "Why didn't the stone man take [defense]?"
"Obviously, the opponent won't have a chance to reveal his cards in the next round. He only needs to survive for one round to narrow the gap in cards."
"Your current behavior is like committing suicide."
To be honest, even the vegetable shop owner wouldn't do such a suicidal act.
Gong Ping: The vegetable boss? Who is that?
Players who can enter this round have at least experienced 2 rounds of elimination.
And he had looked at the information and found that this stone man was a level 10 card player.
A level 10 player would not take out two E-level blank cards worth only 20 points as the first row of cards at this stage.
"So you're saying that..."
After all, Director Xiu had a lot of experience, and after listening to Shi Li, he immediately felt that what Shi Li said made sense.
After being prompted by him, I have already thought of a name for a tactic.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the card that the Stone Man will reveal this round will be a low-scoring blank...animal card."
[Moo!]
As he finished speaking, the stone man's unveiling plaque was flipped open.
A strong bull appeared at the card table.
“Master!”
As soon as Slime saw the card, his eyes suddenly lit up with admiration.
Because Shi Li really got it right, this is another animal card worth only 20 points.
“That’s amazing.”
Director Xiu couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
This guy's insight is really sharp.
If I am not enlightened, I will probably have to wait until this round or the next round to react.
This tactic is actually not very common.
Moreover, even if he appeared in the card game normally, he would not be as ruthless as the Stone Man, as if he was forcing himself into a dead end.
Yes, she has now determined the opponent's tactical thinking.
Sacrifice flow.
A school of thought that relies on sacrificing one's own cards to achieve a certain goal.
Now the action phase arrives and both sides begin to decide how to act.
But the strange thing is that the black smoke and the stone man just stood face to face, but there was no change on the card table, which means that someone has not completed the operation yet.
"It's probably the black smoke. He should have more or less realized that something was wrong."
"I haven't decided on the card behavior yet, I'm just considering how to act this round."
Shi Li saw Slime looking at him with its big eyes again, so he said consciously.
After hearing what he said, Slime also had an epiphany: "If we focus our fire on the [Brown Bear] in the first row, it will be a safer way to fight."
"If you focus on the [Buffalo] in the second row, it's a bit risky, as it's like betting on whether the opponent's trump card is behind it. Also, if the [Brown Bear] reveals a powerful card in the next round, you might end up losing money."
Two paths, steady or radical.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and we cannot say which is good or bad.
"Coach Shi, if it were you, which way would you choose?"
Director Xiu smiled slightly.
"As for me... I won't choose to focus on any one card."
As a result, Shi Li's answer surprised Slime a little.
"I will choose the card [Defense] that will cause loss of health, and then use the other two cards to reduce the health of [Brown Bear] and [Buffalo] respectively."
"After all, I have the upper hand now, and I don't know what kind of cards the other party has hidden."
"It's better to control the opponent's health while waiting and watching."
"Let's see what cards the other party will reveal next round, and then it won't be too late to make a decision."
What the sacrificial flow needs most is, of course, sacrifice.
In this round, stay on the sidelines and don't let the opponent successfully sacrifice.
By the way, you can check whether [Brown Bear] [Buffalo] is attacking or defending, and then you can further determine which column the ace is in.
This explanation made Director Xiu smile even more.
Because that was her answer.
She felt that she was shallow for trying to test Coach Shi with such a small problem.
Just at this moment the game finally began to proceed, and Black Smoke made the same choice.
Be conservative and wait and see, and keep your blood line down.
"Black Smoke has a good chance of winning this round."
Seeing this situation, Shi Li finally gave his preference.
Sure enough, soon the Stone Man's line began to gradually collapse under the erosion of black smoke.
Finally, when he had three regular cards left and one trump card, and the stone man had one regular card with low health and one trump card.
The Stoneman's trump card has been revealed.
【Lone Tiger】
Break, 70 points, C
Attack 70+15, 200/200, 0/3
[Lone Tiger - Passive]: If there are no other cards when revealing a card, the Lone Tiger's HP will increase by 20 for each revealed card on the enemy field.
[Upper Predator - 3 Energy]: When the Lone Tiger covers his cards, for each E-level beast regular card retired by his side, the Lone Tiger's attack power increases by 5
No wonder the Stoneman had to play 4 consecutive E-level animal cards with only 20 points each.
It turns out that all of this was to pave the way for [Lone Tiger].
It’s just that the passive triggering conditions of this card are too harsh.
Under the careful planning of Black Smoke, he only got a 15-point attack power bonus, and not even a single point of health bonus.
Although its 85 attack points seem very high, with the absolute advantage of the number of black smoke cards, the mere 200 health points can't cause any trouble at all.
In the end, he was one step behind and was defeated by the black smoke.
"Coach Shi, I meant if."
Director Xiu watched the game end and looked at Shi Li: "If you and Black Smoke meet in the subsequent rounds, do you think you can defeat him?"
“…”
Hearing this question, Shi Li was silent for a moment.
In fact, he has been thinking about this problem.
After watching so many games of Black Smoke, I found that this guy basically never used duplicate cards, and he doesn’t even have a blank card.
Just looking at the depth of this card pool, you can imagine how much stronger it is than yours.
"Master has only completed three dungeons, the card pool is really too shallow."
"If it's 4+1, maybe there's still a little hope."
Slime answered the question for him.
Although it is not optimistic, it is also true.
"No, if it's 4+1, I don't think there's much hope."
"As for 6+1, we can give it a try."
However, unexpectedly, Shi Li's answer was the opposite.
…
The morning competition ended and the top 8 of this year's Rising Star Comprehensive Competition were officially born.
If you make it to the top 8, you have already secured rewards from the organizer, with a guaranteed minimum of 2,000 cubic coins.
Before the game started, there was a draw ceremony for the quarterfinals.
Based on the results of the draw, Shi Li speculated that the organizers had controlled the schedule to a certain extent.
First of all, he and Black Smoke were drawn to different battle zones, which means that the two could only meet in the finals.
The most popular players in this competition are himself and Black Smoke. If they can really meet in the finals, the association will definitely make a lot of money.
Of course, this is also what Shi Li hopes to see.
Because as he said before, under the current circumstances, he only has a chance of defeating his opponent at the 6+1 table.
The match from 8 to 4 also consists of 4 games. His opponent was drawn to be the winner of the first game in the morning, Dao Fa Nan, and the match was in the first game.
And Black Smoke’s match is still the last one.
Two popular contestants, one at the head and one at the tail.
Black Smoke's popularity is the championship popularity, while Shi Li's popularity is still considered to be entertainment effect, so he ranks ahead.
As usual, the show and advertisements will appear first.
Unable to resist Slime's pleading, Shi Li put it in his backpack and brought it to the contestant seat.
Here you can get a closer look.
As a result, as soon as Slime popped his head out of the backpack, he was startled by the show on the stage.
"Master... this show, bo?!"
The performers on the stage were none other than Mushroom and Straw Man.
"They occasionally take on some commercial performances to earn extra money."
Shi Li already knew about the appearance of these two guys in advance.
