Chapter 50: Heavy Sword Without Edge
Ever since the system store of Road to the King of Football was opened, Su Dong has always remained restrained.
The speed at which he accumulates King of Football points is not slow, and he can afford a Star Ability Card with a King of Football point value of 100,000 points, but he always remains cautious, preferring to have less than what is needed, and constantly strives for perfection.
The two star cards he has absorbed so far are both gifts from the system, namely [Bati GOL] from the God of War Batistuta and [Wolf of the Penalty Zone] from the lone wolf Romario. Both of these star ability cards have brought him tremendous help and improvement.
But don’t make the mistake of thinking that Su Dong is a freeloader.
On the contrary, Su Dong did not take action before because he was too cautious. Once he figured it out, he would act without hesitation, just like what he was doing at this moment.
There are many center star ability cards, both ancient and modern, and there are players with various different characteristics, but Su Dong only pays attention to those that suit him, so he browses in the star ability card mall and only puts those that meet his needs into the shopping cart.
For example, Vieri, Van Basten, and even Bergkamp.
Bergkamp is not considered a center forward, but his ability to receive the ball with his back to the basket and turn around is truly unique.
These star ability cards are not entirely suitable for Su Dong. For example, Bergkamp's ability requires extremely high ball stopping skills.
According to the notes of The Road to the King of Football, with Su Dong's current strength, he can't pose any threat at all.
Vieri's star ability card has extremely high requirements on the player's physical fitness. This is a player who is very good at using his body. To some extent, his ability comes from his strong body.
Not to mention Van Basten, who looks light and elegant, is actually very difficult.
Su Dong was full of admiration for these predecessors, and even kept his idol Ronaldo's star ability card [Flying Fairy from the Sky] in his shopping cart. As you can guess from the name, it comes from Ronaldo's nickname, Alien.
This is also an ability card that requires very high abilities from the players. Su Dong asked himself if he has the ability to unleash its power yet. Instead of doing that, he might as well put it aside for the time being.
He regards owning this ability card as his goal. He hopes that one day in the future, he will be able to use the strength of this star ability card and buy it. This has been his dream since he was a child.
He longs to be like his idol Ronaldo, dominating the European football scene and being invincible.
Every time he entered the Star Ability Card Mall, Su Dong would stand in front of this [Fairy from the Sky] for a long time, full of longing.
This is how he encourages himself.
Then, he moved his gaze slightly to the side and looked at another star ability card.
Kluivert's [Heavy Sword Without Edge].
Like [Wolf in the Penalty Zone], this [Heavy Sword Without Edge] embodies more of Kluivert's awareness and football wisdom, as well as some of his performances on the football field, but as the name suggests, it does not include Kluivert's scoring ability.
Of course, the Dutch center's scoring ability is not strong.
As the saying goes, a heavy sword has no edge, and great skill is not skillful.
As a center forward, Kluivert interprets this sentence very well.
He doesn't have any amazing skills, nor is he extremely sharp, but he is the core of Ajax, the Netherlands national team, and even Barcelona's frontcourt offense, allowing many superstars, including Rivaldo, to play around him.
He is not as strong as Vieri, not as fast as Owen, his personal dribbling and breakthrough abilities are not as good as Ronaldo, and even as a scorer, he is not as efficient as Van Nistelrooy of Manchester United and Roy Makaay of Super Laco.
But he is the closest to a perfect center in the world.
That night, Cruz told Su Dong that Kluivert reached his peak when he debuted, but in fact, he still had considerable potential to be tapped, and everyone's expectations of him were no less than Ronaldo.
The two of them joined Serie A in the same year. At that time, Gazzetta dello Sport published their photos on the front page, believing that both of them would become princes of Milan. This shows how much AC Milan valued and expected Kluivert at that time.
Unfortunately, he chose the wrong team at the wrong time.
That year at AC Milan completely interrupted Kluivert's progress in his career and made him stop moving forward. Even after joining Barcelona, he was unable to return to his peak at Ajax.
This is far below what the world expected of him.
Without the Waterloo in Milan, what heights would Kluivert have reached?
No one knows this.
But one thing is certain, Kluivert is the closest template to the perfect center forward.
Thinking of this, Su Dong no longer hesitated and directly bought the star ability card.
"Congratulations on obtaining the Star Ability Card [Heavy Sword Without Edge], which consumes 100,000 points of King of Balls."
"Friendly reminder, the next Star Ability Card will cost you 500,000 points of King of Football Points."
Su Dong glanced at the system information and did not pay too much attention to it, but was prepared.
Soon, I felt a warm breath rising from the soles of my feet, quickly spreading throughout my body and finally reaching the top of my head. I felt as if I was bathing in warm sunshine, feeling extremely comfortable.
Some knowledge and insights that I had never had before gradually emerged in my mind. Many things that I had not figured out before now became clear to me, and at the same time I had a very strong feeling.
He was eager to play football.
Prove the effectiveness of this Star Ability Card on the court.
So far, Su Dong has absorbed three star ability cards, namely [Bati GOL], [Wolf in the Penalty Zone] and [Heavy Sword Without Edge], but in fact, he has not been able to fully utilize these three star ability cards so far.
Even with [Bati GOL], he can only exert a part of its power.
Ultimately, it’s a question of his strength.
But even so, his performance was already brilliant enough.
In just over half a year, he went from being a rookie who couldn't even play football as an amateur to being a main player of Sporting Lisbon's second team. This was enough to shock everyone.
Now, with Kluivert's [Heavy Sword Without Edge], Su Dong is looking forward to his next performance.
He firmly believes that this star ability card will definitely take his overall performance to a higher level.
But just this is not enough.
Andre Cruz gave me a gift, so I should give something in return.
After joining Sporting Lisbon for more than a month, he has never gained any advantage over Andre Cruz, which makes him very depressed.
Now, he has decided to give the Brazilian veteran a return gift.
So he browsed around the system mall, bought an item, and spent 10,000 points of King of Football Points.
This is indeed a bit expensive, but in terms of football king value, Su Dong is still quite wealthy.
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Although he has been in the first team for more than a month, Su Dong is actually not familiar with many people.
On weekdays, he basically only talks to Ronnie and Viana in the locker room.
After the last gathering, Su Dong and Cruise became much closer, but it was mostly just verbal communication and not actually in-depth. After all, there was a huge age gap between them.
No one can make a 33-year-old middle-aged man become friends with a 17-year-old young man.
The things and topics that the two of them were interested in were completely different. On the contrary, Cruz and Jardel, the two Brazilians, had a very good relationship. This was probably the reason why Cruz was willing to give him some pointers at the party and agreed to help him with special training after the game.
"I have prepared a gift for you during the team training later."
Su Dong suddenly walked over, sat down next to Cruise, and said with a smile.
The Brazilian center back frowned, "What?"
"You'll know in a moment." Su Dong said provocatively.
He still found this gift very interesting. Of course, he had no idea how powerful it could be.
But he was willing to give it a try with Cruise.
As long as it works on Cruz, Su Dong is confident that it will work on defensive players whose strength is similar to Cruz's, or slightly weaker than his. Then he will have one more magic weapon to defeat the enemy in the future.
In a way, he was using Cruise as a touchstone.
"Stop being so mysterious, just tell me now." Cruise scolded with a smile.
He is still quite optimistic about Su Dong.
"Just wait and see." Su Dong stood up and left.
"You are so brave, you will be dead in a moment," Cruz threatened.
Su Dong shrugged nonchalantly. He even hoped that Cruz would try his best so that he could try out how much threat he could pose after absorbing the three star ability cards.
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.
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"What did you say to Andre?" Ronnie asked curiously.
Not only was he curious, but everyone else in the locker room was also curious.
Su Dong smiled and said softly: "Nothing, I just told him that I will kill him later."
Ronnie's eyes widened, "Are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy. I'm serious."
Ronnie slapped his forehead hard, "This is Cruz. In a one-on-one situation for the whole team, no one can break through his defense, you know?"
This is a fact recognized by the entire team.
No one, including Quaresma and Rooney, could break through Cruz's defense.
"I know."
"You know? Then why did you challenge him?" Ronnie was a little angry.
"I've suffered at his feet for more than a month. Now I should ask him for some interest back." Su Dong said with a smile.
Just in time to see Cruise looking at him with "unfriendly" eyes, Su Dong immediately waved to him with a smile. The latter pointed at him from a distance with a threatening look in his eyes.
This time, the two of them are not done.
"Just wait and see. Even if he is really an iron wall, I will definitely chisel a hole in it." Su Dong was full of confidence.
Ronnie really wanted to ask, who gave you the confidence?
He simply couldn't understand it, because even he himself didn't dare to provoke Cruise.
However, when Ronnie thought of Su Dong's past, he couldn't help but wonder if this guy was addicted to masochism again?
Didn't he do everything he could to pester ?
As a result, I no longer have much advantage over him.
Could it be that being abused can really make him stronger?
Ronnie was so troubled that he wanted to pull all his black hair out.
